Chapter 134
Ye Manzhi accompanied Xia Zhuyun to several meetings, but she never took the initiative to go in and pour water for the leaders.
It takes a lot of courage to push the door and walk into a serious meeting room in front of everyone.
She had the courage to take the thermos from Yu Kun's hand and push open the heavy wooden door of the conference room, completely gritting her teeth.
She is a newly appointed secretary, and Xia Zhuyun is also a newly appointed leader, and her situation is much more difficult than hers.
Xia Zhujun has been the director of the Industry Department for several years, and now her colleagues in the team are all her former leaders.
This situation is similar to when she first became the deputy director of the street. Zhang Qinjian, who once had the power to decide whether she stayed or left, has become her work partner.
If you don't want to be someone else's yes-man, you must find a way to quickly gain a foothold.
Judging from his own experience, Ye Manzhi felt that Xia Ting might be looking for an opportunity to make his voice heard.
A secretary's future is almost tied to her leader. Now that she has come up with an idea, she must of course pass on a message to Director Xia in a timely manner.
Ye Manzhi carried a thermos and tiptoed into the meeting room, adding water to the tea cups of each leader in turn.
When pouring water for Xia Zhuyun, he casually placed the folded note paper on her notebook.
Xia Zhujun didn't look at the paper, as it was her turn to speak.
"Asking the production team to pay for fixed assets is really asking too much. Instead of targeting the production team, it's better to find an organization that can afford to take over our fixed assets. The Forestry Department's idea is good. Finding a state-owned farm in the suburbs to work on it is much easier than buying seedlings and tending the crops ourselves."
"However, it's better to do something familiar than to start something new. In my opinion, we might as well contact the Department of Agriculture and have them take over Jiulihe's arable land and fixed assets and set up a state-owned farm. Then, all the comrades in the department and the members of Jiulihe's commune will go to work on that farm. As long as the farm can give everyone 30 to 40 percent of the harvest as compensation, we won't have to worry about food rations."
Ye Manzhi, who was listening intently, said: "!!!"
Is it too late to get that paper back now?
How come she has the same opinion as the leading hero again?
And Xia Ting’s method is even more clever than hers!
What she wrote on the paper was to transfer the fixed assets to Xinhe County, and the county would set up a state-owned farm.
However, the Department of Agriculture seems to be more suitable than Xinhe County. At least, the Department of Agriculture has money and technology!
Ye Manzhi stood there in a daze for a while, and heard Director Luo's words of affirmation in his ears.
She ignored the note and left the meeting room with the thermos.
…
The side business was under the charge of Deputy Director Li. Xia Zhuyun provided ideas at the meeting and did not interfere with the subsequent arrangements.
After returning to the office, she called Ye Manzhi in.
"I've read the note you brought in. It's a good idea."
Ye Manzhi said embarrassedly: "You already have an idea, I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert."
Xia Zhujun asked with a smile, "Why did you suddenly think of starting a farm?"
"I was chatting with Wei Guoliang and Yu Kun outside and asked them about Director Li and Director Lin's opinions."
“…”
Xia Zhujun looked at her young face for a moment and felt a little amused.
Wei Guoliang and Yu Kun are both secretaries who have been with the leaders for many years, and it is not easy for other cadres to get information from them.
The two of them were able to reveal the truth to her, perhaps because they were not on guard against Xiao Ye, who was also her secretary. Anyway, the result of the meeting would be revealed soon.
But Xia Zhujun felt that Xiaoye's face might also have contributed to this.
Ye Manzhi is a young lesbian with a soft and round face. This kind of face is beautiful and friendly, which can easily let people down their guard.
After taking a few more glances at the face, Xia Zhujun smiled and said, "You performed very well today. I just took over the new job, so there are bound to be things I overlook, and sometimes my mind isn't as sharp as you young people. One person's shortcomings are often seen through the eyes of two people. If you have any good ideas in the future, just let me know in time. You did a great job today."
Although the note was not used, their ideas were similar.
As a secretary, Xiaoye is able to take the initiative to share her worries and think ahead, which is worthy of praise and encouragement.
*
Secretary Xiao Ye was happy because her work performance was recognized by her leader.
When I went to the cafeteria to eat at noon, I was full of joy.
"What good news has happened to Secretary Ye?" Wu Jie sat down next to her with his lunch box and teased, "The air on the third floor is so refreshing. You've only been up there for a few days, and you already feel so refreshed!"
"Of course," Ye Manzhi said proudly, "The air on the third floor is sweet. Come up and take a breath if you have time!"
"I don't dare run to the third floor casually now," Wu Jie whispered. "I heard that those people from the Chemical and Light Industry Department who always go to the third floor have all been criticized by Director Xia?"
Ye Manzhi earnestly refuted the rumor: "No, I was just reporting my work normally, how could she be criticized by her boss? In the time I've been working as Secretary for Director Xia, I've never seen her criticize anyone."
The two chatted casually for a few minutes, and soon, Su Rui and Huang Zhiqiang also came over with lunch boxes.
The four people at the dinner table were all alumni of the provincial university.
Except Wu Jie who is from the Department of Economics, the other three are all from the Department of Industrial Economics.
Ye Manzhi used to be close only to her senior sister Su Rui from the same department, and had a decent relationship with Wu Jie. But ever since she became Xia Zhuyun's secretary, Huang Zhiqiang, with whom she had an average relationship before, also started to get close to her, and they often met in the cafeteria.
"Xiao Ye, you're quite lucky to have been chosen by Director Xia to be a secretary. It's definitely much better than staying in Comprehensive Section 3." Huang Zhiqiang revealed, "I heard someone in Comprehensive Section 3 has been reported again."
"Who is it?" Ye Manzhi asked in surprise.
