Chapter 28 Section IV Leadership

At 3:00 pm on May 12, Chairman Shang Mingbo of Guoxing Bank, who was in a meeting outside the city, called to inquire about the specific situation of the disaster, and immediately instructed the establishment of an earthquake relief headquarters to arrange for the entire bank to quickly organize earthquake relief work.He asked Zhu Wenhua, the deputy commander in chief of earthquake relief in Beijing, to quickly mobilize all the strength of the bank to participate in the earthquake relief work. The top officials of Guoxing Bank held an emergency meeting overnight to make arrangements.Zhu Wenhua and the senior bank executives in Beijing conducted a detailed analysis of the complexity and urgency of the disaster relief work of financial institutions, quickly launched an emergency plan for earthquake relief in the whole bank, and issued several special documents.

Of course, in the face of natural disasters, some senior managers were not fully aware at first. In the first half of 2008, there were too many disasters for the Chinese: the ice and snow disaster in the south, the 3.14 smashing and looting disaster, the high-speed train derailment disaster, the 5.12 earthquake disaster and so on.Numerous catastrophes have exhausted the nerves of Chinese people, and people who are far away from the disaster area often have a kind of "wait and see" thinking.We don't have to demand the "efficiency" of this special year and special period.It is a normal law of people's psychological reactions to rescue the disasters once in a row, "tired" twice, and "declined" three times after the huge disasters of "rock-shattering" occurred consecutively in a short period of time. Our ancestors used to Use this rule to defeat your opponent.It can be said that after passing the test of many catastrophes, modern people should understand this slow reaction and inertia of thinking since the beginning of human beings.At that time, Shang Mingbo's old father-in-law was in a critical condition due to the spread of gastric cancer. The cheerful and optimistic Shang Mingbo had a close relationship with his old father-in-law, as father and son.In a battle during the war years, the old father-in-law was injured by a shell and lost his left arm. He was rated as a second-class disabled by the army. old.When the old man was seriously ill, he hoped that his son-in-law, Shang Mingbo, would be by his side.He knew that his time was numbered, and he wanted his son-in-law to take care of him.In order to satisfy the wish of the old man, Shang Mingbo returned to Beijing directly after the meeting in other places to visit the old man in the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army.But when he came to the hospital, the tragedy of the Wenchuan Earthquake still appeared before his eyes.Shang Mingbo understood his responsibilities and obligations in the face of natural disasters, and he explained the situation to the old man.Although the dying old man wanted to have a few more words with his son-in-law, he had already seen in Shang Mingbo's eyes the expectation and desire of a soldier to go to the battlefield. The old man took Shang Mingbo's hand and panted with difficulty: "You go Come on, command the team well and protect your body!"

Shang Mingbo's vision was blurred. He knew that if he left the old man at this time, he would not know if he would see him again.But the disaster situation is the assembly order and the charge. Shang Mingbo, who was born in a soldier, knows where he should rush after hearing the sound of the trumpet!One must obey the overall situation. As a ministerial-level cadre, seeing that the leaders of the central government have gone to the "front line", can he hesitate any longer?Shang Mingbo held the old man's withered and weak hand, unwilling to let go for a long time.The old man knew his son-in-law's intentions and understood his son-in-law's mood. He gritted his teeth to restrain his emotions, decisively withdrew the hand left over from the war years, and tried to nod to him. Shang Mingbo turned and walked out of the ward resolutely.

When the staff in the disaster-stricken areas of Guoxing Bank needed help the most, Shang Mingbo led the Guoxing Bank condolence team to Sichuan three times in a row, braved the risk of frequent aftershocks, crossed dangerous roads, and went straight to the hardest-hit areas-Wenchuan, Beichuan, Yingxiu , Hanwang, Dujiangyan, on-site rescue, condolences to the affected employees and the families of the victims. As a former soldier who participated in the self-defense counterattack, Shang Mingbo is well versed in the way of combat command. He will rush to where the disaster is the most serious, and he will support where the need for rescue is the most urgent.After the earthquake, the original wide and flat national road was torn and twisted by the ruthless shock wave, and was buried and destroyed by a large area of ​​mountain landslides. Although it was repaired urgently, it was still scarred and shocking. The cliff is steep and narrow, coupled with the continuous aftershocks, the mountain collapses and rocks roll every day, which is extremely dangerous.Drivers transporting relief supplies to the quake-hit area called this road "the road of life and death."

In fact, many landslides are caused by human beings. When I traveled to various counties and cities in the disaster-stricken areas, I found that the local people ignored the ecological balance of nature in order to "get rich" and excessively dig mountains and mines for "treasures". The mountains have been destroyed and their bodies have been loosened by years of development.When the earth shook violently, the originally minor disasters were aggravated, and the landslides that could have been avoided were connected into pieces.The damage to the natural environment caused by the development of barren hills seems to have become a "natural phenomenon". The mountains without landslides are abnormal. Even after the strong earthquake has passed, everyone still doubts the firmness of every green hill.

