When Gao Jin, Ye Jiaqiang, and others hurriedly entered the conference room, they discovered that there weren't many people attending today's meeting, and it wasn't the usual expanded meeting.
"Old Gao, what meeting is it today that's so rushed? I was just in a meeting at the department office, and they called me over right away."
Ye Jiaqiang glanced at Gao Jin sitting to the side.
"If you, the busy person next to the leader, don't know, how would I know?" Gao Jin didn't give his old friend a hard time. This guy had a plan that he had been keeping to himself for a long time.
The two were talking quietly when the Party Secretary and the factory director arrived. The factory director spoke to an office worker nearby, who then took out a magazine and passed it around for everyone to read.
Guided by office staff, the attendees saw the article reporting on the film screenings at the steel rolling mill. The article, titled "I Show Movies for the Masses," was quite direct. Focusing on the steel rolling mill's film projection team, it recounted the work and lives of grassroots projectionists, praising their contributions to the cultural life of the local community.
The film also mentions that the steel mill plans to further expand its screening scale and target audience. Although projectionists from other units and departments are also interspersed, the steel mill remains the main focus.
Some viewers were surprised, some were indifferent, and some were even a little disdainful.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Today's meeting was convened at my request after discussing it with Secretary Wu. The matter concerns the magazine you are reading, which reports on our steel rolling mill's film screening work. We received coverage from authoritative media, and a senior leader from the ministry called to congratulate us and asked us to continue to do a good job in screening and serving films for the public."
The meeting will now be chaired by Secretary Wu.
Factory director Qin Zhijian gave the opening remarks, then handed the conversation to Wu Dingbo. In the current factory, one was in charge of production, and the other was in charge of Party affairs and mass organizations; both were considered responsible persons.
"Director Qin just gave a brief overview of the situation. This report, along with the high-level leadership's affirmation of us, is both a motivation and a pressure."
Does this mean we can relax our work once the reporting is over? No. Not only can we not relax, we need to continue to strengthen our efforts. The leader also said that they will organize other sister factories and mines to come here to learn from our experience. If we relax, what will they learn?
Today's meeting will mainly focus on how to further strengthen this aspect of our work. Let's have the Human Resources department present their plan first.
Wu Dingbo spoke very concisely, getting straight to the point.
At this point, Ye Jiaqiang, who had been called upon, was still somewhat at a loss. "Wait, they just started the meeting like that, why am I suddenly being asked to speak?"
"Secretary, Factory Director, we have followed the instructions of the leaders and consulted with the Publicity Department. We have come up with several plans, which are still being improved."
There was no other way; the plan hadn't been finalized yet, so Ye Jiaqiang had to bite the bullet and see if he could buy some time.
"It's been so long, and we still haven't come up with a solution? What kind of work are you doing?" Wu Dingbo said, somewhat angrily.
"Secretary, it's not that we haven't finished it, it's that we're still refining it. Let me first report our current plan to the leadership." Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Ye Jiaqiang could only grit his teeth and get through it.
"You go first," Deputy Secretary Fang Shanwei said, trying to smooth things over. He had just received the meeting notice himself; otherwise, he could have given Ye Jiaqiang a heads-up beforehand.
"Distinguished leaders, our plan is to expand the current screening team to six people, which means we will recruit four new people to form three smaller groups. This will allow us to expand the screening scope to more than three times its current size."
Then the projection team was changed to a projection section, with one section chief and one deputy section chief.
At this point, Ye Jiaqiang could only use Xu Damao's previous plan, but he made some cuts and hoped to get the approval of the publicity department.
"What's your opinion, Propaganda Department?" Wu Dingbo remained noncommittal about the proposal.
“We agree to the plan in principle, but should we add one more person? If we do, one person will stay at the factory to be in charge of the screenings, and the other three groups will show movies to the public outside.”
Gao Jin answered. For Gao Jin, the more people he hired, the happier he was. Leaving aside whether he could get a share of the profits from the new hires, just the fact that the projection team had so many people meant they couldn't keep showing movies outside forever.
When the time is right, they can direct those who are not currently scheduled to screen films to do other things, which is equivalent to indirectly recruiting people for his propaganda department.
At this point, others began to speak. Some felt the number of participants was still insufficient and that they should seize the opportunity to expand the scale of service to the community, making a greater contribution before other factories and mines came to learn. Of course, everyone has relatives and friends; recruiting more people might give them a chance to get a spot.
Some individuals believe that showing movies is ultimately a sideline for the steel mill, and the main task should be production; they shouldn't put the cart before the horse. A projection team of 3-4 people is sufficient.
"We'll talk about that later. Lao Ma, the current projection team has made some contributions this time. How are you planning to reward them? Let's discuss that at this meeting," Wu Dingbo said.
Since the matter of awarding personnel is also part of the Organization Department's work, it's normal for Wu Dingbo to ask Ma Xiangqian.
"Distinguished leaders, the innovative working methods of this screening team have won the recognition of the masses and indirectly promoted our factory."
My idea is, could we raise their salaries by one grade and then give them a factory-wide commendation? At the end of the year, we could give them priority consideration in performance evaluations and awards.
Ma Xiangqian hadn't really thought about how to reward him, but having worked in organizational positions for many years, he was quite adept at it.
"What is Xu Damao's current status?" Wu Dingbo asked casually.
“Secretary, he is still a worker,” Gao Jin replied. Only he could answer this question appropriately; the other leaders wouldn't care about the status of an ordinary employee.
"Does his status qualify him for a cadre position? Do we have any openings this year?" Wu Dingbo continued to ask.
"Secretary, for workers to be converted into cadres, they need to make outstanding contributions in their current positions, demonstrate leadership skills, and pass the approval process. Currently, there are still a few openings in our factory, but we usually wait until the year-end assessment results are released before discussing it."
Ma Xiangqian explained. He hadn't expected Wu Dingbo to plan to directly dispose of Xu Damao's identity. He didn't object to it, but there were only a few cadre positions available, usually allocated after discussions among leaders at the end of the year. Now that one was being used ahead of schedule, he couldn't leave things unsaid.
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