Thick smoke filled the airtight room. The serious topic made the atmosphere of the meeting particularly heavy. The government officials who were humorous and talkative in the past had all restrained their former elegance today. They were all immersed in the bitter atmosphere.
Ji Yuan City financial difficulties, Yu Ming early heard. He was mentally prepared for this. However, he did not expect it to be so difficult that he was short of firewood.
He couldn't vent his anger on Qin Bai. When the shift was changed, the old man was in a heavy mood and seemed to have some unspeakable financial problems. The metaphor of 'naked' was already on point.
When the Municipal Party Secretary heard this question, he seemed to have expected it. He saw Yu Ming getting angry and just laughed,"For this kind of problem, your government should first hold a meeting to discuss it and think of a solution. When you have no other way, you can submit it to the municipal standing committee for study.”
The finance director who attended the meeting explained the matter in a few words. At the beginning of the year, the city's financial department set a revenue plan of 1.3 billion and an expenditure plan of 1.4 billion. Now, the revenue was only 1 billion. Entering December, the tax revenue had not come in. The treasury was empty, but the expenditure items continued to increase. The government officials had to increase their salaries, the various departments had to hold commendation meetings, and funds had to be distributed. The heads of enterprises had to fulfill the various incentive measures promised at the beginning of the year. This month, the tax revenue was only 30 million yuan, and the salaries of the government officials needed 50 million yuan. December 8th was the day when the authorities paid their salaries. Today was December 6th. In two days, even if the tax bureau worked overtime, it was impossible to collect 20 million yuan in taxes!
"What should we do? Everyone, please speak." Chief Yu, who was presiding over the meeting, surveyed the surroundings with his eyes, and his tone still showed a relaxed look.
There were a total of five deputy chiefs. Other than the executive deputy chief, Lu Qiang, and Tie Yu, who was in charge of industry, there was also the deputy chief in charge of agriculture, Chang Gu Shuiyue, Lin Zhengjiang, who was in charge of urban construction, and the deputy chief in charge of culture, education, science, and technology, Li Yuejiu, a member of the democratic party. In addition to Yu Ming, the team has a total of six people.
According to the regulations of the higher authorities, the number of members of the municipal government team should be odd. In this way, when voting on related issues, they could avoid the deadlock of equal votes due to the even number. However, when he heard that the political world of Ji Yuan had internal strife, this matter was put aside.
"This kind of problem can't be solved by a meeting.”The executive vice president spoke first. He was in charge of finance, so he naturally had to speak first."There's only one way…"
One? As long as there was a way! Everyone raised their heads and looked at each other with great hope. What kind of tricks would this self-confident executive politician come up with when he was approaching a difficult time?
" Tell me…" Yu Ming urged.
Lu Qiang's eyes didn't look at Yu Ming, nor did he pay attention to everyone's expressions. His face was facing the ceiling, his chair was swinging forward, and he was puffing smoke.
At the first executive meeting of the government held by the new chief, his attitude was displayed at a glance: He, Lu Qiang, was arrogant and only cared about the heavens!
" The child cried and looked for his mother." Lu Qiang finally spoke." If there's no money in the city, go to the province…to borrow money!”
With that, he twisted the remaining half of the cigarette in his hand into the glass ashtray, as if the difficulty had been crushed by him.
Sigh, borrow it! Everyone lowered their heads in disappointment.
"Borrow, borrow, borrow. We've borrowed almost 200 million yuan from the province. I don't have the face to go to the Provincial Department of Finance and beg them again!”Ju Caixiu, who was not qualified to speak, suddenly became excited. Probably because she had hurt her pride by borrowing money, she couldn't care less about the rules of the officialdom at this time.
"Face! What face? At the point of begging, he had to go all out.”Lu Qiang's face tensed up and he immediately gave an order,"Now, I'll set a principle for your Finance Bureau: Money is shameless! Ask for it, borrow it! All these years, our Ji Yuan, this old industrial city, has contributed so much to the country! Now, we can't eat. He can't leave us in the province.”
"Sigh! This was then and now. Now that the governments at all levels were divided into different areas, the provincial government had limited ability to control them.”The assistant in charge of agriculture, Nagaya Shuiyue, was calm and steady. He spoke slowly and eased the tense atmosphere in the venue." Recently, I heard that Changbai City went to the province to ask for grain and oil subsidies, but the Department of Finance didn't give up a single 'cent'. He didn't even give the money he should have, so how could he lend him money? I think we should increase the intensity of our tax collection and dig up a tax source!”
