This is a photo circulating on the Internet, but we will see a lot of such photos in reality. No matter what the occasion, whenever you see the red carpet on the ground, it must be a major occasion, a very lively occasion, a very grand occasion. After all, red is a symbol of festivity.
I remember when I was working, I often did the work of directing everyone to roll out the red carpet. Friends who work in the workplace are estimated to have done similar jobs. I remember we had a factory to open. The start of the factory is a major project of the local government to attract investment, not only the enterprise attaches great importance to it, but also the local governments at all levels, so it is particularly important to prepare a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony.
In fact, many ceremonies are not exactly the needs of enterprises, after all, the government will not pay a penny for these costs, the government just makes requests, officials are willing to come, can come, that is to give you the face of the enterprise, the higher the level of officials can come, indicating that the greater the face of the enterprise, the greater the energy, which is the need for the enterprise to build momentum. Regardless of the actual effect, businesses need to build momentum. The purpose of building momentum is to attract the attention of all relevant stakeholders in the market, get more support from the government, and get the attention of the leaders, so as to get bank loans.
The red carpet is not only a symbol of grandeur, but also a symbol of solemnity. In the lively scene, there is no red carpet, no big red slogan as support, the scene is not lively. When the leader came, he saw that there was no red carpet and no big red slogans, no matter how rich your noon banquet was, Moutai couldn't drink the taste of ten years of age, and the seafood felt difficult to swallow.
So the red carpet is a sign for a major occasion, and the big red slogan is a mascot. Some people say that this is formalism, and it is better not to have formalistic things. But in real life, formalism seems to have become a magic weapon. The core of formalism is form, and sometimes without form, many things cannot be done or carried out. In many cases, even if you have a thousand unwilling, ten thousand unwilling, formalism will creep into us.
For example, in the picture, does the event need a red carpet, does it need a big red slogan, is this formalism? Environmentally, this is a rice field, like a test field for experts. It must be very important to hold such a grand event in the rice fields of the countryside.
The reason why it is important is that the trial of new rice varieties has been successful. Success is only the first step, in order to be fully recognized, leaders and experts need to go to the field for actual evaluation and acceptance. Evaluation and acceptance is not only an achievement, a kind of invention patent, but also the key link behind it is whether the project funds can be in place and whether the bonus after the hard work of the experts can be cashed.
For the evaluation and acceptance of agricultural projects, it is completely different from the celebration method in big cities, and the staff below do not know how much effort and hardship it will take to spread out a big red carpet and hang a festive red slogan in the field. In the end, as long as the leaders come, the experts come, and their achievements can be affirmed, then no matter how much hardship and sweat they have, it is worth it.
But if it's just an experiment or acceptance project of agricultural seeds, wouldn't it be perfect without a red carpet or a big red slogan? Wouldn't it be so solemn? Wouldn't it be able to completely pass the evaluation and acceptance? Is this really a practical need or a necessary formality, or even a reflection of formalism ingrained in our concepts?
But one thing is certain, every red carpet, behind every slogan, the huge expenditure of every event, in fact, it is taxpayers' money, if everyone has to pay for it themselves, it is estimated that no one will hold such an event.
Finally, to sum up, the things that cost people and money, I don't know when they will be able to stay away from us!