Chapter 739 Not Simple
"Did you lose the election?" Song Yuanchao couldn't help asking.
Du Wenting shook her head in anger. "It would be fine if I lost the election. My Guo Tao would just consider himself unlucky. But the problem is that the voting results clearly showed that my Guo Tao had an absolute majority of votes, but in the end the vote was declared invalid!"
"Ah!" Song Yuanchao didn't expect this result, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that the leader who was in charge of the voting was too confident, thinking that if he put forward a candidate, the people would vote for this person instead of Guo Tao according to his wishes.
In this way, all procedures were impeccable, and his achievements in enterprise reform could be reflected. However, he never expected that ordinary employees would think differently from cadres. They didn't care who your leader was. Even if they didn't vote for you, what could you do to them? In this way, the seemingly good plan was directly messed up, and he was in a dilemma.
"So how was it resolved?"
"How else can they solve it? They just found a random excuse saying there was a problem with the procedure and declared the voting result invalid. Then they made a new voting plan for the election. The second time, they eliminated all the ordinary employees in the factory, leaving only the cadres eligible to vote. In the end, our Guo Tao didn't even get one-fifth of the votes, so he was directly defeated."
He sighed in his heart. There was nothing he could do about this situation. He could only think that his arm was stronger than his thigh. But this matter was disgusting. If his superiors had made the decision earlier, Guo Tao would not have had too many complaints, let alone any thoughts.
But they first painted a big pie for him, and then broke the rules when the result came out. As a result, not to mention Guo Tao, anyone would feel as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly.
"This leadership level is worrying." Song Yuanchao shook his head slightly, feeling a little sorry for Guo Tao.
"It's okay, it's all in the past. Besides, I have a clear conscience and I'm recognized by all the employees in the factory. This alone is enough." Guo Tao was quite generous and said with a smile.
"Brother Guo, are you planning to change your unit?"
"I do have this idea." Guo Tao nodded. "The new factory director took office before the New Year. It was involuntary for me to continue to stay in the factory. Besides, the leaders above probably felt a little sorry for me. They specially talked to me before the New Year and asked me if I had any idea of working in other units."
"This is not bad. A move can bring life. If I continue to stay in my previous company, I'm afraid I won't be able to make a living. It's a good idea to change my place."
"What's good about it?" Du Wenting couldn't help but interject, "It's not a good job. It's a small, shabby factory. If I become the factory manager there, I don't even know if they can pay the wages."
"What's going on?" Song Yuanchao asked.
Guo Tao smiled and said, "Wenting's words are a bit exaggerated. The factory that I was asked to go to is an electric motor factory. Although the factory's performance is not very good, its level is the same as ours, and it is a brother factory in the same system."
"I'm just a deputy section-level cadre, but I can go there to be the factory director and get the rank of section-level cadre. It can be considered a promotion. Besides, the quality of a factory depends on the people. Are you not confident in your husband's ability?" Guo Tao said to Du Wenting with a smile. Du Wenting curled her lips and didn't say much. After all, Song Yuanchao was there, and she still had to give face to her husband in front of outsiders.
"Brother Guo, what you said makes sense." Song Yuanchao agreed. The quality of a factory really depends on the people. A good leader is very important. Although he met Guo Tao for the first time, he could feel from their conversation just now that Guo Tao was a man with some ability and ambition.
As the saying goes, gold will always shine. Guo Tao was able to make a name for himself in his original unit, so why can he not do the same in other units ? Perhaps this job transfer is an opportunity for Guo Tao.
But then again, although he and Du Wenting are old classmates, this is the first time he meets Guo Tao, and he doesn't understand much about some situations, so some things are naturally difficult to say, so he just said a few words of comfort.
"It's okay, I'm mentally prepared. Besides, this is not bad. At least my level has been solved." Guo Tao said with a smile.
After sitting at Du Wenting's house for a while, drinking tea and chatting for a while, after eight o'clock, seeing that it was getting late, Song Yuanchao stood up and said goodbye.
When leaving, Du Wenting remembered the early reunion of old classmates that they had last met, and told Song Yuanchao that she had contacted a few old classmates and would see when he was free to arrange a reunion for everyone.
Of course Song Yuanchao would not object . He agreed with a smile and left his phone number to Du Wenting in advance, asking Du Wenting to arrange to call him. If he was not there, the person who answered the phone would pass the message on to him, so he should try to set a time in advance to avoid being unable to make time.
Du Wenting and his wife saw Song Yuanchao off and accompanied him all the way to the entrance of the alley before waving goodbye.
Watching Song Yuanchao's figure gradually disappearing under the dim street lights, Du Wenting was about to call Guo Tao back, but when she looked up, she saw Guo Tao looking thoughtfully in the direction where Song Yuanchao left, as if thinking about something.
