Ke Meiyu raised her eyebrows: "The purpose of establishing our senior university is to solve many problems for the residents in this area, including elderly care."
"We've already relieved a lot of pressure on the organization, and now we have to shoulder even more?"
"Director Xing, you are the director of the personnel department of our senior university. You should know very well that senior universities are different from colleges in the real sense. There is not much demand for logistics positions. Many times, our old men and women can fill in the gaps themselves."
"Our senior university is a non-profit institution. The monthly fees are only used to support various activities. The organization allocates a certain amount of funding. If we add another position, it will cost an extra 1,800 yuan in salary and benefits per year."
"Director Xing, if we agree this time, how do you think we can refuse next time?"
Director Xing didn't look too good.
Just as Ke Meiyu said, the employee benefits here are decent, but overall it's a low-paying job with not much to offer, although sponsors occasionally give out gifts.
With too many monks and not enough meat, the number of monks must be strictly controlled!
“Comrade Ke, we understand the reasoning, but the Zhao family is not an ordinary family,” he said with a bitter face. “A person of the old man’s status should live in a courtyard house around the Forbidden City.”
There is a ring of courtyard houses surrounding the Forbidden City, which were the residences of the real imperial family and nobles in ancient times.
Now, all the top bigwigs from all walks of life in Xia Hua have moved in. You could say that if any one of them stomped their foot, the whole of Xia Hua would tremble!
The Four Great Courtyards were known to the people of Beijing, but those residing in the Forbidden City were unknown to ordinary people. According to the novel's setting, this was probably the difference between aristocratic families and super-aristocratic families.
No wonder Director Xing and the neighborhood committee fawned over the Zhao family so much.
"However, the old man is sentimental and still lives with his children and grandchildren in the courtyard he used when he was young. Every day, people bring gifts to his door, and many people from the courtyards around the Forbidden City also come to visit him."
"At worst, you can just say it's a one-time exception?"
Ke Meiyu frowned and shook her head: "No matter who it is, we can't set a precedent. Otherwise, once people's bottom line is crossed, it will only get lower and lower, and where will we get so much funding to support people then?"
"Could it be that our funding application report states that because several younger members of the Zhao family were added this year, the amount of funding is several thousand or even tens of thousands more?"
Director Xing immediately became deflated, "Comrade Ke, I, I and the comrades from the neighborhood committee have all vouched for this..."
"So, you can't agree unless you're 100% sure." Ke Meiyu nodded.
After all, they were colleagues she had worked with for half a year, and she had personally trained and promoted almost everyone there. The principal was in charge of various administrative matters, but Ke Meiyu wanted to hold the power of important decision-making, unless one day she really wanted the senior university to die out on its own.
Director Xing is quite capable and usually a key figure, but the Zhao family is indeed unusual, which has made him somewhat flustered.
“You replied,” she said, pursing her lips slightly. “You just told them directly that I disagreed. Every position in our school is filled six months ago, and there are no extras.”
"They can come if they want; they can submit their applications and have the organization approve their salary and benefits."
Director Xing nodded, but the thought of having to reply made his scalp tingle.
On his way home, he couldn't help but take a longer route by bike, but he was still blocked at his doorstep by Aunt Zhou from the neighborhood committee.
Everyone lives in this residential area, so they naturally know each other well, especially Aunt Zhou from the neighborhood committee, who is very popular and knows the thousands of households like the back of her hand!
The neighborhood committee has a lot of work to do, but Aunt Zhou was so concerned about it that she came to the Xing family's house before she even got off work to wait for them.
"Old Xing, have you settled the job situation with the Zhao family? Can you free up a few positions?" Seeing him return, she hurriedly stepped forward to ask. "The third wife of the Zhao family said that there are seven or eight younger members of their family waiting to be assigned positions."
"You know how easy it is to find a job, right? There's a limited number of openings, and when someone retires, their descendants take their place. Even college graduates aren't guaranteed to stay in Kyoto."
“The younger generation of the Zhao family all had jobs before coming to Kyoto, but without a receiving unit, it’s all for nothing.”
"Sigh, finding a job is hard enough, but the third wife has very high requirements. She says that working in an office is not a waste of the ten or so years of schooling that the younger generation has gone through, and the salary and benefits cannot be too low."
"With such a good thing, why would it be the Zhao family who just arrived? Not everyone in our family has a job!"
Aunt Zhou never thought that Director Xing couldn't get this done. She just considered it a formality. After all, the senior citizens' university had only been established for half a year and hadn't recruited any more staff. It wouldn't be difficult to arrange three or five jobs now.
Furthermore, Director Xing had previously assured him of this.
Finding a job is difficult for them, but by associating with the Zhao family, they can still find some.
So she relaxed and couldn't help but complain a few times.
Director Xing sighed and waved his hand, "Sister Zhou, this won't work!"
"What? Why not? Your senior citizens' university is such a big organization, and it's newly opened. You haven't even hired anyone yet. Hiring a few people now shouldn't be a big deal, right?" Aunt Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but say.
"As you know, we are a new organization, so you should understand why the senior citizens' university was founded in the first place, right?" Director Xing pushed the car into the yard.
Aunt Zhou followed up, "Others may not know, but I know very well. It was Comrade Xiao Ke who couldn't bear to see such a good place as the Cultural Palace go to waste, so he asked the organization for this place, on the condition that the employees must come from the four major compounds."
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