Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 380: The City’s Dirty Tricks

Time flies, and most of September has passed.

Qi Tongwei and District Chief Jin were standing at the train station, waiting for the special train for retired veterans in the district.

"District head, Secretary Qi, there are 60 veterans retiring from the army in our new district this time, including retired cadres and non-commissioned officers, and there will be another batch at the end of December."

The person who spoke was Chen Jin, who was the secretary of the district Political and Legal Affairs Commission and was also in charge of this work. During this period, the Veterans Affairs Bureau had not yet been established, and veterans affairs in the district were still under the jurisdiction of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the United Front Work Department.

Qi Tongwei was a little worried about how to arrange for these people. The reason was very simple. Before they joined the army, they were new recruits in Yongqing County. After they were discharged from the army, the district division was changed, the Jiangbei New District was established, and they were given urban household registration.

This involves a lot of interests, the first of which is the demobilization subsidy. Rural household registration is much shorter than urban household registration. Nowadays, if you go to the army to serve, you have to transfer your household registration first, and then settle down again when you come back.

This is the responsibility of the Public Security Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau, as well as the implementation of new subsidies and the demobilization and resettlement of non-commissioned officers and officers.

All the plans made previously had to be overturned, which was another big problem. However, as for the issue of demobilization and resettlement, Qi Tongwei still planned to learn from the advanced experience of later generations and choose jobs based on points, in the same way as those whose children took over the jobs.

Those who have made contributions in the army and have good files will of course get extra points, and the rest will be arranged by the Organization Department according to the needs of each unit.

"The car will be here soon."

District Chief Jin seemed to have something on his mind and looked at his watch twice.

"District Chief, it's almost time. We're almost at the station."

"Well, Tongwei, for the new subsidies, you should urge a few departments to calculate them quickly, and then ask the finance department to pay for them first.

The city is so slow in doing things. The money should have been paid by the city, but now our district is asking us to pay for it first.

We have already paid so much money this year, and they still ask us to increase the proportion of our contributions.”

District Mayor Jin is now full of resentment. He even had a quarrel with the executive vice mayor, saying that the mayor is biased and is taking advantage of the new district while serving as the district party secretary of Bailu District.

After investigating the investment returns of the high-tech zone, the municipal government decided to increase the profit remittance ratio of the High-tech Promotion Investment Company, which made Jin Xinkai and Qi Tongwei very anxious.

The landlords don't have any surplus food, and they are still waiting for investment to cultivate new enterprises. The construction of the high-tech zone will require a large sum of money. The city may feel that the development of various districts and counties in the city is somewhat unfair, and they can't control the two county-level cities, so they directly ask the high-tech zone to pay more money.

"Brother, be gentle, there are many cadres around, let's go back and pick up the veteran first."

The ceremony to welcome the veterans went smoothly. A group of retired veterans came out wearing big red flowers. Jin Qi and the other man were the first to greet them and shook hands with them one by one.

After a brief speech, they were free, and the family members who were waiting behind them each picked up their own people.

At this time, staff from the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the United Front Work Department went up and arranged for them to take the bus sent by the district's unified leadership team back home.

This can be considered a small benefit. There are not so many cars these days, and the rickshaws at the door can't seat so many people. So Qi Tongwei asked Chen Jin to arrange a few buses to deliver them to every town and street. It doesn't cost much money anyway, and he can get praise from the people on the spot. This is Qi Tongwei's favorite thing to do.

On the way back, Jin Xinkai still had a stern face, and it was obvious that his mood had not improved at all.

"No, we still have to talk to the mayor. What's going on? The agreed-upon proportion of contributions has changed in the second half of the year, and the investment company is even required to pay more.

The city still owes us so much in subsidies and project fees. If it keeps going like this, we might as well just close our Finance Bureau."

Qi Tongwei had a headache. This was the thing that annoyed him the most in recent days. Gao Yuliang's attitude was ambiguous and the reason was very simple. Gao Yuliang began to be in charge of more and more power of the municipal government. His succession as mayor had become an accompli. His attitude had begun to lean towards the municipal government. This was also for the purpose of having more money to do more things after he took over the municipal government tomorrow. As a result, a gap appeared in the iron triangle.

Qi Tongwei even suspected that increasing the high-tech zone's contribution ratio was something that Gao Yuliang agreed to, or at least tacitly agreed to. Otherwise, his attitude would not have been so ambiguous in the previous communications.

"Brother, calm down. Let's go back and talk to Mayor Chen. We can't get through to Mayor Ma."

Mayor Ma is the executive vice mayor who came out to play the bad guy. He strongly demanded that Jin Qi and others agree to increase the proportion of profits to be handed over. They have already communicated several times, and Mayor Chen has been conducting research in Beijing.

“Old Chen must have agreed to this, but he didn’t want to be the bad guy, so he used the excuse of hiding in Beijing for a meeting.

I'll go directly to Lao Lu and see what he has to say."

Qi Tongwei hurriedly stopped him. Even if they had a good personal relationship and even if he was highly regarded by the secretary, the organization had its own procedures. It was completely against the rules for a section-level cadre to always bypass the person in charge and go to the top leader.

"No, brother, this is totally against the rules.

Well, I have an idea.

I'll tell you more about it when I get back."

Qi Tongwei also thought of it at the moment. Since he had to do things in accordance with the regulations, he should implement the regulations to the end. From the very beginning, he set up an investment company under the High-tech Zone. There was a bad trick in it, and it was Jin Xinkai himself who pulled the strings, but he couldn't remember it, or it could be said that with his current thinking mode, he couldn't think of doing things this way.

The two returned to the office, and Qi Tongwei told them his plan.

"Brother, our investment company's articles of association are here, right?

Look at this one.”

"The High-Tech Promotion Committee holds a controlling stake in the investment company. Is there any problem with that?"

Qi Tongwei comforted him to sit down, and then began to explain.

“Our investment company is not an ordinary state-owned enterprise, we are a joint-stock state-owned enterprise.

Look here, this committee also has shareholders. The High-tech Zone Management Committee holds 40% of the shares, and the Dongou City Planning Commission holds 40% of the shares. Who is the last shareholder?"

Jin Xinkai's eyes lit up. The last shareholder was none other than his mother's family, whom he had lured over from Beijing. They were the High-Tech Department under the State Planning Commission (don't be too serious if it's inconsistent with reality, to avoid being hit by the claws of a crab).

In fact, the High-tech Department was established not long ago and did not send anyone to attend the meeting. It was just that the leaders of the department could not stand Jin Xinkai's pestering and just signed a document.

“That is to say, if the city wants the investment company to give more money, it should at least be voted on in the committee.

They only have 40% of the shares, and if we add the High-Tech Department, we will be the major shareholders.

When the time comes to vote, we will just give them a surprise."