1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 630: Down to the Sea

The 1992 Spring Festival holiday passed quickly in a lively but somewhat utilitarian atmosphere.

The Southern Tour Speech was still ongoing, so even though all departments and units had resumed work, You Yakun and Tian Guangyue did not hold a general work meeting as usual, nor were they in a hurry to deploy this year's work report. They just took the time to call together Yang Mo and the heads of several important departments and held a few small meetings behind closed doors.

Time passed day by day in a restless silence, until February 2, when the designer's last speech ended, when Texas began to become noisy again.

During this time, some interesting things happened:

1. After the Spring Festival, a wave of resignation and going into business emerged all over the country, including Dezhou and Lanling. From local authorities and schools to township enterprises, countless people went through the resignation procedures every day, and even did not apply for unpaid leave, and headed for the coastal special economic zones with such confidence;

Even Dahua Company, which has always been known for its generous treatment, was no exception. In just ten days, more than 70 people resigned. If the Dezhou Urban Development Fund Company is included, the total number of people is over , including many team leaders and supervisors. Before leaving, these people proudly announced that they were going to embrace a magnificent new life.

Although only more than a hundred people have resigned so far, judging from the uneasy mood within the company, the number of people planning to leave in the next period of time is probably far more than that.

But this is understandable. No matter how good the treatment at Dahua Company is, it is only compared with that of ordinary workers. That little salary and bonus is nothing compared with those bosses who have made a fortune in coastal areas. Now that the environment has been liberalized, these elites want to pursue a better future, and you can't say they are wrong... What's more, although Dahua Company's treatment is good, the pressure brought by the process responsibility system is even greater. Not everyone is willing to work in such a 24-hour tense environment.

In this regard, Yang Mo's instructions were to respect individual choices and to part ways in peace. Not only did he let the HR department handle the relevant procedures quickly, but he also gave each resigning employee who had completed the handover a parting red envelope, as a way of thanking these employees for their hard work over the past two years and wishing them a bright future.

With so many people missing all of a sudden, Dahua Company naturally had to fill the gap. In order to cope with the subsequent wave of staff turnover, Yang Mo simply waved his hand and asked the headquarters for 200 vacancies.

Soon, a large number of unfamiliar faces poured into Dahua Company and were dispersed to various positions.

2. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was February 2, the organization suddenly passed a resolution at a meeting to issue 18-year ultra-long-term special government bonds.

As soon as the news was announced, various oil companies responded.

First, the Dongying Command Center purchased a special ultra-long-term government bond with a total amount of 15.24 billion yuan, and immediately issued a document requiring accelerated support for the business transformation of the Central Plains Oilfield; and formally passed a resolution to begin subcontracting part of the refining and chemical business to local refineries near Dongying.

The next to react was the drilling company. Mr. Wang issued a direct order, requiring Momo Baitou to expand the scale of the local refining cluster to 400 million tons/year within two years through co-investment; and to increase the number of gas stations to 1400 within this year.

These two tasks were ridiculous. Even though MoMoBaiTou had a very good return on investment last year, there were so many projects that needed follow-up investment, and they simply couldn't come up with that much money to expand the local refining cluster and gas stations. However, Mr. Wang was extremely determined, and told Yang Mo directly that the plan had been approved by the Drilling Corporation, and he would find a way to fill the funding gap at that time. Seeing that they had taken out the documents from the Drilling Corporation and promised to solve the funding problem, Yang Mo, who knew exactly what was going on, did not insist, and let He Yongyi, who was in charge of MoMoBaiTou, and Zhuo Junyue from the General Office take over the two tasks.

Of course, the sudden change in the trend after the Southern Tour Speech had many far-reaching impacts, and the sudden rise of the tide of people going into business was just the beginning.

But even if it was just the beginning, it was enough to give You Yakun, Yang Mo and others a headache.

Staff members in the administrative system of various parts of Texas, especially grassroots staff members at the city and county levels, began to resign in large numbers and go into business;
The project teams of Dahua and Dezhou Chengchan also lost a large number of experienced executive staff due to this trend;
Just after the spring, Wang Yinuo began to fulfill his promise.

