Chapter 119 Resentment
Zhao Minglei's mood at this moment was completely opposite to the weather outside. Autumn in Yanjing is the best time of the year, but Zhao Minglei's face was full of gloom.
Since the sudden appearance of Song Yuanchao on the day of reporting, Zhao Minglei was caught off guard and lost face in front of his classmates and teachers, becoming a laughing stock of the school.
Song Yuanchao asked his classmates to bring him some pear paste candy. Zhao Minglei seemed to be generous enough to accept it afterwards, but when no one was around, he threw the bag of pear paste candy to the ground and crushed it with his feet.
Zhao Minglei had never suffered such a loss in his life. It was not only because of Song Yuanchao, but also because of Lin Yan's attitude in front of everyone. This made Zhao Minglei feel ashamed and angry.
Zhao Minglei had very complicated feelings towards Lin Yan at this time. In Zhao Minglei's opinion, Lin Yan's family background and character were worthy of him, and if he and Lin Yan could succeed, it would be extremely helpful for his future plans. So Zhao Minglei had been courting Lin Yan all along, not to mention that Lin Yan's mother Chen Yuqin had been matchmaking them, which gave Zhao Minglei enough confidence.
Now, Zhao Minglei no longer had any love for Lin Yan. In his opinion, a woman like Lin Yan who "had no sense of shame" or even "was fickle" was not a good match for him. In this era, where would a girl casually date a man without her parents' consent? Moreover, she interacted with Song Yuanchao in public, which was extremely shameless.
After this incident, even if Lin Yan kneeled in front of him and begged, Zhao Minglei would not accept her. How could such a woman be a good match for him? But this does not mean that Zhao Minglei resented and hated Lin Yan in his heart. Maybe the change from love to hate is just a trivial matter that seems normal to ordinary people, but in Zhao Minglei's heart, he thought he had suffered a shameless betrayal.
But even so, Zhao Minglei only had hatred for . Because of Lin Yan's family background, it was impossible for Zhao Minglei to completely break up with Lin Yan. He was very clear about this, and he also understood that if he did so, even his parents would not support him.
Therefore, Zhao Minglei transferred his hatred for Lin Yan directly to Song Yuanchao. What's more, Song Yuanchao was originally his "enemy", a boy from another place who came out of nowhere and snatched Lin Yan away from him, making him lose face in school.
From that day on, Zhao Minglei secretly vowed to teach Song Yuanchao a lesson, to let him know what the sky is high and the earth is thick, and who should not be offended.
But the problem is what to do. Zhao Minglei is not a hooligan, nor is he a brainless young man. It may not be difficult for him to find someone to teach Song Yuanchao a lesson, but doing so will leave a legacy, and Zhao Minglei does not want his future to be affected by such an action.
After much thought, Zhao Minglei felt that it would be better to start with the rules to take revenge on Song Yuanchao, especially since he was a student union cadre. As long as Song Yuanchao fell into his hands according to the rules, Zhao Minglei could legitimately deal with him and let him know how powerful he was.
In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Minglei used his position as a student union cadre to look up Song Yuanchao's files and privately inquired about and collected information about Song Yuanchao. This was also the real reason why Luo Yang said those words against Song Yuanchao at the class committee election meeting. In Zhao Minglei's opinion, the easiest way to destroy a person is to first promote him to a certain position, and then cruelly kick him into the dust.
But Zhao Minglei never expected that Song Yuanchao had no idea about the class committee election, which surprised him greatly. Because in this era, everyone wants to make progress, and no college student would give up such an opportunity. Zhao Minglei, who had studied Song Yuanchao's resume, thought that Song Yuanchao would definitely participate in the class committee election according to normal logic, and with his qualifications and college entrance examination results, even if he did not become the class monitor, he would definitely have no problem being an ordinary class committee member.
It's a pity that Zhao Minglei doesn't know Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao has no interest in these opportunities that others would love to have, and his attitude in the class committee is just to be there for the sake of being a bystander.
However, Zhao Minglei also has a backup plan, and that is Luo Yang.
In fact, Zhao Minglei knew Luo Yang but was not familiar with him. However, his cousin Xiao Qiao was Luo Yang's good friend. Through this relationship, Zhao Minglei found Luo Yang, and put some pressure on Song Yuanchao in front of Luo Yang, and asked Luo Yang to give Song Yuanchao a push when the time was right.
Luo Yang originally did not intend to agree to Zhao Minglei's request, but because of Xiao Qiao, Luo Yang finally agreed for his sake. This can also be said to be a layer of insurance that Zhao Minglei deliberately put in to achieve his goal. In Zhao Minglei's view, this matter is basically a sure thing. After Luo Yang agreed to help, Zhao Minglei was very proud and even thought that he would soon teach Song Yuanchao a lesson.
But things developed differently from what Zhao Minglei had imagined. After hearing the results of the class committee election, Zhao Minglei could not believe his ears. Not only did Song Yuanchao not participate in the class committee election, but when Luo Yang took the initiative to recommend Song Yuanchao, Song Yuanchao changed the result in an incredible way.
