Chapter 89: The Cement Factory's Storm (2)

  That night, Xu Shaojie returned to his home in Huaiyang City. As he and Zhang Xiaoyu were blowing electric fans and watching TV, Zhang Shiqiu had already begun to deal with the first batch of "petitioners".

  Zhang Shi Kui knew that Xu Shao Jie was also afraid of trouble, Xu Shao Jie was the main leader and could not be bogged down in many specific things, the main leader is mainly decision-making, such as building a cement plant, vegetable greenhouses, are all Xu Shao Jie's decisions, the specific preparation process, Xu Shao Jie rarely participates, when encountering specific personnel who cannot solve problems, Xu Shao Jie will come forward, once the plan is taken out, Xu Shao Jie immediately retreats to the second line and no longer asks about specific things.

  Zhang Shi-kui secretly compared Xu Shao-jie and Liu Zhi-hua, the two men's styles were vastly different. Xu Shao-jie was a big-picture person who didn't get bogged down in details, he grasped the main direction and generally didn't interfere with specific processes, instead focusing on results. As a result, those in charge had the power to make decisions and would go all out to do things well. For example, with the vegetable greenhouse project, Hu De-yi spent all day at Hua Guan village, after Xu Shao-jie secured funding for the project, he handed everything over to Hu De-yi, including all expenses, construction location, hiring people to manage the greenhouse and so on. Similarly, with the cement factory planning, Xu Shao-jie solved the loan problem but didn't ask about specific details, after making arrangements at meetings, he wouldn't follow up. At first glance, it seemed like Xu Shao-jie was somewhat laissez-faire, but in reality, he grasped the main thread and could cleverly guide everyone to follow his train of thought, this is a high-level leadership art, a true leadership style. In contrast, Liu Zhi-hua was on a completely different level, wanting to control everything, not trusting subordinates, when assigning tasks, not considering the difficulties below, adopting strong-arm measures across the board, if things didn't go well, he would resort to rough treatment. The outcome for Liu Zhi-hua had a self-inflicted flavor to it.

  Zhang Shi-kui felt that following Xu Shao-jie, he could learn a lot of things. After all, he was a graduate of a famous university and a cadre sent by the Huaiyang Municipal Party Committee Office. His level was high and his vision was broad. Zhang Shi-kui thought of himself as a district head, and as a district head, he would have to face specific work. But in the future, if he became a secretary, his learning model would be Xu Shao-jie.

  However, Zhang Shi-kui did not have time to summarize, and in the evening, Dong Gui-hua and Liu Mu, who had received accurate news, came to his dormitory at the district office.

  Dong Guihua is a female comrade, as everyone knows, female comrades originally have an advantage, plus the current status of Yulin Township is different, in Yudu District it is well-known, so Dong Guihua's loud voice makes Zhang Shiqiu somewhat dizzy. Liu Mu is different, gentle and quiet, the two people's gender seems to be reversed. Zhang Shiqiu doesn't need to listen to know the purpose of their visit. 12 villages, but only 8 indicators, two indicators taken care of by the township government, naturally won't be allocated.

  Zhang Shikui had already learned some methods from Xu Shaojie, and now Tian Lixin and Zhao Deli were in his dormitory. Everyone was explaining to Dong Guihua and Liu Mu that this was a decision made by the district committee, so of course they wouldn't mention Xu Shaojie. In short, it was a collective research decision.

  Dong Guihua wasn't someone who could be easily fooled. She expressed her firm support for the district committee's decision but also said that there were exceptions to everything. The situation in Yulin Township was special and should be taken care of. Liu Mu supplemented this on the side, causing Zhang Shikui, Tian Lixin, and Zhao Deli to look at each other in dismay.

  Zhang Shikui really had no choice but to ask what kind of difficulties Yulin Township was facing. Dong Guihua was considerate and said that increasing two indicators would be enough. Yulin Township knew that the district committee also had its own specific difficulties.

  Zhang Shikui did not respond, Zhao Deli has already taken note of Dong Guihua's request. Zhang Shikui said that these issues will be studied uniformly in the end, however, 10 indicators must be completed within three days, otherwise, everything is off the table.

  After Dong Guihua and Liu Mu left, Zhang Shiqiu asked Tian Lixin and Zhao Deli to work together in the same office for these three days. He told them to be inseparable like a dipper and its handle, and to let Song Tao take care of the specific statistical situation. The management personnel of the cement plant were assigned specific tasks and did some registration work.

  At night, Zhang Shiqiu ran to the finance office. The finance office had guest rooms. Zhang Shiqiu thought about having a good sleep and getting up in the morning with full energy for work.

