Behind the scenes

Chapter 17

Send a competent person?How can there be any right-hand man!Sitting in the meeting room of the standing committee, Liu Rong could already tell that the secretary of the municipal party committee was dissatisfied with the work of the government.He thought for a while and said: "Secretary Gu's instructions are correct. The funeral affairs of the chemical general plant must be handled carefully, and this opportunity must be used to turn bad things into good things, and carry out technological transformation and new product development in the factory together." Going up, such a major and arduous task must have a competent person. I think, should the old mayor, the government advisor Comrade Zimin, be hired to focus on this work. The old mayor is familiar with economic work and is serious and responsible. Except for him, I'm afraid no one can do this job." Li Zimin is attending the standing committee today.Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "For such a big matter, I think it's better to ask the main leaders of the municipal party committee or the government to take charge. As for me, it's okay to do more specific work."

Gu Yishun looked at Liu Rong, then at Li Zimin, and finally made a decision: "Old Li, don't push it. I think what Liu Rong said makes sense. From today, the Municipal Party Committee has decided to set up a headquarters for the construction and transformation of the chemical plant." , with Comrade Li Zimin as the commander-in-chief, fully responsible for the post-processing of the chemical plant accident and the implementation of the next step of technical transformation. The headquarters is responsible and reports to the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. The other deputy commanders and member units of the headquarters are proposed by Comrade Zimin If you have any difficulties in your work, you can come to me directly." Gu Yishun said this because he was afraid that Li Zimin would not be able to handle some things under Liu Rong, so he transferred the power to the municipal committee. With the backing of the municipal committee, his Work may be much easier to do.

Liu Rong had already understood what Gu Yishun meant, and he immediately took over, "I completely agree with Secretary Gu's opinion, and I fully support the work of Comrade Zimin. What do you need the government to do? No matter what you say, you need people to give and money to give. I have said long ago that Advisor Li is in the government, except for me, who can mobilize and direct everything.”

The Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee blamed Li Zimin for all the chaos in the chemical plant.Li Zimin thought for a while and said: "Since the secretary and the mayor trust me so much, I will try my best to do it!"

Experts from the accident investigation team of the Provincial Labor Department conducted a detailed investigation of the accident at the chemical plant, and concluded that the equipment was malfunctioning, the machine was running with problems, and the natural gas raw materials in the device could not be decomposed normally, which eventually caused an explosion.The cause of the accident was identified, but the person responsible for the accident could not be identified.The operator is not responsible, nor is the factory. Zheng Gang took out two reports to the city government and the minutes of the mayor's office meeting and said that if there is responsibility, it is the responsibility of the city government, and the mayor should be held accountable.

When Ma Guanjun heard this, he became anxious. What responsibility does the municipal government have? It is a normal job duty for the municipal government to focus on production and hold on-site office meetings. The first person responsible for safe production is your factory director Zheng Gang.The two of them quarreled while talking.After thinking about it, Li Zimin asked Gu Yishun for instructions.Gu Yishun said that the results of the investigation can be reported truthfully, and the issue of responsibility should not be mentioned.It is not honorable for our municipal party committee and the people of Xianghan city to hold the municipal government accountable.Li Zimin reported the results of the accident to the provincial government according to the opinion of the secretary of the municipal party committee.

The aftermath of the wounded is relatively simple. The 38 lightly wounded stayed in the hospital for a few days, and they were all discharged to go home for the holidays. The factory reimbursed all medical expenses and gave a one-time subsidy.The four seriously injured patients will continue to receive treatment. In addition to reimbursement of medical expenses and family care expenses, they will be counted as official injuries and enjoy all the benefits of official injuries, and each will be given a subsidy of 1 yuan. These people have no objections.The various losses of the factory have been insured, and the city insurance company came to carry out the insurance verification, and allocated 200 million at a time as the restoration cost of the factory, and the final compensation amount must be fully verified before settlement.Zhou Changxue’s death on duty is no longer a problem, but Zheng Gang wants to declare Zhou Changxue a revolutionary martyr, but Ma Guanjun disagrees. He said that a revolutionary martyr must sacrifice on the battlefield or rescue others, and Zhou Changxue does not have these two. He is working on his own. Those who died on the job, if this is considered a martyr, then all those who died on the job before should be martyrs, including a section chief of the Personnel Bureau who died of cerebral hemorrhage in his office not long ago.Zheng Gang said that in order to save the factory, Zhou Changxue shut down the production line, removed more than 100 barrels of products, and took a series of emergency measures. Are these not heroic acts?Ma Guanjun shook his head, brought the documents about the martyrs, and answered every word, leaving Zheng Gang speechless, and kept calling Ma Guanjun a jerk in his heart.

