1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 290 There’s something going on!

Amidst the expectant and nervous faces, Wang Yinuo looked at Yang Mo with a serious look: "Chief Yang, I want to confirm... are you willing to take on this responsibility as long as it can solve the problem of insufficient funds and insufficient manpower at the same time?"

Under Wang Yinuo's piercing gaze, Yang Mo showed a trace of astonishment on his face. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "That's right!"

Wang Yinuo nodded slightly when he saw this, then he swept his eyes across everyone's faces and revealed a piece of news that was not new: "On the night of New Year's Day, Deputy Minister Mu of the command center found me after the party."

The "Deputy Minister" here is not an administrative title, but the deputy minister of the "General Management Department" of Qilu Oilfield, that is, Mu Siyuan... This department was formerly called the "Party Committee Office" and is one of the nine independently operated departments of the command. If it were a month ago, he should be called Deputy Director Mu or Deputy Secretary Mu.

Some people frowned. It was no secret that Mu Siyuan suddenly came over on the day of the New Year's Eve party. After all, he stopped Wang Yinuo in public.

But everyone knew that the two of them were in the same boat, so at that time people thought that the deputy department-level leader came here specially to visit an old friend - it was a routine for the leaders of the command center to be invited to the provincial capital to participate in various forms of evening parties on important holidays every year, and Drilling Company No. 1 happened to be on the only way between Dongying and Jinan.

But when Wang Yinuo suddenly mentioned this matter...

It seems that when Mu Siyuan suddenly came here the night before yesterday, it wasn't just to visit an old friend?
As expected, Wang Yinuo continued, "What you may not be aware of is that, as Qilu Oilfield cancelled the production campaign system, not only has the headquarters been officially renamed the [Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau], but the subordinate departments have also begun to change their names and merge their functions as planned... All of this is to serve the streamlining of the organization and the optimization of personnel."

"Don't think this is just sloganeering. According to the latest news, they will continue to intensify their efforts to reduce staff and increase efficiency after the spring. The Labor Union and the Youth League Committee will soon merge to become the [Mass Organization Work Department]; the Party Committee's United Front Work Department and the Corporate Culture Department will also merge to become the [Party Committee Propaganda Department]; even their Human Resources Department has decided to merge with the Organization Department to become the new [Party Committee Organization Department]... This is just part of what I know. After the spring, Dongying will only make bigger moves."

Hearing the words "organizational streamlining" and "staff optimization", everyone present felt a chill.

They all knew about the name change at the Dongying Command, but they never expected that this time it would be real.

The names that Wang Yinuo just read out were all important departments of the Dongying Command Headquarters... Even the directly affiliated departments have undergone such drastic integration and mergers, and the intensity of the reductions in other non-core departments and departments of subordinate second-level companies can be seen.

the most important is……

Didn’t you see that the names of these new departments all have the word “Party Committee” in front of them? This is clearly a statement of stance… No matter how strong the opinions are or how fierce the commotion is, this department streamlining and staff reduction and efficiency improvement action will be carried out with determination.

Seeing everyone's grim faces, Wang Yinuo must have thought about whether the Southwest Petroleum Bureau would also come back in the same way. He sighed, "So, the night before yesterday, Deputy Minister Mu came to me. First, it was a routine visit. After all, our Drilling Company 1 has always been an important partner of the Dongying Command... No, it is an important partner of the Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau;"

"Secondly... in view of the outstanding achievements made by our Drilling Company No. 1 in solving the employment problems of idle workers and their families last year, they wanted to try in-depth cooperation with us in this regard."

deep cooperation?

Everyone seemed to be thinking about something, as if they had guessed what Wang Yinuo was going to say next.

As expected, Wang Yinuo sighed heavily again: "Some figures are too sensitive, I can't say them at the meeting, but what I can tell you is... According to some information revealed by Deputy Minister Mu, the number of departments and offices that the Qilu Petroleum Administration plans to cut and merge, as well as the number of employees to be optimized this year, is enough to surprise everyone!"

"Although the Petroleum Administration has made sufficient preparations to prevent drastic fluctuations, and even plans to set aside a very large special budget, in addition to encouraging employees to buy out their seniority and find a way out, they will also guarantee 24 to 36 months of minimum living security for those who are optimized but do not want to choose internal employment through a "waiting for work but not waiting for salary" model, and encourage them to return to work through various measures through skill enhancement training;"

"But everyone should know that most of these optimized employees cannot be rehired, and the Qilu Petroleum Bureau cannot support them for life;"

"Therefore, absorbing these workers into re-employment through tertiary industry projects is the best option from all aspects."

