Chapter 291: First Standing Committee Meeting

After Wang Baoguo left, secretary Chen Zemin began to arrange for township secretaries and major bureau directors to report their work.

The first one arranged to come in was Yang Benyuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Siwan Town. He just wanted to put the "file bag" into the cabinet as soon as he entered the door.

Lu Fan immediately stopped him: "Secretary Yang, do me a favor. Please convey to the comrades that I do not accept any gifts here, including cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and local specialties!"

Feeling the Secretary's unquestionable attitude, Yang Benyuan smiled awkwardly, immediately put away the "file bag," and said: "The Secretary has high wind and clean integrity. I will definitely convey your instructions in place!"

Sitting opposite Lu Fan, Yang Benyuan reported: "Secretary, in 2016, under the leadership of the County Committee and County Government, our Siwan Town deeply implemented the various decisions and deployments of the County Committee and County Government..."

Lu Fan frowned and interrupted immediately: "Secretary Yang, didn't the County Committee Office tell you the specific requirements for reporting? One sentence for one task, straight to the point about the results, and then report this year's plans. The time should not exceed five minutes. I see you are not prepared either. Go back and continue to prepare!"

"By the way, do me another favor. Bring the words to other comrades: I don't listen to any empty words or clichés. Can't you have a bottom line in your heart about the work you have done yourself? Then can you expect them to achieve any results? Ganshui does not allow the phenomenon of being idle and occupying a position without doing anything. If you don't change your thinking, you will be replaced!"

Hearing the Secretary's reprimand, Yang Benyuan's face became very ugly, and he went out dejectedly.

Lu Fan immediately asked the secretary to suspend the reports of various townships and departments and let them go back to prepare according to the requirements.

The reason why Lu Fan did this was to convey a message to the cadres of the whole county through this work report: work must pay attention to efficiency and be pragmatic!

After the conveyance of the County Committee Office and Yang Benyuan, a magical phenomenon appeared in Ganshui County: all the leaders sat in their offices, carefully studying the work summary of last year, and constantly asking their deputies about the details of the work. They were all preparing the report materials for the Secretary, not wanting to be the "bird that sticks out" and the "first fire"!

In fact, Lu Fan played the bad guy today to prepare for the next task. Ganshui County has only 100,000 people, but the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs. The number of establishments is not much less than other counties, and just paying wages has become a heavy burden on the county finance.

Lu Fan felt that there was no need to have so many units and so many staff members. If the number of people eating finance could be appropriately reduced, it would make everyone feel pressure, so as to do their own work well.

But this matter cannot be done with great fanfare, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction and unrest among cadres. So it can only be boiling a frog in warm water, merging those useless units one by one.

You know, some units only undertake one task, and they have to set up a department for them, with a director and deputy director, and five or six staff members, which is purely a waste.

After merging these units together, it becomes a large unit. It looks like there are not a few people, and it will be over-staffed, so these units will not need to enter people for the time being, waiting for personnel to retire and digest automatically.

The first unit Lu Fan prepared to take action against was the Investment Promotion Bureau, a waste unit. Nearly ten people, haven't attracted an enterprise in several years, what is the use of them? There are also the Science and Technology Association and the Science and Technology Bureau, which can also try to merge. For the time being, take these two units as a pilot to see the effect and the reaction of the cadres.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan asked secretary Chen Zemin to notify the Head of the Organization Department to come over.

In less than five minutes, Guo Tongyu pushed the door and entered, holding a booklet in his hand, handed it to Lu Fan, and said: "Secretary, this is the list of deputy bureau directors and above that you entrusted."

Lu Fan took it and looked at it. The content was very detailed, so he praised: "You have heart, I am very satisfied! Calling you here is to discuss a matter. I want to merge the Investment Promotion Bureau into the Economic Development Bureau and merge the Science and Technology Association into the Science and Technology Bureau. You consider the placement of the heads and deputies of these two units."

Hearing Lu Fan say this, Guo Tongyu understood that the matter was a foregone conclusion and immediately began to plan the whereabouts of several people, saying: "Secretary, the heads of the Culture Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Establishment Office, and Health Bureau are going to retire to the second line, and there are positions."

Lu Fan immediately interrupted: "The abolition of the Investment Promotion Bureau is because their work is ineffective, and they are all 'guilty people.' How can they be placed in better units? However, the Chairman of the Science and Technology Association can consider adjusting him to a better position. No merit, no fault, but after all, it was 'abolished,' which chilled the hearts of the cadres! Let him go to the Culture Bureau!"

"Understood, Secretary. I will come up with a plan as soon as possible. Then how to arrange the deputies of these two units? The deputies continue to be deputies in the new unit, or they can be adjusted back and forth where there are vacancies. Tongyu, I don't ask about the arrangement of deputy section-level leading cadres. The Organization Department must have a scientific training system."

Guo Tongyu was happy in his heart. This trust is really not small. You know, many ministers now have become the "crutches" of the secretary, pointing east and not daring to hit, without any autonomy.

On February 10th, Lu Fan officially listened to the work reports of various townships and departments. This time, the first one arranged was the Investment Promotion Bureau, and when secretary Chen Zemin went out, he deliberately left the door open according to the Secretary's instructions.

The Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau was a little uneasy and began to report: "Secretary, the Investment Promotion Bureau specifically carried out the following eight tasks in 2016..."

