1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 661: My friends are all doing well

Cheng Yonggang, director (minister) of the Cost Review Center, condoned false subordinates in registering cost engineer qualifications, and took advantage of his position to accept benefits from construction parties. During the settlement review of drainage renovation projects in six areas in Liyang, Yangzhong and Xinghua, he relaxed the standards for policy, technical and economic evaluation and review of the settlement projects.

Zhao Huijuan, deputy director of the Fund Raising Department II, and Wang Yong, director of the Risk and Compliance Department, colluded with each other and, during the issuance of the seventh and eighth batches of urban construction bonds of the Dezhou New City Phase I, raised idle social funds through brokers at an interest rate five percentage points higher than the normal standard. They also fabricated false information in violation of regulations and locked a total of 11 high-quality assets of the New City Phase I to third-party brokers in advance, causing significant losses to the company's assets and reputation.

Chen Hao, director of the East China Special Department 307, illegally misappropriated 171.6 million yuan of special funds and colluded with a third party to use the funds to purchase cheap goods and daily necessities that fell below the company's quality standards. The funds were then distributed to the East China disaster-stricken areas through special channels, making a total profit of million yuan.

Ren Rong, deputy director of the East China Special Department 17, took advantage of his position to collude with external units and engaged in 612.9 cases of bid collusion and bid rigging, involving a contract amount of million yuan.

Deputy Director of the Safety, Environmental Protection and Stability Management Department...

In just one hour, eight middle and senior managers at the ministerial and deputy ministerial levels were taken away by the Disciplinary Inspection Office.

These people either crossed the company's red line or the amount of money involved was extremely huge.

In short, let alone the devil Yang Mo sitting on the stage, even if he wasn't, in this kind of public trial mode, no one dared to stand up and say a word of pleading or mediation.

However, what was somewhat surprising was that everyone originally thought that Yang Mo would at least kill fifteen or sixteen chickens in public before he would stop.

After all, the current Dezhou City Property Company is too big. There are more than 60 or 70 people at the minister and deputy minister level. With the current abundance of talent in the company, even if one-third of them are cut off at once, it will not have a big impact on the company's operations.
However, there are too many messy things in this kind of powerful business unit, and there are also many new entrants. Judging from Yang Mo's past behavior, once he takes action, he will definitely not leave any room for the other party.

So let alone the ministers and deputy ministers, even several senior executives of the Supervisory Board, Strategic Committee, and Director's Office could not help but turn pale, fearing that this guy would follow the clues and kill them as well.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the bloody storm they had imagined did not occur.

After finding out the eight unlucky guys, Yang Mo stopped and just said "I'll wait for you for three days, come here and explain the situation yourself", and then announced the end of the meeting.

This really made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief, and they felt somewhat grateful for having survived death.

Although eight middle and senior managers were sentenced to death at once, it would definitely be a shocking bloodbath no matter which company it happened in.

But the problem is, you have to understand that the person in front of you is Yang Mo, the Yang Mo who pulled out hundreds of mouthparts of the Wei family in one breath, and the Yang Mo who attracted the thunder of the nine heavens and forced the old man of the Wei family to retire!

What’s the point of publicly arresting eight ministers and deputy ministers?
Even if a zero is added after this number, no one would think that Yang Mo doesn't dare!

only……

Take the initiative to explain the situation?

Only three days left?

When they thought of the person Yang Mo had left behind who was not alive, many people in the conference room felt bitter as if they had swallowed a ton of coptis root...

………………

"Old Yang, thank you for today!"

In the Party Secretary's office, Zhao Yongde used the De Zhong teapot that had finally developed a patina to give Yang Mo a cup of Pu'er tea, with a hint of sigh and difficulty in his tone.

At the very least, Yang Mo still gave him enough basic face on the surface today. At least he asked for his opinion before getting to the point. If he had just thrown out evidence and accused people right away, he, as the company's party secretary, would really not know how to deal with it.

Apart from that, Yang Mo only caught eight people and stopped without making the situation worse, which also made him somewhat grateful.

He is the company's party secretary and the first person in charge of the company's organization and discipline supervision. If too many people are caught, it will undoubtedly directly negate his work.

For a key unit like Dezhou Urban Development that attracts much attention, if the party secretary of a company is proven to be incompetent, the outcome is self-evident.

Of course, more importantly, among the eight people caught today, none of them were arranged by his old leader.

Texas City Real Estate Company is a huge piece of fat meat. Although it cannot be said that everyone who comes in will have their hands covered in grease, many things are not necessarily up to you.