"Therefore, Deputy Minister Mu found me the night before yesterday, hoping to promote in-depth cooperation between Drilling Company No. 1 and Dongying on the unified management of tertiary industry projects. After all, looking at the entire oil system of Qilu, only the Drilling Company has made convincing achievements in this area."

At this point, Wang Yinuo hesitated for a moment, then turned his attention to Yang Mo: "So, Chief Yang, do you understand what this means?"

"As long as the company is willing to reach in-depth cooperation with them in this area, according to what Vice Minister Mu revealed, the Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau is willing to take out a portion of the funds from the special budget and hand it over to us for overall planning... In other words, as long as these funds are used in the joint tertiary industry projects, they will not interfere in any way, and even if there is a loss, they will not hold us accountable."

Wang Yinuo tapped the table lightly, his expression a little complicated: "And in order to impress us, the other party showed a lot of sincerity."

"As long as we agree, Vice Minister Mu said that within a month, 1 billion yuan will be injected into the supervision account as the start-up capital for the joint venture tertiary industry project... and he guaranteed that this is only the first batch of funds. As long as the joint venture project can be successfully launched and achieve certain results, you can ask for more funds in the future!"

"As long as we are able to provide enough jobs, even if we have to invest all of the special budget of the Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau, Vice Minister Mu will do his best to help us!"

Wow~!

Everyone present was stunned by Mu Siyuan's "sincerity".

Although Wang Yinuo did not say how many employees would be laid off at the command center after the spring, everyone is in the oil system, and a quick calculation will show that with the bloated personnel level in the Qilu Oil System, in order to truly achieve the per capita efficiency target, at least 40% of the staff must be laid off.

What does 40% of the personnel mean?
That’s more than 200,000 employees, not counting their families!

Even if this process cannot be completed overnight, it will take at least five years of gradual layoffs, and the number of employees that need to be laid off each year will exceed 40,000... Especially in the first year, the intensity will definitely be the greatest. Even if more than 70,000 employees are put on "wait" at once, it is not a surprising thing.

Then the amount of funds in this special budget can be easily calculated... This is a truly huge amount of funds with a total amount of nearly or even exceeding 150 billion over five years, and it may even exceed billion!
Don't think it's impossible.

Don't forget that in order to reduce negative social impacts, it is impossible for the Qilu Petroleum Bureau to ignore the families and children of those "layoff workers" when setting the minimum living security for them. Therefore, according to the current employee/family ratio of 1:5, or even close to 1:6, although these laid-off workers no longer have various bonuses and subsidies, the money they need to get each month will not be much lower than the salary of normal contract workers... It will be about 70%~80%, which means it will not be less than 100 yuan per month. In addition, some necessary benefits must also be guaranteed to them.

This is really terrible. You have to understand that this is only the minimum living allowance for this year, that is, 1990. In this era of soaring prices, it is impossible for it to remain this amount next year. It is possible that it will increase to 120 or even 150.

And don't forget that these expenses are cumulative. Although the number of unemployed workers next year will not double, it will not be much different. Then it will increase by 150 a year, and a year, until it exceeds ... Therefore, the expenditure of this special budget fund will increase as time goes by, and it will increase linearly with the price and wage levels. The total budget of billion for five years is really not an exaggeration.

Under Wang Yinuo's sharp gaze, Yang Mo nodded reluctantly: "Okay, even if it is a joint venture, the initial capital of 1 billion... is indeed enough."

Yang Mo asked back somewhat unwillingly: "But Mr. Wang, although the funding problem has been solved, it is useless without enough manpower... Don't say that I don't have three heads and six arms. Even if I really have three heads and six arms, it is impossible for me to manage so many projects alone... These joint venture projects in Dongying are very sensitive. If something goes wrong, I can't bear such a big responsibility."

Seeing Yang Mo's reluctant expression, everyone looked a little strange.

Wasn't it said that Wang Yinuo had been running to this guy's yard every night during this period? Combined with the subtle disagreement between Yang Mo and Zhang Wenshun today, they thought that Yang Mo had stood with Wang Yinuo again after falling out with a certain fat guy, but now it seems... that may not be the case?

Wang Yinuo sighed upon hearing this: "Deputy Minister Mu has also considered this aspect in advance. The tertiary industry projects in Dongying are nearly a hundred times more than our company's. There are more than a dozen tertiary industry management companies at all levels. "

"Although their performance in this area over the years has not been satisfactory, they have made some achievements. Therefore, it is still possible to select the best from the dozen or so tertiary industry management companies and select a hundred or so relatively reliable elites."

