While Wen Liang was busy between school and the shop, Aunt Time resolutely advanced to this day. To use a phrase that was most widely circulated in later generations, the gears of fate started creaking, and no one could stop the birth of a great man.
September 25, 1995, the first day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.
Monday.
Wen Liang had been waiting for the 5th Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee to be held. He and Ye Yuting asked for sick leave and stayed at home alone to watch the live broadcast of CCTV. The convening of this meeting had a very profound social background. In August 1994, the legendary retired female worker was arrested, which directly implicated a large number of officials in the capital. The level of involvement was the highest since the founding of the Republic, which caused great political turmoil. Therefore, at the meeting of the conveners of the plenary session on the 27th, the then General Secretary emphasized: Our senior cadres, first of all, provincial party secretaries, governors and ministers, members of the Central Committee and members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, must be political. The politics I am talking about here include political direction, political stance, political views, political discipline, political discernment, and political acumen. On political issues, we must be clear-headed. These words were later supplemented and improved. When the General Secretary inspected all walks of life in the capital in November, he formally proposed the three-talk theory of "talking about politics, talking about learning, and talking about integrity". After large-scale learning and practice activities, it gradually became known to the world.
However, these are too far from Wen Liang. What he needs to focus on is whether the guiding opinions on state-owned enterprise reform adopted at this plenary session are still moving along the track of his previous life? This is directly related to Qingzhou and Wen Huaiming's political future.
On the 28th, when the plenary session formally passed the "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the Ninth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Term Goals for 2010", Wen Liang received a call from Wen Huaiming from the Municipal Party Committee. From his deliberately suppressed voice, we can tell how excited he was at the moment. In the article that Wen Liang helped him write, both the analysis of the general trend and the interpretation of the policy were in perfect agreement with the "Proposal", especially the clear and clear proposal that the main goals of the country in the next five years are system transition and growth transformation, and the reform of state-owned enterprises should focus on large enterprises and let go of small ones, with different emphases. Based on this, combined with the actual situation in Qingzhou, Wen Huaiming's judgment specifically on Qingzhou Chemical Plant is completely in line with the central government's major policies and trends.
In this way, the helpless move at the beginning became a well-thought-out move in the eyes of everyone. The article written by Wen Liang was talked about for a long time for its accurate prediction of high-level policies and profound understanding of the domestic economy. It also made Wen Huaiming a little mysterious and became popular overnight. What is the most lacking in the era of economic leadership? Without waiting until the 21st century, everyone can give you an answer: talent! Qingzhou, with heavy industry and state-owned economy as its main pillar industries, can have a person who is proficient in such operations when the reform of state-owned enterprises has reached a dead end and a high-voltage line. His importance is self-evident.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Fuyan did not wait for the provincial document on organizing the study of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee to be issued, and began to promote the vigorous study activities in Qingzhou City. He also spoke many times at the group activities of the municipal units, proposing that the problems of the Qinghua Factory should be carefully resolved. Those who used to sneer at Xu Fuyan's jumping up and down and think he was like a clown kept silent this time. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the battle around the Qinghua Factory had changed from Zhou Yuanting's absolute advantage to Zhou and Xu being evenly matched.
Qingzhou, which had just stabilized, was once again shrouded in dark clouds.
At this time, the negotiation between Qinghua Factory and Fan Hengan had reached a critical juncture. The entire layout took nearly half a year, and the provincial and municipal governments had to make countless arrangements to get the green light all the way and push things to this point. It was about to succeed, and no matter what, no matter how much it cost, Fan Hengan would not let it fail.
When the two groups were stepping up their deployment, Wen Liang was also very depressed. He could not find a suitable opportunity to connect with Xu Fuyan. In fact, in terms of indirect relationship, Wen Liang and this secretary were already very close. Whether it was Xu Yao's friendship or Wen Huaiming's future, they were inseparably involved with Xu Fuyan, but the irony was that no matter which side he took, it was not suitable for what he wanted to do.
Could it be easy to do the dirty work of pulling strings between two municipal party secretaries
On October 1, the National Day, the first Qinghe Soy Milk store officially opened. Li Shengli, dressed in a suit, greeted guests at the door. He hired a waitress who looked average but was quick and efficient. Li Shengli was very satisfied. Wen Liang invited Xu Yao and Ning Xiaoning to play the role of welcoming guests. They were dressed in pink cheongsams and draped with a small banner that read "Qinghe Soy Milk Welcomes You". They stood at the door with a smile on their faces.
These are the employees that Wen Liang hired after making countless unreliable promises. If he wants to fully fulfill those promises, unless Qinghe can develop into a status like Microsoft in the future, it can be seen that the two women are worth a lot - they are not something that ordinary people can afford.
During this period, the large number of flyers issued had a very good publicity effect. It happened to be the National Day holiday, and the flow of people in this area was three times more than usual. Seeing a store opening, people would stop and stay for a while, especially the two beauties at the door with their beautiful smiles and slim figures, who looked very pleasing to the eye. In fact, Wen Liang had no choice. After tossing about the store, ingredients, and equipment, the little money he had had wasted a long time ago, and some things were purely bought on credit. Otherwise, get a few drums to beat, have two opera troupes perform, and have a lively day, the effect will definitely be several times better.
Li Shengli was speaking with a broken microphone, which was borrowed from a night market food stall, which was mainly used for karaoke. He stood in the open space in front of the door, and behind him were four or five red banners pulled down from the second floor, which read "Company X, Factory X, Group X congratulate Qinghe Soy Milk Bayi Store on its grand opening". There were two large flower baskets as tall as a person next to the store door, which were quite impressive and festive. Of course, there was no doubt that the flower baskets were rented, and there was no need to worry about the fake banners. Even the names of the units were made up by Li Shengli and Wen Liang last night.
Li Shengli first talked about the long history of Qinghe soy milk, that is, he translated the classical Chinese on the big sign in the store into Qingzhou dialect, and then boasted that the manufacturing process was completely in accordance with European and American standards, the craftsmanship was pure, and the taste was unique. Wen Liang held Li Siqing's hand below and tried hard not to laugh. He didn't expect that the always honest Li Shengli would turn over a new leaf this time, and suddenly he was like a different person, speaking nonsense and cheating. He had a future. After speaking and setting off firecrackers, Li Shengli announced that all customers who entered the store today would buy one get one free, buy a cup of soy milk and get a fried dough stick, and the audience immediately burst into warm applause. This fully shows that no matter how good the words are, they are not as good as the money!
But after the firecrackers were over, there were so many people watching, but not many people were willing to go into the store to try something new. This is understandable. For simple food like soy milk and fried dough sticks, unless it has a very good reputation, most people don’t really care where to eat it.
On the first day of business, this was not a good sign. Wen Liang secretly regretted that he had thought of everything, but why did he forget to arrange a few agents? In this kind of occasion, without agents to liven up the atmosphere, it would be like watching a movie without masturbating.
Just when I was thinking of ways to remedy the situation, I suddenly saw Lee Seung-ri walking towards the crowd on the side. From a distance, I could see a humble smile on his face. (To be continued)