Chapter 73 Report
In an office of the relevant department, Zhang Yuan was sitting at his desk looking at documents, and the ashtray beside him was full of cigarette butts. Right now the country has a lot of work to do, and not only other units, but even their department is very busy.
There was a knock on the door, and Zhang Yuan said, "Come in." The person who pushed the door open was Xiaozhuang, a clerk downstairs.
"Xiao Zhuang, do you have something to talk to me about?" Zhang Yuan put down the documents in his hand and looked up.
"Director Zhang, please take a look at this." Xiaozhuang handed over a letter.
Zhang Yuan took the letter and read it for a few seconds, frowning slightly. He put the letter paper aside, picked up the outer envelope and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a while, he continued to read the contents of the letter.
After a while, Zhang Yuan finished reading the letter, put down his frown and asked, "When did you receive it? Have you verified the details in the letter?"
"I just received the letter yesterday. For now, I only have some preliminary information." Xiaozhuang reported to Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan listened to his report calmly. After Xiaozhuang finished speaking for a while, Zhang Yuan directly asked a few questions.
"The Song Yuanchao mentioned in the report is now the workshop director of the factory run by No. 2 Middle School?"
"Yes."
"Is this Song Yuanchao an educated youth who returned to Shanghai from the northwest?"
"Yes, this has been verified by phone with the police station below."
"So is there any solid evidence in the report regarding Song Yuanchao's speculation and profiteering?"
"This..." Xiaozhuang looked a little embarrassed and said, "Director Zhang, this matter needs to be further verified with No. 2 Middle School and the school-run factory. Since No. 2 Middle School is directly under the Education Bureau and the factory is also a school-run enterprise, our department needs to first inform the Education Bureau and then send someone to directly control Song Yuanchao, and then slowly interrogate..."
"You're just playing nonsense!" Without waiting for Xiaozhuang to finish his words, Zhang Yuan raised his hand and slammed it heavily on the table, his face extremely serious.
"Comrade Xiaozhuang! We cannot treat a young comrade so carelessly based on a so-called letter of denunciation!"
"But Director Zhang..." Xiaozhuang didn't expect that Zhang Yuan would have such a big reaction to just an ordinary letter of complaint. He was stunned for a moment.
"Let me ask you, as the workshop director of the school-run factory, is it Song Yuanchao's job to be responsible for printing these materials?"
Xiaozhuang nodded.
Zhang Yuan continued to ask: "Since Song Yuanchao is a cadre of the school-run factory, it is reasonable for him to be in charge of this work. Moreover, I have not seen any clear evidence that Song Yuanchao abused his power for personal gain or engaged in speculation and profiteering."
"Let's take a look at what's written in the letter. Song Yuanchao is most likely the mastermind behind the speculation. He may have colluded with the school and factory leaders. It is said that he used his relationship in the factory to make private profits for himself... Haha, these words are well used! He also dragged the school and factory leaders into it? Didn't some people with ulterior motives use this trick back then? What era is it now?"
Faced with Zhang Yuan's harsh rebuke, beads of sweat oozed from Xiaozhuang's forehead.
"We must be careful and cautious in everything we do!" Zhang Yuan slowed down his tone and said to Xiaozhuang earnestly, "Your hasty decision may seem insignificant, but have you ever thought about it? This is also a kind of harm to comrades, and it is even more likely that this action will ruin the future of a young and promising cadre!"
"Xiao Zhuang, you are still young and have not experienced much. It is understandable that you are careless in doing things, but the problem lies in where your thoughts are. This is the most important thing. Think about this carefully."
"Yes, yes, Director Zhang, I understand." Xiaozhuang said quickly, wiping away the cold sweat from his forehead.
Zhang Yuan picked up the teacup on the table and drank some water. He glanced at Xiaozhuang and said, "Of course, our principle has always been not to wrongly accuse a good person, but we will never let a bad person go!"
"Director Zhang, what do you mean?"
"First, check who wrote the report letter and see if there is any personal grudge between this person and Song Yuanchao. Is it retaliation? Or is it something else?"
"As for Song Yuanchao, we don't need to go out directly. We can just ask the leaders of No. 2 Middle School through other channels. If this is a normal work arrangement, the leaders of No. 2 Middle School will know it. And as far as I know, the college entrance examination review materials printed by No. 2 Middle School in Shanghai are very popular these days. If there is a problem with these materials, then not only No. 2 Middle School, but also the Education Bureau would have stopped it long ago."
