Chapter 216: Some people are dismounted, some are sent down (bug hunting) Yan Jiu...
Chapter 216: Someone is dismissed, someone is sent down (bug hunting)
Mid-August.
The Ministry of Commerce held a long-awaited video and telephone conference on large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises across the country.
This conference mainly focuses on some problems that have arisen in the reform of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises in Northeast China and some social problems caused by this.
After receiving reports from researchers at the beginning of the month, Yan Jiuru sent people to confirm some serious issues mentioned in the reports, including his secretary, the deputy minister and even the director's secretary.
Now, it's time to deal with some issues.
"…Economic market reforms don't happen overnight. The government has liberalized market pricing, removed purchase restrictions, and eliminated the need for coupons. This should benefit both businesses and consumers. So why are some businesses thriving while others haven't even released their salaries?
Some companies even use all their intelligence and talents to abuse their power for personal gain!
They're actually resorting to the same tactics that appeared a few years ago when foreign investment was first introduced: deliberately destroying enterprises, laying off employees, and then dividing up the assets of large enterprises, with a small group of insiders engaging in internal contracting and embezzling state-owned assets for personal gain?!"
"Some people, on the other hand, don't abuse their power for personal gain, but they have rigid minds. Without government mandates, they can't sell their own products, no matter how good they are. They sit in their offices every day, sighing and groaning, looking like they've suffered a great injustice.
I just want to ask, if someone hung a biscuit around your neck, would you not lower your head to eat it?
Someone has to feed it to you?
Otherwise, just wait to starve to death?
Compared to those who throw their workers into society and then turn the factory into their own, how much better are you?"
"And that steel mill? How long have they been undergoing market-oriented reforms? Two-thirds of the workers have already been laid off!
How have the laid-off workers been living in recent years? Have the factory leaders shown any concern for them?
A single worker who gets laid off can still have two bowls of porridge every day. But if both husband and wife in a dual-income family are laid off and prices outside are rising, can a family of six or seven rely entirely on their savings to survive for two or three years? How will they live after two or three years?
Some companies, in order to save trouble, and some places have lazy governance, do not actively find ways to respond to market changes, and often lay off employees to solve the problem. There are hundreds of thousands or even millions of workers in a city!
From what I understand, some families are forced to sell blood just to buy 20 yuan for rice!"
"Comrades, don't your hearts ache?
Less than fifty years after our victory, people's lives are already going backwards?!
When facing our researchers, some laid-off workers cried and asked: "What did they do wrong?"
When the country needed them to go to the countryside, they went there without hesitation. They farmed at the prime age for studying and poured their youth and passion into the countryside.
After finally returning to the city, they went through great pains to recruit workers into the factory. However, the good times only lasted a few years as the factory looked down on them for their low educational level and forced them to be laid off.
"Is it their fault that they don't have academic qualifications? Is it because they don't want to study?"
They were forced to go to the countryside before graduating from junior high school and farmed there for more than ten years. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, what percentage of the rural population was able to pass?
“Why can’t they get any good things, but all the bad things happen to them?!”
Everyone in the meeting was as quiet as a chicken.
Enterprises with good performance are silent, and those that have been named and those that have not been named but are not much better are even more silent. Those that are between good and bad look around and dare not say a word, for fear that the flames will fall on them.
. . . . . .
After this meeting, more than one hundred cadres from large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises were dismissed.
Some were removed due to lack of ability, and some were taken away by disciplinary inspection. . . . .
Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Commerce, together with several relevant departments and units, sent a new group of cadres to take up positions in the Northeast region to reorganize the reform of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises.
***
"The environment in the local area is completely different from that in the ministry. When you go there, you should go to the grassroots level to understand the actual situation, use your brain, and ask for any help you need."
"As for the existing cadres, those who can be used should be used, and those who cannot be used should be removed, or if problems are found, they should be handed over to the disciplinary inspection committee. Don't let them unite and control you."
Yan Jiuru's secretaries also had to go to local areas to work for training, and two of the three secretaries went.
Xiao Song was directly sent to a northern city to serve as mayor in charge of economic reform. The original mayor was imprisoned for participating in the enterprise's abuse of power to divide up state-owned assets.
The organization took into account the convenience of his work after taking office and gave him the opportunity to promote several deputies.
It can be said that this face is quite good.
The administrative level of the secretary of the Minister of Commerce is not low. If he performs well after training in the local area, his career will take a leap forward.
There is also Secretary Li Zhonghua, who went to a large state-owned vehicle manufacturing plant in the north to serve as the factory director; a secretary of Vice Minister Wang served as the deputy director of a steel plant, and so on.
The rank of the factory directors of these large state-owned enterprises is actually not low.
Secretary Song and Li Zhonghua have been leading the two new secretaries for some time. The two have already received the minister's approval and are considered to be able to get the job done, so they are relieved.
But when I think about leaving here soon, I still feel very reluctant.
