"I heard that the last time the Standing Committee was in the Standing Committee, there was something that was not decided, right? Then let's discuss it again today. Which comrade started the day? After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he took a sip of tea. The big red robe is very mellow.

There was silence in the conference room, and Zhang Bangcheng couldn't stand the atmosphere, coughed, and said: "The last time we talked about some ideas about turning losses into profits for a group of state-owned enterprises that have made great contributions to the economic construction of our Dingqing District. Some comrades believe that we should squarely face up to the contributions made by these enterprises to the economic development of our region, and we should not give up saving them because they did not perform well enough in the first wave of the market economy. Another part of the comrades believes that it is necessary to completely relax its mouth now and let it fend for itself and survive the fittest. ”

Xiao Chen actually expected that he would definitely face the test of state-owned enterprise restructuring. In the 90s, what to talk about if you don't talk about the restructuring of state-owned enterprises? In the 90s, as a "local official", the restructuring of state-owned enterprises was the biggest test of the ability to govern.

Around the 90s, China's GDP growth of about 4% for two consecutive years was low, and then although the high-level mention was still "protecting 4 and fighting for 5", China's economy in 1991 was a little unbearable, and the growth rate of that year was one and a half times higher than that of the previous year, reaching 9.2%. After Zheng Lao's "Southern Tour Speech" and the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all parts of the country were even more energetic, like a teenager who had been hungry for a few meals and was gobbling it up.

In 1992, the Chinese were full of enthusiasm, GDP growth soared to 14.2 percent, officials were more relaxed than ever before, new projects were started everywhere, new companies were set up everywhere, and bank funds were pouring out without any regard for collecting them. The investment budget of the Government Council for this year is 800 billion yuan, an unprecedented amount, but it actually invests 1,182.9 billion yuan.

In 1993, everyone's mood was even higher, 500 new companies opened every day, and 140 old factories were transformed into joint-stock enterprises every week; The whole country is vying to build special zones to catch up with the "circle by the South China Sea", and the central government has approved 119 economic development zones, but in fact 8,700 development zones have been opened; 1,000 real estate companies and 100,000 construction workers drove into the north entrance of the small town of Lingxi, because people believed that this would be the outlet to the sea in the southwest; Real estate in Tianya Province is hotter than in Beikou because Tianya is the largest special zone in the country.

The officials of the local political axe no longer begged the central government for money, and they found that in fact, the bank could take as much money as they wanted, because the officials in the bank in each city were appointed by them, and they naturally obeyed their orders.

The central bank's control over money and credit is no longer effective, and the deposits of ordinary people in the banks are pouring out like a flood that has burst their mouths. The National Bureau of Statistics reported in April 1993 that more investment was made in the local government than in the central government.

However, China's fragile infrastructure and raw material industry simply cannot withstand such rapid economic expansion, air tickets cannot be bought by ordinary people, there is a shortage of 50,000 freight trains every day, resulting in a loss of 1.1 billion, and passenger cars are always overloaded, with more than 800,000 people standing in the carriages every day. The price of raw materials is still a dual-track system, but the price of steel and cement is rising by a few hundred yuan every month and then every week.

Soon, the palpitating inflation of the latter years of the 1980s returned: at the end of 1992, retail prices of goods rose by 6.7 per cent, and the price index of living in large cities rose by 17 per cent. The most basic means of subsistence and production have risen in price: food prices have risen by 43 per cent; Fuel prices rose by 69%; The price of building materials rose by 25 per cent, and by the spring of 1993 the price of raw materials had risen by 40 per cent, signaling that even more violent inflation would follow.

However, there are not many high-ranking Chinese officials who can see the signs that something is wrong, just as Comrade Zheng Nanxun said: "There are not many high-level cadres in our party who understand the economy. ”

In the era of bubbles, the problems of state-owned enterprises have become more and more serious. This is a pustule that cannot be squeezed, but if it is not squeezed well, it will not only hurt, but also bleed. In case the pus in the important part is not squeezed well, it is not impossible to be seriously injured and difficult to treat, or even a life.

It was the first time Xiao Chen faced such a test.

"Well, for these companies, I think that if you can save them, of course, you have to do your best to save them. In our country, public ownership is the main body of the economy, and in public ownership, state ownership accounts for a large share. If we revitalize state-owned assets, and if we let these state-owned enterprises not become a burden and can make profits on their own, this is the test we must face at present. Mayor Zhang, tell me how you think you can save these companies, okay? Xiao Chen said, kicking the head back to Zhang Bangcheng.

Zhang Bangcheng glanced at Xiao Chen with some doubts, a little uncertain in his heart, what is Xiao Chen going to do? According to his current prestige in economic work, he has the advantage of being a member of the Standing Committee, and he is a secretary who can make decisions, so why should he let himself speak first at this time?

