In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of March 1988, Wu Wei went to Wu Liang's house and heard a big news of open recruitment, such news was only seen in TV and newspapers in the past, Wu Wei also participated in an open job fair in a factory, and saw a driver who actually signed up for the factory director and participated in the public defense, and felt very encouraged, and also wrote this matter into the reform book, but now it is his brother who has encountered such an opportunity, and the reform has changed to his side.

It is said that Wu Liang received a notice from the company to hold a general meeting in the Municipal Audio-visual Education Center. At the meeting, the people of the Provincial Audit Bureau first made an audit report on the company last year, and then Director Yuan of the Provincial Construction Committee announced that the provincial construction company was openly recruiting managers, Wu Liang felt very fresh when he heard the news, and then heard that the cadres and workers should be mentally prepared, and the recruitment work was presided over by the Provincial Construction Committee, and the Provincial Department of Finance and the Provincial Construction Bank sent people to participate, and announced the competition conditions and specific requirements and registration time. Wu Liang realized that it was not simple. After the meeting was dispersed, it was just in time for several brothers to get together and chat after the Spring Festival. Fu Qun first mentioned the matter of the competition for the manager, and asked Wu Liang to sign up for the competition, saying that this was a rare opportunity. Wu Liang shook his head and said, I didn't think about it, I felt that this matter was far away from me, and my conditions were very poor, besides, I wasn't even the deputy manager, so I guess it wasn't in the scope of consideration. Fuqun insisted, it's good for you to participate in the process, there are only a few people in the company, and you are no worse than them. There are buddies from the development company at the table who raise objections, what is your company like, how good it is to do it in five places. Fuqun still insists on the opinion, believing that you can't miss this rare opportunity, and by participating in such a thing, it is also a test of yourself. Wu Liang said, I'll think about it again.

As soon as he went to work the next day, the director of the company's organization department led a person to Wu Liang's office, and when he saw him, he introduced that this was Director Li of the Construction Engineering Department of the Provincial Construction Commission. He quickly stood up and shook hands, and immediately gave up his seat, telling Director Han of the office who followed him to pour tea for the leader immediately. As soon as Director Li sat down, he said the significance of this open recruitment, and those who are interested must take the initiative to sign up, and then said the main points of the bid, and asked him to submit the bid directly. He also said to him, you have done a good job, you have the ability, and you have a good reputation, so you have to sign up by yourself, and it is impossible to expect the staff to propose it. When he heard this, he was overjoyed, but then he dispelled it, secretly thinking that maybe people don't think they really can, such a thing should create momentum, the more people who participate in the bidding, the better, the cold field is not easy to explain, it is estimated that there are already candidates above, and they will not be in that range, if they are shortlisted, they should greet themselves. At this time, I heard Director Li say that if you want to do it, you can bid, as long as you vote, you will have a chance, and if you don't bid, you won't even have a chance, and I'm afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future. Saying this, he was a little lively and promised to consider it. After speaking, Director Li got up and said goodbye. At noon, the five places and the company are the front and back yards, all eating in the company's canteen, Wu Liang walked over and saw a few people standing at the door of the company, including the current deputy manager, chatting about the bidding, and someone was ready to bid. He was full of thoughts, I heard some people say to him, big brother, also bid, we will help you carry the sedan chair, if you really become a manager, don't forget the brothers. If he heard such words, he would have dispelled his thoughts, but when he saw the lukewarm, salty and unkempt faces of those people, he suddenly became angry, didn't he open the bidding, I also signed up, it won't work, you know that I exist. I also opened the psychological taboo and asked the deputy manager, do you vote? The man replied, "Can I be a manager like this?" It's good to be a deputy. Wu Liang said again, I want to bid, I am lucky to vote, you help me, please you then. Such a pleasant greeting. After dinner, I sat in my office and meditated, there were four people ready to bid, the current manager, the secretary, and a deputy manager, who was only a few votes away from the elected manager in the last vote, and this time had the best chance of winning. At this time, the atmosphere of bidding was already very strong.

