1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 484 You Don’t Understand What They Need

As a freshman who just graduated less than half a year ago, Zhuo Junyue felt that the whole world started to become magical after she was "temporarily seconded" to Texas.

"Drip drop~"

"Hello, this is the general manager's secretariat of Dezhou City Property Fund."

"Ah, ah? Hello, hello! Secretary Huang!"

"What? Your bureau wants to hold a work plan meeting the day after tomorrow on the construction of 14 small and medium-sized reservoirs next year. Director Liu wants to invite General Manager Yang to participate in the discussion?"

"Forehead……"

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Yang's schedule is full the day after tomorrow... Yes, yes, Mr. Yang has a very important schedule at that time, and he won't be in Texas at that time, so he may not be able to attend your internal meeting."

"What? Director Liu wants to communicate with General Manager Yang?"

"Now?"

"Well... I'm really sorry, Mr. Yang is not in the office right now. I will report to him when he comes back and ask him to call Director Liu then. Is that okay with you?"

"Eh? You want to come and visit me... No, no, you want to come and inspect my work?"

"today?"

"Well, I'm really sorry, I really don't know when Mr. Yang will be back, why don't you wait for me to tell him then?"

“Uh-huh… I’m really sorry, Secretary Huang. I’ll reply to your message as soon as President Yang comes back.”

"Eh? Treat me to dinner?"

"No, no thanks. Thank you Secretary Huang for your kindness. No need to have dinner. Anyway, I'll call you as soon as I have any news, okay?"

After hanging up the phone, Zhuo Junyue wiped his sweaty forehead, then put down the heavy mobile phone that could be used for ironing clothes, and then charged it with the charging cable... The battery of this broken thing will be exhausted after half an hour of talk time. If he doesn't charge it quickly, he won't be able to answer calls later.

After turning on the pen and carefully writing down the content of the phone call in her notebook, the little girl let out a long sigh and slumped weakly in her chair.

Although this was the fourth invitation call this morning, she still felt a little weak when she thought about the level of people who made these invitations and the nature of the meetings.

What happened to this world?
Why did the city departments invite a company like this to attend the meeting to make plans?
Their unit is just a fund company, not a financial department, so why did they sound so desperate and frustrated when they heard that Mr. Yang could not attend?

Still want to pay a visit?

Hey, hey, hey, you are a functional department, is it necessary to lower your posture so much?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look through the window at the closed office opposite, her eyes full of curiosity and an inexplicable awe.

As a member of the General Office of the drilling company, she certainly has experience in dealing with sister units and local authorities in Linyi County.

Although the relationship between the drilling company and the local authorities in Linyi is no longer the same as it used to be, and although she has only been working for half a year, it is enough for her to deeply feel the difficulty and passivity of external liaison work.

Whether it was myself or Director Zhang, when we were doing external liaison and coordination work in the past, even if the other party was just the head of a small department, we had to keep a smile on our faces at all times. Sometimes we even had to take the initiative to make arrangements, so that the other party would not be slack in their work or would trip you up silently.

I have to say, although everyone greeted me with a smile, the feeling of being subtly inferior was really terrible.

Logically speaking, this is the case even when dealing with the county, let alone the city.

Although Yang Mo holds two general manager positions and his rank is also at the deputy director level, he is, after all, from the drilling company's perspective. From the company's internal job perspective, as a quietly employed section chief, he is at best at the same level as Director Zhang's former assistant general manager, and at most is only slightly higher in actual status.

But the result was that this senior, who was said to have only started working two years earlier than himself, acted recklessly in the city with an extremely strong attitude. The local authorities in Texas not only did not make things difficult for him, but instead put on a very humble attitude and came to them to beg for help.

Although she had heard that this senior was very popular in the city, but...

Isn't this too exaggerated?
The person who called was the city's water department, a powerful department.
And if nothing unexpected happens, the person's top leader will be waiting nearby.

Just make up an excuse to cover up the problem, don't even answer the phone in person, and let your secretary turn down all the calls...

Is it really suitable?

Ok……

That's right.