Lu Fan interrupted: "You don't need to report. I will ask you a few questions. In 2016, how many enterprises did you attract? Don't use the numbers reported to the city to fool me, and don't use the internal investment of existing enterprises to make up the numbers. Speak truthfully!"

The Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau stammered and said: "Secretary, we didn't introduce any new enterprises last year, but the assessment indicators were completed!"

Lu Fan had already brewed his emotions, threw the document heavily, and said angrily: "You have 8 establishments, receive 700,000 in wages a year, and hundreds of thousands in funds, and you only achieved this little result? Ask yourself, are you worthy of this salary? Are you worthy of the expectations of the people of the whole county? I can't figure it out. What is the use of your unit? Is there any need for the Investment Promotion Bureau to exist?"

Facing the Secretary's sharp criticism, the Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau had no power to parry and simply played the "ostrich"!

Lu Fan scolded loudly: "What the Investment Promotion Bureau does every day, I think you know better than me! Missing posts, being late, playing games, listening to music, watching videos during work hours, doing nothing all day long, such a phenomenon is shocking!

Why does such a phenomenon happen? It can be completely caused by you, the head! Seeing the shortcomings of the cadres but letting them go is extremely irresponsible to the comrades; seeing the bad habits of the cadres but turning a blind eye is even more a manifestation of dereliction of duty and negligence!"

A hero doesn't suffer immediate losses. The Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau knew the times very well and immediately began to admit his mistakes, patting his chest and guaranteeing that the Investment Promotion Bureau would change its appearance, reorganize its drums, and complete the investment attraction task well.

In the office of secretary Chen Zeliang, seven or eight unit heads were sitting. At this moment, they were all looking at each other, and some were even terrified, fearing that the next one to be called in would be themselves.

Fortunately, after Lu Fan "drove" the Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau out, he did not call these heads in to report their work, but instead summoned Zhang Qianyuan, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee, and closed the door to "conspire" something!

Before noon, the news of the County Party Secretary scolding the Investment Promotion Bureau spread throughout the county compound, and even the streets were discussing it. Ganshui only has two streets. If you fart at the head of the street, you can smell it at the end of the street, not to mention this "shocking melon," which was naturally spread as miraculous!

The most nervous were the group of heads. They felt unprecedented pressure and sighed that the sky in Ganshui had changed. If they wanted to muddle along like before, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to hand in their work!

On February 13th, the County Committee held a Standing Committee meeting.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Fan prepared to walk into the conference room on time and saw all the Standing Committee members sitting upright.

After sitting down, Lu Fan said: "Comrades, the meeting is now open! The first item, please Secretary Zhikun organize the study!"

Studying the policies of higher authorities, the spirit of documents, etc., is the first priority and must be unshakable.

Half an hour later, the second topic began, which was the work plan for closing mountains and banning grazing. These were all routine work, basically following the documents of higher authorities, carrying out implementation, and would definitely be passed unanimously. Lu Fan commented specifically and emphasized some requirements.

The third topic, Deputy County Party Secretary Wang Zhikun reported on the relevant matters of applying for Ganshui Tofu as a national geographical indication product. A special work class was established for this task, and the responsible department was implemented.

Lu Fan commented: "Even if the wine is fragrant, it is afraid of the deep alley. The certification of national geographical indication products is of great significance. Please Secretary Zhikun attach great importance to it, please the county government prioritize the guarantee of work funds, and it must be declared down at the fastest speed to help the take-off of the Ganshui tofu industry!"

County Chief Wang Baoguo really wanted to say a few words, because this was the work of the county government, but he still held back, not wanting to confront Lu Fan, and stated: "Applying for national geographical indication products is indeed a big event, and the county finance will prioritize the guarantee of funds."

The fourth topic, Guo Tongyu, Head of the Organization Department, reported on the plan to abolish the Investment Promotion Bureau and the Science and Technology Association. The Investment Promotion Bureau was merged into the Economic Development Bureau as a whole, the director was adjusted to the deputy director of the Economic Development Bureau, the section-level position was retained, and he was clearly in charge of investment attraction work. The two deputy directors were adjusted to the Tourism Bureau and the Sports Commission as deputy directors respectively; the Science and Technology Association was merged into the Science and Technology Bureau as a whole, the two deputies were adjusted to deputy directors of the Science and Technology Bureau, the Chairman of the Science and Technology Association was adjusted to the Chairman of the Disabled Persons' Federation, and the Chairman of the Disabled Persons' Federation was adjusted to the Director of the Establishment Office.

After Guo Tongyu finished reading the preliminary adjustment plan, the venue was silent.

Seeing this, Lu Fan said: "Everyone knows the situation of the Investment Promotion Bureau. Why does such a phenomenon happen? Why was such a phenomenon not stopped? Why is such a phenomenon repeatedly banned? Only by solving these three problems can we fundamentally change the work style, put an end to 'idleness,' and realize that everyone performs their duties.

Through this reduction, we want to clearly tell the cadres of the whole county that there is a position only if there is action, and finance does not support idle people! If you can't make achievements, what is the use of your unit? We must improve the power operation mechanism of 'reasonable structure, scientific configuration, strict procedures, and powerful constraints,' so that the work and rights of all departments can operate in the sun, so as to stimulate their sense of responsibility and consciously and voluntarily undertake their historical mission!" ===== CHAPTER 292 =====