After I came out from Secretary Rong's place, I kept thinking about what she said to me, except of course the incident with Min Siwei.

I smiled and said, "That's okay. Just tell them, but don't make too many dishes at night, just home-cooked food."

He was a little at a loss. I smiled and said to him: "Go ahead... By the way, you call and ask Director Sun from the Health Bureau to come over."

He agreed and went out.

In Shangjiang City, I really have very few contacts with the heads of departments below. Director Sun, Li Wenwu, and the Director of Finance are relatively close to me. Although Mayor Wu has a good relationship with me, after all, he

He is the executive deputy mayor, and he has been a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee before this, so he is similar to me, and he is also a high-ranking person. It is impossible to know more specific situations from him. The person in charge of the following department

People are different. Most of them are locals and their positions are not very high. These people are the easiest to hear the real situation.

Of course, this must be if they are willing to tell me the truth, and I must find ways to get them to tell the truth.

Director Sun came not long after. I left the table to shake hands with him, and then invited him to sit down in the reception area. After Xiao Xu made tea, I motioned for him to leave.

I sat down opposite Director Sun and said to him with a smile: "Director Sun, I have nothing else to do with you today. I just want to chat with you. To be honest, since I came to work in Shangjiang City,

, I have not had much contact with the comrades below. Relatively speaking, I have relatively more contact with you. This is mainly related to my previous experience as a doctor and hospital director. After all, I still have feelings for health work.

In addition, I also think that you are a very good person, relatively real, and you have your own basic bottom line in doing things. Therefore, I feel that it is very pleasant to associate with you. There have been too many things recently, and my work pressure has also increased.

It's very big, so I really want to find someone to talk to. Director Sun, you don't have anything urgent to do now, right?"

He said: "Thank you, Mayor Feng, thank you for your trust in me. Mayor Feng, I feel very honored. So many things have happened in Shangjiang City in the past two years. If you hadn't reminded me frequently,

, if you help, people like me with little background might have been taken down long ago. Mayor Feng, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart."

I smiled and said: "Director Sun, you are too polite. If there are other factors besides the job, we should actually be friends. Don't you think so?"

He grinned and said: "Thank you. Mayor Feng, I am really honored."

I smiled and said, "Look, aren't you being polite again? Okay, I won't beat around the bush. Director Sun, I called you here today to get some information from you. Director Sun, you are a local."

, I should always be able to hear some opinions from the citizens about our work and about me personally, but in many cases I cannot hear them, or what I hear and see are all illusions. Director Sun, I hope you will tell me the truth.

, tell me the truest situation you know. Don’t be afraid of telling unpleasant things, you are helping me. Do you understand?”

He said: "Everyone says good things about you, saying that you are capable and have no selfish motives. Anyway, they all say that you are the best mayor in the history of our Shangjiang City."

I laughed and said, "This is a bit too much. How can I be so good? I have only been acting mayor for a few days? How can I become the best mayor? Director Sun, please don't always make peace with me.

I'd like to hear the opposite view."

But he shook his head and said: "Mayor Feng, I really haven't heard any bad comments about you. Really, since you made it so clear, I definitely wouldn't know the situation and tell you nothing.

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I shook my head and said, "That's strange. As the saying goes, everyone is perfect, how could he not have a slightly different view of me?"

He said: "Mayor Feng, what I said is true. Anyway, all I heard was good things about you. Shangjiang City has changed a lot in the past two years. After the restructuring of several large factories and mines, although a large number of people were laid off,

, but their lives can still be basically guaranteed. Of course there will be scoldings in this part, but you are not the only one they are scolding. Such things should not be regarded as bad remarks against you, right? This should be the general trend, and

There is nothing wrong with what you did. But those who stayed after the restructuring are saying good things about the city leaders? Now their income has increased several times than before, and everyone is very happy."

I nodded and said: "That's true. Well, you go on."

He immediately said: "In addition, the fact that our Municipal People's Hospital has become a medical university teaching hospital and the overall relocation of the hospital have made the employees of our health system praise you very much. Our medical technology and medical equipment in Shangjiang City

It has always been lagging behind. No leader has ever thought of doing this before. After all, this matter is too difficult and requires a lot of funds. But it was solved so easily after it was in your hands. Everyone said that you

He is a person who really does practical things, and he also said that as long as the leader really wants to do practical things, no matter how difficult the problem is, it will become simple."

I shook my head and said: "Such a discussion is not realistic. First of all, the hospital project has not entered the substantive construction stage at all. There will definitely be many problems later, so this matter is not as easy as imagined. Secondly,

This matter is not due to me alone. Mayor Zhu, you, and so many people below have made great efforts... Haha! Director Sun, let's not talk about this. So what do you mean to me?

Tell me, do you have any opinions on our work?"

After thinking for a while, he said: "There is a problem in this regard. Now some people are talking behind the scenes, saying whether our steps in Shangjiang City are too big. So many projects are launched at once. If there is a shortage of funds,

What's the matter? If the city is full of unfinished buildings by then, won't this city be destroyed? By the way, people in the education system also have opinions now. They feel that the city has not considered the education system at all.

problem, and this time the city planning did not take into account the relocation and renovation of schools. Haha! These are the only opinions I have heard on the city’s work. Basically, that’s it.”

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I nodded, "I understand. It seems that our publicity work is still not done well... Director Sun, is there anything else?"

He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "No more."

I immediately felt that he didn't really tell me the truth, and that he probably had some concerns. I looked at him and said to him sincerely: "Director Sun, I really want to hear what the people below have said to me today.

My truest opinion. To be honest, I really want to do more things for Shangjiang City in my heart, and I also believe that I can do many things better. Therefore, I hope to know what I can do.

If there are any shortcomings, it will be easier for me to correct them as soon as possible, so that I can do my job better."

