1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 54: A chess game set up long ago?

I have to say that the benefits offered by state-owned enterprises are really good.

Even though the service brigade has "cut" its budget, the Spring Festival gifts distributed to the employees are still generous enough to make outsiders jealous.

A box of the hottest Sprite (large bottle) at the moment,
1 box of Yantai Red Fuji apples (special grade),
1 box of tangerines,
1 box of dried squid,
A box of frozen hairtail fish,
A box of frozen shrimps,
A box of orchid crabs weighing 2 jin each.
A box of sea-caught prawns longer than a palm,
A pair of special steel-toed leather shoes (with velvet),
A down jacket set,
Plus...a 100 yuan cash voucher from a large shopping mall in Texas!
Although these things don't seem to be anything special at first glance, and there are even many old employees complaining that they are seeing the same things again this year, but as a reborn person, Yang Mo just wants to give these guys who don't know the value of things a middle finger.

Things like Sprite, apples, dried squid, shrimps, and crabs are fine, but the rest are extremely rare and good things in later generations - some of them may not even be available for you to buy even if you spend money.

As a newly bred variety in China, Luju orange may be something that few people in later generations have heard of. Seriously speaking, its sweetness does not reach the pure sweetness of some sugar oranges. But when it comes to the richness of flavor, this thing can surpass 99.9% of citrus fruits in later generations by a wide margin.

There is no need to say much about the down jackets made of genuine materials. Although they are not endorsed by any brand, this good thing filled with 100% duck down is extremely warm and would cost at least several thousand yuan in later generations.

Speaking of prawns, although they are very common, wild prawns that are longer than a palm are hard to come by in later generations. Even now, you can buy them if you want. In later generations, "Qingdao prawns" are very famous, but if you replace them with this kind of prawns, no one will pay attention to you even if you offer 500 yuan for one. And this box contains 5 kilograms.

But in terms of treasure, the most rare thing here is actually the box of frozen hairtail, which is also 5 kilograms in size. That thing is Bohai knife! And it is wild!
It can be said that in the future, these things alone would be equivalent to three or four months’ salary for ordinary people!
Of course, what made these rookies in the general office even more excited was that... they finally got their first year-end bonus in their lives!
It's just a little embarrassing that, according to the normal process, the payment of things like wages and bonuses is distributed by the Finance Department to the Finance Group of each unit, and then distributed to individuals by the staff of the Finance Group. But for some reason, although the General Office has set up a Finance Group, it does not have its own finance personnel, and instead lets the Finance Group staff of the Industry and Agriculture Department take on the role concurrently - so when they are too busy to handle the work, the rookies have to walk a long way to the Industry and Agriculture Department to collect their money.

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"Hey, Zhao Lin, it looks like the floating coefficient of your bonus is not low... Congratulations, let me discuss something with you... How about I exchange a box of drinks for your box of hairtail?"

Seeing Zhao Lin coming back from the Finance Group of the Industrial and Agricultural Science Department with a smile on her face, Bao Shuxian first congratulated her with a smile, and then whispered stealthily.

Zhao Lin, whose left hand was protecting her left chest intentionally or unintentionally, looked at him suspiciously when she heard this: "Old Four, what are you doing... are you so kind?"

There is no way. In today's people's minds, foreign drinks like Sprite are fashionable and high-end products. If they are asked to exchange them for a box of crabs, they may not be happy about it. But if they exchange a box of incomprehensible stinky hairtail for a box of Sprite, many people would probably feel that they are getting a good deal.

Bao Shuxian chuckled: "I have loved eating hairtail since I was a child. I can't walk when I smell the smell. Plus, I don't really like drinking foreign cola, so..."

Zhao Lin thought for a moment and said, "Okay then~ We have a deal, no regrets!"

Bao Shuxian was happy: "Don't worry, I will never regret it!!"

As he said that, he secretly took out a cash voucher from his pocket and said, "You are familiar with Tu Lili and other girls. So, as long as you can get three more boxes of hairtail fish, or two pairs of leather shoes, this cash voucher will be yours... If that doesn't work, a down jacket will also work."

Zhao Lin looked at him incredulously: "You want more hairtail? Can you finish it?"

