Chapter 4066: A Pragmatic Cadre

Under Dong Zhimin's guidance, Su Xinghui finished viewing these construction sites. He nodded and said, "You have indeed done a massive amount of work over these past few years. Fengling Town is truly much better built than it was before."

Lu Dalin laughed and said, "Mayor, Little Dong is indeed quite capable. In these two years, Fengling Town has not only introduced these projects but also brought in quite a few enterprises. Now, Fengling Town's economy ranks among the top in the entire district."

Su Xinghui nodded slightly. Lu Dalin, this District Party Secretary, was quite caring toward his subordinates; when a subordinate had achievements, he would recommend them to his superiors without reservation. He was truly a decent person.

Su Xinghui then followed Dong Zhimin and the others to see the enterprises introduced by Fengling Town. These enterprises included food factories and beverage factories; such enterprises were generally more common in mountainous areas because these regions possessed all kinds of fruits and natural foods, which were excellent raw materials for manufacturing food and beverages.

Of course, there were also some enterprises with Fengling characteristics here. For instance, there was a mining machinery factory. This machinery factory not only supplied mining machinery to the several coal mines here in Fengling but also to coal mines throughout the entire Linshan City. Its scale was not small, and currently, the sales volume of this enterprise was quite good; they were even preparing to expand their scale.

Additionally, there were some hardware factories, spare parts production plants, and other enterprises, all of which were operating in a booming manner, causing Su Xinghui and the others to nod repeatedly as they watched.

For such a small town, these enterprises might not amount to much, but Su Xinghui saw hope here, and he saw Dong Zhimin's ability. Dong Zhimin was the first high-degree cadre to come to Linshan City to apply for a position; he was the representative of these high-degree cadres. Su Xinghui hoped that these high-degree cadres would all work smoothly here, because their high starting point could significantly raise the average quality of cadres in Linshan City.

Come to think of it, the sources of cadres in Linshan City were quite complex: there were local Linshan cadres, cadres exchanged from Baozhou, some demobilized military cadres every year, and finally, these high-degree cadres who came to Linshan to apply.

Relatively speaking, the quality of cadres exchanged from Baozhou was the highest, because they generally did not have low educational backgrounds, and they had been tempered in Baozhou for several years, learning many of Baozhou's work methods and bringing Baozhou's work style to Linshan. However, this group of cadres was also the smallest in number, with only a dozen or so, so they were far from enough.

By comparison, the number of these high-degree applicants was much larger than the cadres exchanged from Baozhou, and their average quality was also quite impressive; they only lacked some work experience. As long as they were placed in suitable positions and tempered for a few more years, they would become the backbone of Linshan City in the future.

Therefore, Su Xinghui attached great importance to these high-degree cadres.

Heavily employing these high-degree cadres who came to apply also had a benefit: because these high-degree cadres came from various places and were placed in different work positions, they were less likely to develop the habit of forming cliques like the local Linshan cadres, which was conducive to balancing the situation where local forces in Linshan City were too strong.

This was also a means that those in power must adopt, and it had nothing to do with conspiracies.

Of course, these high-degree cadres were generally quite young, and their starting points were relatively low; many started as section-level cadres. To let them play a role as quickly as possible within the political landscape of Linshan City, they had to be promoted through unconventional means.

However, unconventional promotion did not mean forcing growth; it also required that the cadre's ability and performance be worthy of their position. That was why Su Xinghui had personally come to Fengling Town to observe Dong Zhimin's performance.

Now, the situation in Fengling Town indicated that Dong Zhimin's performance was indeed very outstanding, and Su Xinghui already had a plan in his heart.

The enterprises introduced by Fengling Town were all undergoing or preparing to undergo process improvements and technological innovation. Now that the country had such good policies, allowing them to complete technological innovation and process improvements at the lowest cost, this opportunity was truly too good; no one would be foolish enough to turn a deaf ear to it.

At these enterprises, Su Xinghui kindly asked them what difficulties they had. If they needed help, they could find the town's leaders, the district's leaders, or even go directly to the city to find the city's leaders.

Su Xinghui's approachability made these enterprise owners feel somewhat flattered. They all said that Secretary Dong of the town was very concerned about them and had personally helped them solve many problems. For example, he used his connections to find professors at universities to help them solve technical difficulties, and he also helped them run to the bank to request loans, solving their funding difficulties, and so on.

Su Xinghui nodded in approval after hearing this. His focus on introducing high-degree talent actually had this consideration as well. These high-degree talents often had broader connections, and most of their connections were people in academia. These connections were very important. For instance, the fact that these enterprises' technical difficulties were solved—wasn't that thanks to Dong Zhimin's connections?

Su Xinghui could not help but think of his days in Meng Hu Ling. At that time, wasn't it precisely by relying on his own connections from school that he solved the technical difficulties for special breeding and planting in Ye Zhugou? Therefore, science and technology is the primary productive force; this is not an empty phrase.

Under the current major policies of the Central Government, science and technology are very important. For China to carry out industrial upgrading and technological breakthroughs, the most important thing is science and technology.

Leaving these enterprises, it was almost time for lunch, so Su Xinghui went to the town government.

Although the urban construction work in Fengling Town was going well now, the office location of the Fengling Town government had not changed. Dong Zhimin had only carried out some repairs on the town government office building and painted the exterior walls, which did give it a brand-new feeling.

Su Xinghui asked, "Little Dong, this office building has been around for a while, hasn't it?"

Dong Zhimin said, "This office building was built in the fifties; it is already over fifty years old this year."

Su Xinghui nodded slightly. This was quite similar to the situation when he first went to Meng Hu Ling; the Meng Hu Ling township government office building was also built in the fifties and was several decades old.

A common characteristic of some buildings constructed in the fifties was that their quality was still quite good; otherwise, they could not have survived decades of wind and rain and still be in use. However, these buildings had no aesthetic appeal—they were bulky and crude, and their layout and structure were very backward. Therefore, by now, many places with better economies had already demolished these office buildings entirely and built new ones.

Now, Fengling Town's economy could be considered quite good, yet Dong Zhimin was still using this office building, which was quite rare.

Su Xinghui said, "Why not build a new office building?"

Dong Zhimin said, "Building a new office building would cost at least several million. Although the town's economy is okay now, money is needed everywhere, so let's keep using this one for now. The quality of this old office building is still quite good and very sturdy. As long as it is repaired and painted, it looks almost the same as a newly built one."

Su Xinghui nodded again. This also proved that Dong Zhimin was a pragmatic cadre. If it were another cadre, once the town had money, wouldn't the first thing they do be to renovate the office building? Because the office building also represented the government's image, and many cadres were very concerned about this point.

Of course, if the old office building could no longer meet new needs, building a new one would be very necessary. But if the old one could still meet the needs, then there was no need to put on airs.

Dong Zhimin did not put on airs and was very pragmatic; this was very rare.

One must know that there was never a time when the town's money was abundant. They had to engage in urban construction, widen roads, and Linshan City had been carrying out the "Village-to-Village" project, aiming to connect every village with roads. Some mountain village schools also needed to be rebuilt; money was needed everywhere. That Dong Zhimin could save money to do some proper work was something Su Xinghui greatly appreciated.

Such a cadre who was pragmatic, capable, and had a high educational background was truly too rare.

Under Dong Zhimin's leadership, Su Xinghui first had lunch in the town government cafeteria, then went upstairs to a small conference room, sat there, and listened to the reports from Dong Zhimin and other Fengling Town cadres. He also planned to go down to a few villages in the afternoon to see how the situation was in the villages.

In fact, without listening to any more reports, Su Xinghui could already feel the prosperity of Fengling Town.