He said: "Mayor Feng, there really is no more."

I immediately understood: After all, he is also a member of the officialdom, and he has his own principles for some things. In the final analysis, it was because he and I did not have that very special relationship, so he had some scruples in his heart. This

It's understandable. For example, if Secretary Rong wants to ask me similar questions, and if I know some bad comments about her, I won't tell them all easily.

There are many rules in the officialdom, but some of these rules form a huge binding force on the people in the officialdom. There is no use in forcing it in a situation like this, unless the relationship between two people has reached an extraordinary level.

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Even Mayor Wu and I have such a relationship, he is like this. The last time those laid-off workers came to the city government to petition, he knew some of the situation in advance, but he didn’t tell me? In fact, this is also because

The result of officialdom rules.

The higher a person's position, the more cautious he is inside. Of course, situations like Secretary Chen's are rare.

I immediately said to him: "Okay. Thank you, Director Sun. But I hope you can tell me as soon as possible if you hear something important in the future. Okay? I really hope to get all kinds of real information at any time.

My idea is very simple, I just hope I can do a better job."

He immediately stood up and said, "Okay, Mayor Feng. Don't worry, as long as I hear any bad comments about you, I will definitely tell you."

I immediately felt that his words seemed to have an emphatic meaning. Maybe I am too sensitive now.

After he left, I thought to myself: It seems that this method will not work. But I feel that I have gained something just now.

Now it seems that our current publicity work is indeed not in place. So many key projects in the city are being launched at the same time, but the people know very little about how the government operates. Therefore, it is natural for the people below to have some doubts.

In addition, regarding investment in education, this is indeed an issue that we have not thought too much about yet. This is not due to neglect, but is caused by our current inability to do so. The most difficult thing for the city government today is the issue of funding.

The investment in education is certainly not a small figure.

At this time, I couldn't help but wonder: Can we start this problem first? Or can we use other methods to solve it?

But the problem now is that I have no first-hand information on this aspect. As the mayor, if you want to put forward specific opinions on an aspect of work, you must have first-hand information.

Now, I finally understand why so many leaders do image projects and why they value political performance so much. This is actually a need in the final analysis.

Now I have such a need. Because I suddenly thought that in the government work report of next year's two sessions, education will also be one of the key points.

Thinking of this, I immediately called Mayor Zhu to come to my office immediately. Then I asked Xiao Xu to inform the director of the Municipal Education Commission to come immediately.

Of course Mayor Zhu arrived first. After she came in, I immediately asked her: "Mayor Zhu, how much do you know about the current education situation in our Shangjiang City? If we start investing in education now, you can come up with a plan as soon as possible.

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She said carelessly: "Mayor Feng, as long as the city government can come up with the money, everything will be easy to handle."

I suddenly couldn’t laugh or cry in my heart, “Mayor Zhu, what we have to consider now is how to do big things with less money. So what I need is a specific plan. After the year is the two sessions, the government work report

Education is one of the key points, and this is the work you are responsible for. There is a lot of material on health, but how do we write about education? Have you ever thought about this issue? "

She said: "It is good to spend less money and do big things. But it is difficult."

I smiled and said, "It's difficult. But what kind of things we do are not difficult? Things like the Municipal People's Hospital, urban construction issues, etc. Our finances are so bad, but don't we find ways to solve those problems?

Has the project been completed? So Mayor Zhu, I still say that thinking determines everything.

She said: "Mayor Feng, let me go back and do some research."

I shook my head and said, "Let's study it now. I have already called the director of the Municipal Education Commission. By the way, you call Secretary-General Liu. He is the deputy secretary-general who contacted you. Let's study it together."

After Su Wen was transferred from the city government, she did not transfer new deputy secretaries from the lower departments. This meant that such a position did not require so many people. I agreed with her opinion and immediately asked Mayor Wu to adjust

We reviewed the division of labor among the existing deputy secretaries-general so that each deputy secretary-general can have more contacts.

Indeed, as a municipal government, there is no need for so many deputy secretaries-general. In fact, the responsibilities of the deputy director of the office are actually the responsibilities of the deputy director of the office. I do not want the personnel and institutions of government agencies to be too bloated.

She immediately said happily: "That's great, Mayor Feng. You are personally responsible for researching this matter, and I took the opportunity to be lazy.

I looked at her and smiled, "You..."

At this time, I was thinking in my heart that she and Secretary Rong are both women, but their work ability and thinking are completely different. So the difference between these people is still very big. In fact, Mayor Zhu’s overall work is still very

Not bad, but she is a woman after all. She pays too much attention to the immediate and the details in her working methods, but she is very lacking in pioneering thinking and creativity. She is the kind of person who can do the work she is doing perfectly.

That kind of person, for example, regarding the relocation of the Municipal People's Hospital, as far as I know, she has held many meetings and conducted many studies on the sources of funds and design details, and the current plan has been passed through.

After watching it, I was quite satisfied.

Everyone has their own strengths and characteristics. My biggest shortcoming is actually exactly what she has. I am more impatient in doing things, I don’t pay much attention to details, and my thinking is sometimes more elegant. This kind of elegance in thinking means that

In the end, there is a lack of planning. For example, the problems that exist in Shangjiang City’s education work are not that I didn’t know about it before, but that I never included this matter in my work plan. At this time, I

But he was impatient and eager to conduct research immediately.

It is difficult to correct a person's shortcomings, because many of our shortcomings actually contain our personality factors. And a person's personality is formed when we are very young, so if we want to change it, it is really difficult to correct it.

It's very difficult.

Soon the director and deputy secretary-general of the Education Committee arrived. I immediately asked the director of the Education Committee to report to me the basic situation of education in the city, and asked him to mainly report on the situation of primary and secondary schools in the city.
To be continued...