Chapter five hundred and thirtieth: It's not easy to be a philanthropist

Uncle He's tone was a little joking, but Li Weidong knew that he really wanted something from himself.

Uncle He explained: Not only are the conditions in the northwest autonomous region more difficult, but the difficulty of carrying out work is also much more difficult than in the eastern provinces.

The actual situation in the west is much more complicated than in the eastern provinces. An airborne cadre like me doesn't know much about the local area, so it's not easy to gain a firm foothold.

So I, a foreign monk, can't go empty-handed, why should I bring a few scriptures with me! I know a lot of leaders of large domestic companies, but none of those relationships can be used in this matter. After thinking about it, I can only ask you for help!

Li Weidong nodded. Compared with the eastern provinces, the west is definitely poorer, and the traffic is also very blocked. Poverty and isolation often mean ignorance. This is undoubtedly a difficult copy for economic builders.

What's more, there are many ethnic minorities in the western region, and the cultures of each ethnic group are different. While focusing on economic construction, local customs and cultures must also be taken into account. This is obviously a very unfriendly factor for airborne cadres.

If it's just for gilding, just to get a resume, it's okay to go empty-handed. But Uncle He really wanted to do something, and of course he had to bring some dry goods at this time, so as to gain the trust of the local people.

Otherwise, if a foreign cadre who doesn't understand the local conditions can't even stand firm, how can he talk about doing things?

So Li Weidong asked, Uncle, what do you want me to do?

I read the newspaper a few days ago, saying that you donated 100 million to the Hope Project, and you want to build 500 Hope Primary Schools? Uncle He asked.

Uncle, do you want me to build a few Hope Primary Schools in the Northwest Autonomous Region? Li Weidong asked immediately.

Education is the foundation of a century-old plan! If education is not done well, economic construction will always be a flower in the mirror.

Uncle He sighed, and continued: The education in the west is indeed lagging behind that in the east, and hope primary schools should be built, but what the west needs most now is not hope primary schools, but a condition that allows children to go to school.

Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Uncle He meant.

Uncle He explained: The most lacking thing in the west is talents. Even if you build Hope Primary School, there are not so many teachers to teach. Because the conditions in the west are difficult, anyone with some education is unwilling to stay in the west. The rich eastern provinces ran away.

In order to help the western region attract talents, later generations of countries have introduced various preferential measures, but even so, many people are still reluctant to go to the west.

At that time, the country did not have so many preferential policies for the west, and of course the west could not attract talents.

What's more, the conditions in the west are much worse than those in the east. Those who are knowledgeable and educated must go to the economically developed areas on the eastern coast to seek a better life, but there is a brain drain in the western provinces.

In this case, even if the Hope Primary School is built, there will be no teachers to teach, so students can't teach themselves!

After figuring this out, Li Weidong couldn't help sighing: Talents are indeed restricting the development of the western region.

Uncle He continued; The problem of talents will not be solved in a short period of time, but the conditions for going to school I mentioned just now can be solved in a short time.

I have also gone to the western provinces to conduct research many times before. Of course, I mainly researched the work in the machinery industry, but I also have a certain understanding of some situations in the Northwest Autonomous Region.

According to the actual situation I know, a large part of the out-of-school children there are not because they don't go to school, but because they can't go to school.

You also know that the Northwest Autonomous Region has a vast area. It is no exaggeration to say that the area of ​​a prefecture-level city is larger than that of a province in the east of our country, and the area of ​​a county is larger than that of a city in the east of our country.

A town can be several times the size of our capital city.

You can imagine, if you want to study, but you ride a camel for a day, and you can’t get to the elementary school in the town, can you still read a book? Objective conditions do not allow it! That's what I call, no way to go to school.

The Northwest Autonomous Region is not like our eastern provinces. They are not so densely populated and do not have enough resources. Many village-level units do not have primary schools, and many town-level units do not have middle schools.

Therefore, in the Northwest Autonomous Region, many rural children must live in towns if they want to go to elementary school, and live in the county if they want to go to junior high school.

