Chapter 63: The Secretary Candidate (1)

  "Right, Director, about your secretary... " Suddenly remembering that he hadn't arranged a secretary for Lin Hongfei yet, Gu Guangming felt a bit anxious.

  "Secretary? Isn't this unnecessary?" Lin Hongfei immediately furrowed his brow, "Is there a need for this?"

  "It's necessary, absolutely necessary!" Gu Guangming nodded heavily, his face sincere and earnest. "Director, whether or not you are suited to be a secretary is not just your personal matter, but also a crucial issue that affects the unity and stability of our factory."

  Lin Hongfei still had less contact with people in the officialdom... In a sense, state-owned enterprises are also another form of officialdom... So I don't know what a secretary means, but Gu Guangming has been in the municipal motorcycle factory for so many years, he understands the importance of a secretary.

  Whether a leader is equipped with a secretary, to some extent, means whether the leader has entered a "threshold", so any leader attaches great importance to whether he or she is equipped with a secretary.

  Logically speaking, Deputy Director Lin Hongfei is not qualified to have a secretary. However, considering that he has entered the state-owned enterprise and is working for the government, the municipal party committee specially approved a treatment at the level of a full-time deputy department head, which is equivalent to the second-in-command in the townships below. According to regulations, this position does not qualify for a secretary, but this rule has never been followed by anyone. Not only the second-in-command in the townships below, even the village committee secretaries in the villages below would love to have their own dedicated communication officer... actually, it's still a secretary.

  The national situation is like this, the sky and earth are not as big as the rules, Lin Hongfei is "young and ignorant", but after all, he has reached a certain level of leadership comrade, and the treatment that should be enjoyed cannot be less. No matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, the superficial work must be done thoroughly.

  Lin Hongfei is indeed the deputy director of the municipal motorcycle factory, but in reality, he is the one who truly holds power: Deputy Mayor Cheng rarely comes here, and Lin Hongfei is the de facto boss. If he were just a deputy factory head, that would be fine, but if he's truly the boss, then this secretary must be matched with him, it's absolutely necessary!

  If you don't do a good job serving the leaders, how can they serve nearly a thousand people in the factory? This logic is reasonable everywhere. The leader doesn't even deserve a secretary? If things go wrong, it will make our colleagues anxious and worried, isn't the leader very dissatisfied with us and using this method to severely warn us?

  After listening to Gu Guangming's explanation, Lin Hongfei couldn't help but laugh and cry: just a secretary, yet it has escalated to the level of whether a factory can maintain stability? Isn't that an exaggeration?

  Lin Hongfei wasn't clear about this, but Dongfang Xiaoling, who had been influenced by her since childhood, was very clear. Dongfang Xiaoling strongly agreed with Gu Guangming's point of view and also believed that Lin Hongfei's top priority was to choose someone as his own secretary. "Hongfei, you've just started working, so you may not be too familiar with the situation here, but this secretary is really very important."

  Lin Hongfei didn't think the secretary was that important, but since Dongfang Xiaoling and Lin Hongfei both said so, Lin Hongfei naturally wouldn't argue with everyone. It's not a big deal, just having an extra servant by his side. He nodded, "Okay, Director Gu, who do you have in mind?"

  The issue of Lin Hongfei's secretary, Gu Guangming had obviously deliberated for quite some time. Now that Lin Hongfei asked about it, Gu Guangming thought for a moment before saying, "There are several candidates, all from the office..." After weighing his options again, Gu Guangming recommended a few people to Lin Hongfei: "Comrade Fan Wenyuan in the office is usually responsible for external reception work at the factory and has done relatively well in interpersonal relationships; Comrade Cai Jingzhong is a university graduate with good writing skills, mainly responsible for our factory's documentation work. He is enthusiastic and gets along well with many colleagues. Both of these comrades are quite good."

  Whether it is the same government department or different, the secretary candidates of government departments usually come from the municipal party committee or the municipal government office, but the leaders' secretaries of state-owned enterprises mostly come from the office. This time, when selecting a secretary for Lin Hongfei, Gu Guangming was also very cautious and careful. Among the several secretary candidates he recommended, there were no female comrades, fully considering the impact of the issue.

  Fan Wenyuan and Cai Jingzhong? Lin Hongfei nodded slightly, he had an impression of these two people, but Cai Jingzhong was probably because he was a university student, usually quite arrogant, except for the leader, always looking down on others, which made Lin Hongfei somewhat displeased; as for Fan Wenyuan, he felt too slick and talked too much.

  The secretary, always putting on a proud and arrogant appearance, who do you think you're showing off to? With your oily mouth and slippery tongue, who knows if you'll use the leader's affairs as capital for boasting? After some consideration, Lin Hongfei felt that neither of these two people was suitable for the position of secretary. However, since this was the first time Gu Guangming had recommended candidates to him, Lin Hongfei also wanted to consider Gu Guangming's face, so he smiled and said, "These two comrades... I haven't had much contact with them before, Director Gu, do you have any other suitable candidates to recommend?"

  Director Gu's sweat suddenly broke out: What? Neither of these two people is good enough for him?

  Recommending a secretary to the leader is always an important opportunity for the office director to show off their ability and level to the newly appointed leader. If the recommendation is good, it can leave a very good impression on the leader's mind, which is very beneficial for future work, and also get the gratitude of the secretary, and further solidify one's position in the factory. However, if the recommendation is not good, the office director's position may be precarious. Some more "strict" leaders even think that if the office director cannot recommend a qualified secretary to themselves, it is a very serious political awareness problem.

  Director Gu knew that Lin Hongfei had given himself face, but as for Fan Wenyuan and Cai Jingzhong, these two comrades, Lin Hongfei looked down on them. The problem wasn't that he looked down on them, the problem was why did Lin Hongfei look down on them?

  The reason is this reason is most important.

  Director Gu's brain was racing as he quickly analyzed why Lin Hongfei looked down on these two people: Fan Wenyuan? The young man is not bad, usually very enthusiastic when meeting people... enthusiastic... What about Cai Jingzhong?

  Director Gu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he only then realized that when he had just recommended the secretary to Lin Hongfei, he had unknowingly made a very serious mistake.