1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 655 Conversation
"Let's row the oars~"

"The boat pushes away the waves~"

"The beautiful white tower is reflected on the sea..."

Waves of youthful and energetic singing came faintly from afar, injecting a little less hot vitality into this early summer.

Ok……

Children's Day.

What a distant word.

Yang Mo, standing at the window, listened to a classic song that is rarely heard in later generations coming from the loudspeaker outside Dahua's office area, and felt a little emotional.

It is hard for people who don't know the situation to imagine that a general manager who is busy with all kinds of affairs can have the leisure time to stand at the window and listen to children's songs.

It is even more difficult to imagine why Yang Mo broke the rules and showed up at Dahua Company... According to the schedule, he should be on duty at Dezhou City Real Estate Company today, and Dezhou City Real Estate Company also has a lot of important matters to attend to.

But there's no way, he has to be here today.

And unexpectedly, there was not a single work call to his office today.

To be precise, no one is stupid enough to call his office at this time today...

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Knock knock~
Muliya, dressed in a professional suit, knocked on the door and walked in on her own.

"Huh? Your little follower didn't come today?"

Mu Liya looked at Yang Mo's empty desk with some discomfort, then leaned outside and asked.

Yang Mo stretched out his hand, motioning her to sit anywhere, then smiled and said, "I asked Xiao Xin to go to Dezhou City Real Estate to help out. After all, her position as special assistant is not an official one, so it would not be good if someone saw her."

As he spoke, he picked up the thermos and made a cup of green tea and placed it in front of Mu Liya: "Why, is your conversation over?"

Mu Liya waved her hand and fanned her neck, which was a little stuffy due to the professional attire. "It's over. The evaluation team is talking to other ministers now... At this rate, it will probably be Ding Xiang's turn in more than an hour, and then it will be your turn."

Mu Liya stuck out her tongue and said, "To be honest, I've experienced or witnessed a lot of promotion interviews since I was a child, but this is the first time I've seen an evaluation team of this level... Tsk tsk, the leader of the middle group is leading the team personally, what a big scene!"

It is already June, and the first phase of reconstruction projects in the 20 cities in the disaster-stricken east China has been completed one after another. Although the local economy has not yet recovered, at least the basic people's livelihood supplies and social operations are no longer a problem.

Since there were no major problems with the first phase of reconstruction work and it has been successfully accepted, then according to the principles of organizational work, it is naturally time to reward people based on their merits.

Therefore, whether he was willing or not, Yang Mo's promotion process had to start, and it soon reached the stage of promotion talk.

Those who have worked in government agencies know that the so-called promotion interview is that the evaluation team will talk to everyone in the unit one by one. If the unit has too many people, they will select a portion of the staff to ensure the coverage rate.

When talking, they will first ask whether they agree with your promotion, and then focus on your moral character, ability, diligence, performance, integrity, and academic performance, as well as the problems and shortcomings of the cadres... focus on listening to the shortcomings.

As the person involved, you are usually the first one to talk. They don’t talk about your achievements, but mainly about your shortcomings. After that, depending on the level of the person involved, they will either report the situation to the party secretary of their own unit or to the party secretary of the superior unit, and then leave. The person involved just needs to wait patiently.

So, did you see that Yang Mo’s situation is different this time?
Yang Mo is the general manager of Dahua Company. According to normal procedures, the evaluation team should report the situation to the party secretary of Dahua Company’s superior unit after the conversation.

Dahua Company’s superior units are the Dongying Command and the Drilling Company Headquarters.

So working backwards, this assessment team should be composed of staff from the Organization Department of the Dongying Command or the drilling company headquarters... Even if Yang Mo is already a director, and this time he is being promoted to the bureau level, which is beyond the authority of the two superior units, he should be led by the head of the Organization Department of the head office.

But this time the team was led not by the leader of the Organization Department of the head office, but by the leader of the middle group.

There is only one word difference, but there is a huge difference!
(SASAC was not established until 03. At that time, the headquarters and the ministry also had the power to appoint and dismiss personnel at the department level. At that time, the government and the enterprise had not yet been truly separated. Therefore, although the participation of the Central Group was rare, it was not absent.)
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Hearing this, Yang Mo just smiled and said, "Special times call for special treatment... With the further deepening of market reform, the last thing we lack is special treatment for special matters."

With You Yakun's precaution, he was not too surprised that the leader of the central group led the team here.

Upon hearing this, Mu Liya nodded, but her expression was a little worried: "But you had a conflict with Director Liu before, will this cause any bad effects?"

