1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 232 Every generation has its own persistence and bottom line
As a person who has been jumping around for almost a week, since he has chosen to step out of the door of the courtyard, Yang Mo must pay for his actions.

Therefore, after thoroughly confirming the content of a certain company document, Yang Mo simply held a communication meeting with a group of senior executives of Qingfeng Food, and then consciously returned to report to the special working group.

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"Boss Wang, I want to know, what happened yesterday... were you helping?"

As Wang Yinuo's specially recruited aide and one of the four directors of the special working group, now that Yang Mo is back, he naturally has to report to his boss.

Wang Yinuo looked at Yang Mo, who had a calm expression in front of him, with some surprise. This young man, who seemed to be somewhat rebellious, did not have the anger and resentment as Wang Yinuo had imagined.

This took him by surprise and shocked him.

A capable young person is not enough to be looked up to by those in higher positions, but if this young person has a calm and composed temperament in addition to his ability, that would be very scary.

After a moment of hesitation, Wang Yinuo stood up, took out a porcelain jar from the cabinet next to him, and walked to the sofa and sat down: "It's not me."

He knew why Yang Mo asked this.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably think that the incident of countless people walking hundreds of miles to deliver chickens in the past few days was getting more and more serious, so Vice President Feng, concerned about the pressure from public opinion, revoked the blockade order on 817 broiler chickens.

But unfortunately, this was the late 1980s, which was in the midst of a period of intense transformation, rather than the later times when the world was peaceful and even the smallest things could become trending topics.

The drilling company is not an ordinary private enterprise or a small state-owned enterprise, but a central enterprise that naturally shoulders the heavy responsibility of exploration.

Therefore, unless this matter comes into the attention of the cabinet and is specifically mentioned, no matter how big a fuss you make, Vice President Feng can shut everyone up with the general saying "Exploring the truth requires pain" and continue to implement his plan step by step.

There's no way. Every move made by an old hand like him must be based on reasons and evidence. Within the framework of the rules, you can't refute it at all.

The underlying rules of this world are far more cruel than most people think. With Yang Mo's intelligence, he naturally would not see things so simply.

Therefore, it is difficult to find a more appropriate reason for Deputy General Feng to spare the lives of his prisoners, except for the intervention of someone with greater power and higher status.

"Not you?"

Yang Mo frowned, obviously Wang Yinuo's answer was beyond his expectations.

Although Wang Yinuo is patient and almost humble, he is not a person who hides things. Since he said it was not him who did it, then it definitely was not him.

Since it’s not Wang Yinuo, could it be... ?
Thinking of Mu Liya who never replied to his letter, Yang Mo's pupils shrank. Could the father of that young lady have such great power?

As if he had guessed what Yang Mo was thinking, Wang Yinuo picked up the kettle and slowly poured water into the bowl while shaking his head: "Don't think too much. It wasn't Old Mu who did it... The drilling company's situation is special. The people at the Dongying headquarters can't get involved in this kind of thing. Vice President Feng and other Southwest executives won't give them face at all."

As he said this, he put down the kettle, scraped the foam off with the lid, and then slowly poured the reddish tea into the fairness cup, with an inexplicable smile on his face: "Actually, I think you have some misunderstandings about Director Mu's father... Old Mu is a very cautious person, almost selfless, so he won't do anything until things are completely settled... Even if you have a good personal relationship with Xiaoya, he won't do anything."

!!!

Wasn’t it Miss Mu’s father who took action?
No wonder that woman hasn't given me definite news yet. She's making such a fuss not to give me a surprise, but because this matter has nothing to do with that side at all!

However, Yang Mo still heard the dissatisfaction towards Miss Mu's father in Wang Yinuo's words.

Being cautious to the point of being almost selfless...this really does have a bit of a shameless meaning!

During this more than half a month of project stagnation, have the differences between the two become so big?

But this kind of thing is not something he should worry about.

To be precise, it's not something he should worry about right now.

Therefore, Yang Mo looked at Wang Yinuo without hesitation: "Boss Wang, if possible, I want to know the whole story of yesterday's incident."

