My vacation was over, and that afternoon Xiao Cui came to pick me up and take me to Shangjiang.
In the evening, members of the city government team will have a meal together. It is said that this has been a rule in Shangjiang City for many years, and it is euphemistically called the "opening meal." It means that the new year has begun, and everyone eats this meal.
Let’s do a good job together for the next year.
The dinner was arranged in a five-star hotel. It is said that Mayor Liu specially arranged it this way. I think this was the result of the shadow he had about being arranged to eat in the canteen when he first took office.
I had already noticed during the time a year ago that any banquet he was going to attend was always arranged in a five-star hotel. In fact, I knew very well that for people like Mayor Liu, what he eats is no longer a problem.
It's not important anymore, what's important is that feeling.
In fact, leaders are more concerned about face than ordinary people, and their self-esteem is also more fragile.
After all, we are all members of the same team, and we will not talk about work matters on such occasions, so drinking has become the only theme. Mayor Liu even took the lead in toasting everyone's drinks, and the atmosphere suddenly changed.
It has to get heated up.
Halfway through, Mayor Zhu came to toast my drink. She smiled and said to me in a low voice: "Thank you, Mayor Feng."
I was very ashamed and thought in my heart: If you knew that Zhu Dan had slept with me, you wouldn't thank me like this. But I still had a smile on my face and said, "You're welcome."
The morning of the next day was the executive meeting of the government. Since this meeting was the first executive meeting after the beginning of the new year, all macro issues were studied. Even in government departments, we are still used to treating the Spring Festival as the new and old festivals.
year dividing line.
Moreover, there were no agenda items at this government executive meeting. Mayor Liu asked each deputy mayor to talk about their own work ideas for this year at the meeting.
Of course I bear the brunt and must speak first.
In fact, I have already thought about my work when the Gregorian New Year arrived, and I also spent some time preparing for it.
For me, the core issue is actually the issue of fiscal revenue. Therefore, I calculated an account for everyone at the meeting, which is to predict the increase in fiscal revenue based on the speed of economic development and urban construction this year. When
After I reported a series of figures, everyone became excited. Indeed, for the finance of Shangjiang City, which has always been living a hard life, these figures are indeed very encouraging.
But then I talked about a set of figures: the estimated number of laid-off workers, the number of migrant workers, the subsistence allowance funds that the city will spend this year, how much the government needs to spend to solve the re-employment problem, investment in urban hardware facilities, etc.
Everyone's enthusiasm immediately dissipated because after this set of figures were reported, they discovered that our projected fiscal deficit this year was larger than in previous years.
"In the final analysis, we still have no money. And we are getting poorer and poorer." Someone said.
I smiled and said, "You can't say that. We should see that with the development of our city's economy and the increase in total economic output, the city's comprehensive strength has been enhanced accordingly. The investment now is for future harvest."
At the same time, investment in subsistence allowance funds and re-employment projects are also necessary to maintain social stability, which is also the basis for our economy to continue to grow steadily. For example, this is like using a dilapidated old house and a modern one
Compared with high-rise buildings, if you are a bank president, which house do you think is more valuable? Of course it is the latter, right? This is actually the result of economic development. As a government, the increase in our deficit is not terrible
, the scary thing is that we don’t have high-quality assets. For a city, large-scale investment will definitely drive rapid economic growth, and will also stimulate an increase in consumption levels. This is also one of the laws of economics. Now
What we need is synchronization of economic growth and consumption growth, so as to form a virtuous cycle."
A deputy mayor asked me: "Does Mayor Feng have any specific ideas about the re-employment project? Now I am most worried about the laid-off workers."
I replied: "This is a systematic project. Only when our economy develops rapidly can business prosper accordingly, and the number of employment areas and channels will increase. At the same time, we should also encourage layoffs
Workers should start their own businesses. Regarding this issue, I had already raised it when the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee was studying urban planning, and it was also approved. That is, when we carry out urban planning, we must set up special commercial blocks, such as specializing in our business.
Shangjiang City’s local specialty shopping streets, specialized night markets, etc. This is not only good for city management, but also partially solves the employment problem of laid-off workers. In addition, there are social security such as subsistence allowances that I mentioned earlier.
System construction. Regarding these issues, we will make plans as soon as possible and submit them to Mayor Liu for approval. Of course, some specific issues will also be studied through the government executive meeting."
At this time, another deputy mayor asked: "Mayor Feng, I have a question. How were the sets of data about the re-employment project and subsistence allowance fund you just mentioned calculated?"
I smiled bitterly and said: "This is just a preliminary estimate at the moment. It is based on the estimated proportion of possible layoffs initially established after the current reorganization of several of our factories and mines. Regarding this issue, we will next ask the Municipal Personnel Bureau to make a decision.
Please provide specific statistics and ask the Municipal Development and Reform Commission to conduct dynamic monitoring at any time in the future."
