Chapter 269 Deputy Director

Early the next morning, the large conference room of the zoo was already crowded with people, ranging from the leadership to the most basic cleaning staff, security guards, and even temporary workers. Except for a few positions that were inseparable from people, one person was left on duty. , all the remaining people came to attend the meeting, so that there were not enough chairs in the conference room to sit, and many people were standing.

Even Secretary Chen, the party secretary of the zoo who had been recuperating in a nursing home and had never appeared, attended the meeting.

It turned out that Su Ming was a little worried about whether Secretary Chen, who had never shown up before, would have an impact on his succession. After all, in terms of organizational structure, the party secretary is the real leader of the zoo. Even if it becomes an enterprise after restructuring, due to the special nature of the zoo, it cannot be a purely private enterprise. The party committee secretary still plays a decisive role in the zoo.

Su Ming had discussed with Director Song before whether he should pay a special visit to the secretary. Now after seeing Secretary Chen with his own eyes, Su Ming finally understood why this 'No. 1 Chief' never showed up at the zoo.

The old man is actually not very old, not yet sixty, and is still far from retirement. But his health is not ordinary. He came in a wheelchair, and his face was covered with the kind of age spots that only people in their seventies or eighties would have. There was also a nurse from a nursing home following him. It was clear that she was afraid that something would happen to the old man, so that he could get treatment in time. .

After arriving, Secretary Chen put an artificial sounder against his throat, first greeted Director Song, and then sat down and took a nap on the side of the conference table like a Buddha. It was purely a symbol.

"Old Chen came from the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. He was seriously injured. After he became a professional, he worked in a zoo for two years. His health failed. He has been working as party committee secretary and is in Nanshan Nursing Home." Sister Tong sat next to Su Ming and whispered. .

In the middle of the large conference room is a long round conference table. Director Song sits at the top and presides over the meeting. Secretary Chen does not occupy the conference table. He is pushed in a wheelchair by the nurse and sits diagonally behind Director Song to listen. Next, Su Ming is the first one on the left, and the second one is Sister Tong, Section Chief Dong and the heads of several departments such as finance.

Lao Song was a kind person. In the past few years as the director, the atmosphere in the zoo has been relatively relaxed. Except when arranging work, the rest of the time, there was no big hierarchical gap between ordinary employees and the so-called leaders. Unlike In some units, when leaders are present, subordinates dare not fart... Of course, this does not mean that zoo employees will fart at will when Lao Song is present...

There was some noise in the conference room. Today's restructuring meeting involves everyone's vital interests. According to general experience, after the restructuring of an institution like a zoo, a group of people will be laid off. At the same time, the first one or two years will be difficult, and the general income may be reduced. Lower, so everyone is whispering about what will be announced at today's meeting.

In fact, most employees don't care if their income drops slightly. After Su Ming came to the zoo, the projects he carried out brought extra money to many employees. Some people, such as Master Peng and the medical office, have already earned more than their job salary. Even if it is a small amount, it is still several hundred or nearly a thousand per month. Even if the salary is slightly lower in the future, everyone can accept it.

The key is to lay off people. Working in the zoo is relatively easy and free, with no pressure. The working environment is good and there is not much intrigue among colleagues. It is a rare and good place. There was one unsatisfactory thing before: the income was slightly lower. But after Su Ming started several projects to earn extra money, this shortcoming was made up for. At present, the total income of most zoo employees is already considered high among the working class.

"Quiet, the meeting is now!" Director Song blew into the microphone, and the sound of "Huhu..." suddenly sounded in the conference room.

The entire conference room suddenly fell silent, and dozens of pairs of eyes fell on Old Song. Director Song turned around and said, "Old Chen, please say a few words first..."

The conference room burst into laughter. It turned out that following Director Song's gaze, Secretary Chen had fallen asleep half-reclined in the wheelchair, snoring slightly. The young nurse in the nursing home standing behind him smiled and waved her hand, indicating that Lao Chen could just sleep.

