After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 631: Chapter 454: All is Set, Departure

"Commander Ma, how are the company’s sales?"

"The situation is very promising. This month’s sales volume is close to 60 million and we have already started making a profit. The main issue is still that the stores have just started up, and the time it takes for farmers to claim subsidies is too long, 7 to 15 days, resulting in many giving up during the process. There’s still a need to boost their purchasing enthusiasm."

"Why don’t you propose this to the government? Review and pay on our behalf, settle with finance, and let us advance the subsidy before claiming it for the farmers, wouldn’t that save time? Wouldn’t our competitiveness also be established?"

"Advance the payment? ...Isn’t that a big risk?"

"I ask you, are our profits higher or lower than the commodity subsidy?"

"...The gross profit is a bit higher than the subsidy."

"Then when it’s sold, we’ve recovered the cost, and what we claim is our profit, so what risk is there? Besides, the auditing procedure is so simple, surely our people aren’t dumber than the government’s? It’s just a matter of timing, just control the cash flow well."

"Boss Little Fang’s insights are remarkable."

"By the way, Boss Little Fang, the most popular category right now is still motorcycles. Should we..."

"Don’t get distracted. Focus on expanding the home appliance market. By the end of the year, we have to open up most of the Sichuan market and shift our attention to Guizhou."

"Does Guizhou have policies too?"

"They will."

...

Cars were like running water and horses like dragons.

In two days, it was a real interview.

"Why do you want to be a firefighter?"

"What do you think you can do in the Fire Brigade?"

"Do you know under what situations you might sacrifice your life, and where you might get injured?"

"If given the opportunity to study, to better protect yourself, would you seriously face it and move closer to being a real professional firefighter?"

The issue of compensation had already been resolved outside, and Fang Huai, circling around motivation, capability, risk, and planning, thoroughly peeled off the soldiers’ zeal and directed them through cool-headed questions to reflect on the firefighter profession.

Groups of five entered the interview room, and Fang Huai both spoke and had them answer.

The other two examiners, Vice-director Liu from the Detachment’s Political Department and Chief Jiang of the Police Affairs Department, initially thought it was going to be a normal inquiry-style interview, and had prepared a set of formulaic questions; such as how many people there were in the candidate’s family, what their political stance was, whether they had gotten into fights or committed misdeeds after being discharged, if they had ever been to the police station, and whether they could adhere to firefighting discipline, etc.

Unexpectedly, Fang Huai started by discussing career prospects, talked about situations encountered during police dispatch, and what the Fire Brigade was busy with all day, then extended those few points.

Surprisingly, it caused quite a few candidates to fall into deep thought.

And be at a loss.

The questions and conversation for each group varied, and even the two examiners noticed that some candidates were clearly not mentally prepared, had simply followed their families’ advice, and were solely motivated by salary.

Sometimes the questions were sharp, such as one very positive young man who was also quite proactive about life. Having been discharged a year and a half earlier, he had worked several jobs, resigned from sales, was computer literate, planned to be in firefighting for the long term, and his girlfriend supported him. He was willing to learn and to train. Both examiners were a bit interested, thinking he was a keeper.

However, Fang Huai asked him how soon he planned to get married and whether he had bought a house.

The young man said he had a girlfriend and they were getting married next year; his family had already prepared the money for a house.

Fang Huai asked him how he planned to get married, how many days it would take, and how he would deal with conflicts between work and family.

After thinking for a good while, the young man said with some disappointment, "This job doesn’t really suit me," and then he left.

After this round ended, Vice-director Liu and Chief Jiang were somewhat puzzled and asked Fang, "Little Fang, this guy was pretty good, and his family supports him being a firefighter. Why not keep him? In our Troops, as long as the talent is exceptional, some minor issues can still be discussed, can’t they?"

Fang Huai laughed and tossed his pen onto the table.

"He’s changed jobs several times in the past two years, even worked in sales, he has extensive interview experience, knows how to sell his strengths, and it’s normal for him to say things that please you. His family has bought a house and isn’t short of money. He has a history of job-hopping, is getting married soon, will soon be tied up with trivial matters, and lacks sufficient motivation to stick with it. Guess if we could retain him?

I just probed him with a couple of questions, and he gave up.

If we only consider ability, the end result would be that a few months from now we’d keep one out of ten at best, and it would be a waste of our efforts. The Squadrons they go to also would waste resources training them, and then we’d have to go through a lot of trouble trying to convince them to stay. It’s exhausting and thankless.

Leaders, it’s not easy to hold a recruitment event, so let’s recruit some people for the Big Team who will actually stick around."

At these words, Chief Jiang took a deep breath and started drinking water. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

The depth of thinking behind this guy’s considerations was on a different level!

When they heard the young man list his qualifications, they were so busy being pleased they didn’t even think of the issues Fang Huai raised.

Beyond these thoughts, Vice-director Liu was also caught staring into Fang Huai’s deep gaze.

His wife’s nephew, Jiang Peng, was really shortsighted back then. Where did he get the confidence to mess with such a character?

"Little Fang, you and Jiang Peng were in the same class, do you still keep in touch with him?"

When Fang Huai heard this question, he glanced at Vice-director Liu and savored the implications in his words. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

He was being asked whether he still held a grudge over past events.

These political workers always beat around the bush when they speak.