Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 530 Beishan City Investigation (2)

Qi Tongwei said, "Secretary Qi, please come up with a specific plan. We will hold a meeting in the city to discuss how to take over. We need to work out a specific plan."

Qi Jiashan was stunned. "So, you agree?"

He Anxia sighed, "After all, Hangang is the pillar industry of Beishan City, and it is also the national steel industry. We can't let it collapse in the hands of our generation."

Qi Jiashan sighed, "Yes, we can't let it collapse in our hands. I'll have someone hand over the detailed information to you tomorrow."

After taking a look around, Qi Tongwei suggested going to the workers' living area.

Qi Jiashan hesitated and said, "How about changing places?"

Qi Tongwei said: "Let's go there. After all, the most valuable asset of our Hangang is actually our workers. Hangang has the support of the state, but who is behind our workers?

If we, as the leaders of our country, don't even go and see them, how can we convince them that the country hasn't forgotten them?"

"Okay." Qi Jiashan nodded.

Without any prior arrangements, and after understanding Qi Tongwei and He Anxia's intentions, Qi Jiashan completely let go and showed the truest side of Han Gang.

In addition to the workers who work normally, the workers who were forced to be laid off also remain in Hangang.

This is where they were born and raised. The houses were allocated by Hangang, the jobs were inherited from their parents, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all closely related to Hangang.

In the tube-shaped buildings built in the 1950s and 1960s, groups of laid-off workers, smoking cheap cigarettes, sat together playing cards, chatting and bragging. No one noticed that a group of bigwigs they had never met had quietly come up behind them.

When the laid-off workers reacted, they were shocked. They threw their cards away and stood up awkwardly.

Qi Tongwei waved his hand and said kindly, "We're just playing cards. It's okay. You guys continue playing. We'll just watch."

How could the workers dare to fight? They didn't know He Anxia and Qi Tongwei, but they knew Qi Jiashan. Even Qi Jiashan was accompanying them, so this group of people must be of high rank.

Without any arrangements from the leadership, the people below had already rushed into the residential area and started mobilizing everyone to come out and listen to the speeches by the municipal party secretary and mayor.

Qi Tongwei and He Anxia first shook hands with everyone, introduced themselves, and then asked about the living conditions of the laid-off workers.

What Qi Tongwei learned from the workers was similar to what he had known before.

Their seniority has been bought out for 1600 yuan, and they will only be given 220 yuan a month as basic living allowance, nothing else.

This arrangement is still very reasonable and can ensure everyone's basic living.

The number 220 is not a lot, but it can support a family's survival.

Qi Jiashan said: "Actually, our situation at Hangang is pretty good. Many factories out there can't even provide basic living expenses, and they just give a few hundred yuan at a time to get rid of them."

Upon hearing this, Qi Tongwei discussed with He Anxia, ​​"Comrade Anxia, ​​in this situation, shouldn't our municipal party committee and government take over? We can't let our people have no place to live."

He Anxia nodded and said to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary-General, "Comrade Huiying, have someone count how many workers still lack basic living security."

After Wu Huiying agreed, she immediately went to make arrangements.

In the following visits, Qi Tongwei and He Anxia split into two groups and visited the workers' residential areas in various places to understand their actual situation.

The situation is a bit shocking.

Since 95, many factories have experienced a wave of layoffs, which reached a peak in the second half of last year and the first half of this year. Some people have long been penniless, and finding food and drink every day is a big problem.

They are not like those in rural areas, where they still have a few acres of land and can make a living. Once they lose their jobs, they lose the ability to survive.

Of course, some smart people have already moved south or gone to work in other places, but not everyone has such courage, and most people are still living from hunger to fullness.

After returning to the Municipal Party Committee compound, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon. Qi Tongwei gave everyone half an hour to eat, while he and He Anxia informed each other of the situation while eating.

The party and government meeting was held at 6:30, and Qi Tongwei gave an impromptu report.

Qi Tongwei first reported on today's visit, and then said: "Comrades, we originally planned to conduct the inspection for a few more days.

But we found that the actual situation is worse than we expected. We can't wait any longer and have to take some measures now.

The following arrangements are made in response to the current situation.

The first and most important one is that the basic living of workers must be guaranteed. Every laid-off worker and retired worker must be guaranteed a basic living allowance of 220 yuan per month. In addition, a medical subsidy of 20-40 yuan must be issued, and this part will be paid by the government on their behalf.

Second, in addition to basic living security, the subsequent placement of laid-off workers should also be put on the agenda.

We need to proceed in several steps and divert people based on age. For those over 50 years old, we should try our best to ensure basic living security.

Those under 50 should be trained and recommended for re-employment. This will also become the focus of subsequent government efforts. We must actively mobilize young people to go abroad.”

Qi Tongwei gave everyone a timely shot of adrenaline, "I have good news to tell you, we have reached a preliminary agreement with the Handong Provincial Government. The Handong Provincial Government will provide us with a large number of jobs, so we need to work hard next. A tree that doesn't move will die, but a person who moves will live. Let's not talk about being reluctant to leave our hometown for now. Our priority is to survive.

As long as you survive, you have a future. When the company recovers, it may not be impossible to return to the factory in the future.

Comrades, the situation in the next few years will remain very serious, and many people will be laid off. We must be extremely alert and not slack off!

After the meeting, Qi Tongwei instructed Xu Lian to arrange for the meeting content to be published in the newspaper as soon as possible, and to let every worker and every citizen know the city's policy trends within two days.

At this point, Xu Lian hesitated and raised a question, "Mayor, we're running low on money right now. If we spend it all like this, the city won't have the money to restructure businesses or purchase equipment when it wants to."

Qi Tongwei smiled and waved his hand. "If we rely on the few hundred million yuan from our city's treasury, we'll all starve to death. If we don't have money, we must find it. We can't just cut costs without increasing revenue. Okay, you go down and do it. I'll take care of the money problem."

What Xu Lian said was correct. He waved his hand at the meeting and said that each person would be charged 220 yuan plus 20-40 yuan for medical insurance, which would cost nearly million yuan a month. Apart from the to laid-off and retired employees that Hangang had to bear, the total expenditure would still be to million yuan.

The more than 4 million yuan in fiscal funds will only last until the end of the year at most.

However, these more than 4 million yuan are not only used to subsidize laid-off workers, but also for various expenses such as urban infrastructure maintenance, government officials, and teachers' salaries. It would be good if they can last for two months.

If you don’t have money, then just beg for alms the old way.

He Anxia and Qi Tongwei each mobilized their own networks. The next morning, He Anxia went to the provincial capital to ask the provincial party committee for policies and support, while Qi Tongwei called his friends to beg for alms.

The first one is Zhao Xiaohui, who still owes her 50 million.