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  The relationship between Chai Peide and Ning Zhongying was far more than that between a government leader and an enterprise factory director. In those special years, Chai Peide, as the ruling party, had been subjected to some impact. At this time, Ning Zhongying, who firmly controlled Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, led a group of workers to rescue Chai Peide, took him back to the factory to avoid the storm, and saved his life. After the movement, Chai Peide did not mention this matter to Ning Zhongying again, but in his heart, he always felt that Ning Zhongying had a special relationship with himself.

  Putting aside personal feelings, Chai Peide has always been very appreciative of Ning Zhongying's management abilities. When Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory was under Ning Zhongying's leadership, it was considered a cash cow in Pingyuan County. The kind of decision-making that requires leaders to help clean up afterwards never happened under Ning Zhongying's leadership.

  Ning Zhongying ran to inform Wei Baolin of the situation, which didn't seem unexpected to Chai Peide. He even found it strange that Ning Zhongying could tolerate it until now before coming to report, with Wei Baolin's antics over the past two years, Ning Zhongying should have lost patience long ago.

  This conversation today did not exceed Chai Peide's expectations, the only thing that surprised him was the young driver Qin Hai brought by Ning Zhongying.

  "How about it, Mayor Chai? This young man isn't bad, is he?" Ning Zhongying asked with some complacency.

  Chai Peide nodded and said: "He's a good seedling, although he still speaks hastily, but his mind is very clear, I'm sure he can do things with discernment."

  Ning Zhongying said: "Not only that, he is also a skilled craftsman. Do you remember Leng Yuming from our factory?"

  "I remember, isn't he a graduate of Harbin Institute of Technology? I've been thinking of transferring him to the city." said Chai Peide.

  "Leng Yuming had always been unable to solve a technical problem, but Qin Hai actually solved it, and according to Leng Yuming, Qin Hai was absolutely not just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse, his theoretical foundation was extremely solid." Ning Zhongying said.

  These days, Ning Zhongying threw away his disguise and secretly plotted with several of his confidants multiple times, gaining a deeper understanding of many things in the factory. Regarding Qin Hai's situation, it was precisely what Leng Yueming had introduced to him in detail. He knew that Leng Yueming would not casually flatter people, so the words that came out of Leng Yueming's mouth were extremely credible.

  Ning Zhongying told Chai Peide about Qin Hai's help in innovating the high-frequency induction welding technology, and also mentioned the rotary tiller blade incident. Chai Peide listened and sighed: "A graduate of an agricultural machinery technical school can make Leng Yueming feel that his theoretical foundation is solid, this is indeed not easy."

  Ning Zhongying nodded in agreement: "Nowadays, everyone says that sensible people should be in charge. What kind of sensible person is Wei Baolin? If you ask me, Qin Hai is the one who truly qualifies as a sensible person."

  Chai Peide asked tentatively: "Old Ning, you wouldn't be thinking of recommending Qin Hai as the new factory director, would you?"

  Ning Zhongying shook his head and said, "I have indeed thought so, but Qin Hai's problem is that he is too young. If he were 10 years older, I would really recommend him to be the director of Qingfeng Factory."

  "Yes, an 18-year-old, if appointed as the factory director, I'm afraid everyone will find it unacceptable." Chai Peide said.

  Ning Zhongying said, "I think Qin Hai's vision can be fully utilized. If we assign an experienced comrade as the factory director of Qingfeng Factory and let Qin Hai be his deputy, with someone to help him steer the ship, and give full play to Qin Hai's advantage of having a quick mind, Qingfeng Factory will definitely make great progress."

  Chai Peide said: "What about Wei Baolin?"

  Ning Zhongying said: "Just now, Xiao Qin didn't come up with an idea, did he? Let him lead a group of people to deal with the washing machine himself, why must he drag Qingfeng along?"

  Chai Peide said: "Old Ning, honestly admit it, was this idea yours?"

  Ning Zhongying said, "I swear, this idea has nothing to do with me. Before Qin Hai said that, I didn't think in that direction at all. When Qin Hai said it, I felt that the idea was really good."

  "What's wrong with this guy's head?" said Chai Peide, "I'm also confused by these things. After careful consideration, Wei Baolin wants to make a washing machine, and it's really not necessary to use the foundation of Qingfeng Factory to do it. You say, why didn't I think of this point before?"

  "It's not too late now that I've thought of it." Ning said with a haha laugh.

  Chai Peide nodded and said: "Now I have a way to talk to Guo Ming. Since Pingyuan County is determined to start making washing machines, let them do it. Take Wei Baolin out of Qingfeng Factory and set up a... washing machine project preparation group, no, call it a preparation committee. Let Guo Ming decide on the level. Then, we'll reassign a new factory head to Qingfeng Factory and make use of young people like Qin Hai. Right, at that time, Old Ning, you really need to play a role and contribute some enthusiasm."

