After I came out from Secretary Rong's place, I kept thinking about what she said to me, except of course the incident with Min Siwei.
I smiled and said, "That's okay. Just tell them, but don't make too many dishes at night, just home-cooked food."
He was a little at a loss. I smiled and said to him: "Go ahead... By the way, you call and ask Director Sun from the Health Bureau to come over."
He agreed and went out.
In Shangjiang City, I really have very few contacts with the heads of departments below. Director Sun, Li Wenwu, and the Director of Finance are relatively close to me. Although Mayor Wu has a good relationship with me, after all, he
He is the executive deputy mayor, and he has been a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee before this, so he is similar to me, and he is also a high-ranking person. It is impossible to know more specific situations from him. The person in charge of the following department
People are different. Most of them are locals and their positions are not very high. These people are the easiest to hear the real situation.
Of course, this must be if they are willing to tell me the truth, and I must find ways to get them to tell the truth.
Director Sun came not long after. I left the table to shake hands with him, and then invited him to sit down in the reception area. After Xiao Xu made tea, I motioned for him to leave.
I sat down opposite Director Sun and said to him with a smile: "Director Sun, I have nothing else to do with you today. I just want to chat with you. To be honest, since I came to work in Shangjiang City,
, I have not had much contact with the comrades below. Relatively speaking, I have relatively more contact with you. This is mainly related to my previous experience as a doctor and hospital director. After all, I still have feelings for health work.
In addition, I also think that you are a very good person, relatively real, and you have your own basic bottom line in doing things. Therefore, I feel that it is very pleasant to associate with you. There have been too many things recently, and my work pressure has also increased.
It's very big, so I really want to find someone to talk to. Director Sun, you don't have anything urgent to do now, right?"
He said: "Thank you, Mayor Feng, thank you for your trust in me. Mayor Feng, I feel very honored. So many things have happened in Shangjiang City in the past two years. If you hadn't reminded me frequently,
, if you help, people like me with little background might have been taken down long ago. Mayor Feng, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart."
I smiled and said: "Director Sun, you are too polite. If there are other factors besides the job, we should actually be friends. Don't you think so?"
He grinned and said: "Thank you. Mayor Feng, I am really honored."
I smiled and said, "Look, aren't you being polite again? Okay, I won't beat around the bush. Director Sun, I called you here today to get some information from you. Director Sun, you are a local."
, I should always be able to hear some opinions from the citizens about our work and about me personally, but in many cases I cannot hear them, or what I hear and see are all illusions. Director Sun, I hope you will tell me the truth.
, tell me the truest situation you know. Don’t be afraid of telling unpleasant things, you are helping me. Do you understand?”
He said: "Everyone says good things about you, saying that you are capable and have no selfish motives. Anyway, they all say that you are the best mayor in the history of our Shangjiang City."
I laughed and said, "This is a bit too much. How can I be so good? I have only been acting mayor for a few days? How can I become the best mayor? Director Sun, please don't always make peace with me.
I'd like to hear the opposite view."
But he shook his head and said: "Mayor Feng, I really haven't heard any bad comments about you. Really, since you made it so clear, I definitely wouldn't know the situation and tell you nothing.
of."
I shook my head and said, "That's strange. As the saying goes, everyone is perfect, how could he not have a slightly different view of me?"
He said: "Mayor Feng, what I said is true. Anyway, all I heard was good things about you. Shangjiang City has changed a lot in the past two years. After the restructuring of several large factories and mines, although a large number of people were laid off,
, but their lives can still be basically guaranteed. Of course there will be scoldings in this part, but you are not the only one they are scolding. Such things should not be regarded as bad remarks against you, right? This should be the general trend, and
There is nothing wrong with what you did. But those who stayed after the restructuring are saying good things about the city leaders? Now their income has increased several times than before, and everyone is very happy."
I nodded and said: "That's true. Well, you go on."
