Reborn in 1976, teach him how to be an official

The resistance to Sino-foreign joint ventures in electrolytic aluminum mainly comes from ministries and commissions in Beijing.

Strictly speaking, it came from a small number of old comrades who were extremely vigilant.

The Hope Project encountered resistance directly within the province.

After returning from Qiceng Mountain, Liu Hongyi personally organized a meeting with the leaders of the county party committee's propaganda department, county education committee, county youth league committee, county civil affairs bureau and other units, and shared with everyone the results of his inspection trip to the mountainous area and his ideas for promoting the Hope Project.

The director of the county education commission and the director of the county civil affairs bureau hurriedly stood up and made self-criticisms to Secretary Liu.

However, it can be seen that these two are just "going through the motions".

Zhuang'an was already very poor, and the county's finances couldn't even cover the regular salaries of its cadres each year. Funding from higher authorities was needed to cover basic expenses. The mountainous areas and remote rural areas were simply not adequately cared for.

This is not their fault, it is caused by historical reasons.

For thousands of years, mountainous and remote areas have been synonymous with poverty.

This board will never hit them on the head.

But Liu Hongyi didn't think so. His face darkened and he said, "Old He, Old Wei, you really should reflect on yourselves!"

The two responsible persons were stunned and looked at him nervously, with a well-hidden "dissatisfaction" in their eyes.

We know that Secretary Liu is capable and can get money, and now the construction of Zhuang'an is indeed in full swing. This is true ability, and no one dares to question it. But you are also familiar with what Zhuang'an was like before.

One of us is the Director of the Education Commission, the other is the Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and neither of us manages money. The whole county is extremely poor. What can we do?

Secretary Liu, you can't deliberately use us two as scapegoats just to establish your authority and "build accusations against us"!

In fact, after Liu Hongyi came to Zhuang'an, except for the removal of a group of cadres in the initial "Wei Minghua case", there has been no large-scale personnel adjustments since then.

However, his requirements for cadres are much stricter than when Yuan Hongjie was the county party secretary. If the work is not done well, he will definitely be criticized.

Liu Hongyi was fully aware of what the Director of Education and the Director of Civil Affairs were thinking. He said sternly, "Old He, Old Wei, I know you're not convinced... It's true that Zhuang'an is indeed very poor and facing financial difficulties. This is not your responsibility..."

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Secretary Liu is still reasonable...

"But, you two, having served as directors of the Education Commission and the Civil Affairs Bureau for several years, have you ever been to Qiceng Mountain? Have you ever been to Sandaoguai or the Mashi Brigade? Do you understand the actual conditions in the mountains? Have you seen them with your own eyes? Have you investigated?"

Beads of sweat immediately began to appear on the foreheads of the two middle-level leaders, and their expressions became much more nervous than before.

"No matter how difficult the county's finances are, can you still afford to pay for your travel expenses?"

"This is a question of work attitude, my comrade!"

Liu Hongyi knocked on the table lightly.

"Each of our cadres should be fully aware of the work they are responsible for. Is this not too much to ask?"

"As the county party secretary, I know all about these problems in the mountainous area, but you don't. How can this be justified?"

"That kind of work attitude is definitely not acceptable."

"I can forgive you for the first time. But I hope there won't be a second time."

"From now on, whoever is in charge of a job, when I ask them about it, they must be able to give me an accurate answer. If they can't do it, then I'll replace them with someone who can!"

Liu Hongyi said a little angrily.

Now the two middle-level leaders had nothing to say and could only review themselves again.

The "dissatisfaction" in his eyes also flew away. He was thinking in his mind that he would go to the countryside tomorrow and visit each district and town, so that he would not be unable to answer Secretary Liu's questions next time.

It would be really unfair if you lost the official position that you worked so hard to get because of this.

But then they had no time to think about their official positions because Secretary Liu said he wanted to "beg."

Yes, in their eyes, the “Hope Project” is “begging”!

"Secretary, this... this might not be a good idea, right?"

Zhou Ping, the county party committee's propaganda minister, was a female comrade who was transferred from the deputy director of the editorial department of Ningzhou Daily. When she heard Liu Hongyi's plan, she was stunned for a moment. After a while, she carefully raised an objection.

"Minister Zhou, what's wrong?"

Liu Hongyi didn't expect Zhou Ping to object.

He thought that Zhou Ping, after all, was a media professional and deputy editor of the Ningzhou Daily, so she was quite knowledgeable. And generally speaking, people who worked in journalism tended to have more modern and avant-garde ideas.

Liu Hongyi remembers that in many movies from the 1980s and 1990s, whenever there were reporters, whether male or female, they were all dressed very fashionably, had very avant-garde ideas, and always said many shocking things.

Zhou Ping said tactfully, "Secretary Liu, you just said that you're planning to promote this Hope Project nationwide, and even to our foreign friends, so that everyone can come and help us develop education in Zhuang'an... That's a good idea... We in Zhuang'an are indeed too poor and backward... But isn't this a bit of a self-deprecating act?"

"Especially with foreign friends, I'm worried that it might cause some bad misunderstandings..."

We are poor, that is a fact.

But we must have backbone!

Now we take the initiative to tell foreigners that we are so poor that we can't even send our children to school and that we need financial aid. Isn't this exposing our family disgrace to the public?

"Yes, Secretary Liu, there is no trivial matter in diplomacy..."

The director of the Education Commission also advised.

"You see, our difficulties are only temporary. Now, under your leadership, Secretary Liu, we've established so many factories and wholesale centers. Soon we'll have money, and our finances will become prosperous... Then, we'll have enough money to invest in education."

Liu Hongyi asked in return, "Even if Zhuang'an becomes richer in two years, what about other places?"

"With so many impoverished areas across the country, can everyone become prosperous within two or three years?"