According to the standard of public death, the sum of the one-time subsidy is less than 3 yuan.After hearing this, Zheng Gang shook his head again and again, "Just give this little money, no way."

Ma Guanjun said: "There is a standard for how much to give, and you can't give as much as you want."

Zheng Gang said: "I can't say if I count it as a martyr, but how much I will pay, as the factory manager, I must say what I want, at least one hundred thousand at a time."

"What, one hundred thousand?" Ma Guanjun shook his head again and again, saying that he would not agree to give so much money.

Zheng Gang slapped the table, "If I don't give 10 yuan, I will quit as the factory director. I will sue the province and the central government to investigate the responsibility of the city government for the accident in our factory. I have evidence in my hand, and I have you recordings, speeches, and reports from my factory. Anyway, Chang Xuewei’s factory is dead, and I, the factory manager, am not afraid of anything.”

As soon as Ma Guanjun saw that Zheng Gang was really hardened, he went along with the situation and said, "How much to give is up to your factory director. Anyway, the government can only give according to the standard. I don't care how you give the rest. But if you give too much, someone Petitioning and filing a complaint is all your factory manager's business."

Li Zimin agreed to give Zhou Changxue a one-time subsidy of 10 yuan, and signed the factory report materials.After Zhou Changxue's funeral was dealt with, he organized forces to repair the damaged facilities in the factory. All the glass was installed within two days, and the power, communication, water supply and other facilities were repaired by relevant departments, and everything returned to normal soon.After being busy with work for the past few days, and looking at the calendar again, it was already thirty in the new year, so he returned home around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Hu Min had already returned home early, but he didn't cook. He sat on the sofa alone, staring at the snow-white roof in a daze. When Li Zimin came back, he didn't take the initiative to speak.Li Zimin felt that Hu Min was really neglected by being busy at the General Chemical Plant these days, so he reported back and said, "Xiao Min, I'm too busy these days, so I leave you alone. Let's cook and eat, today One is New Year's Eve."

Hu Min said: "It doesn't matter if you are deserted or not. When you were the mayor, you didn't stay at home quietly for a few hours. But now that you are not the mayor, I found out whether you are mentally ill or not. For big things, the secretary doesn't come forward, the mayor doesn't take the lead, and even the deputy mayor in charge of industry doesn't participate. Letting you, a retired mayor and an old man in his 50s, take full responsibility, isn't it an obvious trick? If you do a good job, the grades are theirs. If you don’t do well, the faults are all yours. You are lucky. You can use a mallet as a needle. You really want to give your life to others. If you want me to say, this is not a disease of the brain. , just incomplete.”

Li Zimin wanted to say something, but seeing Hu Min's face, thinking about the New Year's Eve, he swallowed the words again.He smiled and said: "Xiao Min, don't talk about it, let's cook and eat. After eating, I still have something to do!"

If Li Zimin didn't say the last sentence, Hu Min would stand up and cook if she had something to do after eating. In fact, she had already prepared all the food. As long as she turned on the fire, it would be fully cooked in ten minutes.But the last sentence dispelled all her thoughts of cooking.She sat on the sofa without moving. "Since you have to leave after eating, come back to eat after you finish walking!"

Li Zimin had never been so angry at home. Seeing Hu Min's appearance, he suddenly thought of his dead ex-wife.No matter how good his ex-wife is, no matter what time, no matter what situation he encounters, when he returns home, he can eat delicious food and enjoy the warmth of home, but now..., he glared at Hu Min angrily, turned and pushed The door is gone.

