Chapter 758: Chapter 514: Pretending Not to Know
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the azure sky was cloudless, and the scorching sun baked the earth; the river water was hot to the touch, and the soil in the fields smoked, the earth and all its entities roasted to an intense heat and shriveled up.
There was a strong wind by the river, but standing on the levee there was no feeling of coolness.
Secretary Ye, accompanied by Vice Mayor Shen, the Water Resources Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Developnt Zone Managent Committee, Sanhe Street, and other relevant unit leaders, wearing a straw hat and braving the blazing sun, inspected the river levee.
The comprehensive renovation of the Jianghai flood control had already been confird; the matching funds and loans would soon be in place, and work could comnce once the special funds from the provincial and municipal levels were allocated.
However, before that, it was necessary to determine how to repair, such as dividing the Linghai section of the Yangtze River into several project segnts; which township would be responsible for each project segnt; how much money each project segnt would require; and roughly how many local people needed to be mobilized to participate in the earthworks projects.
Transportation along the riverbank was not convenient, and repairing the levee did not conflict with road construction, so this opportunity was taken to build a road along the riverbank.
If the Yanjiang Road could be constructed, it would not only be beneficial for the developnt of economic activities in the developnt zone and townships along the river, but in case of typhoons or flood disasters in the future, it could also make use of the convenience of road transport for better typhoon and flood prevention. For instance, personnel could arrive at the river levee in the first instance, and ergency rescue materials could also be tily transported to designated locations.
Inspecting all the way from Lingda Car Ferry to the shipyard construction site, everyone was dripping with sweat.
Boss Wang from Changyu Shipbuilding Factory and Boss Wu from Linghai Shipbuilding Factory, who had received early notice of the municipal leaders’ inspection visit, promptly offered chilled mineral water they had prepared.
Secretary Ye drank several large sips and turned around to ask while looking at the dam: "President Wang, President Wu, the dam is so high, do we need also to raise the height of the dock gate and the dock levee?"
"Definitely a renovation is needed, we have consulted designing institutes and construction units, the dock gate and dock levee need to be raised by two ters based on their original foundation, to level with the embanknt height just confird by the Water Resources Bureau."
"I am relieved to hear that; a tragic example lies before us, and we all need to learn from it."
"If it wasn’t for Mayor Shen and Director Han’s foresight, who instructed us to raise and reinforce the dam before the typhoon arrived, and urged us to quicken our drainage preparations, even inviting the ship from the Waterway Engineering Bureau to help us with drainage, the losses this ti would have been great; the investnts made earlier might have been completely wasted."
Talking about the recent Typhoon No. 11, Boss Wu was still shaken.
Secretary Ye had braved the rain to inspect the day after the typhoon passed and knew that the developnt zone, especially the port district, was the best prepared for typhoon and flood prevention. Not only were the dangerous levee segnts and sluice gates reinforced in advance, but a large amount of ergency rescue materials like wooden piles, grass bags, and block stones were also prepared.
Seeing Boss Wu ntion Han Yu, Secretary Ye turned back and asked, "Mayor Shen, where is Han Yu, why haven’t I seen him?"
"He’s busy organizing training."
"What training?"
"Secretary Ye, it’s very sunny here, let’s talk inside the car, there’s air conditioning."
"Alright."
Secretary Ye realized Vice Mayor Shen had sothing to say that wasn’t convenient to speak in front of everyone, and shook hands with the two shipyard bosses to bid farewell.
Back in the car, Secretary Ye curiously asked, "What’s up with Salted Fish?"
Vice Mayor Shen closed the car door and explained: "Though his work relations are here in Linghai, ever since the day he was appointed as a mber of the Water Police Division’s party committee, he has been part of Binjiang City Police Departnt. The last ti he received three patrol boats from Hanwu and reported his work in the na of the Water Police Division’s party committee mber to the Police Departnt and the city leaders.
This ti leading the team to support Zhangjia Port and executing the task of escorting Secretary Chen to inspect the disaster area is also in the capacity of a Binjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau Water Police Division party committee mber. It can be said he has been registered with the Police Departnt and City Committee and Municipal Governnt; Director Liu and Secretary Lu have a deep impression of him."
