The next day, early morning.
All mbers of the Second Squad stood at the door, waiting for the Head of the Corps to arrive.
Fang Huai was instructed to stand at the very left of the first row, making it easier to step forward.
When they were notified this morning, everyone was a bit surprised.
Fang Huai was going to receive an award again?
Even the Training Squad gathered from afar to join in the excitent.
The NCOs who had heard from Wen Jingsong that Fang Huai got his position through connections were particularly curious.
This morning, Chen Zhechang announced that the ceremony to award the third-class rit would be attended by the Corps leadership.
And it was the senior leadership.
Deputy Head Luo of the Corps and Minister Zhong from the Political Departnt would be there, as well as Political Commissar Cheng.
With two of the Corps’s seven deputy division commanders coming and the head honcho, Political Commissar Cheng also in attendance.
Captain Zhang managed to secure a third-class rit for his nephew; could he have mobilized such significant efforts? Inviting such a host of senior leaders?
That didn’t seem logical.
Yet Fang Huai had so guesses.
For his re third-class rit, it would have been enough for a director from the Corps Political Departnt to issue the order, accompanied by a deputy director from the Firefighting Detachnt. Why such high-level involvent?
General Luo, he suspected, must have co for Han Yong.
With General Luo present, naturally, the standard of the whole ceremony was upgraded from top to bottom.
"Hey, Fang Huai, what’s up with this song of yours that even the Corps Captain is coming to award you?"
"Did the leadership upstairs take notice of you or sothing?"
Inside, however, Fang Huai just smirked.
If they could have delayed awarding him this third-class rit, it might have actually gotten noticed by the higher-ups!
Perhaps, the third-class rit could have turned into a second-class ritorious service!
Although Fang Huai wasn’t particularly concerned about the "songwriting" rit, the physical enhancents were very real!
While everyone was still speculating, the guests arrived.
Three Audi military sedans drove into the squadron.
The person who alighted from the lead car was a leader with a slightly wide face and a crew cut, seemingly portly, exuding an aura of affability.
The two leaders following him were slimr and appeared to be older.
There was also a colonel and a lieutenant colonel.
Cao Yi and Ye Jiahong turned to look and were about to step forward when the lieutenant colonel gestured for them to co over.
Once they realized it was the director of the propaganda departnt, they quickly approached and saluted.
"Director Chen!"
It’s common for the leadership to frequent the Provincial Special Duty, and for those stationed there, it’s an essential lesson to rember the faces and nas of each Detachnt and Corps departnt leader.
Director Chen nodded, "You... play that song over the squadron’s loudspeakers."
"Yes!" Ye Jiahong promptly dashed upstairs.
The senior leaders began to gather at the entrance of the squadron, casually chatting with their hands folded, their voices loud and clear, although most soldiers couldn’t understand what they were discussing.
"Political Commissar Cheng, of the three publicity objectives for the provincial Detachnt this year, Captain Zhang has completed one for you..."
"The work of comparing old and new... your Detachnt’s Fire Prevention Office..."
"This year’s ’Urban Firefighting Planning Implentation Proposal’ for the provincial city requires an application for 3.20 million in implentation funds..."
General Luo continuously offered suggestions on the various operations of the provincial Detachnt, and Minister Zhong took the opportunity to interject now and then.
Minister Zhong’s influence wasn’t that significant, but with General Luo present today, he could also use the chance to get Political Commissar Cheng to coordinate with the Corps Political Departnt’s work.
Only Political Commissar Cheng seed anxious, continually ntioning, "This year’s tasks are heavy, our unit has a large-space exercise this week, and next month..."
The troops from the Second Squad and Training Squad listening quietly on both sides of the entrance.
The leadership’s conversations potentially contained the groundwork for the coming months’ tasks, and everyone carefully listened for assignnts relevant to them, the grass-roots soldiers.
At that mont, a soothing lody began to play, returning the leaders to silence.
A pleasant female voice started;
"All are resolute... warm blood courses through you, your..."
Fang Huai’s voice also erged from the loudspeakers;
"All are ordinary, your selfless dedication..."
"Love for your green uniform, charging into battle, into fire scenes, love for your fearlessness in the face of danger, hardship is all the sa!"
...
Soldiers felt their blood boiling with excitent, feeling that the song voiced their sentints.
Different from the usual military songs, and distinct from "Red, Red Police Camp, Red, Red ."
Those songs spoke of the barracks, spoke of the might of the troops.
But this song spoke uniquely of the valiant fires faced by firefighters and the bitter pains experienced through growth, as well as the "heroic glory" in everyone’s heart.
Most importantly, it was fashionable.
Everyone felt a thrill; they had to let their girlfriends listen to this song!
A sense of collective honor was revealed through the song’s beautiful lody and moving lyrics.
Wen Jingsong couldn’t help but hum along when it reached the second verse, thinking of letting his college girlfriend hear it too, but then rembering that it was Fang Huai’s song, he stopped, feeling a mix of embarrassnt and irritation.
Damn it, if Yu exists, why allow Liang to be?
"Who says only those in the spotlight can be heroes!"
As the final line ended, leading into a rousing musical section, all the leaders present began to applaud.
"This song is really well-written!"
General Luo, probably hearing the song intently for the first ti, sounded quite enthusiastic as he praised it, then added:
"This song has great potential! Director Chen, we should really promote it heavily through our channels!"
Being one of the main leaders of the Corps, he, of course, didn’t have ti to waste listening to songs, but today, after Director Chen asked if they could play the song before announcing the order, he agreed.
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