Chapter 143
The candidate recommended by Xia Zhuyun was beyond everyone's expectations.
Director Luo asked, "Comrade Ye Manzhi is your secretary, right?"
"Yes," Xia Zhujun smiled. "This time, I've chosen someone who has a good background. Xiaoye was a top student in the Industrial Economics Department of the Provincial University. When she graduated and was assigned to our Industry Department, I specifically asked her to go to the Chemical and Light Industry Department. I'm quite familiar with her situation."
Deputy Director Li said, "I remember that Ye Manzhi wasn't even 30 years old yet, and she'd never held a leadership position before. Promoting her to the position of deputy director of the First Food Factory so quickly is a bit hasty. Ye Manzhi's work performance is good, but I don't recommend forcing her."
Director Sun did not want to get involved in the confrontation between the two leaders, but as the director of the personnel department, he still had to explain a few things regarding the issues concerning young cadres.
"We have nine young reserve cadres in our department, including Comrade Jiang Feng, Director Luo's secretary, and Comrade Ye Manzhi, who was once a young female cadre in reserve by the Binjiang City Zhengyang District Committee."
Although she is young, she is different from the college students assigned at the same time. She has been promoted to deputy section chief for several years.
Xia Zhujun continued, "Comrade Ye Manzhi was formerly the deputy director of a subdistrict office in Zhengyang District. While in college, she also served as deputy director of a machinery factory run by a provincial university. She has extensive grassroots work experience. The First Food Factory has just experienced a traumatic event, and the emotions of its employees and their families need to be reassured. The leadership team also needs a deputy director who can get up to speed and get involved quickly. In terms of professional match, Ye Manzhi is a better fit than Zhao Guilin. While at the Chemical and Light Industry Department, she was in charge of the food industry."
There are a lot of deputy section-level cadres in the Industry Department, and even quite a few section-level ones.
If we only look at job rank and years of service, there are many people in the department who can become deputy directors of a food factory.
However, the deputy director of a food factory is a full-time official and must participate in the operation and management of the factory.
In the department, except for the Heavy Industry Department and the Chemical and Light Industry Department, which have departments and several section chiefs, the cadres of other departments are non-actual section chiefs and deputy section chiefs, and many of them lack grassroots work experience and management experience.
Compared with others, Ye Manzhi's age is her shortcoming, but her rich grassroots experience is her advantage.
While everyone was silently thinking about the candidate she recommended, Xia Zhujun turned her gaze to Director Sun.
"I remember there weren't any female comrades in the leadership of the First Food Factory?"
"The chief engineer is a female comrade," said Director Sun.
Xia Zhujun nodded. "That is to say, there are no female comrades among the five factory directors, one director and four vice directors. I am the only female comrade in this conference room, so it is more appropriate for me to say this. Women comrades have their own advantages in work. They are sensitive to emotions and have strong affinity and empathy. Certain tasks can be achieved with twice the result with half the effort if they are handled by women. The proportion of female employees in food factories is not small. I think the Party Committee of the Department should consider assigning a female cadre to the leadership team of the First Food Factory."
The leadership teams of many factories are almost entirely composed of men, especially those in heavy industrial units. Most female comrades work in departments such as trade unions, women's federations, and the Communist Youth League.
Before the Spring Festival, she visited several grassroots units to express her condolences. When taking photos with the factory leadership team, she was often the only woman in the picture.
She still hopes that more female comrades can take up leadership positions when their personal conditions are similar and the time is ripe.
Deputy Director Li put down his teacup, shook his head, and said, "I think we should be cautious when appointing young cadres. Comrade Ye Manzhi is a good candidate, but he still lacks some experience in handling complex issues. He can spend more time in the department and gain more experience before taking on more responsibilities."
Xia Zhujun dismissed the idea, saying, "On the day the First Food Factory caught fire, Comrade Ye Manzhi was the first to call me to report the situation, and she was also the first comrade from our department to arrive at the scene. None of the First Food Factory's leaders were there at the time, but Ye Manzhi remained calm and collected in handling the emergency, promptly preventing factory workers from rushing into the fire and avoiding damage from a secondary explosion. She wasn't a factory official, so she took a huge risk when she made this decision."
