Volume 3 High Officials_1819 Fighting Snakes with a Stick
At 2:55 p.m., Hu Fei rushed to the meeting room of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee.
Hu Fei greeted the members of the Standing Committee while walking to his seat and sitting down. Li Ze hadn't arrived yet. No matter whether it was a small or a big meeting, the big shots were always the last ones to appear. After so many years in ministries and commissions, Li Ze had no idea about such an officialdom.
The unspoken rules have long been understood.
At 2:59, Li Ze stepped into the conference room.
"Is everyone here?"
Li Ze put down the water glass and raised his head to glance at Tie Jun, Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee.
"Report to the secretary, everyone is here."
Tiejun stood up and reported.
"Let's have a meeting when everyone is here,"
Li Ze smiled and nodded, raised his head and glanced at the conference room, "Comrades, we are convening this meeting today. We mainly have opinions and matters to discuss."
"During this period, I have visited our entire Yiyang City. I have basically grasped the situation in the city. To be honest, the construction in our city is a bit behind. I won't say how far we are from those big cities.
, in short, we still need to work hard and catch up."
Hu Fei frowned. The implication was that the work in Yiyang City had not been done well. It was up to him, the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, to carry the banner. However, what they said was right. Not only did Yiyang City fail to grasp the economic construction, but also other aspects of it.
All tasks were not done well, and there was even an illegal fund-raising case involving nearly tens of billions of dollars.
Compared to Li Ze, who was born in a ministry, he was indeed qualified to demote Yiyang to nothing.
Moreover, you can also disgust Hu Fei by the way, why not?
"I'm off topic, I'm off topic."
Li Ze chuckled, "We're not here to discuss this topic today. We're mainly discussing the renovation of the First Xiangjiang Bridge."
His voice paused slightly, "Some time ago when I went to the grassroots level to understand the situation, many comrades reported to me that the reconstruction of the First Xiangjiang Bridge was problematic. In fact, the situation was also the same. The First Xiangjiang Bridge was built in the 1980s, and there were problems
There are many problems, especially the bridge deck is too narrow, which no longer meets the development needs of the times..."
Li Ze talked about the various inappropriateness of the First Xiangjiang Bridge, and then changed the topic, "In order to meet the needs of economic construction and development, the masses have great opinions on this. I also feel that it is necessary to transform and even rebuild the First Xiangjiang Bridge."
Work is on the agenda."
His voice paused and his eyes turned to Hu Fei, "Of course, I also know that the current financial situation of the city is not very good, but this kind of money must be spent, and you can save some on other things.
"
Hu Fei was stunned when he heard this and nodded slowly, "Comrade Li Ze, it's easier said than done. It's hard to save money anywhere."
"I heard that you are planning to retire the offices of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members in the Municipal Party Committee Guest House and reduce reception funds."
Li Ze chuckled, "I think this idea is very good. Squeeze out a little here, save a little there, and the money will come out."
An Changping was stunned when he heard this. He raised his head and glanced at Hu Fei in astonishment. Li Ze was too shady. Hu Fei racked his brains to save money in the city's finances. Well, this guy jumped out and slapped him fiercely.
Give it a push.
This guy really has all his plans. Even if he saves this amount of reception expenses, how much money he will have is just a drop in the ocean for building a bridge.
Hu Fei would definitely not agree to use financial funds to build the bridge. There is not much money in the city now, and Hu Fei has even taken steps to reduce reception funds, so how can he use money to build the bridge?
What's more, the bridge is not unusable, so why bother repairing it at this time?
At this critical moment, if Li Ze tries to find a way to get funds, once the bridge is repaired, Li Ze's reputation will definitely rise greatly. In contrast, Hu Fei's stingy behavior will definitely be criticized by others.
At that point, if someone else is fanning the flames, Hu Fei's prestige will definitely decline a lot, and Li Ze's reputation will definitely rise sharply. As one goes down and the other goes up, Hu Fei will suffer a big loss.
Moreover, once the cost-saving matter came out, everyone would only be dissatisfied with Hu Fei, not Li Ze. After all, it was Hu Fei who caused this matter.
Since Li Ze brought up the matter of saving money today, Hu Fei was already riding a tiger and could no longer retreat, so he had no choice but to bring it up. At least he could achieve one of his goals.
This Li Ze is worthy of being from the ministries and commissions, and his timing is very good.
"Well, since Comrade Li Ze mentioned the matter of saving money, I will say a few words."
Hu Fei cleared his throat, "I believe everyone is aware of the city's financial situation. A few days ago, the Finance Bureau was considering suspending the payment of teachers' salaries, saying there was no money."
"Those teachers who teach and educate people and cultivate the hope of the future of our motherland cannot get paid. How can we, the leaders of the municipal party committee, sit in the office drinking tea while watching the teachers who can't even eat and have to ask for private office rooms in the hotel?
"
"Comrades, this cannot be justified in any way."
Everyone lowered their heads and no one answered. The city's finances were indeed running out of money. Now they heard that even teachers were going to stop paying their salaries. Even if they were dissatisfied, no one would jump out at this time.
This is the Standing Committee, and individual speeches must be recorded.
"Comrade Li Ze just mentioned this matter today. I propose to unify opinions on canceling leadership private rooms and reducing reception funds. As for the standard for cutting reception funds, let's change it to 60% of the original trees. It is really overspending.
If the situation arises, the leader himself will explain the situation to the municipal party committee, and then sign the advance, which will be advanced from the reception funds for the next year."
"Of course, if the amount advanced exceeds one-third, no more can be advanced."
Hu Fei chuckled and glanced at Li Ze, "Comrade Li Ze, do you think this plan is feasible?"
Li Ze was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that this kid Hu Fei would follow the stick and not think about repairing the bridge, but took this opportunity to trick him!
But he himself said it just now, it's good to save a little money, so is he slapping himself in the face at this time and saying that he opposes cutting the reception funds?
Damn, I was accidentally tricked by Hu Fei again. Li Ze felt regretful and secretly alert. He must not be so careless in the future. Hu Fei is too shrewd.
"Okay, since Comrade Hu Fei raised it, let's temporarily add this issue."
As a last resort, Li Ze could only speak, "In order to save financial expenses, Comrade Hu Fei proposed to cancel the working private rooms of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee in the Municipal Party Committee Guest House and reduce the reception funds for each leader to 60% of the original. Everyone said
Tell me your opinion."
"I agree with Comrade Hu Fei's opinion."
An Changping was the first to express his support, "The city's finances are already in a difficult situation. If we leaders of the municipal party committee continue to spend money lavishly, what will the people think?"
“When we were dealing with an illegal fund-raising case a while ago, some comrades below expressed dissatisfaction with our municipal party committee leaders’ long-term use of rooms and offices in the municipal party committee guest house. This situation deserves vigilance.”