Regardless of whether you are promoted or not, the evaluation team will seek the opinions of the unit’s disciplinary inspection organization, so try not to offend people from the disciplinary inspection department.

If the leader of the head office's Organization Department was leading the team this time, then Yang Mo's previous quarrel with Director Liu and the others would not have had much impact. But if the leader of the middle group was leading the team this time, then some things would be uncertain.

Yang Mo sighed: "Actually... if it can cause some bad influence, or even make the assessment score too low, or even fail, then it would be good."

Mu Liya naturally knew what he meant. She looked at her man with a complicated expression and said, "Yes! It's just a pity..."

Mu Liya stopped talking halfway and changed the subject: "Yang Mo, have you thought about how to go next?"

Although for most of the parties involved, when it comes to the promotion talk stage, the so-called "respecting personal wishes" is just empty talk...either you accept the new position according to your superior's considerations and arrangements, or you just go back to your original position and continue to stay there.

But Yang Mo's situation is obviously different.

The current situation is that Yang Mo is not actually in a hurry for promotion, and he doesn't even want to be promoted so soon; but the organization has to arrange for his promotion.

So at this time, Yang Mo’s personal wishes are very important... To be precise, there is a possibility of mutual compromise between Yang Mo’s personal wishes and the organization’s ideas.

Hearing this, Yang Mo glanced at his wife and smiled bitterly: "Actually... I haven't thought about it yet."

Mu Liya's eyes widened immediately: "It's already today, and you haven't made up your mind yet?"

She had asked Yang Mo this question countless times in the past month, and the answer she got was always that he hadn't thought about it yet.

But she really didn't expect that the evaluation team had already entered Dahua Company, and the interview would start in more than an hour, but her man hadn't made up his mind yet?

This is so terrible!

Do you know how much change your words "I haven't thought about it yet" will bring?

Just as she bit her lip and was about to risk upsetting Yang Mo by giving her advice again...

beep~
The phone on the desk rang.

He glanced at the landline phone, then looked at his watch to check the time. Surprised that the call came so early, Yang Mo frowned, but finally picked up the phone.

"Boss Yang, please get ready quickly. The leaders of the Central Group have already completed the previous procedures. Now, in the name of the Party Secretary of Dahua Company, I am notifying you to go to the interview room immediately."

Ding Xiang's slightly flattering voice came from the phone.

As the Party Secretary of Dahua Company, he was already being suppressed by Yang Mo. After today, the gap between his rank and Yang Mo would widen again. Therefore, his attitude could not be better.

In fact, Ding Xiang is in a good mood now.

If Yang Mo is still in charge of Dahua Company after his promotion, then based on the principle of reciprocity, Dahua Company will naturally have to replace the party secretary with a title similar to Yang Mo's or even half a level higher. Then he can escape from his misery and be transferred to another good unit to seek development with the halo of "former party secretary of Dahua Company".

If Yang Mo no longer serves as the general manager of Dahua Company after his promotion, then it would be even better. As the nominal head of the company, he would have his chance to come to the fore.

So no matter whether Yang Mo leaves or stays, it will be a great thing for him.

Ding Xiang's voice on the phone was so loud that Mu Liya naturally heard it.

Hearing that the leader of the middle group was on the way, she had no choice but to swallow back what she wanted to say. Then she looked at her man with a worried expression, got up and left the office.

………………“Hello, Comrade Yang Mo. My last name is Pan. You can just call me Lao Pan…This is Lao Li, Lao Xue, and Xiao Chen.”

Walking into the small meeting room that served as a temporary conversation room, a middle-aged man in his fifties immediately stood up, smiled and extended his right hand.

The man with the surname Pan was very kind, and he seemed to have no airs of a central group leader at all, which completely fits the inherent impression of human resources workers within the system.

After shaking hands tightly, Yang Mo greeted the members of the evaluation team one by one with a smile, and then sat down consciously in the center chair on the other side of the conference table, facing the evaluation team.

Looking at Yang Mo, who was smiling politely but not showing any fear or nervousness, Pan Qingshan nodded slightly: "Comrade Yang Mo, we have already followed the procedures and talked to the party secretary, party members, organization and personnel department, and other major members of Dahua Company to understand the situation;"

"Although the main members of the company highly recognize your abilities and achievements, we understand that you still have some shortcomings in your work."