The income of farmers in remote areas is not high, and the cost of letting their children live in towns or counties is also very high. Even if tuition and miscellaneous fees are exempted, many families cannot afford this cost, which eventually leads to children Out of school.

To solve this problem, the best way is to build a dormitory for the school. With a dormitory in the school and a place for children to live, they will naturally be able to stay in the school for a long time and study steadily.

But the cost of building a dormitory is much higher than building a school building. The country's educational resources are inherently tight, and the western region is relatively poor, with limited financial capacity. Many primary schools do not have student dormitories.

Weidong, I hope you can take part of the 100 million donation to help the elementary schools in the west to build dormitories. This is equivalent to giving more children a chance to go to school.

After listening to Uncle He's introduction, Li Weidong finally realized.

It turned out that Uncle He was staring at this 100 million donation, not for building Hope Primary School, but for building a dormitory for the existing primary school.

The northwest region is sparsely populated, and the population density in many places is indeed not suitable for the construction of village-level primary schools. Even if they are built, there are not many students, which is a waste of teacher resources.

After all, in poor areas, teacher resources are also scarce, and it is impossible to put limited educational resources on a few people.

Under such circumstances, it is common for students to go to townships for primary school and counties for junior high school.

However, given the size of the Northwest Autonomous Region, the commuting time to school has become an unbearable cost for students.

There, it is not a new thing that you can’t get out of the village on foot for a day. It takes several days to go to the town and back. How do children go to school?

The situation in the mountainous areas of Southwest China is similar. There is no vast land there, but there are rugged and winding mountain roads, which also increase the cost of commuting.

The children climbed over a dozen mountains to go to school, and the school was over before they arrived.

The road in the northwest is too far away, and the road in the southwest is difficult to walk. In the final analysis, it is a matter of commuting time. Even with the subsidies and exemptions given by the state for textbook fees, tuition and miscellaneous fees, etc., commuting time still restricts children from going to school.

The best solution is naturally to build a dormitory for the school and let the children live in the school, thus eliminating the cost of commuting.

Although it sounds a little cruel to live in school when I was in elementary school, there is no other way.

Many children in remote areas in later generations went to school in this way. Some of them studied in the first or second grades in the village, and then went to live in schools in towns.

Some simply let their children grow up. For example, when they are about ten years old, they have a certain ability to take care of themselves, and then go to the elementary school in the town.

In the future, many Hope Primary Schools built in remote areas of the west will be equipped with special canteens and dormitories to provide food and accommodation for children.

The country uses this method to ensure that every child can receive compulsory education under the condition of limited educational resources.

In the late 1990s, the country was not yet rich, and there was not so much funding for education. In remote or impoverished areas, it is not easy to build classrooms alone, and building dormitories is even more of a luxury.

Uncle He is obviously aware of the problem of commuting costs and has thought of a solution.

Now that Uncle He is about to go to the west to work, if he can bring dormitories to dozens of elementary schools, this gift should be enough for Uncle He, an airborne cadre, to gain a firm foothold.

Uncle He's official career is related to the future of the He family, so Li Weidong naturally wants to help.

What's more, this 100 million yuan was originally intended to be donated to the Hope Project. Whether it is building Hope Primary Schools or building dormitories for primary schools in remote areas, the purpose is to allow more children to study in schools.

So Li Weidong did not refuse. He nodded and said, Uncle, then I will contact the Hope Project later and change the plan. Give priority to schools in the western region and build some dormitories!

Uncle He let out a long breath, and he said, Weidong, with your words, I can take office steadily!

Li Weidong thought of another thing, he asked: Uncle, there is something, I also want to ask you to be a consultant.

What's the matter? Uncle He asked.

As far as I know, this time the country will carry out institutional reforms, and there will be no more than a dozen ministries and commissions, and there will be many cadres who will face job adjustments. I don't know if any of them will work in enterprises? Li Weidong said asked.