"Cadres who act decisively and take responsibility like this are rare, not only among young cadres, but even among senior cadres. I think the training methods for young reserve cadres must be somewhat different. Director Sun just mentioned that Jiang Feng is also a reserve cadre. Young cadres like Jiang Feng and Ye Manzhi who are brave enough to take responsibility should be given more training opportunities by the department."
Jiang Feng is 33 years old and has been Director Luo's secretary for five years. He has also served as a section chief for three years.
Director Luo may not have the opportunity to be transferred in the next two years. If Jiang Feng is allowed to be his secretary for another two years, it will actually be a delay from the perspective of Jiang Feng's personal development.
Jiang Feng was assigned to the Industry Department only one year later than Zhao Guilin. At this moment, Zhao Guilin was planning to be promoted to the position of deputy director.
Moreover, the department must pilot trust enterprises according to the requirements of the State Economic Commission. This pilot project is very critical.
In order to understand the real situation of the pilot project in a timely manner, Director Luo must send someone he trusts to the Provincial Sugar Industry Company to guard it.
And who could be more trustworthy than Jiang Feng, who had followed him for five years?
The Sugar Industry Company is a department-level unit. Jiang Feng cannot be the general manager, but it is still possible for him to be a deputy manager.
Director Sun glanced at his notebook and secretly admired Xia Zhuyun's ability to seize the opportunity.
He has communicated with Director Luo many times about this personnel adjustment. Although Director Luo did not say it explicitly, if he cannot understand and implement the leadership's intentions in a timely manner, his position as the director of the personnel department will be unstable.
Jiang Feng's name was indeed on his notebook.
If a female comrade like Ye Manzhi who has grassroots experience cannot be the deputy director of a food factory, then it is not convincing to let a leadership secretary like Jiang Feng who has only experience working in government agencies to be the deputy manager of a pilot trust enterprise.
By the time the second half of the meeting came to discuss the candidates for manager and deputy manager of the Provincial Sugar Industry Company, Jiang Feng would most likely be in trouble.
He glanced in the direction of Mr. Luo and saw him blowing the tea leaves slowly, looking calm and confident. He could only complain in his heart that none of the people present were easy to deal with.
The confrontation between Director Li and Director Xia has not yet come to an end, and now the director has been dragged into this.
He was silent for a moment, then took the initiative to speak: "Our department has always advocated for young people to take the revolutionary path and cultivate successors to the proletariat. For the reserve cadres we are cultivating, we really need to try a variety of training methods..."
*
A meeting lasted an entire afternoon. When Ye Manzhi was sorting out documents in the secretary's office, she had no idea that this personnel adjustment would be related to her.
She had long been aware of the vacant positions, and the requirement for filling them was at least a section-level cadre.
A small cadre at the deputy section level like her had no chance to sit at the table.
In state-owned factories like the First Food Factory, people are often promoted based on seniority.
The factory party committee submitted the candidates to the department. The department leaders thought there was no problem and signed them with a stroke of their pen.
How could such a good thing happen to her?
So, when she learned from Xia Zhujun that she might become the deputy director of the food factory, she was dumbfounded.
"Why do you look like that?" Xia Zhujun said with a smile, "Becoming the deputy director of the food factory is a good idea. Didn't you say before that you wanted to work in the sales department to gain some experience?"
"I didn't expect it to be so fast!"
Ye Manzhi did tell her leader that she wanted to go to the business department for training.
She accompanied Xia Zhuyun around all day long, and the two had many opportunities to talk privately.
Once before the Spring Festival, on the way back from a visit to the heavy machinery factory, Xia Zhuyun chatted with her and asked her what plans she had for her future.
Ye Manzhi actually doesn’t have any plans. She always takes things one step at a time.
She was able to get into university, work in a big government office, and even became a secretary to the deputy director of the Industry Department. In Ye Shouxin's words, the Ye family's ancestral graves were already filled with glory.
She herself has no idea how it will develop.
However, she always remembered the reminder given to her by Wong Tai Sin, so when Xia Zhuyun asked her, she took the opportunity to say that she wanted to go to the grassroots level to gain some training and do some concrete work in the future.
However, this "later" should be a long time later. At the very least, he should be like Director Luo's secretary Jiang Feng, who worked as a secretary beside Xia Zhuyun for three or four years, accumulated enough experience and connections, and then be released by the leader.