At this point, Wang Yinuo hesitated for a moment before continuing, "The most important thing is that according to Deputy Minister Mu, the [Business Management Department] of the Qilu Petroleum Administration has been basically reorganized... This is one of the nine core departments in Dongying;"

"In addition to focusing on production management and chemical product operations, this department also has a very important new function, which is to guide the elites of tertiary industry projects."

"For this purpose, the Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau has recruited many high-quality talents in related fields... There are top students who graduated from Yanjing University and Shuimu University, management personnel selected from affiliated companies, and even elites who have returned from studying abroad."

"The most important thing is that these outstanding talents are not just bookworms. Since the beginning of last year, these talents have been assigned to various tertiary industry projects for practice and operation. After nearly a year of exploration and actual combat, although some of them have not achieved amazing results, their performance is also remarkable. I believe that there should be no problem in using them directly;"

"In short, in order to solve the re-employment problem of employees as much as possible, Dongying started to reserve talents in this regard last year. With the support of the business management department and the talents selected from the tertiary industry management company, even if there are many projects to be carried out this year, the situation of insufficient manpower should not occur."

Upon hearing that Dongying had been preparing for this since last year, everyone was amazed that the headquarters got the news much earlier than second-level units like themselves. They also finally understood why Deputy Minister Mu transferred his daughter to the drilling company to be the director of an inexplicable diversified operations group... After all, he wanted his daughter to come down to train and do experiments before the wave of changes came!
After sighing, the crowd, who were slow to realize the situation, felt sorry for themselves as a "lone soldier" trapped far away in a foreign land, but they also breathed a sigh of relief.

Vice President Tang glanced at Yang Mo, who looked extremely depressed, and laughed softly, "Boss Wang, you should have told me this good news earlier... Although Section Chief Yang might be a little tired after the spring, the funding and manpower issues have been resolved anyway. It shouldn't be a problem for the company to get through this year."

The others all responded after hearing this. Although from a personal perspective, they were extremely reluctant to cooperate deeply with Dongying, because the size gap between the two sides was too large, and as the cooperation progressed, Drilling Company 1 could easily become a dependent.
But the problem is that they have to choose the lesser of two evils. Compared with the gradual loss of some initiative by the drilling company, the collapse of the foundation is what they are most worried about.

In short, let’s get through the current difficulties first, and it won’t be too late to deal with the rest slowly.

Wang Yinuo saw everyone with relaxed smiles on their faces, but his expression was somewhat helpless: "Although Dongying can solve the problem of funds and manpower as long as we nod and agree, this matter is not that simple."

After sighing, Wang Yinuo's face was full of entanglement: "To be honest, if I hadn't been forced to do so, I wouldn't want to promote this cooperation... I know everyone might be dissatisfied with my close relationship with Reagan's headquarters in the past, but after all, I am still the general manager of Drilling Company 1, and some things must be considered in the long-term interests of the company."

Vice President Tang frowned again after hearing this: "If you don't have to, you don't want to promote this cooperation? President Wang... why is that?"

Wang Yinuo sighed: "It's very simple. The tertiary industry projects in Dongying are spread all over Qilu. Deputy Minister Mu and others also attach great importance to this cooperation. Because these start-up funds are extremely sensitive, if the two parties want to reach a cooperation, they must establish a special asset management company or financing and investment company to carry out subsequent operations;"

"After all, our company and the Qilu Petroleum Administration Bureau are not the same entity. Whether the funds are directly injected into our account or flowed from the regulatory account into our public account, it is easy for someone with ulterior motives to make trouble... At a time when we are vigorously promoting the reduction of staff and increasing efficiency, Vice Minister Mu and his team cannot take such a big risk." Seeing that Vice President Tang seemed to be thinking about something, Vice President Tian was a little surprised: "Then set up a new asset management company, it's not a big deal."

Before Wang Yinuo could reply, Vice President Tang patiently explained: "Old Tian, ​​you are in charge of production on weekdays, so you don't know much about this aspect;"

"It is not difficult to set up a new asset management company, but the question is, what level of unit is this new company?"

"Mr. Wang just said it very clearly. The use of the 1 billion yuan is very sensitive. Dongying has attached great importance to the tertiary industry project to the extent of increasing the responsibilities and powers of the business management department... They are providing both money and manpower. The administrative level of this new unit must not be low. They may even send a leader from the business management department to take charge."

