1962, the day before New Year’s Eve.
The Spring Festival in Beijing was exceptionally cold, with heavy snow falling from the sky. This was the longest snowfall in three years.
Everyone was worried when there was no snow. Now it snows every day, and everyone is still worried.
Because heavy snow has caused road closures and it is Chinese New Year, all supplies for the capital rely on rail transportation.
But even though the railway had already struck a snag, it was still very difficult to supply a large city with a population of several million.
In addition, this was the Spring Festival after three years of disaster, so there were very few pedestrians on the road.
But inside the infectious disease hospital outside Dongzhimen, the scene was completely different.
The hospital does not admit patients during the Chinese New Year, but the infectious disease hospital is not quiet. Instead, it is bustling with activity. More than 600 employees and thousands of their families have gathered in the hospital square.
The heavy snow fell on everyone's head and body, but no one felt cold, everyone was full of enthusiasm.
On one side of the square inside the hospital, New Year's goods and benefits were piled up like mountains. The logistics department and family members who volunteered to help used tables to separate the crowd.
Lin Sanqi took the microphone and began to read from a list:
"Everyone, please pay attention. We are going to distribute a lot of New Year's goods today. Everyone should remember to take note of them. Don't cry if you are missing out. The hospital will be closed after today, and there will be no replacements then."
More than a thousand people at the scene chuckled.
In the 1960s, the state stipulated that the Spring Festival would be a three-day holiday, a statutory rest day.
But these days, in order to demonstrate their proactive attitude towards development, many units only have one day off on New Year's Eve, and all units have to work during the Spring Festival. Of course, you are allowed to slack off, but what matters is your work attitude.
However, under the leadership of Lin Sanqi, the Infectious Diseases Hospital did the opposite and stipulated that the holiday would last from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the first lunar month, and would reopen on the eighth day.
Just like that, several more complaint letters appeared on the department leader's desk.
"Okay, everyone, get your pens and paper ready. I'll start by reading out the New Year's gifts to be distributed:
One Jinhua ham; half a fresh pork loin; one box of luncheon meat; 100 kilograms of rice; 100 kilograms of flour; 20 kilograms of rapeseed oil; one box of Shaanxi apples; one box of Hebei pears;
One small jar of white wine and one small jar of yellow wine; a package of mixed seasonings including sugar, salt, soy sauce, etc.; a set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers; 20 meters of cotton cloth; 20 kilograms of melon seeds and peanuts; a box of frozen hairtail.
In addition, to celebrate Dr. Pan's pregnancy, I personally paid for 10 kilograms of White Rabbit candy to be distributed to each employee. This did not cost the hospital any money. Everyone can monitor whether I, the director, am corrupt.
Hehehe~~~ The whole place burst into laughter again.
Now everyone in the capital knows that Comrade Lin Sanqi does not love money and has handed over all the foreign exchange he has to the state.
"Everyone, don't worry. In addition, every employee can receive a bicycle delivery voucher today. With this voucher, you can get a free bicycle at Dongcheng Department Store. You don't need to pay extra. Don't lose it."
Boom~~~
The scene suddenly became explosive, and then cheers rang out in the square.
"Thank you, Dean~~"
"President Lin, you are a great person~~"
"Don't shout it out, and you don't need to thank me. First of all, we should thank D and the country for giving us the good life we have today, and thank the revolutionary martyrs. Secondly, thank yourself.
In the past year, everyone in our hospital, whether they are old employees or new graduates, has devoted themselves to their work with great enthusiasm.
We have many patients and high business volume, so our income is stable and guaranteed. Therefore, today's benefits are earned by everyone's hard work. They are not given by three or seven people like me, Lin, nor do they fall from the sky. They are all earned by your labor.
Finally, I hope everyone will continue to work hard next year and maintain a positive work style. I will be traveling to Hong Kong on business in the first half of next year. The hospital's work will be led by the new Vice President, Comrade Bi Xinglong. I hope everyone will cooperate.
