pjbooks Chapter 21 Shen Mingsun Encounters His First Crisis
Chapter 21 Shen Mingsun Encounters His First Crisis
For Ye Kai, the most profound impression this year left on him was naturally the college entrance examination.
But for others, it has different meanings.
The experiences of the past ten years before his rebirth were enough to overshadow Ye Kai's memories of the past with many important events, so he did not immediately think of a major event that occurred during this year's Spring Festival.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a bus carrying 27 students from "Xinghua Tourism" got lost on its way to Jinwu Mountain due to road repairs. The driver chose a detour via a side road, but the bus was hit by a blizzard and got lost.
Due to heavy snow and poor visibility, the driver suddenly fell ill in his anxiety.
Stimulated by various factors, he quickly fell into a state of unconsciousness.
The vehicle was almost driverless at the time and eventually slid into the valley.
Due to poor communication signals deep in the mountains, it was impossible to contact the outside world immediately.
The blizzard further blocked their route out of the mountains, leaving them stranded in the valley.
By the time the rescue team arrived and located the incident site, it had already caused quite serious consequences.
Because the incident occurred during the Spring Festival holiday, the school handled it discreetly, so many students were unaware that such an event had ever happened.
Ye Kai only learned the details of this matter many years later at a class reunion, when a half-drunk, half-awake old classmate casually mentioned this painful secret hidden in his heart.
"The little fish is in this car!"
Although Ye Kai knew that Chen Xiaoyu was not seriously injured in the accident, he thought of her poor performance in the college entrance examination.
Furthermore, considering that the essay prompt for this year's college entrance examination in Chinese was also related to the same near-miss incident, he has every reason to suspect that during the college entrance examination, the essay prompt triggered Chen Xiaoyu's memories of the Spring Festival tragedy, which in turn triggered a stress response, leading to her poor performance in the Chinese exam, a serious drop in her grades, and the loss of her opportunity to enter Tsinghua University.
"I need to think of a solution quickly!"
"Even if it's not for Xiaoyu's sake, think about the more than twenty students on the bus, and the driver who could have been saved!"
"Thinking deeper, regardless of whether Shen Mingsun takes over as executive director or has already been promoted to the position, he will inevitably bear primary responsibility for this accident!"
"We can't wait any longer!"
Ye Kai ran into the yard, and the cold wind made him feel much clearer-headed.
Looking at the weather, it was sunny just a moment ago, but now dark clouds are rolling in over the distant mountains.
"Beep beep..."
"The user you dialed is not in service area..."
Sure enough, they couldn't get through to Chen Xiaoyu by phone. They had most likely entered the mountainous area, but they couldn't be sure if the minibus driver had fallen ill.
No matter how anxious Ye Kai was, there was nothing he could do. He could only dial Shen Jiayi's number to speak with her father, Shen Mingsun.
"After you left, my dad kept making phone calls in his room, I don't know what he was talking about with his friends."
"Just now, it seems the city notified him to attend a meeting. I wonder when he'll be back..."
Shen Jiayi didn't know why Ye Kai wanted to contact her father, but she answered truthfully.
"It's extremely urgent!"
"This matter directly affects his future!"
While asking her father Shen Mingsun for his private contact information, Ye Kai instructed her that whoever got through to Shen Mingsun first must tell him to contact him immediately.
"Sigh, we'll just have to wait!"
After hanging up the phone, Ye Kai began to ponder the matter.
The situation with Chen Xiaoyu is currently unclear, and he has no way to contact the fire and rescue team to help. Without clear evidence, they won't listen to a high school student's ramblings.
Therefore, he could only patiently wait for news from Shen Mingsun, which was the best course of action.
……
Congratulations, Brother Mingsun!
"Brother Shen, congratulations!"
As soon as Shen Mingsun came out of the meeting room, he habitually took out his phone and saw more than a dozen missed calls, as well as some congratulatory text messages from well-informed friends.
"These people...their news travels so fast!"
Shen Mingsun casually flipped through the text messages and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
The meeting hadn't even started yet, and many people outside already knew the results. It just goes to show that some people's sense of confidentiality is indeed quite weak.
Today's meeting was somewhat unexpected. Chu Zhongtian, who was originally the designated candidate, did not appear. Shen Mingsun was directly nominated and promoted one level to take full responsibility for the work in Xinghua City. This change was beyond everyone's expectations.
Surprised, some people went to inquire what had happened.
The results were surprising and served as a stark warning.
During the two years that Chu Zhongtian was selected to be the candidate, he failed to fulfill his duties as required. He did not even explain the situation to his superiors or pay his party dues normally during those two years. Therefore, his behavior was considered a very serious violation of rules and regulations, and he naturally lost his qualification to compete with Shen Mingsun.
When the higher-ups learned of this, they were also very surprised. In order to reduce the public impact of this matter, they decided to act swiftly and decisively. As the only legitimate and compliant candidate for acting mayor of Xinghua City, Shen Mingsun was naturally and quickly promoted to the position.
"Ye Kai is really something!"
"He managed to dig up such a secret..."
Thinking about the cause and effect of this incident, Shen Mingsun was filled with emotion. Just as he was about to call Ye Kai, he realized that he did not have Ye Kai's phone number.
Just as Shen Mingsun was feeling a little regretful, he discovered that a number that had been dialed seven times was calling his private phone again.
"I am Shen Mingsun. May I ask who this is?"
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Mingsun finally answered the call.
"Hello Uncle Shen, I'm Ye Kai."
The other party responded.
"Ye Kai!"
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so well-informed. I just finished a meeting and you called. Are you calling to congratulate me on my nomination too?"
Upon hearing that it was Ye Kai, Shen Mingsun immediately smiled happily.
To be fair, if it weren't for the crucial information provided by Ye Kai, he would have at most secured the position of executive member this time, and his rank would still have remained at the deputy division level, not much different from before.
Even if Shen Mingsun, who has no significant background, makes a big splash in the news, his future prospects won't be very bright.
"Uncle Shen, don't rush to congratulate us."
"You are currently facing a major crisis..."
Ye Kai didn't continue arguing with Shen Mingsun about useless things; instead, he went straight to the point and warned him.