"Then the question is, they are here for Section Chief Yang. No matter how capable Section Chief Yang is, he is only a section-level cadre after all. The leader sent by the Business Management Department in Dongying is unlikely to be lower than the director-level. He may even be at the deputy director-level. "

"Will Section Chief Yang really be able to lead the work according to his own wishes by then? Will the leaders sent here force Section Chief Yang to focus all his energy on the tertiary industry project in Dongying, leaving him with no time to take care of our Drilling Company 1 project?"

At this point, Vice President Tang pinched his brows and said, "Don't think this is impossible. The people in Dongying have a completely different working style from us in the southwest. They are arrogant and domineering. They won't discuss everything like us... Moreover, the official-centered mentality in Qilu is very serious. Not to mention that Section Chief Yang and the future new leader may be three administrative levels apart, even if there is only one administrative level difference, the other party may force Section Chief Yang to act according to their wishes... Once this happens, things will be troublesome!"

After listening to Vice President Tang's cryptic explanation, Vice President Tian immediately understood.

They all knew Yang Mo's character. He was the typical soft-hearted person. If the leader sent from Dongying had a tough attitude, he might throw a tantrum and quit his job.

In this case, the breakdown of the relationship between Drilling Company 1 and Dongying is just a small matter.
You have to know that the use of the one billion yuan is sensitive. If Yang Mo really quits halfway and files a lawsuit, not only him, but also the executives of the drilling company will be severely punished.

Seeing the worried faces of the two vice presidents, Wang Yinuo smiled and said, "Vice President Tang's concerns are a bit excessive... Vice Minister Mu promised me that if the two companies cooperate, the newly established company can set up administrative levels according to the 2+3 unit model;"

"That is to say, the new company itself is a third-level unit, that is, a section-level unit, but in order to facilitate operations, a director-level cadre will be parachuted in to coordinate, that is, given corresponding power and resources according to the specifications of a second-level unit... In addition, Deputy Minister Mu promised that this director-level cadre is only responsible for coordination and will not interfere with business decisions. Therefore, the situation that Vice President Tang is worried about will not happen."

When they heard it was the 2+3 mode, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Units like this that receive super-standard treatment are actually more awesome than ordinary second-level units, because according to unspoken rules, this is a unit with special tasks, and it is the kind that can report to higher levels;

It just so happens that the administrative level of this unit itself is at the section level, which means that according to the state-owned enterprise management system, as long as Yang Mo, a section-level cadre, has the corresponding authority, he can completely ignore the ideas of the division-level cadre and act according to his own wishes when there is a disagreement... As long as the procedure is fair, the two units will naturally argue about the rest of the matter.

Realizing that he was worrying too much, Vice President Tang relaxed, but his expression was a little strange: "Boss Wang, if that's the case, then what else do you have to worry about?"

Wang Yinuo smiled bitterly: "Because Vice Minister Mu made two requests:"

"First, the new company cannot be located in the drilling company, but needs to be located in one of the three cities of Jinan, Qingdao and Dezhou... Dongying has many tertiary industry projects scattered all over Qilu. After all, Linyi is a bit remote, and the surrounding configuration is not sound, which is not conducive to the timely reporting of work by offices in various places."

Everyone frowned.

Do you want to transfer Yang Mo to work somewhere else?
Different from the heads of other core departments of the drilling company, Yang Mo is a local and a third party to the drilling company. Therefore, everyone can see that this guy has no sense of belonging to the company and he also follows his own temperament in many things.

As the saying goes, the emperor is far away and the sky is high. If such a guy who has no feelings for the company is sent to other cities, the bond between them will be even weaker.

They didn't really care whether Yang Mo had any feelings for the company, but at this special moment, it would be troublesome if Yang Mo became slack about the projects related to the Drilling Company.

But actually there is a solution to this problem. It’s very simple. Just give this guy enough benefits.

In fact, even if Mu Siyuan had not proposed this condition, they were still prepared to give Yang Mo sufficient compensation today... Unlike the guys in Dongying, they have always understood the principle of "if you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass."

After looking at the people who looked indifferent, Wang Yinuo sighed again: "Actually, I personally don't think there is much of a problem with the first condition proposed by Vice Minister Mu... After all, we have to believe in Chief Yang's feelings for the company!"