Work on the water has its specificities.
Unnoticed in calm tis, when faced with natural disasters like Typhoon No. 11, the importance of water law enforcent and rescue forces becos evident.
The young man truly has represented Binjiang well this ti; the day before yesterday, Zhou Huixin told
that the young man, at the request of Zhou Huixin and Wang Wenhong, the head of the Water Police Branch, even sought a plaque from the provincial leaders entitled "First Post of the Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River."
Thinking of these, Secretary Ye asked in a low voice, "Is our Linghai Temple too small to keep this Salted Fish?"
"If it’s a fish, it can only show greater effectiveness in the river. Reportedly, the City Police Departnt is treating him as a future candidate for the head of the Water Police Branch."
"This position is indeed quite fitting for Salted Fish."
"Don’t worry, Secretary Ye, I’ve discussed with Comrade Wang Wenhong from the Water Police Branch, Wang Wenhong ca from our Linghai and is very concerned about hotown developnt; he promised to maintain the status quo for three years, and only after Linghai Port is built and operational will we transfer Salted Fish back."
"Salted Fish is twenty-sothing this year?"
"Twenty-five."
"In another three years he’ll be twenty-eight, by then transferring him back to assu the responsibilities of a Deputy Director will be proper. Work as Deputy Director for two or three years, and by thirty, he can be entrusted with a major role, to stand out as the head of the Water Police Branch."
"The City Bureau is probably considering this, after all, Salted Fish is still very young, and the police system is accustod to seniority. Luckily, the Water Police Branch is relatively young; otherwise, becoming the head at thirty would seem too childish."
Vice Mayor Shen smiled, then changed the subject: "But the Water Police Branch might not necessarily be able to keep Salted Fish."
Secretary Ye instinctively asked, "Does the Police Departnt want to take him away?"
"That’s not it; Salted Fish can play a role on the front line and achieve results. What could he do at the Police Departnt?"
"What is actually going on?"
"He loves his family, so to provide for his child, he purchased a condo in East Sea Zone and had all three family mbers registered there with local residency. They took out a huge bank loan, and now they have to repay it every month. The financial pressure is enormous, he doesn’t want his whole family to suffer, so he plans to quit his job and start captaining ships."
"Resign!"
"Just because he’s planning to resign, he took a couple of days off and went to see Zhou Hui and Jiawen, transferring a cadre who had been reassigned from the firefighting service to the police bureau, and three veterans to the Developnt Zone Branch. He arranged for that military transfer officer to beco the fire safety officer and captain of the Linghai Port enterprise fire brigade. He also made the three ex-soldiers squadron leaders in the enterprise fire brigade to train young mbers of the port’s cooperative defense team."
Deputy Mayor Shen took a small sip of water, then continued, "Considering that the Water Police Station and Changhang Bureau are equipped with three patrol boats, they will definitely be performing law-enforcent and rescue operations on the river. He proposed a training session on water law enforcent, rescue, and firefighting.
The Shuzhou Municipal Police Bureau across the river established a water police station, and the Zhangjia Port City Governnt also funded a patrol boat for the Changhang Guzhou Branch. Others want to learn from us; hearing about the training he organized, they sent six police officers and fourteen auxiliary policen from the Changhang Bureau and Water Station to participate in the training."
Secretary Ye fell silent for a mont then asked, "Does he want to get everything on the river sorted before he resigns?"
"Mmm."
"Does Director Chen know about these things?"
"Yes."
"Will Director Chen agree to his resignation?"
"Wherever he serves becos the ’First Post of the Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River’. If he truly resigns, that gold signboard will be smashed. How could Director Chen let him go? I heard that they are in the process of nominating him for a Second-level Model award, the paperwork has already been sent up to the Provincial Departnt."
"An honor is of no use, you can’t eat it. What he needs now is money!"
"So Wang Wenhong talked to Sister Zhu to inquire about our developnt zone’s salary and benefits."
"They want to poach our people and also want us to help keep him?"
"They are also trying to find ways to alleviate Salted Fish’s financial pressure."