In just over a week, hundreds of Hong Kong manufacturing companies and more than 30 Southeast Asian companies, led by staff from the Shanghai Urban Construction Fund Office, came to Texas to conduct factory construction inspections and investment matching.

This incident happened suddenly when there was a shortage of manpower, which really made You Yakun and Yang Mo very busy.

Fortunately, the Lin family and the Chen family in Nanyang both have people in Texas who can help, and the two families' names are enough to hold the situation. In addition, the implementation process of the two families' projects in Texas is very convincing and immersive. Otherwise, even if Wang Yinuo and others had communicated with these companies in advance, if the inspection results are not ideal, countless variables will arise out of thin air.

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"Boss, this work can't be carried out!!"

The fat boy Zhang Jun pulled his arm out from the pile of steaming medicine with some difficulty, scratched his sweaty forehead, and sighed.

A meter away, a muffled voice came from another pile of medicine: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Jun raised his head with great effort, and glanced through the gap at Yang Mo, who was buried under a mountain of dead branches and leaves, and couldn't help laughing.

This is a newly opened Dai medicine health center within the secondary business district. Just by listening to the name, you can tell who is using this as a trial project to practice.

Although the fat man thinks there is no problem for Mr. Wang's daughter to make full use of the advantages of medicinal materials in Dezhou, it is also a good idea to use the current northerners' curiosity and yearning for southern Yunnan to graft the concept of Dai medicine into health projects.

But the problem is...

Before coming, no one told me that I would bury myself in the pile of medicinal herbs and push myself onto the kang to be steamed!
Thinking of this, the little fat man sighed depressedly: "The ministry has issued a document requiring all units to display the spirit of hard work and perseverance, work harder and faster, and improve the supply level of various basic chemical raw materials as much as possible to safeguard the vigorous development of the domestic economy... This is the third time a similar document has been issued since 1989. Basically, it is issued once a year, and everyone's ears are almost calloused by it."

"But in the end, the Zhongyuan Oilfield Business Support Office actually used the documents to make excuses. Just after the Chinese New Year, they sent several letters to inquire about the progress of the projects that Zhongyuan Oilfield and we signed a memorandum of understanding last year... The wording was particularly sharp, asking us to speed up and speed up again. They almost asked us to issue a military order and revise the implementation time of each stage of these projects before reporting them."

Zhang Jianjun tilted his chest, which was a little stuffy from being pressed, and then showed a look of despair: "But Boss, you also know that Dahua Company and Urban Property Fund Company have lost a lot of staff, including veterans and cadres above the section level. Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are even more backbones who are thinking of going to the special zone to try their luck. Although they haven't resigned yet, you can't guarantee that they will suddenly give you a resignation letter one day;"

"With so many veterans and backbones gone, it's good enough to ensure that those projects can be carried out in an orderly manner, and to accelerate it... I'm so mad at him!"

After blurting out a catchphrase he learned from Hong Kong and Taiwan TV dramas, Zhang Jianjun rolled his eyes: "What's even more terrible is that even if we can go all out and work overtime 24 hours a day to advance the work, it's not the same over there in the city and county... The staff turnover over there is even more serious than ours!"

"When I went to the Ling County Water Conservancy Bureau to review the wasteland management and development and soil and water conservation plan before the Lunar New Year, their planning, construction and soil and water conservation department had at least 25 or 26 people... But when I went there the day before yesterday, there were only 17 people left in the entire department!"

He sighed again: "The Planning, Construction and Soil and Water Conservation Department is already considered a relatively popular department in the Water Conservancy Bureau. If even they are like this, then what about other departments?"

"Anyway, when I was leaving, I asked around and found out that there are only 14 people left in their Engineering Operation Management and Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Section... The River and Lake Management and Water Administration Supervision Section is even worse, with only 11 people left!"

"In areas like Dezhou along the Yellow River, the Water Conservancy Bureau is already a very good unit. Even the Water Conservancy Bureau is in such a situation, let alone other lesser units!"

