1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 63 Director Yang

Time passed quickly and before I knew it, it was already fifteen.

Facts have proved that the fat guy Zhang Wenshun is indeed no simple matter. As soon as the company's management meeting was held, not only was the pilot plan for the tertiary industry project successfully passed, but the food processing plant also appeared directly on the first batch of affiliation acceptance list.

Since the plan was successfully passed, some minor personnel changes are inevitable.

So, not only did a business guidance group suddenly appear in the personnel structure of Xintai Management Company, but Yang Mo also had the position of "supervisor" - although this supervisor did not specify any department of Xintai Management Company and it sounded more like a nominal position, the subsidy of a hundred yuan a month was real, and even if we took a step back, it was a good thing, wasn't it?
Since it is called the "Business Guidance Group", it is naturally impossible for Yang Mo to be the only one there. The Industry and Agriculture Department, Asset Management Department, Service Brigade, Finance Department, and Personnel Department have each sent a representative to be stationed there...even the General Manager's Office sent someone over.

As soon as the team name list was announced, Yang Mo knew what the fat guy Zhang Wenshun meant by "appropriate compromise"... Let alone the composition of the team, the fact that the young man sent by the general manager's office was designated as the team leader and concurrently served as the deputy manager of Xintai Company was enough to explain a lot of problems.

But fortunately, matters of face are one thing, and matters of substance are another.

It seemed that they had reached a common agreement long ago. Although the young man from the general manager's office named "Jiao Shouqiang" gave a long speech in a very reserved and majestic manner at the group meeting on the first day, he turned a blind eye to the fact that Qin Xin, the de facto person in charge, pulled Yang Mo into the office to chat for the whole morning, as if he had not seen it at all.

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"Manager Yang...are you really going to take action against the old employees? Isn't it a bit inappropriate to start with personnel issues?"

Qin Xin looked at Yang Mo in front of him with a bitter face. He didn't have the airs of a manager at all. The cigarette handed to him by the other party was like a bomb. It was not right to accept it, nor to refuse it.

Seeing this, Yang Mo smiled and gently placed the cigarette on the coffee table in front of Qin Xin: "We are not going to touch the regular workers, just a few contract workers, why is Manager Qin so nervous?"

As he spoke, Yang Mo struck a match, lit the cigarette in his mouth, and took a deep breath: "Manager Qin, since Director Zhang and Section Chief He have told me not to hide anything from you, then I have something to say..."

After the opening, Yang Mo's tone was full of regret: "Manager Qin, don't blame me for speaking bluntly... Look at the current Xintai Company, the people sitting up and down are like wooden statues, and they just stay in the office all day pretending to kill time... Can this revitalize the company's tertiary industry projects?"

"Also, don't think I don't know. These people are like second uncles. They ignore what others say in the past. Even what you say is just a perfunctory response... Manager Qin, you are the head of Xintai Company!... They don't even take your words seriously. Aren't you aggrieved as a manager!?"

As he spoke, Yang Mo sighed heavily: "To be honest, compared to Director Zhang and other leaders who don't know much about business, I know a little bit about this... Ever since you suggested using water heaters and short-distance transportation as entry points in the last meeting, I knew very clearly that Manager Qin is definitely a person with ideas in this area... As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Whether Manager Qin's suggestions are reliable or not, they don't know, how can I not know?"

With an expression of confidence and sigh, Yang Mo took the initiative to light a cigarette for Qin Xin: "But the problem is, a hero needs three helpers. Even if Zhuge Liang is alive, he can't conquer the country alone... Even if you, Manager Qin, have ideas and insights, how can you manage the company's tertiary industry projects by yourself?"

"As the saying goes, a door hinge never rots, running water never stalemates. Only when the new official takes office and starts his first few moves, kill some of those second-rate uncles, scare some, and then bring in some more. Only then can you, the head of Xintai Company, truly follow through on your words and then make achievements step by step... Hehe, let me say this without fear of offending anyone. When Xintai Company has made enough achievements, which department will be so blind as to always put the blame on you, Manager Qin?"

Qin Xin looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression.

