1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 350: The Ice-cutting Family Does Not Keep Cattle and Sheep (3)

The reason why Mu Siyuan was able to take charge of such an extremely sensitive task of reducing staff and increasing efficiency as a deputy-department-level cadre of the command center was that this job was so hot that no one was willing to take it over... More than 5 employees needed to be optimized within five years, which would make everyone scalp numb. Even the director-level leader who was listed on the working group was put in this position with gritted teeth.

But on the other hand, he was the one who took the initiative to ask for the responsibility.

The reason was simple. After the petrochemical industrial park that he had planned with Wang Yinuo came to an end due to changes in the overall environment, he suddenly lost the basis for promotion.

After the Dongying Command was reorganized into the Qilu Petroleum Administration at the request of the ministry, cadres of his level generally faced the huge challenge of either making progress or regressing. If they did not make some achievements, they would be gradually marginalized and transferred to a logistics department to live a life of idleness and waiting for death.

Therefore, taking the initiative to take on the task of reducing staff and increasing efficiency is both an extremely severe test and a huge opportunity for him.

The reason why he dared to take on this responsibility was, on the one hand, that he had no way out after the petrochemical industrial park project failed, but on the other hand, he had great confidence in Yang Mo.

Looking at Yang Mo's performance last year, this guy is indeed capable of creating jobs... In just over half a year, the family employment problem that has plagued the drilling company for more than ten years has been completely solved. There was even a situation where there was no one available and the company had to seek manpower support from outside. Can you imagine if this happened in other units?

Although the number of employees in the drilling company is not comparable to that of the Dongying Command, don't forget that while Yang Mo solved the employment problem of the drilling company's family members, he also helped more than 30 state-owned enterprises such as the Fifth Farm and Linpan Oilfield to provide more than 4,000 jobs... Considering Yang Mo's situation at the time and the amount of funds he could mobilize (before becoming the section chief of Momo Baitou), it is no exaggeration to say that he could achieve such results.

Therefore, when his daughter told him at the end of last year that Yang Mo was willing to help solve the employee diversion problem in Dongying on the premise of gaining control over the funds of Dahua Company, he made up his mind to step forward and take on this hot yam of reducing staff and increasing efficiency.

Also out of trust in Yang Mo's ability, he had been struggling to hold on, but after receiving a call from his daughter a month and a half ago, he took the initiative to give up and temporarily gave up the right to speak in this big mountain.

Sure enough, God rewards those who work hard. After more than a month of suffering, his trust in Yang Mo paid off.

The flexible employment indicator exceeds 6 people!

This is a huge number that no one dares to imagine!
As long as Yang Mo is willing to follow his arrangements and distribute the more than 6 employment indicators according to his wishes one by one, and use some tricks in the middle, he will be able to regain the right to speak on the mountain without any obstacles, and his status in the command center will also quickly rise to an unparalleled level.

But when victory was in sight, this guy Yang Mo actually told himself that he could only allocate 1.5 employment quotas to himself at most... Isn't this nonsense!

Although 1.5 employment indicators are not a small number, it is only to more than the employment indicators allocated to Dongying from Dahua Company according to its shareholding ratio.

1.5:1 and 6.3:1, the difference between them is not as simple as a math problem, the gap is so huge!
So, now Mu Siyuan is very angry, very angry!
However, after all, he was an old fox in his teens and had been in a high position for a long time. Mu Siyuan had at least some skills in cultivating his Qi, so he did not show any anger. He just frowned and stared at Yang Mo for a long time, then asked calmly: "Xiao Yang, if you have any requests, just let me know!"

He really couldn't understand why Yang Mo, who clearly had more than 6 flexible employment indicators, was only willing to transfer 1.5 to himself.

After thinking about it, it seems that this kid just wants to make some conditions.

Asking me to agree to his marriage with my daughter?

Let him regain control over the funds of Dahua Company?

Or should we raise our rank from section chief to deputy director or even director?

These are all easy to say!

Thinking of Yang Mo's previous style of being very penny-wise and not giving up until he sees the rabbit, Mu Siyuan felt that this was probably the case... Although he was very unhappy now, the situation was stronger than the person, and for the sake of the greater plan, it was acceptable to make some concessions.

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Yang Mo looked at his future father-in-law, whose face still had a smile but whose temperament had become slightly colder, and smiled bitterly.

"Uncle Mu, I think you misunderstood. Although I, Yang Mo, am not a gentleman, and I can even say that I have a bit of a mean streak in my bones... But I will not use everything as a bargaining chip."

As he spoke, Yang Mo looked at Miss Mu, whose expression was a little pale, but she was just like an ordinary Hui woman, biting her lips and not saying a word in such occasions. He held the slightly cold little hand in his palm without any scruples: "Besides, my relationship with Ya'er is like this. I can't wait to curry favor with you, Uncle Mu. How could I deliberately make things difficult for you?"

