Chapter 213: Leaders First

Ten minutes later, Lu Yao hung up the phone, patted her chest and said, "Brother, it was so dangerous. When Sister Tianhui and a few colleagues went to the scene for an interview, they encountered two armed forces fighting. Their phones and equipment were lost, but fortunately, they have turned danger into safety now!"

Lu Fan sighed, "It's a hail of bullets, and the situation is so chaotic. You tell Tianhui to be sure to pay attention to safety and not to leave the main force."

"Alright, Brother, I'll send Sister Tianhui a WeChat later."

Early the next morning, the sunlight spilled onto his face through the window. Washing, dressing, and eating breakfast—everything proceeded in an orderly manner as usual, but Lu Fan felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

People are like this; once they have something on their minds, they will be absent-minded in everything they do. When the problem is solved, the whole person seems to be reborn, full of vitality and motivation.

Arriving at the unit, Lu Fan sat at his desk, opened the computer, and began the day's work.

At 8:30, he attended the provincial video conference on work deployment before and after the school winter vacation, and the whole morning passed. Using the meeting time, Lu Fan reviewed several documents.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, he attended the city-wide video deployment meeting on the concentrated fire safety hazard elimination and tackling action in the health system, which was another two and a half hours.

Tomorrow, he still had to hold a deployment meeting in the county to implement the spirit of these two meetings. Starting tomorrow, there would be two meetings.

Two days passed just like that, and nothing was done!

Just before getting off work, Health Bureau Director Li Daqiang came with the "County Hospital Reform Work Plan (Draft)."

Lu Fan took it and read it carefully for a while, then said, "Director Li, I'll raise a few opinions: First, some places are not clear enough; we must ensure the absolute dominance of the Health Bureau in this reform! Second, the reform of administrative departments is not strong enough. I think some departments can be merged completely, and some departments can complete that little work with 1-2 people. We must concentrate the establishment slots on the clinical front line; Third, we must strengthen the discipline and work style rectification of the county hospital. This point must be reflected!"

Li Daqiang nodded constantly and said, "Alright, I will continue to modify and improve it."

"Mm, speed up the action and try to catch up with next week's executive meeting."

On the Lantern Festival, walking into the streets of Ningyang, it was noisy and lively. The "Flowers Blooming in Ningyang" 2015 Lantern Festival Art Gala was grandly held in the stadium!

Lu Fan delivered a speech on behalf of the County Party Committee and the County Government: At the beginning of the New Year, everything is renewed. Today, everyone is gathered here to celebrate the Lantern Festival together. On behalf of the Ningyang County Party Committee, the County People's Congress, the County Government, and the County CPPCC, I express a warm welcome and festive blessings to the people of the whole county and all the guests...

The majestic performances, the suona sounds resounding through the clouds, the passionate folk songs, the storytelling mixed with rap... brought the red-hot New Year atmosphere to a climax again. The 6 square formations took turns performing. The dancing colorful fans, exaggerated postures, gorgeous ribbons, and bright smiles... each team had its own characteristics and charm. The humorous performances of the team members attracted many people to watch.

The annual art gala is a comprehensive display of Ningyang's folk customs, folkways, and folk sentiments, and a true presentation of the typical details of Ningyang's local folk customs. It highlights Ningyang's profound cultural heritage, allowing tourists and photographers from all over the country to personally feel and experience the strong New Year flavor of Ningyang.

It reminds Ningyang people to remember the local accent, keep the nostalgia, and inherit and carry forward the excellent local culture and folk culture with practical actions to build a beautiful Ningyang together!

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the "Reform Plan" for the county hospital by the Health Bureau was formed under Lu Fan's several reviews. Lu Fan reported to County Chief Bian Jide for the first time.

After reading the plan, Bian Jide expressed his agreement and said it could go to the executive meeting, but suggested that Lu Fan report to County Party Committee Secretary Hu Chengwei in advance to avoid accidents when the topic reached the Standing Committee.

Carrying the plan, Lu Fan came to the County Party Committee.

After the door of Secretary Hu Chengwei's office opened, Lu Fan walked straight in. Vice-county-level leaders had priority reporting rights, and those waiting outside could only stare.

Seeing the person coming, Hu Chengwei put down his pen, full of smiles, and said casually, "You're here. Sit down and talk. Pour the water yourself!"

Lu Fan sat on the guest chair opposite Hu Chengwei's desk and said, "Secretary, I'm here to report on two things."

Seeing Hu Chengwei nod, Lu Fan continued, "The first thing is the problem of making up shortcomings in 'Double High and Double Universal.' According to the spirit of the instructions of the County Party Committee and the County Government, we have planned 138 projects. Please take a look."

Taking the project booklet, Hu Chengwei read it extremely carefully.

