After Wen Huaiming finished washing, the father and son worked together to make a hearty early meal. Just after finishing the meal, the phone rang. Wen Huaiming hurriedly tidied his clothes, picked up his briefcase and left. When he was leaving, he suddenly thought of something and said, "If anyone comes to our house recently, they will be turned away. I have told your mother, but I am afraid she is confused. You have to help keep a close watch at home."
Wen Liang pushed him out the door and said with a smile, "Got it, let's go quickly and don't keep Secretary Xu waiting for too long."
After this major earthquake in Qingzhou's officialdom, many positions became vacant. From the perspective of both economic development and political stability, the provincial party committee and government do not want any more accidents to happen, so they should respect Xu Fuyan's opinions in personnel arrangements and give him the green light to govern Qingzhou.
From this, we can also imagine how many intercessory calls Xu Fuyan will receive in order to get a little cream in the upcoming cake-sharing game! Leaders, friends, relatives, confidants, subordinates, you can reject one, two, once, twice, but you can't completely ignore them. As long as you are still in this circle, you must follow certain rules of the game. Everyone born in the world will fall into various complex interpersonal relationships, not to mention the officialdom. And what Chinese people are best at is to use endless means and methods to cleverly connect people and things that seem to be unrelated together, so that people can neither accept nor reject them, so they have to consider all aspects and take care of all aspects.
Even Xu Fuyan is no exception to this.
Over the years, there have been unwritten rules for personnel changes, which are mainly based on organizational inspection procedures and supplemented by behind-the-scenes manipulation. The two complement each other and are indispensable. Some people can be promoted from ordinary section officers to regular section officers in three or four years, but they still cannot be promoted to deputy director in more than ten years. And from deputy director to regular director, and from regular director to deputy director is like a chasm. Without luck and support, you can be stuck at this level for a lifetime.
As for the promotion from deputy director to director, it has nothing to do with individuals. It depends on whether God is willing to help you, even if the time, place and people are all right. This is one of the reasons why many leading cadres are obsessed with Feng Shui.
Like the dispute between Xu and Zhou in Qingzhou, Zhou Yuanting fell from power. Although it was a disaster for some people, it was a godsend for many others, a unique event that could not be found by chance. As the saying goes, one carrot for one hole, if you pull out a bad carrot, you will naturally have to use a good one to fill it, and so on. I don't know how many people's futures will be changed because of this. Therefore, anyone who still has some aspirations in his official career will not let the opportunity slip away quietly.
Being reserved, aloof, and waiting is neither in line with national conditions nor human nature. There are too many people and too little porridge. Regardless of whether it will work or not, at least this ambition and attitude will be seen by the leaders, which can add a few points. You don't bother to interact with the leaders, and the leaders don't bother to pay attention to you.
Wen Huaiming has been in the officialdom for so long that he has seen through all this. As the most popular person who can speak in front of Xu Fuyan, if he casually mentions someone a few times on weekdays, it will have unimaginable effects and benefits. So in recent days, many people have been in and out of the Political Research Office, chatting, saying hello, asking for revisions, reporting work, and other social gatherings such as eating, drinking tea, and leisure are too numerous to be bothered by. Fortunately, he has the tactfulness gained from more than ten years of working in the government, and tries his best to deal with everyone, both adhering to principles and not making people feel unkind. This is also the helplessness of the officialdom. Most of the energy is spent on handling interpersonal relationships, and there is no time to take care of other things.
Standing by the window and watching Wen Huaiming's back disappear at the gate, Wen Liang felt a little emotional. How could he not understand the worry in Wen Huaiming's words? Ding Mei didn't have much desire for money and power, but for many years, when he was used to having no visitors and a deserted life, he suddenly became crowded with people and was flattered by all kinds of flattery. It was inevitable that he would be confused and accept things he shouldn't have accepted and make promises he shouldn't have made, which made Wen Huaiming's work passive.
Wen Huaiming needs personal connections and needs to cultivate a network of relationships, but not at this sensitive moment.
Ding Mei came out of the bedroom, looked around the living room, and asked, "Is your father gone? Secretary Xu is really something. He can't do his job without Old Wen?"
Wen Liang smiled without saying anything. The pride in Ding Mei's words far outweighed the complaints. Sometimes, it is a happy thing to let family members complain like this.
"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Let's discuss your problem now. Wen Liang, what have you been busy with recently, leaving home early and coming back late, or even staying out all night? Do you still look like a student? Do you want me to talk to your teacher Ye and help you formulate a code of conduct for middle school students?"
Wen Liang was always right when dealing with his mother, so he changed the subject directly and said, "The agricultural machinery factory can't pay the salary this month? Mom, how about we quit and start a small business?"