Someone was in the general manager's office and had never left. He simply didn't want to answer the phone, so he asked Zhuo Junyue to make up an excuse.

When Zhuo Junyue thought about the embarrassing scene if her lies were exposed, she felt like crying.

Director Zhang asked me to come here to train and learn, but he never said that I would help you deceive the leader!

"dududu~"

This time it wasn't the mobile phone that rang, but the landline next to it. Zhuo Junyue quickly sat up straight and answered the call:

"Hello~?"

………………

one hour later.

"Mr. Yang, here is your lunch; here is the list of important calls this morning."

Zhuo Junyue gently placed a rather old-fashioned enamel rice bowl on the coffee table, then took the folder from under her arm and laid it flat.

Ok?
Is it time for lunch?

Yang Mo raised his wrist to check the time and found that it was indeed time. He never liked to let work take up his rest time, so he immediately put down the pen in his hand, closed the unsigned document in front of him, stood up and walked to the coffee table, opened the lid of the jar and took a look, and immediately laughed.

"Sautéed eggplant, chicken breast meatballs, and beef with mushrooms. Today's lunch is quite rich... What's the matter? There has been a breakthrough in the winter cultivation technology of edible fungi. Someone asked you to tell me the good news?"

Today, Yang Mo was on duty at Dahua Company, so as soon as he saw the side dishes in the rice bowl, he knew what was going on - unlike the drilling company, the food portions in the canteens of other state-owned enterprises in the Qilu region were very large, and three dishes were already very rich. Making a fuss about the leader's food, clothing, housing, transportation and entertainment through conspicuous changes is also a traditional skill in the state-owned enterprise system, and Yang Mo is no stranger to it.

Zhuo Junyue was a little embarrassed. "This is highly recommended by the canteen chef. He said that after several adjustments to the room temperature and humidity parameters, Ling County can finally grow fresh mushrooms in winter. This is the first batch of mushrooms out of the room. There are not many, so I kept it for you. I thought it was a good thing, so I didn't refuse."

Unlike Bai Mengmeng, Zhuo Junyue, who had worked in external relations for half a year, seemed more flexible in work and interpersonal relationships. Not only did he not have the bachelor's intolerant attitude of his young apprentice, but he also did not hide the fact from Yang Mo after doing people some harmless favors.

Yang Mo didn't take it to heart, just nodded gently: "Remember to tell them next time, there is no need to do this. The progress and results of all project teams under Dahua Company will be regularly reported to me. As long as they have made achievements, the company will never be reluctant to reward them. If it is suitable for commercial promotion, the company will not hold back on procedures and budgets."

Yang Mo's answer did not lie, but it was also very official.

Business Department 3 is mainly responsible for the establishment and investment of various agricultural projects. Its director Zhang Bo is an old man promoted by Yang Mo. Knowing that Yang Mo attaches great importance to the promotion of rural grassroots pan-economic projects, he naturally pays great attention to this area. Therefore, there has been no situation of concealing results or deliberately blocking procedures.

But the problem is that almost all of Dahua Company's mushroom grass cultivation technologies are supported by Laiyang Agricultural College, and Laiyang Agricultural College will carry out a series of cooperation with Dahua Company, and most of the credit will be attributed to Lin Luosu.

Therefore, why this plate of mushroom and pork slices appeared in Yang Mo's rice bowl, you can guess who instructed it.

It was obvious that with Yang Mo's rapid rise in status, Miss Lin, who had already shown obvious signs of marginalization, became somewhat uneasy.

Yang Mo's answer was undoubtedly very clear in his attitude. One thing is one thing. You have made the contribution that is due to you, but you should forget about the opportunity that is not yours.

Although Zhuo Junyue didn't understand Yang Mo's implication due to her limited social experience, she could hear the calmness in the other party's tone. She said "oh" obediently and consciously cut off the topic... For some things, she just needed to be a messenger.