He didn't believe that with Yang Mo's ability, he really couldn't find out something.

Therefore, the eight people found today were all mounts under the command of other gods, and none of them had any connection with their old leader. This can only mean...

Yang Mo is just taking care of his own face.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Zhao Yongde to say thank you.

Yang Mo took the cup of Baihuatan and drank it all, smacking his lips. "Well, Lao Zhao, you know what, this purple clay teapot needs to be maintained, and it must be maintained with the same type of tea... Look, after more than a year of maintenance, the Baihuatan brewed in this pot is much more delicious than the original one!"

Zhao Yongde was stunned and looked at Yang Mo, not knowing what the other party meant by his words which seemed to have a hidden meaning.

Yang Mo laughed when he saw this, then took out a cigarette from his pocket and passed one to him: "Old Zhao, we have been together for a year and a half, you should know my temper."

Taking out the kerosene lighter that Shen Yong had given him, Yang Mo lit the cigarette. He smiled cheerfully, "I'm a bit short-sighted."

"So... everyone who becomes my enemy has a bad ending, but everyone who becomes my friend usually lives a good life."

At this point, Yang Mo looked at the other person with a smile: "We have been together for such a long time, Lao Zhao, you rarely get angry with me on weekdays. There are not many people who can tolerate my bad temper, so, after more than a year of getting along, at least... I already regard you as a friend."

Listening to Yang Mo's slightly elongated voice, Zhao Yongde felt the hairs on his back stand up.

At least you consider me a friend?

What I mean is, whether I can eventually become your "friend" depends on my performance?

Damn it, after all this fuss, the real test is waiting for me here!

Zhao Yongde swallowed slightly and used the excuse of flicking the ash off his cigarette to hide the turmoil in his heart.

He knew very well that it was not easy to be Yang Mo's "friend". It was even a precious opportunity that countless people dreamed of. If he had not been the Party Secretary of Dezhou Urban Development Company, and if he had not been extremely cooperative at the meeting today, Yang Mo would not have held back today, and he would never have gotten this opportunity.

But he also knows very well that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and any goodwill that is proactively shown to you must have a price already marked behind it.

Especially when the other party is a person like Yang Mo, especially when Yang Mo is about to be promoted and may even be transferred from Dezhou Urban Development Company.

He could even guess why Yang Mo showed him this test of kindness.

This is a dilemma. If you are not in Zhao Yongde's position, it is difficult for outsiders to understand his dilemma.

only……

Everyone who becomes my friend tends to live a good life?
Listening to these childish lines that sounded like those from a movie or TV series, Zhao Yongde couldn't help but feel moved.

It has been proven that those who become Yang Mo's enemy will die miserably... After all, the Wei family incident just happened.

It has also been proven that those who become friends of Yang Mo usually have a good life... Whether it is Yan Laoxi and Sun Jian from Xialiu Sales Agency, Zhuo Mali and Shen Xing, or even Ye Tao and You Yakun from the local administrative system, they are all very convincing cases.

Therefore, given Yang Mo's current status in the organization's mind, as well as his administrative resources that have unknowingly become terrifyingly huge, once one becomes Yang Mo's friend, the benefits to oneself are obvious.

only……

Noticing Zhao Yongde's hesitation, Yang Mo suddenly laughed: "Old Zhao, from today on, I probably won't be able to spare any time to come to the company."

Zhao Yongde didn't react for a moment: "?"

Yang Mo pushed the cup in front of him slightly forward, indicating that the other party could refill the tea, and then said in a calm tone: "So... when the time comes, those who take the initiative to come over to explain the situation, I will have to trouble you to help them."

!!!

Zhao Yongde couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and a hint of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

This is……

Is this just putting the handles of those gods in your own hands?

If someone really comes to make things difficult for me in the future, I will have a certain buffer zone and the capital to deal with it, right?
No, it's more than that.

This is Yang Mo's plan to send those people to himself to be conquered.

Although he said "do it for me", Zhao Yongde knew very well that Yang Mo meant to let him handle it fully.

As the company's party secretary, he does have full authority to handle such matters, and he should even be the first person in charge... Then he can let those people make up for what needs to be made up, and he will take charge of the matter. Then he can cooperate with Yang Mo and say that he has handled it. The procedure will be completed and these people will have escaped a disaster.

In this way, he can be said to have truly owned a foundation in Dezhou City Real Estate Company that cannot be underestimated, and he is finally no longer a hollow-shell boss... Yang Mo is using this method to return power without weakening the influence of Dahua Company.