There will be no minister to protect them from now on, and they will have to face all kinds of pressure alone.
Xiao Song stood at attention and saluted quickly, saying, "Don't worry, Minister. I will resolutely complete the task assigned to me by the organization!"
Li Zhonghua also assured: "Don't worry, we won't try to be detached from the masses. If there is anything we don't understand, we will keep in touch with you and the organization."
Yan Jiuru felt quite emotional after personally seeing off the two secretaries and the comrades from the Organization Department who had sent him off for the appointment. He couldn't help but recall the situation when the Organization Department sent him off to take up the position of director a few years ago.
There were some minor setbacks even within the ministry, and I'm afraid they will also have to face turbulent times when they go to the companies and the city this time.
Fortunately, I have paved the way for them. Those who should be withdrawn have been withdrawn, and those who should be punished have been punished. As for those who are blind, I can use them as a whetstone to practice my skills.
***
Following this national video conference, the wave of layoffs that had been sweeping across the country seemed to have been paused and fell into an eerie silence.
Yan Jiuru certainly did not expect that these dispatched cadres would solve all the problems immediately.
He also worked tirelessly to arrange for provinces, cities, industries, large and medium-sized state-owned and collective enterprises to go abroad to inspect and learn about new industries and products.
The focus is on the engineering machinery industry, agricultural machinery, textile and chemical fiber, electronic products, household appliances, etc.
Before going abroad, of course, you should first have an in-depth understanding of the current situation of your domestic industry, the difficulties you face, and what breakthroughs you can seek. It will take two or three months just to do this basic work.
On the other hand, Yan Jiuru began to work with the diplomatic department to communicate with relevant departments of European and American countries, Japan, South Korea and other countries to conduct necessary consultations for the inspection.
After all, with the disintegration of the former Speed Union, the foreign investors who had been actively investing in Xuan Country have had other ideas. Those who have already invested cannot withdraw because of the contract constraints of Yan Jiuru. Those companies that were preparing to invest have stepped back, and many negotiations have come to a halt.
Yan Jiuru was not in a hurry to introduce foreign investment under such circumstances. He adopted the principle of "those who are willing to invest are welcome" and would not force those who were unwilling to invest.
Capital is profit-seeking. As long as they can make a lot of money, even if their own government does not allow it, those capitalists will wave their money to replace the current government and re-elect a government that can benefit them.
That's the reality.
If others don't come in, they will go out and learn.
As long as you practice your internal skills first, opportunities will naturally come.
***
In mid-September, the newly appointed mayor, Xiao Song, called and said, “Those officials are like they have ropes tied around their legs and won’t even go down there.
As for the tractor factory in our city, they have been unable to sell their products since the year before last, could not pay wages last year, and laid off some workers this year.
But when I visited the countryside before the autumn harvest, I found that farmland in the countryside was in dire need of not only tractors but even motorcycles. Some villages didn’t even have a single one.”
"After investigation, we found that the leaders of the county agricultural machinery bureau had bought products from other manufacturers from other places. As a result, during the spring plowing season, some farmers bought products that broke down within a few days and had to be repaired.
I didn't make any money from this batch of cheap goods, and I even lost a lot of money. Naturally, I had no money to buy other goods.
Ordinary people have no way to buy tractors from the city themselves. Moreover, if they buy one through the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, no one will repair it if it breaks down, and they cannot buy spare parts.
It’s because we’ve become dependent on it.”
The tractor factory waits for orders every day, and lays off workers if they don't get any; the Agricultural Machinery Bureau stops purchasing counterfeit products if it can't sell them, regardless of whether farmers can buy them or not.
Farmers have never been to the city to buy things from factories in their entire lives, so they have to rely on digging in the soil themselves.
If no one goes out, it will be a vicious circle.
"Then how do you want to solve it?" Yan Jiuru asked after listening patiently to Mayor Xiao Song's rare long-winded talk.
"I plan to call on all the companies and factories in the city involved in the autumn harvest to jointly organize a 'welcoming the harvest and helping farmers in the countryside' campaign, so that companies can deliver their products to the fields."
As for those who embezzled money, the evidence should be handed over to the procuratorate and they will be dealt with according to law.
"Okay, that's a good idea!"
***
Yan Jiuru put down the phone, looking relaxed for the first time in a rare moment.
"...Ding ge'er li ge ding, this letter came at the right time, God helped Huang Zhong to succeed. Standing at the camp gate, giving orders, young men and women, listen carefully.
The first drum beats, and the battle meal is ready.
Two drums, tight robes,
Three drums, the sword is unsheathed,
Beat the drum four times and hand over the troops.
If you move forward, you will be rewarded; if you step back, you will inevitably be attacked. . . . . You must complete your mission by 3:30 PM tomorrow~"
The two new secretaries looked at each other and were a little surprised: they had been here for more than three months, and this was the first time they saw their minister so happy.