Opening her old-fashioned aluminum lunch box, Zhuo Junyue stirred the half-box of food that looked like cat food, and looked at the folder that had never been opened from beginning to end with some uneasiness: "Boss Yang, this morning, the city called several times, including the water conservancy department, the transportation department, the propaganda department, the light industry department, and even the land department. They all invited you to attend their departmental work meetings in the near future... Do you think you can find time to call them back later?"

Logically speaking, as a personal secretary, and a very pretty young secretary at that, it is not appropriate for her to eat with her male boss in the office during non-working hours such as lunch.

But there's no way. Yang Mo is a otaku. How can you ask him to walk more than a hundred meters to the cafeteria to eat amid countless attentive greetings?
impossible!

Besides, it's almost January, the coldest time in Qi and Lu, so it's even more impossible to let this guy go out.

Moreover, Zhuo Junyue's situation was somewhat special. She was forced here by a fat guy. Since Yang Mo could not let her observe all the projects he handled without reservation like he would his own apprentice, he must make certain compensations in other areas... Therefore, Yang Mo would occasionally give her some superficial guidance during lunch or lunch break.

Yang Mo glanced at Zhuo Junyue, who looked a little uneasy, but smiled and shook his head: "No, you don't need to worry about it... If they can't wait for my call, at most tomorrow afternoon, they will naturally know what to do."

Yang Mo's failure to return the call was actually equivalent to returning the call; those departments that lived on a shoestring naturally couldn't bring themselves to pretend to be stupid and continued to call to invite him;
And the day before yesterday, Yang Mo ruthlessly denied three consecutive times in front of the two squad leaders, Tian Guangyue and You Yakun, in a calm and gentle manner at the meeting. This must have undoubtedly given the others a loud and silent ringing sound. Probably no one had the courage to come to his side to "inspect" the work... No matter how powerful you are, can you be more powerful than the first or second in command?
But the problem is, Dezhou has just been promoted to a prefecture-level city, and it has a lot of extremely heavy tasks on its shoulders. There is no department that does not lack budget and support. Without money, how can you complete any task?

The biggest God of Wealth, and a partial God of Wealth, doesn't give you this face, and even has no intention of meeting you at all. What should you do?
There is no other choice but to take a roundabout route and visit General Manager Ye Tao first.

His face was not useful in front of Yang Mo, but this executive was an old friend of Yang Mo. As long as he could persuade him, Yang Mo would not remain indifferent, right?

And this is exactly the result Yang Mo wanted.

But it was obvious that the rookie Zhuo Junyue didn't understand Yang Mo's intention. When she heard that this old man didn't even intend to pay any attention to him, her pretty face couldn't help but turn pale.

For a young person like her who came from a working-class family, Yang Mo's behavior was undoubtedly against the will of heaven and was the worst behavior of her nature.

Fortunately, the girl still had some self-awareness and knew that games of this level were beyond her ability to understand, so she just moved her lips and didn't say anything else.

"By the way, Mr. Yang, do you want me to deliver any documents later? I'll take them with me when I go back... It's too cold today, and it would be a bit unbearable to go back and get them." Zhuo Junyue put a small spoonful of food in his mouth and chewed it carefully for a long time before swallowing it. He then asked with some complaint.

The winter in Qilu was too cold. The harsh chill was really unbearable for a girl from the south of the Yangtze River like her. She really didn't want to leave the radiator in the office and run around in the howling northwest wind.

Yang Mo glanced at the silly-looking pair of woolen gloves and earmuffs hung around the girl's neck and couldn't help laughing. With such a weak constitution, he really didn't know how this girl survived.

He casually pointed to a corner of the desk and said, "The rice bowl will be left here. Just take the stack of documents with you."

Zhuo Junyue glanced at the pile of documents on the table and was immediately shocked: "So many?"

Immediately, her face turned bitter: "Can I take it back to my office and call the assistants of the various departments to pick it up?"

Yang Mo is completely two different people during working hours and non-working hours, so she dared to speak like this. She knew very well that Yang Mo would definitely not be mean to her at this time.

As expected, Yang Mo just glared at her like an ordinary person of the same age: "No, no matter how cold the weather is, you have to deliver it to each department one by one... This is the company rule, don't think about being lazy!"