Ding Mei immediately forgot to blame him, sighed and sat on the sofa: "The product has no sales, and the government's financial subsidies are not enough to even cover the daily maintenance of the machines, let alone wages? The day before yesterday, Shengli told me that he wanted me to quit my job and help him. He said he wanted to open a new store and let me manage it. But can business be easy? I don't have the ability or the intention. I just want the factory to be good, which is more important than anything else."
Wen Liang squatted down in front of her, held her hands, and comforted her, "Don't worry, Xu Fuyan will definitely vigorously reform state-owned enterprises after he takes office, and the agricultural machinery factory may be saved. I saw an article some time ago, it seems to be written by an economist. I remember it mentioned that agricultural machinery is not useless, but very useful, and will definitely replace manpower and become the most important means of farming. So there is actually a lot of room for development in this area. As long as we open our minds and revitalize our assets, the factory will definitely prosper again."
The agricultural machinery factory closed down in Wen Liang's previous life, but judging from the development direction in the next ten years, as agriculture changes from a single economy to a diversified economy, mechanization, industrialization, and technology will become inevitable trends. What the agricultural machinery factory lacks is not technology and manpower, but a visionary and courageous leader. As long as this is included in the overall reform of Qingzhou state-owned enterprises, the prospects should be bright, so saying this to Ding Mei is not entirely comforting.
Ding Mei rubbed his son's head and smiled, "You are the only one who knows a lot! Is there anything else later? I'm going to see Nuan Nuan, do you want to come?"
Wen Liang originally planned to go to the soy milk shop this morning. Although he had nothing to worry about with Li Shengli and Tan Xue there, he felt a little bad for not showing up for so long. Just as he was about to say that they should go together, the phone suddenly rang. It was Ning Xiaoning.
Wen Liang didn't expect her to call so early, and said with a wry smile: "Mom, go by yourself. I'm busy now and almost catching up with Xu Fuyan..."
Take the bus to Gongren Road, and then walk through three alleys to reach the most lively Silver House Street in Qingzhou. The almond cakes that Wen Liang brought for Xu Yao during the autumn outing were sold on this street. After receiving a call from Ning Xiaoning in the evening, he rushed over and knocked on the door of Li Sao's shop overnight. He talked his lips off and spent ten times the price to get them to rush to make a few boxes. Of course, there was no need to let Xu Yao know all this.
When I passed the third alley, I saw a little girl of about three or four standing in the middle of the intersection. She had big eyes, a small mouth, and skin that was as soft as a baby's. She looked cute and tender. She was wearing a pink down jacket, had neat bangs, and had black hair tied behind her ears. She was wearing many braids and shaking her head from side to side, staring at the cars around her. She looked helpless, which was extremely cute.
This intersection is not a main road, with low traffic and no traffic lights. The little girl was trapped in the middle of the road without her family to look after her. It was just after the rush hour and there were few pedestrians around. All the vehicles passing by her drove very slowly, fearing that the little girl would suddenly run and get hit.
Wen Liang walked over quickly, took the little girl's hand, and said softly, "Brother will take you across the road, okay?"
The little girl looked up at Wen Liang, her black eyes sparkling with bright starlight, as clear as a pool of spring water, her tiny eyebrows visibly wrinkled, and she asked, "Are you a good person?"
Uncle Wen was instantly hurt. What did this expression mean? Did he dislike his brother for not being handsome enough
Little sister, just because you are handsome does that mean you are a good person? Your world view is very problematic!
"Of course I'm a good person, otherwise why would I help you cross the road? Look, so many people don't help you... Oh, there are fewer people now, but brother is indeed a good person, haha."
Wen Liang lacked experience in dealing with girls of this age, so his smile was a little awkward. Before the little girl could say anything, a minivan passing by honked its horn, and the driver stuck his head out and cursed, "Are you standing in the middle of the road and looking for death? You don't want your own life, and you don't want your child either? How can you be a father to someone?"
Wen Liang's face darkened, but the little girl giggled, held Wen Liang's hand, and said in a baby voice: "Daddy, let's go!"
Wen Liang coughed dryly and said, "Brother, just call me brother."
After crossing the road, the little girl took out a bag of ice cream from her pocket and handed it to Wen Liang hopefully: "Please have it!"
Her hands were soft and cold, her face was red from the cold, but she was still thinking about eating ice cream. Wen Liang squatted down and gently scratched her nose, saying, "Eating this in the cold weather will give you diarrhea. Where's mom? Why did you run out alone?"
The little girl turned her head and pointed to a barber shop on the left: "My mom is inside. I'm only this far away. I won't get lost." As she spoke, she gestured a distance with her hand to indicate that it was only this far.
Just as Wen Liang was about to speak, the door of the barbershop suddenly opened and a beautiful young woman ran out in a hurry. The little girl raised her hand and shook it, shouting, "Mom!"
The young woman's tense face finally relaxed. She ran to the little girl, picked her up, and kept saying, "You scared me to death, you scared me to death."