At the agreed time, Zhao Qinglan, neatly dressed, appeared at the door of the government.
Before coming here, she had thought about what she wanted to wear, but after thinking about it, she decided to look for clothes that would look good and would not go wrong.
She checked in at the gate, and after she went in to explain her purpose, she was quickly led outside Secretary Cheng's office.
"Comrade Zhao, the secretary is talking to someone inside. Please wait outside for a while." Secretary Cheng's secretary said politely.
"No trouble, no trouble."
Zhao Qinglan sat down outside, and soon the secretary poured a tea jar of water for her and brought it over.
After about ten minutes, a man walked out of the office with a folder, and Zhao Qinglan was finally brought in by his secretary.
"Hello, Comrade Zhao." Father Cheng stood up and shook hands with her warmly.
"Hello, Secretary Cheng."
"Sit down quickly."
Zhao Qinglan sat down with a smile.
"I must have asked Comrade Zhao to meet, and Comrade Zhao was very confused, right?" Father Cheng said with a smile.
"It's true." Zhao Qinglan told the truth.
"It's like this. I learned some things about you from Cheng Tao. Out of curiosity, I did some research and the results surprised me."
Zhao Qinglan just smiled and said nothing because she didn't know Cheng's father's purpose yet.
"Comrade Zhao seems to have great ideas in doing business." Father Cheng finally asked his first valuable inquiry.
"I don't take it seriously, it's just a small fuss." She said modestly.
In fact, it's not that she is too self-effacing. Maybe the snack bar and military-civilian cooperation she created seem really powerful now, but she knows how much she weighs. She just took advantage of her previous life, and she really doesn't feel that she is
How well done.
"Comrade Zhao's petty quarrels can cause big headaches for many of our state-owned restaurants." Cheng's father joked.
Zhao Qinglan became a little nervous when he heard this. Was he planning to launch an attack? Could it be that the superior unit of the state-owned hotel had filed a lawsuit against him?
She was a little nervous, but not to the point of panic. After all, the military-civilian cooperation was in the name of the army, so she still had some confidence.
Her slight nervousness did not escape Cheng's father's eyes.
"Comrade Zhao, don't be nervous. I came to you for other reasons."
"Secretary Cheng, please speak."
"If I hand a state-owned hotel into your hands, Comrade Zhao, can you do it well?"
Zhao Qinglan raised her eyebrows. "Secretary Cheng, what do you mean?"
"The spring breeze of reform has begun to blow, but many of our comrades are still immersed in the past and cannot see the crisis. I am very worried."
Zhao Qinglan was really surprised now.
Unexpectedly, Secretary Cheng was quite open-minded. No, I should say he was very far-sighted.
Although reform and opening up has been proposed for several years, except for a few large cities and special areas like Shenzhen City, the actual changes in other places have not been much.
Everyone sticks to the rules, won't change if they can, and doesn't seek merit but seeks no faults.
But she heard a lot from Secretary Cheng's words.
"Comrade Zhao, there are currently no changes in other units in the region, but there are still some changes in a few state-owned hotels. I want you to be a pool of living water inside and stir up the pool."
Although he understood, Zhao Qinglan just thought for a moment and said decisively: "Secretary Cheng, I'm sorry, I just want to keep my current store and I don't have the energy to do anything else."
She knew that Cheng's father had a good idea. Several state-owned restaurants in the area had strong competitors because of her military-civilian cooperation, so they were in some crisis.
But in fact, in a few years, state-owned hotels of all sizes, even other public entities, and large state-owned factories will gradually face various competitive crises.
This is the general trend, and it is also the elimination and selection of the market.
Cheng's father may have seen some things, but he would not see the overall situation like her, a prophet.
This situation can't be solved by just "making a splash of living water", and she doesn't have that much ability.
Maybe she could do a good job managing a state-owned hotel, but it wouldn't be of much use.
Father Cheng was a little disappointed when he was rejected.
"Comrade Zhao, I can give you great management authority and let you do whatever you want."
"Secretary Cheng, that's not the problem, it's that I don't have this idea. I'm so sorry."
Father Cheng's starting point is good, but he may not be able to fully control some things after entering the game, and many things within the system are still very complicated.
If she wants to join the game, she will squeeze out some people and tamper with some people's cakes. She has no idea what she will encounter.
She just wants to keep her property safe and make money, and doesn't want to consider such complicated matters, which may result in more losses than gains.
Seeing that she really had no room for negotiation, Cheng's father could only say regretfully: "Comrade Zhao, you can think about it when you go back. You can come to me at any time when you think about it."
This time Zhao Qinglan didn't reply too harshly. "Okay, I'm sorry to bother Secretary Cheng."
Asking the secretary to send Zhao Qinglan away, Father Cheng leaned there and sighed.
He checked some things Zhao Qinglan had done and saw that she affiliated her store with the army, provided jobs to military wives, and gave profits to the army. He thought she was someone who wanted to do "good things" and "big things".
Because he also knew that Zhao Qinglan actually wanted to be affiliated with a government unit at the beginning.
He thought that if he directly offered her a certain amount of autonomy this time and asked her to manage a state-owned hotel, she would definitely not refuse. Unexpectedly, the other party's reaction was completely different from what he had guessed.
It's not that Zhao Qinglan doesn't have a heart to do things, but she knows that she can't change the decline of state-owned hotels in the future.
As for bringing more living water, she doesn't have that much influence.
She still knows very well how capable she is and how many bowls of rice she can eat.
However, this meeting gave her a good impression of Father Cheng. He was a thoughtful, willing and practical public servant.
It's a pity that I really can't do much to help.
Let her manage it directly. In fact, she is still under the jurisdiction of the superiors, and the hotel is still a public unit. But in a few years, if there is any state-owned unit, the factory goes bankrupt and needs someone to take over. If it is taken over by then, it will be her own. What does she want?
Just do whatever you want, it’s not that you can’t think about it.
If Secretary Cheng returns her favor at that time, maybe there will be a chance for the two of them to cooperate and negotiate again.
Zhao Qinglan was just thinking about it casually, but she didn't expect that something hit the mark.
Of course, she would never accept the olive branch offered by Secretary Cheng at the moment.
She was asked to meet by Cheng Tao's father, and everyone in her family knew about it. When she came back, her mother started asking questions.
Even though Sun had already come into contact with many big figures, such as her own brother Sun Guangming, she really didn't feel much about it. In her eyes, Cheng Tao, the secretary of the prefectural committee, was a very important official.
Now the secretary of the prefectural committee wants to see his daughter. What is he going to do? Ever since Zhao Qinglan left the house, she has been worried.
The fact that Cheng's father wanted Zhao Qinglan to manage a state-owned hotel was not a secret that could not be disclosed, so she told her mother and said that she had declined.
Ms. Sun didn't think there was anything wrong with her daughter not doing this, but she just felt that her daughter was a real tiger, and she would refuse the "invitation" from the secretary without hesitation.
The children did not care much about the affairs between their adults, and the conversation between Cheng Tao and Zhao Qinglan did not affect the relationship between Cheng Tao and the eldest child at all.
When the eldest child started school, Zhao Qinglan took the three younger children back to the provincial capital.