"Old Gu, can you let me live a few more days?”Tie Yu, the deputy chief in charge of industry, stood up immediately." You're still digging up tax sources!" If they continued to dig, they would completely dig up the company.”At this point, he threw the hat on his head on the table and grumbled," Those tax officers and big shots are forcing our enterprises to pay the 'probe tax' as if they are jealous. Now, they have collected all the taxes for January next year. This is illegal!"
"What do you mean by illegal? Eating is more important.”Lu Qiang crossed his legs and retorted," Whoever said that I broke the law, let him give me the money to feed the 50,000 heads of the municipal government.”
" Alright, Chief Lu, I won't argue with you." Tie Yu sat down with a thump, as if he had lost his dignity." Anyway, the bones of the enterprise can't be squeezed out much oil. If you continue to dig, the factory will close down and stop production. I, as the deputy chief of the industry, will just resign."”
" Chief Tie, don't, don't, don't…" The secretary saw this and hurriedly tried to persuade him. Although this person was not a deputy chief, he was a member of the government's party group and could be considered a leader. He often played the role of a peacemaker when there was a stalemate in the meeting." Sigh, now, people are anxious. However, if there's anything, let's discuss it properly. If there's anything, let's discuss it properly. As a team, we understand each other…"
"Chief Yu, it's been hard on you. " You've just taken office, and you've already encountered such a difficult problem…" Li Yuejiu, a member of the democratic party, took off his glasses and wiped them. His face revealed a sad expression as if he was worried about the country and the people." Well, if you don't take charge of the household, you don't know how expensive it is. I understand that everyone is anxious, but no matter how anxious you are, you can't afford it. In my opinion, it's better for the organization to carry out expenditure saving activities. Well, the department I'm in charge of has taken the lead in reducing the budget…That drama festival is not going to be held anymore. The renovation of the library was temporarily suspended. The commendation ceremony for scientific and technological personnel was canceled. I'll do the thinking work. I think everyone will understand.”
"You don't have to spend money that you shouldn't spend. But the money that should be spent. You have to spend it!" Lin Zhengjiang, the deputy chief in charge of urban construction, finally spoke. He had a habit of answering others 'questions." The bridges and roads that were built this year were all decided at the meeting of the Municipal People's Congress at the beginning of the year. Now, the project was completed and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was held. But we haven't paid the construction funds we owe yet. The construction workers had not been paid for three months. The wages of the migrant workers were also owed…Some people wanted to block the bridge and create trouble!”
At this point, he pushed forward with his arms on the table and leaned heavily against the back of the sofa. His expression seemed to be saying," Anyway, I've pushed the problem to you guys." Whether it's resolved or not, the responsibility is not on me.
" Oh, and," Gu Shuiyue suddenly remembered something," We've taken the money from the rural cooperative medical care." Now, the higher-ups are pressing us to transfer the money immediately. It's almost the new year. The higher-ups are going to come and audit!”
He had only said it in passing, but he did not expect that when this sentence reached Lu Qiang's ears, it immediately seemed to add fuel to the fire and angered him.
"You people only know how to ask for money…but where can you get the money?”His hand hit the table again and again, and the almost numb feeling made him forget the pain." Look at you guys. It's easy for you to talk while standing. Borrowing money,
"You think it's embarrassing. The bank doesn't even take our local government as a dish for loans. Recently, I heard that a few rich departments are going to be taken away by the province again. Who else can I count on? I feel like crying. But where should I cry? I can't even find a temple door!”
"Chief Lu, you…"
The people at the meeting looked at each other and stared at each other in shock.
In their hearts, this executive vice chief had always been a tall, mighty, and invincible figure. Today, in front of so many colleagues and subordinates, why did he lose his composure and act like a bear?
The ticking of the hour hand struck people's hearts. The smoke and fire dispersed, and the room was dead silent. Lu Qiang's excessive indignation and abnormal pretentiousness pushed the ominous atmosphere of the meeting to the peak. Although people were surprised, they were not surprised at the same time. Financial difficulties might be the direct reason for Lu Qiang's anger. However, it did not seem to be the case. This sister-in-law, Lu " Qiangren ", who had been the executive vice president for six years, finally got Qin Bai to retire from the People's University of China. However, the successor was not him, but Yu Ming, who was younger than him... Sigh, sigh, what was going on?
His career was not going well, and his mood was not good. It was understandable that Strong Man Lu took advantage of the meeting to vent his anger.
