Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

After Zhuang Qunyi entered, Cao Xinli was still on the fire, with a dark face and silent.Xiao Yuejin also held back his anger, but it was inconvenient to quarrel in front of Zhuang Qunyi, so he forced a smile and chatted with Zhuang Qunyi. At first Zhuang Qunyi didn't mention the matter of Liancai, he just asked, "What's wrong, you two are in trouble again?" Xiao Yuejin smiled wryly and said: "Secretary Zhuang, don't worry, we won't borrow money from you no matter how troublesome we encounter. The 600,000 that I borrowed earlier, Secretary Cao and I just think about it."

Zhuang Qunyi waved his hand and said, "I'm here to see Secretary Cao today, not to ask for a bill. What is Mine Manager Xiao doing with that rubbish?!" Xiao Yuejin said: "If you don't mention it, it's your benevolence; if I don't mention it, it's just pretending." Zhuang Qunyi smiled and said, "Even if you mention it, you're still pretending. Just mentioning means that you have no money to pay back. You might as well not mention it, so as not to make me worry with you." Xiao Yuejin sighed and said: "Secretary Zhuang, let me tell you the truth, not only will we not be able to pay back the money from your Hexi village for a while, but this time, Mayor Cao has to be the guarantee to borrow another 500,000 yuan from Hetian Avenue. "

Only then did Cao Xinli say sullenly: "I'm afraid this bandit Tian is unreliable! It's been more than a week since I promised to borrow money, and I haven't even seen his ghost. Whenever someone from the mine goes looking for him, he hides." Zhuang Qunyi looked at Cao Xinli and said with a smile: "This makes your elder brother Cao sick, doesn't it?" Cao Xinli said: "Isn't it?! If this goes on, I'm afraid mine manager Xiao and I will be buried here." Zhuang Qunyi said: "I don't think you should go to Tian Dao Dao anymore. It's not like you don't know that this upstart has neither conscience nor righteousness. If you really want to borrow his 500,000 yuan, you have to ask Mayor Cao to go again." Find Secretary Cheng of the county party committee. Tian Dao only buys the account of Secretary Cheng alone. Secretary Cheng holds Tian Dao's dog's tail. A few days ago, Secretary Cheng asked the thief to donate monkeys and bears to the children's playground in the county, and he was honest. I made a real donation. I heard from everyone that adults and children in the county are all shouting at Tian Dao Dao at the black bear."

Cao Xinli was amused by these words, and said, "Your Secretary Zhuang has hurt others." Zhuang Qunyi said: "I don't want to hurt him, I just think this kid is too conscientious. Who in everyone's mind doesn't know? Whether it's east or west, it's not all because of a state-run Shengli Coal Mine? Six of our eight well managers in the west of Hexi are old people who have retired from your mine. The coal mine consultants in the east of the river are also all from your mine.” Cao Xinli said bluntly: "That's not all, is it? You have almost excavated the underground resources of our Shengli Coal Mine, right? Last year, didn't the No. 2 well of Tian Avenue connect with our big well? The ventilation system of the whole big well was destroyed. He destroyed it, and just like that, he dared to let people come to the mine to make trouble, and even dared to tie donkeys and horses to our big derrick. Tell me, what is this? I don't know what's going on."

Xiao Yuejin glanced at Cao Xinli, and said with something in his words: "In my opinion, we managers of state-owned assets are also responsible. To put it bluntly, we are not responsible for the country from top to bottom, which has caused serious damage to state-owned assets and resources. Lost." Zhuang Qunyi hurriedly laughed: "The state-owned assets have not been lost to other places, they are still within our country. Thinking about it, this is not entirely a bad thing. After our peasant brothers become rich, we can still pull you The big brother of the worker took care of it."

Cao Xinli's eyes brightened, and he stared at Zhuang Qunyi for a long time before asking hesitantly, "This time, can you give us a hand, Secretary Zhuang, Chairman Zhuang?" Zhuang Qunyi immediately nodded and said, "Of course I have to help. That's why I came here. Tian Dao Dao in the east of the river doesn't care about conscience, but I, Zhuang Qunyi, have to respect my conscience." Next, Zhuang Qunyi came up with his plan calmly: use the existing resources, personnel, and equipment of Shengli Mine to form a joint coal mining team with an annual output of about 150,000 tons, separate accounting, and Hexi Village to contract and manage it.The required funds are all provided by the Wanshan Group in Hexi Village, and all economic responsibilities are also borne by the Wanshan Group.Regardless of profit or loss, Wanshan Group pays management fees to Shengli Mine in a certain proportion.

