Chapter 2198
Being cautious in speech and action is a sign of responsibility
Putting everything else aside, He Yuzhu has been back in the city for so many years.
Every year before the Lunar New Year, people would send him all kinds of meat, fish, and fresh vegetables; that's just how people treat others.
Although He Yuzhu also provided the money, and those businesses were established under his guidance.
But it's the good things others remember about him.
Once or twice might not be enough to move someone deeply.
But it has remained the same for more than a decade.
He Yuzhu had already come to regard that commune as his second hometown.
Overall, it felt different to him than other places.
"...That's the situation right now."
Some insisted on continuing to work together, while others were restless and considered splitting up and working independently. ...
This has caused some confusion among our commune leaders.” The speaker was Director Luo of the local commune.
This person also knew He Yuzhu, and when He Yuzhu was running a farm in the area, the other person was very cooperative with his work.
"Drink tea, drink tea..." He Yuzhu listened to everything they said.
He did not express his opinion immediately.
Being careful with one's words is an essential quality for any leader.
Who knows if what the other person is saying is true?
He smiled gently at Principal Zhu and asked, "How are you doing, sir?"
"That's great. I'm now retired but still employed, and I don't need the school's subsidies."
"I'm busy every day, spending time with Lao Qian, it's quite fulfilling." Comrade Lao Zhu doesn't have much hair left on his head, but his complexion is still quite ruddy.
The "Old Qian" he was referring to was naturally Xiao Qian's stubborn father.
After Comrade Xiao Qian returned to the city, his elderly parents still stayed in the commune.
In fact, the school where Comrade Lao Qian once worked also paid him back wages and offered to rehire him.
There was no other way; experienced teachers were in short supply everywhere during those years.
But Old Man Qian was fixated on that commune and refused to move to the city no matter what.
The Qian family of three picks up the child almost every year.
They would stay for the New Year, and then the old folks would sneak back to the countryside.
At first, Xiao Qian thought his parents had had an accident and almost reported it to the police station.
Later, He Yuzhu made a phone call to the local commune, and only then did they find the exhausted old couple in the small house that the Qian family father and son had built with their sweat.
I hitchhiked back home, and the journey was bumpy and quite tiring.
In He Yuzhu's memory, Lao Qian was always a very meticulous person.
Unexpectedly, the other person, in their old age, had become quite mischievous, like a playful old man.
Of course, Lao Qian had his reasons, which varied widely.
Initially, the concern was about instability in the city; later, it stemmed from dissatisfaction with the small apartment allocated to Xiaoqian...
He probably just feels comfortable in the countryside. The people, the air, the children there all make him feel good, which is why he doesn't want to come back.
"...This matter needs to be viewed in two parts."
One question is, do you have a long-term plan for the collective economy of the commune, such as the brick kiln?
You can't run a brick kiln forever, can you?
"Now that we've dug up all the yellow clay and red soil for brick-making, what are you going to do?" He Yuzhu chatted with Comrade Zhu for a few minutes before asking Director Luo, who had been eagerly awaiting his arrival.
This is another workplace trick: turning defense into offense.
In any case, He Yuzhu would not easily express his opinion on matters concerning the collective.
Some things are really disgusting.
Just like the glass factories and other small factories that He Yuzhu encouraged Li Huaide to set up in the communes below, some of them have become places where certain local influential people arrange for their relatives to retire.
He Yuzhu still felt quite guilty about those things.
After all, He Yuzhu originally intended to use the financial resources and technology of those steel rolling mills to help the suburban communes.
If they were profitable, they could then support the steel rolling mill. But now, those factories have become a burden on the steel rolling mill.
When it was in Lao Yang's hands, he had to spend more than 100,000 yuan in subsidies every year.
However, when it came to Lao Lei, he shut down all those factories.
Therefore, in the development path of the commune below, He Yuzhu now follows the principle of being cautious in his words and deeds.
He rarely speaks.
Because he knew very well that some people were used to making a big deal out of nothing.
If he said something like, "It's better to continue with the collective economy,"...
He was responsible for the future of the tens of thousands of people in the commune.
He naturally knew that places like Huaxi Village and the fishing villages in the southern towns had all relied on their collective economies to dominate the scene for several years in the 1980s and 90s.
But not every village can replicate that.
Success depends on people and time; to put it bluntly, it's about the right people in the right positions at the right time.
If any one of these three elements is missing, the task cannot be accomplished.
The question He Yuzhu asked was a test for Director Luo of the commune.
If he doesn't have a long-term plan, then He Yuzhu won't give him much advice on this.
He welcomes visits from friends.
If you want him to offer advice, he needs to demonstrate his long-term planning and execution capabilities first.
It can only be said that not every place has a Zhuge Liang and a Feng Chiu.
Not everyone can think long-term.
Just like Secretary Luo, who asked He Yuzhu what to develop if they couldn't run the brick kiln anymore.
The other party was quite bewildered.
He really doesn't need to think that far ahead.
He's over fifty now, and after finishing his last shift, he's about to retire.
In other words, even after he retired, his brick kiln business is still thriving, which is something that can be observed.
As for the future, that's a matter for the next leader.
Of course, this does not mean that Director Luo is incompetent.
It can only be said that he lacks understanding of the future.
But now, the other party is quite competent.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for that commune to have become a wealthy commune that the surrounding areas envy.
He Yuzhu sighed inwardly; he was definitely disappointed.
Whenever the other party casually mentions the idea of transformation, He Yuzhu is prepared to spend time conducting further research in the commune and then plan a path for the commune's long-term development.
For He Yuzhu, foresight and execution are not the most important factors for the development of a region.
Many places have developed inexplicably simply because they are in a good location.
Ordinary people vote with their feet, following the path of making money, and thus spontaneously forming clustered industrial zones.
But these two points are essential; they are prerequisites for a place to develop.
Clearly, He Yuzhu did not see this forward-thinking quality in Director Luo.
"...each household can contribute their land and labor resources as shares, and receive dividends at the end of the year."
This is not much different from the household responsibility system.
Small investment industries, such as greenhouses, can be directly divided into cooperative groups as small collectives.
"...He Yuzhu spoke eloquently. (End of Chapter)