It's only been a few months since our last conversation?
Why does Director Xia want her to go to the grassroots level so soon?
Xia Zhujun said frankly, "You are capable and you are willing to take on responsibilities. Since you have the opportunity now, you should seize it and go to the grassroots to train yourself."
Opportunity is fleeting.
If I missed this opportunity, I would probably end up being a secretary for five or six years like Jiang Feng.
Being a secretary to a leader has its advantages, but also its disadvantages.
Everyone knows that secretaries are the leaders' confidants and have many opportunities for advancement.
However, the more this happens, the more you need to pay attention to the impact to avoid giving others a chance to criticize you. Unless there is a particularly suitable opportunity, leaders generally will not take the initiative to recommend their secretaries.
The reason why Xia Zhuyun pushed Ye Manzhi forward this time was, firstly, because she herself was excellent enough. Apart from her age, she had no particularly obvious shortcomings. She also performed well when dealing with the emergency situation of the 2.27 fire.
This allows her to feel less insecure when recommending her secretary.
Secondly, she wanted to take advantage of Jiang Feng's promotion. As a young reserve cadre, with Jiang Feng leading the way, Ye Manzhi's promotion would not be so abrupt.
Ye Manzhi was extremely excited about this unexpected offer and stammered, "Leader, I wanted to learn from you for a few more years. This, this is too fast..."
"There's only so much you can learn as a secretary. Only by learning through actual work can you grow faster," Xia Zhuyun lamented. "Someone who can be a good secretary may not be a good leader, nor may they be able to do grassroots work well. I wish you could all shine in important positions..."
It takes three to make a hero.
After becoming the deputy director, I have a deeper understanding of this sentence.
What she needs now is not a group of yes-men surrounding her, but people who can really get things done and be useful.
Zhao Guilin, Lu Jian, and Ye Manzhi were all cadres promoted by her personally. They had a certain age difference and belonged to different echelons. They were the team she intentionally cultivated.
Ye Manzhi repeatedly promised: "Leader, if I can work in the food factory, I will definitely perform well and will never embarrass you!"
She was labeled as Director Xia's secretary. If she failed in the new unit, Xia Zhuyun, the recommender, would also be questioned about her judgment in hiring, and would lose face along with her.
…
When the leaders hold a meeting behind closed doors, I wonder how many pairs of eyes are staring at the door of the conference room.
Therefore, after the meeting, the results quickly reached the ears of those who were interested.
In addition to those popular candidates with high voices, Director Luo’s secretary Jiang Feng and Director Xia’s secretary Ye Manzhi are also on the adjustment list this time!
This result shocked many people.
Jiang Feng transformed himself from a secretary to the director to the deputy manager of a national pilot trust enterprise, and was responsible for the centralized management of the province's sugar industry.
Although the gap is a bit large, he has been the secretary of the director for five years after all, so this result is reasonable.
Ye Manzhi had only been working at the Industry Department for more than two years. Why was she promoted so quickly and became the powerful deputy director of a state-owned factory?
Many people have doubts about her appointment.
Wu Jie, a schoolmate who was assigned to the unit in the same year as her, even asked Ye Manzhi about his doubts half-seriously and half-jokingly in front of her.
Ye Manzhi was mentally prepared to face the doubts, but she didn't need to pay any attention to them. This was the decision of the Party Committee of the Department. If you have any questions, just ask the leaders in person.
However, when Wu Jie asked her about her previous experience, she answered calmly.
"Do you know what the rank of the director of the subdistrict office is?"
"Section-level official." Wu Jie said.
"Yes, I was already the deputy director of the subdistrict office before I went to college," Ye Manzhi said as a matter of course. "I was a member of our district's seedling class, and my name was written into the district party committee's list of potential reserve cadres. I've been a deputy section chief for seven years. If I hadn't taken the college entrance exam and continued working in the subdistrict office, I would have been able to become the subdistrict director in seven years, right?"
Wu Jie: “…”
I didn't expect there was such a secret.
If Ye Manzhi was a reserve cadre in the district and had stayed in the district to work, he might indeed be promoted now.
The street director and the deputy director of the food factory have the same rank, and it is hard to say which one is better.
Ye Manzhi explained with confidence, but she knew in her heart that this promotion opportunity was rare.