Feeling Yang Mo's frankness, Wang Yinuo showed a hint of relief at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes became a little complicated.

After pouring out the water used to wash the tea and refilling it with water to make tea, Wang Yinuo picked up the cup and admired the rusty red and translucent soup color of Chenxiang Tieguanyin. Then he slowly said, "This matter is actually not as complicated as you think... Old Feng suddenly let go, not because of any external factors, nor because someone asked him for mercy... This decision was made by him himself!"

"What!!??"

Yang Mo was really shocked this time, and he didn't even have time to think about why Wang Yinuo suddenly changed the way he addressed Vice President Feng.

Wang Yinuo seemed to enjoy the stunned look of the young man in front of him. He didn't say anything and just watched quietly.

When Yang Mo recovered from the shock and his brain started to work like lightning, Wang Yinuo sighed with satisfaction: "Xiao Yang, I heard from Xiao Ya that you once said that there is a generation gap every 20 years?"

Yang Mo didn't know why Wang Yinuo mentioned such an insignificant sentence, but he nodded: "Yes, I mentioned it during a casual chat... It's just a joke, don't take it seriously."

Wang Yinuo shook his head: "No, I think this makes sense... So, this is why Lao Feng suddenly let you go... After all, you young people still don't understand us old men at all."

This……

What and what?
Yang Mo felt like his brain was kind of freezing.

Wang Yinuo glanced at him, picked up the teacup, and took a sip at a leisurely pace. After the tea soup with a hint of charcoal-roasted aroma dissolved in his mouth, he sighed with satisfaction: "Xiao Yang, you know, although they are all state-owned enterprises, some of the rules of central enterprises... especially the selection and appointment of cadres at the department level and above, are still very different from those of ordinary state-owned enterprises."

The corners of Yang Mo's mouth twitched. He certainly knew that central enterprises were different from ordinary state-owned enterprises.

But...department level and above?

Brother, you are kidding, how many ordinary state-owned enterprises can have department-level staff?

Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "Although you are still young, it is still a bit too early for you to learn about the selection and appointment and removal rules of department-level and above cadres, but it is always right to learn some of it in advance."

Wang Yinuo spread his hands and motioned Yang Mo to taste the tea he brewed. "Actually, the rules are complicated, but they are also very simple... It's nothing more than the four words [correct position]."

After playing with the teacup in his hand for a while, Wang Yinuo suddenly laughed and said, "You know, the higher-ups are actually very happy to see me and Vice President Feng have this type of competition... It's just that the conditions and rules don't allow it, otherwise they would like to have this kind of competition every day of the year."

Yang Mo frowned and said nothing.

The "above" that Wang Yinuo mentioned naturally could not be the group of leaders of the Dongying Command.

Although he didn't know why the company's top executive, who had always been low-key and tolerant, would say such contradictory words, Yang Mo didn't want to get involved regardless of whether he was right or wrong.

Wang Yinuo saw this and shook his head indifferently: "Don't think too much. What I mean is that the country actually encourages this kind of healthy competition that benefits the country and the people. It's just that due to various subjective and objective restrictions, there are very few units that can make such a big fuss like us in the past six months... In fact, even I don't dislike this year's competition... Even if I lose in the end, I won't have any resentment."

Healthy competition?
Yang Mo was stunned, as if he had realized something.

Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "So, this is the first point I want to tell you... No matter what you young people think, for us, the older generation, since the fourth year of reform and opening up, everyone has already made up their mind to be a Gu;"

“Although I cannot guarantee that everyone has this awareness, if you are in a central enterprise and do not have this awareness, it will be extremely difficult to become a flag-bearing cadre at the deputy director level or above at present;”

"In short, this is a mutually reinforcing matter. As long as you stand in the right position and do things that are beneficial to this country and this nation, even if what you do seems to be unorthodox, the means you use are criticized, and there are many voices of doubt... as long as you have the courage to bear the consequences, you can let it go."

"But on the other hand, if you stand in the wrong position, even if you say one wrong word, you will be kicked off the stage immediately!"