After hearing the news, Zhao Minglei was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. He always thought highly of himself and thought that this matter was ironclad, but the result surprised him. Privately, Zhao Minglei cursed Luo Yang for being a good-for-nothing who couldn't even do a small thing, and at the same time he was very depressed about the result.
Starting from the rules, in order to achieve his own goals, it must be said that Zhao Minglei's idea is quite politically gifted. But he didn't expect Song Yuanchao to play by the rules, which made his calculations completely fail.
Now Song Yuanchao is just an ordinary college student. He does not hold any position in school or in class. Not to mention that he is just an ordinary cadre of the Student Union, what can Zhao Minglei do to Song Yuanchao even if he is the president of the Student Union?
The student union has great power, but it depends on the situation.
For ordinary student leaders, the student union has sufficient binding force and can make decisions through procedures such as praise, criticism or even severe punishment.
But for an ordinary college student, an organization like the Student Union may seem like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, and the current university atmosphere is still very good. There are very few messy things on campus, and most of the student cadres are very simple and practical. Even if Zhao Minglei wants to deliberately target Song Yuanchao, he cannot use the power in his hands casually, otherwise he will be accused and suspected by other student union cadres or even teachers.
In fact, this principle also applies to ordinary enterprises and units.
In ordinary enterprises and units, what kind of people do the leaders most worry about and don't want to offend? It is definitely not their deputies or middle and lower-level cadres, but on the contrary, the most ordinary grassroots workers.
Because these grassroots workers have no positions and no desire for political advancement, they just want to get a monthly salary, have a wife and children, and live a stable life. But once their personal interests are touched, it is difficult for the leaders to deal with it.
If it is a cadre, the leader may be able to use the cadres as an example to pressure him, or even slam the table and curse and threaten to revoke the other party's position, so that the other party will obey his wishes.
For ordinary basic staff, this approach is completely ineffective. As a state-owned enterprise or unit, you cannot fire people casually even if you are in a high position. In addition, the other party is not ambitious. If you show your displeasure to him, he may yell louder than you, or even slam the table and curse your ancestors. If you say something wrong, he will report you to the higher authorities and ask for an explanation. This kind of attitude of risking one's life to dethrone the emperor often ends up hurting these leaders.
Zhao Minglei was like this when facing Song Yuanchao now. He was like a rat pulling a tortoise, with nowhere to use his strength, which made him feel irritable and uneasy. In order to find a way to solve this problem, Zhao Minglei thought he had to start from Song Yuanchao's class. For this reason, he found Xiao Qiao to invite Luo Yang to have a meal and meet him, hoping to achieve his goal through Luo Yang. Unexpectedly, Luo Yang directly refused this time, which made Zhao Minglei even more angry.
In the evening, Zhao Minglei, with a heavy heart, returned to school from outside. He went to the dormitory to get the bowl and chopsticks and went straight to the cafeteria.
On the way, the conversation of several classmates caught his attention, but when he heard that they were actually talking about the scene of Song Yuanchao and Lin Yan riding bicycles today, Zhao Minglei's mood, which was already not very good, suddenly became even worse.
"Shameless! So shameless!"
Zhao Minglei cursed in his heart, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. At this time, those classmates seemed to sense something and looked towards Zhao Minglei. Zhao Minglei felt as if there was something strange in their eyes, as if they were laughing at him. For a moment, Zhao Minglei hurriedly lowered his head slightly, pretended nothing had happened, and walked quickly into the cafeteria.
Today is Sunday, and there are fewer people in the cafeteria than usual. After all, some students' families live in Yanjing, and some other students take advantage of Sunday to visit relatives and friends or go out.
Zhao Minglei deliberately avoided the classmates he had met before and went to a window farther away to get his food.
There were not many people queuing at this window, and it was soon his turn. Looking inside from the glass window, Zhao Minglei handed the bowl in, took out the meal ticket from his pocket and asked for a braised pork. The school's braised pork was very good, and Zhao Minglei usually liked it very much. As for vegetables, he didn't order any more because the braised pork had cabbage as the base. Then he ordered two steamed buns, pierced them with chopsticks, and walked to the other side with the bowl.
On one side of the window there was a large bucket filled with soup.
The meal tickets in school are free, the soup is free, and the vegetables are also free, but these are all subject to quotas. For example, meal tickets are distributed at a fixed rate of 45 kilograms per boy and 40 kilograms per girl per month. The vegetable ticket is 5-6 yuan per month. In addition, there is an allowance of 10-16 yuan, which is enough for a college student to eat well while in school at current prices.
You have to go to the window to buy food, and you can get soup at will. Zhao Minglei went over to take a look, and when he saw that the soup bucket was filled with seaweed egg drop soup, he frowned slightly.
Zhao Minglei had disliked eating seaweed since he was a child. He immediately shook his head and decided to leave without the soup, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a male classmate bending over to make soup, and he suddenly stopped.
