After hanging up the phone, the Director of the Development and Reform Bureau, Cao Zhanshan, called. He sounded like he was begging to meet Lu Yiwei. Needless to say, it must be about what happened in the morning. Lu Yiwei could not reject Cao Zhanshan's request. After all, Cao Zhanshan was a director. There was still some time before lunch, so Lu Yiwei drove to the Development and Reform Bureau.
When Lu Yiwei arrived, he did not expect Cao Zhanshan to welcome him at the entrance. Cao Zhanshan jogged to open the door for Lu Yiwei. Lu Yiwei got out of the car and quickly said, "Chief Cao, you can't do this. You are a senior director. How can you open the door for me?"
Cao Zhanshan did not care about etiquette. He said eagerly, "My good brother, you are finally here! Let's go upstairs! "
After entering the office building, Lu Yiwei took a glance at the office. He saw the girls who were lively in the morning sitting there quietly. They only wanted to be quiet and beautiful girls. They were not as domineering as they were in the morning. Obviously, Zhang Zhiyuan's sudden attack had a certain degree of deterrence.
After entering Cao Zhanshan's office, Cao Zhanshan personally made tea. He served the tea and handed a cigarette to Lu Yiwei. He was afraid that he would neglect Lu Yiwei. "Brother Lu, at this time, you can't just stand by and watch. You have to help me."
Cao Zhanshan could be considered an iron-fisted director. He could be considered a 'child prodigy'. When others were still in primary school, Cao Zhanshan had joined the work force. His first glorious and arduous task was to deliver newspapers. Others would complain about this boring job every day. But this child prodigy did not complain and was happy every day. Others thought he was an idiot.
Due to Cao Zhanshan's positive performance, he was given a seemingly normal job. He was delivering newspapers to the County party committee. Opportunities always go to those who are prepared. Cao Zhanshan seized this opportunity and hung around the County party committee secretary every day. Every time they met, he would bow ninety degrees with a face full of sunshine. Cao Zhanshan's diligence finally moved the secretary of the County party committee, and he successfully became the messenger of the County party committee secretary. That year, he was only 14 years old.
After the Secretary of the County party committee was transferred away, Cao Zhanshan was promoted to Deputy Section Chief at the age of 18 and became the Deputy Mayor of the town. He became the youngest leading cadre in the whole county and even the whole city.
Good luck is always with him. Two years later, the 38-year-old Secretary of the County party committee resigned from his post, and the County leaders were worried sick. Because there was no one in the entire county who was of the right age, they had no choice but to hand over the responsibility to the 20-year-old Cao Zhanshan. Cao Zhanshan once again broke the record and became an influential figure, even appearing on the provincial TV station.
However, the good fortune stopped there. For the next 20 years, Cao Zhanshan never made any progress. From the Secretary of the County party committee to the Secretary of the Township Party Committee, he worked in the Township Party Committee for 15 years before finally arriving at the Development and Reform Bureau. This was his career. It was as simple and boring as delivering newspapers. The reason for this was because of his identity.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's personnel system was not differentiated between the Party and government, enterprises and public institutions. To put it simply, there were two types: cadres and workers. After the reform and opening up, different personnel policies were implemented according to the nature of the unit. Those with administrative functions would follow the civil servant sequence. And when enterprises were separated, the personnel system was relatively loose. Only the public institutions were neither government nor enterprise. If you said it was an administrative unit, it also had the nature of an enterprise. If you said it was an enterprise, it also had the power of administrative law enforcement. There was no clear boundary. As a result, a variety of personnel systems were derived. The more typical ones were the full establishment of the public institution, the self-financing establishment, the differential establishment, and so on. Before that, there were the appointed cadres, contract cadres, competitive cadres, and so on. There were many types and varieties, and Cao Zhanshan belonged to the appointed cadres.
Cao Zhanshan entered the work force before he graduated from primary school. Where did his education come from? At first, he was a temporary worker, and then he became a contract worker. When he arrived at the County party committee office, he was transferred to a technical worker, but he was not a cadre. When he arrived at the township, he changed from a worker to a cadre, but it was an appointed system, and it was the township's "appointed system".
How to put it, at that time, the township was quite short of staff, so they had to hire some people with special skills to fill the cadre team. Their identity as a cadre came from this. Of course, the contract was also signed with the township, and their salary could be linked to the county finance, and the treatment was exactly the same as other public employees. After that, the personnel system was gradually reformed. This special group was too powerful, but the higher-ups could not ignore it. Just like the private teachers, it became a historical problem.
Since you were a cadre hired by the township, you could only stay in the township, so Cao Zhanshan stayed in the township. After that, Liu Kecheng went to Nanyang, and through various adaptations, Cao Zhanshan's identity was changed to become a civil servant, and then he was transferred back to the county to be the director of the Development and Reform Bureau. But he had already missed his golden age, and no matter how hard he worked, there was not much room for him to rise. Because of his identity, the prodigy of a generation was drowned in the tide of official affairs. If not for his identity, he would at least be a department-level cadre. Of course, this was just an assumption.