"So, even though I had previously taken 700 million yuan from the drilling company and the other two sister companies, and even though the employees of the three companies were furious, no one dared to make any trouble in the future work... It's nothing more than [their behavior is punishable, but their hearts are pitiful];"

"Similarly, Vice President Feng jumped out of the scope of state-owned enterprises and got involved in the vegetable basket project of the local administrative unit. He used the oil quota of the drilling company as a weapon and used a semi-forced attitude to mobilize the resources of a number of companies in the southwest to support the vegetable basket infrastructure work in Linyi County. No unit dared to submit a petition... Similarly, it was because of the correct position."

At this point, Wang Yinuo concluded: "In short, the seemingly reckless actions of me and Lao Feng may damage the interests of many employees at the micro level, destroy their families and lives, and even some brother units will suffer a certain degree of operating difficulties because of these actions, but we are not afraid... because these actions, from a macro perspective, are beneficial to the country and the nation."

Although Wang Yinuo did not say it directly, Yang Mo had already heard the implication of his words.

As the saying goes, success or failure is due to Xiao He; at the level of Vice President Feng, the real foundation and amulet is actually the four words "correct position"... This era needs to raise Gu, but it also needs to provide a porcelain jar that can both restrain and protect this behavior. And obviously, the behavior of those people who have or have not received the favor of Qingfeng Food and have gone to great lengths to deliver chickens to their homes has already defined the Momo Baizha project at the level of rules... This is a project that the people like and have already had a good relationship with. If you suppress it again, the nature of your position will change.

Thinking of this, Yang Mo's mind emerged the county magistrate of Zhucheng who was famous for "daring to sell anything for development" a few years later. He nodded in understanding and had a deeper understanding of what Wang Yinuo had just said... For the sake of development, a state-owned enterprise that fell into a city was constantly criticized but was affirmed by the Prime Minister. The importance of the four words "correct position" can be imagined.

Seeing the understanding on Yang Mo's face, Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "Xiao Yang, I know what you are thinking, but if you think that's the only reason, you are totally wrong!"

"You know, the stock of raw materials for Momo Baizha has already run out, and the people's behavior of sending chickens can't continue for too long... It doesn't need to be too long. Lao Feng only needs to hold the line for another week before lifting the ban. By then, you will have no choice but to bow to him, and he won't have any position problems... After all, his goal is not to make the Momo Baizha project fail, and delaying the lifting of the ban for a week is not enough to change the nature of the matter."

When he heard the words "a week", the hairs on Yang Mo's back stood up.

One week was exactly the supply cut line calculated by Yang Mo.

In fact, according to his observation and estimation, the peak of chicken donations from fellow villagers will be around today and tomorrow. After tomorrow, the amount of live chicken donations will plummet due to objective factors. Four days later, Mo Mo Bai Zha will inevitably face the desperate situation of having no chicken fillets to sell.

After appreciating the fear in Yang Mo's eyes, Wang Yinuo made another cup of tea, but his tone became complicated: "So I said, in fact, you young people really don't understand us old men."

After serving another cup of tea to Yang Mo, Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "You know, Old Feng, who was born in southern Yunnan, has always disliked Shanghainese people, but in fact, he looks down on you Qilu people even more... To be precise, it's the people from the four southwestern provinces of the drilling company who look down on you Qilu people!"

When Yang Mo heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

As a reborn person, he naturally knew that the people of the drilling company were very hostile to the locals. Even in the later generations, this sense of alienation was very obvious;

But he thought that this was just a side effect of the cultural differences between the two sides and the accumulation of various contradictions. But isn’t it a bit too much to use the three words "look down on"?
You know, at Wang Yinuo's level, every word used is tried to be as precise as possible, and in the Chinese context, the words "hate", "disdain" and "look down upon" have completely different meanings.

But for a person from Qi and Lu who has a strong sense of self-esteem, there is probably nothing in the world more hurtful and more difficult to accept than the four words "I look down on you".

Wang Yinuo was not surprised by Yang Mo's reaction. He just shook his head and said, "Although it hurts my self-esteem to say it out loud, Lao Feng and his people are indeed qualified to look down on us Shanghainese people, and they are indeed qualified to say this to you Qilu people."

