At noon, I accompanied Minister Yanqing to the National Development and Reform Commission canteen for dinner.
There is a minister's box for the banquet and a special small stove for the minister's banquet.
Liang Jiangtao was eating in the hall outside.
When he was in the province, the provincial leaders' secretaries usually accompanied the leaders to eat in private rooms. But when he came to the National Development and Reform Commission, Liang Jiangtao inquired specifically and learned that the committee leaders' secretaries usually ate in the lobby outside.
Of course Liang Jiangtao does as the Romans do and does not make anything special.
Fortunately, the hall outside is very large, and everyone's eating time is relatively relaxed, so it doesn't seem crowded.
All are buffets.
Liang Jiangtao took a look and saw that the meal was very rich. Although there were no expensive ingredients, there were chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, and the cooking was very authentic and delicious.
The cafeteria serves three meals a day and midnight snacks 365 days a year.
It costs 2 cents to swipe the card to eat in the morning, 50 cents to swipe the card to eat at noon, and free in the evening and midnight snacks.
The meal card comes with a fixed meal subsidy every month, so cadres do not have to spend money to recharge the card. They can also buy cooked food and other takeaways in the canteen, which is a good benefit.
As a cadre of the National Development and Reform Commission, my work is important and busy. It is normal to work overtime. It is proper to enjoy this kind of welfare benefits, and there will be no objection from the outside world.
What the masses have a problem with is the extravagance and extravagance of food and drink.
However, because the power of the National Development and Reform Commission is too great, there are too many people coming to seek connections and projects, and management in this era is far less strict than in later generations, so the phenomenon of going out to eat and treat is still relatively common.
Liang Jiangtao estimated that there were few people eating in the canteen. One important reason was that many people went out to eat...
There are many high-end hotels and restaurants nearby, and they are full every day...
While eating, I met my third brother Lin Wencheng, so I sat over with a dinner plate.
"Third brother." Liang Jiangtao greeted.
"Hey, the leader is here?" Lin Wencheng joked.
He has now been officially appointed as the director of the Railway Division of the Department of Transportation. He can be regarded as a new official taking office, and he is full of high spirits.
In the National Development and Reform Commission, the director already has great power.
There are some key department chiefs who hold the power of approval. There are rumors that even a single minister will not be replaced. Of course, this is a joke.
Although the Railway Department is also very important, it does not have much initiative in making approvals because its counterpart, the Ministry of Railways, is equally powerful.
Therefore, the actual power of the Railway Department is far less than that of Yu Ming's Civil Aviation Department.
There is also the Energy Bureau, which is also one of the departments and bureaus with the highest power density. Later it became independent and became a national bureau at the deputy ministerial level. At this stage, it is still an internal agency of the National Development and Reform Commission.
In particular, the Coal Division of the Energy Bureau will become even more popular and powerful in the era of rapid coal growth in the next decade or so.
There was a director who later became the deputy director of the Coal Department of the National Energy Administration. Later, he was investigated and was called a billion-dollar corrupt official.
He bought a large house specifically to store the stolen money, which amounted to more than 300 million in cash. In order to count the amount, the investigators burned out three money printing machines, which was shocking.
There is also the Pricing Department. One of the powers of the Pharmaceutical Pricing Department is to decide whether drugs can be included in medical insurance!
This is a very hard power!
Whether it is covered by medical insurance or not determines the life or death of a drug.
Therefore, pharmaceutical prices have become the number one target of major pharmaceutical companies.
You know, in China alone, there are currently between five and six thousand pharmaceutical factories!
More to come!
Later media reports revealed that in order to have a meal with the leader of the pharmaceutical price department, the leader of the pharmaceutical company had to spend 5 million in public relations fees to smoothen the relationship. This is simply appalling.
Of course, Lin Wencheng didn't go to any of these hot houses. With his family background, where did he want to go?
It was because of Lin Xingjian's guidance and arrangements.