The little fat man flicked away a piece of medicinal material that had fallen on his jaw, and complained weakly: "Originally, these chemical projects required a lot of approval procedures, and there were also a lot of projects planned to be launched this year. As a result, the manpower of the competent departments of various cities and counties was suddenly reduced by so many that one person was almost split into three people... Boss, tell me, how can we speed up the progress of the work!?"

Listening to his brother's complaints, Yang Mo turned his head away and made a helpless expression.

This wave of people leaving their jobs in 92 was world-famous, and its main force was composed of middle- and grassroots staff from local competent departments. The situation in Shandong and Qilu was relatively good. It was said that in some underdeveloped counties in the central and western regions, some departments were left with only the old men who guarded the gates.

There are many reasons for this situation, the most important of which is that the salary and benefits of the current administrative system are far from comparable to those in the future, not to mention those bosses who have made a fortune in coastal cities, even compared with the central enterprises and state-owned enterprises with better performance, there is a big gap... A secretary like Xiang Hui, who has worked for seven or eight years, can't even get an apartment and can only squeeze into a dormitory in a tube building. Can you believe this in the future?
But the administrative system is very special. Anyone who can enter this system either has a background or is capable... For most people in this system, you can point out a lot of shortcomings, but the only thing you cannot say is that their abilities are poor.

Therefore, for those middle-level and grassroots employees who actually have strong comprehensive abilities but are not living a satisfactory life, since the environment has been liberalized, why can't they go out and make a lot of money with their own abilities? Why do they have to stay in this shabby office and suffer from hunger?

Everyone has their own desires in life. So now that the environment has been relaxed and people quit their jobs to start their own businesses, you can't say there's anything wrong with that.

However, such a rapid tide of going into business has caused far-reaching and multi-faceted impacts... At the very least, it has a very big impact on the current professional support work for the Central Plains Oilfield industry.

After thinking for a while, Yang Mo gently closed his eyes: "Since the office has repeatedly urged us, it must be Zeiss's instruction... Zeiss is the leader in our system after all, and we must pay attention to the leader's instructions!"

"So, the work that needs to be accelerated should be accelerated, the time on the project schedule that needs to be revised should be revised, and the military orders that each project team should issue should still be signed."

Zhang Jianjun's face suddenly turned bitter when he heard this.

These projects were originally given a very high priority, and due to the historical connection between the Central Plains Oilfield and the Dongying Command, they treated these tasks almost as if they were a major battle...Now that they are facing the serious impact of the wave of people going into business, they have to speed up the process regardless of the actual situation.

This is clearly an attempt to force people to death!

Just when he wanted to complain, he heard Yang Mo's voice, which was indistinct: "But, given the reality, this kind of work requires cooperation with the local authorities. It's useless for us to worry alone, right?"

"So, since the office has urged us to speed up the project several times, in order to complete the task assigned by the leader, we may have to take special measures... However, although there will be no problem with the procedures, the signing process and feasibility assessment reports of some links will have to be skipped, and some audit reports will not be available for the time being. I hope the office will not be too concerned."

Special matters should be handled specially? Zhang Jianjun was stunned for a while when he heard this. Then he remembered something and couldn't help but open his mouth wide: "Boss, do you mean... leave a narrow alley?"

In fact, this is a method of wide entry and narrow exit that is often used by some units.

To put it simply, in the early stages of a project, although the system is very detailed, the door is opened to convenience in the actual implementation process. As long as the work can be completed, I don’t care how you do it, whether there are any procedural omissions, and even if the materials and certificates are incomplete, I can pretend not to see them... In a nutshell, everything is determined by the results.

Then what……

After the project is implemented, whether the loopholes will be tightened all at once, whether procedural loopholes in the previous work will be used to find fault, or even the project will be suspended for rectification, or even the process will be gone through again, it all depends on the mood of the parties involved and whether there is a need for it.

Yang Mo hummed softly: "Since Zeiss is so anxious, there must be a reason; but they are not blind to our current difficulties."