Wang Yinuo smiled bitterly and drank the tea in the cup. "Yang Mo, I believe you already know some of the history and situation of the drilling company... But do you know why the Ministry sent a southwestern enterprise like the drilling company to participate in the development of the Qilu Oilfield?"

Yang Mo, with a unhappy expression on his face, shook his head. In his previous life, he was excluded everywhere in the drilling company. Although the situation had improved a lot after his rebirth in this life, there were still countless invisible walls separating him from the outside. Therefore, he did not know much about those history and causes and effects that were not made public.

Wang Yinuo was not surprised to see him shaking his head, but just nodded: "Everything in this world has to be a matter of cause and effect, so the reason why the drilling company appeared in Qilu is actually due to historical reasons... In short, the country actively allowed southwestern enterprises to enter the oil system with the best benefits in all industries in order to compensate the four southwestern provinces... In fact, not only in Qilu, you can find southwestern enterprises in any place with oil and gas resources, but the drilling company is the most famous and influential one among these units operating in other provinces."

compensate?

Yang Mo looked at Wang Yinuo thoughtfully.

Wang Yinuo was lost in a state of reminiscence with a hint of regret at the moment: "Yang Mo, you are a college student, and a graduate of the Chinese Department, so you should not be bad at history;"

"Since you are familiar with history, you should also understand how the provinces of Sichuan, southern Hunan, and Guangxi fought bravely during the War of Resistance.

"A million Sichuan troops vowed not to return unless all the Hunanese died and all the soldiers were sent out, and every family hung white silk. These famous sayings and stories are enough for all the Chinese descendants to be engraved in their bones, so I won't say more;"

"But in fact, you may not know that the sacrifices and heroism made by southern Yunnan and Guizhou during the war of resistance were not inferior to those of the other three provinces.

"Especially in southern Yunnan, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the hero that is most easily overlooked... Guizhou is known for its fearlessness and bravery, and the double-gun army that created the most even exchange ratio is not bad. Although it also showed the spirit of the Chinese people, after all, the number of people is not large, and it only made a significant contribution to the military;"

"But southern Yunnan is different. This frontier province, which is not good at internal wars but good at external wars, has been at the forefront of all resistance activities since General Cai E. It was also a rare province with full participation during the War of Resistance. "

"With a population of only a few million at the time, they mobilized the 60th and 58th Armies, two well-armed brigades, to fight across the country. Millions of civilians under their jurisdiction braved bombs and artillery fire, went hungry, relied on their hands and extremely crude tools, and built a Burma Road that was related to the fate of the country in nine months... For this 1200-kilometer road, elderly, weak, women and children, and more than technicians and intellectuals fell forever on the border of the wilderness... Every inch of land and every drop of blood was shed, and it was not just on the front battlefield."

"What is most amazing is that the soldiers in southern Yunnan never stopped fighting during the war of resistance. Not only did no one surrender or retreat, but also southern Yunnan was a rare province where no one rebelled against the enemy or became a traitor... The fierceness and bravery contained in these few lines of words are truly awe-inspiring and admirable."

As if he didn't want to over-exaggerate that tragic period, Wang Yinuo only touched on some things briefly: "So, this is why the new dynasty has been obsessed with developing the Great West since its establishment. This is also why companies in the southwestern region, which were short of oil, were once active in the oil systems of various places... Sometimes history cannot be erased, and there are some things that future generations must do... Moreover, it has only been more than 40 years since that period, and there are many officials in the current dynasty who have experienced this period."

After explaining the general background, Wang Yinuo sighed again: "Although Lao Feng is a little younger than me, he is only three years younger. He can remember things before the establishment of the new dynasty, or even participated in it to a small extent... In fact, our group is similar. We have all witnessed the transition from the old to the new, and have heard of or even experienced that tragic period."

"It is precisely because of this that Old Feng doesn't like us Shanghainese very much, and he even looks down on you Qilu people... Again, although it is very uncomfortable, as a descendant of the Yunnan Army, he once followed his grandmother to the Yunnan-Burma Highway and risked his life to repair the craters for nearly a year, so he has the capital to say this."