He immediately said: "In addition, the fact that our Municipal People's Hospital has become a medical university teaching hospital and the overall relocation of the hospital have made the employees of our health system praise you very much. Our medical technology and medical equipment in Shangjiang City
It has always been lagging behind. No leader has ever thought of doing this before. After all, this matter is too difficult and requires a lot of funds. But it was solved so easily after it was in your hands. Everyone said that you
He is a person who really does practical things, and he also said that as long as the leader really wants to do practical things, no matter how difficult the problem is, it will become simple."
I shook my head and said: "Such a discussion is not realistic. First of all, the hospital project has not entered the substantive construction stage at all. There will definitely be many problems later, so this matter is not as easy as imagined. Secondly,
This matter is not due to me alone. Mayor Zhu, you, and so many people below have made great efforts... Haha! Director Sun, let's not talk about this. So what do you mean to me?
Tell me, do you have any opinions on our work?"
After thinking for a while, he said: "There is a problem in this regard. Now some people are talking behind the scenes, saying whether our steps in Shangjiang City are too big. So many projects are launched at once. If there is a shortage of funds,
What's the matter? If the city is full of unfinished buildings by then, won't this city be destroyed? By the way, people in the education system also have opinions now. They feel that the city has not considered the education system at all.
problem, and this time the city planning did not take into account the relocation and renovation of schools. Haha! These are the only opinions I have heard on the city’s work. Basically, that’s it.”
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I nodded, "I understand. It seems that our publicity work is still not done well... Director Sun, is there anything else?"
He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "No more."
I immediately felt that he didn't really tell me the truth, and that he probably had some concerns. I looked at him and said to him sincerely: "Director Sun, I really want to hear what the people below have said to me today.
My truest opinion. To be honest, I really want to do more things for Shangjiang City in my heart, and I also believe that I can do many things better. Therefore, I hope to know what I can do.
If there are any shortcomings, it will be easier for me to correct them as soon as possible, so that I can do my job better."
He said: "Mayor Feng, there really is no more."
I immediately understood: After all, he is also a member of the officialdom, and he has his own principles for some things. In the final analysis, it was because he and I did not have that very special relationship, so he had some scruples in his heart. This
It's understandable. For example, if Secretary Rong wants to ask me similar questions, and if I know some bad comments about her, I won't tell them all easily.
There are many rules in the officialdom, but some of these rules form a huge binding force on the people in the officialdom. There is no use in forcing it in a situation like this, unless the relationship between two people has reached an extraordinary level.
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Even Mayor Wu and I have such a relationship, he is like this. The last time those laid-off workers came to the city government to petition, he knew some of the situation in advance, but he didn’t tell me? In fact, this is also because
The result of officialdom rules.
The higher a person's position, the more cautious he is inside. Of course, situations like Secretary Chen's are rare.
I immediately said to him: "Okay. Thank you, Director Sun. But I hope you can tell me as soon as possible if you hear something important in the future. Okay? I really hope to get all kinds of real information at any time.
My idea is very simple, I just hope I can do a better job."
He immediately stood up and said, "Okay, Mayor Feng. Don't worry, as long as I hear any bad comments about you, I will definitely tell you."
I immediately felt that his words seemed to have an emphatic meaning. Maybe I am too sensitive now.
After he left, I thought to myself: It seems that this method will not work. But I feel that I have gained something just now.
Now it seems that our current publicity work is indeed not in place. So many key projects in the city are being launched at the same time, but the people know very little about how the government operates. Therefore, it is natural for the people below to have some doubts.
In addition, regarding investment in education, this is indeed an issue that we have not thought too much about yet. This is not due to neglect, but is caused by our current inability to do so. The most difficult thing for the city government today is the issue of funding.
The investment in education is certainly not a small figure.
At this time, I couldn't help but wonder: Can we start this problem first? Or can we use other methods to solve it?
But the problem now is that I have no first-hand information on this aspect. As the mayor, if you want to put forward specific opinions on an aspect of work, you must have first-hand information.
