Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 533 Alchemy

Hanjiang Provincial Committee.

Pei Yihong and Zhao Anbang met together with two cadres who were about to be transferred to Tianzhou. One of the two cadres was Ji Jianming who had stayed behind a few days ago, and the other was Sha Ruijin who came from Southern Anhui Province.

The development of the six northern cities has always been a focus of the province, especially in the major transformation from a planned economy to a market economy.

As a former old industrial base, the six cities have shouldered a historical mission entrusted by the times. Today, reform has become imperative. Selecting suitable and capable reform generals will play a vital role in the future development of the six cities.

Under the attention of their superiors, reform generals from various provinces gathered at the Han River, including Qi Tongwei and He Anxia from Handong in the past, and Sha Ruijin from southern Anhui today.

Pei Yihong looked at the information of the reform pioneer from Southern Anhui Province in front of him, and passed it to Zhao Anbang. Overall, he was very satisfied.

At the age of 39, he already has extremely rich work experience, spanning from the central government to local governments. Such a person can bring extremely rich resources, and he will definitely bring a new atmosphere to Tianzhou.

"Comrade Ruijin, you and Comrade Jianming must unite well this time and develop Tianzhou. To be honest, the provincial Party committee and I are very dissatisfied with the political environment in Tianzhou. It's like an old, broken cart stuck somewhere, unable to develop. Two mayors have already resigned. You are the pioneer of reform in Southern Anhui, the whipping boy of the new era. I hope you can drive this broken cart for me."

"Yes, Secretary Pei, I will do my best to live up to your and the Provincial Party Committee's trust."

Pei Yihong nodded and wanted to give a few more instructions when his secretary came in to report that He An, the secretary of the Beishan Municipal Party Committee, had come and wanted to meet him.

Pei Yihong was startled. "Why is he here? Okay, let him in."

Sha Ruijin and Ji Jianming stood up and said, "Secretary Pei, we'll wait for you outside."

Pei Yihong waved his hand, "No need, you guys just stay here. Comrade An Xia also came here with Comrade Jian Ming a few days ago. He's a very good comrade, so I'd like to introduce him to you.

You're going to Tianzhou this time, and you two neighbors should get to know each other first. If there are any good projects in the future, you can share your knowledge with each other."

After hearing what Pei Yihong said, Sha Ruijin stopped and just stood there waiting for He Anxia to come over. After a while, a man of similar age to him came into the office under the guidance of his secretary.

"Secretary Pei." He Anxia looked exhausted.

The road was too bumpy, and the four-hour drive was a bit too much for He Anxia. He secretly decided to take the highway next time. He would rather take a detour of one or two hours from Jianghai Province than take the direct national highway.

"Comrade An, you've only been gone for a day or two, why are you back again?" Pei Yihong asked knowingly.

He Anxia complained, "Secretary Pei, we came to the Provincial Party Committee to ask for help. We went to visit the workers yesterday and found out that they can't even guarantee their basic living needs. Many workers can't even eat one meal a day. This is not a solution."

Pei Yihong's heart sank after hearing this. This was an established fact. Did he know it? Of course he knew it, and the provincial party committee knew it too, but they could not bear the responsibility.

He can slowly develop four million jobs in a province, but he cannot solve the food, clothing, housing and transportation needs of four million people at one time.

Just like in ancient times when marching and fighting, one soldier needed several auxiliary soldiers to assist him, and behind him there were more than a dozen ordinary people to support him.

Although the situation now is not like that in ancient times, solving the problem of four million people cannot be accomplished overnight.

This problem will eventually be solved, but it takes time, so during this period, as long as no one starves to death is the bottom line of the provincial party committee, but the situation is obviously worse than Pei Yihong expected.

Seeing Pei Yihong remain silent, He Anxia thought he hadn't impressed him, so he continued, "Secretary Pei, I was originally planning to take it slow, but my comrade the mayor couldn't wait. He waved his hand and immediately secured the 400,000 workers. Now, as a squad leader, I'm forced to beg for alms from you and the Provincial Party Committee."

Pei Yihong heard about this last night. He thought at the time that these two people had determination and courage, but they were a little hot-headed.

Can this city afford to provide a safety net for more than 400,000 laid-off workers?

If their province had followed their lead and impulsively provided security for millions of laid-off workers, there would not have been any problems like these.

After all, money does not come out of thin air; it requires the productivity of society to undergo substantial transformation.

Pei Yihong shook his head, sighed, and said, "I've heard about your situation. Do you know that given your current financial situation, you simply can't afford to support 400,000 workers?"

He Anxia nodded repeatedly, "Secretary Pei, I understand everything, but you should know something about my partner. He rushed out of the drug dealers' den with a gun. He was full of energy. After comforting the laid-off workers, he shed tears.

We are the sons of the people, and now we are the parents of the people. In this world, there is no parent who does not care about his own children, or a son who does not care about his parents.

Regardless of whether the child calls the stepmother a stepmother or the parents are unfilial, we in the Red Star Party have no stepmothers and no unfilial sons. When I heard this, my heart softened and I agreed with his opinion. In fact, this is all my fault."

Zhao Anbang, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer. "Alright, alright, stop acting. What tears, what softness? This self-torture trick won't work on Secretary Pei or the Provincial Party Committee. If you have the guts to brag, you should take responsibility. You've been made good people, you've become good officials to the people, and now you're letting the Provincial Party Committee pay the bill. That doesn't make sense."

He Anxia, ​​who was exposed, was not embarrassed at all. After hanging out with Qi Tongwei for so long, he still had some nerve. Of course, if his father and Pei Yihong were not familiar with each other, he would not dare to do this. "Secretary Pei, Governor Zhao, we didn't ask the Provincial Party Committee to pay the bill. We just want your and the Provincial Party Committee's support."

"What support?"

"It's not too much, just give us 5 billion and some policies to let Beishan City do its work freely. When the time comes, we will definitely give you a new Beishan City."

Zhao Anbang exploded, "Five billion, I think you two should go and grab it. If there is five billion, why do we still need you?"

Pei Yihong waved his hand, suppressing Zhao Anbang's anger, and took out a document. "There's not 5 billion, but you're lucky. The relevant policy has been released. It was issued this morning. Take a look."

He Anxia quickly took it.

Pei Yihong said: "According to the spirit of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China [1998] No. 10, the Central Committee and the State Council issued a notice on effectively ensuring the basic living security and reemployment of laid-off workers in state-owned enterprises, which clearly stipulated the interim measures for laid-off workers in state-owned enterprises.

The basic security funds for laid-off workers will be determined by governments at all levels and will be the responsibility of finance at all levels. Central enterprises will be responsible for the funds, while local enterprises will be responsible for the funds.

At the same time, the central government provides certain subsidies to the central and western regions and old industrial bases that are facing more difficulties, and you are among them.

At the end of this month, a special fund will be deposited into your account. As for the excess, you will have to bear it yourself."

He An calmed down and said, "That's great. With this money, we have more room to operate."