At the very least, the Guangming Commune, which was formerly the Guangming Sub-district Office, still has Zhang Qinjian as its commune secretary.
As long as Zhang Qinjian doesn't leave, she will never be able to become the commune secretary no matter how many years she waits.
That's why she said that this opportunity to take up the position was very valuable and that Director Xia was very kind to her!
*
In order not to disappoint Director Xia's trust, after completing the organizational conversation, Ye Manzhi found a lot of information about Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory to study.
After she learned about the relevant situation of the food factory in advance and handed over her work to Director Xia's new secretary, she went to Binjiang City No. 1 Food Factory accompanied by Director Sun.
The day they officially took office was Monday. When the two arrived at the food factory, the factory director Niu Enjiu was waiting at the gate with all the members of the factory leadership team.
When he saw Director Sun, he shook hands and greeted him warmly: "Director Sun, I'm so glad you're here. I've been waiting for the department to send us talents, and my neck is almost stretched to a length."
"Hahaha, the Party Committee of the Department is very concerned about the development of the First Food Factory. The selection of the deputy director this time was made after repeated and careful consideration." Director Sun shook hands with him and turned to introduce him. "This is Comrade Ye Manzhi. He has a university degree and graduated from the Industrial Economics Department of the Provincial University. He was once a cadre in the business department of the Provincial Department and has considerable grassroots work experience. He is exactly the talent that can meet the development needs of the food factory."
"Good, good, great!" Niu Enjiu said several "good"s in a loud voice like a bell, welcoming the new comrade with a warm and enthusiastic tone. "Comrade Ye Manzhi is an old acquaintance of our food factory. He used to manage the food factory together. We have had a lot of dealings in the past few years."
Ye Manzhi was wearing a half-new Lenin suit, with her long black hair neatly tied behind her head.
Hearing this, he said politely but enthusiastically: "Director, I will be your soldier from now on. Please give me more guidance and care!"
"You are a cadre trained by Director Xia himself, there must be no mistake!"
Niu Enjiu only exchanged a brief greeting at the door before inviting the person into the conference room.
Several deputy factory managers in the team exchanged knowing glances with each other and followed.
After Lao He died unexpectedly, they all thought that the Department of Industry would take into account the feelings of the cadres and workers of the food factory and promote a deputy director from within the factory.
I didn't expect that after waiting for so long, the branches would be full of leaves.
This person is not only a lesbian, but also a young and beautiful lesbian.
Mixed in with a group of middle-aged male leaders, he seemed quite out of place. The youngest person in their factory, Deputy Director Chen, was 37 years old.
However, whether she is young, a lesbian, capable, or talented is not the most important thing.
Most importantly, her identity is rather sensitive - the former secretary of the deputy director of the provincial department.
This appointment seems like the department leader is dissatisfied with the current situation of the First Food Factory and has deliberately placed a spy in the food factory.
No wonder Lao Niu organized people to greet us at the factory gate early in the morning and made the welcome ceremony so grand!
After all, I'm still not very confident about Ye Manzhi.
…
The group came to the conference room, and Director Sun formally read out the appointment document from the Party Committee of the Department and gave a detailed introduction to Ye Manzhi's personal resume.
Because there were production tasks in the morning, the general staff meeting was scheduled after lunch break, and Ye Manzhi would appear and speak in front of all the employees in the factory.
After the meeting of the factory leadership team, Niu Enjiu invited Director Sun to his office, wanting to ask him what the department leaders thought about the accident a while ago.
Ye Manzhi was taken to her new office by Director Ding from the factory office.
Director Ding walked up to the second floor and introduced, "This office is quite old. I originally wanted to renovate the walls before giving it to you, but you arrived so quickly, and I was worried about the smell after painting, so I've put it off for now. However, the desks, chairs, and cabinets are all new."
Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "It's fine. Thank you for your hard work, Director Ding."
She could hear that the other party was indirectly telling her that this office had just been cleaned up and was not the office used by He Dali.
He Dali died while fighting a fire, which was seriously a misfortune.
Some people are still quite taboo about this.
Ye Manzhi is not very courageous and needs Wu Zhengrong to accompany her when she goes to the public toilet at night.
It would be great if the factory office could give her a new office.
