Chapter Thirty-six: Post-war Development

  After the military meeting, Chen Shaoma rushed to the Longteng Building without stopping, because there was another meeting that required him to preside over it, and now it's almost time to start.

  They arrived at the conference room on the sixth floor, where the managers of various companies under the Longteng Group were already seated. As soon as Chen Shaojin entered, everyone stood up to greet him, and Chen also responded one by one. Now Chen no longer worries about everything in the Longteng Group like before, because he has found someone to help him manage the major and minor affairs of the group, and he can now focus on developing military and civilian life.

  Wu Jintang, originally a Chinese businessman in Japan, was persecuted by his Japanese peers and nearly lost his life, but was rescued by Japanese spies. He then returned to Qinghe Village and saw the village's vast commercial foundation, so he gave up on restarting and instead helped Chen Shao manage the Longteng Group, with very generous treatment. Currently serving as Vice President and CEO of the Longteng Group, it can be said that he is the second-in-command under Chen Shao, but he also has this ability, at least much better than Chen Shao and those spies.

  Chen Shao announced the start of the meeting and got straight to the point: "Now our People's Army has taken down several cities in GX Province and GD Province. The various companies under Longteng Group must also be put into action as soon as possible to open up the situation."

  "Director, what's our first move now?" a company manager asked Chen Shao, who didn't answer directly but instead turned to Wu Jintang and said:

  "Jintang, tell them about your plans."

  "Yes, then let me talk about the next arrangement for Longteng Group: First, the construction company must speed up its pace and start road repair work throughout the province as soon as possible, building a highway network at the fastest speed to connect the transportation of various cities and county towns. The construction company is allowed to hire local residents to help with road repairs, and all main roads must reach the scale of two-way four lanes. To get rich, we must first build roads, which is what the president has always emphasized. Second, the construction company not only needs to repair roads but also needs to build schools in various towns, counties, and cities. This matter is just as important as road repairs and should be carried out simultaneously."

  Thirdly, Zhongliang Company will distribute seeds to each village this year, and the fertilizer company must also ensure that fertilizers are available for purchase in every township.

  Fourthly, each company must expand and relocate to various county towns throughout the province. All factory equipment will be produced by the equipment factory, which has already stored a batch of production machinery. Once you start, you can go to the equipment factory to learn more and quickly come up with an expansion plan. According to the CEO's requirements, all factories in each county town must be concentrated together to form an industrial belt. Moreover, they cannot suppress local existing enterprises, and those that need support must also be supported. This is also a point that the CEO has always emphasized.

  Fifthly, the transportation company will immediately establish a comprehensive passenger transport network throughout the province, covering all counties and towns, and implement half-price tickets for the people. The oil company will also set up gas stations along various transportation lines.

  Sixth, power companies and telephone companies should lay out power lines and telephone lines throughout the province to achieve interconnection between various towns.

  Seventhly, each company will develop its own branch to manage the new factories. Tomorrow, everyone should submit a list of personnel for the branches. If there are any gaps, you can go to Qinghe University to recruit supplementary staff. From now on, all companies are allowed to expand into group management. All managers will be promoted to Group General Manager and will be uniformly managed by Longteng Group.

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  "I want to emphasize again that our Longteng Group is not primarily for making money, but for creating welfare for the vast number of poor people. If I find out who is not doing their job properly, don't blame me for not showing mercy. As long as everyone does a good job for Longteng Group, I will definitely not treat anyone unfairly." Chen Shao said with a serious face.

  "We will absolutely not let the president down." Everyone present stood up and shouted in unison.

  "Alright, I trust you guys, do your job well. If there's any difficulty, you can talk to Wu Jintang or directly find me, whether it's personal or company matters, I'll help resolve them if I can."

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  "I also want to announce something here, that is, from now on, a charity event will be launched in various cities. I plan to build a large orphanage in each city and county town to take in all the orphans in the province, providing them with a unified environment for food, clothing, shelter, and education. All expenses will be borne by the Longteng Group. Jintang, ask the finance department to come up with a financial plan immediately, this matter must be implemented immediately. Children are the future of our country, we must do our best to make it happen.

  At the same time, porridge will be distributed to vagrants and beggars in the jurisdiction for three days. Currently, there is chaos domestically, and our province has many vagrants and beggars. Rice supply must keep up, and at the same time, we can recruit workers from among the vagrants and beggars. As long as they agree to join our group as employees, their treatment will be the same as other employees. Most of them are homeless, so while recruiting, we also need to arrange for their food and shelter. We can deduct a portion of their salary each month to implement a policy of providing food and shelter.

  This matter will begin implementation in two days' time. I will have the person in charge of each city and county town contact you to discuss how to make arrangements."

  "Yes, Chairman is kind-hearted, we admire him, I will implement it as soon as possible." Wu Jintang replied loudly.

  "Now let's disperse, everyone go and do your work!" Chen Shao stood up, waved his hand and said, then walked out.

  As soon as he walked out of the conference room, he said to Wang Jie beside him: "Wang Jie, arrange a car and go to Huashi County immediately. Notify officials from all regions to attend the meeting in Huashi County."

  "After finishing speaking, Wang Jie walked back to his own office to make a phone call."

