Chapter 326

On October 8, the holiday ended. Sitting in his office chair, Lu Fan felt empty and a bit like getting married.

But this idea was not realistic for the time being. He had just arrived in Ganshui and had many ideals to realize, so he was definitely reluctant to leave, and he couldn't urge his father-in-law to transfer either; he couldn't even open his mouth, so he could only wait.

At 10:00 AM, Sun Yun, the person in charge of the Zhongqing Tourism project, visited Lu Fan, indicating the official start of negotiations on cooperation with Ganshui. Coming with him was also a beauty who made one's eyes light up; a tall figure paired with a tight professional suit, beautiful and moving, full of charm!

Sun Yunchuan introduced: "Secretary Lu, this is Xia Ruo. She is a good hand at business and will fully cooperate with my work this time."

Xia Ruo, as her name suggested, was as enthusiastic as summer, radiating charm in an elusive way.

Xia Ruo showed a charming smile and said: "Hello, Secretary Lu. Thank you for being able to meet us in your busy schedule. I have long heard that you are young and promising. Seeing you today, it is indeed true! Please take care of our Zhongqing Tourism in the future, Secretary!"

Lu Fan smiled, welcomed the two, and briefly asked about some plans and ideas regarding Zhongqing Tourism.

Xia Ruo was really not just a pretty face; she introduced the company's advantages and experience and expressed confidence in the development of Ganshui's tourism industry.

The two sides communicated happily, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Lu Fan stated that Ganshui would negotiate cooperation with the greatest sincerity and looked forward to the two sides working together to achieve a win-win result.

Finally, Xia Ruo smiled charmingly and said: "Secretary Lu, to celebrate the official start of cooperation negotiations, our Zhongqing Tourism has prepared a little wine, wanting to express some of our sincerity, and also wanting to strengthen communication and in-depth exchanges with Secretary Lu. Please do us the honor!"

Lu Fan said with a smile: "Since you have come from afar, this meal must be hosted by us in Ganshui. I will have Tourism Bureau Director Dong Pengxin connect with you!"

Seeing this, a flash of surprise crossed Xia Ruo's eyes. She stood up and said: "That's great, Secretary Lu. I will definitely wait for you tonight!"

After the two left, Lu Fan was a bit worried. Zhongqing Tourism had come prepared, and this public relations manager was not simple at all. He had to give a hint to the person in charge of this work, so they wouldn't be taken down by the other party in a few quick moves!

At 2:00 PM, Lu Fan presided over a special work meeting on key petition problems handled by the county's party and government leadership team members. All county-level leaders at home, various townships, the Petition Bureau, and departments involved in petition cases attended the meeting.

After listening to the Petition Bureau's report on the county's petition cases, County Party Committee Secretary Lu Fan emphasized that petition work was of great responsibility. The whole county must further improve its understanding, exert more effort in work, and increase pressure on implementation, fully resolving accumulated petition cases, promoting the settlement of key problems, and creating a "three-no" petition county.

Lu Fan said earnestly: "Comrades, we must put ourselves in their shoes to solve difficulties, seriously treat every appeal of the petitioning masses, seriously receive every petitioning household, and seriously handle every matter involving the interests of the masses! Through patient and meticulous work, facing contradictions directly, we must achieve 'case closed, matters settled, and people reconciled.'"

When dealing with petition cases, everyone must face problems squarely without pushing them off, fully do a good job in resolution and guidance, and seriously solve the reasonable demands of the masses. You must never shirk responsibility or drag small matters into big ones.

These 125 petition cases are to be handled by county-level leaders, with various responsible units cooperating. The Petition Bureau has already specifically broken down the tasks. I am responsible for the 10 most difficult cases, including the petitions of private teachers.

I ask all leaders in charge of cases to lead by example, personally inquire, personally deploy, and personally visit. One week later, everyone will report the progress of their accumulated cases. Every petition case must be resolved according to policies and regulations, achieving case closure, settlement of matters, cessation of complaints, and satisfaction of the masses! The County Party Committee Office Inspection Office will work with the Petition Bureau to do a good job in inspection, report the latest progress throughout the county, and strive for the greatest support from the petitioning masses!"

"Comrades, we must firmly grasp the work of petitioning and stability maintenance, transmit pressure layer by layer, solidify responsibilities for everyone, and have everyone shoulder heavy burdens. We must be responsible for our own territory, never slacken, take responsibility, never shirk, supervise and hold accountable, never tolerate, and with the firmest determination, the most powerful measures, the most solid style, and a high-spirited mental state, fully maintain the peace and stability of the overall situation in Ganshui!"

After Lu Fan finished speaking, starting from County Head Wang Baoguo, they took turns to express their stance and claim their petition cases.

After the meeting, Lu Fan went directly to the government conference room. The County Party Committee Office had already invited 124 private teachers to the conference room.

The petitioning of private teachers was a major difficulty in Yingjiang City. In recent years, they had organized trips to the province and the capital to petition, often involving thousands of people each time. The impact was very great, but it was extremely difficult to solve because there was no policy basis.

When Lu Fan walked into the conference room, warm applause erupted in the venue, which Lu Fan had not expected.