Yang Mo's friend status, plus the real power handed to him, and the qualifications to deal with all parties.

This is quite a big gift!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yongde no longer hesitated, took a deep breath, and smiled indescribably cordially: "Old Yang, what are you talking about? What do you mean by doing the job for me... It's just a small favor between friends, why do you have to be so polite!"

These words undoubtedly formally stated that he was willing to become Yang Mo's "friend".

Upon hearing this, Yang Mo immediately laughed out loud.

But he stopped smiling after only a few laughs, and his face was full of worry: "The company is getting bigger and bigger, the business is getting wider and wider, and more and more problems are exposed. If we continue like this... we can't do it!"

Zhao Yongde was shocked when he heard this.

The drama is coming!

He nodded in agreement: "Yes, the problems exposed today are shocking! Dezhou Urban Development Company is not only one of the key enterprises in Qilu's implementation of the strategy of connecting the north and the south, but also shoulders the heavy responsibility of rebuilding 20 disaster-stricken cities in East China... The eyes of the people across the country are on us, we can't let the organization down!"

Yang Mo looked at this guy approvingly. He was worthy of being the company's party secretary. He really knew how to raise the bar. After giving such exaggerated reasons, the next action would not have any problems, at least in terms of legal theory.

He sighed and his voice became heavy: "So, I think it is necessary for the company to make some adjustments to the organizational framework according to the actual situation. Only by forming supervision from the mechanism as much as possible can we avoid today's problems from happening again to the greatest extent... Lao Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Yongde took a deep breath and looked deeply at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as his nephew. No wonder he gave me such a big gift, it turned out to be for this!

The current nature of Dezhou Urban Development Company is a public institution, which means that adjusting the organizational framework is extremely troublesome.

To be precise, if it is just a small-scale adjustment, or a business department is temporarily added to deal with an unexpected situation, such as the eight special departments established at one time to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas in East China, then it is fine, the company has the authority to handle it.

However, if you want to make major adjustments, even those that involve amending the company's articles of association, it will be a very troublesome matter. Not only does it require approval from an organization, but it also requires various types of demonstrations and plan modifications.

Moreover, this matter can only be decided by the company's party group secretary after obtaining unanimous approval from the party committee group, and then convening a general meeting of all employees of the company, and finally submitting it to the organization for approval. From a procedural point of view, even the general manager Yang Mo does not have the qualifications and rights to do so.

It can be said that if Zhao Yongde does not agree, even if Yang Mo is valued by the organization, this matter will have no chance unless a new party secretary is appointed.

After a pause, Zhao Yongde said with some worry, "But, Lao Yang, you are about to be promoted, and the adjustment of the company's organizational structure and the amendment of the company's articles of association will not be approved overnight... I'm afraid it's too late!"

He guessed that the reason why Yang Mo suddenly wanted to adjust the company's organizational framework was mainly to leave himself a backup plan, but no one knew when this kind of thing could be implemented. As time went on, with all kinds of people entering the market, no one knew what the company would become by then, and no one knew whether this backup plan could work, so he was also giving a kind reminder.

Yang Mo laughed when he heard this, but waved his hand: "Old Zhao, you misunderstood. I don't plan to do it all at once. I can do it step by step. First make small changes, then big changes!"

"The company has encountered such a serious situation today. After reporting it to the organization in a formal document, the organization will definitely pay special attention to it. At that time, we can use this as an opportunity, and provide successful cases for the organization to refer to... At the very least, we can copy one or two mature templates in the short term and use them for minor changes to the organizational framework."

Use this as an opportunity to draw the attention of the organization?

Copy mature successful templates to shorten or even skip the argumentation process?

This……

It is very likely to happen.

I knew it, how could this guy fight a battle he wasn't sure of winning?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yongde felt something in his heart. He pondered for a moment before asking, "Almost all of the problems exposed by the company today are related to financial supervision. So, Lao Yang, what you mean is... you plan to copy the shared accounting center of Momo Baitou?"

There are few fools in this world. After hearing Yang Mo's words, Zhao Yongde immediately realized that this guy only caught those eight unlucky guys today. He was afraid that he did not only want to keep those frightened monsters as gifts for himself, but also out of the consideration of "concentrating on problems, expanding anxiety, and exploding them one by one".

The only successful template related to financial supervision issues but which can be used immediately is the shared accounting center model, which has been operating maturely in the central enterprise system for nearly two years.

Haven’t you seen that after copying such a large company as Dahua, there haven’t been any major problems so far?