He wanted to go to Zhou Changjiao after eating, but when he got home, he didn't eat any food, and his stomach was really hungry. He wanted to find a restaurant to eat. There are several big restaurants with bright lights, so he prepared some food. The family went to the restaurant for reunion dinner, but he didn’t dare to go in. Several small restaurants were closed because they were over [-]. It was hard to find a small restaurant that was closed or not. He asked for half a catty of dumplings, and he was very angry. After eating all over the place, he paid the money and took a taxi to Zhou Changxue's home.It was already past five o'clock at this time, and Xianghan City was immersed in a festive atmosphere. The streets and alleys were lit up, all kinds of lanterns were hung high, and the sound of firecrackers was everywhere.The lighting projects of several main streets in the urban area make the city very beautiful.Li Zimin didn't want to watch the scenery, and the taxi drove towards the family dormitory of the chemical plant.

Li Zimin got off the car in front of the dormitory building, only to find that the building was quiet.On the balcony, there is no red lantern in front of the window, no red pair on the door, and no family is setting off firecrackers. It seems that everyone in this building is sleeping, and they don’t know that this is the New Year’s Eve. .Li Zimin went up to the third floor and was about to knock on the door of Zhou Changxue's house, but the door was not closed. He pushed it open and walked in, only to find that there were many people in the room. The one he saw at a glance was Zheng Gang, the director of the factory. When he came in, he hurriedly said, "Mayor Li is here." In the house, there were people from the factory, and many of them were neighbors in this building.Xu Wenli, Zhou Changxue's wife, was sitting on the bed, and there were many condolences around the room.Li Zimin sat on the edge of the bed and said to Xu Wenli: "Xiao Xu, you are thirty, let me come and see you, you are going to have a good year!"

Xu Wenli was much thinner than before, and she had a resolute look on her face. "Mayor Li, you are in your thirties, and you come to see me again. I can stand it, I can stand it."

"Is there anything missing for Chinese New Year?" Li Zimin asked.

"There is nothing missing." Zheng Gang said from the side, "Wen Li's mother and son are going back to their natal home for the New Year. I want to come over to see them off. The car in the factory is also downstairs."

"It's good to go back to your mother's house for the New Year. There are more people, and it can be more lively." Li Zimin agreed.

Zheng Gang told Li Zimin that he had sent money and things to Zhou Changxue's old mother in the mountains. The subsidy of 10 yuan has been issued, and the arrears before the long-term students have been paid off.There are some remaining.While talking, Xu Wenli had already got out of bed, put on her clothes, and said to her son who was standing beside her, "Xiaotao, I'm thirty today, so we can't affect the whole building's New Year's Eve because something happened to our family. Go and get rid of it." Take out all the firecrackers that your father bought for you when he was alive, and let's go downstairs to set off firecrackers."

Several neighbors immediately stopped her and advised her not to go. People in the building didn't want to let her go, and they didn't have the mood to let her go.Xu Wenli said: "No, just let it go. It's an honor to learn to go. He went for everyone. He knew that I set off firecrackers for everyone." No one could stop Xu Wenli. She led the child downstairs, Putting a long red whip on the ground, Xu Wenli said: "Long time to learn, my wife is proud of you!" After speaking, she lit the firecrackers herself.The clear sound of firecrackers immediately shook the dormitory building. Almost at the same time, the windows of all the homes opened at the same time, and countless pairs of eyes shot from upstairs to downstairs. Almost at the same time, everyone on the balcony of each house All the red lanterns were lit up, and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks from every house and house rang together, illuminating the entire night sky.

It was in the sound of firecrackers that Zheng Gang sent Xu Wenli and the child away in a car.Li Zimin watched these touching scenes, and finally couldn't help but shed tears.

23
After the Spring Festival, the reform of enterprises in Xianghan City, especially the pace of selling enterprises, has accelerated significantly.Liu Rong held a special meeting to answer reporters' questions, expounding in detail the scope of enterprises sold by the municipal government, preferential conditions and specific operation methods, and announced the list of 74 enterprises to be sold on the TV station. , requiring counties and urban areas to speed up the pace of enterprise sales in light of their actual conditions.Ma Guanjun also stipulated specific amounts and deadlines for the sale of enterprises in each county and urban area.Liu Rong said at the meeting that if within the stipulated period, the amount of selling the enterprise stipulated by the municipal government cannot be completed, the county mayor must resign.For a time, the city's sales of enterprises really formed a climax.