Secretary Ye smirked and asked, "What can they do?"
Deputy Mayor Shen explained with a smile, "Salted Fish initially wanted to organize a small-scale training, but the Water Police and Changhang Bureau decided to support it fully by scaling up the training and including various subjects from water law enforcent, to rescue and firefighting."
"Does this reduce Salted Fish’s financial pressure?"
"Although Salted Fish is a mber of the Water Police division’s party committee, for both divisions, he is still considered an outsider. Inviting Salted Fish to teach naturally involves paying him teaching fees. After all, bringing in external experts costs money too."
Deputy Mayor Shen chuckled and added, "The Water Resources Bureau also plans to invite Salted Fish to help organize a water law enforcent training. Even the Binjiang Agricultural Bureau and the Binjiang Fishery Station of the East Sea District Fishery Bureau are going to train fishery law enforcent personnel and fishing boat captains and crews on marine firefighting and safety, and they will also invite Salted Fish to lecture."
"Teaching fee can’t be that much, what can it really cover?" Secretary Ye couldn’t help grinning.
"Better than nothing."
Deputy Secretary Shen thought for a mont and smiled, "He only told a couple of close old colleagues privately that he plans to resign and run a boat . He thinks we all don’t know, and he is thodically preparing for the resignation. But the truth is, the leaders of several law enforcent units on the river are aware."
A man who plans to resign to make big money but still thinks about arranging everything on the river.
Overwheld with sentints, Secretary Ye pondered for a mont and said, "Since so many people don’t want him to resign, it seems unlikely that he will be able to go through with his plan to quit and start captaining ships."
"So, we might as well pretend we don’t know."
"A person managed to make so many people not want him to leave, it indeed isn’t easy."
"He is capable, responsible, proactive, and dares to shoulder responsibilities when facing issues—such comrades are rare. Plus, he has professional skills. You see, the Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau mainly oversees ships and water transport, but as far as I know, only two old captains in the entire Binjiang Port Supervision can rival Salted Fish in mariti professional skills."
"Others don’t understand?"
"Sister Zhu has said more than once that there’s a problem with our current personnel policy. Letting those who have neither run a ship nor served as a captain, chief officer, second officer, or chief engineer supervise captains and crew is ridiculous. Take the simplest example of a water traffic accident; would those fresh from grad school, who have never sailed, understand, and what could they possibly investigate?"
"There are professionals for every trade, it seems Binjiang Port Supervision needs talents like Salted Fish even more than the Water Station."
"The Port Supervision Bureau also wants to recruit experienced captains, but those captains are not willing to join. For many years, they’ve only managed to recruit three, one of whom went to the Pilot Center to beco a pilot."
"It’s normal not to be able to recruit."
Linghai is constructing its ports, and Secretary Ye is not completely ignorant about mariti affairs, he sighed lightly, "Firstly, the salary is a factor. A captain of an ocean-going vessel can earn at least one to two hundred thousand a year. Working for the Port Supervision Bureau wouldn’t be nearly as lucrative, not to ntion that being a pilot doesn’t earn as much as being a captain either.
Then there’s the societal status. A captain is the highest authority on a ship, having absolute command. Really, if he no longer works as a captain and takes a job at the Port Supervision Bureau, he’d possibly manage a Deputy Director position and have to deal with so many superiors—definitely sothing they’re not used to."
Deputy Mayor Shen deeply agreed, remarking sentintally, "Only Salted Fish is willing to work on the river; anyone else with that many qualifications would have left long ago."
If Salted Fish doesn’t resign, whether he returns to the Water Police or moves to the Port Supervision Bureau, he will still be working on the river.
Having such a capable young man around is only beneficial to Linghai.
Weighing the options, Secretary Ye looked up and said, "The bonus for officials in the developnt zone this year and the commission from attracting investnts are benchmarked against the first year of implentation as seen across the river’s developnt zones. We need to deliver on our promises otherwise it’ll impact the officers’ morale."
Deputy Mayor Shen clearly understood the implications in the leader’s words and responded with a smile, "Secretary Ye rest assured, co year-end, the Finance Bureau will do the calculations;
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