"Education is an important livelihood project, and the development of basic education carries the future of economic and social development. Therefore, the 'Double High and Double Universal' acceptance is a political task and must be successfully created! The whole county must strengthen confidence, implement catch-up and transcendence with the strength of the whole county, continue to increase fiscal investment, strengthen capital guarantee, and ensure that these projects are completed on time." Hu Chengwei said, "I have no opinion on these projects. After passing the government executive meeting, submit them to the Standing Committee for research and approval as soon as possible."

Lu Fan said, "With the strong support of the Secretary, we have the determination and confidence to resolutely complete various work tasks and complete the creation work with high quality on schedule."

Hu Chengwei looked at the project booklet, pondered for a moment, and said, "Lu Fan, you must strictly control the quality in project construction. When bidding, you must resolutely eliminate those 'shell' companies and choose to cooperate with powerful and reputable enterprises."

"Alright, Secretary, I will definitely strictly implement it according to your instructions and relevant regulations!"

"Mm, while ensuring the interests of local enterprises, we must also look outward. There are several good enterprises in the city. I have led a team to inspect some model projects. I will recommend them to you. I think these projects can be handed over to them!" After speaking, Hu Chengwei circled 8 new school buildings and 20 school building renovations, and also gave a list of enterprises.

In this short while, Hu Chengwei had circled his scope of interests!

Lu Fan scanned it roughly and found that these projects basically occupied about sixty percent of the capital quota. This proportion couldn't be considered too black-hearted!

Actually, Lu Fan didn't care about these. Anyway, he didn't intend to reach out, so he said, "Alright, Secretary, I will carefully consider it! When the formal bidding starts, I will definitely make it clear to everyone that no matter how well they did the projects they were responsible for before, as long as they undertake our Ningyang projects, quality must always be the top priority. I will never tolerate anyone playing tricks on Ningyang's educational infrastructure construction, such as cutting corners or using inferior materials to pass for good ones! If one case is discovered, punish it severely!"

After talking about the big things, Lu Fan continued to report, "Secretary, a few days ago I went to the county hospital for an unannounced visit and held a symposium with front-line clinical staff. I found some problems and plan to reform the county hospital to a certain extent. This is the plan initially drafted by me and the Health Bureau. Please review it, Secretary."

Reading documents is one of the essential abilities of a leader. Even if it's reading ten lines at a glance, one can quickly grasp the key points.

Hu Chengwei said, "These problems in the county hospital do exist, and I have heard of them, especially the establishment problem of medical staff. Simplifying administrative and logistics personnel is an effective method. I took a look; is this led by the Health Bureau?"

Lu Fan explained, "Secretary, this is how I consider it. The problems of the county hospital were not formed in one or two years. It involves the internal interests of the hospital and a complex relationship network. Letting the hospital lead the reform may not be fair and just. The county hospital is the largest position in the county's medical system, and it is directly related to the health and well-being of the people in the whole county. We must not take it lightly. Regarding the reform of the county hospital, we must be extremely cautious. Having the competent department lead the reform can maximize the guarantee of fairness!"

Hu Chengwei thought for a while and said, "I agree in principle, but in the process of reform, we must still fully solicit the opinions of the hospital's leadership team." After all, having just gained benefits, he agreed reluctantly!

"Alright, Secretary, I will pool wisdom, widely solicit opinions from all parties, and work together to ensure that this reform achieves the expected results." This was also Lu Fan's strategy: throw out the projects first, then mention the hospital reform. You can't just take the benefits and not support my work!

Today's harvest was great. The two major events of health and education had made great progress.

Lu Fan returned to the County Government and immediately reported to County Chief Bian Jide about Secretary Hu Chengwei's specific instructions on the "Double High and Double Universal" projects.

Bian Jide took the remaining 6 new school buildings and 19 school renovations directly, leaving the remaining projects for Lu Fan to "allocate."

On March 7, the County Education Bureau held the 2015 spring semester opening work meeting.

The meeting conveyed the spirit of the 2015 education work meeting of the Municipal Education Bureau and arranged and deployed the 2015 county-wide education work.

Vice County Chief and Education Bureau Director Lu Fan attended the meeting. All personnel of the Education Bureau, school principals, heads of education units, and heads of private kindergartens attended the meeting.

At the meeting, various leaders in charge made arrangements and deployments for various tasks in the 2015 spring semester. Teaching and Research Office Director Wang Kun Cheng reported on the quality education testing situation in the 2014 autumn semester and arranged and deployed the 2015 teaching and research work. Deputy Secretary Shen Jiqin made a special speech on party style and clean government construction.

In his speech, Lu Fan pointed out that in 2014, several major events were accomplished in education, and gratifying achievements were made. In the future, we must work together, make great efforts in the graduating class, judge heroes by results, and run education that the people are satisfied with together.

Lu Fan emphasized that all leaders in charge and all schools must clarify the annual work tasks, strive to do a good job in various tasks, and ensure that they pass the national compulsory education development balanced county and provincial "Double High and Double Universal" acceptance within the year.

At the meeting, medals were also awarded to schools with excellent quality education testing in the 2014 autumn semester, and campus stability and safety management responsibility letters and party style and clean government construction work responsibility letters were signed.

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