"Since they can put pressure on the project team without caring about our feelings right now, no one can guarantee whether they will do something more extreme in the future... Since they are so anxious, it depends on how far they are willing to give in."

In novels and film and television works, whenever the characters say the four words "special matters will be handled specially", it always gives people a very refreshing feeling.

But in fact, there is a huge difference between special matters being handled specially and special matters being handled specially.

One is that the organization or leader speaks directly in a formal setting and records it in the meeting minutes... In this case, the instruction is legal and compliant, and generally no problems will arise. Even if a problem occurs, the project party will not be held accountable based on this.

The other way, to put it bluntly, is to implicitly express one's attitude through the subtext of the speech at the meeting, or to greet each other covertly in some way unique to the system... No matter which one it is, it will not be clearly recorded in the meeting minutes.

Obviously, the "special matters will be handled specially" that Yang Mo mentioned refers to the second type.

This is not difficult for Yang Mo now. You Yakun is also willing to give him this face. In fact, since these chemical projects are actually beneficial to the future economic development of Texas, various work departments are also happy to give the green light.

But there is a BUG in it.

Due to a well-known rule of the game, when You Yakun was still in office, even if he had a falling out with Yang Mo, even if he disliked these chemical projects for some special reasons, he would not make a fuss about the incomplete approval and filing materials for these projects.

However, after You Yakun was transferred, this might no longer be the case.

If the successor does not buy into You Yakun's account, and those materials and approval documents that were missed due to special handling are not supplemented before You Yakun is transferred, once necessary, the successor can immediately make trouble for non-compliant approval... Rectification and rectification are considered light, the most feared thing is that you are asked to report and approve again according to the procedures, which is simply a matter of life and death!
Don’t think this is just YY. After entering the 1990s, countless mine owners were tortured to death in this way. Although state-owned enterprises and those mine owners are two completely different things, they will also be extremely embarrassed if they are hit in the sore spot... Who made these chemical projects not national-level projects and use local industrial land?
Therefore, in this process, Yang Mo plays a very key role.

If Yang Mo wanted, he could rely on his excellent relationship with the local authorities to quickly fill in the missing materials and procedures before You Yakun was transferred.
But if he wanted to interfere, even if Cai Zhengwei had other connections, he might not be able to get things done before You Yakun was transferred... After all, the complete approval and acceptance process for large-scale chemical projects involves more than fifty steps, and the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. This statement is true in any era.

After understanding the implication of Yang Mo's words, Zhang Jianjun swallowed with some difficulty.

He knew that his boss was very powerful, so powerful that the leaders in the system sometimes had to consider his ideas; but he never expected that Yang Mo was so powerful that he could put others in a narrow alley.

That's Zeiss!

After a shudder, Zhang Jianjun became inexplicably excited: "Boss, please give me some instructions. Should we skip the geological survey document review stage, or skip the special equipment installation application stage in the construction bidding... Or after the trial production is completed, should we just plant a mine in the project safety acceptance evaluation?"

Yang Mo looked at him speechlessly: "Brother, you can't play like this. You are also laying mines in the project safety acceptance evaluation... You are offending both sides at the same time! The consequences are too great, be careful not to become mortal enemies!"

After saying that, Weiwei thought for a moment and said, "I don't ask for anything else. I just hope that Zeiss won't cause me any trouble later. It's too embarrassing for someone else to stand in this narrow alley... I just need to make some changes in the application for the land red line and the fire protection part of the construction drawing review."

Zhang Jianjun was suddenly shocked.

There is a section in the construction drawing review process of chemical projects, which is about the layout and design of fire protection facilities. This is an important part related to safe production, but it is the content that is most likely to have problems, and it is also the easiest to make subsequent corrections... Therefore, keeping a backup plan in this link is a disgusting but harmless means.

However, the stage of applying for land red line and land preparation has taken a 180-degree turn. As the name suggests, this is a standard high-voltage minefield. Special measures are taken to keep a backup plan in this stage. Once Yang Mo wants to deal with you, the compliance of your entire project will be a big problem... No matter how much internal rectification is done, it will be useless!
There are two points, and the flexible space in between is so large. Yang Mo's preparations are really ruthless.