Moreover, Dahua Company is the only designated operator and manager of Dezhou Urban Properties. The two companies have a considerable degree of overlap in both personnel and business. The adaptability of this transplanted model is even higher, and it can even be said that basically no demonstration is required.

Hearing that Zhao Yongde had guessed his purpose, Yang Mo generously gave him a big thumbs up: "As expected of Old Zhao... Not bad, my idea is to take advantage of this opportunity today to copy the shared accounting center model of Momo Baitou!"

"Hehe, with such a pair of eyes watching closely all the time, it won't be so easy for the heads of the company's projects to abuse their power for personal gain like they did today!"

Zhao Yongde nodded slightly. In a sense, the shared accounting center model is a bit like a mass ocean war. Although it is impossible to be 100% flawless as long as there are people involved in the work, it is easy to deal with one accountant, but it is much more difficult to deal with a hundred accountants at the same time. Therefore, under the accounting rotation system, it is conceivable that the problem of poor financial supervision can be greatly reduced.

But that's not the main thing.

A very important potential value of the shared accounting center is...

This model not only greatly increases the risk of grassroots cadres in the company abusing their power for personal gain, but also largely blocks the channels for these people to obtain promotion opportunities through personal gain.

As a chain reaction, this will force the company's middle and senior management and even senior management to correct their own style of doing things, and even gradually embark on a path of "speaking by ability."

Of course, the system is dead, but people are alive. The prerequisite for all this is that the information and evidence fed back by the shared accounting center must play the role they should play.

Therefore, the selection of a leader to be in charge of this shared accounting center is very important.

Thinking of this, Yang Mo's intention became extremely clear. Zhao Yongde hesitated for a while and asked uncertainly: "So, Lao Yang, who do you plan to let take charge of this shared accounting center when the time comes?"

Dezhou City Properties is not Dahua Company. It is not difficult to arrange some ordinary employees, or even middle and grassroots cadres to come in. However, for a sensitive and critical department like the shared accounting center, its selection is not something you can arrange just because you want.

In later generations, municipal investment companies in many regions needed the review and signature of the deputy mayor even to arrange a formal employee, not to mention Dezhou Urban Development, a municipal investment + large fund hybrid of astonishing size?

Therefore, this kind of candidate must be approved by the organization, and Zhao Yongde is very afraid that an outsider's name will come out of Yang Mo's mouth... In principle, with the current level of attention given to Dezhou Urban Development Company, the leaders of such key departments must either be directly sent by the organization or promoted from the middle and senior levels within. People outside the existing organizational framework will not be accepted, no matter how capable and suitable they are.

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Yang Mo couldn't help laughing, but suddenly changed the subject: "Old Zhao, our company is so big, but we don't have two vice presidents, and the position of executive vice president is always vacant... I guess there must be a lot of gossip outside, right?"

Zhao Yongde gave him a strange look.

You also know that there is a lot of gossip out there, right?
Ask yourself, after all, Texas City Properties has grown into a super company that controls projects worth tens of billions of dollars.

But the result is that the company only has two vice presidents so far, and both of them are in charge of logistics and relations between workers and peasants.

There isn't even a vice president of real weight, let alone the executive vice president who is generally recognized as second only to two people and above millions of people.

Even if everyone knows that you are overbearing and like to have the final say, you still have to at least show it, right?
But he soon realized what Yang Mo meant by that: "Old Yang, do you mean... you want to appoint an executive vice president?"

For such an important position as the executive vice president, he, the company's party secretary, also needs to nominate. From a procedural point of view, no matter how influential Yang Mo is in Dezhou City Real Estate Company, he is not qualified to directly nominate someone to be the executive vice president... This is also the main reason why Dezhou City Real Estate Company has never had an executive vice president. Yang Mo can oppose who will be the executive vice president, but he cannot designate who will be the executive vice president.

Yang Mo nodded: "I'm going to be promoted soon, and the company has had such a big mess today, it's time to select an executive vice president to stabilize the situation... Lao Zhao, what do you think of Assistant Zhuo being the executive vice president?"

Assistant Zhuo...

Zhuomari?
Zhao Yongde thought of the rumors between that charming beauty and Yang Mo, and the expression on his face couldn't help but become a little interesting.

Yang Mo seemed not to notice his reaction and continued, "Assistant Zhuo has been the assistant to the general manager for more than a year. He has participated in almost all the major projects since the company was founded. He is also a deputy director-level cadre. He has sufficient qualifications in all aspects."