In terms of grassroots experience, there was no one else in Nanyang County who had more experience than Cao Zhanshan. Especially when it came to dealing with neighborhood disputes and family conflicts, he was absolutely at his fingertips, and the disease was cured immediately. Because of his outstanding performance, people gave him a resounding nickname, "Auntie of the Neighborhood Committee."
In addition, Cao Zhanshan had another advantage, and that was that he was especially good at carrying out tasks. As long as the higher-ups gave a task, he would always be the first to complete it. Collecting money, catching pregnant women, digging up people's ancestral graves, etc., all of them were done excellently, and no loopholes could be found. The most interesting thing was that the higher-ups wanted to report the number of disabled people. Originally, they reported 11, but it was unknown when something went wrong, but in the end, it became 41. With such a high ratio, the higher-ups came down to investigate. In order to complete the task and fight for more funds, Cao Zhanshan mobilized the masses to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and even the township cadre participated in the performance, and successfully deceived them. As for Cao Zhanshan's deeds, I will mention it later, but I will not elaborate further.
Lu Yiwei smiled and said, "I say, Chief Cao, is there anything that can stump you?"
Cao Zhanshan was a kind and honest person. Whether it was Lu Yiwei's glory or decline, he never hit him when he was down, and he never colluded with others to frame him. However, because of his relationship with Liu Kecheng, the two of them maintained a lukewarm relationship, and maintained their normal state. He sat in front of Lu Yiwei and said, "Brother Lu, you're still in the mood to joke at a time like this. If you don't give me an idea today to help me get through this difficult time, don't even think about leaving this house!" After saying that, he got up and locked the door, making Lu Yiwei not know whether to laugh or cry.
Lu Yiwei put on a pained expression and said, "Chief Cao, aren't you making things difficult for me? How can I help you?"
"Stop talking nonsense and think of a solution for me!" Cao Zhanshan was not in the mood to joke around.
Lu Yiwei said apologetically, "Chief Cao, I really did not know that Secretary Zhang is going to the Development and Reform Bureau, or else I would have called you earlier. Secretary Zhang came up with this idea on the spur of the moment. He just happened to pass by here. "
"I know. Others might not believe me, but do you think I won't believe you?" Cao Zhanshan said, "Let's not pursue this matter. Let's talk about how to solve this."
Lu Yiwei said seriously, "According to Secretary Zhang, he wants you to rectify this matter. Just do it."
"What about those few people?" Cao Zhanshan was most concerned about those few who were arrested. "Are they really going to hand them over to the Commission for Discipline Inspection? Especially that Deputy Bureau Chief, Wang Maoyun. I really want to beat him up. "
Lu Yiwei comforted, "Chief Cao, don't think too much about it. Instead of being punished by the County, why don't you go first?"
"How should I punish them?" Cao Zhanshan widened his eyes. "You also know those women. They are the wife of the CPPCC's Vice-Chairman, the wife of the Bureau Chief, and the daughter of the National People's Congress's Director Fan. All of them have powerful backgrounds. How do you want me to punish them?"
Cao Zhanshan's words made sense, and this was the situation. Among this batch of old cadres, most of them had caught up with the last train of the Cultural Revolution and directly became cadres from farmers. Some of them directly became leaders from village cadres. Few of them were educated. Even if they are literate, they are still students in the military. It's good enough for them to be literate. Naturally, after getting rid of their farmer status, the wives still stayed in their hometown to feed the pigs. They only reunited with their families in the city after the government's policies improved.
In the end, they could no longer hold themselves back as housewives, and they tried their best to arrange them into better units. For example, the Finance Bureau, Labor Bureau, and State Security Bureau were popular units with the majority of them. In the end, the Development and Reform Bureau became the backup unit, and there was also the Wife Group. Other than farming, feeding pigs, knitting sweaters, quarreling, and prying into other people's privacy, these shrews do nothing else. In the end, they can only answer calls in the office.
These shrews are used to being free and undisciplined, and they brought their village habits to the office. They talk loudly and don't shy away from talking about their sex lives. It's intolerable. Interestingly, a woman came out of the toilet, pulled up her pants, and walked towards the office building. Her red long johns were exposed, revealing her big belly. Her big butt was wrapped in linen pants, and she could only lift it up in front of the office building. It was a total killjoy. To them, this is normal in the village.
Cao Zhanshan had no choice. After all, her husband is capable, and she can only turn a blind eye. Now, the punishment for them is to balance the interests of both sides. If it is not handled properly, they might offend one side. In desperation, he could only ask for help from Lu Yiwei.
Lu Yiwei sat up and changed the topic. "Chief Cao, let me ask you. After Secretary Zhang was promoted to the County party committee secretary, which station did you go to?"
Cao Zhanshan rolled his eyes and patted Lu Yiwei's shoulder. "Secretary Zhang has been to those units, so you should know best. Aren't you purposely making things difficult for me?"
Lu Yiwei laughed. "If I remember correctly, your office is the first station. I believe Chief Cao knows better than me what the first station means, right? "
"How can I not know?" Cao Zhanshan propped up his neck and said, "Isn't this directly giving me a show of strength and giving me a big problem?"
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