Chapter 845 - 812: Blown Up
Sun Weimin cursed inwardly, but had to keep smiling. At their level, you couldn’t just throw punches at the drop of a hat. Though he genuinely looked down on this stuttering Yan Jieba in front of him, there was a fact he couldn’t deny: the man was the dean of the Infectious Disease Hospital.
In fact, five years ago, the higher authorities had issued the "Opinion on Strengthening the Party’s Construction Work in Public Hospitals." Now, other provinces have started having the secretary preside over the entire working of the party committee and take full responsibility for the hospital’s work, supporting the dean to independently exercise their powers as per the law, reporting to higher-level party organizations at the end of each year.
It is clearly stipulated that the dean, under the leadership of the hospital’s party committee, is fully responsible for the hospital’s medical, teaching, research, and administrative management work, reporting to the party committee meeting every year.
But in Pinghai Province, the implementation in this regard is evidently a bit later. Up to now, all major hospitals in the province are still under the dean’s responsibility system. Sun Weimin believes it is precisely because of this system that many corrupt behaviors have bred, and at any time, in any unit, the party’s leadership must be put first.
In fact, in the current medical units, the position of the secretary has already been sidelined. The dean, even the deputy dean, holds more real power than the secretary.
In the Dongzhou health system, Sun Weimin is definitely one of the most influential hospital secretaries. This is because he is good at uniting various levels of leadership within the hospital, key personnel in each department, and Sun Weimin’s drinking capacity is also famously known in the system.
Sun Weimin held back his temper and said, "Old Yan, it’s not that I want to interfere with your work. My point is that we should be a bit more careful. Just take this Xu Chunliang for instance. You know how he ended up at our Infectious Disease Hospital. He’s someone who has made mistakes before."
Yan Huaiyi retorted, "What mistakes did he make? Did he get reprimanded or face criticism? Show me the written proof, Old Sun... Sun... Sun..." His stutter got worse when he got emotional.
To Sun Weimin, listening to this felt like an insult. What a frustration! He always felt that Yan Huaiyi was doing this on purpose. The stuttering conveniently kicked in at his surname. Does my surname Sun irritate you in some way?
Yan Huaiyi stuttered five times before he finally got past the word: "Old Sun! I know what you think. You believe... Xu... Xu Chunliang is on my side. You believe that I made way for Xu Chunliang by moving Yang Yunfeng out of the hospital office... You are wrong! Very wrong indeed!"
Sun Weimin chuckled, "I may not think that way, but certainly someone does. After all, you were once colleagues in the same unit."
Yan Huaiyi said, "The reason I brought in this talent is because... the young Xu... is an exceptional talent. It’s hard to find a capable general among a thousand soldiers. Don’t look at him with tinted glasses, and don’t entertain any conspiracy theories. I swear on my chest, I... I, Yan Huaiyi, have always been about fairness rather than favoritism. Focus on work, not personal matters, and prioritize public interests over private ones!"
Sun Weimin silently added two words to himself—nonsense! Making up a complete three-and-a-half-sentence chant.
Sun Weimin said, "Speaking of him, it reminded me of something. Did you know he signed up to compete for the position of Youth League Committee Secretary?"
Yan Huaiyi shook his head, unaware of this, but upon hearing it, he felt a secret satisfaction. That’s the feeling he wanted—so satisfying. Since he came to the Infectious Disease Hospital, these guys had not stopped messing with him. Now that Xu Chunliang is here, they are starting to feel uncomfortable. He wanted them to be distressed, and soon they would understand this was just the beginning; Xu Chunliang’s capabilities were way beyond their expectations.
Sun Weimin laughed, "Isn’t he supposedly not a party member?"
Yan Huaiyi said, "No one is born a party member, Secretary Sun. Isn’t your job about developing revolutionary comrades?"
Sun Weimin realized that Yan Huaiyi had truly changed. It wasn’t just because of Xu Chunliang’s arrival. It was that this guy wasn’t just some pushover. He had likely been biding his time since arriving at the Infectious Disease Hospital, and now that the opportunity had arrived, he didn’t plan to hide any longer. Kicking Yang Yunfeng out of the hospital office was just the beginning of his offensive.
Sun Weimin came here intending to salvage the situation, but seeing Yan Huaiyi’s resolute attitude, he knew there was no point saying anything further. Yang Yunfeng’s departure was inevitable. That guy had only himself to blame for being too foolish, blurting out things and even volunteering to resign. Yan Huaiyi had just been waiting for him to voluntarily leave, and now they had been given the perfect opportunity.
Sun Weimin left empty-handed from Yan Huaiyi’s office and as he was leaving, saw several workers coming. He asked casually and found out that the hospital office was being reorganized. The new deputy director of the office, Xu Chunliang, had already started cleaning up Yang Yunfeng’s work.
In his many years of work, Sun Weimin had never seen anyone handle things this way. Despite Yang Yunfeng’s complaints, he had been frightened out of his wits by Xu Chunliang’s slap. Xu Chunliang had already put the word out that if Yang Yunfeng dared to enter the hospital office, he’d beat him every time he saw him. Now Yang Yunfeng avoided the office altogether.
The hospital office had been entirely revamped. To the three female staff members, it felt like a dream. Yesterday, a new deputy director had arrived, and today the chief director was gone. This meant that Xu Chunliang was now the head of the office. He had arranged a celebration banquet to be held that evening at Fresh Port within Binhu Heaven and Earth.