I don't play along with the Minzhu system. We just need to fully cooperate with whatever policy the leadership has. Our hospital is newly established, and there's a lot to deal with. We don't have time to waste on all sorts of arguments. As the director, I'm still quite skilled."
Lin Sanqi has truly grasped the essence of leadership.
First you give me a date, then you get a stick. It means if you don’t listen to your leader, you’ll be fired.
As for whether he would be fired? No kidding, Dean Lin is a ruthless person who set a record of firing over a hundred employees in a single day, and the key is that he can't be sued.
Lin Sanqi looked at his watch, then took the microphone and said:
"The General Affairs Department has started distributing New Year's gifts, and the Finance Department is also preparing. I'd like to share a new policy with everyone: for employees who live with and support their parents, the hospital will provide an additional subsidy of 100 yuan to each parent."
Boom~~~The scene exploded again.
All the employees who have elderly people at home are smiling. After all, for two elderly people, that means 200 yuan, which is equivalent to half a year's salary for a worker.
The employees who did not live with their parents all regretted it.
Many people are already planning to bring their parents from the countryside to live in the city next year and take care of them personally. After all, 200 yuan is not a problem to support two elderly people.
The Infectious Disease Hospital distributes benefits every holiday, and the benefits are very generous, covering everything from rice, flour, grain, and oil to clothing, food, housing, and transportation. There is no need to worry about not having enough food.
Lin Sanqi felt relieved when he saw the thoughtful expressions on the employees' faces.
He thought of this policy because a few days ago when he was making rounds, he came across a middle-aged male patient crying uncontrollably.
Later, after asking the attending physician, I learned that the patient's parents in his hometown had died of hunger. The son only learned about this after receiving a letter from relatives.
Lin Sanqi sighed after hearing this, but did not blame his son for being heartless.
Because the workers' lives in the city are not easy now. The food ration is not enough for them to eat. If they have several children at home, their families will be living paycheck to paycheck every month.
Even if some employees want to save some food and send it back to their parents, the risk is very high.
Only a small amount of food can reach the hometown, and most of it disappears along the way. As for how the food disappeared? In an era without surveillance and big data tracking, how can you find out?
Therefore, the best way is to allow employees to bring their parents back to their hometowns or those who are separated from them to take care of them, provided that food supply is ensured.
In difficult times, it is very difficult for the elderly to survive.
Lin Sanqi has no control over other units, but Lin Sanqi of the Infectious Disease Hospital will never allow any tragedy of an elderly person walking into the mountains to wait for death to happen. This would be unworthy of his reputation as a time traveler.
So he specially formulated a temporary policy, giving subsidies to those who brought their parents, and no money to those who did not.
Modern people like to use money and interests to drive everything they do, and use love and responsibility to influence others. This is something only corrupt scholars like to do.
After arranging the welfare in the hospital, Lin Sanqi hurried out of the hospital. There were 15 large military trucks parked on the road, and all the cargo boxes were covered with awnings, so it was impossible to tell what was inside.
The 15 drivers were waiting there with their feet stamped. When they saw Dean Lin coming, they all stood still.
Lin Sanqi waved his hand:
"Thank you all for your hard work in helping me carry the welfare these past few days. I won't be responsible for others. After you 15 drivers finish your mission, each of you will be given half a pig and 100 kilograms of flour. I will give you extra when the time comes. And remember, the pork and food I give are for you personally. Don't be too honest to hand them over. Do you understand?"
When the 15 drivers heard this, they all laughed, then stood at attention and saluted:
"Thank you, Chief. We will remember this."
Lin Sanqi had to emphasize this, because his truck was borrowed from the General Logistics Department and the drivers were all active-duty soldiers. He had to emphasize that the drivers would not dare to take the things home privately and had to hand them in. He was so honest.
Lin Sanqi waved his hand and said, "Let's go to Fuxing Road first!"
Fuxing Road is where the General Logistics Department's office is located, and it's also Lin Sanqi's "biggest backstage" in China, so this is the first place he wants to flatter and give gifts to. (End of this chapter)
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