At this point, Pan Qingshan glanced around and saw that the clerk had already consciously taken notes. He then put away his smile and put on a serious expression: "So, according to organizational principles and procedures, I need to ask you a few questions... It should be specially pointed out that Comrade Yang Mo is not only the general manager of Dahua Company, but also the general manager of Dezhou City Real Estate Company, so we will inquire about some problems you have in the two companies together."

Yang Mo nodded gently: "Director Pan, I understand..."

Pan Qingshan glanced at the notebook in his hand and said, "First question, some people have reported that Comrade Yang Mo is too arbitrary in your work. Many important decisions are made directly without going through meetings and voting, ignoring the principle of democracy... What do you think about this?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Mo looked at the leader of the Central Group in front of him with a little surprise.

Although the label of "undemocratic" sounds intimidating and even implies a violation of organizational principles, in fact, it is a trivial issue that is not even worth mentioning.

Yang Mo's arbitrary behavior has been going on for a long time. If this was really a problem, he would have been interviewed by the organization long ago. Why would it be his turn now?
Besides, since the 1980s, state-owned enterprises have gradually implemented the factory director responsibility system.

What is the factory director responsibility system?
The factory director has the final say on everything!

Although Dahua Company does not nominally have a factory director responsibility system, with so many outstanding achievements in front of them, everyone has long assumed that Yang Mo has the final say in the company.

However, since the other party was so considerate and was willing to show goodwill right from the start, Yang Mo would not be stupid enough to confront him. He just smiled and said, "It's democratic centralism. We should be democratic where we should be democratic and centralized where we should be centralized... As long as it's the right advice, I will listen to it."

This answer is very official and tactful.

What Yang Mo said was "correct advice" rather than "reasonable advice". The difference of just one word turned it into a result-oriented logic, which immediately became very different.

Pan Qingshan nodded slightly, and then asked the second question: "Some people have reported that Comrade Yang Mo, in the process of working, you do not pay attention to uniting comrades, and are unwilling to integrate into the collective;"

"Whether it is Dahua Company or Dezhou City Real Estate Company, Comrade Yang Mo has not participated in a single democratic life meeting since he took office;"

"In addition, in the past year and a half, as the general manager of a central enterprise, you did not work hard to help and improve the operating conditions of local state-owned enterprises. Instead, you spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources to support local township enterprises... What do you think of this, Comrade Yang Mo?"

As soon as this question was asked, Yang Mo knew who were the people who "reported the situation".

In fact, neither side took such trivial matter as not attending any democratic life meetings seriously.

Not to mention that Yang Mo has been extremely busy since taking office and has no time or energy to attend such internal meetings of criticism and self-criticism. Even if he did attend, given Yang Mo's behavior, would anyone dare to expose their insignificant faults to him?
But the last paragraph was a bit sensitive... This couldn't be summed up by just "not paying attention to unity". It was clear that someone was accusing Yang Mo of betraying his class and position!
Of course, it’s easy to imagine that even the old guys at Dezhou Urban Development Company wouldn’t have the guts to report such things to the leaders of the Central Group.

Therefore, we need to put a big question mark as to whether these words were reflected by people in the company or whether Pan Qingshan was "asking on behalf of others".

Thinking of this, Yang Mo looked at the deputy director of the Cadre Examination and Assessment Center thoughtfully, but his tone was calm: "The designer said that no matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat... Whether it is Dahua Company or Dezhou City Real Estate Company, the standards for cooperative enterprises and supply of goods have always been there and have never been changed."

The implication is obvious. He is a result-oriented person. The reason why Dahua Company has achieved so many results in just two years is largely based on this reason.

So, if you don’t live up to your expectations, you can’t blame others.

Pan Qingshan still smiled when he heard this. He nodded and continued, "In that case, according to other comrades, Director Song Wenxuan of your company could have been promoted to deputy director due to his outstanding performance last year, but you, Comrade Yang Mo, did not do so... This seems to be contrary to your style of promoting people in an unconventional way and your style of pursuing fairness and justice."

As the conversation progressed, the questions asked by the other party became increasingly pointed. Even Yang Mo frowned subconsciously.

Last year, Zhuo Mali was promoted to deputy director, but Song Wenxuan's name was crossed out from the list. This is indeed a real loophole that can be criticized.

You can be overbearing and lack class sentiment and humanity, but since you said before that you are a result-oriented and fair person, how do you explain the matter of Song Wenxuan?

If you don't have a good reason, can I understand that you are a person who says one thing and does another?
If this is true, then this comment would be too fatal for the person being promoted.