"Hey! Everyone has gone far away, what are you thinking about standing there like an idiot?" Du Wenting asked, nudging her husband with her elbow.
"Your old classmate is not a simple person." Guo Tao suddenly said this.
"Not simple? Why didn't I see that?" Du Wenting asked curiously.
"Haha, by the way, what unit did you say he worked for?" Guo Tao asked.
"I didn't ask about the details of a company in Jinling. What happened? You didn't ask them just now, but now they are asking me about it."
"It was not convenient just now. You and he are old classmates, and there is another layer between us. It is not reasonable to ask him directly about his unit." Guo Tao said with a smile, and then said: "By the way, let me know in advance when your classmates have a reunion. If it is convenient, I will also attend as a family member to join in the fun."
"Well... I have to ask, the specific time hasn't been decided yet, why did you come up with this idea? I've never seen you so excited before." Du Wenting was very surprised by Guo Tao's words today and couldn't help asking.
Guo Tao didn't explain much, just said that he was about to change his unit, and he would have to start all over again in the new unit. Unlike when he was the deputy director of the workshop, he was the top leader in the new unit. Everyone's job in the whole unit would depend on themselves, so he had to get to know more people. If her classmates had any way to help, wouldn't that be a way?
Hearing this, Du Wenting felt that there was some truth in it, but at the same time she couldn't help but complain about how her husband agreed to go to the motor factory when his previous company was doing well. Even if a new leader came and everyone was embarrassed because of the previous election, they could still bargain with the leader. Even if he went to another factory with good performance to be the deputy director, it would still be better than going to the motor factory, right?
But now Guo Tao has already agreed to go to the motor factory. Seeing her husband appear calm on the surface, but actually worried about the new job, Du Wenting, as his wife, felt really distressed.
The couple talked and turned to walk home.
In fact, Guo Tao did not say much to Du Wenting just now. Although it was their first meeting today, Guo Tao could feel the flavor of being a leader for a long time in Song Yuanchao. This flavor was not felt by most people, but Guo Tao himself was an enterprise cadre and had been dealing with the leaders above for quite a while. He could feel the same flavor in Song Yuanchao as that of several big leaders in the system.
In addition, although Song Yuanchao was wearing simple clothes, just an ordinary-looking jacket and coat, when Guo Tao helped hang up his coat when he entered the room, he felt that his coat was different from ordinary coats.
As a corporate executive, Guo Tao's ancestors were considered to be a well-connected family in Shanghai, otherwise his family would not have such an apartment that ordinary people cannot afford. In the past, such houses were only available to wealthy families.
Therefore, Guo Tao's vision and knowledge are much better than those of ordinary people. He discovered the difference of Song Yuanchao's coat as soon as he touched it. If Gu Tao was not mistaken, his coat was a cashmere coat, which was light and soft. This kind of fabric is not available in China at all, and this style can definitely not be produced in China.
In addition, Guo Tao also noticed the old-fashioned watch on Song Yuanchao's hand. The watch that Song Yuanchao inadvertently revealed was not simple. It looked ordinary and a little old, but Guo Tao recognized at a glance that it was an antique Patek Philippe watch with a cloisonné dial.
Although Guo Tao has never seen this watch, he has seen an antique Patek Philippe watch left by his grandfather countless times since he was a child. He now regards it as a family heirloom and keeps it at the bottom of a box, and plans to pass it on to his son in the future.
Although the two watches are of different styles, the logos on the dials are exactly the same. Not to mention the price of such watches, their rarity alone is extremely rare and it is impossible for ordinary people to wear them.
Coupled with Song Yuanchao's demeanor and conversation during the chat, Guo Tao felt that this old classmate of his wife was very extraordinary and definitely not an ordinary person.
Although Guo Tao is not the kind of person who would cling to others for personal gain, he has always believed in his own abilities. As long as he is capable and does a good job, he will always have the opportunity to succeed.
But this time the election of the factory director dealt him a heavy blow. On the surface, Guo Tao seemed not to care about it, but in fact, he was very depressed and angry. He just had to bow his head in the face of reality. After this incident, Guo Tao also understood a lot. Ideals are ideals, facts are facts. Sometimes some things cannot be changed by human will. If it is the same as before, he will still suffer the same loss.
It might be an opportunity to get to know Song Yuanchao, and his wife and Song Yuanchao were old classmates, and they had a good chat today. Guo Tao immediately had the idea of getting to know Song Yuanchao, even if the final guess was wrong, it didn't matter, just like he said to Du Wenting before, he would soon be on his own, and the pressure in the new unit would be much greater than before. In this case, more friends mean more ways, and maybe they will be useful one day.