When Yang Mo held her hand on the spot, Miss Mu's face turned red immediately, but after hearing what Yang Mo said, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and looked at her father who looked a little surprised, hesitated slightly, and just lowered her head, but did not pull her hand away from Yang Mo's palm.

Mu Siyuan looked at the couple in front of him who were somewhat overstepping their boundaries with a somewhat gloomy expression.

You haven't gotten married yet, and haven't even got my formal approval, yet you are being so affectionate in this kind of occasion. Do you really take our Hui traditions seriously?

Mu Siyuan glared at his daughter with a look of regret, and snorted: "Xiao Yang, since you are willing to recognize me as your uncle for Xiao Ya's sake... then I am a little curious, why are you only willing to transfer 15,000 employment quotas to Dongying?"

Although Yang Mo holding his daughter's hand in front of him in such an occasion was tantamount to a great offense to him, compared with the serious business, this offense was nothing.

Of course, more importantly, he heard a glimmer of hope from Yang Mo's answer.

Facing Mu Siyuan's half-public and half-private scrutiny, Yang Mo felt as if goose bumps appeared on his back.

When he first met his ex-wife’s parents in his previous life, the father’s outlook was similar to Mu Siyuan’s.

Damn, chatting with my future father-in-law is so fucking annoying!

Thinking of this, he secretly pinched Miss Mu's jade hand in revenge, then smiled bitterly at the future father-in-law in front of him: "Uncle Mu, let me say something you may not like... Let me transfer all these more than 60,000 employment indicators to Dongying. On the surface, it is an extremely dazzling achievement, but in fact, if I really do this, it is not only short-sighted, but for you, I am afraid it will be a disaster rather than a blessing!"

Mu Siyuan frowned: "Oh? Short-sighted? A curse rather than a blessing? How can you say that?"

Yang Mo sighed helplessly: "First of all, Uncle Mu, you may understand that at present, the treatment and benefits of the oil system are unique in the country. Only the tobacco system can barely compare... Compared with our oil system, let alone ordinary local state-owned enterprises, even the treatment and benefits of the steel, military industry, and banking systems are not at the same level."

"In fact, let alone the regular workers in our oil industry, even those contract workers, even if other hidden income is not taken into account, the actual income of the annual salary, bonuses, benefits, etc. will not be less than 6000 per year... This is already four times the average income of ordinary urban workers. If compared with those fellow villagers in the countryside, the income gap is as high as more than ten times!"

This is the truth. In state-owned enterprises that provide almost all services including clothing, housing, transportation, medical care, education, water, electricity, rice, oil and gas, if you are restrained enough, apart from spending a little money on food, you will hardly have to spend a penny on the rest. This is also the main reason why many employees of state-owned enterprises are now complaining that they "have money but can't spend it" and go crazy spending when they go to the city...And anyone with a little common sense knows how much money these services provided free of charge by state-owned enterprises would cost if converted into currency. Therefore, the "real income" that Yang Mo mentioned is not only not an exaggeration, but an underestimation. After all, oil companies are really generous with bonuses for front-line workers.

Seeing Mu Siyuan subconsciously glance at Song Wenxuan, Yang Mo continued, "However, most of the projects derived from the commercial demonstration zone are joint venture projects linked to rural areas, such as Chinese herbal medicine planting and management, specialty agricultural product planting and processing, building materials production and processing, etc. ... Pharmaceutical factories, parts assembly plants, food sales, market management companies, cultural companies, and other mid- and downstream units in the industrial chain do not actually account for a large proportion."

"This pyramid layout means that there aren't many jobs with relatively high basic salaries, and for the sake of balance and long-term development, if you want to get a high income, you have to pass a rather strict assessment first."

At this point, Yang Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "We are all from the oil industry. We all know what the employees in Dongying are like right now. If we just want to solve the current reemployment problem without considering the subsequent troubles and arrange them to positions with relatively low basic salaries, at most one year, there will be a lot of new and incomparable problems."

"So, after careful selection, there are only about 1.5 positions that are suitable for me in Dongying... To say that they are suitable is a bit of a stretch. After all, although the basic salary of these positions is comparable to that of urban workers, the benefits are really not comparable to those in Dongying. It's just that it's much better than sending them to the front line of rural areas. After all, without the generous benefits, a basic salary of 80 yuan a month is indeed a lot for rural folks and unemployed workers in the city, but for employees in the oil system, they really don't take it seriously."

Mu Siyuan's expression was a little unnatural.

Of course he knew why Yang Mo emphasized the words "high basic salary".

