1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 245 I have more important things to deal with

Yang Mo and others stayed in the imperial capital for three full days.

During these three days, apart from spending half a day with Vice President Feng at the headquarters of a foundation that had just been established for a year and a half on Wangjing West Road, Yang Mo spent the rest of the time wandering around the first and second embassy districts with Wang Yinuo and Miss Mu.

There is no way. Since the diversified development research group has been officially merged into Momo Baitou, as the section chief of Momo Baitou, Yang Mo should assume his due obligations for those foreign trade projects.

Although due to some unspoken rules, this foreign trade project is still actually under the charge of Miss Mu, and Yang Mo is also happy to be a human-shaped stamp... but it is obvious that Miss Mu does not think so, and Wang Yinuo does not think so either.

Therefore, Yang Mo, who was anxious to return home, had to stay in the imperial capital for two and a half more days.

Fortunately, although these two and a half days were tiring and not all visits were pleasant, at least some results were achieved... In fact, it was also because Yang Mo, who was forced to do the job, raised some objections to certain intended details in several meetings, otherwise the results would have been even more gratifying.

Fortunately, during the most important trip to No. 1 Liangmaqiao East Street, Yang Mo and his team gained some unexpected surprises thanks to their good cooperative relationship with several island companies such as Tsumura Co., Ltd., as well as the location advantage of Qilu itself... Although the other party is essentially just a middleman, whether the cooperation can be achieved depends on whether the subsequent negotiations are pleasant, but with the other party's matchmaking and negotiation, things later will undoubtedly be much easier.

After finishing their packed itinerary, the four people who came in a hurry didn't even try the famous Imperial Capital Roast Duck. They just had a bowl of the famous braised pork and bean juice on the street, covered their mouths, and hurriedly got on the bus in the twilight.

(It seems that some plots cannot be written? Just skip it!)

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the next day.

Yang Mofu returned to Momobaitou with dark circles under his eyes. As soon as he entered his office, he pressed the landline and asked the investment department to call Li Ming over.

Comrade Bai Mengmeng, the newly promoted administrative secretary, was diligently making tea for his master, while curiously asking, "Master, isn't Li Ming one of Vice President Feng's men? Why did you call him in as soon as you came back? Are you having a disagreement with Vice President Feng again? Are you planning to take advantage of your new position to give this guy a warning?"

Having followed Yang Mo for more than three months, she naturally knew that her master was definitely not a fat man. He still remembered the grudge against Vice President Feng. Therefore, when she saw Yang Mo call in Li Ming, who was highly regarded by Vice President Feng, as soon as he came back, she immediately thought of the word "making things difficult".

Seeing the gossipy and excited expression on the girl's face, Yang Mo yawned, then waved his hand unhappily: "Go away, stop adding fuel to the fire... Remember your current identity, you are now an administrative secretary, not an assistant to the section chief. If you keep talking nonsense, you will suffer the consequences in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Mengmeng pouted and looked at her master with some resentment.

Although the positions of administrative secretary and section chief assistant may sound similar at first glance, in reality, the job level and importance between the two positions are very different.
The latter are the confidants and assistants of the department head, the core backbone of the department, and can participate in almost all major tasks as managers;

The former is just an ordinary position, mainly helping to organize meeting minutes, draft documents and speeches, and coordinate the leader's schedule... Although the administrative secretary in the state-owned enterprise has a little more weight than ordinary employees because they are closer to the leaders, but overall, they are just a handyman.

Logically speaking, Bai Mengmeng, a young girl who had just joined the company for a few months, was able to become an administrative secretary in a department like Momo Baitou, which was already due to the help of her master;

But the problem is...

Based on my experience over the past few days, she is clearly doing the work of a section chief's assistant in the capacity of an administrative secretary!
She is not in the position to do the work but is trying to interfere in the affairs of others. The key point is that she does not even have the status of an assistant section chief. The girl feels very aggrieved.

Seeing this girl pouting, Yang Mo's forehead darkened: "Go away, stop looking so pitiful. You are different from others. I asked you to do more work for your own good... Have you finished the materials I asked you to collect before leaving?"

Bai Mengmeng weakly dug out a folder from the pile of materials in the corner of Yang Mo's desk and said with some resentment, "It's already been done. It took me two whole nights... I've never seen other masters torture their apprentices like this. They don't care about their lives at all!"