To be honest, whether it was recognition of his own business ability or empathy for the embarrassing situation of his top leader, it all touched his heart. If the two were not "colleagues", he might have brought a bottle of wine and complained until dawn.

That's right.

Although most of the employees in this marginal department of Xintai Company are contract workers whose personnel relations can be terminated at any time, even if these people turn a deaf ear to the words of him, the nominal top leader, Manager Qin still cannot do anything to them.

The reason is very simple. These people are all family members of employees, and some of them are family members of core employees or small leaders of departments. Let alone dismissal, if Manager Qin dares to speak harshly, these people behind him will find trouble with him in various ways - even if they don't cause trouble to him, they will gossip about him in various departments and send an anonymous letter of complaint to the Discipline Inspection Department, which will definitely be enough to make him suffer.

There's nothing you can do. Who told them that Xintai Company is just a service company with no sense of existence? Even if they want to bully you openly, where can you go to complain?

As Yang Mo said, with such a personnel atmosphere and entanglement of cause and effect, even if Manager Qin had great abilities, he would find it difficult to display his abilities.

Achieve results and then get promoted... Wake up, stop dreaming!
However, although Qin Xin had no special skills, he had been working in the company for more than ten years. Even if the person in front of him was the representative appointed by Director Zhang and others and the actual operator of the pilot project, he would not be moved by such simple words. He just smiled bitterly and said, "Manager Yang, you don't know... In Xintai Company, I, as a manager, really have no prestige. Believe it or not, as soon as the news spreads, someone will come to make trouble for me before I even submit my application for personnel changes."

Even if Qin Xin didn't tell him, Yang Mo could probably guess who would come to the door and cause trouble.

As for what means they will use if they come knocking on the door, and what the final outcome will be, you can tell with your butt - there is no need for those small leaders to take direct action. Just a few dozen middle-aged women blocking the door and crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide will end the matter.

Of course, it is unknown whether the news leaked out by itself or was released intentionally by a certain Manager Qin who did not want to be involved in the incident.

Seeing Yang Mo deep in thought, Qin Xin said cautiously, "How about... let Director Zhang and Section Chief He report this? If they bring it up at the company's regular meeting, it will be easier to pass, and they won't have the guts to cause trouble... Even if those people are unscrupulous, they probably don't have the guts to run into the office area and make a scene, right?"

Yang Mo glanced at him with a half-smile, thinking, you are quite good at putting aside cause and effect... Can Director Zhang and the others speak up for this matter? How do the company's top management view the guidance group if they need help with such a small matter? Should the pilot plan be implemented?
Of course, this is secondary, the most important thing is...

Yang Mo had never discussed this proposal with Director Zhang and the others. If it were to be reported to the public, how would he be able to achieve his series of small goals that were not worth telling to outsiders?

He smiled disapprovingly and said, "Manager Qin, I think you are worrying too much. They are just a few contract workers. It would be a joke if Director Zhang and others had to step in for such a small matter... Besides, have you forgotten that anyone at the manager level can initiate the appointment and dismissal of contract workers... Our business guidance group has just been established, and Deputy Manager Jiao is the representative sent by the General Manager's Office. He is worried that he has no place to show his presence!" Deputy Manager Jiao?

Jiao Shouqiang from the General Manager’s Office?
Qin Xin was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses. Due to some unknown agreement, Yang Mo, the representative sent by the General Office, was responsible for the actual operation of the project. Unless there were special circumstances, the other members of the steering group were not allowed to interfere. Correspondingly, in order to save face, the internal affairs of this project, including resource coordination, were handed over to the members of the General Manager's Office.

Simply put, as long as Yang Mo makes a stroke of his pen and classifies all of Xintai Company's contract workers as the executors of the pilot project, Jiao Shouqiang and others will have the right to carry out personnel transfers and assessments on these people. If both parties reach a consensus, it will be easy to terminate the personnel relations of some contract workers - you know, people are also a kind of resource, and contract workers are not formal workers. Given their current situation as "Mr. Wang", getting rid of more than a dozen people is simply not worth mentioning for Jiao Shouqiang, who has the support of the General Manager's Office.

only……

Qin Xin asked with some uncertainty: "Manager Yang, logically speaking, Manager Jiao does have the right, but... can he agree to it?"