"Secretary Wang!"
"Hey, Minister!"
"Contact a few newspapers with wide coverage and have them work with Mayor Song to do an interview and report on the events leading up to and after this rural support campaign. Dig deeper."
"Please report it in the newspaper as soon as possible."
"Yes, Minister."
"Secretary Liu, please talk to the other people who are going to exercise. Tell them not to be so self-centered and to get to know each other better."
"Yes, Minister."
***
Maybe it was because the first thing he did at work was a happy thing, Yan Jiuru felt very happy for half a day.
He had lunch in the department cafeteria at noon, and then called Chen Yin again when he returned to the office. On the phone, Chen Yin told him that she was taking people to the north for research and might be away for more than half a month.
Naturally, he had to take care of the elderly and children at home.
"...One reason is that the industrial structure in Northeast China is too simple and needs adjustment. After your meeting, our Computer Information Center was tasked with establishing a modern computer-related layout in several cities in Northeast China where heavy industry is concentrated.
We’ll have to wait and see for details.”
Yan Jiuru sighed and put down the phone.
It was I who proposed adjusting the industrial structure, and now the boomerang has hit me. There's nothing we can do about it.
Electronic informatization in various industries is becoming an increasingly common trend. Large cities such as the south and the capital are already one step ahead, while old industrial cities such as the northeast are still using 386 models.
Not many companies have this.
Thanks to the efforts of returning computer talents including Chen Yin in recent years, Xuanguo's computer industry's software, hardware, and technical patents are not far behind the world, and are almost keeping pace with the world trend.
In addition to the host and display, all peripheral accessories can also be put together.
It can be said that the Xuantian computer independently developed by Xuan Guo is in no way inferior to the computer level of today's developed countries. The Xuantian system is a dedicated system independently developed by the government, the military and other sensitive departments to eliminate some backdoors.
This time they are not only going to build several computer information centers, but also to build factories. With the main factory, related supporting factories such as keyboards, mice, small speakers, and even mouse pads will follow suit.
Don’t look down on these little things, because they have such high consumption that they can support a small factory.
The Northeast region not only has Xuan Country's earliest large-scale heavy enterprises, but also has an unknown military that needs modern products such as computers.
While the factory is being built, technical schools will also be providing computer operation training and maintenance training. After graduation, these students will be able to find employment in these new computer positions.
***
Chen Yin's business trips last ten days to half a month.
Now Yan Jiuru is left with nothing.
In fact, he doesn't have to worry much about the elderly and children at home. Knowing that Chen Yin was on a business trip, the two children were even picked up and dropped off by their grandparents, so he was not needed at all.
Every day when I get home from get off work, I walk around the house and can't find that familiar figure, and I feel empty and uncomfortable.
Alas, Yan Jiuru sighed softly.
Putting himself in their shoes, he immediately called the organization department and asked them to contact the dispatched cadres and try their best to arrange for their family members to go with them.
***
"Ding-ling-ling~"
"Hey, Brother Jiu, it's me~"
On this day, Yan Jiuru received a rare call from his old classmate Li Xiangdong.
"It's almost October 1st, isn't it? Li Li's son in our class is getting married, and I've been asked to help contact the students. So, are you free on October 1st? Can you come?"
Yan Jiuru is now the fastest growing student in this class, no doubt about it.
It can be said that most of the first batch of university graduates did well, but he was the only one who was promoted to the ministerial level.
Even with a doctorate, Chen Yin was only a department-level official.
The vast majority of the others are still at the department level, and some of those who are not doing well are even at the section level. Some of those who are even worse off have even been forced to work on sewing machines for various reasons.
Yan Jiuru narrowed his eyes and thought about which Li Li it was. "Oh, you mean our Chinese class representative? Her son is getting married soon?"
Li Xiangdong rolled his eyes where he couldn't see, "You got married early, but she's older than us."
The students of the first two classes after the resumption of the college entrance examination were generally older, with quite a few in their thirties. Not to mention their children getting married, some of them even have grandchildren.
"Okay, where is it? Send me the invitation."
"Well, since my old classmate is so kind, I must deliver it to you personally!"
Yan Jiuru put down the phone and shook his head secretly.
In recent years, he has rarely participated in class reunions.
It's not that he is aloof and looks down on his classmates, but after attending two gatherings, he found that the originally simple class reunion was mixed with too much utilitarianism and messy things.
Isn't there a saying: "Being an adulterer is worse than having a class reunion, because that will break up every couple."
"The bold ones crawl into bed, the timid ones touch hands, the intimacy is not too big or too small, I chat, the mindless ones drink hard, and the cunning ones run around the table..."
In short, Yan Jiuru simply stopped participating later.
Except for some good friends, the others gradually became distant.
However, when Jingjing and Xiaohu were born, Li Li and other classmates gave gifts, so he had to return the favor.
It is not a good idea to ask someone to return a gift, no matter how high your official position is.
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