Ma Guanjun also held a press conference for Liu Rong on the reform of enterprises in Xianghan City and the sale of state-owned collective enterprises in the provincial capital through several of his friends in the province.The scale of the meeting was very large, and the central government stationed in the province and the provincial news organizations sent people to attend the meeting. A deputy governor and some bureau chiefs were also invited to attend the meeting, and gave high praise to the bold move of Xianghan City. Evaluation, a leader also told Liu Rong that it is not enough to promote in the province, but also to go out and sell it all over the country and abroad. This is a great inspiration to Liu Rong.Provincial newspapers, provincial radio stations, and TV stations all reported and broadcast the news of the sale of enterprises in Xianghan City on the headlines of the news, and some even distributed comments.This made Liu Rong very excited and saw the hope.

When Liu Rong returned from the press conference in the province, he arranged for Ma Guanjun to make preparations for selling the company nationwide and abroad.Let’s not go to Beijing in China. Beijing is too big, and a small Xianghan has no place to stand in Beijing.to go south.Ma Guanjun proposed to go to Hainan, which is the largest special zone in the country, and he has a classmate who works as the deputy secretary-general of the Haimen Municipal Government and can help.When going abroad to sell a company, I thought about it and didn't make a final decision. The main reason is that I don't know enough about the situation in each country.Liu Rong told the Foreign Economic and Trade Committee to come up with plans as soon as possible, to handle foreign affairs procedures early, and strive to be the first city in China to sell enterprises abroad, and dare to take the lead.

Li Zimin saw that Liu Rong was single-minded about selling the company and engaging in publicity, so he took the initiative to have a conversation with him. This was the first private conversation between Li Zimin and Liu Rong after he became mayor. The time was around four o'clock in the afternoon.When Li Zimin came back from the General Chemical Plant, he saw that the door of Liu Rong's office was open, so he knocked on the door and went in.Liu Rong had just received a special interview with the provincial TV station in his office. He was very excited, humming a tune and smiling all over his face.Seeing Li Zimin enter the room, he hurriedly stood up: "Old Mayor, please sit down, is there anything wrong?"

Li Zimin said: "I just came back from the General Chemical Plant. I saw your door was open, so I came here. I have something to talk to you about."

Liu Rong asked: "How about the General Chemical Plant? You have worked hard enough these days."

Li Zimin said: "The aftermath of the chemical plant accident has basically been dealt with, and the workers have calmed down. The next step is to resume production as soon as possible, especially to improve the original technology."

"Would you like to hold a special meeting for technical transformation to finalize the project and funds?" Liu Rong thought that Li Zimin was talking about the chemical plant with him, so he preconceived.But Li Zimin said: "It is too far away from the project and funds that will be decided. At present, the conditions are not yet ripe for substantial technological transformation, and there is still a lot of specific work to be done. I am looking for you to talk about other things. .”

"What's the matter? Old mayor, please tell me as much as you can. I will do my best if I can." Liu Rong was very generous.

Li Zimin said: "Maybe I am old and my mind is old. Compared with your young people, there must be a gap in the pace of ideological emancipation and reform. But these days I have been taking exams, let's say that Xianghan The city wants to sell the company. I have seen it from the provincial newspaper, the provincial station, the city newspaper, and the city station. I can't figure it out. Is it true that all problems are solved? I don’t think so. If it is not done well, it may leave endless troubles, so after much deliberation, I still want to talk to you. Anyway, we used to be the mayor and The partner of the executive deputy mayor, and now the mayor and the consultant are cooperating. I should not bury these words in my stomach. In my opinion, you should be careful about selling the company, don’t do it like this Big, so urgent, like engaging in political campaigns, this is not the way economic work should be done! I am not opposed to all enterprises that need to be sold, but they must also be piloted, as Comrade Xiaoping said, by feeling for the stones He, I don't think you can do it like this. No matter who said it, you have to see whether it conforms to the reality of our Xianghan City and whether it conforms to the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people. To be honest, your I don't agree with these practices."

(End of this chapter)