Even an idiot could see that the composition of the steering group was meant to check and balance each other, so although the proposal looked simple, its actual implementation was not easy at all - this was a common problem in large companies, and although it had some truth to it, it was undoubtedly a disaster for the executors.

Seeing that the top leader did not have any clear objection, Yang Mo smiled and said, "Manager Qin, don't worry. As long as you nod, I will have a way to deal with this matter..."

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As a marginal department, although Xintai Management Company is not far from the office area, its office location is quite remote - the staff hospital located in a corner near the water is already remote enough, but the red brick office building of Xintai Company requires walking nearly a hundred meters through the inpatient area of ​​the staff hospital.

A certain classmate had been bored for more than an hour at the bottom of this three-story red brick building, drawing a map with a small pencil sharpener he had picked up from somewhere. Finally, he couldn't help but stand up and walked towards the stairs.

As she walked, she stroked her newly cut hair in an uncomfortably manner, and muttered in dissatisfaction, "Damn you Yang Shidan, it's been almost the whole morning, and you still haven't come down!"

Yang Mo insisted on having her hair cut, no matter what the reason for the afro. But since she was going to work in the company, she still had to have the minimum manners - besides, there was no shortage of beauties in the drilling company, and no matter how pretty Tugou was, there was no need for her to be so cautious here.

Actually, Yang Mo didn't want to use such a rough method as a haircut, but it was a pity that there was no so-called ionic straightening these days. If he wanted to get rid of the curly hair, the most direct way was to cut it off - but fortunately, perming hair was a wasteful behavior for rural people. Even if the girl's mother wanted to, she only permed her hair once a year and a half. It had been nearly a year since the last perm, and Comrade Tugou's hair had grown a lot. Therefore, even with a haircut, the girl's straight hair could still be at ear level.

I have to say that Tugou is indeed a bit fierce.

Although they were in completely unfamiliar territory and the other party was a state-owned enterprise, the girl did not show any fear at all. She just stood there with her hands behind her back, looking around the room, and occasionally took the initiative to chat with others.

To be honest, this girl looked much prettier after she changed her hairstyle, and today happened to be the day when the business guidance group moved into Xintai Company. Most of the employees didn't understand the situation and just thought that this girl was also a member of the guidance group, so they didn't ask anyone to kick her out. Otherwise, this girl would have been kicked out by the security guards long ago.

However, after walking around for a while, the employees inside didn't find any problems, but Tugou felt bored.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that the atmosphere here was very depressing. Whenever she walked into an office, it was dead silent and everyone seemed to be busy without a single word of conversation.

It would be fine if she was really busy, but the problem is that Tugou clearly saw the novels and magazines hidden under the documents, the sweater bag between her legs, and the makeup box in the gap of the drawer.

As a poor student who is good at playing tricks in class and has even started three paper ball wars in class, Lu Yingying dares to swear that these things must have been hidden just now... Didn't she see that several people were holding documents and materials upside down?

If it was just a little trick to be lazy, Lu Yingying wouldn't think it was a big deal. Anyway, she had never been a model student. Seeing these actions that were meant to cover up something, she might even feel familiar with them.

But the expressions on the faces of the people inside really made her uncomfortable.

There are those with expressionless faces like poker cards,

There are those who have a face full of bitterness and hatred and are disgusted with the world,

There is always a hint of a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth,

There is a look of impatience in the corners of his eyes, as if he is the only one in the world who is arrogant.
and many more……

Even when they smiled, these people had that kind of fake and superficial smile on their faces.

God have pity on her. As a little girl who grew up in the countryside and whose farthest place she has ever been to is DZ City, 60 kilometers away, when has Comrade Tugou ever seen such a strange atmosphere that combines impetuousness and dead silence?
"Forget it! Let's go find Yang Shidan!"

Feeling her curiosity fading quickly, Lu Yingying muttered, and then asked everyone she met:

"Hey, do you know where Yang Shidan... no, Yang Mo is?"

(End of this chapter)