Now, I finally understand why so many leaders do image projects and why they value political performance so much. This is actually a need in the final analysis.
Now I have such a need. Because I suddenly thought that in the government work report of next year's two sessions, education will also be one of the key points.
Thinking of this, I immediately called Mayor Zhu to come to my office immediately. Then I asked Xiao Xu to inform the director of the Municipal Education Commission to come immediately.
Of course Mayor Zhu arrived first. After she came in, I immediately asked her: "Mayor Zhu, how much do you know about the current education situation in our Shangjiang City? If we start investing in education now, you can come up with a plan as soon as possible.
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She said carelessly: "Mayor Feng, as long as the city government can come up with the money, everything will be easy to handle."
I suddenly couldn’t laugh or cry in my heart, “Mayor Zhu, what we have to consider now is how to do big things with less money. So what I need is a specific plan. After the year is the two sessions, the government work report
Education is one of the key points, and this is the work you are responsible for. There is a lot of material on health, but how do we write about education? Have you ever thought about this issue? "
She said: "It is good to spend less money and do big things. But it is difficult."
I smiled and said, "It's difficult. But what kind of things we do are not difficult? Things like the Municipal People's Hospital, urban construction issues, etc. Our finances are so bad, but don't we find ways to solve those problems?
Has the project been completed? So Mayor Zhu, I still say that thinking determines everything.
She said: "Mayor Feng, let me go back and do some research."
I shook my head and said, "Let's study it now. I have already called the director of the Municipal Education Commission. By the way, you call Secretary-General Liu. He is the deputy secretary-general who contacted you. Let's study it together."
After Su Wen was transferred from the city government, she did not transfer new deputy secretaries from the lower departments. This meant that such a position did not require so many people. I agreed with her opinion and immediately asked Mayor Wu to adjust
We reviewed the division of labor among the existing deputy secretaries-general so that each deputy secretary-general can have more contacts.
Indeed, as a municipal government, there is no need for so many deputy secretaries-general. In fact, the responsibilities of the deputy director of the office are actually the responsibilities of the deputy director of the office. I do not want the personnel and institutions of government agencies to be too bloated.
She immediately said happily: "That's great, Mayor Feng. You are personally responsible for researching this matter, and I took the opportunity to be lazy.
I looked at her and smiled, "You..."
At this time, I was thinking in my heart that she and Secretary Rong are both women, but their work ability and thinking are completely different. So the difference between these people is still very big. In fact, Mayor Zhu’s overall work is still very
Not bad, but she is a woman after all. She pays too much attention to the immediate and the details in her working methods, but she is very lacking in pioneering thinking and creativity. She is the kind of person who can do the work she is doing perfectly.
That kind of person, for example, regarding the relocation of the Municipal People's Hospital, as far as I know, she has held many meetings and conducted many studies on the sources of funds and design details, and the current plan has been passed through.
After watching it, I was quite satisfied.
Everyone has their own strengths and characteristics. My biggest shortcoming is actually exactly what she has. I am more impatient in doing things, I don’t pay much attention to details, and my thinking is sometimes more elegant. This kind of elegance in thinking means that
In the end, there is a lack of planning. For example, the problems that exist in Shangjiang City’s education work are not that I didn’t know about it before, but that I never included this matter in my work plan. At this time, I
But he was impatient and eager to conduct research immediately.
It is difficult to correct a person's shortcomings, because many of our shortcomings actually contain our personality factors. And a person's personality is formed when we are very young, so if we want to change it, it is really difficult to correct it.
It's very difficult.
Soon the director and deputy secretary-general of the Education Committee arrived. I immediately asked the director of the Education Committee to report to me the basic situation of education in the city, and asked him to mainly report on the situation of primary and secondary schools in the city.
This is an old director of the Education Committee, so he knows the situation very well, and the export is a lot of data. I think this person is very good, at least he is very familiar with the business he is in charge of. This is not my understanding of the following departments.
