Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1119 Using Dry Labor as a Substitute

After drinking for a while, the group came up to smoke cigars, and then Chen Hui got them to play cards.

In the evening, Xiaowei's dad and grandpa came back, along with Chen Xiao's mom, grandpa's family, Xia Maosheng's family of three and Xia's parents, Director Qin and his wife, Li Zhongguo and his wife, and Liu Liu and Kexin's parents, filling three tables again.

After the guests left, the house was cleaned and tidied up, and the family sat on the sofa to watch TV and chat.

The closed-circuit television system has been installed in this area, and now there are more TV programs available, with more than a dozen channels, and you can watch programs 24 hours a day.

Beibei squeezed between Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang and whispered to Uncle Wang, "Grandpa, Mommy's going to be an official!"

Uncle Wang also asked in a low voice, "Where will you be an official?"

Beibei lay on Uncle Wang's headphones: "I don't know either. Dad wrote something for Mom, and Mom said it was for getting an official position."

Uncle Wang: "What rank or position?"

Beibei frowned and thought for a moment: "It's quite big. Mom is a little... a little happy."

Xiao Wei received a phone call, went to the kitchen, picked up the prepared items, and went out.

Uncle Wang asked, "What's this for? Who is it prepared for?"

Aunt Wang said, "It's for Vice Governor Li. We talked about it at noon, and he told me to have his secretary come to our house to pick it up."

Uncle Wang asked, "Did Xiao Hong get her job arranged by Governor Li?"

Aunt Wang said, "Then it's fine. I didn't ask."

Uncle Wang said, "This is quite a generous gift. Such an important matter is settled with just a little mutton. How cheap!"

Aunt Wang said, "Everything you say relates to gift-giving. Do you think people will accept gifts? It's just friendly exchange. What kind of expensive gift did you receive? Let me see it."

Uncle Wang put his hands behind his head and laughed: "Then you have no hope for the rest of your life. Who would dare to give me a gift? My family has hundreds of millions in savings. What gift could I possibly want? Do you think anyone would dare bring anything when they come to pay New Year's visits?"

Aunt Wang rolled her eyes at Uncle Wang: "Show off your abilities."

Uncle Wang said, "That's right, if we don't show off this, what are we going to show off? Upright and honest, steady and reliable."

Aunt Wang said, "Fine, you're capable and honest. Let's see if you can make it back as a provincial governor."

Uncle Wang shook his head: "That's hard to say. Everything has two sides; it's hard to say whether it's good or bad. Where did Xiao Hong go?"

Xiaowei's mother cracked sunflower seeds and fed Xiaoxiaohui, saying, "They said it's some kind of government affairs office, the General Office's government affairs office."

Uncle Wang said, "Alright, with this starting point, you'll catch up to me in a few years if you play it safe."

Xiaowei's mother said, "If only it were that easy. Just hang in there. Anyway, we don't expect anything from her. As long as she's stable, that's fine."

Uncle Wang said, "When you're in the government, your starting point is extremely important. Think about it, even if you're both at the section-level, is it the same in the county or the provincial party committee? What are the chances of a clerk in the county becoming the secretary and then a division-level official? In the provincial party committee, what is a division-level official? They can be promoted in just a few years."

Xiao Wei's dad said, "Wouldn't that mean we have to keep increasing the required years of service, level by level?"

Uncle Wang said, "It's certain that she'll be cut off from the cutoff line. Once Xiao Hong gets in, she should be a section chief, which will save her a lot of years. Getting promoted to division chief in five years shouldn't be a problem. Going to school is still useful. Look at me, I spent all those years in the army, and I only came back as a section chief."

Xiao Hong walked over, wiping her hands, and said, "Really? My classmates are all clerks."

Uncle Wang said, "How could you be made a leader right after starting work? Everyone has to start as a clerk. The starting points are different. You're assigned as cadres, and once you're officially promoted, you're guaranteed at least a deputy section chief position. You're an outstanding student cadre, so you should be able to get a section chief position."

Xiao Hong didn't believe it and said, "There aren't that many cadre positions. That's impossible."

Uncle Wang said, "There are deputy section chiefs and section chiefs among the staff members, which are like deputy section chiefs and section chiefs. Rank is not the same as position. As for whether you can actually get promoted in the future, that depends on your personal efforts and opportunities."

Chen Hui said, "There are also cadres who are put in worker positions, doing the work instead of the job, and there are quite a few of them. Sometimes rank is quite useful, but sometimes it's useless. The key is what position you are in and what status you have in the eyes of your superiors."

Xiao Hong scratched her head and said, "What you guys said makes me feel like my position as a section chief is nothing."

Xiao Wei's father asked Chen Hui, "If a cadre goes to a worker's post, will they work just like the workers?"

Chen Hui said, "Yeah, we do the same work, there's no difference, it's just a few dozen or a hundred yuan more a month, that's for cadres."

Xiao Wei's father shook his head: "Then being a cadre is truly a disgrace."

Chen Hui said, "There are too many like this in enterprises and public institutions. College and junior college graduates are all cadres after graduation. But there aren't that many cadre positions. They just give you some benefits to work as workers and slowly work your way up. If there is a chance for promotion, and the leaders above remember you, then you will be promoted. If they don't remember you or don't want to remember you, you may be a worker for the rest of your life."

Xiaowei's mother said, "In the end, it all comes down to having connections. But in this society, without connections, everything is pointless. Let me tell you, be careful out there, don't offend people unknowingly, keep your eyes wide open and your mouth shut, and don't get involved in everything."

Xiao Hong said, "This makes it sound like I've done something wrong."

Xiao Wei walked in through the main door: "What bad thing happened?"

Chen Hui said, "Networking resources are also a form of strength. It's foolish to leave them lying around unused. If you want to do great things, you have to work hard to climb the ladder. No matter how you climb, you can only get things done when you have more influence. Everything else is just nonsense. Those who talk about this and that are just sour grapes. Put them in his shoes and see if they'll still use their connections."

Beibei was nestled in the corner of the sofa, hugging a cushion, her little face twitching as she seemed lost in thought.

Xiao Wei went over and sat down next to Bei Bei: "What's wrong with your face? What are you thinking about?"

Beibei said, "Mom became an official, and I can't see her anymore. Mom became an official again, what should I do?"

Xiao Wei picked her up and said, "What does this have to do with being an official? You can see whoever you want. We have a car, right? Let's just drive there."

Beibei asked, "Then why didn't Mommy drive here?"

Xiao Wei said, "She doesn't know how to drive yet, she's learning. She'll come when she can drive. Adults have to go to work, just like children have to go to school. Adults have their own things to do, and children have their own things to do."

Beibei said, "If only, if only we could all live together."

Xiaowei's mother said, "I don't understand either. Why does Guifang insist on going back to the county town? Isn't it better to work here? This makes the child suffer from both ends every day."

Uncle Wang said, "Take it slow, he'll figure it out eventually. Right now, he feels like he owes us a lot, but going back to work will at least make him feel better. That kid has had a tough life. Things will get better with time, he'll have to be transferred eventually anyway."

Xiao Hong said, "She thinks too much. This girl is a bit like that; she's not a big girl, but she thinks a lot. Sometimes I have to think before I talk to her."

(End of this chapter)