Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 157 Queueing up to report work

The character honed in two lifetimes has made him indifferent to praise or criticism. No matter whether it is criticism or praise, there is always a core reason behind it. He has learned to see through phenomena to see people's hearts, which may be the best skill he has mastered since his rebirth.

No one could shake his confidence. When Qi Tongwei arrived at the district government office wearing a well-fitting suit, many directors and township heads were already waiting to report to him.

This made him feel a little strange. He had just taken over the work of industry and investment promotion and it had not started yet. The improvement of the business environment had not officially begun either. Only a few meetings had been held. Why were so many people here?

Could it be that the news of my promotion to the executive position has been known to others? No, the news is very secretive.

Qi Tongwei called Lu Qiang in and asked about the situation outside.

"What are all these people doing?"

Lu Qiang felt a little embarrassed.

"District Chief, they are here to pay New Year's greetings. Because you don't allow them to pay New Year's greetings privately, they all went to the Public Security Bureau to ask about the rules. They learned that you only accept two packs of cigarettes or a bottle of wine, so they came here in droves."

"How shameful! They are doing this openly in the district government. Tell those who don't have proper work to report to to go back.

No one is charged. Work is work."

Lu Qiang took over this difficult task and went out to drive the people away. However, with his level, he was still far behind these township heads or bureau chiefs. They heard that Qi Tongwei just didn't want to accept gifts, and it would be too ugly to have the gifts piled up in the office, so they took the gifts back to their cars and brought new documents to report. If they were driven away, then what's the point of having a relationship with the leader? The ancients would visit the thatched cottage three times, and modern people have learned so much history and learned it more thoroughly.

When Lu Qiang came back, there was still the same old team outside, with the same number of people, but everyone had put away their gifts.

There is no other choice but to ask Qi Tongwei for instructions.

"District Chief, they didn't leave. They took the gifts away. They also brought documents here one by one, treating them as formal work reports."

Qi Tongwei didn't care. His goal had been achieved. The police officers at the Public Security Bureau were all his direct subordinates, his real people. He accepted their gifts in order to integrate into their group and show that he was also a member of the police force.

But the situation is quite different at the district government. There is more attention here and we have to be more cautious. These directors or township heads are all shrewd people and they have to be alert to deal with it.

Although the gift is a small matter, it is easy for others to find fault with you in the future. In order to reach a high position, you cannot leave any stain.

"Let them come in one by one. Those who want to say hello should come in early, and those who have serious work to report should come in later. You can make the arrangements."

The first person to come in was Bao Guan, former executive deputy director of the Yongqing County Public Security Bureau and current director of the Jiangbei New Area Finance Bureau. He was the first to join Jin Xinkai and the first to be promoted from executive deputy director of the Public Security Bureau to the top position of the Finance Bureau, a popular bureau. Qi Tongwei naturally had a good relationship with him.

"Old Bao, Happy New Year, please sit down."

"Happy New Year, District Mayor. I came here today to report on my work."

"Lu Qiang, pour me a cup of coffee. Lao Bao likes coffee."

Such details will make subordinates feel that they are respected enough and put a smile on their faces.

"Old Bao, you still come to report to me, but I am not in charge of the Finance Bureau.

Did you just come back from the boss's place?" (The boss refers to District Chief Jin)

"Yes, the eldest brother did not go back home for the New Year this year, so he brought his sister-in-law over as well.

I visited on New Year’s Eve.”

"My sister-in-law hasn't returned to the capital yet, so I have to rush over to visit her tonight."

“By the way, District Chief, I need you to take a look at this document.

Let’s talk about the business environment last time. Didn’t we discuss it at the last Standing Committee meeting?

I have initially calculated the subsidy figure by reducing more than 200 fee items.”

Qi Tongwei took the document, looked at a series of numbers, and finally turned to the number of subsidies required for the charging items in one year.

"Ten million? Are you kidding me? Is that so much?"

This figure is astonishing. Although the economic development has been rapid in the past two years, the overall GDP of Jiangbei New District was only more than 3 billion last year, and the fees related to enterprises amounted to more than 10 million. This is still a preliminary calculation, and some of them may not be reported according to the actual situation.

For example, the Liukou Brigade used to charge 100 yuan for a temporary residence permit, but some team members might actually charge 200 or even 300 yuan.

There are also industrial and commercial fees related to enterprises. The reported items may be 500 yuan for an individual business, but in fact the crooked monks below may charge thousands of yuan. They may also make up more charges to enrich themselves. This form says 500 yuan a year, but in fact it may be more than 2,000 yuan.

In fact, according to Qi Tongwei's personal estimate, the fees collected from the people may be as high as more than 60 million yuan, which is a heavy burden.

Bao Guan gave a helpless smile.

"This is just the first draft they submitted after careful revisions. My personal estimate is that the actual fee they collected may be as high as 80 million.

So, this number may increase.”

The first document in the early morning gave Qi Tongwei a headache. He thought the situation was complicated and the burden on the people was heavy, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Then how much do you estimate they will quote by the time of the final discussion?"

Qi Tongwei still put the blame on the Finance Bureau. Bao Guan was reluctant to say it. In fact, both of them could calculate the number, but whoever said it would have a different result for others.

Qi Tongwei didn't want to get involved in this. In case those business-related departments started arguing, he could say that it was the Finance Bureau's estimate. But the Finance Bureau wanted Qi Tongwei, as the leader, to personally draw a line. There also had to be a bottom price for bargaining. Should he give them 20 million or 30 million? After all, their Finance Bureau was only the district government's finance department and had no decision-making power.

"I'm not sure either. We'll have to wait for their second discussion. Maybe by then the names and numbers will be added or deleted."

It's a non-stick pan, another non-stick pan, but this matter is indeed tricky. Qi Tongwei couldn't agree to it and said, the bottom price is 30 million, I will take care of it. He is not even a general manager, he is just in charge of this part of the work.

It seems that we still need to ask the executive director to confirm the number, and finally ask the district chief to make the final decision. Let's wait for a few days, first urge the departments under them to report the reduction projects, and then make the number precise.

"In that case, let's wait a bit, the number of 10 million is already beyond my expectations.

If it is to be doubled again, the district chief will have to make the final decision.

We will wait a while until the second round of reported reduction items are finalized, and then hold a district mayor’s office meeting to decide.”