Chapter 4756: Problems Behind the Scenes

"It's like this: today when we went to the textile factory for research, we saw that the factory was basically in a state of semi-stoppage. A group of female workers surrounded us, demanding that the factory pay wages, saying they were three months in arrears. Originally, this matter should have been solved by the factory. After the research at noon, we were preparing to leave, but the director insisted on keeping us for a meal. My intention was not to eat, as you know the situation in the factory, Secretary Wu—there are financial difficulties. But District Head Zhao insisted on staying for the meal. As a result, while eating, we were surrounded again by that group of female workers in the factory canteen's private room. They were pointing fingers, saying that we leaders only know how to eat and drink. District Head Zhao might have felt he couldn't save face, so he used his own salary to advance the three months of wages in arrears for those dozen female workers..." Kong Shenghui recounted what happened at the textile factory today, naturally smearing Zhao De in the process of describing it.

"Is there anything inappropriate about this?" Wu Min didn't quite understand. As a leader, Zhao De using his own salary to advance wages for workers was a spirit that should be praised. Why would Kong Shenghui feel it was inappropriate?

Kong Shenghui continued in a tone of concern for the country and the people, "Secretary Wu, District Head Zhao's act of using his own salary to pay workers is certainly commendable. However, there are hundreds of workers in the entire textile factory, and it's not just those dozen female workers who are in arrears; there are hundreds of others whose wages haven't been paid either. If others find out that District Head Zhao personally solved the wage problem for those dozen workers while theirs haven't been solved, I'm afraid they will make trouble."

Kong Shenghui's words made Wu Min feel that it wasn't without reason. On the eve of the People's Congress, the district absolutely could not allow mass incidents to occur. If the workers at the textile factory made trouble, it would directly affect the smooth convening of the People's Congress. Wu Min was silent for a moment on the phone and said to Kong Shenghui, "Old Kong, alright, I know about this. Let's talk about it tomorrow when we're at work."

After hanging up, Wu Min lay in bed thinking about what Kong Shenghui had said. On one hand, she admired Zhao De for being able to use his own salary to solve the workers' difficulties, but on the other hand, she felt that Zhao De's actions were very inappropriate. She thought to herself that it seemed Zhao De was still too young and lacked experience when encountering such matters, handling it too rashly.

Early the next morning, before Wu Min could find Zhao De to ask about this, she received news that Mayor Zhang Dewang was coming to Chanba District to inspect work. She didn't have time to think about other things and hurriedly notified Zhao De to arrange and prepare relevant work. After receiving the notice, Zhao De temporarily suspended the subsequent research work and hurriedly prepared for the relevant tasks. It had been over a month since work resumed after the Spring Festival, and it was reasonable for city leaders to come down to inspect work. Zhao De didn't think too much about it. Since the mayor was coming, the first thing to arrange was security work. Zhao De called District Public Security Bureau Chief Huang Feng and asked him to mobilize police forces to strengthen the district's security, fearing that lawless elements might come to cause trouble.

Who would come to cause trouble? In fact, everyone in the government knew that besides those who liked to petition, who else could it be? These people loved to intercept motorcades when higher-level leaders came to inspect work, and some would even hug the leaders' thighs to plead their grievances, making the leaders feel awkward and the officials feel unlucky. This time, Mayor Zhang Dewang's sudden inspection was known to very few people in the District Committee and District Government. Zhao De instructed that the security work must be tight on the inside and loose on the outside, fearing that news would leak. After everything was prepared, District Committee Secretary Wu Min and Acting District Head Zhao De led a group of leading cadres to welcome the mayor's arrival in the district. Municipal Committee Secretary Yang Tianyu had been to the district, but this was Mayor Zhang Dewang's first visit. To leave a good impression on Zhang Dewang, the district's reception work was done very grandly. But what no one expected was that a meticulously planned petition incident was waiting for them.

Wu Min was sitting in a car, taking a nap with her eyes closed while waiting for Mayor Zhang to arrive, when suddenly her phone rang. She picked it up, answered it, and after listening for a few sentences, she suddenly opened her eyes, her face becoming somewhat panicked, "What? There are hundreds of people from the textile factory parading and petitioning? They are walking toward the District Committee compound?" ===== CHAPTER 4757 =====