Unexpectedly, Yang Mo just frowned and didn't take it to heart. He just replied calmly: "Rapidly promoting the industrial upgrading of Dezhou is a task assigned by the organization. Objectively speaking, this is a messy game of chess with many clues... From my personal point of view, we can't be too obsessed with details, so for the sake of overall considerations, it's not a big deal to temporarily inconvenience Director Song."

He did not explain what this "comprehensive consideration" meant.

When you reach a certain level, if you understand some things, you don’t need any explanation; but if you don’t understand, you may not understand them even if they are explained.

Obviously, as the leader of the central group, Pan Qingshan, who was familiar with the internal situation of Dahua Company, knew very well what Yang Mo was worried about at the beginning. The reason why he asked such a sharp question was not because he wanted to know the so-called truth, but just wanted to see Yang Mo's reaction.

Although Yang Mo's answer had a soft and domineering tone, it actually made him very satisfied.

Glancing at the clerk who was still writing furiously, and then at his colleagues who were already eager to try, Pan Qingshan hesitated for a moment before asking his fourth question: "Comrade Yang Mo, it is reported that at the beginning of this year, you deliberately obstructed the normal work of comrades in the discipline inspection system... I want to know, what did you think about this matter at the time?"

As mentioned before, before the promotion conversation, the evaluation team will seek the opinions of the unit’s disciplinary inspection organization, so no matter who you are, as long as you still want to make progress, try not to offend the people in the disciplinary inspection department.

Therefore, although Pan Qingshan's words were asking Yang Mo what he had thought at the time, his implication was also to ask him whether he regretted embarrassing Director Liu and others for the sake of a subordinate.

But he was obviously asking the wrong person. Yang Mo just smiled and said, "I didn't consider it at that time. I'm a bit confused and I only do what I think I should do... I thought I should do it this way, so I did it."

He knew very well what it meant for the leader of the central group to appear in front of him, and he also knew that what the leaders in the administrative system found most troublesome and what they disliked most were cadres who lacked obedience.

If a cadre not only lacks obedience but is also stubborn and reckless, he will be the person that leaders want to avoid the most.

He didn't want to enter the administrative system at all, nor did he want to be promoted at all... To be more precise, he didn't want to be transferred away from Texas and Dahua Company after being promoted.

Therefore, showing off his arrogance and disobedience in front of the evaluation team became one of the best solutions he could think of.

However, as we all know, the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were a strange and treacherous era, and many of the experiences he summarized from later generations were not entirely applicable to this era.

Therefore, after hearing Yang Mo's answer that would have made future examiners slam their desks in anger, Pan Qingshan not only did not change color, but his eyes unconsciously showed a hint of admiration: "It is said that Comrade Yang Mo, you are resourceful and decisive, and you have an indomitable spirit. Now it seems... it is indeed true."

Sharp and vigorous?
Yang Mo was a little dumbfounded.

Is this sarcasm or praise?

Judging from the other party’s reaction, it should be... not a mockery, right?

What's happening here?
Doesn't it mean that in this kind of conversation process, the supervisor of the evaluation team will not express his or her personal opinions?
Just when Yang Mo was feeling uneasy, Pan Qingshan smiled at him and said, "Comrade Yang Mo, according to the normal process, I have asked all the questions I wanted to ask, and this conversation can end now;"

"But I'm sure you can tell that today's conversation is a little bit special."

As he spoke, he pointed to another middle-aged man beside him and said, "So, Comrade Yang Mo will have to trouble you and delay your time for a few more minutes."

Pointed at by Pan Qingshan, the middle-aged man on the left sat up straighter and looked at Yang Mo with a smile: "Hello, Comrade Yang Mo, I am Li Tiezhi from the Central Organization Cadre Allocation Bureau. I hope you don't mind taking up a few minutes of your time. I would like to ask you a few questions."

Cadre Allocation Bureau?

Yang Mo's eyes went dark and he almost couldn't sit still.

You can tell what this department does just by listening to the name.

If it can be barely explained that the deputy director of the Cadre Examination and Assessment Center appeared in the assessment team, then the fact that the leader of the Cadre Allocation Bureau also accompanied him clearly showed that they were prepared to be "slaughtered now"!

What the hell!
Yang Mo cursed inwardly, but it had already come to this. What else could he say? He could only try his best not to show his gritting of teeth and smiled and replied, "Director Li, you are too polite... I don't deserve your advice. If you have any questions, just say it."

(End of this chapter)