Chapter 350: Clash at the Standing Committee Meeting (1)

Yu Wei came to pick me up for work in the morning. This kid didn't dare to look at me, opening and closing the car door with his head lowered, not saying a word.

When the car arrived at the County Party Committee compound, Yu Wei asked cautiously, "County Magistrate Chen, you don't need the car tonight, right?"

I didn't pay attention to him. Regarding his going to Qilin Villa, I had to find a good opportunity to ask him. This Qilin Villa didn't look simple. What kind of inside story was there that even someone of Yu Wei's status could enter? It definitely wasn't about yellow or gambling.

Chunshan County wasn't big, and the first breeze of reform brought was yellow. This could be seen from the hair salons all over the streets and alleys. In a small city with a population of less than 300,000, there were thirty karaoke halls of all sizes, almost every one with a hotel sign had a sauna, and as for foot massage parlors, you could see five just by walking and taking a pee.

Chunshan County became unprecedentedly prosperous, and a night market street also emerged. Guan Peishan once mentioned this prosperous scene in his report, attributing it to the social effects brought about by the reform and opening up in recent years. To maintain this development momentum, the whole county had to increase the intensity of reform and opening up. To let foreign rich bosses come to invest, first, they had to build a good phoenix nest and let them develop in Chunshan County.

With Guan Peishan's escort, the yellow industry in Chunshan County almost surpassed Hengyue City overnight. In Chunshan County, opening a foot massage shop almost didn't require any procedures; you just needed to register at the police station and pay a certain fee every month to open for business.

If the superiors came to inspect, the police station would greet every door. Those who didn't listen to the greetings would be put on a blacklist by the police station, forcibly closed, and never allowed to engage in the old business again.

Because Chunshan County was so prosperous, some people from surrounding counties would come to consume, and even some people from Hengyue City would come from thousands of miles away.

I first heard about this prosperity from Sun Demao, who secretly told me. He cordially invited me to consume in the county, saying that Chunshan County was now a grade higher than Hengyue City in terms of entertainment.

But these didn't have much to do with me. Suxi Town was located deep in the mountains, and the villagers didn't have much income all year round. A normal man who supported his family wouldn't be willing to throw his hard-earned money into a hair salon that looked itchy and made him regret it after doing it.

Chunshan County, which was blooming everywhere, was called "Spring City" by outsiders, the spring of spring. This word could make countless men yearn for it.

I went straight upstairs. Zhu Hua Yu had already brewed tea in the office and placed a stack of documents neatly on the desk.

I glanced at today's schedule. The morning was the County Standing Committee meeting, and the afternoon column was blank, indicating no arrangements had been made.

Just as I sat down, Zhu Hua Yu came in and whispered, "County Magistrate Chen, the Standing Committee meeting will be held in the conference room on the fifth floor at nine o'clock."

I nodded and smiled at her, "Okay, thank you, Hua Yu."

Zhu Hua Yu smiled sweetly, "I'm your secretary, no need to thank me. If you have any instructions in the future, just tell me directly. If you need my signature, organize them together. If you don't need my signature, handle them directly. Call my phone directly for meeting notifications, and refuse all requests to eat or drink."

My tone was calm and majestic. Money and his group didn't dare to make a sound on the side, looking at me with infinite admiration, which made my small vanity feel a little bit.

Doing things as a man, everyone hopes to be looked up to by others!

Hanging up the phone, I asked Qian Youyu: "There will be no difficulty in starting work after the New Year, right?"

"No!" Qian Youyu stated firmly, looking like a monkey who had just stolen a corn cob.

"If there are difficulties, report to the organization in time," I warned him: "If the project progress is slow due to personal reasons, you must be held accountable!"

"I understand!" Qian Youyu said earnestly: "I will definitely not hold County Magistrate Chen back. I see it clearly now, County Magistrate Chen, you are a great talent. Can I let you have any worries? Don't worry!"

With Qian Youyu's statement, I was naturally happy. But I couldn't show it. People who are officials must be good at hiding themselves. No cadre would expose themselves in broad daylight!

I called Yu Wei to drive, and we were going to the old township government.

The establishment of Suxi Town was upgraded from a township, but the office location hadn't moved. The new town government wasn't built yet, so it had to stay in the old place. The township changed to a town, nothing changed, only the sign hanging on the wall changed.

The old township government was still like a boat drifting in the dust of history, the boat side was still the same, but the sails were different.

All the town cadres were present. I scanned them, and not a single one was missing. I had to thank Guo Wei for this; without his tough measures at the beginning, the cadres would be like sheep grazing on the hillside, scattered and boundless.

When Liu Quan was in power, all the township cadres didn't know what it meant to go to work. If there was something, they would call out, gather together, bring out a jar of grain-burning wine, and sit horizontally and vertically with a few peanuts. Liu Quan spoke, and everyone listened. There was no voting, no dissent, a swarm of people came to the meeting, and a swarm of people dispersed.