According to his opinion, the children of the Lin family should not go to places where the limelight is at the forefront and where power is too great. Instead, they should work down-to-earth and continuously accumulate abilities and political capital, so that they will have more stamina in the future.
Lin Wencheng became director of the department at his age. Although it was not fast considering the Lin family's family background, it was not slow in comparison horizontally. He had laid a solid foundation, which is not a bad thing.
This is what Mr. Lin has always advocated.
If the moon is full, it will suffer loss; if it does not advance, it will retreat.
If the children of the Lin family enter politics, they should not be too quick, nor should they be too quick.
Being down-to-earth and working steadily is the best!
Sometimes, slow is fast and fast is slow!
"Third brother, aren't you giving me chills? In front of you, I will always be your little brother!" Liang Jiangtao shook his head with a smile.
"You are now the leader of the general office. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are my leader! You have to put on airs, haha!" Lin Wencheng said.
The other cadres sitting with Lin Wencheng were extremely surprised.
Who is this person?
He looks like a freshly graduated college student. Why does Director Lin call him a leader?
Even if it's a joke, it's a bit too much!
"By the way, I'll go home when I have time. I haven't been there for a few days, and grandpa is talking about you again." Lin Wencheng said while eating.
Liang Jiangtao said: "Okay, I will definitely go there in the next two days."
Everyone was even more shocked.
They knew the background of Director Lin very well, but he was the grandson of the Lin family!
Listening to what he said, this person seemed to have an inseparable relationship with the Lin family.
Could it be that he is another young master from the Lin family?
Looking at everyone's confused expressions, Lin Wencheng smiled slightly and introduced: "Everyone, this is Minister Yanqing's personal secretary, Deputy Director of the Office of the Committee Director Liang Jiangtao!"
Everyone suddenly realized it, no wonder.
They introduced themselves one after another, trying to leave some impression.
At the same time, he secretly sighed, why is Secretary Liang so young?
It’s amazing to have such a high position at such a young age!
However, this did not completely dispel the surprise just now.
Since his surname is not Lin, he cannot be a descendant of the Lin family.
But even if he is Minister Yanqing’s secretary, his relationship with the Lin family will not be so close, right?
There must be other contexts!
Liang Jiangtao finished eating quickly, greeted Lin Wencheng, and waited at the door of the minister's restaurant.
After a while, Minister Yanqing also came out.
Returned to the office, took a short rest, and started the intense work in the afternoon again.
Liang Jiangtao directed the staff in the office of the committee director and worked closely together. Although he was very busy, he was also orderly.
At the National Development and Reform Commission, the pace is much faster than in the province.
For many extremely important matters, the leader just gives instructions and that's it.
For example, when using the Foreign Investment Department, if the amount is less than one billion U.S. dollars, the department can directly make the decision without going to the committee level at all.
If it were in the province, matters of this level would probably go to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee several times.
Different levels are different!
Moreover, Minister Yanqing did not have time to go to various departments and bureaus for special investigation, so he immediately started working intensely.
This is also related to the fact that he is a cadre from the National Planning Commission. He is familiar with everything and directly omits the familiar process.
Moreover, I have to go out for meetings almost every day.
Meetings of the central government and meetings of other ministries and commissions almost always invite the leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission. The top leader is the superior leader, so he, the executive deputy director, will bear the brunt!
Liang Jiangtao discovered that the culture of central ministries and commissions was also different from that below.
If you are in the province and the new leader has just taken office, the deputies and people below him will definitely come in droves to report on their work and become familiar with him.
But this is obviously not the case in ministries, where we do not follow the leadership as closely as below.
It all revolves around work, and everything speaks for itself.
Not all department directors were fawning over his secretary.
Looking back at that time, after Minister Yanqing became the governor of Handong Province, almost all the top leaders in various cities in Handong Province contacted him in almost two days.
But at the National Development and Reform Commission, it took almost three weeks before Liang Jiangtao recognized all the department directors.
