A whirlwind marriage with a high-ranking official: Lights out, don't force me to take the initi

Ye Wenxi reached into her bag and pulled out the letter she had written the night before at the Western restaurant:

"To be honest, I do have a manuscript I'd like to submit."

"It's about Wang Yingxue from our garment company. She came with us yesterday to discuss publicity and marketing."

Xiao Liu took the letter but did not open it on the spot.

"You don't need to give me an answer now. Just follow the normal assessment process. I happened to be here today, so I'll submit it along with the application."

Xiao Liu tucked the folded letter into the notebook: "No problem, I'll pass it on to the colleague in charge of this, marked as submitted by you. If we need to conduct further interviews or understand the specific situation later, we'll contact you again."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Xiao Liu led Ye Wenxi out of the office.

Ye Wenxi stopped at the door and glanced to the side. Ding Jiahe's room door was still closed; they probably hadn't finished talking yet.

"Jiahe hasn't come out yet, I'll wait for her here for a while." Ye Wenxi leaned against the corridor window, casually took out two mints from her bag, and handed one to Xiao Liu, "We've been chatting all morning, have a candy to soothe your throat."

Xiao Liu took the candy and smiled a little shyly.

Ye Wenxi unwrapped the candy and casually remarked, "By the way, Xiao Liu, I read every issue of your magazine; the layout and content are quite solid."

"I'm just a little curious. With the economic transformation and policy reforms, things are changing a lot outside."

"Does your editorial department have any plans to adjust the future direction of the columns? For example, adding some new sections?"

Xiao Liu, with a candy in his mouth, thought for a moment and said, "Well... we hold policy study meetings every month to discuss and analyze the publication's structure and narrative direction, and we do make dynamic adjustments based on changes in the situation. Comrade Ye, do you have any suggestions?"

"I wouldn't dare call it a suggestion," Ye Wenxi waved his hand, his gaze fixed on the window. "It's just that... a lot of earth-shattering changes have happened outside."

"Foreign-invested enterprises have been brought in, both from the port city and overseas, and all industries are changing."

"In the past, our newspapers and magazines mostly featured exemplary figures within the system and model workers in state-owned enterprises. In the future, will we... also pay attention to female entrepreneurs in these economic fields?"

"For example, self-employed individuals, female executives in joint ventures, and women who are struggling in the business world?"

She spoke softly, as if chatting casually, but her eyes were constantly watching Xiao Liu's expression.

Xiao Liu blinked, seemingly surprised by the question: "Well... right now our focus is still on ideological guidance and publicizing exemplary deeds. But we are indeed discussing what you mentioned internally. After all, times have changed, and the role of women is expanding."

"Yes," Ye Wenxi nodded, a slight smile playing on her lips. "I just feel that the stories of women in the new era shouldn't be told in only one way. Bloodshed and sacrifice make a hero, and so does starting from scratch."

"You people in marketing definitely have a broader perspective than us business people. I'm just rambling and chatting."

Just then, the door to Ding Jiahe's room opened.

She strode out, saw Ye Wenxi, and waved: "Finished talking?"

"I'm done chatting, I'm waiting for you." Ye Wenxi straightened up and took out a few candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Xiao Liu's hand.

He smiled at her. "Keep the candy. We're leaving now. Please take care of the manuscript."

"Of course, of course, Comrade Ye, take care."

Ye Wenxi linked arms with Ding Jiahe and walked briskly towards the stairwell.

Ding Jiahe leaned closer to her and asked, "How was it? Did the conversation go well?"

"It's alright, but I don't know the specifics. They should give me a message in a while." Ye Wenxi turned to look at her. "Why did you take so long to come out?"

Ding Jiahe smiled smugly at her: "I also talked to them about the internal publication and got a crucial piece of information."

"What?" Ye Wenxi's eyes lit up.

Ding Jiahe lowered her voice and said as she walked:

"Actually, it was the letter you wrote yesterday that gave me the inspiration. Before today's interview, I was thinking about how to get information out of him."

"After the interview ended, I just asked him directly."

Ye Wenxi's eyes widened: "What did you ask?"

Ding Jiahe twisted her neck and said, "I was just saying, do your internal publications have any specific publicity strategies for state-owned factories? And for military families like us who are starting businesses and have support from the military region, are there any corresponding publicity channels that we can use to showcase ourselves?"

Ye Wenxi: ".........You're being way too direct, aren't you?"

Ding Jiahe nudged her with her shoulder. "Hey, I was just trying to be more efficient."

Ye Wenxi smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, and then? What did you say?"

Ding Jiahe relayed the interviewer's words to Ye Wenxi.

The internal operations of the propaganda department mainly employ a phased and progressive approach to exposure.

In different issues, different narrative dimensions and perspectives are used to lay the groundwork layer by layer.

For example, one could start with the story of an outstanding woman, and then add a narrative about the factory or organization behind her.

Alternatively, one could start with market effects and social benefits for people's livelihoods, and then supplement the information about the underlying entities.

In short, promoting propaganda from multiple perspectives, dimensions, and in a rhythmic manner has become their established routine and strategy.

"Oh~~~" Ye Wenxi let out a long "oh," nodded, "That makes sense. And then?"

"Then I asked her, can we follow this approach too?" Ding Jiahe shrugged. "She said she wasn't sure because the previous promotions were all for state-owned factories and key enterprises supported by the government. Our situation is... rather special; they haven't done it before."

"If that's the case..." Ye Wenxi listened while shaking her head and pointing her finger in the air, "Xiaoxue's submission did serve as a touchstone."

"If Xiaoxue's article can be published, wouldn't it become a stepping stone? If one person is published, a second person can be published; if one person is published, our garment company's management innovation and social benefits can be published."

Ding Jiahe clapped her hands: "That's right! Then we'll have to wait and see how Xiaoxue fares and what the outcome will be."

"As long as Xiaoxue's case is pushed forward, we can then submit it to higher authorities, right?"

Ye Wenxi imitated her, clapping her hands and pointing with her finger: "Yes."

The two of them were talking, feeling very happy.

There is hope.

"Hehe, to celebrate, let's have something good for lunch!" Ding Jiahe grinned.

Ye Wenxi: "Let's hurry to Qiulin and meet up with Xiaoxue first. She's probably been waiting there for a long time."