freenovelworld Chapter 743 Workers Are Not Beasts
Chapter 743 Workers Are Not Beasts
10:17 p.m., Beishan Municipal Party Committee Conference Room.
He Anxia organized the cadres of the party and government to watch the Spring Festival Gala in front of the TV as soon as Zhao Sanben's sketch ended.
There was thunderous applause.
Everyone stood up and celebrated. This was another great moment for Beishan.
Even He Anxia, who came from a high-ranking official family, could not contain his excitement and delivered an excited speech.
"Comrades, ten years! It's almost been ten years! Our Beishan's name will once again become a household name.
This is the credit of Comrade Qi Tongwei and every leading cadre present here. The people will never forget us! History will never forget us!
The applause was even louder.
Indeed, this dazzling political achievement belongs to Qi Tongwei, which is an indisputable fact.
But it is undeniable that this will still be written on their resumes.
This may seem insignificant, but it may very well give them a push at a critical point and help them move forward.
They even had a premonition that Beishan today might be like Pingzhou and Ningchuan in the past.
As the economy grew rapidly, quantitative changes led to qualitative changes, allowing Beishan’s cadres to be rapidly promoted on the political stage.
In the future, Beishan will definitely have a place in the ranks of provincial and ministerial cadres in Hanjiang.
Perhaps it won’t be long before the positions of Beishan’s municipal party secretary and mayor will become history again, with deputy provincial-level leaders serving concurrently in these positions.
After all, Beishan’s foundation is there, and once it revives, it will be very terrifying.
He Anxia glanced at everyone. Except for a few cadres like Deputy Secretary Lin Gangjian who had already booked tickets to their destination, everyone seemed slightly calm.
The others were similar to him, extremely excited, and the younger they were, the more excited they were.
After all, in officialdom, being young means having plenty of time and unlimited possibilities.
He Anxia suppressed the crowd's applause, as well as his own inner excitement. "The opportunity has appeared! What we need to do is seize it, follow the established plan and goals, and fight a beautiful turnaround."
He then pointed to Deputy Mayor Xu Lian, who was in charge of Beishan Auto's specific work, and said, "Comrade Xu Lian, take advantage of this auspicious day to report to everyone on the current situation of Beishan Auto."
Xu Lian stood up excitedly, "Yes, Secretary.
Comrades, under the leadership of Secretary He and Mayor Qi, we worked overtime and finally entered formal production half a month ago.
After a week of running-in, it is basically on the right track.
As of 6:00 p.m. today, Beishan Automobile has rolled off the production line for 2176 units and is still in production.
According to the official sales date of March 15th set by Mayor Qi, there is still a full month left.
By then, the planned inventory will reach at least 8700 units.
However, this result is only acceptable and far below our expectations.
So just yesterday, our factory issued a military order: we must produce 10,000 units before the sales date! We must give the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government a satisfactory answer!
Everyone cheered and there was another round of warm applause.
He Anxia was very surprised. "Comrade Xu Lian, today is New Year's Eve. Didn't the factory give the workers a day off?"
Xu Lian laughed and said, "I asked for a holiday, but the workers were very willing to work overtime. They said that for the development of the company and for their own future, it doesn't matter if they have a few days off."
"That's bullshit! It's nonsense!" He Anxia cursed.
He does not rule out the possibility that there are workers who love their jobs and are dedicated to their work, but he is afraid that more likely there are some leading cadres who use the workers to show off their political achievements.
Not to mention that he couldn't understand and couldn't agree to this kind of behavior that violated the public order and good customs of the Chinese people's reunion, even Qi Tongwei would not agree to it.
If Qi Tongwei knew that they prevented the common people from having a good family reunion and rest on New Year's Eve, he would definitely curse.
He Anxia knew Qi Tongwei. There was a cadre who did the same thing in Hekou back then. He remembered that it was a county-run enterprise that organized the people to celebrate the New Year to speed up the progress in order to so-called catch up with the fast train of development. When Qi Tongwei found out, he scolded him and kicked him to the factory to work without a break for half a year.
It is said that this is also to let the cadre understand the difficulties faced by workers.
At that time, there was a sentence in Qi Tongwei's scolding of the cadre that left a deep impression on him.
He said: "Workers are not beasts of burden! They are not tools! They are people with elderly parents and young children. They need to live, and they need to live well!"
This made him feel quite touched. But then again, his partner was indeed good to the common people, but not to some leading cadres.
If ordinary people are asked to work overtime, he will curse, but if these leading cadres are asked to work overtime on behalf of ordinary people to promote production, he will fully support it.
In Qi Tongwei's words, these people enjoy so many blessings in their daily lives, and they always say that they are serving the people, but they can't just shout slogans.
They should be allowed to suffer and work hard. If they don't suffer a little, they will think that ordinary people are just like them, eating and drinking well all day long and doing nothing.
He Anxia was worried that Qi Tongwei would come after him if he found out, so he slammed the table and ordered, "Call the factory right now and have them let the workers go immediately. We don't need these few days, so let's give them three days off so that everyone can have a good New Year.
As for the period after three days, workers are free to choose whether to work overtime. For workers who work overtime, overtime pay must be given in full and in accordance with strict national regulations!
Don't set a mandatory production requirement of 10,000 units. Just produce as many as you can.
If I find anyone who dares to force people to work overtime or launch a Great Leap Forward, I will punish them severely!"
After being suddenly scolded, Xu Lian no longer had the complacency he had when reporting the battle report just now. Instead, he looked stunned and embarrassed.
He felt that He Anxia must be unhappy because Mayor Qi had achieved great success, so he was using him to establish his authority.
But he is the boss, so he has to bear it.
Xu Lian responded and then defended himself, "Secretary, we're only working until March 15th, and we'll give the workers the same rest period then. Furthermore, not only are we triple the overtime pay for today, but we'll also give each person an extra two yuan subsidy."
He Anxia frowned, "Isn't what I said clear enough? What day is today? It's the day for the Chinese people and every family to reunite. This has nothing to do with money!
I also remind all comrades that on the road of development and progress, you must never treat the people as sacrificial objects, and think that you are doing good for the people by giving them a little money.
This is wrong. Ordinary people are not numbers, nor are they titles. They are real people, and as people, they should not be controlled by numbers, even if that number is money!
Applause broke out again in the conference room.
Of course, it is unknown whether these applause were genuine approval of He Anxia’s speech or were given because He Anxia was the top leader.