One morning in early July, Director Yuan received a call from the director of the Office of the Municipal Industrial Bureau, asking him to come to the bureau for a meeting.

The driver sent Lao Yuan to the city bureau, and when he saw the director of the office, he realized that it was not a meeting, but Director Fan talking to him.

Lao Yuan came to the door of the director's office, knocked on the door a few times, and heard a sound of "please come in" from inside, he pushed the door and entered, "Director Fan, are you looking for me?" ”

Lao Fan got up and greeted him, "Old man, please sit down." ”

The staff made a cup of tea, put it on the single coffee table next to Lao Yuan, and withdrew, Director Fan closed the door and sat next to Lao Yuan across the coffee table.

"Fan Ju, is there anything wrong with finding me in such a hurry?" Director Yuan looked sideways at each other and asked eagerly.

"I'm not almost old, but last month, the city's organization department approached me to talk to them, and after the CPPCC meeting at the end of the year, they wanted me to serve on a special committee there."

Director Yuan is four years younger than Lao Fan, and he estimates that Lao Fan is about to reach retirement age, but he doesn't understand what Lao Fan is looking for him for? "Fan Bureau, you have been busy for most of your life, and you went to serve in the CPPCC for a few years to rest, and then retired completely, and the organization has considered you very thoughtfully. However, you brought me here, do I have anything to do with this? ”

Lao Fan didn't answer directly, he picked up his teacup and took a sip, and then said: "Before I left, the organization asked me to recommend the successor of the top leader of the Industrial Bureau, and I recommended to them two current deputy directors and two top leaders of the enterprises affiliated to the Industrial Bureau, and also wrote the reasons for everyone's recommendation, so that the organization department could screen and investigate. ”

"I recommended four candidates, let the above investigate and screen, this method is good!" Lao Yuan said approvingly.

"Because I didn't have a clear goal, it was a helpless move. Just yesterday, the higher authorities informed me that through inspection and screening, combined with my reasons for recommendation, they have determined the successor of the director of the Municipal Industrial Bureau. ”

"Good! In order to allow a smooth transition of the leadership of the Municipal Industrial Bureau, the Fan Bureau has good intentions, and we will sit and wait for the new leader to take office. ”

"Don't you want to know who your successor is, old man?" Lao Fan looked at each other with slightly mysterious eyes.

"Hey, as soon as the new director takes office, don't you know? Whoever he is, we will fully support the work of the new leader. ”

Director Fan looked at Lao Yuan helplessly, "I really admire your calmness, let me tell you, the successor finally determined above is you!" ”

Lao Yuan didn't believe it at all, "Fan Ju, you know that I've always been serious and don't like to joke, and I'm also in my fifties, don't tease me with this kind of thing." ”

"Who's kidding you?" Director Fan's expression was very serious, "Do you still need to remind me?" Can I joke about that? I have brought you here today to officially inform you! ”

Lao Yuan finally believed that this was the truth, but he was still worried, "Me? Do the four candidates you recommend include me? Thank you for your kindness! It's just that I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it and live up to your expectations! There are so many enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Industrial Bureau, and many of the top leaders have strong work ability, plus several deputy directors in the bureau, they are all excellent. ”

"The four people I recommend, including you, of course! As for who can do it and who can't, don't ask me, you should ask the higher-level organizational department, because it is they who do the screening and inspection, and finally they make the choice according to the results of the inspection. ”

When Lao Fan was considering recommending candidates, he did spend a lot of brains, when the superior department talked to him, Lao Fan thought that he would retire directly, and if he was asked to recommend a successor, he would casually recommend a deputy or grassroots leader with the best relationship with him, whether it would work or not, let the organization department inspect it, but the only candidate could never be Lao Yuan of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, because he had a general relationship with Lao Yuan.

When Lao Fan learned that he had been asked to continue to exert his spare energy and serve on the special committees of the CPPCC organs, he realized that this was a commendation for his work over the years, because unless there were extremely critical areas, the top leaders of national economic departments such as the Municipal Industrial Bureau basically retired directly when they reached retirement age.

Lao Fan is also a person who knows what to do, recalling the achievements of the Municipal Industrial Bureau in the work over the years, Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory is undoubtedly the enterprise that has contributed the most, in addition to their deeds many times in the important pages of Shuangling Daily, but also by the deputy mayor in charge, in the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory held an on-site meeting with the theme of "scientific and technological progress to promote enterprise development". Therefore, when recommending his successor, although he had no personal relationship, Lao Fan still thought of Lao Yuan of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory.

I have to say that Lao Fan is a responsible cadre, since the superior organization recognizes his work, even if he leaves, he must have a meritocracy heart, and there must be at least one person with strong work ability in the recommended list.

Of course, Lao Fan is also a mortal, and family and friendship are also topics that he can't avoid, so including Lao Yuan, he recommended a total of four candidates for inspection and screening by higher departments. To be honest, among the four candidates, Lao Yuan of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory is not only decent, but also the most capable of working, but the other three all have personal relationships with Lao Fan.

Lao Fan's recommended candidates are very particular, including not only ability and morality, but also take care of family and friendship, but he does not make a choice, everything is subject to the assessment and screening of the superior organization department, which seems to have a clear conscience for everyone.

For this completely unexpected news, to say that Lao Yuan is not excited at all is definitely a lie, after all, people go to high places and water flows to low places, who doesn't want to go to a higher position? However, Lao Yuan can't be overjoyed, because in four or five years, he will also reach retirement age, and he has reached this age, he has taken many things lightly, and he is not in his position, he does not seek politics, and he does not worry about that heart, isn't it also good?