Yang Mo was not idle during the three days he was in the capital. He used his pager to issue tasks from time to time. Unfortunately, those tasks were urgent, so Bai Mengmeng suffered a lot during these days. Not only could she not eat in peace, but she also had to stay up all night for two nights... Fortunately, she was young and in good health, otherwise, it would be a problem whether she could get up to go to work today.

But it was obvious that Yang Mo did not feel the slightest bit of guilt for the inhumane exploitation of his own apprentice.

VC is a profession with extremely high work intensity and great psychological pressure. Let alone three days, even working overtime all night for a week is normal.

If it was someone else, Yang Mo might not have thrown so much work and pressure at the beginning due to various reasons, but Bai Mengmeng...

Since you come to me to learn things and hope that I, as your teacher, will not keep any secrets, I'm sorry, but knowledge gained from books is shallow. You should first adapt yourself to the work rhythm.

Opening the folder and quickly flipping through the thick stack of materials, Yang Mo hummed without comment and was about to say something to his little apprentice.

Buckle~ Buckle~
Following two knocks on the door, Li Ming, breathing a little hurriedly, appeared at the door with a respectful look on his face.

Oh?
He's here in less than two minutes... Did he run here from the fifth floor?
Yang Mo showed an inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth, and then stood up from the chair...

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"Sit down and drink tea."

Waving his hand to signal Bai Mengmeng to close the door when she went out, Yang Mo stretched out his hand and said three short and shocking words.

Li Ming gently sat down on the sofa with half of his buttocks, and then looked with a little uneasiness at this peer who he had heard of for a long time but whom he had never met up close until today.

Strong!

Very strong!

This was Li Ming’s first impression of Yang Mo.

Although he had deeply felt that the young man he had never met was an arrogant person when he helped Vice President Feng to come up with ideas to target Yang Mo, and he also guessed that such a person who dared to go against Vice President Feng as a commoner must not be a simple person; but Yang Mo's opening remarks that were so brief that they were almost an order still made him feel extremely oppressed.

"Thank you, section chief."

Li Ming's face showed the restraint and shyness of a rookie. As if he didn't feel the temperature from the teacup, he just lifted the cup and took a small sip of the scalding hot tea.

Seeing this peer who was half a head taller than him acting like this, the smile in Yang Mo's eyes became even wider. Then, without any nonsense, he directly pushed the folder that Bai Mengmeng had just handed to him in front of Li Ming.

"Take a look at this material. Within three days, select 20 companies with the most reasonable quotations, the best construction quality, the fastest project progress, and the most suitable comprehensive conditions to sign contracts with... You are responsible for this."

Yang Mo's tone was very calm.

Li Ming picked up the heavy folder, opened it and was immediately confused.

These are all information about civil engineering construction units. If we count each page for one unit, there are at least seventy or eighty construction units' information here.

With just a quick glance at the directory, he would know that these seventy or eighty units were all from Linyi County. As smart as he was, he immediately realized the difficulty involved.

God have mercy on you. Linyi County is just a small county. Even if you include the construction teams under the major state-owned enterprises, the number of construction units of a certain scale will not exceed fifteen.

Where did the remaining fifty or sixty units come from?

Isn't it obvious that they are the earth-moving teams from various towns and villages?

Then the problem is coming...

There are only fifteen formal construction units of a certain scale in Linyi County, which is only five short of the twenty required by Yang Mo. For the sake of those five earthmoving teams, would Yang Mo, the section chief, specially prepare such a thick stack of information for himself?

Obviously, this is definitely not as simple as the arithmetic problem of 15+5.

Li Ming, who had been on high alert for the new section chief's revenge, soon noticed something unusual about this work.

Look, people emphasized quotation, construction quality, and project progress, but did not emphasize the most important construction qualification. Isn’t the implication here obvious enough?

and……

What does “the most suitable comprehensive conditions” mean?
This sentence is really meaningful!
"Thank you for your appreciation and willingness to entrust me with this important task, but I am just an ordinary clerk. My responsibility is not enough and I am afraid that I will disappoint you... How about you let the deputy director of the second department take the lead and I can help out under the director?"

Li Ming's tone was full of uneasiness, and he looked at Yang Mo with anxiety.

