Chapter 4766

Thinking of this, Zhao De's head swelled. He looked at Wu Min anxiously and asked, "Sister Wu, what should we do?"

Wu Min furrowed her brows and said, "What else can we do? It's best to solve the textile factory's problem before the People's Congress is held. Now no one knows when those workers will stop petitioning. If they contact the media to come over, the district can't use violent means. This matter is very headache-inducing!"

"Then, Sister Wu, do you have any good solutions?" Zhao De frowned and asked tentatively.

Wu Min raised her eyelids and glanced at him, sighed, and said, "If I had any good solutions, would I need to call you over? You handled it very well last time. I was thinking of seeing if you had any solutions?"

Zhao De said helplessly, "That was just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. They are petitioning to get the wages they deserve. Only by solving the wage problem of those hundreds of workers can this matter be stabilized."

Wu Min listened to Zhao De's words, frowned, and said, "But now the textile factory is insolvent, and it can't even pay back the bank loans. Where is the money to pay the workers' wages? If you ask me, this is also your fault. You went to research work that day, and you should have just left after finishing. Why did you eat with Zhu Liansheng and the others? Feasting and drinking and being seen by the workers—can they not have opinions? Yes, you used your personal salary to solve the problem for those dozen female workers, but there are hundreds of people in the factory. Once they heard that a dozen female workers got their wages, their opinions became even bigger. Originally, they weren't prepared to petition, but now that the District Committee and District Government have no temporary solution, they can only petition."

Zhao De saw that Sister Wu was blaming him, and he felt a bit dissatisfied in his heart, lowering his head and not saying a word. Wu Min saw Zhao De's appearance and realized she was a bit emotionally agitated, so she softened her tone and said, "I'm not blaming you. You were able to use your own salary to pay the workers; no leader in the district could do that. But you didn't do it at the right time. Now it's like the butterfly effect, causing a chain reaction."

Zhao De also knew that his approach at the time was somewhat inappropriate. There were no walls that didn't leak wind in the world. It was impossible for other workers not to know that those dozen female workers had received their wages. This made him realize the severity of the current situation. He was silent for a long time, then raised his head and looked at Wu Min with a worried expression, saying, "Sister Wu, I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."

"It's not that you caused me trouble; you also caused yourself trouble. The People's Congress is about to be held. If there are always large-scale petition incidents, it will definitely influence the election results of the People's Congress," Wu Min looked at Zhao De with worry, "The only solution now is what you said: pay the workers' wages, and then everything will be fine. But where will this money come from?"

"How about... allocating funds from the district's finance first?" This was the only solution Zhao De could think of for now. Hundreds of people's wages would cost at least several million. Even if there were hundreds of millions in that card of his, that wasn't his own money after all. And if he just took it out so blatantly to pay the workers' wages, wouldn't that be committing the crime of having an unknown source of huge funds? Wouldn't that give his competitors an opportunity?

Hearing the idea Zhao De proposed, Wu Min raised her head and glanced at him, sighed heavily, and said, "The district's finance is already very tight. Directly allocating so much money to pay the textile factory workers' wages—not to mention the finance department, other units probably won't agree either." Although Wu Min felt that using the district's financial money to advance for the textile factory was a bit unreliable, after finishing her words, she still called her secretary and notified the District Finance Bureau Chief to come to her office.

Twenty minutes later, the Finance Bureau Chief rushed over. Wu Min explained Zhao De's idea to the Finance Bureau Chief. Sure enough, as soon as the Finance Bureau Chief heard that they were going to use the district's financial revenue to advance the textile factory workers' wages, he cried poverty to Wu Min with a bitter face: "Secretary Wu, you also know that there are very few enterprises in our district that operate normally, and the district's financial revenue is very meager, always tight. Education system wages, as well as the wages of our district's civil servants, all need to be paid, plus the normal expenses of government units, it's already very tight. To suddenly take out several million yuan, the finance department doesn't have it..."

Wu Min had expected this result. After listening to the Finance Bureau Chief, she glanced at Zhao De helplessly. Zhao De scratched his head and pondered for a moment, then tentatively suggested to Wu Min, "Wu... Secretary..." Realizing the Finance Bureau Chief was present, Zhao De hurriedly changed his address to Secretary Wu and continued, "Look, can we do this first? Let's delay the wages of all civil servants in the district for a month or two, and free up some funds to solve the textile factory workers' wage problem..."

Before Zhao De could fully explain his idea, the Finance Bureau Chief continued his words: "District Head Zhao, I'm afraid this is not good. Now the district's finance is tight. If we misappropriate financial funds to the textile factory, the textile factory's problem is solved, but so many civil servants' wages in the district are in arrears—that's not a solution either. We have just opened up the situation in the district. If there is a mistake in the treatment of civil servants, it will inevitably affect everyone's work enthusiasm. Besides, the textile factory's problem isn't something the district's finance can solve. This is a historical problem that needs in-depth research and solution. Secretary Wu, what do you think?"

The Finance Bureau Chief's words were also from the perspective of the overall stability of the district, and they were not without reason. Wu Min was also at a loss for what to say for a moment and looked at Zhao De helplessly. Zhao De couldn't refute the Finance Bureau Chief's words either, and the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat quiet. Seeing the helpless expressions of the two leaders, the Finance Bureau Chief thought for a while and suggested to Wu Min, "Secretary Wu, if you want to solve the textile factory's problem now, there is only one feasible way in the district."

Wu Min looked at him with a solemn expression and asked, "What way?"

"Capital increase and share expansion," the Finance Bureau Chief said a professional term. Zhao De and Wu Min were confused for a moment, not knowing what medicine was in his gourd.

"Director Niu, how do you say that?" Zhao De was very interested in the term he proposed.

Seeing the confused look of the two leaders, the Finance Bureau Chief narrated his thoughts unhurriedly: "Secretary Wu, District Head Zhao, everyone knows the situation of the textile factory now—insolvent, sluggish sales, basically in a state of semi-stoppage. Even if the current problem is solved, such problems will appear in the future. To put it bluntly, it's like mud that can't support a wall. This is also a common problem of state-owned enterprises. The factory leaders are irresponsible, thinking that it's a state enterprise anyway, so they won't put their heart into work, and the management is also very backward. If the district wants to turn the textile factory's situation around, there is only the way of capital increase and share expansion. Inject some private enterprise funds to reform the textile factory. The benefits of doing this are twofold: first, the controlling party can pay the textile factory workers' wages; second, once the textile factory has the nature of a private enterprise, the management will definitely become strict, changing the textile factory's previous style of state-owned enterprises not seeking progress..."

After listening to the Finance Bureau Chief's words, Wu Min and Zhao De felt as if they had woken up from a dream, having a feeling of sudden enlightenment. The two looked at each other and exchanged views through their eyes. Wu Min asked Zhao De, "District Head Zhao, what do you think of Director Niu's idea?"

"Director Niu's idea is very creative," Zhao De looked at Director Niu with a smile and praised him without stint.

Wu Min furrowed her brows and thought, saying, "The idea is very good, but it's probably not that simple to implement. If there really is an enterprise willing to buy into the textile factory, they will definitely come for an actual inspection. Once they see the mess of the textile factory, which enterprise would be willing to buy in?"

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