When Zhu Shizhen was acting township head, there was no secretary in the township, and he had the final say alone. At the beginning of Zhu Shizhen's tenure, he wanted to vigorously rectify work discipline. He held several meetings, but there was no effect. Everyone knew he was an acting one, not officially appointed, and couldn't do anything to anyone. It just happened that Liu Quan was transferred away, and many people didn't understand the meaning of the superiors, so they had emotions. Therefore, they ignored Zhu Shizhen's rectification. Anyway, there was no money to deduct, and Zhu Shizhen couldn't fire anyone, could he?

When it reached Guo Wei's hands, the situation changed. Guo Wei was a thoughtful cadre who knew that township cadres valued practical benefits the most. People who were township cadres had basically no hope for their future and mostly held the mentality of mixing food and waiting for death. Moreover, more than half of the cadres in Suxi Township were half-side households.

The so-called half-side household was a family where the husband or wife was a cadre eating state grain, and the other half was a rural household, planting a few acres of thin fields at home.

The cadres in Suxi Township were mostly transferred from the army, and there were almost no graduates, and the average cultural level was less than high school.

These cadres had low monthly wages and basically no other income. Sometimes when they went out for meetings, they didn't even have a decent set of clothes, so money was more desirable to them than to ordinary people.

Guo Wei saw this point, so the first thing he did when he came to Suxi to be the secretary was to hold paid meetings.

Guo Wei was not like Liu Quan or Zhu Shizhen; he dared to spend money. At the first meeting, there was not much money in the township finance account, and Lao Zhao refused to take it out to pay the meeting subsidy. Guo Wei shouted: "Either you go home to retire, or take the money out to pay."

In fact, finance Lao Zhao didn't have any other meaning. He had been township finance for a lifetime, guarding the pitiful few money. These money were all one radish and one pit. If the radish was pulled away, he couldn't fill the pit.

And the cadres in Suxi Township were all waiting for those few money to take home to support their families. If Lao Zhao couldn't pay the wages, they would swallow him alive.

Guo Wei paid the money for the first time, and the cadres tasted the sweetness. After that, every time there was a meeting, everyone ran faster than a rabbit.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. After paying the meeting subsidy, Guo Wei required strict work discipline. The cadres were still laughing and laughing, thinking that like Liu Quan and Zhu Shizhen, what could you do to me?

Guo Wei didn't change his expression, arranging for people to register the number of people at work every day, and made a sign-in book. At the end of the month, when the wages were paid, many people were stunned. Most people got less than half of their wages, and a few not only didn't get a penny, but also owed money.

This exploded the pot, and everyone went to Guo Wei to ask for an explanation.

Guo Wei put his hands on his waist and said lightly: "You don't go to work, who gives you wages?"

The cadres looked at each other, unable to find a reason. Someone whispered: "It was like this in the past, and it didn't see less than a dime."

Guo Wei said: "The old calendar has long been turned over. If everyone wants to turn it over, I will accompany you to the end."

Everyone knew that Guo Wei was a cadre with a background, and he was young, so naturally they didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. They had to calculate on the side, and after calculating, they found that the subsidy for the meeting just happened to make up for the deducted wages, and their hearts were comforted a lot.

Since then, the discipline of going to work in Suxi Township has become the best period since the establishment of the township.

I was promoted to Deputy County Magistrate and concurrently served as the Suxi Town Secretary. Everyone knew this. Although the County Party Committee Organization Department didn't send anyone to announce it, the grapevine often came faster and more truthfully than the official channel.

I coughed and announced the meeting.

After the Suxi Township was upgraded to a town, the organizational structure was adjusted, and some new cadres were added. These cadres were mostly the original branch secretaries of each village, taking advantage of this east wind to change their faces and become official state cadres.

I am the secretary, so naturally I have to have a town mayor. Of course, the secretary can concurrently serve as the town mayor, but I still have a hat of Deputy County Magistrate on my head, so this town mayor's hat must be worn by someone else.

I took out my notebook, pondered for a moment, and said: "Today, I have gathered everyone to hold a meeting because there is an important personnel arrangement to announce."

I created tension first, which would make them sit uneasy.

Except for the secretary, the rest of the town was the town mayor. Others such as the People's Congress, Discipline Inspection, Women's Federation, Youth League, Civil Affairs, and People's Armed Forces Department were all supporting roles.

The People's Congress Chairman was the old deputy township head, who was also about to retire after the New Year, and had completely despaired of his official career. Therefore, he closed his eyes and ignored the outside world. His biggest purpose for coming to the meeting was to go to Lao Zhao to collect a hundred yuan subsidy to take home after the meeting.