"It would be easier if you let them come and collect it themselves, but there is an extra layer of processing in the middle. What if the rectification opinions are not conveyed properly or are misinterpreted? Should their salary be deducted or yours?"

Zhuo Junyue saw that she couldn't escape, so she could only hang her head dejectedly: "Okay, if there are any important rectification suggestions that need to be explained specifically, please tell me."

This is another aspect in which Zhuo Junyue is better than Bai Mengmeng. This girl is a journalism major, and is much better than the average person in shorthand and memory. Therefore, many times, if the content is not too much, there is no need to take out a notebook to write it down. You can just say it once, and she can repeat it to you word for word... This skill alone is enough to make Yang Mo feel that this girl is very easy to use.

Yang Mo scooped a spoonful of eggplant into his mouth, complained about the almost lethal amount of salt used by the company cafeteria chef, and then quickly ate two mouthfuls of rice: "First, go to the third business department and tell Director Zhang to compile a list based on the results and push the year-end bonuses of the agricultural project research teams, agricultural pan-commercial application promotion teams, and rural grassroots operation and maintenance companies to me!"

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Yang Mo hummed softly, and then instructed the content that could not be directly annotated on the document: "Tell Minister Zhang that the lack of money in Dahua Company's account does not mean that Dahua Company cannot pay."

"The research team worked day and night for a year and broke through the application problems of 74 subdivided agricultural projects in one go, and you only plan to give them a year-end bonus of 30 yuan?"

"The Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Municipal Agricultural Science Institute, Laiyang Agricultural College, and more than 20 research institutions of all sizes, with a total of nearly 200 people, are only going to get this much money? How much can they get?"

"If this gets out, our Dahua Company will be laughed at to death. Do you still want them to help us solve technical problems next year?"

At this point, Yang Mo waved his hand and said, "Tell Minister Zhang that regardless of whether or not there are any achievements, the year-end bonuses of all research teams should at least be doubled for me. For those research teams that have overcome technical difficulties, I will be given a big increase on this basis... It's hard to say that such a big company like Dahua can't even give me a year-end bonus of 100 million?"

"As for the year-end bonuses for the agricultural pan-commercial application promotion team and the rural grassroots operation and maintenance companies, they will also be readjusted according to this standard!"

100?
Zhuo Junyue's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

What this means is that even for scientific researchers who have not made any achievements, the average year-end bonus will not be less than 2000 yuan, and for those scientific research teams that have made achievements, the average bonus will start at at least 1 yuan, or even yuan?
I'll be a good boy,
This is crazy...

It’s much higher than the year-end bonus received by the captain of the first-line well team!

This Lao Liu is really rich and inhumane. Those front-line scientific researchers who look no different from old farmers in the fields probably never dreamed that they could get such a large bonus in their lifetime, right?
Thinking of this, Zhuo Junyue showed her longing without hiding her face, and nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll remember it."

Yang Mo looked at the girl's expression, which was very much like a little money cat, and couldn't help laughing again: "Second, when you go to the Innovation and Investment Department to hand over the documents, remember to tell Director Zhang Qin to think bolder, consider more comprehensively, and reflect the linkage in the plan."

"For example, in terms of coordinating with overseas brand projects, what's the point of setting up a few special raw material production bases in rural areas? How much production value can it drive?"

"We can fully leverage the advantages of handicrafts in rural areas and allow those overseas brands to launch some commemorative products in the form of hand-painted packaging, creating a large number of employment opportunities in rural areas... New Year painting style, board painting style, wood carving style, paper cutting style, kite painting style, all can be tried!"

"It doesn't matter whether the painting is exquisite enough or not. What matters is that it is hand-painted and unique. The island countries are very fond of this. As long as the idea is correct, the employment opportunities generated will be extremely huge. Moreover, the profits generated by this kind of commemorative products produced specifically for the island countries are also quite amazing, which is enough to support the incubation and formation of the handmade cultural industry in rural areas... Most importantly, as long as the training is in place, the production of these hand-painted packaging can absorb a large number of women, the elderly, the disabled, and hepatitis C patients, providing those vulnerable groups with a guarantee of livelihood."

