Volume 1, Chapter 11: The Writing Team (Part 2)

  New officials take office with three fires burning, and Secretary Zhu's requirements for materials are extremely strict. He is very dissatisfied with the existing written materials, and Deputy Secretary Li Huazhang can't withstand it. The materials from the First Secretariat represent the highest level of the Municipal Party Committee, so Zhao Huaizhong was severely criticized by Li Huazhang several times.

  Zhao Huazhong suddenly had an unprecedented sense of crisis. Originally, he thought that in the next personnel adjustment, he would definitely be able to solve a deputy department-level position and go to a county to serve as a deputy county head. But now, if the leadership is not satisfied with him, his future will be very uncertain. He can only grit his teeth and bury himself in revising various written materials, but the results are minimal, and the pass rate of one draft is extremely low.

  Li Huazhang called him to his office and said: "Our office staff must keep up with the leader's thinking. Now, Secretary Zhu has a very fast pace, he has high hopes and requirements for us, and he is an expert in written materials. But your department's materials are still at the level of many years ago, how can this be? Your writing is all correct, it can't be said that you're wrong. But your materials are always old-fashioned, without bright spots, and no passion. You go back and convene a meeting with your colleagues in the department, we must add pressure to strive for progress, boost morale, and do our best to bring out several high-quality manuscripts as soon as possible, so that Secretary Zhu can see the overall quality of our office staff."

  "Alright, I'll go back and preside over the meeting. Please rest assured, Secretary General, we will definitely make 200% effort." Zhao Huai's forehead was sweating profusely, his sparse hair was wet and stuck to his scalp, and his legs were trembling slightly.

  Zhao Huai Zhong returned to a secret department, lit up a cigarette and took a few fierce puffs, calming his nerves. Then he said: "Brothers, let's talk about something." Everyone brought their notebooks and gathered around.

  Zhao Huazhong smiled and said, "No need to remember. Just now, Secretary Li specially came to talk to me. He said that the new Secretary Zhu has very strict requirements for materials, but through the joint efforts of all comrades in our department, the leaders are still quite satisfied with our work. He encouraged us to settle down and continue to strive for excellence, produce more high-quality work, and maintain the image of our city committee office's first department."

  Bai Mingyuan secretly smiled to himself, knowing that Zhao Huai had been having a tough time lately and had already been scolded by Li Huazhang several times. You little brat, you're getting what's coming to you, serves you right.

  Next, all materials, big or small, Zhao Huai Zhong would first seek everyone's opinions. He would listen to each person's views on the task and their outline. Then they would discuss collectively and finally decide on a writing plan. For large materials, it was still each person writing a part first, then combining them together, with Zhao Huai Zhong editing and reviewing. For smaller materials, colleagues in the department would take turns writing, and after completion, he would review again. Wu Tian Ran thought that the current materials had improved somewhat from before, but there was no qualitative change. For example, the comprehensive manuscript written by Bai Ming Yuan's section had an obvious decline in quality, Meng Fan Xun was still stuck in place, while Li Miao Miao's section had obviously improved. Of course, when Zhao Huai Zhong reviewed it finally, he was more serious than before, using a red pen to mark out even small mistakes and punctuation errors.

  Although the current draft still needs to be personally handed over by Zhao Huai Zhong to leaders such as Li Secretary General for review, there is also a slightly different point. That is, he was obviously scolded and lost his confidence. He always said that this writing outline was collectively discussed and decided by comrades from the secretariat department. And further told the leadership that who was the drafter of this manuscript, or who drafted this part of the report. Li Hua Zhang was slightly satisfied with the quality of these manuscripts in the near future, but it was still far from the requirements of a masterpiece, and far from the requirements of Zhu Yong Sheng Secretary General. He also didn't want to always scold Zhao Huai Zhong, but instead took an encouraging approach and used the issue of personnel changes in the office to boost Zhao's morale.

  As the Secretary General, Zhu Yongsheng is also very demanding of himself. He positions himself as a combination of three roles: First, he is a service staff member. Although he is a deputy department-level cadre, his role as Secretary General determines that he is the largest secretary to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, essentially serving as a servant. He must work diligently and practically, with precision in handling documents, rigor in organizing meetings, and thoroughness in handling affairs. Every task in the office is important, and any mistake can lead to failure. He feels great pressure.

  Second, he is a department head. As the head of the Municipal Party Committee Office, he has the responsibility and obligation to promote the overall development of the office. The overall work should be upgraded, individual tasks should have distinctive features, and the office's budget should be guaranteed. He also needs to improve working conditions, cultivate more talent, and train mature leading cadres.

  Third, he is a Municipal Party Committee leader. As a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, apart from participating in meetings to discuss important decisions related to the development of Shanyang, he is also responsible for overseeing the city's political and legal work, as well as tourism, and has contact with Baihe County.

  His workload is quite heavy, but he doesn't mind. What he regrets is that there are too many social events now, and every day is spent attending meetings and banquets, trapped in a sea of documents and unable to extricate himself. He no longer has dedicated time to read books.

  Zhu Yongsheng is strict with himself and has clear requirements for the office. Especially when it comes to written materials, which are the face of the municipal party committee, he naturally attaches great importance to them. For every piece of written material that Secretary Wang Guoqiang needs to use, he will carefully read and scrutinize it, striving for perfection. As for the recent drafts, he has seen some changes, but still feels very dissatisfied.

  "This afternoon, just after he went to work, he dialed Li Huazhang's phone: "Huazhang, come to my office for a moment.""

  The offices of the municipal party committee are all concentrated on the second and third floors, while the secretary, deputy secretary, and secretary-general are working on the sixth floor. After receiving the phone call, Li Huazhang didn't wait for the elevator either, and directly ran from the second floor to the sixth floor with a loud noise.

  "Hua Zhang, sit down and talk."

  Li Huazhang first refilled Zhu Yongsheng's cup with boiling water, then sat down on the sofa opposite Zhu Yongsheng and pulled out a notebook and a ballpoint pen from his pocket.

  Zhu Yongsheng said straightforwardly: "Let's take this opportunity to discuss the office materials."

  "Alright, alright, as you instructed, I'll remember." Li Huazhang said with a nod.

  "There's no need to mention any instructions, nor is there a need to take notes. Recently, I feel that the level of confidential materials has improved somewhat, which is good. However, there is still much room for improvement and further excavation is needed." Zhu Yongsheng's words were a subtle blend of praise and criticism.

  He took a look at Li Hua Zhang, and continued to say: "I have carefully reviewed every material you brought, I feel that the writing level of comrades is uneven. For comrades with high quality, we should bear the burden, focus on cultivating them. For comrades who are not suitable for text work, we can adjust their job positions, multi-post training. If the writing force is insufficient, we can also borrow from lower departments or county and city districts. My idea is to build our writing team into a political strong, business precise, style correct, discipline strict elite team in the shortest time."