The company also held a workers' congress, and Director Yuan of the Provincial Construction Committee announced that the principle of competition is open recruitment, fair competition, and fair choice, which is the so-called three publics. The competition procedure is four rounds of bidding, self-registration and submission of bids, expert review; Speech on the competition at the workers' congress and voting on behalf of the people; The Provincial Construction Committee organizes experts to conduct evaluations; Last year, the Provincial Construction Committee Political Work Office conducted a thorough evaluation of the results, and the total score of the four rounds was totaled, and whoever won was elected. At the meeting, bidders were asked to submit 20 bids early tomorrow morning.

When Wu Liang returned home in the afternoon, two buddies from the city's construction entrance came, and when they heard that their company was competing for a manager, they came to take a look, one of them strongly encouraged and supported him to sign up, and the other felt that he was not confident and thought that his conditions were poor. The three of them were discussing this matter, and Tong Hui came back, because these two people often came and went, Wu Liang naturally said, You fry a few dishes, let's drink some wine. I didn't expect Tong Hui to hear some gossip, and she was holding back a fire in her heart, and suddenly became angry, you are going to be a manager, you have money and power, go out to eat. I won't do it for you. My buddy came, and he never walked on an empty stomach, even when the family was so poor that he had no overnight food, he had to get together two dishes to drink.

Wu Liang said helplessly, why don't you make two dishes, you have to eat some if you don't drink. Tong Hui refused, no. It's really not okay to say no, and to sit in that room is to be motionless. Wu Liang thought in his heart, he must have heard something that he didn't like, he didn't have a trick, and he couldn't say anything else, so he had to say, let's go out to eat in a while. The two buddies said, forget it, we'll leave in a while. At this time, the chief of the company's audit department came, and he was surprised at a glance, why didn't he move the pen? It must be handed over to me tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.

Wu Liang hurriedly said, I'll write it right away. The chief of the audit section also said that the bidding document is very important, and it is necessary to put forward a plan for managing the factory, and the experts must evaluate it, and if the bidding document is not good, it will not be able to enter the next round. He also took out the company's financial statements for 1987 and handed them to him. The buddy who advocated the bid took it over and looked at it first, and said, your company is really choking.

Wu Liang said, I'm not hesitating. Dude said, then you have to do it, do it for a few years. Another buddy also took the report and looked at it, this company is too difficult. It was 5 o'clock when he was talking, and the buddy who supported his signing up said, I'll give you a start. Then he picked up the pen and wrote on it, and after a while he handed it to him, and he looked at it, and said, "It's easy to write next, thanks to you for coming." The other party said, how to do it, you can write it yourself. The two brothers went away hungry. He began to think about it and write.

Liu Jun came, and when he saw this, he said, I'll help you write.

Wu Liang said, no, we still have to discuss the two of us, and we can finalize the draft after discussion, so I will write it myself, and I will write it as it is.

At this time, Director Zhao from the first project came again, looked at the room, and was surprised again, why did you write it by yourself?

Wu Liang smiled, why do you still find a group of people to write?

Director Zhao said, how can such a thing be written by himself, how can he brainstorm and absorb everyone's wisdom. You haven't seen a foreign president running for election want to form a campaign team. You didn't see those four people, but it was lively, there were a room full of people, gossiping about you and me, and there were also writers.

Wu Liang said with a smile, how can such a small company be so complicated, when I think about it, those things are in my mind. Director Zhao sat for a while and left.

Downstairs, there is a little brother named Shuxiang, who also came up to take a look, picked up the materials he wrote, glanced at them, and said that your words are not good, so let's write the first draft, I won't change it for you, just copy it for you. As he spoke, he copied a few lines to show him, and when he saw it, he said, "How can your words look like a fountain pen?"