The requirements for the person in charge are too low, because many of the heads of other departments simply cannot do this. In the past, I went to some departments to understand their work conditions, and it turned out that most of the department heads asked the office director to bring it
After reading the materials, they read it as written. When I asked about some specific details, it was basically their deputy who supplemented the report.
But the director of the Education Committee was different. His report was concise and concise, and the data was sufficient, which allowed me to quickly understand the city's education situation very clearly.
I nodded after listening, and then asked: "Our No. 1 Middle School in Shangjiang City was the former provincial key middle school, right? After listening to you talk about the situation, the city's primary schools don't seem to have big problems. The main problem is the middle school.
One piece. Am I right to understand it this way?"
He nodded and said: "Mayor Feng, you are right. At present, the main problem in education in our city is the serious shortage of middle schools, especially high school education. In fact, this problem is also a national problem. Elementary schools and junior high schools are
The national and local governments have put in a lot of investment in the national 'universal nine' test score, which is not a big problem. However, this has also caused a serious shortage of high school test score resources. Judging from the situation in our Shangjiang City
Look, the proportion of junior high school students who are promoted to high school is still less than 70%. This is still good. As far as I know, in some mountainous counties and cities in our province, the proportion of junior high school students who are promoted to high school is only about 30%.
The huge population of junior high school students and very few high school education resources have created a very serious bottleneck."
I continued to ask: "We don't care about things in other places. As far as Shangjiang City is concerned, what do you think is the root cause of this situation? Teachers? Or is it the size of the school?"
He said: "There are problems in both aspects. The main problem is the staffing problem. Secondly, we currently only have one middle school with a high school department, and it also has to share a large part of the 'universal nine' education task."
I nodded, "I understand. In fact, the problem of teachers is easy to solve. We can go to other places to recruit people, that is, to introduce outstanding high school teachers from other remote areas. Our Shangjiang City has unique conditions because we are very close to the provincial capital.
, This is the advantage. I think some outstanding teachers from remote areas are still willing to come and work with us. Now I ask another question: How many acres does our city’s No. 1 Middle School cover?”
He replied: "More than three hundred acres. However, apart from teachers' dormitories and playgrounds, there are not many parts that can be used for classrooms. This is also the fundamental reason why this school cannot expand. Of course, there is also financial investment.
Insufficient problem.”
I nodded and then said to Secretary-General Liu: "Go and take a look at our city's planning map."
At this time, I suddenly had an idea in my mind, but I could only make the final decision after looking at the planning drawing.
Soon, the planning map was brought, and I found the location of this school at the finger of the director of the Education Committee. Shangjiang No. 1 Middle School is located in the south of the city, close to the suburbs. This area is planned
New areas are areas that will be developed next after urban transformation is completed.
I looked at it and suddenly had an idea in my mind. Then I pointed to the map and said, "Look at this area, I think we can think about it this way. The area of this school is completely enough, and the playground part is necessary.
In the future, we need to build an indoor gymnasium and a library. This is a must-have function for the school. However, I think the teachers’ dormitories should be moved out, which is easy to do. The teachers’ dormitories are the property of the school. With the deepening of the housing reform policy, in the future
These buildings should be bought out by teachers or the rents should be increased, which is a necessary approach required by the current housing reform policy. In this case, we can completely demolish this part of the building in one step and use all the land for teaching needs."
Having said this, I immediately pointed to a place next to the school, "Look here. This place is right next to the school. Not far away is the farmer's market. There is such a place between the school and the farmer's market. I see
..... There are about ten acres, which is enough to build teachers’ dormitories. The city can consider allocating land to allow schools to build fund-raising houses. The price of fund-raising houses is very cheap, and the city can provide policies and indicators.