Shang Mingbo encountered a dangerous situation on the way to Wenchuan. When his off-road vehicle drove into a canyon between two mountains, there was a sudden sound coming from the valley, and the ground trembled rapidly.The driver is a young man who has been driving in the mountains for many years and has some "practical" experience. He didn't stop, but ran forward with full horsepower.They had just run 200 meters, when the dust was flying behind the car, the mountain was sliding rapidly, and then the mountain wall rumbled and collapsed, and the deafening sound lasted for nearly ten minutes.Shang Mingbo looked back and saw that the dust and dust were coming one after another. The road he just passed had disappeared, and was instantly buried by landslides and boulders.They are very lucky!If a driver is unresponsive or indecisive, if they pass by five minutes late, they and the car will be doomed.Everyone looked at each other in shock, dumbfounded.This section of road with a total length of tens of kilometers has been undergoing landslides and emergency repairs every day these days, and the danger of car crashes is everywhere (I learned later that this landslide caused three cars to be buried, six people were killed and one was seriously injured) .Li Guochun, who accompanied Shang Mingbo to the hardest-hit area, was terrified. He was worried that the leader would encounter danger on the way, so he advised Shang Mingbo not to go any further, saying that he would go to the front line to check the disaster situation on behalf of the leader.In fact, Li Guochun has already been to the front line, and this is the second time he accompanied the leader there.Shang Mingbo said, haven't you been a soldier?How can a commander command a battle if he doesn't understand the situation on the front line?Both of them knew in their hearts that their military life had tempered their style of leading the way, and whenever there was a crisis, this style would naturally manifest itself.They stopped talking and rushed to the hardest hit area in the same car.

We should not hide that when a strong earthquake hits, some officials are really afraid of danger and afraid of taking responsibility.They were unwilling and afraid to go to the front line of the disaster area, and even the number of casualties reported at the beginning was false!Thirty years of peace have allowed many officials to live a pampered life. When a catastrophe comes and needs to be dealt with urgently, they are often helpless.This is also the reason why the public appreciated it very much when some units broke the rules to promote earthquake relief heroes, and called it a beneficial reform of the cadre system on the Internet.In fact, in the early days of the revolutionary struggle, it was quite normal for the fire line to be promoted to join the party. Practice has proved that doing so strengthened rather than weakened the revolutionary group.

At the critical moment of national crisis, a person who stands up and puts life and death aside must also be a doer who has the courage to endure hardships in his usual work.Our country and our nation admire such heroes most, and they need such heroes most.However, some units do the opposite, rejecting some heroes who have emerged in work practice on the grounds that they do not have a diploma, and let the heroes bleed and cry. This is a great tragedy in the employment system! When Shang Mingbo and Li Guochun arrived in Beichuan, they found that Liu Guohua, an employee of Beichuan Sub-branch of Mianyang Branch, was trapped. They immediately ordered Zan New Year, the president of Mianyang City Branch, to organize rescue.Zan New Year is the president of the Mianyang City Branch. In terms of rank in the officialdom, he is at best a division-level. He was a lowly person who fought alone, but he didn't expect the chairman of the headquarters to come to the scene in person.The top leader of Guoxing Bank came suddenly, and Zan's New Year's energy doubled.After Shang Mingbo and Li Guochun arrived, the confident Zan New Year immediately asked the local army for help and quickly formed a rescue team.At that time, Liu Guohua had been buried underground for three days and three nights, and her husband had been waiting for her on the ruins for three days and three nights.This is a couple who are inseparable from life to death. When the people in Beichuan County fled under the threat of the collapse of the barrier lake, Liu Guohua's husband was still waiting there, not eating or drinking, and his voice was hoarse. The story of conjugal love was brought to the stage by a repertory troupe, which touched many audiences.

After Shang Mingbo and his party arrived, they were moved by the deeds of this pair of ordinary workers who never gave up in the face of death threats.Shang Mingbo asked Zan New Year to give Liu Guohua's husband a microphone, and asked him to use the microphone to keep calling Liu Guohua, and Liu Guohua could not be allowed to sleep anyway.After Liu Guohua's husband shouted for a while, Shang Mingbo took the microphone excitedly and gave Liu Guohua spiritual encouragement.One of the most grassroots employees had a direct conversation with the chairman. This conversation under special circumstances caused tears of excitement among the cadres and workers present as well as many officers and soldiers.This incident quickly spread throughout the Sichuan branch of Guoxing Bank. People said that the style of high-level cadres of the Communist Party in the war years had returned. in a high mood.They responded from top to bottom, overcame the difficulties of complicated disaster situation and dangerous rescue, and worked together to rescue seven employees including Liu Guohua from Beichuan Sub-branch of Mianyang Branch.