Zhang Bangcheng hesitated in his heart, but he had no choice but to say: "This ...... That's what I thought. After all, these enterprises have contributed to the economic construction of our Dingqing District, and the foundation is still there, as long as the political axe is supported, it may not be able to re-energize and create brilliance. He hesitated in his heart this time, and he didn't dare to say that he understood too much.

Xiao Chen didn't let him be so unclear, and asked, "Well, the political axe will support it...... So according to the opinion of the district chief, what method is more appropriate for the political axe to be supported? ”

Zhang Bangcheng understood now, Xiao Chen had to let him speak clearly. He thought to himself, since you have to say it, then what if I say it? I am not the only one who has to do blood transfusion to state-owned enterprises, I don't know how many places in the country do this.

"What I mean is to increase financial support, and the district will use money to help them settle their previous accounts, and the workers' arrears of wages should also be paid," Mr. Zhang said.

"The district will take money to help them level their accounts? These companies are not doing well, but in the end, this account has to be paid by the political axe? The district chief, their accounts are more than 400 million, and the first batch of the district political axe alone needs to be repaid more than 60 million. The district will give them support, so at least for five or six consecutive years, the district will not be able to launch any new projects. District Chief, isn't that a lot of consideration? Xiao Chen's tone was not heavy, and the speed of speech was not fast, but it was such a faint tone, but it was like a slap after a slap, and he slapped Zhang Bangcheng's face in slow motion, Zhang Bangcheng felt that he obviously saw the slap slowly pumping, but he just couldn't avoid it, and that kind of annoyance was really nowhere to tell.

Xiao Chen said, suddenly took out a newspaper, folded it, left the front page headline, and handed it to Zhang Bangcheng: "District Chief, look at this." ”

Zhang Bangcheng felt that his old face was hot, although he didn't know what Xiao Chen showed him, but he definitely wouldn't be a good thing when he thought about it, but there was no way, so he had to take it and watch it. But I saw a piece of news written on it:

Hong Dingbang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, pointed out during a recent investigation and study in Dongfang City that the most important task of the national economy at present is to speed up the reform of state-owned enterprises. It is necessary to take the textile industry, which has suffered serious losses, as a breakthrough point for the reform of state-owned enterprises and their extrication from difficulties. Hong Dingbang said: It is necessary to use about three years to extricate the majority of large and medium-sized loss-making state-owned enterprises from their predicament through reform, reorganization, transformation, and strengthening management, and strive to initially establish a modern enterprise system in the majority of large and medium-sized backbone state-owned enterprises by the end of this century. ”

Zhang Bangcheng didn't understand the meaning of Xiao Chen showing him this news for a while, and was holding the newspaper to ponder, when Xiao Chen quietly handed over the second one. Zhang Bangcheng took it suspiciously, looked at it, and it read: "On November 17, 94, Vice Premier Hong Dingbang inspected state-owned enterprises in Liaodong. During his inspection, Hong Dingbang stressed: It is necessary to strengthen confidence, work in a down-to-earth manner, and extricate the majority of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises from their predicament in about three years, and this will be an important task in economic work in the next few years. At present, it is necessary to start from three aspects: First, we must continue to strengthen the building of the leading bodies of state-owned enterprises, especially the selection of factory directors and managers of enterprises; Second, it is necessary to resolutely follow the path of 'encouraging mergers, standardizing bankruptcy, diverting laid-off workers, reducing personnel to increase efficiency, and implementing reemployment projects'; third, it is necessary to use a variety of methods, including direct financing, to help state-owned enterprises increase their capital and reduce their debts. ”

Xiao Chen waited for Zhang Bangcheng to finish reading, but this time he didn't give him much time to think, and said directly: "Comrades, take a look too." ”

So Zhang Bangcheng could only hand over the newspaper and let the Standing Committee members take turns reading it. At this time, some members of the Standing Committee had already guessed what Xiao Chen was going to start with.

Sure enough, Xiao Chen and the last member of the Standing Committee, Yang Juan, chairman of the Women's Federation, spoke after reading it: "Comrades, after reading these two news, you should be able to understand what the guiding spirit of the central government for the reform of state-owned enterprises is, right?" I thought about it for a while, and to use a simple analogy: on a tree, some branches and leaves are sick and broken, and at this time, we must dispose of these broken branches and leaves in the right way. Only by disposing of these broken branches and leaves, the nutrients of the tree will not be wasted, and the whole tree can grow well. He paused slightly, and continued: "However, we are not trees after all, and some difficult state-owned enterprises cannot simply be regarded as broken branches and leaves, and even if they are removed, they cannot be cut down from the branches." Because, in these enterprises, there are our workers, our people. It is precisely for this reason that the central authorities will devote great efforts to grasping the diversion of laid-off workers and carrying out the reemployment project. As for increasing capital and reducing debts, Vice Premier Hong also said here that it is necessary to use a variety of methods, including direct financing, to help state-owned enterprises increase their capital and reduce their debts. In other words, we should not blindly use the methods of political axe investment and capital injection to carry out this kind of capital increase and debt reduction -- that is precisely contrary to the spirit of the reform of the central state-owned enterprises! ”

Xiao Chen said it lightly and not seriously before, but in the last sentence, his tone suddenly increased, making everyone present feel a burst of pressure. Speaking of closely following the spirit of the Central Committee, who of those present dared to say that he could surpass this young secretary who came down from the Central Committee?