Shuxiang smiled, you can't write, your eyesight is okay, I really let you say right, I have gone through formal art calligraphy training. At this time, it was already more than 7 o'clock in the evening, and Wu Liang felt hungry, so he asked Tong Hui, have you eaten? Tong Hui said, I have eaten it a long time ago, and I want to eat it in the pot hot. He went to the kitchen and quickly ate a few bites, then entered the house and quickly began to write, and asked Shuxiang, what do you think of what I wrote?

Shuxiang said, I read while copying, okay, the writing is real, feasible. After writing and copying, he breathed a sigh of relief, Wu Liang looked at the watch and it was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, and said, you came too timely, my words are not only rough, but I have to copy at least again after writing, when will it be. You can squint here for a while, and I'll have to find a place to make copies tomorrow morning. The two of them chatted a little, lay on the bed and slept for a while, Wu Liang woke up and looked at his watch, it was already more than 6 o'clock, and hurriedly dressed and went out to find a place to copy.

The next day, after the review of the bids, four bidders, including Wu Liang, were announced, and a public defense was made in the afternoon. This is a key level, expert defense, Wu Liang is not worried about the representative vote, and he does not have to consider the bottom evaluation, he knows that his actual influence in the company is definitely among the best, and the more he goes back, the more he has the bottom, but in the face of the expert defense, he does lack confidence, and besides, he does not know any of the ten experts from above. The defense also allows you to bring someone to help you answer, but you will have to deduct points. Fuqun said, I'll go with you. Wu Liang said, no, it will deduct points like that. On the way to the defense in the afternoon, I met the secretary who came back from the defense, and the secretary said that the amount was not large, but someone asked me about my financial problems, although I read the report, but I couldn't remember it. After speaking, the secretary also scolded, fuck, it's too bad, knowing that I don't know what I've been doing political work, he specially asked me, isn't it just to embarrass me! Wu Liang listened to it and secretly laughed at his lack of learning and unskill.

It was Wu Liang's turn to reply, and the director of the Labor Division of the Provincial Construction Committee took the lead in asking, how do you hire so many migrant workers, how do you get paid? He replied that according to the current national policy, piecework wages are implemented. Again, how much does it open in a month? Answer, more than 100 yuan, according to the completed piecework quota calculation and distribution, the squad leader has a subsidy of 20 yuan. He himself was very nervous, he didn't know him, and he couldn't say what questions people would ask.

A Commissioner then asked, if you win the bid, what are the similarities and differences between you going from Director of the Works Agency to Manager? He thought that if he couldn't answer the question clearly, he would definitely fail, so he asked the director to repeat the question again. Then put pen to the pen while listening to the note while thinking, after listening to the answer also came out, the mouth will also say it, simply said that it is a promotion, in fact, the difference between the two is big, the manager is the decision-maker, presiding over the company's daily production and operation work, playing a decision-making role on major issues, the director is the executive layer, the manager decides what to do, the director can only do it in accordance with the manager's decision, and must not be implemented. In a word, the relationship between decision-makers and executors. He went on to add, you just reminded me what to do once I win the bid, no matter whether I succeed or fail, I will treat it correctly, you ask this question, I should consider it as a bidder, thank you for your prompt. The director who asked the question hurriedly said, you just know the way, don't say it. Someone asked Wu Liang, do you know him? Then he motioned to the person who asked the question just now, Wu Liang said, I don't know. The person who asked the question said that he was the chief engineer of the Provincial Construction Committee. Wu Liang sighed, and then admired, no wonder you, an old expert, can ask such a profound question. Even said Xie Lu, thank you.