  The current Huashi County is now fully covered with telephone lines, and the telephones are all produced by the factory itself. This phone is also sold overseas and domestically at the same time, with good performance. Chen Shao, a 21st-century person, is also very satisfied with this phone.

  When Chen Shao and Wang Jie arrived at Huashi County, the sun was about to set. However, all the officials of Huashi County who had received the notice were waiting for Chen Shao in the county office building of Huashi County. The current government office building of Huashi County is newly built, as the old county government offices are too old, and Chen Shao does not want people to work in the old government agencies.

  Although the current Huashi County magistrate is still Chen Shao, Chen Shao let Kong Hong serve as vice-magistrate of Huashi County, responsible for administrative management in various areas of Huashi County, and Chen Shao occasionally comes to take a look. After several years of study, Kong Hong can fully assume this position. When Chen Shao first sent Kong Hong to school, he was terrified, thinking that at the age of 50, he would be laughed at by others for going back to school. Fortunately, his classmates were all adults, and after studying for three years, Chen Shao appointed him as vice-town head of Huashi Town, and later as vice-county magistrate of Huashi County. For Kong Hong, this was a great blessing. Having served as village head for decades, he never thought that one day he could become the county magistrate. In his memoirs after retirement, Kong Hong wrote in the first sentence: The greatest blessing our family has had in this life is to have met our great leader.

  The government office building of Huashi County has only three floors, but it is very large and has many administrative departments inside. When Chen Shao walked into the conference room on the third floor, there were already dozens of officials from all over Huashi County sitting inside, the conference room did not have so many seats, many people brought chairs from other offices and sat down, each person had a notebook and pen ready in their hands, this was also Chen Shao's requirement, the content of the meeting must be recorded to better implement it.

  Chen Shao pressed down his hand, signaling to the people in the conference room who wanted to greet him not to get up. There were still two seats left in the conference room, with Chen Shao's seat in the middle, Wang Jie's on the left, and Kong Hong already seated on the right. After glancing at the dozens of people in the conference room, Chen Shao nodded his head in satisfaction. Among these dozens of people, more than half were young, with the youngest being only 21 years old, one of the first batch of children Chen Shao had taught in Qinghe Village. These young people were all graduates from Qinghe University who had joined administrative work, and this was also Chen Shao's first batch of subordinates. In the future, there would be a steady stream of new graduates joining the administrative workforce. Although they were young, after specialized administrative training, they could handle some lighter tasks without any problems. Young people were full of vigor and had an open-minded approach to work, which played an indispensable role in this newly established administrative group. Moreover, Chen Shao himself was also a young man, although he had been here for several years, but didn't look much older at all. However, Chen Shao still deliberately kept a small mustache under his nose, making him appear more mature and stable in his own eyes.

  After sitting down with Wang Jie, Chen Shao first spoke up and said: "Now our People's Army has taken over a large area of land, our jurisdiction has expanded tenfold or more. All of this needs to be managed by everyone present here. First tell me, do you have the confidence to do a good job in the following work?"

  Everyone shouted loudly.

  "Your ambition is commendable, this is a good thing. Now I will first announce some personnel adjustments."

  I will be the Governor of GX Province myself, with Kong Hong as the Deputy Governor. The town mayors will be promoted to city mayors, deputy town mayors to county magistrates, and so on. The remaining department officials will be directly appointed from the current graduates of Qinghe University. I will tell them that the best way to learn is through practice, and we must give these students more opportunities and cultivate them with all our might to prepare for future work.

  As for the original officials, we cannot dismiss them outright. For those who are truly serving the people, we must also give them a chance. I will instruct the intelligence personnel to produce a list of names. Those who have oppressed the people will be punished: those who should be killed will be killed, those who should be arrested will be arrested, and those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned. We will not show mercy.

  At the same time, we must also do a good job in comforting the residents of each city and town. Although I have already arranged a series of measures, you absolutely cannot be complacent. The people's hearts are the most important thing, and we must do a good job in ideological work among the masses, promoting our policies that benefit the people.

  After talking about personnel matters, let's move on to work-related topics. I have already held a new round of development meetings at the Longteng Group. Now, I'd like to discuss with everyone... I hope you can all make an effort to cooperate and coordinate with the Longteng Group on various measures that benefit the people, such as school construction, seed distribution, orphanages, food assistance, etc. It would be best if we could discuss and come up with a specific plan tomorrow, so that we can better arrange and implement our work going forward.

  At the same time, things like planning land and rebuilding dangerous houses and planting land areas don't need to be said again, I hope everyone will work with a high spirit, but also take breaks when needed. I don't want everyone to still work until late at night every day. A balance between work and rest is the best way to improve work efficiency. If you overwork and exhaust yourself, who will replace your work? If you fall ill, who will serve the people? Especially Kong Hong, you need to pay attention to this point. From now on, if I hear that Xiaocui says you came back late at night again, I'll assign a security guard to follow you and supervise you to take breaks on time. Did you hear that?

  "Thank you for the Premier's concern."

  Kong Hong was deeply moved by Chen Shao's words, although the tone was severe, but the concern revealed between the lines made Kong Hong's eyes blur, and he nodded with tears in his eyes.