Binjiang Police Affairs

Chapter 837 - 570: Publicity Guidelines

Secretary Ye was very pleased after listening to Deputy Mayor Shen’s report.As the top leader of Linghai, economic development must be prioritized, but other work must also be well done. Otherwise, Linghai wouldn’t have been rated as a national hygienic city, a national environmental protection model city, one of China’s top hundred counties in comprehensive rural economic strength, a model county in China, and a technologically advanced city nationwide in recent years...

He put down the phone and asked his secretary to find today’s "People’s Liberation Army Daily" and yesterday’s "China’s Civilian Militia".

The secretary searched around and found that the City Committee Office surprisingly didn’t have them, so he quickly sent driver Xiao Chen to the Armed Forces Department, where they were sure to have them.

Xiao Chen, being both Secretary Ye’s driver and a warrior in the Reserve Camp, was equally pleased that the camp received praise from superiors. He hurried to the Armed Forces Department, found the newspapers, and quickly returned to the City Committee.

Minister Xu from the Propaganda Department had just finished reporting his work.

Secretary Ye asked him not to leave yet and carefully examined the newspapers and magazines Xiao Chen found. Then he picked up a pen and crossed out all mentions of "Binjiang" and "Binjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone" in the articles.

"Old Xu, ’People’s Liberation Army Daily’ is a national-level media. Since they’ve praised our Linghai Reserve work, we must promote it ourselves too. Take a look, then have the TV station and Linghai Daily give it proper coverage."

"Alright."

Minister Xu glanced at the newspaper, smiled, and asked, "Secretary Ye, should we adjust this part here too?"

Secretary Ye leaned forward and asked, "Where?"

"Binjiang Experience." Minister Xu put down the newspaper and pointed to the part the Secretary had missed.

The work was done by Linghai, and the camp was even built in Linghai. What does it have to do with Binjiang, to the extent of calling it "Binjiang Experience"!

Secretary Ye silently chided himself, nodded slightly, and said, "It needs to be adjusted, change it to ’Linghai Experience.’"

"We also can’t reproduce the entire content. I’ll have a reporter from Linghai Daily go to Sanhe for an interview, gather more material, and make the content richer."

"Alright, let’s do that."

...

Meanwhile, by noon, news had reached the Development Zone Management Committee Director Luo Hongxin, who only managed to get the newspapers and magazines ten minutes before, and was doing the same thing.

Although the development zone is Binjiang’s "own child," some issues still need to be clearly distinguished.

He picked up a pen and unhesitatingly crossed out references to superior units like "Binjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government," "Binjiang Reserve Group," and the "Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government," "Linghai Reserve Camp," and "Linghai Economic and Technological Development Zone," deeming them "irrelevant."

For parts that absolutely couldn’t be removed, he circled them and made annotations.

For instance, "Binjiang Experience" was adjusted to "Binjiang Development Zone Experience."

After eliminating all the "irrelevant content," it looked much more pleasing than before.

Luo Hongxin put down the pen, smiled at Deputy Director and Armed Forces Minister Old Qian, and said, "Since we’ve been praised by our superiors, we must promote it according to this approach."

Having done nothing, such a big achievement fell into their laps...

Old Qian, happier than his superior, took the newspaper and smiled, "Director Luo, for our development zone to achieve such an accomplishment, your Jiawen deserves the most credit! If he hadn’t provided timely information, instead of being praised, we’d likely be getting criticized."

"That rascal finally understood a little. At least he knows how to help ease my worries."

Luo Hongxin laughed heartily, then changed the topic: "But this achievement didn’t come free. You could say our development zone bought it with money. That scoundrel Salted Fish forced you to sign a humiliating treaty, and we have to find the forty thousand for next year somehow. I’ll have to think of a way."

Just because we secured sponsorships this year doesn’t mean it’ll be the same next year.

The development zone has some funds, but there are many more places needing spending; it can’t be spent on Civilian Soldiers and Reserves.

Old Qian may be the Armed Forces Minister, but he’s also the Deputy Director of the Management Committee.

The priority is to develop the infrastructure of the development zone and attract investment to grow the economy, while the work of the Armed Forces Department is merely enlistment and organizing Civilian Soldiers training.

Thinking about attending the opening ceremony of the Reserve Officers training, being put on the spot by Han Yu in front of Captain Xia, Political Commissioner Jiao, and others, and having to sign the agreement to provide funding annually, Old Qian smiled wryly and said, "That Salted Fish has quite the appetite, starting at forty thousand, and wanting it every year!"

"Nothing gets done without money, and he’s not having it easy either. Besides, my Jiawen crunched the numbers for me, and without thirty to forty thousand a year, this camp can’t really operate."

"Our superiors are something as well, always assigning various tasks below, with each task requiring assessment and standards, without considering our financial capabilities below!"

"There’s no point in discussing this. Our development zone actually has it good, with a small jurisdiction and lighter burdens. If it were a district or county, things would be even tougher."

"It’s the towns that really have it rough. How can the counties have it tough? Orders are assigned to them from above, and they pass them on to the lower towns. They are assessed by their superiors, and then they assess the lower townships."

"Being the top leader in a town is truly a tough position."

Luo Hongxin didn’t want to complain about it anymore and quickly changed the subject: "Now that we have a Reserve Camp, we can’t just ignore it. Make a note and remind me later, around the end of July or early August, to invite Salted Fish and Zhao Jiang to the Management Committee. We also need to hold a military meeting like those districts and counties."

The military meeting is a conference held between the local party committee, government, the Armed Forces Department, and garrison leaders. Though it’s meant to discuss troop development, it mainly focuses on the work of national defense reserve forces, which includes Civilian Soldiers and Reserves.