However, at this point, people couldn't say anything more. They would not have the qualifications, ability, or courage to try to adjust the situation that could not be any more rigid because of this important figure.
Perhaps, this was a situation that Lu Qiang had deliberately created.
However, wasn't this too rude to the new chief of the gang, Yu Ming?
People looked up at the same time, pitying and worried at the rising political star sitting in the chief seat.
That gaze was clearly asking,"How is it? Can you…do it?"!
The Wisdom to Solve the Problem
a
Very good.
I suddenly felt a sense of relief, and the feeling of satisfaction after achieving my goal spread throughout my body.
I didn't expect that the top officials of the government would be so forthright and straightforward. They would expose themselves in the first meeting I presided over.
Especially that Lu Qiang. Such an explicit and clumsy performance was undoubtedly asking for a snub and self-destruction. She really didn't know what he would gain by doing this.
second
Through my research, I learned that there have been a few troublesome accounts in the city's financial revenue recently. One of them is that "Flower World" owes 60 million yuan in taxes and has not paid it yet. The reason was that the government owed them 16 million yuan in hospitality fees and had been delaying the payment. They said that as long as the government paid off this debt, they would make up for the taxes owed. However, the government also had a problem. If the money was repaid, although they could receive 60 million yuan in taxes, according to the tax policy, 75 percent of the 60 million yuan would be taken away by the state, and the municipal finance could only take 25 percent. The amount of 25 percent was less than 15 million yuan, which meant that after the municipal finance repaid the money, they would have to pay more than 1 million yuan. Therefore, Qin Bai instructed Ju Caixiu not to return the money. At the same time, he also instructed the bureau to find out who spent the 16 million yuan in hospitality fees. Was there corruption? This way, things would be difficult. Under the instigation of Lu Qiang, the " Flower World " insisted that the government would not pay taxes if they did not pay back the money. And Qin Bai instructed the Finance Bureau to not return the money until they figured out the details of the expenditure. After a while, things froze.
On the surface, it was a problem of financial revenue, but in fact, it was a problem of disharmony between government leaders and hateful corruption. This Lu Qiang, when Qin Bai was in power, had repeatedly used financial issues to create trouble. It was nothing more than an attempt to exaggerate the complexity and difficulty of financial issues, so as to achieve his goal of always controlling financial power. After I came, he still wanted to continue to control the finances. During my research, he said more than once behind my back," The new chief doesn't understand local finance.”Today, he thought that he would be able to scare him off with a single shot and create an effect of " I'm the only one who can do financial work " for everyone. Hehe, Lu Qiang, you've made a huge mistake by doing this. The person who gave you this idea was really stupid.
Since the problem had been exposed, he would just let it be completely exposed. Weren't the finances tight? Then we won't pay them. Besides showing off your incompetence, what loss does this have to me, the newly appointed chief?
Of course, the reason why I wasn't panicking about this was mainly because I knew what was going on. When I reported to the provincial government, the governor promised to return 100 million yuan to Ji Yuan and allocate another 100 million yuan as settlement funds. In addition, I've worked in a large local enterprise for many years, so I have a general understanding of the city's financial business. Sometimes, don't look at the financial accounts. However, it was common to hide a sum here and there. Letting Cai Xiu dig out her potential was not to the extent of running out of ammunition and food.
I couldn't help but admire my own cleverness. Making the issue of not being able to pay a salary the topic of my first executive meeting was a bloody topic that was enough to make these shrewd government officials strip away their dignity and dignity. They exposed their incompetence, impatience, frustration, conceit, and all the dark psychological traits in their inner world to the public without reservation.
At this point in the meeting, I've achieved my goal.
three
" Comrades," the new chief was about to summarize the meeting." I'm sorry to bring up such a headache in the first meeting.”
Everyone took out their pens and started to record. The new chief brought up a difficult problem, and the deputy chiefs did not even come up with a solution. What kind of brilliant ideas did the new chief have? Perhaps, before he held the meeting, he already had a standard answer in his heart that no one knew!
"The organization can't pay on time. This was already a question that could not be doubted.”
Ah, the new sh * t leader is so bold. This kind of person actually dares to make the final decision. It seemed that December 8th was no longer an auspicious day to take the money from the salary card and go home. The government officials of Ji Yuan City were about to experience a new life.
"Of course, this responsibility is on me."
In your hands? Everyone looked up at him in unison. This new chief had quite a high profile!