The deputy mayor who just asked me a question then asked: "How do we monitor this? Do we have to do statistics every month? How much workload is that? In the future, the situation of laid-off workers plus migrant workers will not be good.
statistics."
I said with a smile: "Nowadays, there is a term called 'mustard index'. Research in recent years has found that the consumption of instant noodles, mustard and other foods by urban residents is generally constant. The sales volume of mustard in a region changes mainly by low-income people.
Caused by groups and floating population. For our laid-off workers, it is not difficult to count and understand their situation, because we will establish files on this part in the future and conduct random inspections at any time. However, the 'mustard index' is to understand
It is a benchmark for the floating population. This part of the work needs to be further strengthened by the labor and employment management department of the Personnel Bureau in the future.”
Then I also talked about some other related work plans that I am responsible for, with a special emphasis on looking forward to the work of the industrial park this year.
In fact, such meetings are very important. The key is to be good at taking advantage of such opportunities. It is often inconvenient for us to praise ourselves, but it is an excellent opportunity to let everyone understand our work and level through this kind of meeting.
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Two days later, the municipal party committee held a standing committee meeting.
The main topic of this standing committee meeting was also the city's economic development. But what I didn't expect was that at the end of the meeting, Secretary Yang also proposed to study the appointment of several cadres.
One of them is about Ou Qing's appointment as the leader of the city's cultural troupe.
"...Judging from Comrade Ou Qing's work some time ago, the results have been remarkable, which also reflects this comrade's strong working ability. Now that her probation period has long passed, we have based her comprehensive
Based on the assessment results, it is recommended that she be directly appointed as the leader of the Municipal Art Troupe, with a division-level treatment." Secretary Yang said.
In fact, if you look purely at the promotion and appointment of cadres, there is nothing wrong with Ou Qing's matter. After all, the work of the Municipal Art Troupe is carried out well in her hands, and she is indeed very capable. But combined with
After those rumors about Secretary Chen, this matter seems to have changed a bit.
But Ou Qing's matter passed smoothly. This is inevitable.
Nowadays, Secretary Chen has absolute and unchallengeable power in Shangjiang City. No one dares to stroke his beard. Unless he is a fool.
Neither would I. Although he told me last time that he wanted me to remind him face to face even when he was in a bad mood, I knew that it was just a polite or high-sounding word from him. Besides, now because
What happened to Zhu Dan made me feel guilty.
The personnel arrangement of the Standing Committee this time is very abnormal. Among the five cadres studied, there are actually four female cadres, and they all hold department-level positions.
I know one of these four people, she is the secretary of the Youth League Committee of a middle school, a very beautiful girl. This time she was appointed as the principal of a key municipal primary school.
But I raised my hand. Of course, I had to speak, but I said that I did not know the situation of these comrades. "Based on the inspection by the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, I think they are still very qualified for the position."
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I can only use such words to deal with it. And I also found that there are more than one Standing Committee member who is as perfunctory as me.
In fact, this is not important, what is important is the result - everyone who proposed the study passed.
After the meeting, I felt an inexplicable discomfort in my heart because I really couldn't accept the atmosphere in Shangjiang City now. Isn't this a one-word speech or something? And Secretary Yang has already sang the same tune as Secretary Chen.
This is actually caused by absolute power and the result of the current system. As the secretary of the municipal party committee of a city, there is almost no restriction or supervision on the power in his hands, which will inevitably lead to the expansion of his inner power. So some people say that the secretary of the county party committee
He and the Municipal Party Committee Secretary are actually the local emperors of the same place.
Someone once said something like this: The emergence of local emperors is not the root cause, but the root cause is the system. I deeply believe that.
Moreover, Tu emperors will eventually become victims of the system, which is what worries me about Secretary Chen.
The root of all this lies in our current cadre appointment system. Our cadre appointment is based on an appointment system, rather than being elected by the people with their own votes. Therefore, cadres can only look upward, not downward.
Although he always talks about "the power given to us by the people", he has never really thought about it in his heart.
As a result, the power in the hands of officials was deeply imprinted with selfish desires.
Actually, I still can’t understand Secretary Chen: Is he really not worried about being criticized by others?
Don't worry about it, these are none of my business. It's better not to worry about those things. I can only sigh in my heart.
However, some things cannot be avoided. After all, I am a member of the municipal party committee team.
The afternoon after the Standing Committee meeting, Secretary Yang called me, "Mayor Feng, let's sit together tonight? It seems like we haven't been together for a long time, right?"
I couldn't refuse his invitation, but I still asked: "Secretary Yang, what's the matter? Haha! I have already made arrangements for today."
He said: "If what you do there is not particularly important, then please put it down. I haven't talked to you for a long time. It's okay to put it aside for work, as long as it's not particularly urgent.
Things... you say that, right, Mayor Feng?"
Since he has already talked to this extent, what else can I say? "That's okay. I'll put this aside." (To be continued)