Rebirth in officialdom: crush enemies and reach the top

Logically speaking, other members of the Standing Committee should side with Zhou Yang, secretary of the provincial party committee.

However, the two deputy secretaries of the provincial party committee, Chen Changming and Su Chendong, both support the reform plan, and even Sha Guofu, secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, raised his hand in approval. This force is not unimportant!

Because if Zhou Yang is transferred in the future, Chen Changming will definitely take over as secretary of the provincial party committee, and Su Chendong will become governor!

These two are Handong's future first and second leaders, so naturally the other members of the Standing Committee would not dare to offend!

Just when the atmosphere seemed tense, Chen Changming smiled at Zhou Yang.

"Does the secretary have any reservations about this plan?"

In fact, he knew very well why Zhou Yang opposed this reform plan.

Because Zhou Yang's younger brother Zhou Lin is the chairman of Handong Iron and Steel Group, and his administrative level is at the department level.

In addition to Zhou Lin, the Zhou family has more than a dozen relatives who work as senior executives at Handong Iron and Steel Group, ranging from deputy director to deputy director.

If the reform of state-owned enterprises is implemented, these relatives of the Zhou family will inevitably lose their jobs and their ranks, and will be relegated to the second line in advance.

Because there are so many cadres, it is impossible to arrange them.

Handong's current position, whether it is in party and government agencies or public institutions, is basically a carrot or a pit.

There are simply not enough positions available to accommodate these people.

Zhou Yang originally didn't want to take a stand, because as long as he publicly expressed his opposition to the state-owned enterprise reform plan, he would be suspected of "favoritism."

He originally wanted Xu Junyue and Tian Ruijin to serve as pawns in the front.

But now the provincial governor Chen Changming has directly targeted himself, and he has to respond.

"I just have a few things I haven't figured out yet."

"Please make it clear to the secretary! I will definitely report what I have learned to the secretary!"

Although Chen Changming's tone was respectful, his eyes were a bit aggressive.

"The governor just mentioned in the plan that resettlement subsidies will be paid to laid-off employees of state-owned enterprises and free vocational skills training will be carried out to help them successfully re-employ. This is not a small expense. I want to know the amount of this money. The specific amount, and whether the provincial finance can afford it!”

Zhou Yang thought that Chen Changming just went to the state-owned enterprise to investigate, discovered the problem, and proposed such a general plan.

In such a short period of time, the specific amount of this payment has not yet been calculated.

So he took advantage of this detail, hoping to postpone the Standing Committee's vote on this issue so that he would have more time to react.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Changming heard Zhou Yang's question, he looked directly at Su Chendong sitting next to him.

"Secretary, Vice Governor Su can report to you on this issue!"

Su Chendong stood up quickly.

"Secretary, Governor! According to the calculations of the Provincial Department of Finance, five state-owned enterprises including Handong Steel, Handong Mining, and Handong Textile currently have more than 5 employees, and a resettlement fee of 10 billion yuan is paid based on seniority, plus vocational skills It is estimated that the provincial government’s advance payment for training expenses will be around 36.17 billion!”

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhou Yang's eyes.

He didn't expect Zhou Yang and Su Chendong to calculate the amount so quickly!

It seems that these two people are really impatient to advance the reform of state-owned enterprises!

"If the provincial finance advances such a large sum of money, many projects will have to be stopped next year, and agencies across the province will probably have to tighten their belts!"

Zhou Yang pondered for a moment and then said, "This matter involves too much, so we should be cautious! I suggest not to rush to vote at this Standing Committee meeting, and submit it to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee after careful study!"

Originally, the Provincial Party Committee Secretary had already talked about this, so Zhou Yang and Su Chendong should not insist on it.

But Chen Changming still insisted: "Secretary, this money is indeed a huge sum of money! After spending such a large sum of money, the provincial finance will indeed be financially stretched! But these costs are worth it! As long as it is successfully implemented With the reform of these five loss-making state-owned enterprises in Handong, the provincial finance will be able to get rid of the burden, and Handong's economic development will be able to break through and become full of vitality again!"

"If we don't make a decisive decision this time! The provincial finance is dragged down by these loss-making state-owned enterprises year by year, then we will have no advantage in infrastructure construction, development of high-tech industries and attracting talents, and Handong's economy will stagnate or even regress!"

Chen Changming's words made Su Chendong look at him with admiration.

Su Chendong did not expect that Chen Changming, who seemed harmless and gentle, would have such a tough style of dealing with people!

Senior cadres with this style of doing things are either very capable or have a very strong background!

This is definitely not a problem of emotional intelligence. Those with low emotional intelligence will never become senior cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels!

Moreover, what Chen Changming said was very serious, so serious that Zhou Yang could not fight with him at all.

Because currently, the most important ability to measure a cadre is the ability to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood!

If after taking charge of a local area, the local economy stagnates and regresses, even if you can show off in other aspects, the superiors will question your leadership ability!

Zhou Yang was forced into a corner at this moment. Although he had a veto power, he had to do so with reasonable grounds.

Forced to be helpless, he directly gave Xu Junyue a wink, indicating that Xu Junyue felt like standing up to block the gun for him, diverting attention, and at the same time speaking for something that he could not say himself.

Xu Junyue understood immediately and quickly took over the conversation: "Governor, in addition to laid-off workers, how should we arrange the leading cadres of state-owned enterprises? They have worked hard all their lives, and it is impossible to just sack them for the sake of reform! This way Not only will it chill the majority of cadres, but if conflicts arise, it will be difficult to deal with them at that time!"

Xu Junyue's words not only shifted the focus of the conflict and prevented Zhou Yang from an embarrassing situation, but also turned against the provincial governor Chen Changming's army.

At the same time, he also said what Zhou Yang wanted to say but couldn't, which made Zhou Yang very satisfied.

At this time, the governor Zhou Yang did not give up, and actually chose to face the difficult problem raised by Xu Junyue head-on.

His tone was still calm, but his eyes held unquestionable determination.

"The organization is tolerant. When they ran the business to losses for consecutive years, they did not hold them accountable. Instead, they retained their due treatment. This is the best outcome for them!"

When Chen Changming said this, his voice rose slightly.

"If, in the face of such a tolerant handling result, you still try to demand power from the organization and threaten the organization, then I suggest that the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately set up a task force to investigate the reasons for the huge losses of these state-owned enterprises in consecutive years!"

Chen Changming knew very well that the losses of these state-owned enterprises in Handong were not entirely due to the general environment and mistakes in business policies. Some state-owned enterprise cadres had formed monolithic interest groups, and they had gained more or less benefits.

If a thorough investigation were conducted, few people would be able to guarantee their absolute innocence!