After saying something that no one would believe, Wang Yinuo's expression became a little heavy: "But regarding the second condition, I really find it unacceptable;"

"Deputy Minister Mu said that Section Chief Yang's personnel file must be transferred to Dongying, so that it will be possible to convince the leaders of the headquarters... Whether it is in the name of secondment, exchange, or even introduction, Section Chief Yang's file must be transferred to Dongying, so that the leaders of the headquarters can rest assured to hand over the funds to him;"

"Even if it's a secondment... Section Chief Yang's personnel file must stay in Dongying for at least three years!"

What! ! !
It was difficult for everyone to look at Wang Yinuo directly. They never expected that Mu Siyuan would actually set his sights on Yang Mo.

Bullshit secondment!

That bastard simply wanted to bring Yang Mo under his command.

At this special time, after the drilling company's experiments last year, even a fool can see the importance of tertiary industry projects to major companies;
The value of this guy Yang Mo was also highlighted at once.

Transfer Yang Mo’s personnel file to Dongying?
At least three years?

Damn it, if that bastard Mu Siyuan doesn't take advantage of these three years to promote Yang Mo to a deputy director-level cadre, their names will be written upside down!

Now that he has become a director-level cadre, is it possible for Yang Mo to return to Drilling Company 1?
Is it possible for Drilling Company No. 1 to accept Yang Mo back?

Are you kidding? Drilling Company 1 is just a second-level unit. Only the general manager and the heads of the other three teams are deputy director-level cadres. Do you plan to invite him back to be the general manager, or apply to your superiors to let him come back to be the secretary?
You must be kidding!

"No! Yang Mo's personnel file must not be transferred to Dongying!"

Unexpectedly, the first person to stand up and oppose was not Vice President Tang and others, but Zhang Wenshun, who had entered the clay mold state again since the beginning.

This guy stared at Wang Yinuo with anger on his face, his tone full of determination, as if as long as Wang Yinuo dared to agree on the spot, he would immediately rush up and beat up the company's head.

Wang Yinuo was frightened by the ferocious look on the fat man's face. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Master Zhang, why do you have to be so excited? I am also hesitant."

Zhang Wenshun snorted heavily, then turned his head to look at Yang Mo, who was still conflicted. He glanced at the guy twiddling his fingers under the table in boredom and spat secretly.

Damn, it’s not even like acting!

But the matter was of the utmost importance, and he didn't want to play double act with this idiot and Wang Yinuo anymore. He stared at Yang Mo and said, "Chief Yang, give me a definite answer... Do you want to transfer your personnel file to Dongying?"

Yang Mo caught the seriousness in the fat man's eyes, and glanced at Wang Yinuo, whose expression was a little unnatural.

He knew what this fat guy meant by asking this question.
Once he nodded, it would mean that all the promises he made to Zhang Wenshun would be void. He would not be able to, and would have no reason to, go to Guizhou to help Bai Mengmeng's father.
Similarly, as long as he dared to nod, this fat guy would immediately expose Wang Yinuo's plan and then tell him on the spot that Wang Yinuo would be transferred out of the drilling company soon.

The result...

It goes without saying that these department heads are not fools, and the "delay tactics" are not some profound means;

Why don't we just wait until Wang Yinuo leaves and when Mr. Wang returns, and then renegotiate terms with Dongying?
Unlike Wang Yinuo, Mr. Wang is at the deputy department level and has a lot of experience, so it is much easier for him to negotiate with Dongying.

Anyway, everyone's needs are complementary, and the shift in work focus will only happen after the beginning of spring, so they can afford to wait a little longer than a month or two.

However, it was not difficult for Yang Mo to make a decision on this matter. Bringing this matter up would only cause trouble for everyone and increase the leverage... No one was stupid. Transferring Yang Mo's personnel file to Dongying would be tantamount to pushing Yang Mo onto the fire. Not to mention, Wang Yinuo would most likely not be able to get strong foreign aid in the future.

After a moment of hesitation, Yang Mo shook his head confidently: "Although I am young, I have basic ethics. Since I started working for a drilling company, it is absolutely not reasonable for me to just walk away when the company encounters difficulties... Mr. Wang, I personally find this condition difficult to accept emotionally!"

After hearing Yang Mo's resounding refusal, everyone looked at Yang Mo with very different expressions... Although this guy was as difficult to control as a wild horse, at least, he was worthy of recognition in terms of positioning.

Hearing this, Wang Yinuo loosened his blue fingers and sighed in distress: "Well, since no one agrees to transfer Section Chief Yang's personnel file to Dongying... I will try again with Deputy Minister Mu... I hope Old Mu can give me this face!"

Seeing Wang Yinuo with an embarrassment on his face, everyone was delighted.

There's drama! !
(End of this chapter)