"Public satisfaction" and "Party satisfaction"

     In the film *Jiao Yulu*, there's a debate about "mass satisfaction" versus "Party satisfaction." Jiao Yulu believed that if the masses were satisfied, the Party would also be satisfied; if the masses were dissatisfied, the Party wouldn't be satisfied either. Another viewpoint argued that the Party's satisfaction should come first: "It doesn't matter if a few masses starve to death,

as long as the ideological line is correct." So, while Jiao Yulu was doing his utmost to distribute relief funds and rescue the people from their suffering, another key county leader, Secretary Wu, was busy organizing a superficial exhibition, focusing on pleasing his superiors—the so-called "satisfying the Party."

    Would the Party still be "satisfied" if "a few masses starved to death"? Yet Secretary Wu managed to find a way to "satisfy the Party" (actually, to deceive certain superiors), and with this method, people like Secretary Wu could withstand numerous political struggles, remaining in power, even rising rapidly through the ranks.

    Ignoring the lives of ordinary people and relying on deception and trickery to please superiors, all while claiming it's "satisfying the Party," is a colossal joke. Yet, such examples abound in our lives.

    A newspaper report stated that Liu Shirong, the chief judge and president of the court in Zhongyuan District, embezzled over 120,000 yuan, but this corrupt official, using the same trick of "satisfying the Party," falsely received the honors of "Advanced Worker of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and the Nation."

    In reality, all sorts of corrupt and decadent individuals and bureaucrats, under the guise of "satisfying the Party," are actually "satisfying themselves," deceiving superiors and subordinates, suppressing dissent, and using flattery—all for the purpose of protecting their own positions.

    This leads to the thought that the standard for the correctness of any practice lies in whether it conforms to the interests of the vast majority of the people; this should be the fundamental starting point for all our work.