The Spring Festival is quickly approaching. At this time, the city becomes busier. Every day, department leaders from the province come to our Shangjiang City to inspect the work. They welcome and drop off people all day long, drink and accompany guests, which makes the city very busy.
The leaders were all exhausted. One night at most, I accompanied four groups of guests. I only stayed at each place for ten minutes before moving on to the next place. I had to drink at least two taels of white wine at each place, and
I still had to explain why I left.
In fact, I know that although the heads of the provincial departments were polite on the surface and kept saying "understanding", they must have been unhappy in their hearts. After all, only the heads of the corresponding departments in the city were accompanying them after I left, and they were very senior.
Not quite. But there is nothing we can do about it.
However, I make an exception for department leaders from certain provinces.
Director Zou from the Provincial Department of Health came to our Shangjiang City to inspect the work. In the afternoon, Director Sun of the Municipal Health Bureau informed me that he knew about my relationship with Director Zou.
However, I do have two other reception tasks today. First, the deputy director of the Provincial Department of Finance has arrived at our place. I will have a meeting with him in the afternoon, mainly to report to him on the two lines of revenue and expenditure implemented by our city's finance.
Experience. Of course I have to accompany them for dinner in the evening. Also, Kangdemao is coming, which is the reception of the land department.
I said to Director Sun: "Well, please ask Mayor Zhu to accompany you over there. I have two other receptionists here. I will call Director Zou later to explain. After dinner, you can arrange some other activities."
.I will just participate when the time comes.”
Next, I called Director Zou and explained the situation to him. I kept complaining, "Old leader, I really can't help it. The reception tasks I am responsible for here are too heavy. I said to you guys
As a leader, why do you all come down at this time? I’ve been drinking so much lately that my liver hurts. Forgive me, I have to come and have a drink with you in the end. Then let’s arrange some other activities separately.”
He laughed, "There is nothing we can do. The province requires us to visit all the counties and cities below before the year. Your recent reception has been too stressful, I understand. But today we have to meet, and we have to drink.
.I haven’t seen you for a long time.”
I know that what he said about understanding is actually true understanding. After all, our relationship is different. I said: "That's for sure. I'm grateful that you can understand."
Then I called Kang Demao again, "Old classmate, I can't attend your symposium in the afternoon. I'll invite Mayor Qin to come. I really can't leave here. I have to call you on the second channel in the evening.
I'm here to drink with you. The leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance are here. We are classmates, so please don't mind."
He smiled and said to me: "I know you have been very busy recently. Let's have a beer tonight. How about inviting some of your beauties from Shangjiang City? Haha!"
I was secretly surprised: He seems to have changed a lot recently?
In fact, this is not a question of good or bad. What his situation actually reflects is his current state of mind. This shows one thing: he is very satisfied with his current position.
I smiled and said, "How simple is this? But we don't have many beauties in Shangjiang City, so you can just find a few to accompany you for a drink. But not the others. Haha! I have to make it clear first.
"
He also laughed, "Who do you think I am? There are beautiful women drinking together and I feel happy. That's it. Haha!"
After four o'clock in the afternoon, the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance arrived in our Shangjiang City, and the symposium was held in the conference room of the hotel.
I presided over the meeting, and the person in charge of our Municipal Finance Bureau reported the specific situation. Of course, I had read and revised the report materials in advance. The main content of the report was the operability part, as well as the effects since the implementation of this reform measure.
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I have made some additions later, mainly my own thoughts on the shortcomings of this measure recently and my thoughts on further improving some of them in the future.
The leader of the Provincial Department of Finance was very satisfied after listening to our report. He said: "Before coming to Shangjiang City, Governor Huang specifically told us to fully understand your reform measures, and also asked us to randomly check several
The financial operation of the department is used to measure the real effect of your new measures. After listening to your report today, I feel that your reform measures are very good. In fact, as a provincial financial management, we have also had
This is the idea, but the provincial fiscal issues are too complex, and it is still difficult to fully implement this management model. However, I think we can learn from some of your experiences...
.I think your experience can be promoted at the county and city levels across the province. After the beginning of next year, the province will hold a provincial financial work conference. At that time, you will go on stage to introduce your experience. And according to Governor Huang
The province may issue relevant documents to promote your experience. In the future, our Provincial Department of Finance will also adopt your method for financial management at the county and municipal levels..."
He spoke for a long time, mostly with words of praise. However, at the end he still talked about some shortcomings, mainly the issues I mentioned earlier.
The symposium ended in a warm and harmonious atmosphere. Then the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance will go back to their rooms to rest for a while, and then have dinner in this hotel.
I called the finance director of our city aside, looked at him with a smile and asked, "Do you want to get rich? This time there is a good opportunity."
He looked at me and said, "Mayor Feng, tell me quickly. I know, you said that if you have a project to make a fortune, you will definitely make a fortune, and it will be a big fortune."