After Xiao Yuejin heard this, he immediately expressed his opinion: "This is a good thing. Not only has some personnel been placed on duty, but also the mine has some stable income. I think it can be started immediately." Cao Xinli was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but only asked: "We are now losing dozens of yuan for mining a ton of coal. Are you sure to make money if you come to Wanshan to do it?" Zhuang Qunyi said: "I don't dare to say if you earn more or less, you can always earn it." Cao Xinli asked again: "Who is responsible for the production technology?"

Zhuang Qunyi said: "The production technology is in charge of your comrades in the mine, but we have to hire it. The operation and management are all our business, and we are responsible for the loss and profit." Cao Xinli thought about it carefully and said: "Does this mean that your small Hexi village has taken away all the operating and management rights of our state-owned county regiment-level large mine? We, the cadres and workers who are owned by the whole people, will replace you. Farmers working?" Zhuang Qunyi said calmly: "Brother Cao, you can't talk like this. Your county-level state-owned large mine is still a county-level state-owned large mine, how should you manage it; your cadres and workers who are owned by the whole people are still Cadres and workers owned by the whole people have nothing to do with our Hexi Village. What I’m talking about is only limited to joint mining. It doesn’t matter if your cadres and workers don’t want to apply for the job, we can also recruit from other places.” Xiao Yuejin was obviously emotional about Cao Xinli’s words , said with a displeased face: "Whether it's a county-level state-owned large mine or a state-owned mine, whether it's owned by the whole people, there is always food to eat, and it has reached the point where we can't afford food. What else can we be proud of?!" Cao Xinli said coldly He glanced at Xiao Yuejin cautiously and said: "What do you mean? Is this a matter of pride? This is a matter of policy. What if we violate the policy, make careless decisions, and the cadres and workers make trouble?" Xiao Yuejin couldn't help but wonder Said: "Old Secretary, I am not afraid that you will be unhappy. To be frank, I think the serious problem lies in educating the workers. If the peasant brothers in Hexi Village can really educate our comrade workers, I don't think there will be any harm."

Cao Xinli said: "What you said is extremely wrong. Chairman Mao said that the serious problem is to educate the peasants. He never said that the serious problem is to educate the workers." Xiao Yuejin said: "My old secretary, haven't you seen through the reality in front of you? It is the long-standing policy of ownership by the whole people and the state's all-inclusive policy that has largely caused the state-owned industrial and mining enterprises today. The predicament has also caused the degradation of the quality of the working class. Don’t you think about it, if you don’t engage in the big pot meal after liberation, who will take it for granted in the arms of the country to eat and drink?”

Cao Xinli said: "You mean, our decades of socialism are all wrong?" Xiao Yuejin said: "There is nothing wrong with socialism. What is wrong is that it does not adhere to the principle of socialism's remuneration according to work. Whether it is a worker or a farmer, everyone must get remuneration according to their work." Cao Xinli said: "You still Wrong. You said that our worker comrades are now relying on the country’s arms to eat and drink. Then let me ask you, where did the wealth created by our worker comrades go? Wasn’t it all taken by the country for construction? Now we are talking about the market Is it reasonable for us to carry such a heavy burden of history to compete with township enterprises like Secretary Zhuang and the others?" Xiao Yuejin said: "This is exactly what I want to say next. The state should create us in some form. Part of the wealth of our workers is returned to our workers, for example, deducted from the state-owned assets of enterprises."