Another boss asked, I heard that you wrote your own engineering plan, what are the main points of your own plan? He knew that he had not undergone professional training, he pondered for a while, and asked the other party to repeat the question, and the answer came out in the process of writing records, frankly speaking, I did not study architecture, and I did not even receive training, everything is learning by doing, so, the question raised by the boss, I am not sure, I wrote the actual construction plan, after careful review of the drawings, put forward how to do a good job in the organization and leadership of the construction process, and strive to use what kind of method, the corresponding construction process, labor allocation, The supply of materials, mainly the organization of construction and methods. That's it. Someone asked again, do you know this leader? I replied, I don't know, these leaders who participated in the evaluation are concise and to the point, and I really can't cope with it, and the foundation is too poor. I knew that it was enough, so I was busy stopping. Someone asked again, what do you think is the principle of employing people? Answer, meritocracy, not cronyism. That's it. The answer was crisp, and he knew that it was not appropriate to say more on such a question.

If you want to win the bid, how to solve the problems in the three places? He felt too sudden to raise such a specific question, thought about it for a while, and said, I don't know anything about the problems of the three places, I usually have a good relationship, I don't know the situation, but I looked at the materials in the three places during the bidding process, and found that it has a serious problem, and the employees can't pay their salaries, and then what problems are not clear, and the problems of the three places should be a microcosm of the company's problems. He thought about it again, and then said, I will say a few more words, and the three places are to take on debts for the company. After the first leader stepped down from office, a few years to the construction of Shuanghe, the personnel selected young, and selected a group of production backbones from the original two, from the beginning of the company's formation, personnel burden, the old, weak, sick and disabled are in three places, which is an important reason for the problems in the three places, and the establishment of four and five places, the personnel are selected and do not bear the company's burden. Brother Cao from the third department has taken on such a big burden of the company, and he still insists on pushing forward, I will focus on it. It's not easy to jump to conclusions now, you have to give him time. That's it.

At this point, the other directors did not ask any more questions, and the experts also realized that the director of the UNRWA was the most powerful, clear-headed, and capable of responding to the bidding. The host told him that he could go back and wait for the next step.

Wu Liang received a notice on the evening of the same day after the defense and went to the Nenshui Hotel for a meeting at half past six. Director Yuan of the Provincial Construction Committee personally talked with him for more than ten minutes and informed him that he had won the bid. The actual accumulation of years of work and the actual ability cultivated by him have made him have self-confidence. What he didn't expect was that Director Yuan said to him in a stern tone, I really don't know what considerations you have for participating in this bidding, do you know these people about the original team of your company? It's complicated. In the committee, I personally presided over the study and decision of your winning bid, and as soon as the decision was made, someone immediately called in and said to me, the decision you made is wrong, you just wait to close the mess! With such a deep relationship, he was able to learn the news so quickly and call me immediately, I don't even know who called me now, and I also think that you have any problems that will cause them to react so strongly. The meeting will be held in a while, and after the meeting, we will continue to talk immediately, and then the meeting will be held, and the new and old teams will meet, and at the same time announce the winning bid, requiring the work to be carried out under the leadership of the new manager.

Wu Liang's heart was cold when he heard this, and he retreated.

Director Yuan said to him categorically, no, no one forces you, now there is no room for it, you can fulfill your dreams by yourself, no one cares about you. Wu Liang was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect to face such a situation after winning the bid. The next morning, the working group was withdrawn, and Wu Liang sent them to the station, and he asked Director Yuan if he could leave one or two directors to help me take care of it. Director Yuan refused, I can't wait to jump out of the shabby mess of your company a long time ago!

Winning the bid did not bring him a trace of joy, he felt a heavy pressure, and regretted why he had come to wade into this troubled water. Unconvinced by nature, he realized that there was no turning back from the bow, and forced Liangshan, and immediately decided to hold a manager's office meeting immediately. Sitting in the conference room for less than half an hour, I heard the door of the conference room bursting, it was the sound of someone kicking the door, at this time the office director Han Donggui had already opened the door and politely let people in.