  "I'm just a leftover, what can I contribute? If it wasn't for Wei Baolin being so unscrupulous, I wouldn't have bothered with the Qingfeng Factory's affairs." Ning Zhongying muttered somewhat discontentedly.

  Cadres like him who have retreated to the second line are most taboo when others mention the two words "余热". What is meant by 余热 is the residual heat of the furnace ash that has been scooped out of the stove, and using this word to describe old cadres is equivalent to saying that they are all about to be extinguished waste stoves.

  "Isn't this already meddling?" Chai Peide advised, and as he said this, a brilliant idea suddenly flashed in his mind. He made an effort to maintain a calm expression and asked Ning Zhongying, "By the way, Old Ning, how has your body been since you retired two years ago?"

  "My body is very good." Ning thought that Chai Peide's question was just a normal concern, so he replied casually, "Don't worry about it every day, I'm eating well, sleeping well, and my chess skills have improved a lot. By the way, Mayor Chai, when you have time, let's play a game of chess, you're definitely not my opponent."

  During the time when Ning Zhongyan was avoiding the storm at Qingfeng Factory, he often went to play chess with Chai Peide. The two were considered chess friends. However, after Chai Peide resumed his official duties, he never played chess with Ning Zhongyan again. He said: "My chess skills are definitely not as good as yours, I'm busy every day and even have to calculate the time for eating, where do I have time to play chess?"

  "Playing chess is also a form of rest, and the principles in the game are quite similar to those in management, which I have gradually come to realize over the past two years," Ning Zhongying said.

  Chai Peide perfunctorily said: "Alright, another day I'll definitely make time to ask Director Ning to explain the principles of this chess game to me, and let me learn a few moves."

  The two of them chatted for a few more sentences, then Xu Yang came in to report that Qin Hai had already brought Ning Jing over and was waiting downstairs. Ning Zhongying stood up to bid farewell to Chai Peide, who tried to persuade him to stay: "Why don't you just spend the night at Beixi and leave tomorrow? If you go now, it'll be eight or nine o'clock by the time you get home."

  Ning Zhongying smiled and said, "I'd better get back early, otherwise Wei Baolin will definitely say I don't know where I'm going to hang out, and if he calculates my absence as truancy again, deducts my salary, then I'll be at a loss."

  "Lend him some guts and he wouldn't dare pluck hairs from your tiger's mouth either?" Chai Pei-De teased.

  Two people chatted as they walked and arrived downstairs. Chai Peide caught sight of Ning Jing, smiled and approached her, saying: "Isn't this Little Jing? It's been several years since we last met, you've grown into a big girl now."

  Ning Jing shouted "Uncle Chai" under Ning Zhongying's hint, then flashed behind Qin Hai. Chai Peide shook hands with Ning Zhongying to bid farewell, and Qin Hai let Ning Zhongying and Ning Jing get on the car, then waved his hand to Chai Peide, and drove away from the municipal government compound.

  As the jeep disappeared into the distance, Chai Peide turned to Xuyang and said: "Xu, summarize the management situation of Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory for the past two years, and then invite Director Liu from the Municipal Economic Commission to come over tomorrow morning to discuss it."

  "Mayor Chai, are you really going to move Wei Baolin?" Xu Yang asked, as a secretary, he had to understand the leader's intention in order to collect materials accurately for the leader.

  Chai Peide said: "For cadres like Wei Baolin who have no ability and only know how to boast, I've been wanting to take action for a long time."

  Xu Yang smiled and said: "Mayor Chai, have you ever heard how ordinary people evaluate these cadres?"

  "How would you evaluate it?" asked Chai Pei-te with interest.

  Xu Yang said: "Ordinary people say that this kind of cadre is a 'three-pat cadre', which means patting the head when making decisions, patting the chest when implementing, and patting the buttocks after failure."

  "Haha, three-pat cadre, indeed summarized wonderfully." Chai Peide couldn't help but laugh, but his smile was also mixed with a lot of helplessness. Beixi City has so many enterprises under its jurisdiction, and there are quite a few three-pat cadres like Wei Baolin, who are facing so-called "policy losses" in large numbers, making the city's finances cry out in distress. He really wanted to remove all these cadres, but after removing them, where could he find capable cadres to replace them?

  He couldn't help but think about Qin Hai again. Although Ning Zhongying introduced him as only 18 years old, in Chai Peide's opinion, Qin Hai's mental age far exceeded his actual age, and that mature temperament was almost identical to a young man who had just come of age. If he wasn't afraid of causing public disapproval, he really wanted to directly promote Qin Hai to be the director of Qingfeng Factory, thinking that it wouldn't be worse than Wei Baolin anyway.