" Regarding the financial problem, everyone has put forward many good ideas…"
Seems like a good idea? Bullsh * t, it would be more like complaining a lot.
"However, I don't agree with any of these methods.”The new chief spoke fluently and confidently." Borrowing from the province is not a long-term plan. It was also a problem whether he could borrow it. Even if he borrowed it, he would have to return it in the future! Also, increase taxes. What should be increased must be increased. For those who evaded taxes, evaded taxes, and had money to pay taxes for a long time. He had to increase his strength. "However, for our company, please don't collect the 'probe tax' anymore. Living beyond one's means, this kind of thing could not be done unless it was absolutely necessary. We are the people's government. We can't kill the goose that laid the golden eggs and destroy our own lives. Ah, I agree with the suggestion made by Chief Tsukihisa. Carry out expenditure saving activities, good! However, I still have to do the few things you mentioned. The commendation ceremony for scientific and technological personnel was about to begin. Science, technology, and public health were long-term plans, and they had to protect their finances. Also, the funds for the rural cooperative medical care should be allocated immediately. We have to find a way to guarantee the wages of the migrant workers…"
Yo, the new sh * t sure has a big mouth. He can't eat here, but he still has to do so many things over there.
But where will your money come from?
"Next, I will discuss a few specific suggestions.”The expression of the new chief became serious. He placed his small notebook in front of him. On it, he was probably recording the opinions he had formed while recording.
"First, on December 8th, the organization will temporarily not spend any money.
"Second, the recent financial allocation is as follows: He took out 8 million to pay back the debt owed to Flowery World. Take note, only return half. The other half will wait until the bureau finds out the problem. However, when Flowery World received this sum of money, they had to pay the tax in full. If you dare to owe a penny, you will be punished for refusing to pay taxes. Then, he would take out 6 million yuan to guarantee the salaries of the retired personnel. Half of the remaining 6 million yuan would be used to help the destitute citizens in the shantytown to ensure that they could have a reunion dinner during the New Year. The other half was to protect the daily expenses of the government. I hope that the comrades of the tax bureau will increase their efforts and complete the task of collecting the two taxes on time.
"Third, after some research, I found that the main problem with the general trend of Ji City is two 'nos'. Firstly, the government did not have much money to do things. Secondly, the people were unhappy. The reason for the lack of money was that the economic efficiency of the enterprise was not good, and the poor economic efficiency of the enterprise led to the financial difficulties of the government and the lives of the people. Why were the profits not good after the enterprise was reformed? I think the environment created by the government is not conducive to the development of enterprises. Some government departments were taking bribes to hurt the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs. Therefore, the next step for the government was to create a social environment that was conducive to the development of enterprises. First of all, they had to reduce the burden on enterprises and the people. 1.3 billion in revenue to feed 50,000 government officials, who could bear it! Not to mention the current economic situation, even if the situation improved in the future, it would be a big problem to feed so many people. The weak economic base could no longer support the huge superstructures. The feudal rulers even knew how to let the common people 'recuperate'! I think our government should reduce the number of people who give orders. "We would rather raise some people than let them cause trouble for enterprises and ordinary people under the banner of the government every day. As for those who abused their power for personal gain, they had to be dealt with and laid off. Only in this way could the administrative costs be reduced and the social atmosphere be changed. Of course, there are risks in doing so, but if we don't do so, the government will collapse…In addition, in order to prevent sudden spending at the end of the year, I have decided to cancel all commendation meetings and prohibit any material rewards from spending public funds. Not even the money from the treasury. It has to be done. It has to be signed by me.
"Fourth, according to the current special situation, I will be in charge of the work of the municipal finance bureau. The division of labor for the other deputy chiefs remained unchanged. I hope that everyone will split up and support my work to tide over the current difficulties together. Please!"
The new chief took the lead and stood up.
The secretary opened the door and the new chief was the first to walk out.
The rest of the people's limbs were sticky and didn't want to move. This straightforward and interesting meeting tickled people's hearts. They wanted to say something to satisfy their desires. However, this 'Qiang Ren' Lu was 'dead' and didn't move, so it wasn't good for people to open their mouths.
" Let's go, let's go..." When the people saw this situation, they could only walk together and move the location of their discussion to the corridor.
"This newbie is really impressive. With just one meeting, he took away the financial power of 'Strong Man Lü.'”
"It should have been like this a long time ago. If we let him continue to take care of it, the government building will have to pay for it.”
"But, the government is not spending money, and they want to reduce the number of people. This impact…the new chief will be scolded.”