Dean Song coughed a little awkwardly and said, "Okay, I won't say much about the situation. The garden has been saying that it will be restructured two years ago, and today it has finally been implemented. Now I will mainly convey to the city spirit of instruction.”

The zoo was originally a public institution. But there are also differences between public institutions and public institutions, which are divided into three types. The main function of fully allocated funds is to provide social services without any operating activities and is supported by national and local financial allocations; the second type is differential allocated funds. This kind of public institution is of semi-public welfare nature and its main function is to provide social services and participate in some operations. However, in order to ensure its public welfare nature, the profits from operations are often relatively small and cannot make ends meet, so government financial support is also needed. Such as hospitals; the third category is self-financed public institutions, which have no public welfare nature. They mainly carry out business activities and are separated from government finances.

There are not many third-category public institutions in Yangchuan City, and basically all of them have been transformed into enterprises. The zoo belongs to the second category, a public institution with differential funding.

"Director Tong, please read the city's document to everyone." Director Song handed the red-headed document about strength to Sister Tong. Sister Tong took the document, cleared her throat, stood up, read the document, and announced the city's plans for The decision to reorganize the zoo.

Everyone can probably guess the content of the resolution before. The zoo is a second-category public institution. If it is restructured, it will move towards the third category.

Economically, they are responsible for their own profits and losses. They only need to pay taxes on the money they earn, but the government does not care if they lose money. If they can't continue to operate, they will go through the path of closure, bankruptcy, merger and reorganization.

However, there are also differences from the third type of public institutions. First, the establishment of public institutions is gone. The government no longer allocates funds, and there is no practical significance in establishing an establishment; second, the lack of establishment is exchanged for personnel autonomy. The recruitment, appointment, promotion, and dismissal of all employees of the zoo are all decided by the zoo, and personnel relations are also taken back from the superior department to the zoo.

In essence, it is similar to a collectively owned enterprise, but it is more relaxed financially. According to relevant regulations, collective ownership generally retains 60% or slightly more of the after-tax profit, while the after-tax profit of the zoo belongs to the zoo 100%. Of course, the premise is that there is profit. The current situation is that if there is no financial subsidy, the zoo will have a negative profit.

This time, Lao Song went to the city to fight mainly for various assets of the zoo.

The most important asset of the zoo is thousands of animals. After the reform, these animals will still remain in the zoo, and they are not allowed to be bought or sold. The zoo is responsible for feeding them.

The biggest difference between this and the past is that the "ownership" of animals has been clearly divided. In the past, it was a public institution, and these animals only lived in Yangchuan Zoo, and the zoo itself had no power to decide whether the animals stayed or left. With just one official document, any animal can be assigned to other zoos. In the past, Yangchuan City had raised two pandas in their teens, and they were sent to the capital to support the construction of the Capital Zoo.

The Capital Zoo was also very polite and gave Yangchuan Zoo two porcupines... Director Song was depressed for a long time.

From now on, this kind of thing will not happen in theory.

The second is all kinds of fixed assets, such as a table and a chair, a lamp and a building, which are all listed. These things, after the discount, are equivalent to half selling and half giving to the zoo. Even so, the total price of the discount is quite amazing. Old Song even used rogue in the conference room that day. Later, the news about the fox fairy was broadcast on TV, and Wang Jianshe took the opportunity to smooth things over. Finally, he negotiated with the city's financial department and returned it annually over eight years.

For the zoo, this is a heavy financial burden. But then again, all the assets were invested by the government. As long as the money can be repaid, the zoo will still make huge profits.

The third item is a big one, which is the various lands of the zoo. Including the park, the back mountain, and the Shuijun Lake. This item almost occupied 70% of Lao Song's energy in the negotiation, and finally achieved a satisfactory result: the ownership of the land is still the state, and the zoo is still free to use it, but the zoo cannot change the nature of the land at will, and it must be guaranteed to be public welfare land. In other words, it cannot be said that it was originally a place to raise animals, and after the reform, the zoo rented it to developers to build villas.

In a word, even if it is reformed, the public welfare science nature of the zoo cannot be changed, and the business it engages in cannot have any essential changes. It must still be a zoo that provides leisure, entertainment, and science for Yangchuan City, and cannot become a club villa, CBD, or something like that.