After Lu Fan sat behind the podium, a representative of the private teachers stood up and said excitedly: "Secretary Lu, we heard that you are personally solving the problems of private teachers, and everyone is very happy! We all know that the problems of private teachers in Ningyang were all solved because you were responsible for handling them!"

Lu Fan said with a smile: "Everyone sit down and talk. I have come with one hundred percent sincerity to chat with you and solve the problems within the scope allowed by policies and regulations. I'll say it first: the regularization you want is impossible because there is no policy basis. Don't make me commit a mistake; I still want to continue serving the people of Ganshui!"

That representative stood up again and said: "Secretary Lu, my surname is Liu. In the past few years, we have successively gone to the National Petition Bureau and the Ministry of Education. Our demands are for pension, medical insurance, regularization, and other issues. To this day, it has not been implemented, and no one has given us any reply!"

Lu Fan asked: "After you went, did the Petition Bureau receive you or say anything?"

Teacher Liu said: "The staff at the Petition Bureau said to go back to the local area to solve it. Many of us are teachers who joined in the 80s and were later forced to be laid off. We have been running around for more than ten years to implement benefits like pensions and medical insurance. Just this year, we have already gone to the capital 3 times, but the problem has never been solved."

Lu Fan said: "You all know that I have managed education, so I understand the policies very well. Our Yingjiang City was the last batch to be uniformly regularized in 2000, right? I am a person who likes to tell the truth. There must be a reason why you weren't regularized; you know it very well yourselves. The work of the county government must be executed according to the spirit of the central, provincial, and municipal documents. Therefore, even if you make a scene in the capital every day, regularization is impossible."

? This alone can explain the problem; your demands are not recognized!"

Teacher Liu sighed and said: "We teachers all started working before '86. The state's Document No. 32 of '97 allowed us to be converted into public teachers. Not only did they not convert us, but they also bought and sold our regularization quotas. In 2000, we shouldn't have been laid off; we weren't among those to be cleared out, but we were cleared out and laid off. So we are now grievances that have been unjustly suffered for fifteen or sixteen years. Some teachers are already over fifty years old and should be involved in pension and medical issues. Without pension and medical security, life is hard to sustain!"

Lu Fan interrupted him and said: "Old Liu, don't tell me this; you know the policy better than I do. I can say it here: if there is even one among you who meets the requirements and wasn't regularized, I will regularize them immediately! City certificate, diploma, years of service—which one of you has reached it? Moreover, your quotas weren't bought and sold; your length of service was bought out. Didn't you get the money?"

Someone said: "Doesn't the government always say 'the old have support, the old have reliance, the old have happiness, and the old have peace'? You can't just ignore us, right? In any case, we have all fought hard on the three-foot podium and selflessly dedicated our youth to the education cause. But now, we are all the fallen ones in the education world, all becoming a group forgotten by the education world."

Lu Fan smiled and said: "I came today to solve problems. If we talk about policy, we can chat for three days and three nights! I ask you, is there any province or city that has already implemented pensions and social security for private teachers?"

Teacher Liu said: "There is one; it is said that a city in You Province gives subsidies."

Lu Fan said: "That is also negligible. Some give 10 yuan a month, and at most 20 yuan. Am I right?"

Everyone was silent, obviously acknowledging Lu Fan's words. One knows one's own affairs best. Many people originally came to fight for benefits with the mentality of "small trouble, small solution; big trouble, big solution; no trouble, no solution." After making trouble for so many years, most people's hearts had already turned cold.

Someone said again: "Secretary Lu, we all know you are a good official. If we could make a living, we wouldn't make trouble like this. Please help us, Secretary Lu!"

Feeling that the timing was about right, Lu Fan smiled and said: "If I didn't intend to solve the problem, I wouldn't have come to see you. I'll propose a few plans. First, let's stop talking about housing provident funds and regularization these two days! The county finance will provide certain subsidies for pensions and social security, referring to Ningyang County; second, township street sanitation cleaners and county urban sanitation workers—if you are willing to do it, I will coordinate to solve it; third, according to your years of teaching back then, those with more than 30 years will receive a monthly subsidy of 1,000 yuan; those with 0-29 years will receive 800 yuan per month; those with 10-19 years will receive 600 yuan per month; those with 1-9 years of work will receive 400 yuan per month!

If you are willing to accept these proposals, I will submit them to the County Party Committee Standing Committee for research and decision as soon as possible, striving for early implementation. Then the petitioning of private teachers in our county will be considered successfully resolved!"

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere at the scene was instantly ignited. The 124 private teachers at the scene were emotionally stirred, standing up one after another and applauding warmly!

Someone couldn't help but shout: "Secretary Lu, you are truly a good official!" This sentence immediately resonated with others, and more words of praise were heard one after another.

Having solved the biggest petition difficulty, Lu Fan was also very happy. He walked down from the podium and chatted with everyone for a while, and the atmosphere was very harmonious!

Therefore, the effectiveness of work must ultimately be tested by whether the masses have received real benefits, whether their lives have truly improved, and whether their rights and interests have been guaranteed.