Bao Shuxian rolled his eyes and said, "Why do you care if I can finish it? I'm just asking you, can you take this job? Look, this is a cash voucher worth 100 dollars. If you go to the Texas Department Store, you can buy an imported lipstick without paying any more money!"

Zhao Lin was immediately moved, and said hesitantly: "It may be difficult to change to a down jacket. After all, it looks ugly, but it is guaranteed to keep you warm. Everyone is like finding a treasure... As for the hairtail and leather shoes, I'll give it a try!"

Seeing Comrade Zhao Lin walking impatiently towards Tu Lili and others, Bao Shuxian shrugged and turned to look at an empty seat.

These hairtails were all requested by Yang Mo, and the vouchers and Sprite were also given by him. He really couldn't understand why this guy was so obsessed with hairtails. He had clearly exchanged his hairtails with this guy, but this guy still continued to look for others to exchange them with.

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At this time, Yang Mo, who had just received his year-end bonus, was pulled into the office by Zhang Wenshun before he could figure out how his floating coefficient of 1.47 and his bonus of 810 yuan were calculated.

"Tomorrow is a holiday. Although our central enterprises generally do not take up employees' vacation time unless it is an emergency, the current situation is special... Keep these materials and familiarize yourself with them during the Spring Festival."

Perhaps because of the daily meetings and arguments during this period, Zhang Wenshun's fat face showed a rare trace of fatigue.

Taking the thick information bags handed over by Zhang Wenshun, Yang Mo opened one at random and glanced at it, looking at him with some confusion: "Information about township enterprises? Hasn't the company decided on the pilot project for the tertiary industry yet?"

As a junior clerk, he was not qualified to attend the company's mid- and senior-level meetings. In addition, the fat guy had been moving between several meeting rooms almost all the time during this period and had no time to meet him. Therefore, Yang Mo only knew that the matter was progressing very slowly, and the company had not passed the project approval vote until now - even after the Chinese New Year, it was hard to say how long it would take for the project to be finally approved.

Hearing Yang Mo talking about this, Zhang Wenshun smiled with relief: "Although the project has not been approved yet, it has basically been decided. If there are no major changes in the middle... it can be started around the beginning of spring;"

"However, we have also made some concessions. The gap won't be that big then... Xintai Management Company won't be our one-man show by then... Therefore, we need to take the initiative and seize the right to speak in an upright way!"

Yang Mo frowned.

What Fatty said is quite counterintuitive. Generally speaking, since the project was not approved at the application meeting at the end of the year, it would be extremely difficult to successfully launch the project in the early spring of next year - even if a verbal agreement was reached before, it would not be very reliable. After all, state-owned enterprises are a place that emphasizes procedural justice.

But this fat guy not only showed full confidence, but he even obtained the information of alternative companies... What is going on?
Of course, he knew what Zhang Wenshun meant by "using an upright way to gain the right to speak", and he also knew why this guy threw such a large amount of information at him. However...

Yang Mo quietly flipped through all the information in the file bags, and then asked in confusion: "Why are they all township enterprises, and they are all enterprises in nearby townships... This doesn't match our previous assumptions, right?"

In Yang Mo's original idea, the targets of hedging were mainly private enterprises - although most of the current private enterprises can only be regarded as small workshops, but precisely because of this, the personal connections within them are relatively simple and in a weak position, it would be easier for drilling companies to allocate resources, and it would be natural to absorb more employment by expanding production.

But township enterprises, or “some township enterprises” are different.

This type of enterprise was formerly a production brigade, and later was mixed with some private elements. Not only do nine out of ten of them have an excessive scale of employment, but the people inside are all neighbors and relatives from the same village. However, due to the general environment, these people still have a strong sense of "ownership", and if one of them is dissatisfied, they will easily force you to abdicate.

It can be said that this kind of "semi-public, semi-private" enterprise caused some victims to suffer a lot during the restructuring process from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. If Yang Mo were to use his standards, he would definitely not touch this kind of enterprise that is difficult to manage and control and cannot effectively share employment pressure.

Seeing Yang Mo asking this, Zhang Wenshun sighed: "Boy, I just said that we have to make concessions on some things... and the first batch of pilot projects must be selected from these township enterprises, which is one of the concessions that must be made."

Yang Mo was no novice, so he naturally knew that most things in this world were the result of compromise, so he was not surprised at all by what Zhang Wenshun called "concession".