"And to be fair, Assistant Zhuo has comprehensive abilities and excellent work performance. In addition, she is a veteran in the original framework of the company, so I think no one should object to nominating her as the executive vice president... Even the organization has no reason to object."

At this point, Yang Mo put out the cigarette in his hand and showed a meaningful smile on his face: "More importantly, the Shared Accounting Center is such a critical and sensitive department. There are so many human interventions and challenges that may be faced in the future. How can it be handed over to someone who can't control the situation?"

"So, I personally think that it would be the most appropriate choice to wait until Assistant Zhuo becomes the executive vice president and then have her take charge of the shared accounting center... Old Zhao, what do you think?"

Now that things have come to this, Yang Mo's true intentions have been fully revealed.

It is obvious that this guy is worried that after he is transferred, the projects at Dezhou Urban Real Estate Company, which have cost him countless efforts and plans, will be ruined by those monsters, so he needs to choose someone to help him look after the situation here.

And this person is Zhuomali.

But the problem is that Dezhou Urban Development Company is such a big piece of fat meat that it is not easy for all the people who want to break in. It is not enough to rely solely on the prestige accumulated by Zhuo Mali in the early stage... Even if she finds an ally like Zhao Yongde to cooperate with her, it is not enough.

So, soft power alone is not enough, we also have to prepare a hard knife for her.

The envisioned shared accounting center was a tough knife prepared for Zhuo Mali.

The reason why Zhao Yongde nominated Zhuo Mali as the executive vice president was purely for this dish of dumplings wrapped in vinegar, so that Zhuo Mali could firmly grasp the shared accounting center in her hands and no one could easily take it away.

This behavior is very Yang Mo.

After all, he had experienced some things in the drilling company and he saw it very clearly. Sometimes, the so-called executive vice president was nothing more than a beautiful hat that sounded scary. But when it really came time to compete with others, this thing really couldn't scare people.

What really determines victory or defeat is whether the knife in your hand is sharp enough.

Therefore, the shared accounting center that could catch countless people by the hair at any time must be welded into Zhuo Mali's hands.

Zhao Yongde naturally understood the reason behind this. Having worked hard in Dezhou Urban Development Company for a year and a half, he understood the reason behind this even better than most people.

Therefore, after understanding Yang Mo's true intention, he became a little hesitant.

Glancing at Yang Mo's eyes that were staring at him, Zhao Yongde's heart tensed up and he quickly suppressed the unrealistic thoughts that had just popped up in his mind.

After a moment of silence, he lowered his voice unconsciously: "Old Yang, let me ask you the truth, between you and Assistant Zhuo...?"

Yang Mo naturally knew what he meant by asking this question, and immediately smiled: "Old Zhao, there is no smoke without fire."

This statement openly admitted that Zhuo Mali was his woman.

Zhao Yongde smacked his lips with some toothache, and his voice became even lower: "So what about Dahua Company in the future..."

Yang Mo looked at him with a smile: "What's the difference between Dahua and Dahua? Dezhou City Real Estate is Dezhou City Real Estate, and Dahua is Dahua. Lao Zhao, as the party secretary of Dezhou City Real Estate, don't think about those things all day long... No matter what happens, just treat it equally."

Zhao Yongde understood the implication of Yang Mo's words and could not help but take a breath. His mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

After glancing at the cigarette butts in the ashtray, Zhao Yongde's voice seemed to be a little leaky: "Huh? Old Yang, you've changed your cigarettes now?"

Yang Mo glanced at him with a half-smile, but finally hummed softly: "... Yeah."

Zhao Yongde couldn't help but feel a little timid when Yang Mo glanced at him. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I understand. After I submit today's events in a formal document to the organization, I will convene a party group meeting and nominate Assistant Zhuo as executive vice president."

Yang Mo nodded, thanked him for his hard work, and was about to leave.

Just as I stood up, I heard Zhao Yongde's voice coming from behind: "Wait."

Yang Mo turned his head and looked at him with a little confusion: "Old Zhao, anything else?"

Zhao Yongde hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Old Yang, you said before... starting from today, you basically won't come to the company anymore?"

Yang Mo knew what he meant and laughed, "We still have Assistant Zhuo. We need to let her get used to the job of executive vice president in advance!"

Then, he looked at him meaningfully and said, "Besides, Lao Zhao, you also need some time to adapt!"

Zhao Yongde naturally knew what Yang Mo meant by "adaptation time". He immediately felt completely relaxed and nodded heavily: "Old Yang, I understand."

(End of this chapter)