Uncle He thought for a while and said, There will definitely be people who will go to the enterprise. The purpose of this reform is to promote the development of the socialist market economy and end the system of direct management of enterprises by professional economic departments as soon as possible.

As a result, almost all industrial and professional sectors of the economy were abolished. These specialized industrial economic departments are products of the planned economy era. Back then, these specialized industrial economic departments were the carrier of resource allocation and the basis for the implementation of economic plans.

However, in the current market economy system, the existence of these departments is not conducive to giving full play to the basic role of the market in resource allocation, and is also not conducive to giving full play to the status of enterprises as the main body of the micro economy. Therefore, they were abolished to eliminate the organizational fortress that separates government from enterprises.

Since the government and enterprise are to be separated, some resources will inevitably be transferred to the enterprise, the organization will be abolished, and some people will inevitably be diverted to the enterprise.

In fact, in these industrial professional ministries and agencies, many people are promoted from the enterprise, and some cadres themselves still have part-time positions in the enterprise, but now they just return to the original unit!

Then is there anyone willing to come to a private enterprise? Li Weidong asked again.

Uncle He was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood Li Weidong's intentions.

Well, you Li Weidong, you are so daring! Thinking of poaching people from these places! Uncle He said.

Anyway, these institutions will be abolished, and a large number of people will be diverted to enterprises, so why not come to me. Our private enterprises are also contributing to the country's economic development! Li Weidong said with a smile.

Uncle He frowned and thought for a while, then asked, What kind of person do you want?

Li Weidong explained: My Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory was originally just a county-level collective enterprise, and the management team at that time has been used for so many years.

In the past, when the company was small, it was okay, but as the company grew, the management team at that time could no longer meet the needs of the company. So I have always wanted to adjust the current leadership team.

I know that there are many talents in the ministries and commissions, and many of them were promoted from enterprises. Not to mention their outstanding abilities, they also have experience in managing enterprises, and they have worked in the capital for a long time, and they have accumulated a lot of contacts.

This kind of talent is exactly what I need urgently now. If there is such a talent who is willing to come to our Fukang Agricultural Machinery, I am willing to hire a high salary!

It's better to be at the Ministry of Agriculture. There are connections, so it will be convenient for you to sell agricultural machinery! Uncle He asked.

Li Weidong nodded calmly: If it is a talent in agricultural machinery, it would be better to have a professional counterpart!

Uncle He thought for a while and said, Don't tell me, there are such people. But they were all transferred from state-owned enterprises back then. Even if they returned, they would return to their original enterprises. They may not be willing to go to private enterprises like yours. Business!

It depends on people's wages. There are always a few people who are greedy for money. If I give the money in place, I can kidnap one or two people! Besides, people who eat public meals are all carrots and pits. Even if some people return to the original enterprise , and there may not be a suitable position. If the tree moves the dead and the living, maybe someone is willing to come. Li Weidong said.

That's the same reason. Uncle He nodded, and continued: Okay, let me help you pay attention to such talents. But whether you can abduct people away depends on your own ability!

With a donation of 100 million yuan, Li Weidong's daily life suddenly became busy.

Various public welfare activities have sent invitation letters to Li Weidong, hoping that Li Weidong can participate, and even more hope that Li Weidong can donate generously.

Among them are many national-level charities such as the Charity Federation, the Red Cross, the Federation of the Disabled, the Youth Foundation, and the Ms. Song Foundation.

The activities held by these organizations are also very positive and of an official nature. Li Weidong can't refuse because of face, so he can only bite the bullet and participate.

As a funder with a donation of 100 million yuan, Li Weidong will be invited to the c position for every event, and this c position means spending money, at least a six-figure donation is indispensable.

Fortunately, Li Weidong's family has a strong foundation and can withstand his toss.

Sitting in the award presenter area of ​​a certain award ceremony, feeling the young and beautiful hostesses constantly looking at him, Li Weidong couldn't help but sigh.

It's not easy to be a philanthropist!

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