After thinking about it, he looked at Zhang Wenshun seriously and asked, "Why must these township enterprises be selected for the first batch of pilot projects?"

Yang Mo's tone was not questioning, but probing.

The meaning is very clear. I have to understand the cause and effect here, and be clear about the precautions and red lines, so that I can make the right choice in my next work.

Zhang Wenshun looked at him with relief, and after thinking for a while, he said softly, "Because the core business of the drilling company is still drilling, and the relationship with the surrounding villagers has always been the company's biggest trouble and one of the most fatal hidden dangers... If we don't tear a gap from the nearby township enterprises, we won't be able to get strong support from the Industrial and Agricultural Science Institute!"

"In fact, all the company executives understand that the Industry and Agriculture Department, a department that usually keeps a low profile, is far more important than the Finance Department and the Human Resources Department. Sometimes, their words even carry more weight than the General Manager's Office!"

Yang Mo understood immediately after hearing this.

The situation varies between enterprises. The Industry and Agriculture Department, which is responsible for coordinating the relationship between workers and peasants, has the main function in the drilling company to coordinate the relationship between the company and the local area, and between the company and nearby villagers.

Students who have never worked in an oil unit will not understand the mystery. Simply put, whether before or after the implementation of the household contract responsibility system, things like oil drilling will inevitably harm the interests of nearby villagers.

It's very simple. With current technology, once a well is drilled, pollution is inevitable, and the groundwater within three to five kilometers will also be seriously affected - not to mention that many oil wells themselves will occupy other people's arable land resources. How can the villagers who make a living by digging in the soil bear this?

In some areas of Qi and Lu, the people are very tough. After the 1980s, it was common for the entire village to go out together to block the exploration and drilling teams and prevent them from exploring and digging wells. The police usually couldn't do anything about such things, but it was impossible for the local authorities to directly suppress them, so they often had to rely on the industry, agriculture and science departments to negotiate and communicate.

Think about it, if you are not allowed to explore and drill wells, you will not be able to complete the production task. If you fail to complete the production task, the drilling company will be criticized and its bonus will be deducted. If this situation continues for a long time, it may even face the risk of dissolution and diversion. From this perspective, the Industrial and Agricultural Department is the core department that is truly responsible for the safety of the company.

Therefore, although Yang Jin, the chief of the Industry and Agriculture Section, and Deputy General Manager Feng, who is in charge of the company's relations between workers and farmers, are not usually high-profile, but at the critical moment, their words are definitely more effective than those of others.

As for why making concessions and taking local township enterprises as the first batch of pilot projects can gain support from others...is there even a need to ask?
After clarifying the cause and effect relationship, Yang Mo quickly grasped the key point and carefully collected the information in several large file bags: "Okay, I understand, I will read these materials carefully... If conditions permit, I will give priority to labor-intensive enterprises with short-term cash-out capabilities!"

Seeing that this guy grasped the key point so quickly, Zhang Wenshun nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, then I'll thank you for your hard work during this period... There's no need to work too hard, just have a good New Year first. After all, the business meeting at the beginning of the year will not be held until after the fifteenth day of the lunar year, so we can just meet before the tenth day."

After hearing the deadline given by Zhang Wenshun, Yang Mo nodded, tucked the briefcase under his arm, wished him a happy new year in advance, and then walked out of the director's office.

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After closing the door, the smile on Yang Mo's face faded.

The Department of Industry and Agriculture in charge of the relationship between workers and peasants?

A comprehensive office whose original purpose was to recruit a large number of local young people as disposable consumables to ease conflicts among nearby villagers?
Thinking of the familiar yet not-so-close relationship between Director Zhang and Yang Jin of the Department of Industry and Agriculture, as well as the speed of decline of the previous generation's General Office and Director Zhang's rapid transfer...

Although he couldn't put it into words, Yang Mo always felt that there was something indescribable weirdness here.

While I was deep in thought, a burst of laughter was heard.

When I looked up, I saw Bao Shuxian chatting happily with Su Yu, while Zhao Lin, Tu Lili and other girls were also making jokes on the side.

Looking at the four boxes of hairtail under his desk, Yang Mo smiled and shook off the mess in his mind.

Leave it alone!
The Spring Festival is coming soon, let’s celebrate it happily first!
(End of this chapter)