Unlike the drilling companies that are in a foreign land and dare to fight, Dongying has always had a serious situation of "lying on the land and enjoying dividends". Over the past decade, both front-line workers and family members of tertiary industry projects are generally lazy and unmotivated. However, the projects derived from the commercial demonstration zone by Yang Mo are all public-private partnerships. While providing employees with national standard treatment and benefits, they also introduced stricter management standards and assessment indicators.

In fact, as far as Mu Siyuan knew, the real income of Yang Mo's job came from performance bonuses, and the difference of several dozen yuan in basic salary was not that important. But it was precisely because of this that the group of employees who needed to be diverted from Dongying became more and more embarrassed... Most of these people were used to being lazy, and they just went to work to get by. You want them to accept and get used to the strict system introduced from abroad, and then rely on their own efforts and enthusiasm to strive for more performance bonuses? I'm afraid it's really unrealistic.

Thinking of this, Mu Siyuan smiled and said, "We'll talk about the future later, Xiao Yang, believe me... Even if these employees are assigned to the frontline in the countryside, they won't be able to make any waves."

Unlike juniors like Song Wenxuan who do not have enough authority, Mu Siyuan is undoubtedly exposed to much richer and more sensitive information. Given the current domestic economic situation, in a year at most, the reality is that those transferred employees will only be sincerely grateful to the command center for helping them find jobs that pay them on time every month, and will no longer care about whether the monthly salary of a few dozen yuan and the welfare benefits that are merely the standards of local state-owned enterprises are too shabby compared to their lives in Dongying.

Although Song Wenxuan beside him was confused, Yang Mo knew what Mu Siyuan meant, but he still shook his head: "Even if Uncle Mu is sure that those diverted employees will not be upset, I still say that for your own good, I can only transfer 1.5 employment quotas to you this time."

Mu Siyuan pondered for a while, his eyes sharpened: "Why?"

Yang Mo sighed helplessly: "Because it's very simple, if you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries."

"Given the current domestic economic environment, although countries have launched ice-breaking operations one after another, it is clear to all that private and mixed-ownership enterprises will benefit the most from these ice-breaking operations in the future, while the commodity circulation of state-owned enterprises may become increasingly difficult."

"And the reason why I spared no effort to build the commercial demonstration zone as a resource docking platform is based on this consideration."

"But unfortunately, this business demonstration zone has almost exhausted all my personal resources and reputation... It is simply unrealistic for me to build a similar platform in a short period of time, or to combine with other social capital to carry out a large-scale project that can provide enough jobs."

"So, I'm not afraid to offend anyone. Dahua Company, which is tasked with the task of relocating hundreds of thousands of employees, can only rely on this commercial demonstration zone in the next three years... Once this platform collapses, or its operation becomes stagnant, unless a strong man falls from the sky, you, Uncle Mu, and the uncles and uncles around you will be in endless trouble!"

"Therefore, no matter how carefully we take care of this unique seedling, it is not too much... In order to let it thrive, no matter how difficult it is now, we cannot allocate all the flexible employment quotas to Dongying for this year's tasks!"

Mu Siyuan frowned and thought for a long time before he said, "I understand what you said, but I still don't understand why only 1.5 employment quotas can be allocated to Dongying."

Yang Mo glanced at Song Wenxuan who was lost in thought, then took three small pancakes from the plate, stuffed them with beef, added a few slices of cabbage, and placed them in front of him: "This is the reason."

Looking at the three noodles in front of him that seemed to be the same, yet slightly different, Mu Siyuan's eyes twitched: "Xiao Yang, just say what you want to say, no need to keep us in suspense."

Yang Mo smiled and said, "I heard that KFC plans to open its second branch in Shenzhen. Uncle Mu is said to go to the capital from time to time. I wonder if he has ever eaten the burgers at KFC in the capital?"

Mu Siyuan glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "No... I am a Hui."

Yang Mo nodded: "In fact, although KFC is now a luxury in our country, and Chinese people are proud to have eaten hamburgers in their stores, but in fact, this thing is a delicacy belonging to the lowest class of people in Europe and the United States... Its status is roughly equivalent to our country's steamed buns, and even slightly inferior to roujiamo."

As he spoke, Yang Mo picked up the first beef bun on the left: "So, see... just like KFC's hamburgers, this thing has the same status as it does in Europe and America. The reason why it can become a low-class delicacy, I think, is the focus on this leaf."

On the leaves?
Mu Siyuan looked at the cabbage leaf spread on the lower crust with confusion.

Yang Mo nodded: "Yes, the key point is on this cabbage leaf. This leaf blocks the view of the bread below, making the bottom think there is no meat on top, while making the top think there is meat below... So both the top and the bottom are satisfied and live in peace. Therefore, even if the bread below is stuck to the cabbage leaf every day, they are not dissatisfied... until people bite it and the bread below is stained with oil."