The "Deputy Director Bao" he mentioned was actually Bao Shuxian. The Diversified Operations Research Group had been merged into Momo Baitou, and Bao Shuxian, who was first selected by Miss Mu as a formal member, naturally joined. Although he was still a clerk in terms of title, he became the deputy director of the second department, managing the younger rookies of the original Diversified Operations Research Group... From the perspective of others, this guy is definitely a representative of one person's success and everyone else's success. Although Li Ming's refusal did not seem very polite at first glance, in fact, there was nothing wrong with it.

Everyone on earth knows that jobs like the one in front of them, with each order priced at 20, are very profitable. In Yang Mo's plan, there are as many as 100 construction projects with a total price of 2 million, which is the fattest of the fat... Even if only about half of the 20 cost is used for construction, the total price of 1 million is absolutely crazy at the moment.

So the question is, for such a super project that is one of the best at the county level, there must be countless people eyeing it. Can a small clerk suppress it?

In other words, even if you want to be a good person, but others want to use their public relations with you to get a share of the profits in exchange for a construction quota, would you dare to refuse a small clerk with no background at all?

If he doesn't answer, Li Ming will die miserably, or at worst suffer hardships for the rest of his life under some mysterious power.
If he answered the phone, Li Ming would still die miserably. Yang Mo, who already had an old grudge against him, would definitely not let him off the hook and might even send him directly to the Disciplinary Inspection Department for questioning.

So, since he would die anyway, he might as well just reject Yang Mo's "good intentions" and instead take the initiative to give this good job to Bao Shuxian, Yang Mo's true confidant... In this way, although Yang Mo lost some face, he got real benefits. Even if they wanted to punish him, they probably wouldn't have the chance to kill him.

Seeing Li Ming's refusal, Yang Mo did not do anything and just looked at him quietly.

After a full half minute, when Li Ming's scalp was numb and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead due to the stare of such calm eyes, Yang Mo said calmly: "Since I am the person in charge of Mo Mo Bai Tou, it is better for you not to be self-righteous about some things."

As he spoke, Yang Mo took a sip of tea and said, "The reason why I called you here today and gave you such an important job is not for any other reason;"

"Momo Baitou is a new department. I don't know much about the people below, but Momo Baitou is very brave right now. And your and Zhang Bo's previous performance makes me think it's worth giving you a chance to prove yourself... That's all!"

!!!

Li Ming, who understood the implication of Yang Mo's words, looked at him in disbelief, but kept pursing his lips and said nothing, like a good student waiting to be scolded.

Yang Mo was not surprised when he saw this, he just raised his finger and said: "The reason why I told you not to be so self-righteous is because I want to tell you three things:"

"First, at Momobaitou, I say, you do it; either prove yourself or apply for transfer... Don't think about negotiating terms with me, and don't think that anyone can speak for you, not even Vice President Feng."

"Second, I don't care what you think before, but in my opinion, public is public and private is private... If you do a good job, even if I am unhappy with you, I will give you the reward you deserve; and if you make a mistake, even if you are my acquaintance, I will still punish you the same way;"

"Third, I don't care what your previous leaders did, but in my case, whoever is in charge is responsible. There is no such thing as taking the blame."

"Since I asked you to carry out the work, you will have to bear all the responsibilities if any accidents occur. Just let me know when you need me to step in, and I will naturally step in to deal with those things that you shouldn't be dealing with."

"But in the same way, if you are not capable enough, or can't resist the temptation, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Gently putting down the teacup, Yang Mo took out a list from the last page of the folder in the other person's hand and placed it on the coffee table: "From now on, all departments will use process sheets. All personnel involved in the project will be connected with the process sheets, and they need to be backed up in the confidential group. If something goes wrong, everyone will be held accountable... Understand?"

Li Ming stared blankly at the process sheet with the project requirements written on it and Yang Mo's signature on it, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart.

There is no shortage of talented people in the current state-owned enterprises, especially the central enterprises, but there is a severe shortage of mentors, or in other words, a mentor mechanism.

Hence, there is the famous saying: "When you come to my place, you will be coiled up by a dragon or crouched down by a tiger."

Therefore, there is the bad atmosphere where everything revolves around the leader and flattery is the top priority.

There is no other reason. In most cases, the recommendation of the leader is the only promotion opportunity for grassroots employees.

But the appearance of this process sheet in front of them, to some extent, showed them another possibility.

Although it is said that the system is dead but people are alive, no matter how nicely Section Chief Yang Mo speaks, he has plenty of ways to tamper with the system. But no matter what, since this process sheet will be backed up and sealed in the confidential group, it at least gives them hope, right?

