Siheyuan: A Family of Loyal and Brave People

The clock on the wall was about to reach eight o'clock. The door of the box opened and a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a Zhongshan suit, gray cloth shoes, and with a serious expression, walked in.

Led by District Chief Zhou, a group of cadres stood up and greeted the visitors.

"Director Guo."

"Sit down, everyone sit down."

Director Guo shook out his wrinkled Mao suit, as if to shake off the dust on his body. Without any unnecessary words, he went straight to the seat at the top and took a seat.

District Chief Zhou cast a look at Deputy Director Luo, who immediately nodded, stood up and left the box.

Not long after, Deputy Director Luo came back, and with him came waiters carrying dishes.

Obviously, these waiters were well prepared and were waiting to entertain the leaders.

A banquet includes eight dishes and one soup, all of which are Cuihualou’s famous signature dishes, and are particularly rich and tempting.

The drink used is Maotai liquor, which doesn’t look cheap from the outside.

Director Guo was exhausted from the journey and was hungry, so he started eating as soon as the meal started.

Seeing their leader like this, the other cadres present did not dare to disturb his enjoyment and ate quietly. Only District Chief Zhou toasted Director Guo with a glass of wine and said a few words to liven up the atmosphere when Director Guo stopped eating.

After eating and drinking, Director Guo's eating frequency decreased significantly, and only then did he start to talk about business.

"Director Lou, in order to ensure that social production proceeds in an orderly manner, the higher authorities have decided to restructure important enterprises in the city.

The public-private partnership approach was adopted to transform various enterprises.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is a large steel processing enterprise in the city. What do you think as a representative of the enterprise? "

Director Guo is the head of the Steel Production and Processing Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry. This meeting with Lou Zhenhua was to discuss the restructuring of the steel rolling mill.

The Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is located in Xining Street, North District, and its restructuring requires the cooperation of the local government.

That's why District Chief Zhou brought Cheng Hao to the banquet to discuss important matters.

"On behalf of all the employees of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, I firmly support and uphold the government's policies and guidelines, and am willing to do my best to contribute to social development."

Lou Zhenhua immediately expressed his agreement with a very submissive attitude, without a trace of dissatisfaction, and did not dare to resist at all.

The Red Star Steel Mill was the Lou family's decades of hard work. Lou Zhenhua was certainly not happy about it being suddenly handed over.

But the situation was stronger than the man, and he had to spend half his life's hard work in order to protect himself.

You know, in recent years, those big capitalists who were unwilling to cooperate had a bad end. Most of them were found out of various crimes, had their property confiscated, and were sent to local farms to work.

Lou Zhenhua didn't want to live in a barn with his family.

"Well, it's a blessing for the country that Director Lou has this kind of awareness."

Seeing that Lou Zhenhua was so sensible, Director Guo smiled.

Although the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will eventually be restructured regardless of whether Lou Zhenhua agrees or not, the restructuring will be much smoother if he is willing to cooperate.

Public-private partnership is a major trend. Now it is important enterprises and units that are engaged in public-private partnership, and it is expected that the entire industry will be engaged in public-private partnership in the future.

Director Guo has a lot of things to do, and it would be great if the problems with the steel mill could be resolved as soon as possible.

"District Chief Zhou, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is within your jurisdiction. You need to pay attention to it and ensure that the reform goes smoothly."

"I promise to complete the mission."

District Chief Zhou agreed without hesitation.

The successful restructuring of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is a rare political achievement for District Mayor Zhou.

Since the leaders above attach importance to it, he must do a good job.

"Ah."

Director Guo nodded, looked at Cheng Hao who had been silent, and said, "Director Cheng, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill is within your jurisdiction. What do you think about the restructuring?"

Since Cheng Hao came here, of course he had to face questions from his leader.

“I don’t know much about industrial production and am an outsider.

The specific work will be arranged by the leaders, and our subdistrict office will resolutely cooperate to ensure the smooth completion of the work. "

Many times, when leaders ask questions, they don’t really want you to give your opinion, but want you to express your attitude.

The restructuring of the steel rolling mill is a professional project and Cheng Hao will not intervene rashly.

“Oh, it’s okay.

I called you out today because I want to hear your thoughts.

Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, and the wisdom of the crowd can be combined."

Director Guo chuckled and motioned for Cheng Hao to continue.

Director Guo was very satisfied with Cheng Hao's cooperative attitude.

Next, even if Cheng Hao was talking nonsense, he would still give him some praise to demonstrate his open-minded style.

“Then let me say a few words based on my experience in daily management of the subdistrict office.

After the restructuring, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill became a state-owned enterprise and a public institution under the jurisdiction of the state.

Therefore, in terms of administrative management, the guidelines of government units should be followed.

During the reform, some staff and cadres with bad habits should be punished or even expelled to ensure the quality and purity of the team. "

Enterprise restructuring will inevitably be accompanied by drastic personnel changes, and the entire steel rolling mill management will be reshuffled. Cheng Hao said something meaningful.

"well said.

The composition and quality of state-owned enterprise employees are crucial and cannot be exploited by certain people."

As soon as Director Guo made this statement, the cadres present all echoed him.

Lou Zhenhua also said that after returning, he would strictly check discipline and rectify the employees in the factory to ensure the smooth progress of the reform.

State-owned enterprises are iron rice bowls; even the top boss cannot fire employees easily.

Now is the right time to purge a group of unemployed employees while the steel mill is still a private enterprise.

This offensive job naturally fell on Lou Zhenhua.

……

After the banquet, District Chief Zhou saw Director Guo off, and the other cadres also dispersed.

Lou Zhenhua was the last one to leave, and he wanted to pay his bill.

Cheng Hao left the box slowly, found his bicycle outside, and was about to go home when someone suddenly chased after him.

When I turned around, it turned out to be Lou Zhenhua, the director of Red Star Steel Mill.

"Boss Lou, is there anything else?"

Cheng Hao and Lou Zhenhua knew each other before, but they were not close friends and he didn't know what the other party wanted to see him about.

"Director Cheng, I've been busy with work and haven't had time to visit you.

Do you have time to chat this weekend?"

In his heyday, Lou Zhenhua often moved around in high society. Now that things are declining and no longer as prosperous as they once were, every connection he has seems very important and worth his efforts.

Because you may have to rely on this friendship to survive in the future.

"Okay, I haven't visited you since I returned to Sijiu City. It's my fault.

Be sure to be there this weekend.”

Cheng Hao is a person who repays kindness with kindness and takes revenge with hatred.

Lou Zhenhua had provided help during the conscription two years ago, so he naturally wouldn't owe someone a favor.

The two agreed on a time and place to meet and then left.

When Cheng Hao returned home, he found that the light in the main room was still on. It seemed that Xu Yun was waiting for him to come back.

"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping?"

Cheng Hao walked into the room and took off his coat, his eyes fixed on his wife who was leaning on the bed reading a book.

"Is it okay to sleep a little late sometimes?"

Xu Yun put down the book, stretched her body, and curled up in the quilt.

“Adults can stay up late, but children can’t.

He can't sleep if you, his mother, don't sleep."