The situation of the zoo has improved greatly in the past six months, which has brought a lot of confidence to Lao Song's negotiations. It can be said that the conditions obtained have exceeded the expected upper limit.

As for the government, it is not a loss, and it has "thrown away" a financial burden that is impossible to bring any benefits.

The zoo's expenses are too high, and it is simply not enough to rely on ticket sales alone. Even though the number of visitors has more than doubled in the past six months, it is still not enough to cover the expenses.

Su Ming himself is particularly clear about this. He has made a lot of money, but it is all his own business. The money goes into his pocket, and the zoo can only rely on ticket sales and a small amount of contracting fees.

Financial independence is definitely a dream benefit for some units, but for units like zoos, it is a nightmare in most cases. At present, domestic zoos are basically losing money. For example, an adult tiger needs to eat more than ten pounds of beef every day, in addition to animal offal, chickens and ducklings, and fruits, which costs at least two or three hundred yuan a day; and an elephant, whose appetite is equivalent to 60 times that of a human, can eat seven or eight watermelons in one meal when its appetite is big, and can eat half a bag of garlic at a time.

At present, the monthly food expenses of Yangchuan Zoo require hundreds of thousands of yuan, plus labor costs, and the expenditure is in the millions. After the reform, the biggest benefit is that it has independent financial and personnel rights and can be the master of its own house. Give up financial support in exchange for freedom.

Running a zoo is essentially not a profitable business. No matter how it is restructured, it has the nature of public welfare and popular science, and requires serving the public as the first purpose. It is not like other industries run by Su Ming, such as fish farming and cruise ships, which also serve the public, but making money is the first purpose.

When Su Ming first came to the zoo and took over the zoo in the future, he never thought of making money from the zoo itself. Given the current domestic environment, it would be great if the zoo could break even in the future and have a slight surplus. Su Ming makes money mainly by raising fish in Shuijun Lake and reservoirs, and contracting the zoo business.

In addition, the municipal government also proposed an additional condition: to reduce the zoo ticket price to 0.5% of the average monthly income of Yangchuan City residents within three years.

"Thanks to those grandsons of the Statistics Bureau..." After learning this news, Su Ming felt for the first time that the "average salary" he saw every year was still quite cute.

The Yangchuan Municipal Bureau of Statistics publishes the ‘average wage of employees in the city in the previous year’ in the middle of each year. The source of the data, the statistical method, and the truth are unknown. Anyway, it rises at a constant rate every year. Su Ming also has a fixed salary at the zoo. As a leading cadre, he earns less than 3,500 a month. He specifically checked the average wage records released by the Statistics Bureau. When he was a junior, it was 3,400 a month. When he was a senior, it was 3,900. When he graduated and started to get a salary, the average wage of all employees was 4,300...

In the past, I only felt that my salary was dragging the country down. Now it seems that this kind of frivolous data is not without benefits. At least if it continues to rise at this rate, the zoo ticket price will not increase in three years.

"These are all I can do for you." Old Song continued, "Now let's announce the appointment of the new leadership team. I hope the new leadership team can lead the zoo to grow and further improve the material income level of our comrades."

According to the general practice of the reform, the original leaders will not change much at the beginning of the reform unless they are appointed by the higher authorities or resign on their own. Old Song is still the director in name, and other positions remain unchanged.

There are only two changes. The first is that Su Ming is promoted to executive deputy director. The so-called executive has more power than the general deputy position. He is responsible for all affairs or more important affairs in the unit, and presides over daily work. When the director leaves, he will act on behalf of the director.

"I will retire in half a year. If there is anything in the future, you can directly ask the executive deputy director. If there is any report beyond the level, don't blame me for criticizing him." Old Song made a joke and continued to announce the next appointment.

The party secretary Lao Chen took the initiative to resign. His current physical condition makes him unable to do anything. Before the reform, it is no problem to hang a sinecure and muddle through. But now that the system has been reformed, it would be inappropriate for him to continue to hang around in this job.