The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 660: Cultivating new logistics talents!!!

Going deep into the grassroots to carry out supervision and inspection work has always been a thankless and difficult task, and it is easy to offend people if you are not careful.

Liu Zhiye thought about this important and sensitive task and felt that it would not be safe to entrust it to anyone.

In the end, Liu Zhiye decided to let the experienced Yi Yuanchao lead the team personally to ensure that everything would go smoothly.

After receiving the task, Yi Yuanchao frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.

He was fully aware of the importance of this supervision and inspection, and also understood Liu Zhiye's good intentions.

As a veteran who has worked at the grassroots level for more than ten years, he has long developed a pair of sharp eyes that can not only see through the essence of the problem, but also grasp the right measure and avoid hurting the harmony.

Before departure, Yi Yuanchao specially convened a short meeting with the inspection team members.

Yi Yuanchao said: "This time we have to take the pulse like an old Chinese doctor, to find the crux of the problem and prescribe the right medicine." He specifically emphasized the need to adopt the "four no's and two direct" approach - no notifications, no greetings, no reports, no accompanying reception, but to go straight to the grassroots and the scene.

The inspection team’s first stop was a remote mountain base.

When the company commander saw the inspection team suddenly appear, he hurriedly wanted to call his superiors to report, but was stopped gently but firmly by Yi Yuanchao.

He took his team members directly to the company cafeteria and took a look at today's food standards.

Yi Yuanchao did not get angry on the spot, but took out his notebook and silently wrote down the situation...

Yi Yuanchao, who is nearly 40 years old, is the backbone of the logistics department. He and Song Zhijun work well together and are affectionately called "the two generals" under Liu Zhiye by their colleagues.

This golden pair supports each other at work, one in charge of internal affairs and the other in charge of external affairs. They manage the logistical affairs in an orderly manner and become an indispensable backbone force in the department.

Song Zhijun is of similar age to Yi Yuanchao and is also an expert in logistics. He was specially transferred by Liu Zhiye from the logistics department of Yanda District.

Song Zhijun is a calm and capable person who works vigorously and decisively. He is particularly good at material allocation and emergency support.

Whenever he encountered an emergency task, he was always able to quickly organize manpower and deploy the necessary materials in the shortest time possible.

Yi Yuanchao, on the other hand, is meticulous and skilled in accounting and process optimization. The two complement each other with their strengths.

One night, a sudden heavy rainstorm occurred and the roof of a warehouse at a logistics department base began to leak.

After receiving the call from the staff on duty, Song Zhijun immediately contacted Yi Yuanchao.

The two men rushed to the scene in the heavy rain, one was responsible for directing the emergency repairs and the other was responsible for counting and transferring materials.

They worked together seamlessly, not only saving inventory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but also developing a waterproofing renovation plan overnight.

The next morning, when other colleagues came to work, the warehouse had returned to normal, with only traces of stagnant water on the ground revealing the unusualness of last night.

Liu Zhiye saw this and was delighted. He often told people around him: "With Yi Yuanchao and Song Zhijun here, I never have to worry about logistics."

Whenever there is a major event, this pair always makes plans in advance and considers every detail carefully.

They are like the stabilizer of the logistics system, making the entire department run efficiently and steadily.

Song Zhijun was born in 1953, in an ordinary peasant family. At that time, the wheat waves in the Guanzhong Plain were just beginning to turn yellow.

This land that gave birth to Zhou culture quietly injected three thousand years of farming wisdom and tenacious character into his blood.

When he was young, Song Zhijun followed his father to learn farming in the wheat fields near the Zhouyuan ruins. He understood the piety of "respecting heaven and following ancestors";

When he dug wild vegetables to fill his stomach during the famine years, the story of Duke Zhou "spitting out food three times after one meal" nourished his spirit;

The bag of Zhouyuan loess in his bag when he left home always reminded him that he should take root in the thick soil and grow towards the sun like wheat ears.

The hometown of Zhouyuan, with its unique thickness and simplicity, endowed Song Zhijun with long-lasting cultural nourishment during his growing years, quietly carving out the outline of his character that is rooted in the earth and tenacious.

In the early 17s, with a longing and yearning for the military camp, -year-old Song Zhijun joined the army from his hometown and joined the guard platoon of the artillery regiment of the nd Guard Division, thus starting his military career.