You know, the confidential groups of each department are directly under the General Manager's Office. Once the documents are sealed in the confidential group, it is not so easy to take them out. At the end of the year, the Personnel Department, Organization Department, and General Manager's Office will classify and reward or punish each department based on the documents and materials provided by the confidential group.
In other words, as long as they really make achievements, they will be noticed by the higher-ups!
Realizing this, Li Ming's breathing began to quicken.

As a young person who has just graduated, who doesn’t have dreams and hopes to achieve great things?

For a capable and ambitious young man like him, the most precious thing in the world is probably opportunity.

Putting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Li Ming glanced at Yang Mo in front of him with an ambiguous look, then picked up the process sheet without saying a word and began to read it carefully.

As a person who issues orders, Yang Mo's process sheet, which is far more complicated than that of later generations, is actually very detailed. Some qualitative requirements have been written down, especially the point that Li Ming is most worried about. Yang Mo has written it very clearly:
Project executors are not allowed to accept any benefits from the construction party in any form, nor are they allowed to be interfered with by any third party during the screening of cooperative units...Once such a situation is discovered, it should be reported to the direct supervisor immediately, who will directly resolve it. If the direct supervisor fails to handle the matter or handles it improperly, resulting in omissions in subsequent projects, the direct supervisor will be the first person responsible for the incident.

After reading this several times, Li Ming let out a sigh of relief, then pondered for a moment and asked respectfully: "Chief, I would like to ask you a few questions about your request;"

"Since you have already prepared information on so many construction companies, it is obvious that you are not planning to use the 15 construction companies in Linyi County that meet the standards as the main framework and take the 5+ approach;"

"So, I'd like to ask, what criteria do you base your considerations on when you say [the most suitable comprehensive conditions]... and what are your thoughts on the organizational structure of these twenty construction companies?"

Looking at Li Ming's serious expression, a smile flashed in Yang Mo's eyes.

The other party didn't say anything extra, but his current behavior was equivalent to saying everything.

He was very satisfied with the result!
As if he was testing his teacher, Yang Mo asked without comment: "What kind of organizational structure do you think these 20 construction units should adopt?"

Li Ming was used to this kind of examination from the leaders. After thinking about it, he said with certainty: "Combining the actual situation of the project and the nature of this investment, I think you might want to go the route of [big frame and small framework]... That is, select 3-5 regular construction units that meet the qualifications, have good construction quality, and have management experience, and then manage 15-17 hardworking village-level earthmoving teams... I don't know if I guessed right?"

Yang Mo laughed when he heard this: "But have you ever thought about how to ensure that 20 construction companies can complete the construction of 100 projects before April next year?"

Having said that, he did not deny Li Ming's guess. Obviously, he was indeed planning to take the route of building a big frame with a small framework.

When Li Ming heard Yang Mo ask this question, he was stunned.

Yes, these projects are not the adobe houses in the village that can be built and done. Although the bid of 20 yuan each is not very high, the standard requirements are not low at all. In this case, how can such a large-frame and small-frame model ensure that so many projects will be completed before April?
After thinking hard for a while, Li Ming recalled what the section chief had done before, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Reorganization! Yes...Section Chief, you mean...let those village-level earthmoving teams reorganize into a group of large-scale civilian construction teams?"

As soon as this guess came out, Li Ming immediately understood what Yang Mo meant by "the most suitable comprehensive conditions".

Seeing this, Yang Mo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, nodded imperceptibly, and then waved his hand: "Time is tight, the task is heavy... Go down and form a project team... Remember, I want to see the list within five days!"

When Li Ming heard this, his heart started beating fast.

This is the starting point of a Class A project.

The number of team members and the scope of departments are not specified... Is this giving yourself a sword of authority?
Li Ming swallowed slightly and, being empowered to work independently for the first time, put away the information and process sheet with trembling hands. He nodded respectfully and left the office without saying anything.

Seeing Li Ming's behavior, Yang Mo laughed. After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Lao Sun, put down your current work and find a few cadres in your sales company who can drink and speak in a pleasant way... Get ready, I'll be here later."

"What are you doing here?"

"Nonsense, there must be something important that needs your help!"

"What's the important thing?"

"Well, it's hard to explain right now, but it's very important. I have to take part in it myself. Don't you think it's important?"

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Three minutes later, Yang Mo put down the microphone.

He took out a thick notebook from the drawer and smiled bitterly...

(End of this chapter)