Pan Yingying idolized her new boss so much. She approached Xu Chunliang with the tardiness list for today, "Director Xu, should today’s list be published?"
Xu Chunliang said, "If we don’t publish it, what’s the point of attendance checks? Publish it!"
Kang Yueqi hurried over after hearing: "Director Xu, I think we should still give Old Director some face in this matter. Director Liang Guangsu is an elder in our hospital and also the main director of the Gastroenterology Department. If you publicly announce it directly, it would be quite embarrassing for him."
Xu Chunliang said: "Even the prince and the commoners are equal before the law. Today, if he hadn’t made a scene at the hospital gate, I might have given him some face. But since he caused a scene, the entire hospital knows, and if we don’t announce it, what credibility does our administration office have? Who would pay attention to us during inspections in the future?"
Li Shuangshuang said: "Today, Section Chief Jiang from the HR department was also late. Should we report it too?"
Xu Chunliang said: "No report. Section Chief Jiang treats me well enough, and the law does not go beyond human relations."
The three female staffers were stunned, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. This is blatant favoritism; they thought he was treating everyone equally.
After all, Kang Yueqi was older, so she quietly reminded: "Director Liang also saw when Section Chief Jiang was late today. If we only announce his name and not Section Chief Jiang’s, I’m afraid he might complain."
Xu Chunliang laughed: "The most he can complain about is our favoritism and inability to treat people equally, but we can refuse to acknowledge it. We’ll just say Section Chief Jiang wasn’t late. If he dares to make a fuss, he won’t just offend us."
Pan Yingying’s intelligence couldn’t keep up with this, but Kang Yueqi and Li Shuangshuang understood. This was a deliberate act to stir up conflict. Xu Chunliang is too sharp; they initially thought he had double standards, but it turns out that was just a façade.
The attendance system at Dongzhou Infectious Disease Hospital is open to all staff and can be viewed on mobile phones. In the afternoon, the latecomers for the day’s inspection were announced, with Director Liang Guangsu of the Gastroenterology Department leading the list. This was the first time in the hospital’s inspection history; previously, only ordinary small roles were announced. Reporting on attendance had long formed an unwritten rule: no director punishment.
Once Xu Chunliang took control of the administration office, his first move was against Liang Guangsu. Though the fine of one hundred yuan meant nothing to Liang Guangsu, the humiliation was immense.
Seeing his name, Liang Guangsu instantly went berserk. Known for his fiery temper, today he submitted because Xu Chunliang displayed extraordinary prowess. But no matter how powerful he is, so what? Does he have the gall to cut my throat with bills?
This time, Liang Guangsu couldn’t bear it anymore and headed straight to Dean Yan Huaiyi’s office. Pushing open the door, he shouted: "Is this a joke, Dean Yan? How can we work under these conditions? We work so hard for the hospital’s development and have to be disgusted by these idle administrative staff? Let’s make it clear, we are the backbone of the hospital; we feed them, and they serve us."
Liang Guangsu was truly angry, didn’t close the door, and shouted in Yan Huaiyi’s office. His voice was loud enough to alarm the whole floor.
Yan Huaiyi was baffled by Liang Guangsu’s eruption. Though he wanted to confront the secretary and vice-deans, he had some apprehension towards Liang Guangsu. Liang was right; without these clinical backbones, how could the hospital operate? Xu Chunliang’s action this time was reckless; offending a major department director was not wise.
Liang Guangsu’s roar alarmed several vice-deans next door. Pan Junfeng came, Li Chunyan and Zhao Hongxia also arrived, Tan Yue was out for a meeting and not in the hospital. Secretary Sun Weimin heard but remained behind closed doors, letting Liang Guangsu cause a scene — let’s see how Yan Huaiyi handles this; Xu Chunliang has stirred up a hornet’s nest.
Pan Junfeng said: "Director Liang, don’t be agitated. If there’s anything, let’s sit down and discuss it slowly."
Liang Guangsu glared at Pan Junfeng and said: "Did I come to you today? Did I explain the situation? Why is my name still announced? I’ve worked diligently at the Infectious Disease Hospital for twenty years, devoting myself without complaints. How much wealth have I generated for the hospital? Isn’t the development of the Infectious Disease Hospital today partly due to my efforts? Now you’re letting a snot-nosed kid humiliate me! Marking my tardiness, announcing my name!"
Vice-dean Li Chunyan smiled apologetically and said: "Director Liang, why are you so angry? I guess the new colleagues are not familiar with the job. So, let me investigate later, and if there are any mistakes, they ought to be criticized."
Yan Huaiyi was annoyed by her words, frustrated. Have you got the facts straight? Just criticize casually?
Next to him, both Pan Junfeng and Zhao Hongxia nodded: "Exactly, calm down. Anger harms the body. We are all aware of your significant contributions to the hospital."
At this moment, Yan Huaiyi stammered: "Director Liang, were you... were you actually late?"
Liang Guangsu said: "I was just a little late, I worked overtime yesterday. Jiang Meiju was also late; why wasn’t her name disclosed? Isn’t this using public offices for personal gain?"
At this point, Xu Chunliang also came over after hearing the commotion, bearing a smiling face. He’s the only one who can smile in such a situation.
"Oh, all the leaders are here. I thought there was a fight going on."