Chapter 790: Key Work Arrangements and Deployment

Su Yang clearly understands everyone's attitude in his heart; on one hand it may also be spontaneous, and on the other hand it is related to his current prominent position.

Many cadres, when facing absolute leadership, often abandon their own principles and fawn over the leader.

Of course, the probability that the people present belong to the latter is relatively small, but they still carry a bit of that meaning.

He said: "Thank you, comrades, for your support and understanding. I am also considering our county's situation; we simply cannot afford extravagance. When our lives improve one day, GDP development rises, and the common people have more money, I will personally pay for a big meal for everyone."

"Regarding banning extravagance and waste, banning public funds for eating and drinking, and banning excessive hospitality, we need to formulate corresponding documents to be issued. If anyone takes the lead in violating them, they can be made an example to be punished."

"Regarding the issue of the Twin Ditch Large Koji Winery, I plan to have Vice County Magistrate Li Lingyu take charge of liaison. Of course, when necessary, we must step forward as well. To show respect to investors who have come from afar, we will hold a reception banquet for them today at noon in the county government cafeteria; I hope everyone can attend."

"Of course, we are not only solving the Twin Ditch Large Koji Winery issue now; we also need to actively attract investment. Therefore, I propose establishing an Investment Promotion Office, tentatively set at the deputy section level."

"As for the staffing of the Investment Promotion Office, I suggest setting up one director, one deputy director, and five to ten ordinary staff members, with me personally responsible, and we must see results in the short term."

"Regarding the candidate for the director of the Investment Promotion Office, let us first look internally. If we cannot find anyone internally or cannot find a suitable person, I will apply to the city to borrow outstanding talent from elsewhere."

"Finally, we discuss the illegal gains of Geng Miao and his gang. Over the years, they have relied on county or municipal leaders as protection umbrellas and basically monopolized all commerce in the county."

"As for entertainment venues, there is no need to mention them. I obtained a detailed figure from the procuratorate: besides what they have squandered, they still have over twenty million yuan in the bank. Besides those twenty million plus, there are more than ten villas and properties. My suggestion is to confiscate all these illegal gains; for the real estate, let the court auction them, and all proceeds go to the county treasury."

"Of course, carrying this out presents some difficulties; logically we should have no direct authority to handle it, but all their funds are intricately linked to the Twin Ditch Large Koji Winery. Since the winery is actually government-owned, I will apply to the relevant superior departments; you need not have any concerns."

"In the coming period, everyone may be busy, especially Department Head Chen; any notices concerning today's personnel adjustments may require individual talks to go through the process."

"Secretary Hou still has unfinished matters involving Geng Miao and will likely remain busy for a while. My upcoming work will focus mainly on attracting investment, so family affairs will be handled by Old Zhou you."

Everyone nodded; previously, leaders would just assign tasks and then act as hands-off managers. If work was done well, it was their achievement; if poorly done, they faced all kinds of criticism.

But Su Yang completely takes responsibility and proactively solves problems for everyone. Who would not like such a leader? Moreover, Su Yang is only temporarily presiding over the county's work.

If in the future the work is done well and the county's appearance and economy improve, there will surely be a top leader put in place, and then this achievement will surely be taken by someone else. Su Yang is not unaware of this; he simply does not want to think about it.

After the meeting adjourned, the personnel adjustment proposed by the four-person group spread immediately. Those who had been marginalized but possessed solid practical abilities were dazed by this sudden surprise.

They flocked to Su Yang to report work, even though some people Su Yang had never known before, and even though their work adjustments were on the lists previously made by Zhou Yanru or the former county magistrate, they still recorded this great favor on Su Yang's account.

The reason is simple: in present-day Lieshan Xian, others' proposals are ineffective, and even if they have ample justification, Su Yang can directly reject them.

Moreover, in this personnel adjustment, many are young people who obtained promotion under Su Yang's premise of not relying on seniority or connections, but only on ability; how could they not be grateful?

Besides those young cadres, the former principal Zhang Boxin was even more moved to tears. Within the system, everyone wants to taste the flavor of power. Having been a principal for many years, he has many students who have gone on to leadership posts; this time he never imagined being promoted to bureau chief of education. He could fully use this position to realize his ambitions.

Compared to him, the director of the government office, Jiao Qiang, was so moved he almost fainted. Normally, the director of the government office is likely to be promoted to vice county magistrate, but everyone knows his situation.

He used to be Wen Qiren's "confidant"; to earn more illicit gains, he leapt about serving Geng Miao and his gang, fortunately never getting involved in major critical matters.

At first he tried to trip up Su Yang, but Su Yang dealt with him thoroughly. Fortunately, he later, out of instinctive fear, voluntarily confessed his problems and sent Su Yang a pledge of allegiance, which allowed him to land safely this time without being imprisoned.

In the eyes of most people, Jiao Qiang's not being taken along this time is already Su Yang's protection; unexpectedly, he could even advance further at this critical juncture. This astonished many, and Jiao Qiang initially thought what he heard was false news.

Su Yang had just entered the office when Jiao Qiang came in with tears streaming down his face. As soon as he entered, he fell to his knees with a thud before Su Yang, speaking incoherently:

"County Magistrate Su, thank you. If it weren't for your timely warning that let me realize my error, return the illicit gains, and free myself from those whirlpools, I would probably have ruined my future. You gave me this chance to reform completely; I now do not know how to thank you."

Su Yang solemnly said: "Stand up, what are you doing like this? I do not tolerate this here. Actually, you do not need to thank me; the reason I could let you rise is because you yourself had no principled mistakes, returned the illicit gains, and at the critical moment also reported others. But this is not the fundamental reason for promoting you despite illness. Do you want to know what the reason is?"