"This is the brilliance of others. Now, the lives of the common people were difficult and the society was unstable. One of them did not spend money, and the other reduced the number of people, so the anger of the common people was eased.”
four
"Ayo!" Lu Qiang finally let out a long sigh after everyone had left. The sense of relief from being relieved of a heavy burden and the sense of loss from losing a large piece of power surged into his heart at the same time. At this moment, he did not know if he was happy or sad.
This Yu Ming was really powerful. He took advantage of the moment when Lu Qiang was in trouble and could not extricate himself from the situation to 'rescue' him with dignity. Then, he made him obediently hand over the thing in his hand.
The fact that the new chief Shi had used this trick on him without any hesitation meant that the relationship between the two of them was going to deteriorate.
Ever since the two of them met, the feeling of unwillingness to accept each other was self-evident. However, these days, they were still able to maintain a superficial friendliness and politeness.
However, today, this kind of harmony on the surface was difficult to continue…
What was the reason that things had come to this…
Oh, I remember now. A week ago, this new chief shi was going to the finance and taxation system to investigate and study, and the secretary informed him to accompany him. That day, because his best friend in the provincial capital was having surgery in the hospital, he left without even saying goodbye.| Qi _ Book *_* Net| Alas, later on, the operation was very successful. His best friend asked him to treat the doctor to a meal. He took the opportunity to have a night of fun with a bunch of bad friends in the provincial hotel. The next day, he was drunk and did not wake up until noon. By the time he returned to Ji Plain, the new chief had already finished his investigation of the finance and taxation system and followed Tie Yu to the company.
Perhaps it was because he was rude this time and had underestimated her. That's why the new chief picked him up. The most important thing between officials was etiquette. He had been rude at the critical moment, a mistake that could not be undone for a thousand years.
Speaking of this, he really blamed himself for not taking the new chief seriously. If the governor came to investigate, even if his own father had surgery, he would not dare to leave!
However, there was no turning back. Since things had come to this, there was no point in regretting. When your rudeness angered others, you should never apologize and beg for forgiveness. That would only make the other party look down on you. This was a principle he had used to deal with human relations for many years.
"Alright, in that case, you can do it yourself. If you don't need me, I won't serve you!”At this moment, the pain in his heart immediately reminded him of the skin disease on his body. Yes, he would go to the hospital tomorrow and open a high-level ward. He would soak in it for half a year.
Having made up his mind, he stood up arrogantly, took a few long breaths, and left his seat.
"Wait a moment." Suddenly, a voice behind him stopped him.
Who was it? He was stunned. Why was there someone else in the room?
He turned around and was shocked.
"Caixiu, you didn't leave?"
"If you,'Strong Man' Lu, don't leave, how would I dare to leave?”
"Ahaha, what f * cking strong man? I was just kicked by someone.”
"You reap what you sow."
"Ah, yes…but I have to congratulate you. The hero in your heart has appeared. You have to rush up, rush up bravely!”
"Don't be so boring!" Cai Xiu glared at him fiercely." I'm here to talk business with you.”
"Official business?"
"That 80 million, get it back quickly!”
"Hey, 80 million, that's a huge amount. I don't know anything about 80 million.”
"Don't play dumb. Do you want to be strangled to death by this 80 million yuan rope? It's good for you to get rid of it as soon as possible. Besides, the end of the year is the time to spend a lot of money. I want to use it!”
"You have to use it. Hmph, who are you? Isn't he just a finance director? I haven't retired as the deputy chief yet, so it's not your turn to give me instructions yet.”
"Chief Lu, if you say that, I won't stand on ceremony. Don't forget who got this money.”Ju Caixiu picked up her bag and wanted to leave.
"Hey, Caixiu, don't, don't…"
"Is there anything else?"
"On account of our old friendship, don't force me.”
"Forcing you?"
"That's right. Don't hit someone when they're down.”
"Who's kicking me when I'm down?"
"I think his decision today was your idea.”
"My idea?" Caixiu looked up and smiled when she heard this." I-I've only known him for a short while. Let me tell you, today is the first time I'm meeting him to discuss work.”
"Then, who is it?" Lu Qiang looked at his subordinate suspiciously and shook his head in distress." You've only been here for a month, yet you're so decisive in handling things?”
"Hmph,'Strong Man' Lu, don't think that no one in this world is better than you. Hahaha…"
A string of laughter spread in his ears like a splash of water, and then disappeared in a moment. The water splashed on his heart like salt, making him feel unbearable pain.
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