When he first entered the military camp, Song Zhijun was like an unpolished jade.

Although he is simple and unpretentious, he quickly demonstrates extraordinary meticulousness and responsibility in his ordinary job with his excellent physical fitness and tenacious perseverance.

Whether standing guard or performing security tasks, Song Zhijun was meticulous and soon stood out among the many recruits, making a good start for his military career.

A few years later, fate opened a new door for Song Zhijun into the financial field.

Song Zhijun was promoted due to his outstanding performance in the guard platoon and was transferred to the production section of the logistics department of the artillery regiment as an accountant.

From then on, Song Zhijun was closely connected with the logistics work of the army. This company was a long chapter written with youth and blood.

Song Zhijun knew that although he was a "layman", as long as he worked hard, he would be able to overcome the difficulties.

So, Song Zhijun plunged into the ocean of financial knowledge, and the small notebook he always carried with him was densely filled with records of various financial systems and related standards.

In the production department, I humbly learned from the old comrades and quickly became familiar with the accounting business.

With this pragmatic spirit, one year later, Song Zhijun, who was only 21 years old, became a financial assistant.

During the day, Song Zhijun devoted himself to the complicated account processing, checking each and every number. In his eyes, the strings of numbers were not boring symbols, but the foundation of the army's logistics support.
At night, when the camp gradually became quiet, Song Zhijun was still studying books on financial and business knowledge under the lamp. His focused expression was as if he was chewing nectar.

With this fighting spirit, Song Zhijun quickly grew from a financial novice to an independent financial backbone in the group, laying a solid foundation for his subsequent job advancement.

In 77, Song Zhijun, who was only 24 years old, was promoted to the chief of finance, becoming the youngest section-level cadre in the Second Guard Division at that time.

After becoming the head of the regiment's finance department, Song Zhijun felt a great deal of responsibility and became more strict with himself.

During this period, Song Zhijun further improved the regiment's financial management system, strengthened financial personnel training, and improved overall business standards.

Song Zhijun was also good at budgeting. Despite the tight financial situation of the army at the time, he made careful plans and reasonable arrangements to ensure the smooth implementation of various tasks.

During this period, Song Zhijun strictly controlled every expenditure and accurately calculated every expense to ensure that military funds were used accurately and efficiently and not a single penny was wasted.

Thanks to Song Zhijun's efforts, the financial work of the Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Guard Division has been rated as an advanced unit by the "Yanjing Garrison" for many consecutive years.

It was during this incident that the then garrison chief Liu Zhiye first heard about Song Zhijun's outstanding deeds.

Soon after, Song Zhijun faced new challenges.

Liu Zhiye issued a transfer order, transferring Song Zhijun to the position of deputy chief of the quartermaster section of the logistics department of a field division.

Since becoming the chief of the division's logistics and quartermaster department, Song Zhijun has not been complacent.

On the contrary, they work harder and love their jobs more.

Song Zhijun often went to the grassroots to conduct investigations and found that the quality of the company’s food was uneven.

He realized that the key to the problem was to work hard to cultivate a more professional team of cooks, especially to train professional chefs, in order to improve the food quality of the troops.

Two years later, Song Zhijun was promoted to the position of chief of the division's finance department.

During this period, Song Zhijun keenly realized that the traditional logistics management model was no longer able to adapt to the fast pace and high requirements of modern military construction.

With a broader vision and innovative thinking, he pushed the work of the Finance Department to a new level.

He introduced modern financial management concepts and technologies, such as computer-assisted financial management, which improved the level of informatization and work efficiency of financial work.

At the same time, we pay attention to financial analysis and budget preparation. Through in-depth analysis of the troops' financial revenue and expenditure, we provide a scientific basis for leadership decision-making, rationally arrange various financial expenditures, and improve the efficiency of fund use.

In 1983, Song Zhijun was promoted to deputy director of the division's logistics department because of his outstanding performance and began to fully participate in the division-level logistics decision-making. Song Zhijun was fully aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. On the one hand, he humbly learned from the old director Zhou Chunzheng, and on the other hand, he strengthened the study and recharge of logistics organization and leadership and logistics business to improve the level of logistics management.