  In the morning, when Zhang Shikui appeared in the courtyard of the district government office, he was stunned. The district government had not notified a meeting, and the secretary and mayor of the township government had all arrived at the district government office. It seemed that they were all rushing to get there early. There were also many station directors present. Zhang Shikui arranged for the cafeteria to cook noodles, as everyone needed to eat breakfast. What Zhang Shikui did not expect was that the chef in the cafeteria also quietly asked Zhang Shikui to take care of him. As they ate noodles, Zhang Shikui began to scratch his head. He couldn't avoid it and had to solve the problem. The quota was limited, and it was impossible to satisfy everyone.

  After finishing breakfast, Zhang Shiqiu came up with a plan. The heads of the district's units were temporarily waiting in the conference hall, while the township party secretary and mayor went to the small meeting room for one-on-one explanations, which would waste time. So they decided to explain together, and if there were specific difficulties, they could discuss them later.

  Xu Shaojie had been in office for several months and had held some meetings, so the style of meetings in Yudu District had changed somewhat. Therefore, these secretaries and mayors also dared to express their opinions freely. In short, one situation was that there were fewer indicators, but they still required solving the indicators.

  Zhao Deli explained first, followed by Tian Lixin, and finally Zhang Shiqiu. Almost all members of the district government had gone to implement their two indicators. The leaders of the township government expressed support for the opinions researched by the district committee and did not question the leadership of the district committee and government.

  On the contrary, some people suggested that Secretary Xu and Mayor Zhang had not allocated indicators, which was somewhat unfair. After nearly two hours of discussion, the township government leaders presented their difficulties and quickly left, as time was limited. The existing 10 indicators needed to be implemented quickly, and people needed to be sent directly to the cement plant.

  Next is the person in charge of the district unit, which is also Zhang Shikui's biggest headache. 16 indicators, with an average of less than one indicator per unit. Of course, Zhang Shikui had already started thinking about this problem the night before. The difficulty was great, and Zhang Shikui had considered a plan. In the conference room, he carefully discussed it with Tian Lixin and Zhao Deli. The plan wasn't perfect, but it was better than nothing.

  The meeting started again, and the difficulty suddenly increased. Almost all district-level unit leaders came, and everyone's request was at least one unit with one indicator. Of course, this is impossible. After listening to everyone's requests, Zhang Shikui personally explained that this time, Zhang Shikui was very serious, requiring district-level units to understand the difficulties of the district government. The key indicators are mainly for farmers, and the remaining indicators have been discussed by the district committee and formed a unified opinion, so they cannot be changed. So, let's overcome any difficulties together. Next, Zhang Shikui expressed his own opinions and those he had discussed with Tian Xuegui and Zhao Deli.

  After Zhang Shikui expressed his opinion, the conference room fell into a brief silence. Zhang Shikui also knew that this was somewhat unfair. He mainly started from the perspective of work correlation, and everything was for the benefit of carrying out work. Some strong departments usually had indicators, while some insignificant stations did not have indicators. It is worth noting that these strong stations have always been taking advantage of others. Looking at the atmosphere in the conference room, Zhang Shikui thought for a moment and asked the persons in charge of the stations that had already received indicators to go back and implement them immediately, while those who had not received indicators stayed behind.

  There are many fewer people in the conference room, assigned to the indicator of the station master, of course, they are happy, this indicator is what they say goes, everyone has relatives and friends who need to be taken care of.

  Zhang Shiqiu thought for a while and left the remaining station masters with hope, telling them that the district government would know their specific situation and study it again to see if there was any way to solve the problem. The station masters left the district government office dejectedly.

  Zhang Shi-kui felt very tired, but there was still a big trouble, the internal indicators of the district government office, this is also a sensitive issue, now can not delay, time requirements are very tight, must be implemented immediately, otherwise other places will be in place, and the district government office will fall behind, which is not a good thing.

  News came from the cement plant, please ask the district leaders to take a look. The problems of the farmers near the cement plant have been basically solved. A total of 27 people were recruited, including one household that was particularly difficult and exceptionally recruited two people. Please ask the leader to review it. Zhang Shikui had no choice but to ask Tian Lixin to go to the cement plant. There must be a leader on that side. The personnel are gradually arriving, but it's not possible without someone in charge. The district government office is left with only Zhang Shikui and Zhao Deli.