Zhang Bangcheng felt that his face was almost lost at this time, so he simply singled out and said: "What does the secretary mean, we companies, don't care about them?" Let them go on their own to engage in asset restructuring and institutional reform? What about such a large group of workers? They have been working for us for so many years, and we just let it go, it can't be justified, right? ”

Zhang Bangcheng's current is actually a strategy. In addition to a certain level of cadres who need to serve in other places, most of the grassroots cadres are locals, and they are also inextricably linked with these enterprises. Zhang Bangcheng's intention was to push Xiao Chen to the opposite side of these cadres, so that they would feel that Xiao Chen, who was an official in Dingqing, only cared about his personal merits and did not care about the life and death of the local people. In this way, these cadres will have a centrifugal force on Xiao Chen, and then the yang will be contrary to the yin, for such a period of time, it is impossible for Xiao Chen to respond to the call like today, because the prestige has disappeared.

But where can Xiao Chen not see it? He said solemnly: "How can you let it go? The reorganization of the assets and the reform of the system of state-owned enterprises must naturally be carried out under the supervision and guidance of the party and the political axe, and the diversion and reemployment arrangements for these laid-off workers are the top priority of our work. ”

Zhang Bangcheng asked, "What does the secretary mean ......?" ”

Xiao Chen said resolutely: "I mean, the political axe has the responsibility of leading the reform of these enterprises, and we should and must guide them out of the predicament, but this does not mean that our political axe should use direct funding to help them." What we need to do is to provide policy facilitation for their structural reform and asset restructuring, so that they know where they are going. As for money, the political axe costs money, but where is this money spent? We should spend on how to arrange for the diversion of laid-off workers and how to effectively provide these laid-off workers with opportunities for reemployment, so that they will not all come to petition in a bitter way. What we need to do is to resettle these people and provide enough jobs. ”

After Xiao Chen's words, Liu Wenjun, as the third-ranked member of the Standing Committee in the whole region in addition to Xiao Chen and Zhang Bangcheng, finally spoke: "I insert a sentence and express my attitude, I think the secretary's point of view is correct, and I agree with it." Some of our enterprises, not to mention their own bloated institutions, rigid thinking, outdated production and management models, unable to keep up with the times, resulting in losses, rely on political axes to subsidize and provide relief every year. If we don't reform, when will this kind of talk be a head? The money for the political axe comes from the hands of the people and should be spent on the people, rather than wasting it on the heads of these empty enterprises. If an enterprise wants to survive, it must rely on itself, and the political axe will give some preferential policies at most. ”

As soon as he said this, Zheng Zhipeng, executive deputy head of the district, also agreed, saying: "I also agree with the secretary's point of view, the resources of our political axe are also limited, and this resource should be taken from the civilian people. ”

The second-in-command in the political axe also clearly supported the secretary, and at this time, Xiao Chen's views had gained the upper hand from the spirit of the central government and the local reality.

Zhang Bangcheng sighed and said, "What the secretary thinks about is that I am still a parent who is too heavy and reluctant to have children." ”

Xiao Chen smiled slightly: "The district mayor is also for our good news, and I am worried that these enterprises and employees are not settled, I can understand...... Well, is there anything else you want to talk about? …… No, okay, adjournment. ”――

In this chapter, I analyze myself, and it may be a bit serious. Actually, I consulted for four hours to write this chapter, and some of my friends may think that I am a typical thankless task, but I would like to repeat what I said earlier: we should write something, at least do it: we will not be embarrassed to show the elders in the family.

In fact, for an officialdom novel, it is not difficult for me to write intrigue and pick up girls all day long, but I really don't want to be too vulgar. Is there no official in the officialdom who is willing to think more about the people? Some friends may say: Yes, no. Of course I can't object to that, because I can't count it.

But even so, since there may not be one in reality, why can't one appear in our novels to place our longing?

Of course, I also have to put a lot of thought and pen into it, but I really can't write this in millions of words in the whole book. And I don't think my readers will be a vulgar person when they can see this.

Thank you for your support, and because of your support, I have the opportunity to say this again.

Inevitably, some people gossip, ps a sentence: this nonsense does not affect the charge.

(To be continued)