In just less than two years, Song Zhijun, who was only 32 years old, ushered in an important turning point in his life - he was appointed as the director of the division's logistics department, becoming one of the youngest division-level logistics officers in the entire army.

Faced with the heavy task, Song Zhijun did not show any pride or slackness. Instead, he immediately proposed a new concept that "logistics is combat effectiveness".

"Comrades, logistics work is by no means a simple matter of distributing money and materials; that is a misunderstanding of our responsibilities!
We must ensure that every resource is accurately converted into the combat effectiveness of the troops, so that the soldiers can march forward without any worries on the battlefield!" At the inauguration meeting, Song Zhijun's words were powerful, and every word showed his firm belief and determination, which also touched everyone deeply.

After serving as the division's logistics minister, Song Zhijun imprinted "serving the grassroots and ensuring victory" in his heart and turned it into a series of groundbreaking initiatives.

In order to improve the work efficiency of the logistics agencies, Song Zhijun vigorously promoted target management.

In combination with the requirements of superiors and the actual situation of the troops, the logistics support tasks are broken down into multiple specific goals, vertically to individuals and horizontally to edges, with clear responsibilities and quantified tasks for each department and each position, and detailed work plans and evaluation standards are formulated.

Song Zhijun often said: "Target management is an important means to improve the efficiency of logistics support. We must be guided by the goal and tested by the results to do all the work in detail, in a down-to-earth manner and in place."

Under the motivation of target management, all departments of the organization have united their minds and worked together, work efficiency has been significantly improved, and the support efficiency of each support team has been significantly improved.

The target management of the division's logistics detachment has begun to show results.

The proposed approach of "scientific goal decomposition, refined process control, and diversified incentive measures" was forwarded by the Logistics Department of Yanda District.

The 24th issue of the headquarters' "Logistics Work Newsletter" also forwarded and affirmed it.

Liu Zhiye often said to the logistics staff: "The stove is connected to the battlefield, and the spatula is also a steel gun.

In the army, food is not just a matter of food and clothing, but also a matter of morale.

A spoonful of hot soup can warm up a soldier standing guard on a cold night;
A good dish can help soldiers relieve fatigue after training."

As a person admired by even Liu Zhiye, Song Zhijun also understood this principle very well. He also said to his comrades: "If food and grass are available, morale will be boosted; if food is good, fighting power will be enhanced."

When Song Zhijun first took office as the division's logistics chief, he once went to the troops for research and found that most of the division's cooks were "newcomers" who had not received systematic training.

Many company kitchen squads implement a rotation system and are unable to retain core staff.

Song Zhijun said: "High-quality food support is an important basis for improving the combat effectiveness of the troops. Each company must have at least one chef.

This will ensure that the soldiers have delicious meals and provide adequate nutritional support for high-intensity training."

In this way, with the efforts of Song Zhijun, the division established the Yucai School, which mainly trains chefs of different grades.

The method adopted is to combine basic theory with practical skills training, classroom teaching with stove practice, group teaching with individual tutoring, peacetime meals with wartime picnics, tradition with innovation, individual soldiers with coordination, emergency drills with grade chef assessment.

Learn technology and practice tactics; focus on peacetime and prepare for war;

Strong in single player, but also emphasizes coordination;
We adhere to tradition while seeking innovation.

Train compound chefs who can perform tasks independently and collaborate to provide support.

In the past year, through learning and practicing skills in food hygiene, nutrition, staple and non-staple food processing and production, he passed the skills test of the local catering training management department, reached the level of a third-level chef, and was awarded a certificate recognized by the military and local governments.

Training one person benefits the whole company.

When a top-level chef returns to the team after completing his training, he brings back not only superb cooking skills but also a set of scientific dietary management concepts.

They taught the kitchen staff how to combine nutrition, how to use limited ingredients in different ways, and how to make hot and delicious meals in outdoor conditions.

Gradually, the dining tables of grassroots companies became more diverse, the soldiers smiled more often, and their enthusiasm for training became higher.

During the period when Song Zhijun served as the logistics minister of a certain division, the division's cooking school trained nearly a thousand grade-three chefs, achieving the goal of "each company having a grade-three chef."

When Liu Zhiye, then leader of Yanda District, came to inspect, he praised the steaming hot canteen and the delicious dishes.

Song Zhijun also led a team to Liujiazhuang in western Beijing to learn plastic greenhouse cultivation technology, and immediately promoted it throughout the division after returning.