Seeing her satisfied expression, Director Ding secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He made the right move, luckily he didn't listen to other people's instigation.
No matter what other leaders think of this female factory director who was parachuted in from the provincial department, as the director of the factory office, he cannot make mistakes in such a small matter and give people something to talk about.
Ye Manzhi quickly looked around her new office.
The layout is similar to that of Xia Ting's office, with a secretary's office outside the factory director's office.
But the area is half the size.
In addition to office desks and chairs, filing cabinets, there is also a set of coffee tables and fabric sofas. It can be said that although it is small, it has everything.
Director Ding followed behind him and asked, "Director Ye, you've just taken up your new position, so you might need a secretary to help you get acquainted with the work environment. Do you have any requirements for a secretary?"
Ye Manzhi was working as a secretary for someone else yesterday, and today she has to choose a secretary for herself.
A capable secretary can save the leader a lot of worries.
Therefore, she still wanted to think carefully about choosing her first secretary.
"Director Ding knows the factory's situation better than I do. Please recommend a few candidates for me. I don't have any requirements for secretaries, but preferably they're female, have a high school degree or above, and are familiar with the factory's situation."
Director Ding took notes quickly with a pen, waiting for her next words. However, after waiting for several seconds, she still did not make any other requests.
Is that it?
The other party asked him to recommend several candidates instead of just one, which means that Director Ye still wants to choose a secretary.
However, for lesbians with a high school education, the range of choices is much wider.
The less demanding it is, the more difficult it is to handle.
He nodded, saying he would arrange a secretary for her as soon as possible. Then he glanced at his watch and said, "Director Ye, the factory has arranged a small welcome banquet in our staff cafeteria. After the banquet, there will be a general staff meeting this afternoon. It's almost time, why don't we go to the cafeteria to meet up with Director Niu and the others?"
Ye Manzhi didn't have any expectations for the welcome banquet or anything like that. She just wanted to finish the staff meeting and familiarize herself with the situation in the factory as soon as possible.
The grand welcome ceremony at the factory gate just now made her feel uneasy.
I always feel that the atmosphere of the factory leadership team is a bit strange.
But Director Sun was also here today, so the so-called welcome banquet was probably a cover for her, but in reality it was a banquet for Director Sun.
Ye Manzhi is not a young man who knows nothing, so he naturally won't be disappointed by such things.
Without much delay, she went out with Director Ding and met up with several other factory managers.
As Niu Enjiu walked, he introduced to Director Sun and Ye Manzhi a series of major moves in the factory recently.
"As the saying goes, machines are the working class's fields and must be well protected. The fire on February 27th caused heavy losses to the factory, destroying several complete sets of machinery. The factory leadership learned from this and, building on the existing security teams for espionage, theft, and fire prevention, established a militia company to oversee factory-wide security. The leadership also took turns on night shifts."
Ye Manzhi pretended to listen attentively and nodded seriously.
The fire happened not long ago, and the factory is working hard on safety and security, which is normal operation.
Ye Manzhi listened to his introduction and soon arrived at the staff canteen.
An office clerk opened the wooden door of the cafeteria in advance.
However, before the group entered, two people suddenly rushed out of the cafeteria.
The first person was in his forties. After scanning several leaders, he quickly locked onto the unfamiliar Director Sun.
"Are you a provincial leader?"
Director Sun's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that he had been dragged into the food factory's affairs.
But he was being stared at by so many eyes that he could only nod slightly.
"Leader!" the man shouted, ignoring the clerk's attempts to stop him. "I want to complain to the provincial leadership! The food factory leaders dismissed me without considering the facts or making any distinctions. I want to report this to the factory leadership!"
Niu Enjiu's face turned pale with anger at this sudden appearance of the man. He shouted, "Liu Hanmin, are you done yet? You're the safety officer in the canning workshop, right? On the day of the February 27 fire, you were supposed to be on night shift in the workshop, but you left without a valid reason. Such a massive fire broke out in the factory, and you were still living a life of luxury at home! Comrade He Dali even died as a result of it. Expelling you would be the least of your punishment. How dare you come out and complain!"
Liu Hanmin shouted, "It was my shift that day, but it was Deputy Director He Dali who told me to go home first. The Deputy Director told me to leave the workshop, so how could that be considered leaving without a reason?"
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