A house only costs tens of thousands of yuan, which shouldn't be a big problem for the school's teachers. As long as the problem of teachers' accommodation is solved, the school will have enough land to build teaching buildings. High school education does not belong to
As part of the nine-year universal education, schools will be able to collect school selection fees, which will be a huge amount of income. Now the school should also have a large amount of income in this area, right? This money cannot be used casually for bonuses
Granted. In the future, bank loans can be obtained for school construction, and the school will be able to repay it. Do you think this plan is feasible?"
Mayor Zhu said: "I think this plan is good. In fact, it is equivalent to the municipal government using land to compensate the teachers for a house payment. This should also be regarded as an investment from the municipal government."
I nodded, "That's right. At present, our city's finances are very difficult, and there are many projects that need investment. The only thing we can do is this. Although this land is not big, if we build fund-raising housing for the school at the cost of the land,
, and if various taxes and fees are not collected in the future, this amount of money will not be a small amount. But this is what the city government should do. In addition, I was thinking just now, since the bottleneck of high school education is nationwide, then we
Why not simply reduce part of the junior high school education in City No. 1 Middle School and let City No. 2 Middle School expand the enrollment of junior high schools. This shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
The director of the Education Committee said: "But Mayor Feng, the site of the No. 2 Middle School is too small and cannot be expanded. The No. 2 Middle School is located in the city center and it is difficult to acquire land."
I shook my head and said: "I don't believe there is no place to even build a building. For example, the school administration building can be demolished first, then built into a teaching building, and then other parts of the school can be renovated in sequence. The problem of money is that your city
The Education Committee will find a way, the school will provide part of it, and then go to the province to ask for part. Mayor Zhu of the Provincial Education Committee will go to the event to get more project funds, won’t the problem be solved? And our City No. 1 Middle School, since this school
It is a key point in the province, and what we are solving is the bottleneck problem of high school education. The province should definitely provide support. By the way, I just mentioned two points: First, we can find a way to connect with a key point in the province.
To connect middle schools, it is best to ask them to jointly run schools with us. Secondly, in the future, our city's No. 2 middle school can recruit students from all over the province, and of course it will have to charge a school selection fee. In this way, the school's funding problem will be easier to solve. Through cooperation with the province
If one of the key middle schools in the city jointly runs a school, our city's No. 1 middle school will be more famous in the future, and it will be more able to attract students from other places. This is a virtuous circle. What do you think?"
Mayor Zhu immediately said: "Mayor Feng, your idea is great!"
The director of the Education Committee also said: "Yes. Why haven't we thought of such a simple method before?"
Secretary-General Liu said: "In the final analysis, Mayor Feng's thinking is different from ours. In this case, the government will not invest much, but the whole game will survive."
I was not modest and said with a smile: "Secretary-General Liu is right, thinking is very important. In fact, there is wealth everywhere in our place in Shangjiang City. The problem is that we must learn to dig out it."
Mayor Zhu asked me: "Mayor Feng, which school do you think we should contact?"
I said: "You have to hurry up on this matter. There are only a few key middle schools in the province. You should choose the most famous one first, which is the school that takes the most exams from Peking University and Tsinghua University every year. If you are not interested in this school, then find it as soon as possible."
Next school. By the way, Mayor Zhu, you have to report this matter to the leaders of the Provincial Education Commission first. With their support, this matter will be much easier. After all, there are key middle schools in the province.
It is a school directly under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Education Commission.”
Mayor Zhu promised repeatedly. Then I said: "Hurry up and handle this matter quickly, and then ask the Municipal Education Commission to come up with a plan as soon as possible. Secretary Liu, you must put this part into the government document we are drafting as soon as possible."
Put it in the work report."
This matter has been initially determined. Now I even admire myself a little, and I find that my current thinking is really very different from before. Of course, I also know very well that this is not actually the case.
How much my abilities have improved is mostly determined by my current position. As mayor, I can see further than others when looking at problems, because my perspective of thinking is fundamentally different from other people.