Hearing Yang Mo's almost YY-like instructions, Zhuo Junyue nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll take note!"

She certainly knew that if these instructions were implemented, it would bring a huge cost burden to Dahua Company, bring considerable market risks to those overseas projects, and even cause some conflicts between Yang Mo and Miss Mu.

But for some reason, she felt a new joy at this somewhat absurd instruction.

Unlike people with other majors, she, who majored in journalism, had actually done half a year of field research before graduation, and had gathered a lot of material from rural areas. Although it was just a glimpse, she knew more about the hardships of rural areas than those young people who hang out in cities all day long... She has come into contact with quite a few state-owned enterprise cadres in the past six months, but it is rare to find a cadre like Yang Mo who cares about the grassroots level in rural areas and is even willing to take risks to support industries at the grassroots level in rural areas.

hope,

This plan will be successful...right?

Zhuo Junyue felt inexplicably excited.

"Third, tell Business Department 2 that since I have repeatedly emphasized the four words 'Rural Industries' at the meeting, then they can be more flexible in their rural grassroots industry sinking plan that relies on the technology and second-hand equipment of municipal enterprises!"

"Rural grassroots are not limited to undertaking low-threshold industries such as agricultural and sideline product processing. They can also try to support and produce raw materials such as artificial bezoar and amantadine hydrochloride, as well as parts such as inner and outer spherical bearings and spherical bearings... Don't underestimate the learning ability and enterprising spirit of township enterprises. Perhaps in two or three years, these industries will bring us big surprises."

“Remember to tell this to Director Wang of the Capital Market Department as well. Ask them to be bolder and more careful. Don’t always think about short-term returns. Dahua Company doesn’t pursue this. As long as it can incubate several or even one hidden champion company within five or even ten years, then he will get all the credit he deserves!”

"Also, don't worry about insufficient funds or high borrowing costs. As long as they do a good job of due diligence and select a seed company with real potential and characteristics, I will go to the Urban Property Fund to help them solve the funding issue!"

"fourth……"

........................

He talked about all sorts of things for nearly twenty minutes, and the adjustments he instructed were so numerous that even Zhuo Junyue, who was good at taking notes, had to borrow some pieces of letter paper to write them down.

However, as Yang Mo conveyed more and more instructions, Zhuo Junyue's expression gradually became strange. She carefully scanned the contents of the letter paper, hesitated for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Boss Yang... um, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."

Yang Mo covered the empty rice bowl with a lid and wiped his mouth with a piece of paper: "It's lunch time now, just talk."

Zhuo Junyue subconsciously pinched the woolen gloves hanging around her neck and looked at him with a guilty conscience: "If I remember correctly, many of the instructions you just gave were the proposals reported by Manager Lu and Manager Yan a week ago, right?"

"These proposals were originally reported at the company's senior management meeting. Now you are just passing them on as instructions... Will this cause misunderstandings among others?"

There is often a criticized phenomenon in enterprises. No matter how perfect the opinions and plans put forward by subordinates are, when they come to the leader, if you don’t change them a little and add a little of the leader’s personal opinion, it will be difficult for them to pass. It seems that if you don’t do this, you can’t demonstrate the leader’s authority and presence.

Although this phenomenon is very annoying, over time, everyone gets used to it. If you pass on your opinions and plans without changing a word, the people below will start to suspect that the leader has some secret relationship with the person who submitted the plan, and they may even have the illusion that "the leader is no longer capable."

This is an even more annoying phenomenon, which is why Zhuo Junyue said, "Will it cause misunderstandings among other people?"

Hearing this, Yang Mo smiled indifferently: "I don't care what other people think. To me, good is good and bad is bad. As long as your suggestion is a pertinent and valuable optimal solution, even if it is a proposal from a temporary worker who has just joined the company, I will implement it word for word."

At this point, Yang Mo looked at Zhuo Junyue meaningfully and said, "Xiao Zhuo, you are a talent recommended by Director Zhang. Maybe in the near future, you will go back to take charge of the General Office for a period of time."

