RPAGF Chapter 610 Food Shortage
Chapter 610 Food Shortage
Arriving at the secretary's office, Qi Tongwei knocked on the half-open office door and walked in.
Lin Gangjian was chatting and laughing with He Anxia, and the atmosphere was good.
Seeing Qi Tongwei coming, Lin Gangjian greeted him with a smile.
"Hey, our city's great hero is here."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Tongwei could sense the other party's little thoughts. If He Anxia was a little narrow-minded, or if the relationship between them was a little worse, this sentence would be the fuse.
His achievements surpass his boss's, which leader can tolerate this?
Qi Tongwei sat down opposite He Anxia and said, "Comrade Gangjian, how can I be considered a hero? This is the result of the joint efforts of everyone, from top to bottom. If we talk about merit, everyone is a hero, especially those who work hard below. We leaders can only come forward and express our opinions, but we don't actually do much."
"You're too modest." Lin Gangjian smiled and pointed at Qi Tongwei.
Qi Tongwei smiled in response and did not respond to the meaningless words.
He Anxia spoke at the right time: "Okay, everyone is here, let's stop talking nonsense and talk about business, about how to deal with Hu Youde."
Lin Gangjian interrupted, "Comrade Anxia, can you let me say a few words first?"
He Anxia looked at Lin Gangjian with some doubt, exchanged glances with Qi Tongwei, and nodded, "Please speak."
Lin Gangjian said: "I would like to talk about some of the situations in our Beishan City.
Our Beishan City is an old industrial city with a long history. Industrial cities have always had an old problem, that is, weak agriculture.
This is due to industrial pollution and large-scale land enclosure development, so there is a lack of ability to fill the stomach.
The gap in daily food needs most of the time requires coordination from higher levels, so our food prices are a little higher than those in the surrounding areas.
Don't underestimate this. Multiply it by more than five million, and it becomes an astronomical figure. "He paused and continued:
"However, compared with prices in previous years, the premium level of grain prices has remained at a low level in recent years, thanks to the achievements made by the Grain Bureau led by Hu Youde.
In addition to maintaining market stability, he also successfully completed several tasks assigned by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.
Take relief food for example. You are all aware of the economic situation in Beishan City. It is getting worse and worse, and the number of laid-off workers is increasing day by day.
With so many people unemployed, social conflicts will easily intensify. If they are hungry, the problem will be even bigger.
Therefore, in addition to the active measures taken by the superiors, the municipal party committee and government also launched many self-rescue measures to distribute food and supplies to everyone.
Comrade Youde has repeatedly undertaken the important task of purchasing relief grain.
With the same amount of relief money, Comrade Youde can purchase 5% more food than others. 5% more can feed 5% more people. Hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers can benefit thousands more people.
If you really think about it, it has made a great contribution to Beishan City."
Qi Tongwei smiled. "If Secretary Lin were to calculate this, we would have to build a memorial hall for Director Hu."
He Anxia also laughed, "Speaking of building ancestral halls, Comrade Tongwei, I think you should build a few too.
No, I think we, the fathers and officials, can all be appointed several times. Who dares to say that he has no merit? Which fathers and officials are not responsible for the birth, old age, sickness and death of countless people?
Qi Tongwei put away his smile and said seriously, "So our cadres must remember their responsibilities and put themselves in the right place.
The Party and the people have chosen us, so we must do our best to do our job well and complete our duties in this position. Isn't that right?
Even if you have made contributions and have been rewarded and promoted by your superiors, how can it be considered a golden ticket to immunity from death?"
Lin Gangjian's face changed, and he realized that he had gone too far. He quickly said, "Comrade Tongwei, you may have misunderstood me. I didn't mean that. I meant to highlight this comrade's ability. If it were another leading cadre, he might not be able to do as well as he did.
The coordination of grain is tedious and complex, requiring the person in charge to have strong upward coordination skills. Comrade Hu Youde happened to be transferred from the provincial department, and his ability to coordinate with superiors is very good. To exaggerate, I don't think there will be another grain person as capable as him in the entire Beishan City."
Qi Tongwei said, "Secretary Lin, just tell me frankly, who is the son of this Director Hu, and which provincial leader is behind him?"
What is the ability to move up? Isn’t it just having connections and backgrounds above? Who among them doesn’t have connections and backgrounds above?
Seeing that things had come to this, Lin Gangjian stopped trying to hide the truth and said, "Let me be frank. Comrade Youde used to be the driver of our Vice Governor Qu."
This was a new situation. He Anxia and Qi Tongwei looked at each other.
But they don't care too much. They don't care about an executive vice governor or a future governor, let alone a vice governor of agriculture who is ranked neither high nor low.
Qi Tongwei asked, "So the vice governor said hello to you, Secretary Lin?"
Lin Gangjian said, "Not really. I just hope we can consider all aspects and give this comrade a chance if there aren't any major problems. We always emphasize punishing past mistakes to prevent future ones and curing illnesses to save lives. We should try to treat the patient if we can."
Qi Tongwei nodded. It turned out that what Lin Gangjian said made sense.
Hu Youde still has a role to play. Filling one's stomach is a big deal now. Having such a person can save the city's finances a lot of money.
But as new leaders, they must make the first three moves, and they must do it smoothly, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out subsequent work.
Weighing the pros and cons, Qi Tongwei said, "Since Secretary Lin mentioned curing his illness and saving his life, let's see if he can be saved." He pulled a stack of envelopes from his pocket and placed them on his desk. "These are over a dozen letters of complaint. They report Hu Youde's extravagant spending at the Grain Bureau and his use of public funds for food and drink. Others report a serious shortage at a grain reserve in Beishan City, with specific figures given: 4,000 kilograms of grain are missing."
Since Qi Tongwei implemented the rotation system, such letters of complaint have been floating into the secretary and mayor's offices like snowflakes.
The most were from Zhu Hongwen, with more than 300 copies in just one month.
This is because the rotation system makes some people feel unbalanced, and they launch aggressive reports against their superiors and cadres who are not rotated.
However, Qi Tongwei kept pressing it and did nothing, only asking his secretary to classify and store it. Now he can take it out naturally when he needs it.
Lin Gangjian was struck by lightning. He originally thought that Hu Youde had a problem of squandering public funds at most, but he never expected that the other party would be so bold as to touch the reserve grain, which is a capital crime!
Lin Gangjian's face darkened. "Is the information reliable?"
Qi Tongwei said, "I think it's generally reliable. They've already specified the warehouse number and the exact amount, so it's highly reliable. As for the truth of the matter, we still need to send someone to investigate." He pointed at the envelope again, "But there's solid evidence that he was eating and drinking with public funds from the Grain Bureau and was squandering money. I had someone investigate, and it's basically true."