Mu Siyuan seemed to understand something, so he frowned and stared at Yang Mo.

Yang Mo seemed not to notice Mu Siyuan's gaze, and picked up the second bun. "Later, it was said that homemade hamburgers were popular in South America for a short period of time. However, they were different from KFC's. The meat was at the bottom and the leaves were at the top... So, the bottom thought there was meat on the top, and the top thought there was no meat, and they were all happy... until people bit into it, and the bun at the bottom couldn't cover the meat, so a lot of meat fell out."

Mu Siyuan's mouth twitched, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should respond or not.

Seeing this, Yang Mo picked up the third bun with a smile, and pointed at the inside without any vegetable leaves: "So, I personally think that hamburgers are nothing more than novelty. When it comes to delicious food, it has to be our donkey meat hot pot and roujiamo... You can see clearly whether there is meat inside... And when the two layers of buns are soaked in gravy, the taste... Tsk tsk, I wouldn't change it even if a god came."

As he spoke, Yang Mo took a big bite, then added another spoonful of beef to it unsatisfiedly: "But whether a Roujiamo is delicious or not depends on how much meat is stuffed inside it... If there is too little, it will taste bland and tasteless. If you are not careful, the upper and lower layers of the dough will separate into two pieces due to the lack of fat and juice to stick together."

"Of course, more importantly... there's only so much meat in the roujiamo. How can customers be willing to pay for it?"

At the end, Yang Mo made a new Roujiamo and handed it to Mu Siyuan respectfully: "So Uncle Mu, you know why I can only give you 1.5 employment indicators? ... To be precise, the number of indicators given to you is important, but what is more important is how many work indicators I can give to the next layer of bread!"

Mu Siyuan stared at the steamed meat bun in front of him, which still retained some heat, and said in a strange voice: "Xiao Yang, Uncle Mu underestimated you after all... But you either don't transfer the quota to me, or transfer all the quota to me. If you do this, I will be very embarrassed, and the others will also be dissatisfied."

Yang Mo naturally knew what he meant by this, and shook his head nonchalantly: "You get what you pay for. Since I only used 1.3 million yuan of funds on Dahua's books, I have done my best by creating 7000 new jobs... Now I have allocated 1.5 quotas to Dongying, entirely out of consideration for Uncle Mu. How dare they be dissatisfied?"

“Besides, for a person like Uncle Mu, as long as he stands firm, it’s not that easy for others to attack him.”

"Haha, as the saying goes, a family that cuts ice does not raise cattle or sheep... This is the wisdom passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years, and it is also the broad mind that our central enterprises should have."

"As for the remaining 4.7 flexible employment quotas, my plan is to distribute them to the poor villagers in each village and the people in Dezhou and Lanling who need help after obtaining your permission... But I don't know if the other leaders in Dongying will still have the nerve to criticize you, Uncle Mu, after knowing your arrangements, and will they still have the nerve to reach out for these 4.7 employment quotas?"

The family that cuts ice doesn’t raise cattle and sheep?
Do you want to allocate these 4.7 employment quotas to rural residents and those who are unemployed and in need of assistance in Dezhou and Lanling?

Mu Siyuan couldn't help but gasp.

In this era when leaders of central enterprises often transfer to the administrative system to take charge of work, how could he not know the value of Yang Mo's move?
What's more, the excuse Yang Mo found for himself was as correct as it could be.

No, it's not just about taking the right stance, it's also about being able to slap some people hard in the face and make them submit and give back the right to speak at work.

only……

Thinking of this, Mu Siyuan stopped his right hand that was halfway stretched out and asked uncertainly: "What about the remaining quota tasks of Dahua Company?"

Seeing this, Yang Mo smiled slightly: "As long as there are people willing to buy Roujiamo, the business will naturally get better and better, and there will be more and more meat in the steamed buns... As long as everything returns to its original track, Dahua Company's employment indicators this year will not be worth mentioning."

Mu Siyuan naturally knew what this guy meant by "returning to the original track". After a moment of hesitation, he took the roujiamo that Yang Mo had wrapped for him and took a bite without any hesitation.

"The family that cuts ice does not keep cattle or sheep... Well said!"

Hearing Mu Siyuan's inexplicable praise, Yang Mo retreated humbly.

The internal resistance can probably be dissipated.

In this turbulent era, facing the intrigues at work all day long, how can it be as refreshing as fighting in the waves with bare hands?
Thinking of that silly Wang Er who was so cute, holding a rooster in his arms and couldn't even speak clearly,
And those fellow villagers who were standing by the pier, shivering all over, with pride and satisfaction on their faces.

Yang Mo didn't know why, but he suddenly laughed...

(End of this chapter)