How come she didn't hear any sound on the third floor?
There are currently only four people in the comprehensive three subjects.
Zhao Guilin and He Ping have been reported once before, so they won’t be reported again this time, right?
"There's a guy called Wang something."
"Wang Qin?"
"right."
Ye Manzhi put down her chopsticks and asked curiously, "Why was Wang Qin reported?"
"I heard it was because of his activities as a vendor," Huang Zhiqiang said. "Didn't the department just hold a meeting? To prevent the infiltration of bourgeois ideology, three rules were set for cadres. One of them is that they're not allowed to buy or sell tickets or supplies. It seems Wang Qin was selling something at the market."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
The timing was perfect.
As soon as the department held a meeting to ban cadres from engaging in vending activities, Wang Qin was reported!
In fact, there are quite a few people in government agencies who privately deal in supplies.
After the city's workforce was streamlined, many unemployed and idle people became small vendors.
In this situation, there was great resistance to a rigid ban, so the city simply implemented centralized management.
Like her fourth brother, after obtaining a business license, she can legally set up a stall at a fixed location.
However, as more people set up stalls, many working people and students would secretly participate and resell tickets and food.
Wang Qin is definitely not the only one engaged in vending activities in the agency. The fact that he was reported now is probably related to the competition with the director and section chief.
Huang Zhiqiang whispered at the dinner table, "The internal strife within your three comprehensive departments is intense. Anyone with even a hint of competitiveness has been reported. He Ping and Wang Qin, these two, are really..."
He pouted and shook his head.
It seems that it has been confirmed that the two people are reporting each other and retaliating against each other.
Ye Manzhi ate quietly without saying a word.
Instead, she felt that the report letter was not written by He Ping.
His "gift-buying" incident actually doesn't stand up to scrutiny. The most appropriate approach at the moment is to sit back and let things cool down slowly, and not provoke others to target him.
When Wang Qin was reported during such a sensitive period, the first person to be suspected was definitely He Ping.
Director He would not be confused at a time like this.
Ye Manzhi had a hunch that someone was trying to take advantage of the situation.
If Comprehensive Section 3 is completely wiped out, the superiors will most likely transfer people from other departments to be section chiefs.
In that case, many people would meet the requirements, including Huang Zhiqiang who was sitting opposite her.
Huang Zhiqiang was transferred to the Ministry of Industry in his junior year. He was also a deputy section-level cadre and had worked in the Heavy Industry Department for three years, meeting the requirements for the position.
Ye Manzhi stayed in the office for nearly a year and learned several lessons. The four words "caution" were firmly remembered by her.
In such troubled times, she didn't want to cause trouble, nor did she want to be used as a tool.
So, even though she heard about the farce in the comprehensive three subjects, she did not tell Xia Zhuyun.
She felt that her leader would definitely not want to hear such bad things.
*
As it turned out, Xia Zhuyun was indeed not interested in such a farce.
Even if he heard about it from somewhere else later, he would just frown slightly and change the subject.
Xia Zhuyun's current focus is on work, and she needs to find a breakthrough point as soon as possible to open up the situation.
The grassroots research arrangement drawn up by Ye Manzhi came in handy.
After being adjusted several times by Xia Zhuyun, she followed her leader to investigate one or two companies every day and stayed outside for half a month.
That day, after leaving the sewing machine factory and getting into the car, Xia Zhujun let out a long sigh.
Ye Manzhi stayed by his side silently without saying a word.
The sewing machine factory's products have just won the provincial quality award, and their performance has always been very good. The reception we received just now was very attentive.
Apart from the fact that the factory director's tone was a bit arrogant, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it.
Xia Zhujun pinched the bridge of her nose and asked wearily, "After so many days of research, have you found any problems?"
Ye Manzhi felt that there were many problems, but none of them were big problems. There is no such thing as no problem in running a business.
But since the leader asked, she must have something to say.
Ye Manzhi considered his words and said carefully, "These enterprises are actually developing quite well. Compared to six or seven years ago, they have definitely made great strides. But I remember when I first started working, in 1956, all the factories in the city were engaged in socialist competition. I even challenged other units on behalf of the Coal Furnace Factory. The socialist competition back then was vigorous, and everyone was very motivated. Although there are still competitions within and between factories now, it seems to lack vitality."
The sewing machine factory just now was also participating in inter-factory competition with other factories, but she felt that it was more like a formality.
There is no longer the same kind of vitality as before, with everyone working together and offering suggestions.
Xia Zhujun chuckled, "It's true they're lacking energy. There are only three sewing machine factories in our province, and the one in Binjiang just won the provincial award. They have no rivals in the province, so they can rest on their laurels. They've only made three technological innovations this year, and their output has decreased compared to last year and the same period the year before..."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
The production of several factories they surveyed seemed to have dropped slightly this year.
Xia Zhujun frowned as she looked out the window at the rapidly passing street scene, muttering to herself, "Since competition within the same industry in this province isn't dynamic, let's try competing with those from other provinces. These managers and factory directors are all just bullies, patting their chests in front of me. If I were to actually let them compete with the big factories in Beijing and Shanghai, they'd all be in a state of panic."
Ye Manzhi secretly worried about the factory managers.
"Xiaoye," Xia Zhujun suddenly asked in the quiet carriage, "I remember your child is quite young, right? How old is he?"
"In two months he'll be four."
"Does your child usually cling to you? If I ask you to go on a business trip now, can you leave?"
"Of course! She's in kindergarten during the day, so my wife can take care of the child after school. We usually share the responsibilities."
Xia Zhujun said, "Okay, get ready and come with me to Beijing in a few days."
Ye Manzhi: “!!!”
What? What? What?
Is this a piece of cake?
Can she go to Beijing without dancing?
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