  The cadres inside the district government have always had some sense of superiority, especially those working in the office, organization and personnel office, discipline inspection office, etc. Most of them are from the grassroots level and do not even want to go down to serve as township party secretary. These cadres have more or less some seniority or a certain relationship with their leaders. Their working hours are the same as those of municipal government officials, except during tax collection or tobacco leaf procurement. Some cadres who work long-term alongside leaders naturally have a certain emotional attachment. Therefore, Xu Shaojie took this factor into consideration and left 20 positions for the government agency. However, the status of cadres within the agency is not the same. The most powerful are those in the office and organization and personnel office, followed by the discipline inspection office, comprehensive governance office, etc., while the youth league and women's federation are relatively weak.

  There were 20 people in total, including the cadres and staff inside the organ, plus the chefs in the canteen. Zhang Shikui understood Xu Shaojie's meaning, which was that each cadre should have one quota. However, Zhang Shikui had concerns, as there had been similar disputes before. The office work was indeed a bit harder, but the Women's Federation and other departments had nothing to do all year round. When it came to implementing the meager welfare benefits, the organ insisted on conducting evaluations, and with so few people, they still wanted to rank them into first, second, and third places. Liu Zhihua supported this approach.

  Before the meeting started, Zhang Shiqiu had already made up his mind.

  "The cement plant recruitment has been made public and is no longer a secret, many people know that 20 recruitment quotas have been allocated to the agency. Today, I want to express my personal opinion. Our district government's cadres and staff had some unpleasant disputes in the past, but since Secretary Xu took office, everyone can feel the changes in the agency. I don't deny that agency work has its importance and some are relatively easy-going, but this is due to different divisions of labor. Secretary Xu has mentioned many times that there are a thousand threads above and one needle below, referring to our district government agency's division of labor, which cannot be as clear-cut as the municipal party committee and government. Our specific work tasks are also different, often requiring overtime and rush work. So, I hope future disputes can disappear. Today, I don't want to say too much, the opinions researched by the district party committee and government are clear. I have discussed with Secretary Tian and Director Zhao, agency staff will each get one quota, no distinction between high and low. I have a requirement: as representatives of the agency's image, cadres and staff must better implement the decisions of the district party committee and government. Considering everyone's special work situation, we should mutually squeeze in our work and take turns going home, counting up to three days. There are still three days left, personnel must be in place. The specific requirements have been stated by Director Zhao earlier, I won't repeat them. If personnel cannot arrive within three days, regardless of who it is, the quota will be cancelled. Alright, meeting adjourned."

  After a day of hard work, Zhang Shikui was exhausted. Implementing the recruitment indicators seemed like an effortless task at first, but in reality, it turned out to be incredibly difficult. Zhang couldn't help but think of Liu Zhihua - if he were in charge, this situation wouldn't have arisen. Liu would have treated the indicators as his own property, distributing them generously to those close to him and deciding who would enter the cement factory himself, without needing to hold meetings or explain anything to anyone below him. Despite feeling tired, Zhang felt a sense of satisfaction and confidence, knowing he could face all the cadres, workers, and even farmers in the district with his head held high.

  On the third day's afternoon, Zhang Shiqiu arrived at the cement factory. 160 people were there, not one less. They all gathered inside the cement factory. Some had come early, despite the harsh living conditions and accommodations. However, all the recruited workers were in high spirits, with pride shining in their eyes.

  Zhang Shikui, Tian Lixin and Zhao Deli gave speeches respectively. Their speeches were simple, but the most important one was Ma Gong's speech. Ma Gong made an explanation from the technical requirements aspect. These people need to participate in a 10-day training session, after which they will start working. The training requirements are very strict, and Ma Gong's speech was very severe, putting forward many specific requirements.

  Xu Shaojie did not attend this meeting, the direct result is that all the workers in the cement plant think Zhang Shiqiu is the real person in charge, although Zhang Shiqiu repeatedly emphasized that it was Secretary Xu who led the recruitment of the cement plant.

  Zhang Shikui was very emotional. Generally speaking, at such meetings, the main leaders would attend, at least as a show of authority and face-saving. But Xu Shaojie did not attend. Xu Shaojie had previously stated that Zhang Shikui was in charge of the cement plant's preparatory work, so in public appearances, whether it was simple matters or complex responses, Xu Shaojie never appeared, and everything was handled by Zhang Shikui. Xu Shaojie strictly adhered to his own rules, "no rules, no square circle", which is what Xu Shaojie often emphasized.

  Zhang Shikui patted his heart and asked himself, he still couldn't do it. After following Liu Zhihua for a long time, many concepts took time to correct, and Zhang Shikui constantly reflected on his work. For example, this recruitment, Zhang Shikui and Tian Lixin, Zhao Deli, etc., often discussed together, and everyone collectively decided on something. The benefits were obvious, avoiding many mistakes and impulsive situations, reducing disputes.