Chapter 762: Condolences to veteran cadres (1)

After the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, Xu Shaojie's main job was to visit and condolences. Many of the other provincial party committee leaders went to visit and condolences. Xu Shaojie had just taken office in Longnan Province, so he stayed in the provincial capital. But don't see the city and prefectures to visit and condolences. Sometimes it is very hard. Some places are mountainous in the middle of the city and prefectures under Longnan Province, and the road conditions are not good, there are no expressways or railways. Besides, the provincial party committee leaders usually carry their own vehicles when they go to visit and condolences. Xu Shaojie did not expect that Ouyang Yuntao, the city with the worst conditions, went to see it in person.

Xishan Province does not have such rules. At the end of the year, most provincial party committee leaders are busy with their own work and rarely visit and condolences in cities and prefectures. Longnan Province retains such traditions, and Xu Shaojie is also quite moved. Xu Shaojie supports this approach and believes that it is also a kind of concern for the provincial party committee leaders to visit and condolences at the end of the year.

But after experiencing the old cadres' condolences, Xu Shaojie changed his view, because such measures, in Xu Shaojie's view, are indeed a waste of money. This is probably because Longnan Province pays too much attention to form.

Guo Huihuang is a deputy director of the Provincial Party Committee’s Old Cadre Bureau. After graduating from university, he took the civil service exam and chose the most inconspicuous position of the Provincial Party Committee’s Old Cadre Bureau. In a blink of an eye, he has worked for 10 years. From an ordinary staff member to a deputy department-level cadre, Guo Huihuang has worked a lot of hard work. Unfortunately, the work of the Old Cadre Bureau is really not taken seriously. Apart from the Double Ninth Festival and the New Year’s greetings every year, almost no one has ever thought of the Old Cadre Bureau.

Guo Huihuang's classmates worked a lot in the provincial capital. At the beginning, they all envied Guo Huihuang and were admitted to civil servants from provincial government agencies. When they first came to work at the Old Cadre Bureau, Guo Huihuang still wanted to do something. No matter what, the old cadres serving and managing the Old Cadre Bureau of the Provincial Party Committee were retired leading cadres at the department level or above, as well as retired old leaders at the provincial level. These people were still very brilliant in the past, and they were retired, so they should still be in the relationship. Guo Huihuang's work is very serious and has done various services for the old cadres, and has even been praised by the bureau leaders.

The Old Cadre Bureau does not have so many intrigues. Most of the cadres working here have a calm mind. They probably know that when they work at the Old Cadre Bureau, they will not have much future. It would be good to be able to work here safely and survive until retirement. However, during the work process, pay attention to solving their own level problems and get more salary. Guo Huihuang works hard and does not arouse much disgust among everyone. It is a good thing for young people to have work enthusiasm, and it is also OK to do more things. Therefore, Guo Huihuang has never encountered any trouble. Even when the leaders of the bureau praised him, his colleagues also expressed congratulations, and no one was jealous.

After working for a long time, Guo Huihuang felt confused. He was working day after day. He understood the basic situation of veteran cadres, paid attention to their lives and medical issues, and organized some sports activities regularly every year, but he couldn't see the end. Guo Huihuang was still a little busy because of his excellent work and was trusted by veteran cadres. It was also because of this reason that Guo Huihuang had not taken any path, and his level was gradually improved, as a deputy department, and now a deputy director. But Guo Huihuang was far from this idea. He wanted to show his ambitions. He envied those cadres who worked in key departments, such as the Provincial Department of Finance and the Provincial Planning Bureau, who were even a deputy section chief, who was thousands of times more awesome than him, the deputy director.

Guo Huihuang's classmates often talked about him at the beginning that he worked in a provincial unit, no matter what unit it was, he had a promising future, but after a long time, everyone would not say it. After entering society for so many years, everyone understood what the old cadre bureau meant. The so-called future is just self-comfort.

For a while, the depressed Guo Huihuang even prepared to resign. A few classmates, who developed well in the south, made money in business, and had contacted Guo Huihuang and invited Guo Huihuang to the south to develop. However, Guo Huihuang still restrained his impulse and worked honestly in the old cadre bureau. Besides, Guo Huihuang has already started a family and cannot leave his family and go out alone to explore. This is how people are. The longer they work, the less passion. Today, Guo Huihuang works step by step, and does not think about so many things, does not care about so many gains and losses, but can calm down. Especially in the past two years, when Guo Huihuang contacted old cadres, he read a lot of books and documents of the provincial party committee and government, including some central government documents. Guo Huihuang did not think much about it, but just wanted to say some words related to the current situation when chatting with the old cadres.