Wu Liang saw that the person was an old district chief, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. The people who attended the meeting had already got up to give up their seats to the old district chief, introducing this as the new manager of our company, and the person who came sat on the chair let by others said, I heard about it, let's see what improvement there will be, and see what regulations he has. Wu Liang was originally friendly and helpful to win a good reputation, but the anti-ear voices that he had been hearing since the competition were accumulating and changing his feelings, although he was mentally prepared for the difficulties and setbacks he might encounter, but now he was so open-minded and stubbornly hit the door to shout, isn't this purely embarrassing for himself, the kind of power desire that he had endured and the potential for power was suddenly released in a strong outburst, only to see Wu Liang angrily said, you get out of the gang for me! The old district chief's face showed an embarrassed look, you dare to pick me up? Wu Liang said, it's you who is the one who is chasing you, you are an old leader of this age, you are not respected, you don't understand this rule, you are out! After speaking, he pointed to the door. A few people immediately played a round, kicked the door wrong, and said good things to solve the siege. Wu Liang continued, I know what you want here, I have a meeting on the first day of work, and I can't answer you anything, so you can leave quickly! A few people were busy persuading them to leave quickly, and then come back later, but the people who came had to leave in disgrace.

Everyone didn't expect Lao Wu to be really strong, and people wanted to get off the horse, but they didn't expect to touch a butt of ash. Wu Liang then talked about the principle of governing the factory, the slogan of work, innovation and truth-seeking, pioneering and enterprising, internal efforts, external extensive alliance, the original work arrangements remain unchanged, the personnel do not move temporarily, the deputy manager division of labor remains unchanged, and told the director of the office to notify the convening of the conference. A deputy manager presided over the meeting, and the main content of the meeting was to announce the decision of the Provincial Construction Committee on the winning bidder, and then talked about several items on the bidding document, please discuss it.

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and he said angrily, didn't they all accept it, why did anyone still come, and told him to come back another day. The director of the office went out for a while, and came back and said that it was Director Han in charge of infrastructure at the post office, and he had to see you. Wu Liang had to ask everyone to wait, and he went out to receive him. In the corridor, Donggui introduced each other, Wu Liang said politely, we are in a meeting, we will not enter the house if there is something, I am very sorry. Director Han said bluntly, our post office has just finished a meeting, and I have been instructed to inform you, and it has been decided that your company will not be used, and you will stop immediately, and whoever owes it will settle the account. Wu Liang didn't expect to encounter such a problem when he first came up, which is equivalent to being kicked out like a dog, his mind flashed, or stabilize first, so he said calmly, I don't know the company's situation, I am in a meeting, I have urgent things to do, I will go to your bureau to meet again the morning after tomorrow, okay? Director Han thought about it, and he had to give three points if he was reasonable, and seeing that the other party was very sincere, he agreed, and told him his office location. Wu Liang said again, I won't keep you anymore, see you at 10 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow.

Wu Liang returned to the conference room and told everyone what Director Han meant, and they were all speechless when they heard it. After the meeting, he returned to his office and sat there in a mess, trying to clear his mind and adjust his spirit. At the first meeting after taking office, an old district chief of the government came to kick the door, and the director of the post office came to the door to terminate the contract and clear his engineering team. At this time, the company's financial section chief came and told him that the company's bank account was gone, and the money could not come in and out, and it was directly taken away by the court to repay the debt. There are also elderly people who come to reimburse the cost of medicine. The company's legal counsel also walked in with a stack of court summonses, saying that he had been urged many times and that he had to go, and the executive president of the intermediate court told me that if your manager didn't come again, he would give you a summons for detention, which meant that the bailiff came with handcuffs and took you there by arrest. He was taken aback by this, and for a moment he was overwhelmed. He first took the team to CCB, was in a meeting, and came back another day; went to the Municipal Construction Committee, the director went to a meeting, and the director of the office was a good buddy, and told him to make a phone call later. Wu Liang immediately went to the fifth place and made an appointment with Fuqun to meet Director Han at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Then I went to the Intermediate People's Court to talk about the situation, requested, give me some time, don't force me too much, if you really want to force me, there is no way, don't pass me on again, I will come myself, I also know that there are too many cases to sue our company. I met with the president and the president, and I was very grateful. Then I went to a few more courts.