Cao Xinli said: "In this way, the state-owned assets of our Shengli Mine may be zero." Xiao Yuejin said: "Then, the current assets of the Shengli Mine belong to 8,000 workers, and the workers have truly become the owners of the coal mine. If this is the case, I think there is hope for the Shengli Mine." Cao Xinli said disdainfully: "If you really do this, I think there will be no socialism, no state-owned enterprises, and the People's Republic of China should be called the Republic of China." Xiao Yuejin said: "Old Secretary, I am discussing the problem with you. The Shengli Coal Mine has reached this point. Shouldn't you and I think about the problem in depth?" Cao Xinli said sarcastically: "You, mine manager Xiao, think too deeply. I think anyone who can think so deeply should go to the State Council to become the prime minister. Being a mine manager is really unqualified." Xiao Yuejin got angry and wanted to keep talking, but Zhuang Qunyi interrupted and said: "Forget it, forget it, don't argue, the more you argue, the further you get away from the topic. You should study this joint mining plan. I think it is beneficial to both of us." It is beneficial, and it may be more beneficial to you now, at least it is better than reaching out and asking others to borrow money." Cao Xinli originally wanted to borrow money from Zhuang Qunyi, but after hearing what Zhuang Qunyi said, it was difficult to open his mouth again, so he had to Said: "I will discuss this matter with Mine Manager Xiao and other comrades, and I will ask the city to decide later." Xiao Yuejin deliberately embarrassed Cao Xinli, and asked coldly: "Secretary Cao, the joint company's 80,000 yuan has been used up again. If we don't start joint mining immediately, how will we solve the problem of eating in the future?" Cao Xinli didn't mention Liancai's matter, rolled his eyelids, and shouted at Xiao Yuejin: "I'm about to ask you! You ask Cao Wucheng for money!" Xiao Yuejin got up and left, walked to the door and said angrily: "Secretary Cao, don't worry, I, Xiao Yuejin, will be responsible for the money owed by Cao Wucheng, or I will pay for it! But I will also make it clear to you that it is really difficult for me to work with you in your current state!" Cao Xinli became furious, and shouted: "If you don't want to do it, then resign!" Xiao Yuejin nodded and said, "Yes, I will report my resignation to the city as soon as the account with the joint company is settled! I have had enough of this kind of foreign crime." This made Zhuang Qunyi very embarrassed... After Xiao Yuejin left, Zhuang Qunyi got up and said goodbye. Unexpectedly, after Cao Xinli took Zhuang Qunyi to the door, he took Zhuang Qunyi's hand and said, "Secretary Zhuang, don't go, just talk to me for a while, okay?" Zhuang Qunyi knew that Cao Xinli was sad, so he hesitated for a moment and had to sit down again.Cao Xinli's eyes were red, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "I am the party secretary of this state-owned coal mine. I have to be responsible to the party, the country, and more than 8,000 cadres and workers. I was angry just now, no matter what I said. What, you, Secretary Zhuang, don't be angry." Zhuang Qunyi said: "I'm not angry, not angry. I know you're having a hard time, it's just too hard." Cao Xinli said again: "I have never looked down on you farmers in my heart. Don't say that you are rich now, even when you were poor earlier, I didn't look down on you." Zhuang Qunyi said mildly: "But I remember you being the director of the Political Department I once said that the Shengli Mine is surrounded by a vast ocean of small producers, I’m afraid you still have this view.” Cao Xinli sighed and said: “It’s not just surrounded? Now the small producers have submerged the Shengli Mine. " Zhuang Qunyi said emotionally: "Then you, the old party secretary, have you ever thought about it? Are these peasants who have left the land today still farmers in the traditional sense? Are they still small producers? They have built so many factories and mines, established such Multi-group companies have created so much industrial wealth for the society. In a sense, have they become part of the working class? Are the identities of workers and farmers inherently unchanged? Since the reform and opening up today, we Do some ideas have to change too?" Cao Xinli was stunned.Zhuang Qunyi also said: "If you, Secretary Cao, admit that our Wanshan Group is an emerging industrial group, and the new generation of workers in our village are workers in a new sense, then what's wrong with joint mining and common development? At least we always Can you pay more taxes to the country?" Cao Xinli thought for a while, and then said: "So, let's say, I'd better resign, and you and Mine Manager Xiao will engage in joint mining. But, I'm not afraid of losing face, You see, can you lend us a few hundred thousand more? Even if it is to pay the joint mining management fee first. Don’t worry about the joint mining, I will do my best to do the work, if not, I will go through the back door of Deputy Mayor Cao.” Zhuang Qunyi breathed a sigh of relief, and said generously: "Secretary Cao, even if there is no such thing as joint mining, if you want to borrow money, I have to lend it to you. I am not Tian Dao Dao, and I will never forget that I am How did you get rich?" Cao Xinli moved Zhuang Qunyi's hand and said repeatedly: "Secretary Zhuang, you are benevolent, you are truly benevolent." Zhuang Qunyi said: "Don't say that, everyone is in trouble. Secretary Cao, you can send someone with me to get the check immediately. Is 500,000 enough? Not enough, I will lend you some more, even if we are a new student in Hexi Industry groups have helped you mine the traditional working class in victory."