After the meeting, Chen Huai took Qin Dawei's car to the New Jingtian Hotel where Chen Manli held the wedding.

The road in front of the hotel was severely blocked, and I don’t know what happened, so many cars were stuck at one end of the street and could not move forward.

In order to prevent Qin Dawei and the driver from being blocked on the road, Chen Huai closed his coat and said to Qin Dawei: "The hotel is right in front, I'll just walk over; you can turn around quickly and don't block it. I'll have to drink with you next time..."

After winter begins, the sycamore trees on both sides of the street are sparsely branches and leaves, and the temperature is even colder after the snow stops. The wind makes people shrink their necks and walk forward along the sidewalk.

It was in front of the Xin Jingtian Hotel that Chen Huai saw hundreds of workers in work clothes sitting in the middle of the road, blocking the intersection tightly, leaving only a small opening for the sidewalk to pass.

Chen Huai saw Cheng Yi and a few people standing on the side of the road watching the staff in the middle of the road. Seeing her face blowing slightly red by the wind, she thought she had been standing outside for a long time, wrapped in a scarf and looking anxiously at the other side of the road.

Cheng Yi also had sharp eyes. She turned her head and saw Chen Huai, and stood on tiptoe to wave to him to pass.

Cheng Yi's actions attracted the attention of people around her, and they all rushed over to Chen Huai.

These people are similar to Cheng Yi. Chen Huai guessed that all of them were classmates who came to attend the wedding with Cheng Yi and Chen Manli. He put his hands in his pockets of the coat and walked over with a smile: "Why are you blowing the cold wind outside and not sitting in the hotel?"

"Just half an hour ago, hundreds of workers from Xumian Group suddenly blocked the intersection here, as if to oppose the reform, they asked someone from the municipal government to stand up and speak. However, except for the traffic police coming to maintain order, no one in Xu City showed up," Cheng Yi told Chen Huai, "Manli's wedding car was blocked outside and could not enter. Everyone was anxious to death, and they didn't know when they could evacuate people..."

When Chen Huai walked here, he saw clearly that the banners pulled by the roadblocked workers were filled with words such as "oppose reform" and "oppose layoffs". When he approached them, he saw the work clothes on their bodies, which contained words such as "Xu Mian".

The total urban and rural population of Xucheng is similar to that of Donghua, but the population of Xucheng urban area is more than three times that of Donghua, which is directly related to the overall scale of Xucheng state-owned enterprises developed during the planned economy period being three or four times that of Donghua. This is not only a high-quality resource for the development of Xucheng's economic and industrial industries, but also a huge burden in the key stage of state-owned enterprise reform.

With the rise of industries in Meixi and Xinpu, Donghua has become increasingly financially sufficient in cities and counties. In recent years, it has digested the transfer problem of nearly 100,000 state-owned enterprise workers well, and has not exposed too serious disadvantages.

Xucheng's economic development cannot be considered slow, but Xucheng's burden is greater and the burden is heavier. A large number of provincial, municipal, district, county and township collective enterprises must complete the restructuring and achieve the goal of reducing staff and increasing efficiency. Almost 500,000 or 600,000 workers need to be transferred to their jobs and make a living by themselves.

The restructuring of state-owned enterprises in Xucheng City gradually accelerated after Tian Jiageng and Xu Pei took office, but it was only a pilot in the early stage and had not been fully launched.

Nowadays, almost tens of thousands of rural laborers pour into Xucheng every year in surrounding cities and cities to find job opportunities, and there are 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs for college students in Xucheng every year. Even if the state-owned enterprise reform in Xucheng has not yet been fully launched, and even if the development speed of Xucheng cannot be considered slow, Xucheng has accumulated nearly 70,000 to 80,000 laid-off workers who need re-employed.

Zhong Limin transferred Xiong Wenbin to Xucheng as executive vice mayor, which put a heavy burden on him. During Xiong Wenbin's tenure, the reform of state-owned enterprises in Xucheng must be fully launched, and it is definitely not an easy job to solve the laid-off and re-employment of 500,000 state-owned enterprise workers.

Seeing hundreds of Xu Mian's workers blocking the intersection tightly, Chen Huai probably wouldn't be able to solve this problem for a while. He just wanted Cheng Yi to call Chen Manli and tell him not to expect the traffic to evacuate quickly. At this time, the pretty girl with short hair and wearing a red down jacket standing on Cheng Yi's left hand turned sideways and greeted him: "You are Chen Huai, we have been waiting for you for an afternoon, and you are really coming out!" Although he was saying hello, the short-haired girl looked at her with both curiosity and contemptuous provocation.

These students came here one after another today and yesterday. After arriving in Xucheng, Chen Manli naturally arranged accommodation. Cheng Yi was not very close to college classmates. She accompanied Cheng Yi to Xiong Wenbin’s house for dinner yesterday, but did not entertain these classmates. She didn’t come here until the afternoon.

Chen Huai knew that Chen Manli would not say anything good to her and Cheng Yi's classmates, and was mentally prepared for such eyes. He smiled and said, "Cheng Yi said that there are many beautiful girls in their class, especially their dormitory, which is known as the eight golden flowers in the Finance Academy. It praises you like flowers, which makes people feel greedy when they hear it. You have only been waiting for me for an afternoon, but I have been waiting for it for several years. Today I can see you. Cheng Yi, come and introduce you..."

"Stop talking..." Cheng Yi glanced at Chen Huai and looked coquettish.

She knew that Chen Manli had always had a deep prejudice against Chen Huai. Chen Manli's connection with other classmates was much closer than her, so naturally this prejudice would spread among her college classmates.