Since the higher department has chosen himself, Lao Yuan can't back down, at this moment, he can't seem to find any other topic except thanks, "Fan Bureau, thank you for your recommendation and the love of the higher department!" I will do my best to live up to the expectations of my leaders. ”

Lao Fan waved his hand, "I don't want to hear you express your determination now, and there is no need to thank you, I brought you here today, there are two meanings, first, tell you the news, second, you will leave the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory next, and you will also face a problem, and you should consider now, after you leave, who will take over your work?" ”

Lao Yuan didn't speak, Director Fan got up and brought the kettle, and added some boiling water to Lao Yuan and his own cups, "What, isn't it easy to do?" ”

"It was so sudden, I had to think about it." Lao Yuan fell into deep thought again.

If you talk about seniority, the candidate who can replace Director Yuan of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory must first be selected from the members of the factory's leadership team, and the middle-level cadres of each department can of course also be considered, but they must be ranked last.

To choose a successor, Lao Yuan should consider four factors, namely age, professionalism, morality and the impact on the future of the enterprise.

Among the members of the existing factory-level team, Deputy Factory Wang, who is in charge of production, is the same age as Lao Yuan, has a technical background, has an average character, is conservative, and lacks enterprising, which is obviously not conducive to the development of the enterprise.

Deputy Director Zhou and Deputy Director of Finance Lao Liang, who are in charge of infrastructure logistics, are obviously not suitable for the top leaders of the enterprise because their majors are biased towards auxiliary departments.

Chief Engineer Lao Xia, one or two years older than Director Yuan, of course, no problem with his profession, his character is acceptable, and he can accept new processes and technologies, but he is timid and afraid of things, and lacks responsibility.

Through analysis and comparison, Lao Yuan believes that none of the existing factory-level team members meet his selection criteria, he got up and paced back and forth in the office, and then walked to the window to look far away, and saw a group of unknown birds, spreading their vigorous wings, soaring under the blue sky and white clouds. At a construction site not far away, the buildings there seem to be growing taller and taller as the tower crane lifts and rotates.

"I really can't find a suitable candidate in the factory, can you consider letting the bureau parachute a factory director to replace you from the outside?" Old Fan urged.

"Never! The people who are transferred in from the outside may destroy the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. Lao Yuan looked into the distance and refused without looking back.

"What do you want to do?"

Director Yuan suddenly turned around and returned to the sofa, and said to himself: "I am a little older, and my thinking is a little rigid, why do you have to limit myself to the existing team members?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"I thought about it, and no one is more suitable than him."

"Oh, who? To be so highly regarded by you. ”

Perhaps afraid that the other party would not be able to remember, Lao Yuan reminded: "Do you still remember the young man sitting on the edge of the podium during the on-site meeting? ”

"Isn't it Fang Hanmin, are you referring to him?" Director Fan was very surprised.

"Well, that's a good young man, isn't he?"

"People are the technical elite of your factory, of course there is nothing to say about the technical level, but you have to make it clear that you chose to replace you as the director of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory, not the technical section chief!" Lao Fan patted the armrest of the sofa and reminded.

"What's wrong with the factory director? Who stipulates that technical elites cannot be factory directors? In my opinion, the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory must be helmed by technical talents, otherwise there will be no future! ”

"It's not that technical elites can't be factory directors, I mean, factory directors need to have strong comprehensive ability in all aspects, Fang Hanmin is just a hairy young man in his twenties, in addition to technology, what does he know?"

Lao Yuan took a sip of the teacup and said slowly: "Do you think Fang Hanmin is just a nerd who is immersed in technology and doesn't understand anything?" No wonder, I thought so at first. ”

"I don't think he's a nerd, that time I held an on-site meeting in your factory, I remember that in the interactive session with the guests, in addition to your speech, he answered a lot of questions, and he answered the questions clearly, accurately, calmly, nerds can't have that level."

"Isn't that all there is to it? When I mentioned him just now, looking at your fuss, it was as if Fang Hanmin was from an alien and didn't know the earthlings. Lao Yuan glanced at the other party disappreciatively.

"I do think it's incredible, even if this Fang Hanmin is not a nerd, he is so young, inexperienced, does he understand business management? Do you know how to get along with your colleagues? How to choose and employ people? How do you deal with the outside world? How's the character? Is there a sense of responsibility? These are the characteristics that the head of a factory must have, and if there is no aspect, he cannot be regarded as a qualified person in charge of the enterprise. ”

Lao Yuan didn't answer directly, "These aspects you said are very important, as for whether Fang Hanmin has these abilities, let me give you an example." He told Lao Fan the story of Fang Hanmin's selection of assistants through the personnel department after he became the deputy chief of the technical department.

"This guy has a lot of ideas, he knows what kind of people he needs before he starts doing things, and in terms of administration, this is called being able to build a team." Old Fan said approvingly.

"There were no face-to-face conversations, no unannounced visits to the field, and only through the personnel files, the people who needed were selected. The key is that he has a unique vision and sees people very accurately, and the four young people he selected at the beginning now have the ability to take charge of themselves, and two of them have become the heads of our workshops not long ago. Lao Yuan was also sincerely admired.

"Generally speaking, it is not difficult to choose people, because in any case, there is a set of criteria for selecting people, just follow the box and put it in, the difficulty is to choose the right one, see it accurately, which is not easy to grasp."