Xiaozhuang suddenly realized that if he followed Zhang Yuan's idea, he could clarify the situation without causing trouble to the good people due to rash actions. Why didn't he think of this? This leader is a leader. His perspective and methods of dealing with problems are different. No wonder he is a leader and he is just a small clerk.
After leaving Zhang Yuan's office, Xiaozhuang went straight to investigate these matters.
Although we don't have the high technologies of later generations in this era, it is not difficult to verify these things.
In just two days, Xiaozhuang received feedback that the person who wrote the letter of complaint was Wang Jianjun, also an educated youth who had returned to the city.
Wang Jianjun and Song Yuanchao knew each other and had previously worked together in the clothes hanger business. The local police station had known about this for a long time, but Song Yuanchao quit the job after just a few days because after his household registration was approved, he went to work in the school-run factory of the No. 2 Middle School. Moreover, because Song Yuanchao had strong working ability and was serious and responsible in his work, he was valued by the school and factory leaders and was promoted from an ordinary worker to the position of workshop director in a short period of time.
Although Song Yuanchao's promotion speed was somewhat shocking, his promotion was reasonable based on the reported information.
First of all, Song Yuanchao has strong personal abilities and a good academic background. He was a high school student before going to the countryside. Although he did not graduate, his academic qualifications are equivalent to those of a high school graduate.
Secondly, Song Yuanchao's father was an excellent teacher at No. 2 Middle School, but later passed away. Song Yuanchao entered No. 2 Middle School according to policy, and according to policy he could have been arranged an easy job in the school, but he took the initiative to ask to go to the school-run factory.
After arriving at the school-run factory, the factory director Comrade Ma Xun originally wanted Song Yuanchao to work in the office, but this suggestion was rejected by Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao had a high level of awareness and asked to take the initiative to be transferred to the workshop and start from the basics.
Because of his high academic qualifications, strong abilities, and ability to get along well with the masses, after the former workshop director Lao Luo formally submitted his report for retirement due to illness, Principal Zhou of No. 2 Middle School and Director Ma discussed and approved it, and then Song Yuanchao was appointed as the workshop director.
After becoming the workshop director, Song Yuanchao devoted himself to his work and was well-known in the factory. Moreover, the decision to print the college entrance examination review materials was made after discussion between the school and the factory. Song Yuanchao's job was only to be responsible for workshop production and personnel coordination, and he had no contact with the procurement and sales of raw materials. Therefore, it is completely unreasonable to say that Song Yuanchao abused his power for personal gain.
In addition, Xiaozhuang also received news from the Education Bureau that No. 2 Middle School has officially submitted a report to the higher authorities to make extracurricular tutoring and examination materials a long-term production task. At the same time, it is also preparing to open night schools for in-school students and out-of-school youth together with several other schools.
This application has been approved after internal discussion within the Education Bureau, and if nothing goes wrong the official document will be issued soon.
As for Song Yuanchao personally, according to the news, he will take part in the college entrance examination which is about to begin this year. From any perspective, he is a very outstanding and promising young man.
After reading the relevant information about Song Yuanchao, even Xiaozhuang felt that this young man was indeed good, and at the same time he felt ashamed of his initial recklessness. Fortunately, Zhang Yuan reminded him, otherwise he would have investigated it in a big way according to his wishes. Even if it was found that Song Yuanchao was not problematic in the end, Song Yuanchao's future would have been ruined by himself.
Thinking back on this possibility, Xiaozhuang secretly warned himself that he must take it as a warning in the future , one must speak based on facts, and one must also pay attention to the way and method of doing things.
As Xiaozhuang continued to read the materials and information about Wang Jianjun, his expression became more and more gloomy.
According to the report from the comrades at the police station, this Wang Jianjun was not a good person. He had colluded with a man named Zhang Bin, and was therefore dealt with by the police station.
Since Zhang Bin was the mastermind at the time and Wang Jianjun was just a participant, considering some issues, the comrades at the police station did not do anything to Wang Jianjun. They just gave him a slight punishment and let him go home.
Who would have thought that Wang Jianjun would not change his ways after this incident. He might have thought that the police station punished him probably because Song Yuanchao, who had worked with him before, had secretly reported him. For this reason, Wang Jianjun held a grudge and went to the police station to report Song Yuanchao a few days later. However, he did not expect that the police station had already known about Song Yuanchao. Instead of accepting his action, the police station gave him a stern warning.
After that, Wang Jianjun stayed quiet for a while, but unexpectedly, this guy did not give up on revenge on Song Yuanchao. He took this opportunity to write this anonymous letter of complaint, with sinister intentions.