She also delayed it until last night when she told Chen Huai about Chen Manli's invitation to drink. She didn't want to attend Chen Manli's wedding alone, and was worried that Chen Huai would feel unhappy when he felt this prejudice. She didn't expect that Chen Huai would smile when he ran up, and she was not as good as usual, which made her laugh and cry.

"She is Zhang Zi," Cheng Yi introduced the pretty girl with short hair and her classmates to Chen Huai to meet Chen Huai. "When he was in college, Zhang Li slept in my lower bunk for four years; Chen Lijuan and Cai Lan are also my roommates of Chen Manli and Chen. These two are Chen Lijuan, Cai Lan's husband Zhou Wenjun and Wang Hui, they are both our college seniors. There are two girls in our dormitory who come here and go to be bridesmaids for Chen Manli. You will see them later. Those two girls have a stronger mouth than Zhang Zi. If you talk too much, you will suffer later..."

Chen Huai shook hands with Cheng Yi’s two husbands.

Both of them are about the same age, both of them are about thirty years old.

Wang Hui is a more honest and shy person, not talking much, and not speaking loudly.

Zhou Wenjun is outgoing and is more slick. When shaking hands, he smiled at Chen Huai:

"In our school, there were quite a few boys who were eyeing Cheng Yi. But Cheng Yi was studying early and was less than 17 years old when he was in the Finance Academy. He looked like a little girl, and many people were not ashamed to start. Everyone now knows that Cheng Yi is in love and is about to get married. He is rushing Chen Manli to get married, and many people are coming here, and they are all going to see what you look like."

Chen Huai laughed and thought that he would be honest today, otherwise it would be easier for him to become the target of public criticism.

Seeing Cheng Yi and the others still looking east, Chen Huai said to her: "This traffic will probably not be cleared for a while, and the city will not be able to take measures. Who would go over and tell Chen Manli, don't pay too much attention to taking the wedding car at this time, just walk over."

Hundreds of Xumian employees blocked the intersection and asked the city government leaders to stand up for dialogue, but Chen Huai didn't think anyone would stand up. In the end, the senior executives of Xumian Group would come out to persuade them. It is hard to say when these emotional workers could be persuaded back.

Zhang Zi obviously had no intention of letting go of Chen Huai. When he heard Chen Huai's words, he asked him wisely: "The workers want to have a meal, but they don't want to devote half their lives to the country or enterprises, and kicked them out as a burden when they were in the end. They blocked the road, just to want a leader in the city to stand up and give them an explanation. More than half an hour has passed, and the traffic is so congested. Except for a few traffic police, there are no officials who are well-dressed on TV. I heard Chen Manli say that you are also a leader, and you look like you serve the people. Or, you go over and talk to the workers? Or, you show off your power and drive these workers away."

"I am just a small bureaucrat hated by the people. Who can be the leader?" Chen Huai said with a smile, "If I listen to your foolings and walk over, who will be responsible?"

Chen Huai looked like a candy and was not stimulated, so Zhang Zi had no choice but to do anything about it.

There were crowds of people and cars on both sides, and the phone could not be reached. I don’t know who was talking to Chen Manli on the other end of the road, so Zhang Zi and the others instructed the honest and kind Wang Hui to go over and find Chen Manli. They didn’t stand on the side of the road and blew the cold wind, so they went back to the hotel lobby and sat and waited.

Chen Manli didn't come over. After waiting for a while, no senior executives of Xumian Group appeared. Chen Huai was bored while sitting, so he called Xiong Wenbin to talk about the road blocking.

Xiong Wenbin has not officially come to work in Xucheng, but has investigated various issues in Xucheng and told Chen Huai about Xu Mian.

As one of the largest state-owned enterprises in Xucheng City, Xumian Group has more than 15,000 retired employees.

Although the cotton textile industry in coastal areas has developed well, it is precisely because small and medium-sized cotton textile enterprises in coastal areas are springing up like bamboo shoots, with rigid management and strong bureaucracy Xumian Group having poor market competitiveness and operation is getting more and more difficult year by year.

After Xu Pei arrived in Xucheng, he has been promoting Xu Mian's restructuring work. He recently negotiated an agreement with Hong Kong Zhonghui Group, and Zhonghui Group took over the controlling and operating rights. Xucheng only retained part of the equity, but Zhongce Group only agreed to restructure and redeem 4,000 employees to retain it. Almost nearly 10,000 employees will be laid off.

As a textile enterprise, Xu Mian has relatively poor skills in laid-off workers, which seriously affects and then affects them, and the prominent contradictions are even more acute.

Today, in addition to more than 100 Xumian employees going to the street to put banners to oppose the reform and lay off work, more than 2,000 employees gathered in the Xumian Group factory, blocking the group's senior management in time, but failed to get out of the factory. Moreover, the roads from the factory to the city were temporarily dispatched to block them, otherwise the traffic in Xu City might be paralyzed today.

Xiapu also encountered similar problems. Chen Huai was blocked by the shipyard and almost couldn't get out of it, but it was obvious that the problems of Xumian Group and the entire Xu City were even more serious and more acute.

It’s no wonder that Xu Pei gave in this time.

The reform of state-owned enterprises is an important task that Premier Wang Yuan promotes. Xucheng City will comprehensively solve the problem of inefficient operation of state-owned enterprises in the next five years, and the work is extremely arduous.

Even if Xu Pei does not serve as the secretary of the Xu Pei Municipal Party Committee in two years, Xu Cheng's problem cannot be solved well, but he still has no clean shit on his butt. What's more, Zhong Limin and Zhao Qiuhua can still use this matter to suppress him.
Chapter completed!