It is said that Wu Liang led Fuqun to meet Director Han and introduced Fuqun straight to the point, this is the director of our fifth department. Director Han said, Zhilu said, your company's most reputable engineering agency. Wu Liang said, I will adjust the team immediately, which will let Fuqun lead the team in, resume work immediately, and take back the time delayed in the past. As for the reckoning, it will be counted in two days. Look at my team. Director Han saw that his attitude was sincere and his measures were effective, so he agreed, since this is the case, let's take a look. And so it was settled. The community project that the Municipal Development Company promised to him without bidding should be regarded as a greeting gift, and the two offices of the company can be stationed and started immediately.

At this time, the construction project of the pharmaceutical factory and the withdrawal of the city construction, Wu Liang saw that it was an opportunity and immediately followed. The new director of the pharmaceutical factory, is a lady, looks very capable, simply aggressive, after two contacts, promised to consider, the third meeting, after she learned about the company, frankly said to him, your company's reputation is too poor, almost no one to say good things to you, how to do it? Wu Liang said, I'm sorry, I wasn't a manager before, don't worry, I will treat your project as a landmark project to change the company's image and change people's concept of our company. The factory director said, I recognize your attitude. But after all, this thing depends on strength, built with loans, and put into production at the end of the year, if you are delayed, everything will be unlucky for me. Do you know your company's situation, why do you still pull this peg? He also felt very sincere after listening to what others said, and it was not easy to force others for a while. The city's major project office also resolutely opposes giving them pharmaceutical projects and requires pharmaceutical projects to go through the bidding process. At this time, Wu Liang had nowhere to say about his suffering, he was anxious, his work was hourly, and he didn't have any money to invite guests to dinner. Zhilu Dao Pharmaceutical Factory entered the bidding process, and in desperation, he went to a deputy director of the Municipal Construction Committee, and he didn't care about this work, but reminded him, don't you have good buddies in several companies in Jiankou? He suddenly understood, and hurriedly said thank you and said goodbye. He immediately called his buddies from the first and fourth construction companies of the city, and they listened to his idea and immediately agreed to cooperate.

The pharmaceutical factory is a CCB loan project, and it is very cautious, and Wu Liang's company is excluded in the first place. The director of the PMO, a director of the Urban Construction Committee, is also firmly opposed to his company. In desperation, he had no choice but to participate in the bidding, and he spoke in great detail and to the point. The director asked him, are you done? He answered, and was finished. At this time, the people from the four companies said first, they saved three promises, we can't do it, the construction period is too tight. A company also said, now our construction equipment is arranged out of the road, the work is very busy, the construction period is so tight, and the tower crane is used, I can't guarantee it. When the director of the project office heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily, what's wrong with you, you make money and make money to roast buns, and you don't eat the fat meat in your mouth. The first and fourth companies have a resolute attitude. When the deputy director of the pharmaceutical factory saw it, he said helplessly, he had to save three, only they could meet our requirements. At this time, the CCB representative also had no attitude. When the director of the project office saw this situation, he said angrily to the pharmaceutical company, you can do this matter yourself. The meeting was adjourned. Wu Liang saw it and rekindled hope. He first went to the deputy director of the pharmaceutical factory and said, "I ask you to give full consideration to the possibility that I can do a good job." The other party said, I see that what you said is very realistic, but it is difficult to make up your mind. He went to Baolin, a good buddy of CCB Development Company, and asked him to talk to the president. Baolin went to talk to the president of the CCB and said, if you want to ask Wu Liang's company, none of them say that they are good, but for him personally, there is no one who does not admire those who have dealt with him. I didn't believe it that day. The next day, the president agreed to give him the company. Wu Liang immediately informed Guangjie, the deputy manager of the company in the field, to return immediately, and asked that the machinery at the construction site in the field be sent back within three days. At this point, it took more than ten days of high-speed operation to finally put it down, but fortunately, there were several capable cadres and the help of friends outside to stabilize the situation and open up the situation.