He was obviously flattering me, but I was willing to accept his flattery. I smiled and said to him: "This matter can only be done in the name of your Finance Bureau, and it is never allowed to be done privately. As for how
Go and operate it, and you can think about it yourself after you get down. But this project can indeed make a lot of money."
He hurriedly said: "Of course. Mayor Feng, of course I know your thoughts. You will not consider making money for yourself."
His words were too flattering, so I glared at him, "Who said I don't think about making money personally? I'm not a god who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world. What I mean is that public and private matters must be distinguished. Today's meeting
Do you understand? Governor Huang has actually decided to promote our experience to all counties and cities in the province. So, this management financial software... Haha! Do you understand?"
He was startled and then immediately overjoyed, "Mayor Feng, you are really amazing."
I hurriedly said: "Keep your voice down. Can you shout out about something like this?"
He immediately lowered his voice and said, "Mayor Feng, do you mean to let us form a joint venture with that financial software company?"
I shook my head, "How much money can we make in that case? Now our experience is the most valuable thing. In the future, financial software will be developed based on our experience, that is, the actual operating steps we currently have. Now we are far away from promoting it to the whole province.
There is still a long way to go. During this period, the previous financial software can be completely updated. Therefore, you should immediately contact the development unit of the financial software we use and directly join forces with them to do this. Like this
Things are very simple for them. After all, they have a patent and the basic parts have already been formed. It won't take much time. Then you can communicate with the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance and the benefits that should be given should be given to them.
, in this case it is impossible even if we don’t want to get rich.”
He looked at me with admiration, "Mayor Feng, we can't keep up with your ideas. You are really the leader I admire the most."
I immediately criticized him and said: "What did you say? Where did you put Secretary Chen and other leaders? Comrade, be careful what you say! By the way, this matter must be kept secret for the time being. Find someone you can trust."
I will first contact the software development unit, and the two parties will negotiate a contract as soon as possible, and then immediately contact the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance. Isn’t it the Chinese New Year soon? There are some things that I don’t need to say more, right?"
He suddenly understood and said: "I understand."
I smiled at him and said: "You can have a few more drinks with the leaders of the Finance Department tonight. Everyone who comes will receive a larger red envelope than in previous years. No matter how poor our finances are, we can still get this little money.
Don't be too stingy."
He kept responding.
It is an unwritten rule to distribute red envelopes to leaders and their entourage who come to inspect their work. The amount in the red envelope ranges from 500 to 1,000 yuan.
Therefore, at the end of each year, the local reception expenses are a huge amount. For a place with financial difficulties like ours in Shangjiang City, this is nothing more than adding insult to injury. However, this amount of money
It must be spent, otherwise it will be completely impossible to ask for money from the provincial departments in the future.
At the end of the year, various departments in the province take turns coming down like visiting relatives, and local leaders accompany us to drink and report on their work. This is also a miserable thing.
However, if you look at it from another perspective, isn't this an opportunity to contact the leaders of the departments above? And the local government always has its own way to pay the money. For example, we can use the following departments to receive reception, and then the leaders will participate
method. Although the department’s money is now under our unified control, it can be spent from the revenue-generating funds of each department.
There is one thing I did not expect. After the Finance Bureau contacted the company that developed the financial software, the other party refused to cooperate with us. The reason for their refusal was very simple and reasonable, that is, their company's sales network is fixed
and has also signed a long-term agreement with the following sales network, so we can only contact their sales company in Jiangnan Province.
I immediately understood the reason for my thinking problems - I tried to take shortcuts in everything, so that I ignored the most basic rules of the game. In fact, in business, many companies are very rule-based, but not all
I am only motivated by profit. Also, maybe I am too confident, and my self-confidence comes from the flattery of the people below me, as well as my self-righteousness.
Of course, I don’t think that my self-confidence is deliberate, but it should be a situation that manifests itself unconsciously. This is just like what happens when we park our cars. We thought that the seat was too big.
It's narrow, but later I found that my car can fit in it - we are used to imagining ourselves to be too powerful.
In the evening, I first accompanied the leaders of the Provincial Department of Finance for dinner. After about twenty minutes, I began to explain to them, "I'm sorry, leaders. Today the leaders of the Provincial Department of Land and Resources also came to our Shangjiang City to inspect.
When work comes, they also arrive in the afternoon. So I have to go and accompany them. In this way, I punish myself with a drink to express my apology to all the leaders."
This is what I have to say every day recently and express myself every day. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for others to say anything, and they will express their understanding.
The same is true today.
Come out of this hotel and go directly to the restaurant where Kangdemao is...
Recently, all the leaders in the city are like me. When we meet each other on weekdays, we all smile bitterly and say that we have been hanging out like young ladies every night. (To be continued)