Xu Shaojie's preparations for visiting veteran cadres were naturally handed over to the Bureau of the Old Cadres. This news still attracted attention in the Bureau of the Old Cadres. The provincial party secretary had done the work of condolences to veteran cadres in the past. It was not a strange thing, but the form was different. The provincial party secretary did not visit veteran cadres, but condolences to veteran cadres through the form of a symposium. Those who attended the symposium were also some retired veteran cadres at the provincial level. There were not many people at this level. Usually, the work of visiting veteran cadres in provincial-level agencies was done by the leaders of the Organization Department, and the Minister of the Organization Department rarely came forward and was the executive vice minister. Everyone knew that the work of veteran cadres should be paid attention to, but no one really paid attention to it.

Xu Shaojie has just taken office in Longnan Province. The newly appointed provincial party committee leaders visited and comforted the veteran cadres. The veteran cadre bureau naturally needs to pay attention to it. Besides, the veteran cadre bureau did not receive a notice from the Provincial Party Committee Office on convening a symposium. In other words, Xu Shaojie wanted to really visit the old cadres' homes. In this way, the organizational work seemed very meticulous and cumbersome.

Under such circumstances, Guo Huihuang took on the important task. Guo Huihuang was young and a deputy division-level cadre. His usual work was good and he was praised by many old cadres. In the specific planning and organizational work, Guo Huihuang was naturally responsible. Of course, Guo Huihuang was not the person in charge. The bureau established a temporary leadership group and the director took charge personally. Guo Huihuang was just a staff member who did specific things, a deputy division-level cadre in the old cadres bureau, that is, a staff member.

The preparations were very tedious. For some reason, Guo Huihuang suddenly burst out with enthusiasm for work. Even he himself felt strange. He had worked in the Old Cadre Bureau for 10 years and had no passion. This time he was able to do a good job in organization. Guo Huihuang went to many departments, including the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Public Security Department, the Provincial TV Station, the newspaper, the Hualin Municipal Party Committee Office, the Public Security Bureau, the Old Cadre Bureau and other units to implement one work, and went to the homes of four old cadres to implement specific visits and condolences. These four old cadres were the homes that Xu Shaojie prepared to visit.

When implementing the visits and condolences of the veteran cadres, the leaders of the veteran cadre bureau thought carefully. The three old leaders who retired from provincial leadership positions were very old and could not withstand the toss and were not in good health. In the past, the three old leaders had to determine whether they were participating according to their physical condition. Besides, the three old leaders had very old qualifications. The veteran cadre bureau did not finally confirm visiting and condolences to them. The four veteran cadres decided to be the deputy provincial leaders. Of course, one of them was the retired veteran who enjoyed the treatment of the vice-provincial level when they were retired. After the list was reported to the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, no revisions were received. This was confirmed.

The time is scheduled on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. On one day, Xu Shaojie first went to the Old Cadre Bureau to learn about the work situation, and then visited and comforted six old cadres. As for the other provincial and ministerial-level old cadres, they were the Old Cadre Bureau. The leaders did not have that much time. Visiting and comforting the old cadres was mostly to express their importance.

Guo Huihuang is still very hard. He contacted many parties. With his efforts, traffic control, on-site protection, news and video work have been implemented one by one. All units have taken action. Everyone is busy but not confused, anxious but not impatient, and each performs their own duties and deals with it freely. Seeing all this, Guo Huihuang even became intoxicated by his preparations. He is like the director of a large performance meeting. Seeing the completion of one preparation work, he is waiting for the protagonist to appear on stage. Guo Huihuang has this experience every year. This is the magic brought by power. If it were not for the adjustment of his mentality, after each organization, Guo Huihuang would sigh for a long time. Being able to complete such preparations, Guo Huihuang knew that it was not the power of the Old Cadre Bureau, nor was it the strong ability of his little deputy director of the Old Cadre Bureau, but the importance of the protagonist.

The General Office of the Provincial Party Committee has long delivered the list of veteran cadres who visited and expressed condolences. Xu Shaojie didn't care much about it. Xu Shaojie was very experienced when he worked in Huaiyang City. However, after becoming the main leader, he made arrangements and the leaders in charge were responsible. He mainly respected and cared for the veteran cadres.

Xu Shaojie rejected the form of holding a symposium. Since it is to visit and comfort the veteran cadres and conduct visits and discussions in the form of a meeting, this is not a good choice. It is quite a bit arrogant. The veteran cadres understand everything, but they may not feel comfortable if they can't say it. Besides, I have just come to Longnan Province to work and have always adhered to the principle of low-key. Low-key needs to be reflected in the work. It is not as low-key as they say it is low-key.