, I think about the problem from an overall perspective. The second reason is because of the power in my hands. For this school project, only I can make decisions about the land immediately and then think about it accordingly.
to the follow-up series of specific plans.
Therefore, power also plays a big role in a person's thinking. "The butt determines the head" is indeed very reasonable.
Although I didn't get the information I really wanted from Director Sun today, I still feel very happy because I solved a big problem that I never paid attention to.
At the end of the day, I happily went to my secretary Xiao Xu’s house.
Xiao Xu's father was very excited after seeing me, and I thought his outfit today was a bit funny. He was wearing a straight Zhongshan suit.
Of course, I know that he did this entirely out of respect for me. But I can also judge his most basic character traits from this.
This is a veteran cadre with conservative ideas and rigorous work style. This is the first impression he gave me.
I can accurately judge that Xiao Xu did not expect his father to wear such clothes, because he smiled awkwardly when he suddenly saw the clothes on his father.
I stretched out my hand to shake hands with Xiao Xu’s father and said, “Hello, I’m here to trouble you today.”
Xiao Xu's father said honestly and politely: "Mayor Feng, I never expected that you could come to my home in person. Our whole family is very happy."
Next to him was Xiao Xu's mother, a thin woman with a flattering smile on her face. She also said to me: "Yes, we are very happy."
I smiled and said, "I should have come a long time ago. I am very grateful to you because you have raised a good son. Xiao Xu is very good, he works hard, is down-to-earth, and is also very smart."
The old couple became even more happy. Xiao Xu's father said to me excitedly: "Thank you, Mayor Feng. It's his blessing that our son can follow you."
At this time, Xiao Sui sent the cigarettes and wine to Xiao Xu's father and said, "Mayor Feng gave this to you."
I immediately said: "This is a small kindness, please accept it."
Xiao Xu's father hurriedly resigned, "Mayor Feng, you are too polite. How can we have the nerve to accept your things? We should give you things instead."
I smiled and said, "Take it, I don't smoke, and I rarely drink. I'm a guest at your house today, how can I do it without bringing something? Isn't this the minimum etiquette?"
Only then did Xiao Xu’s father accept it.
Then I started to look at Xiao Xu's home. This place is a very ordinary family home of a work unit. It is an older building. The house is only six to seventy square meters. The furniture inside is also very ordinary, without much.
Renovated.
This immediately reminded me of my parents' home in my hometown county, where I lived when I was a child. It was very similar to Xiao Xu's home.
At this time, a warm feeling suddenly surged in my heart.
It was probably because Xiao Xu's mother didn't go to work in the afternoon. She quickly put the prepared dishes on the table, which were very rich. There was a bottle of Jiangnan Chun on the table, which was a better kind.
I asked Xiao Xu's father with a smile: "Do you have sorghum wine at home? This kind of wine is not good. Sorghum wine is purer and you won't have a headache after drinking it."
Xiao Xu's father said quickly: "Yes, yes! Mayor Feng, I never thought that a big leader like you actually likes to drink that kind of wine."
I smiled and said, "Everything I drink tastes the same. My parents are just like you. They are ordinary workers. When I came to your house today, I felt like I was back at home."
Xiao Xu's father was even more happy, "Mayor Feng, I'm so happy to hear what you said. I didn't expect that you were also a child born into an ordinary cadre family."
I smiled and asked him: "Generally, children born into cadre families cannot become mayors? Which family's theory is this?"
He laughed "haha", "Mayor Feng, you are so approachable, I didn't expect it at all."
Then we started eating and drinking. Xiao Xu’s mother’s cooking was good and the food tasted great.
I drank a lot of wine with Xiao Xu's father in the evening. Of course, I had a purpose, because I wanted him to tell me more truth after he was completely relaxed.
Afterwards, he became much more relaxed, and his speech was not as inappropriate as when he was nervous at the beginning, and he also talked obviously more.
At this time, I said to Xiao Xu and Xiao Sui: "You go and do your own things. Comrade Xu and I will talk alone."
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