Yang Mo listened quietly, his face full of guilt and helplessness, but he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

Although the movie "Railway Guerrillas", which is set in Qilu, has been remade several times and has become a very influential film IP in China, and some generals in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army were also from Qilu, but as a liberal arts student who has a passable knowledge of modern history, Yang Mo knows that compared with the southern provinces that have stood up as the backbone of the nation in times of crisis, the achievements made by Qilu, a cultural province known as the "eldest son of China", during that tragic period were really not up to par.

No, let alone compared with the four southwestern provinces and southern provinces such as southern Hunan and Guangdong, even the two Shaanxi provinces in the north cannot compare... This is not a question of regional debate. The stone tablets of countless heroes are erected there, and you cannot afford to refute them at all.

Seeing Yang Mo silent, Wang Yinuo smiled empathetically: "In fact, if that's all, then it has nothing to do with what happened yesterday;"

"But the problem is..."

"The drilling company left the southwest and took too long to take root in Qilu, almost 20 years;"

"In the past 20 years, the drilling company has not gotten along well with the local residents of Qilu, or even with its sister companies.

"In this situation of being virtually isolated, the people of Southwest China, who were already relatively united, became even more united on issues of direction and principle;"

"But the problem is, being alone and in an uncomfortable situation, one must find some spiritual support to support oneself, otherwise one's spirit will be gone;"

"So, the glory of our fathers became the spiritual pillar of most people in the drilling company, and they repeatedly emphasized it, and eventually formed an emotional atmosphere and pride engraved in their bones... This is why the oil workers in the drilling company work much harder than the local oil units. It's nothing else, they don't want to embarrass their fathers... Especially since you are from Qilu, whom they look down on."

In the end, Wang Yinuo concluded: "You just need to have a general understanding of the causes and effects in the middle, and don't take it too seriously;"

“You just need to know that it is precisely because of our experience and what we have gone through that our views on some things are different from those of you young people. Similarly, our persistence and bottom line in our hearts are also different from those of you young people… Maybe not all of my peers are like this, but since we have passed the test of the organization in a central enterprise and stepped onto the threshold of the department level, naturally, they are basically the same.”

"So, Lao Feng, who has a somewhat overbearing personality, is actually a person with a bottom line;"

"And the emotional atmosphere formed in the drilling company over the past twenty years will not allow him to tarnish the pride that comes from his father's generation;"

"So, even if it could have extremely serious consequences, Lao Feng couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart... So, there was the document yesterday."

As he spoke, Wang Yinuo gently put down the teacup in his hand: "I know that you young people may not understand some of the stubbornness and ideas of us old men, and you may not completely believe what I just said;"

"But it doesn't matter. You can think of it as a helpless move made by Lao Feng in order to protect his other foundation. Or you can think of it as Lao Feng thinking that if he doesn't let go of this matter, it will actually have more serious consequences than losing the ring match... Maybe you can accept it more easily if you say it this way."

Hearing the words of the company's top executive, who implicitly regarded himself as a sophisticated self-interested person who only knew about power and power, Yang Mo was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

But there is no way. As a reborn person, some of his values ​​and ways of doing things that were established in later generations seem incompatible with this era, so it is understandable that Wang Yinuo looks at him this way.

only…

The Nut Island Effect?

It seems that Vice President Feng’s behavior is understandable.

Trying hard to suppress the frustration in his heart, Yang Mo took a deep breath and said, "Boss Wang, I have officially reported back to the special working group. May I ask... do you have any work arrangements for me?"

Somewhat beyond Yang Mo's expectation, Wang Yinuo did not immediately consult Yang Mo about the petrochemical industrial park project as he had imagined. He slowly picked up the fair cup and continued to pour himself a cup of tea, but smiled faintly: "There is no urgent work at the moment... Xiao Yang, you have just been discharged from the hospital, you should rest for a few days... If you feel bored, you can go back to the General Office."

No...arrangements??

Yang Mo stared at Wang Yinuo in disbelief, whose expression remained indifferent.

At this time, Wang Yinuo still had a refined look on his face, and his every move was still calm and indifferent;

However, the pair of eyes hidden behind the frame vaguely showed a sense of desolation and loneliness that one could feel...

(End of this chapter)