Du Shunping walked into Xu Shaojie's office, and Zhang Xiaojun followed behind him. Du Shunping agreed with Xu Shaojie's arrangements, but he still had to express some of the following requirements.

"Secretary Xu, the Hualin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have requested instructions. The main leaders are preparing to accompany Secretary Xu to visit and condolences to the veteran cadres. I have replied to them, saying that Secretary Xu's opinions do not need to be accompanied. There is also the person in charge of the Provincial Party Committee's Veteran Cadre Bureau. I told them that as long as a bureau leader is accompanying them."

Hualin City is a city at the level of a department, which is very different from Xilin City. However, the secretary of Hualin City's municipal party committee is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. From this perspective, Hualin City is still different from other cities and prefectures in Longnan Province. After all, it is a provincial capital. Xu Shaojie had long rejected the proposal of the leaders of Hualin City Government to accompany the visit and condolences. It was just a visit to the old cadres and there was no need to fight so much. But Xu Shaojie also knew that rules are emphasized in the officialdom, not to mention that Ouyang Yuntao paid great attention to this matter.

"Old Du, you can decide how to arrange the specific arrangements, but the General Office will not arrange other people. Just follow me and Xiao Zhang. I would like to remind the old cadre bureau that the report should not be too long. The main thing is to visit and comfort the old cadre."

Although Xu Shaojie said this, Du Shunping still knew the rules.

"Secretary Xu, Hualin City leaders requested to accompany him. I think it is better to have leaders in charge of the work of veteran cadres. Since they have made the request, in the past, whenever they visited veteran cadres at the end of the year, Hualin City had leaders accompanied him, and the director of the Provincial Party Committee's Old Cadre Bureau would be enough to participate. This is how I considered it."

Xu Shaojie nodded and expressed his approval.

The work of veteran cadres is not popular at all. On the one hand, the Party Committee and the government will not really pay attention to the work of veteran cadres. No matter what, retired veteran cadres have the task to live a good life at home, and not to set up a bureau of veteran cadres. Old cadres also need to live, but because some veteran cadres have qualifications and have made contributions, the bureau of veteran cadres has been established to take care of their lives. It is almost impossible to really pay attention to it. Besides, veteran cadres who have reached a certain level have seen through many things after they retired. They are not very concerned about the so-called treatment.

As for those who have opinions and concerns, they are often those old cadres of relatively low levels. On the other hand, cadres who work in the Old Cadre Bureau are also a little frustrated and will not attract the attention of any leaders. Moreover, the work they do is mainly to serve the old cadres and have almost no power. Most cadres who work in administrative units want to have a good future, or have an enviable identity in important departments, have a wide range of relationships and are easy to do things. All of this has nothing to do with the Old Cadre Bureau. Therefore, it is very good for cadres who work in the Old Cadre Bureau to persist in doing their jobs well.

Today, the understanding in society is very strange. Everyone says that everyone is equal before work, but in actual operations, this is far from being done. Everyone wants to go to good units. After entering these important units, they are glorious and their families are happy. When they enter poor units, they always feel inferior.

Xu Shaojie had this experience. When he worked in the Xishan Provincial Government Consultative Office, his father and mother didn’t like it. They were idle, but he felt bored and that dispensable state was very frustrating. In such a large provincial government, there were almost no one who thought that the advisory office and even many cadres had no idea what the advisory office was doing. Strictly speaking, the influence of the advisory office is not as good as the old cadre bureau.

After that period, Xu Shaojie had his own opinions on many things. The quality of the unit was nothing more than reflected in the power of money. Some units were rich, cadres and employees were treated well, and some units had power. Young people had good futures in such departments. Therefore, the society divided units into three or six levels. In other words, provincial departments, the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee and the General Office of the Provincial Government, as well as the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and other units were at the forefront. Working in these units, individuals had a future and had the opportunity to contact leaders. Secondly, there were the Provincial Planning and Development Committee, the Department of Finance, the Department of Transportation and other units. These units were rich, and the treatment of cadres and employees was very good. Secondly, they were the Party School, the Department of Civil Affairs, the Department of Agriculture and other units, and they did not have much power. But everyone always knew that the worst was the Archives Bureau, the Bureau of Old Cadres, and they had no money or power. Cadres could not see any hope, including the so-called associations and associations.

Xu Shaojie is in charge of the work of a cadre. Of course, he understands these situations and is everywhere. The leaders also know it. However, because of different divisions of labor, no leader thinks that such a situation is abnormal. Nowadays, leaders often go to so-called important departments to inspect and guide their work, which invisibly supports the classification of the unit.

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