Chapter 19: It’s Too Hard to Work in a Hospital
Kuanjie Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Director's Office.
Dean Shen Guoming looked at Lin Kucan's family in front of him and felt a little overwhelmed.
Why? Because the country is in trouble, and there's a policy in place to reduce the capital's 4 million population by one-third. That means over a million people will be sent back to their hometowns, a massive undertaking.
Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital also has a target to reduce its staff. Originally there were 400 employees, and more than 100 of them will be reduced at once.
Dean Shen is already having a headache because of this. It would be very offensive to reduce the number of people and not reduce the number of people.
Because when you lay off an employee, it often means that the employee's entire family has to return to their hometown together, especially those whose hometown is in the countryside. They will never have the chance to become city dwellers again in this lifetime.
Therefore, it is very difficult to reduce work costs. Many employees who received dismissal notices cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to commit suicide.
Dean Shen hasn't dared to go home for a long time, because as soon as he goes home, either employees come to his house to cry and complain, or employees come to his house to give gifts, making the whole house restless.
As a result, at this critical juncture, the Lin family came to the door and wanted to arrange a job for the youngest son. This was really embarrassing.
If other employees who were laid off due to downsizing knew that I was firing employees while adding employees, I would be hacked to death.
What the common people fear most is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of distribution.
Dean Shen was all smiles at this time, and he personally made a cup of tea for Lin Kushen:
"Well, Dr. Lin, you know the current situation of our hospital. The country is in a difficult situation right now. Our hospital alone has to cut 100 employees. Well, well..."
Lin Kucan was a little embarrassed because all six members of the Lin family worked at the Chinese medicine hospital, and according to the policy, at least two people had to be laid off.
However, Lin Kushen is a national famous Chinese medicine doctor and a special talent, so he is given preferential treatment and the Lin family has never been touched.
Now the Lin family wants to add one more person on top of the 6 employees. There are only 300 employees in total, and the Lin family will take up 7 of them. If this is made public, it would be too much.
So the honest Lin Kucan could only nod with a red face:
"Yes, the country is in trouble, the hospital is in trouble, I, I..."
When Jin Caifeng heard that her husband was about to be tricked, she felt dissatisfied and interrupted him directly:
"Dean Shen, when we first came to Beijing, the agreement clearly stipulated that all my children would be given regular jobs. Why did we travel all the way from the south to this unfamiliar city? Isn't it for the medical cause of our motherland?
Our Lin family has made such great sacrifices and contributions, but in the end, we can't even arrange a job for my youngest son. This is unacceptable. Besides, this is the condition that the country promised us. I am not trying to embarrass you, Dean Shen, right?
Dean Shen was sweating and could only nod:
"Yes, yes, yes. The country did make a promise at the beginning. But this, this, this, that, this is different now."
Jin Caifeng didn't care and said excitedly:
"It's always the same. The government and the hospital can't ignore us ordinary people. And I've heard that young people without formal jobs these days are likely to go to the countryside as educated youth. I won't let my youngest son go to the countryside to suffer alone!"
The movement of educated youth going to the countryside began in 1955, when a "youth reclamation team" composed of students from the capital went to Luobei, Heilongjiang.
Of course, the peak of educated youth going to the countryside was in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, major cities no longer mobilized recent high school graduates to go to the countryside, and educated youth who had gone to the countryside began to return to the city in large numbers.
In the 1950s, the educated youth going to the countryside was voluntary and was considered a very honorable thing.
But Jin Caifeng came from a wealthy family and was very knowledgeable. She had already anticipated that what she volunteered to do now might not be certain in the future, so she absolutely could not take this risk.
Jin Caifeng made up her mind to let her youngest son stay in the city and stay with her.
Dean Shen broke out in a sweat after hearing this. He thought that the woman from the Lin family was not easy to deal with and he had to think of another way. So he looked at Lin Sanqi and asked:
"Well, this is Comrade Lin Sanqi, right? You're 23 years old this year. What's your educational background?"
Lin Sanqi was a little embarrassed because his character was a missing homeless person, so how could he have the chance to go to school?
"Dean Shen, I don't remember much about my childhood. I should have only an elementary school diploma..."
"Oh, an elementary school diploma. Have you ever studied Chinese medicine systematically?"
“No, no…”
After listening to this, Shen Guomin suddenly tutted his words:
"This is difficult to handle. We are a hospital after all, and hospitals are highly professional institutions. Comrade Lin Sanqi has no diploma and doesn't know Chinese medicine. This doesn't meet the hospital's employment requirements."
Lin Kucan felt helpless. His youngest son had just been wandering outside for 10 years. How could he have the opportunity to learn any medical knowledge?
It seems that the dean has taken charge of this matter.
Jin Caifeng refused to give up easily and said with a smile:
"You don't need a medical background to work in a hospital. The Organization and Personnel Department, the Hospital Office, the General Affairs Department, the Publicity Department, the Security Department, the Archives Department, and so on—all need promising young people like my son. If you don't know Chinese medicine, you can just take an administrative position."
Now it was Dean Shen's turn to be speechless. After all, his sister-in-law worked in the Finance Department. She was also taken care of and had no medical background.
It’s not possible that your own family members can use the back door, but when it comes to the family members of employees, you have to stick to principles, right?
The atmosphere grew cold, and no one spoke.
Jin Caifeng knew in her heart that it would be difficult to get the dean to arrange an additional job for her youngest son, but she also had a backup plan:
"Dean Shen, let me put it this way. I'm 50 years old this year. Although I want to fight for the revolutionary cause for a few more years, my health won't allow it. The country allows children to take over positions, so I've decided to retire directly and give my job quota to my youngest son. Is that okay?"
Lin Sanqi was shocked when he heard this. He was asked to make his mother lose her job at his expense. This was a big deal.
"Mom, I..."
Jin Caifeng patted her son's hand and signaled him not to speak.
Shen Guomin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Replacement, this, this, the country has no clear regulations for this, but since he is Doctor Lin's youngest son, I think it's okay."
The top positions do not occupy the unplanned quota, and the total number of employees remains the same, which is indeed the best solution at present.
The dean has spoken, so Jin Caifeng's retirement and Lin Sanqi's replacement have been decided, which made Lin Kucan smile a little more.
Jin Caifeng was obviously not satisfied. Now that she had retired, she had to give her son a good job.
"Dean Shen, you see I've retired, so you have to arrange a better, easier job for my son. You can't let my son guard the gate or do cleaning, right?"
Shen Guomin was in a dilemma again. Lin Sanqi didn't understand Chinese medicine, didn't know Chinese medicine, and didn't have a diploma. What could such a "three-no person" do?
(End of this chapter)
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