Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 272 Confused Old Chen

Looking at him like this, Qi Tongwei still couldn't remember anything. For him, there were too many things to do in a day, and sometimes he would forget what he said in a moment. But when it comes to grassroots cadres, these two phone calls from him can ruin their future. This is the power of power.

"It was raining heavily that day, and our street demolition office hired two excavators to forcibly demolish the sea sand houses on the tidal flats, and almost caused an accident.

This matter is all my fault. I ignored the uncertain risks during the flood season and was careless.

The people came to me and asked me to give them a few days, and I agreed in a daze. The demolition office did not implement the district government's instructions to demolish every contracted building immediately, and they were also following my orders.

If you need to punish someone for this matter, just punish me directly, because I am the one who made the biggest mistake."

Chen Chao's performance was quite beyond Qi Tongwei's expectations. Ninety-nine percent of officials, once involved in matters of responsibility, would push the responsibility onto the lower-level cadres.

Any leader who says that he will take the initiative to take responsibility will immediately be called a fool. Officials are not afraid of being called cruel and ruthless, but they are afraid of being treated as fools.

There are probably only one or two party committee secretaries out of a thousand who take the initiative to take responsibility for the cadres of township and street offices. It is no exaggeration to say that they are rare.

But this also made Qi Tongwei look up to Chen Chao. He originally thought that he was just a steady old cadre who lacked the courage to take responsibility and the drive to take action. That was why he had been stuck in a section-level position for fifteen or sixteen years. He became a township head at the age of thirty, and now he is forty-five and still serving as the party secretary.

It seems that he can't go up, probably because of some other non-objective reasons.

Thinking of this, Qi Tongwei made a decision. He tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingers and was silent for more than ten seconds before he spoke.

"I am really surprised that you, Mr. Chen, would personally come and admit your mistakes instead of pushing the responsibility onto the cadres below.

But you still have to pay attention to this matter. When we work for the people's livelihood, we must not act on our own or rely on luck. We must implement each thing one by one. Once we slack off, the consequences will be serious.

But if you can come here and admit your mistake and defend your comrades, I will give you another chance.

In that case, there will be no organizational handling of this matter. You can go back and redeploy and implement the flood prevention and typhoon relief work.

Another point is that it is almost July, which is the hot season. It is likely to enter the dry season. Before the typhoon comes, there may not be any rain in our city.

Next, we must make solid preparations for drought resistance.

I will give you a new task. You will concurrently serve as the executive deputy director of the District Government's Flood Control, Drought Relief and Disaster Reduction Office. In addition to your daily work as Party Secretary, you will promote the work here throughout the district."

Chen Chao looked at Qi Tongwei in surprise, this appointment was quite unconventional. Although the executive deputy director of the Disaster Reduction Office was also at the section level, he also held the main position of secretary of the street office party committee. This main position was obviously much more important, so how could he be distracted? But since the leader had spoken, he would not slap himself in the face.

I could only agree to it vaguely and take it one step at a time.

"Yes, I understand."

"Okay, you can go out now. I will talk to the district disciplinary committee and forget about this matter."

No one knew how Chen Chao walked out of Qi Tongwei's office. He actually agreed to the deal, with only this weird part-time job as a condition. There was not even a notice of criticism or even the requirement to read a self-criticism in public. He just let it go.

Chen Chao was confused by the situation. After he returned to Xiaqiao Street and told this matter to his partner Cheng Zhong, Cheng Zhong keenly perceived Qi Tongwei's real intention.

"Congratulations, Lao Chen. I'm afraid you're going to be promoted!"

Chen Chao raised his head in confusion. He always subconsciously ignored this option. He almost never ran for office and was not very familiar with the main leaders of the district, so he had never thought about this.

But Cheng Zhong thought of it, because he liked to study these things. He knew clearly which position was vacant, who was qualified to take it, and who belonged to whom. This time when District Chief Zhao left, if the vacant position was arranged according to qualifications and performance, Chen Chao would have the greatest chance.

However, in the past ten years or so, Chen Chao had at least five great opportunities in this regard, but he missed them every time. Promotion is something quite mysterious, and nothing is certain until the documents are issued at the last minute.

Qi Tongwei's strange arrangement at this time was a clear indication to Cheng Zhong that he wanted Chen Chao to intervene in flood control, typhoon relief and drought relief work in advance, to be in charge of the entire district. Then he would let him take over as deputy district chief in charge of agriculture, forestry, water and flood control. This was already a clear signal.

Only Old Chen himself had no confidence in his ability to get promoted. He didn't believe that he could be promoted to deputy district chief in this way. In the past, so many people gave away tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for promotion. Isn't it a joke? It's impossible, absolutely impossible.

Seeing that Chen Chao was still shaking his head to express his disbelief, Cheng Zhong gave up trying to persuade him.

"Just wait and see. Do a good job in flood prevention and see how things develop. I bet 10,000 yuan that you will stick to my point of view. The deputy district chief will be your turn."

"Do not make jokes."

Chen Chao waved his hands and walked away, but Cheng Zhong knew that it was time for him to take action. As long as Chen Chao was promoted, he would have the upper hand in the position of secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Street Office and he must take it. After thinking it over, Cheng Zhong planned to take action later. After all, the leader had not let out any news yet. If he jumped up and down and caused the leader's disgust, it would be counterproductive.

There is a factual precedent. Two wealthy and powerful deputy directors of the Urban Management Bureau fought from the end of the year to the beginning of the year because the position of director was vacant. This caused disgust among the district leaders, who directly appointed Xia Xianchong, the low-ranking deputy director who did not argue or make a fuss, to be the director. Xia did not use any backdoor or connections. He just focused on doing his job well, and then the hat fell from the sky.

This is the most obvious signal sent out by the leaders of the district party committee and government. They do not like the atmosphere of infighting. What they want are subordinates who are united and concentrate on their work. If you think about it carefully, Chen Chao has done just that perfectly.

Under his leadership, Xiaqiao Town was steadily reorganized into Xiaqiao Street, and he carried out the tasks assigned by his superiors without fail. The overall working atmosphere was better than that of several surrounding towns and streets.

Then it is very clear what Cheng Zhong should do. First of all, he should focus on work and actively complete the tasks assigned by his superiors. Xiaqiao still has many projects to carry out in the second half of the year, so it may be a good idea to hold a few mobilization meetings.