And the meaning revealed is actually very obvious... The boss's level of familiarity and trust in Zeiss is probably very limited.

After understanding Yang Mo's attitude, Zhang Jianjun stopped asking. He was only a deputy section chief so far. Even if he had a good relationship with Yang Mo, it was better not to ask about some things.

The little fat man let out a sigh of relief and suddenly tilted his head: "Boss, recently the Chemical Project Business Department has recruited more than 20 new people, and some of them are direct replacements for supervisors and project team leaders who have already left... I heard that the market inspection department of the chemical company next door is in a similar situation."

After a pause, Zhang Jianjun said hesitantly, "Although those people didn't say it themselves, from my observation, several of them are not only Hui, but their accents also sound a bit like those from Yangxin."

"So... Boss, do I need to help these new colleagues more on a daily basis?"

"You know, I don't have any other skills, but I'm good at fooling around. Since I was transferred here, I've gotten along well with many of my colleagues."

Yang Mo glanced at him sideways. He certainly knew what his brother meant by saying this.

Since it concerns the Central Plains Oilfield, the two newly established large departments of Dahua Company are very important to the Dongying Command.

Although Yang Mo was doing very well, he had never taken root in the system because he was far away from the main oil business... This was another major shortcoming of Yang Mo in the eyes of many people.

As one of the people who is closest to Yang Mo, the fat boy Zhang Jun thought that the boss transferred him from the Linpan Oilfield to the new department specifically in order to take advantage of the huge opportunity of supporting the Central Plains Oilfield and firmly root himself in the system. Therefore, he not only worked very hard during this period of time, but also lost a lot of fat. He also put in a lot of energy in uniting his colleagues and even took out several bottles of the good wine hidden by his father.

But those new colleagues who occasionally reveal a Yangxin accent are undoubtedly revealing another fact... These people are most likely placed here by his sister-in-law.

Although it is said that husband and wife are one, and after the sudden and large-scale loss of personnel, there seems to be no difference between Miss Mu's bringing in new people and Yang Mo's bringing in new people, but the fat man is very clear that there is probably still a big difference... Especially after witnessing the incident last year where the father-in-law and son-in-law almost fell out, he was even more certain of this.

So Zhang Jun's intention of testing just now was very clear:
Was it the boss's instruction or the sister-in-law's own initiative to place so many people in such critical positions?
Should he help these people wholeheartedly, or should he be reserved... or even use his newly developed connections to suppress them?
When Yang Mo heard this, a trace of fluctuation flashed in his eyes, but he finally laughed softly: "If you have that much free time, you might as well focus all your attention on your work first."

"Hasn't Huang Tao, the deputy director of your department, helped you before? Aren't several junior leaders from the market supervision department of the chemical company next door also on good terms with you?"

"Go out more often on weekdays... A hero needs three helpers. There are many good projects that can produce results in this cooperation with the Zhongyuan Oilfield. It is not enough to rely on you alone."

As he spoke, Yang Mo gently closed his eyes and twisted his body, which was a little hot from the steam. "As for those new colleagues, just give them face, and don't pay attention to the rest... Just accept your fate."

Zhang Jianjun understood immediately after hearing this. He was about to nod, but then he realized something: "Boss, are you saying that Deputy Minister Huang and the others...?"

Yang Mo hummed faintly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I don't know anything... But if you have time, you should treat Assistant Zhuo to a meal. He has helped you a lot!"

No matter how stupid the little fat boy was, he understood it immediately and nodded vigorously: "Boss, don't worry, I understand!"

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The next day, Yang Mo, who was working at Dezhou Urban Property Fund Company, was thinking about whether to call Zhuo Mali to ask her when she was free recently so that a certain fat guy could have a chance to treat her to a meal.

Jingle bell bell~
The phone on the table suddenly rang.

"Hey, Uncle Yang, hurry back to Dahua Company...something happened to Minister Zhuo!"

What! ! ! !

Hearing Wang Xin's anxious voice, Yang Mo stood up suddenly...

(End of this chapter)