"As a senior who came from a general office, I sincerely give you a suggestion... Management is different from execution. When you are doing execution, you rely on 60% ability and 40% interpersonal relationships; but when it comes to management, especially the management of core departments, you rely on 30% ability and 70% principles."

"In short, it doesn't matter whether you are a good leader or not; it doesn't even matter whether you have the ability to convince others... What matters is that you can draw a line and lead by example to make the entire department operate in an orderly manner according to clear and explicit rules; that you can give those below you an opportunity to display their talents and a relatively fair space for advancement."

"The world is bustling with people all for profit, and the world is clamoring for profit...Isn't what our ancestors said clear enough?"

Zhuo Junyue suddenly realized that Yang Mo was using practical actions to convey to others the rules of the game: "If you can do it, it's OK; if you can't do it, it's NO" and "The capable ones go up, the incapable ones go down"?

I have to say, if you put yourself in their shoes, if you were also a grassroots employee of Dahua Company, and if you found that there was no longer the situation in the company where "if the leader says you can do it, it's ok if you can't; if the leader says you can't do it, it's ok if you can", but instead you can strive for everything based on your ability, I believe you would be very motivated, right?

But after she got a little excited, she was a little puzzled: "Boss Yang, I still don't quite understand... Why did Manager Lu and Manager Yan's proposal stand out from yours? There are many excellent plans and proposals proposed by various departments of the company for next year's work. At least in terms of feasibility, Manager Lu and Manager Yan's proposal is not superior!"

There was one more thing she didn't dare to say. Everyone knows that Lu Yingying is your childhood friend, and Yan Laoxi is your confidant. If you let the company implement their plan almost word for word, will others think that you are biased?

Yang Mo naturally guessed what the girl was thinking, but he shook his head immediately: "No, you are wrong. From the perspective of feasibility and book financial returns, the proposals of Manager Lu and Manager Yan may not be so perfect; but from the perspective of the central enterprise's position and strategic value, their proposals are far better than those of other departments."

At this point, Yang Mo took out a cigarette and lit it, leaning back lazily on the sofa: "On the day I officially took office as the general manager of Dahua Company, I explained the company's strategic direction for the next five years at the company meeting. This should no longer be a secret, right?"

Zhuo Junyue pondered: "Open up the four-level value circulation links of city-county-township-village, build a star-shaped multi-level business ecology, fully assume social responsibility, and fully create jobs?"

Yang Mo nodded: "That's right. The premise of building a star-shaped multi-level business ecosystem is to be able to open up the four-level value circulation links of city-county-township-village. In this process, the most difficult to open up is the village-level units... This is not because they don't want to participate in this value circulation link, but because they are simply unable to participate in this value circulation link."

"In other words, most of today's grassroots rural areas are too poor to become commercial ecological reservoirs."

"So, in the final analysis, Dahua's five-year strategy is to revitalize the grassroots economy in Lanling, Dezhou and surrounding rural areas... Only when the grassroots rural market becomes wealthy and fully active, will there be sufficient space to accommodate hundreds of thousands of diverted jobs."

At this point, Yang Mo sighed somewhat with a lack of interest: "It's just a pity that Dahua Company is a newly established unit with members of the Dongying Command as the main body. The company's middle and senior management have lived in the prosperous city for too long, so long that they are almost out of touch with the rural market;"

“So, despite the fact that their initiatives sound great, none of them actually have a significant positive impact on the company’s five-year strategy;”

"In other words, our ministers simply don't understand what the rural people really need..."

………………

at the same time.

On a street in Yishui County, Tugou, who had wrapped himself up like a dumpling, exhaled heavily, looked back at the old cement building, and then stared angrily at a peach that followed him out: "Minister Zhuo, although I am very grateful that you can come to assist in the expansion of new outlets for Momo Baishou, I am also grateful for your coordination and selfless dedication;"

"But I want to say..."

"You are doing something bad with good intentions!"

“You don’t understand what the rural people really need nowadays!!”

(End of this chapter)