In the cold winter, the soldiers ate fresh green leafy vegetables for the first time, and bid farewell to the old trinity of potatoes, radishes and cabbages.

He also promoted a certain division to establish a centralized breeding farm, changing the scattered company pig farming to large-scale farming, which greatly improved the breeding efficiency.

Minister Sun from the Logistics Department of Yanda District even made a special trip to inspect the farm and spoke highly of the farm's innovative model.

From 1983 to 1986, the division's logistics department was commended by the Yanda District Logistics Department for three consecutive years. District leaders such as Liu Zhiye and the agency highly recognized their experience and practices in carrying out advanced logistics activities and promoting grassroots logistics construction.

The Yanda District held two on-site meetings on advanced logistics departments and on-site experience exchange meetings on grassroots logistics construction in the division to promote its successful experience.

In July of that year, Song Zhijun was selected to study at the Command Department of the National Defense University due to his outstanding talents and outstanding contributions.

One year of systematic theoretical study has broadened Song Zhijun's horizons and made his management concepts more mature.

After returning from his studies, the logistics reform measures promoted by Song Zhijun became more scientific and effective.

Soon after, he was promoted to work in the Logistics Department of the Yan Army and became a logistics talent trained by Liu Zhiye.

As Liu Zhiye took charge of the logistics department, his right-hand man Song Zhijun was also transferred to the headquarters to take on a new mission.

Song Zhijun's military career started as an ignorant guard soldier when he first entered the barracks, to the logistics minister of a division in charge, and then to a backbone of the headquarters logistics.

Every step is taken steadily and firmly, and the deep and shallow footprints are all imprinted with pragmatism and responsibility, and all leave traces of reform and innovation.

Although Song Zhijun did not perform any earth-shattering feats, he has been pursuing his dreams and taking on the responsibility of military innovation with his unwavering perseverance for 20 years.

Looking back, in his graduation thesis at the National Defense University, Song Zhijun wrote affectionately: "Modern warfare, after all, is a battle of logistics.

The glory of us logistics personnel lies in the ordinary days when the officers and soldiers have everything from clothes to food to guns and bullets to ensure effective support. Protecting this ordinary life is protecting the combat effectiveness and glory of the troops. "

The logistics officers and soldiers are such a group of silently dedicated people. They work together to ensure the barracks life of every officer and soldier with superb skills and efficient work attitude.

Barracks maintenance workers are members of this team. They are responsible for ensuring the barracks facilities are in good condition and providing a comfortable living environment for officers and soldiers.

In the barracks, their busy figures can be seen everywhere. No matter it is the hot summer or the cold winter, they always stick to their posts, using their superb skills and unremitting efforts to ensure that every officer and soldier can work and live with peace of mind in a warm environment.

"There's a power outage in the guesthouse, come and take a look." "There's a water outage on the fifth floor of the camp headquarters, and it needs to be dealt with." In the barracks, such calls come one after another, and they always respond quickly and appear where they are needed at the first time.

Logistics veterans Wang Kai and Ma Xiaopeng have always faced hardships in their military careers. They have been working with wrenches and electric pens, silently devoting themselves to their work, never complaining about the hardship and never being afraid of getting dirty or tired.

They are the "old oxen" who work silently in the hearts of officers and soldiers. They not only ensure the daily needs of officers and soldiers, but also play a key role in performing major tasks.

In the military camp, there is a group of people called "Gas Station Guardians".

They are the fuel custodians, responsible for managing the fuel supply in the camp.

They silently guard this treasure land of "green energy" every day, ensuring that the officers and soldiers' vehicles can be refueled at any time without delaying any training and mission execution.

Although their duties are heavy, they never complain and always stick to their posts, contributing their efforts to the normal operation of the camp.

The socialized security nature of oil supply and the strictness of its management pose severe challenges to the work of oil custodians.

Since taking up this position, veteran Zhang Jie has been deeply studying the operating principles of fuel equipment and recording in detail the identification features and operating specifications of various types of fuel equipment.

With his firm will and spirit of in-depth research, he has successfully transformed into an excellent oil custodian.

At the end of each month, he would check each link one by one, calculate each number carefully, and often work until late at night, with his notebook filled with detailed data.

(End of this chapter)