Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but it seems that the happiness level increases more after each reward is redeemed.

Initially, aside from the 3 points related to He Shuyao, the others were mostly 1 point. Later, 2-point events started to appear, and the 3-point events no longer needed to be linked to He Shuyao. Now, there are even 5-point events.

Li Zhao quite liked this system.

Not giving specific tasks will prevent Li Zhao from turning his reborn life into a role-playing game and being led by the system; not giving messy rules and standards will prevent Li Zhao from thinking about how to profit from the system every day.

In short, it all boils down to one sentence: experience life and feel happiness.

If you do it, you'll be rewarded; if you don't, you should reflect on your actions.

After returning home and finishing his meal, Li Zhao sat down at his desk and began to write the title:

"One Map for Overall Planning: The Core Key to Solving the Disconnect Between Urban Planning and Land Planning"

After hesitating for a moment, I wrote down another title:

From “separation of planning and land use” to “integration of planning and land use”: the dilemmas and future paths of spatial planning in provincial capitals.

He decided to first write the professional version for an academic journal, and then refine and optimize it, as this article required greater professionalism.

This is actually the content he is most familiar with, but it is the most difficult to write so far.

The biggest challenge is how to write something that is both correct and not perfect.

Since this is just the beginning of the pilot program, it would be excessive to write the core content of the relevant plan too far ahead of its time.

The effect was counterproductive.

For the remainder of the week, Li Zhao was preoccupied with the article. He couldn't finish writing it by Friday, and even if he finished it by the weekend and submitted it, it wouldn't be published until the week after next.

That was April 28th, just before Labor Day.

On Friday at noon, Li Zhao came to the office again and found that Huang Keyun was also sitting at the coffee table.

The office had never been so lively. The teachers sat in a circle, chatting enthusiastically, so much so that they didn't even notice Li Zhao coming in.

Is a 10-fold increase in influence really that significant?

As it turned out, the teachers weren't discussing the article about the four knives, but rather the adjustment of the Labor Day holiday.

In 08, Labor Day was drastically reduced from a long holiday to just one day.

After the work schedule adjustment, it will be a three-day mini-holiday.

In 08, the idea that "the grass is always greener on the other side" was a prevailing sentiment, and we shouldn't be too critical of it.

"Well, back then there wasn't a holiday for Qingming Festival, so we had to go back and forth."

"Group Leader Liu is always trying to please everyone."

Li Zhao had no interest in listening to what teachers were saying; he just wanted to see how the earthquake relief articles were developing.

"You can't say I'm being biased; this time I'm unequivocally supporting Four Knives."

Huh? How did we end up back on track?

"Hey, that article about disaster relief? Even the official media has stepped in to express their support, who would dare say they don't support it?"

"What he said was actually true. Didn't the snow disaster force many municipal facilities to raise their standards? In that context, the official media can't say there's anything wrong with his article."

"What you're saying doesn't quite ring a bell for me. Are you implying that the official media's statements aren't sincere? They could have simply ignored them, so why did the Sichuan media outlets have to write a direct response?"

"I can't explain it to you, but I still believe that urban development should take priority."

"If you lived in Sichuan and an earthquake really hit you, you wouldn't say that."

"It's strange, really. That article was mainly about Linjiang, but Linjiang didn't react much. Why did Sichuan, which was just mentioned casually, react so strongly?"

"I heard that an internal leader who was already focused on earthquake preparedness took this opportunity to report it to higher authorities. Linjiang... we already had some measures in place because of the snow disaster, so let's just continue."

"No wonder, otherwise I would have thought that Four Knives himself was some kind of high-ranking leader."

……

A response from Sichuan? State media getting involved?

Seriously? It's only been a few days, and the influence is already that great with 10 times the normal amount of time?

Li Zhaocai had just typed "Mo Dai" into the search bar when his own article popped up.

When I opened it, the entire page was filled with news reports.

The most significant document is undoubtedly the transcript of an interview with a leader from Sichuan.

First, the article's value was affirmed. Then, from the perspective of objective data, the recent earthquake risk in Sichuan was analyzed. It was stated that earthquake drills would be strengthened and carried out routinely, while a thorough investigation of dilapidated buildings would be conducted.

This basically responds to all the points mentioned in Li Zhao's article.

This is enough.

Li Zhao let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Zhao didn't care about the other criticisms of the article, the speculations about the identity of Si Kou Dao, or even the inexplicable conspiracy theories.

At this point, there are plenty of people pretending to be rational and objective, even saying things like, "Is taxpayers' money just for you to fix this useless stuff?" If you take it to heart, you're being a bad person.

What "taxpayers' money"... Li Zhao couldn't help but chuckle.

This sales pitch has become rare since he started working; it seemed to be quite popular in 08.

Those who say this often don't pay much tax, enjoy various benefits from government subsidies, and then say things that are biased and self-serving.

In short, things have progressed to this point, and Li Zhao is already satisfied.

Hopefully, by then, there will be more news reports about situations where earthquake drills were conducted effectively and the damage was not too severe.

[Completed a great thing. Happiness +2, Total 7]

Great...?

maybe.

Anyway, since the system said it was great, then so be it.

For an individual, being able to make even a slight change in this situation is quite remarkable.

However, the happiness level only increased by 2 points...

Li Zhao can understand.

His rebirth did not come for this reason; it is merely one of many things he will do in the future in accordance with his true self.

Don't let grand narratives cloud your sense of self.

While the teachers were still arguing, Li Zhao had already turned off his computer and quietly left.

Do not take away a cloud.

This weekend, Li Zhao wasn't worried about having nothing to do; finishing the article on integrating multiple plans over the weekend would be a challenge.

However, his thoughts were interrupted before dinner.

A muffled thud came from the kitchen sink.

Without a doubt, this is another classic emotional outburst from Zhou Xiaoyun.

This week they finally handed over the 37 yuan. There are still some messy procedures to complete, and today they should be running around doing those procedures.

The new plan for the pedestrian street has not yet been announced, and the renovation will not be completed until at least the end of the year, so it is unlikely that they will discuss the subsequent operation issues now.

The only store that might evoke emotions is the matter of "spending money".

After a brief analysis, Li Zhao had already guessed most of it.

For him in his past life, this kind of emotion would appear almost every week. Every time Zhou Xiaoyun got emotional, she would either get Li Changlin to compromise or get Li Zhao to take the initiative to ask her questions, and then she would be in an invincible position.

The more successful she became, the more she developed a path dependency, and she never considered that it was actually her husband and son's concern and concessions.

Transformation is something that cannot be accomplished overnight.

This time, Li Zhao won't tolerate it.