industrial overlord

Chapter 122 Lend-Lease Act

Xunyang City is located at the northernmost tip of Jiangnan Province, close to the Yangtze River, and is one of the important industrial cities in Jiangnan Province.Xunyang Bicycle Factory is a medium-sized enterprise directly under the Ministry of Light and Chemical Industry, which produces a bicycle called "Feijian".

Historically, Feijian bicycles were once the best-selling bicycles in the market in Jiangnan Province, but now they have declined.Xunyang Bicycle Factory's products have been unsalable for two consecutive years, and it owes a bank loan of more than 200 million yuan, which is already in a state of insolvency.

Lin Zhenhua and his entourage finally arrived in Xunyang after a day of turbulence in a large Jiefang truck dispatched by Hanhua Factory.The driver knew the location of Xunyang Bicycle Factory, and drove the car directly into Xunzi's gate.

As soon as he entered the gate, Lin Zhenhua was fascinated by the scene in front of him:
I saw an idyllic and peaceful scene in front of me, and there were green vegetable gardens on both sides of the road.It was early winter, and the cabbage in the field was growing green and gratifying.On the iron frame next to it, there are dry melon vines lying on its stomach. It can be imagined that in the midsummer season, there were once abundant loofahs, cucumbers, and pumpkins hanging here...

Under the melon stand, flocks of chickens and ducks are taking a leisurely walk. From time to time, a hen will dig out something delicious from the ground, and it will coo, calling for its children to come and share.

In the cabbage field, several farmers in blue overalls are working hard. The hoes and stirrups in their hands are brightly tiled, and it can be seen that they are carefully crafted from high-quality steel.Seeing a truck entering the factory area, the farmers looked up, exchanged a few words with each other, and then went back to work.

"It's such a warm scene." Lin Zhenhua said with emotion from the bottom of his heart. He turned his head and said to Chu Hongyang: "Hongyang, it seems that Xunyang has a good appearance. The farms in the factory are so prosperous."

Chu Hongyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, imitating Lin Zhenhua's usual Hong Kong accent and said: "Boss, have you made a mistake? This is the factory area in Xunyang, okay? The small building in the middle of the vegetable field is their factory headquarters." .”

While speaking, the truck had already parked in front of the factory gate.The place is already surrounded by large vegetable fields, leaving only a small parking space, and the ground is also dotted with chicken manure.A middle-aged man walked out of the small building of the factory headquarters and went to meet Lin Zhenhua: "Excuse me, are you the manager Lin Zhenhua of Hanhua Industrial Company? Welcome, I am the factory director of Xunyang. It's called Qiu Qingyang."

Lin Zhenhua stepped forward, shook hands with Qiu Qingyang, and said, "Director Qiu, please excuse me."

Qiu Qingyang said repeatedly: "Where is it? We have been looking forward to your coming. Let's go upstairs to the conference room to talk."

A group of people followed Qiu Qingyang to the conference room, and several leaders and middle-level cadres from Xunyang had also come over.A secretary poured water for everyone, and Lin Zhenhua casually looked at the water glass, feeling a little sad: What a poor factory, the water glass is chipped, there are only a few pieces of tea, and it seems to be the cheapest kind of tea.

"Director Qiu, why is our factory area full of vegetable fields? What's the matter, are they contracted out to the surrounding farmers?" Lin Zhenhua asked curiously. This scene really gave him a feeling of too much impact.

Qiu Qingyang turned his head and glanced out of the window, sighed, and said, "What about the farmers around, these are all the land planted by our factory workers. Those few are all our workers. The one on the far side, named He Shihua, is ours. The best fitter in the factory. Now, he has become a farmer, and the vegetables he grows have the highest output in the whole factory."

When Qiu Qingyang said this, everyone in the Hanhua factory couldn't help but want to laugh, but the group of people looking at Xunzi had a sad look on their faces, and everyone couldn't laugh.

"The factory collapsed." Qiu Qingyang said with a long sigh: "2 bicycles are backlogged in the warehouse and cannot be sold. The material payment alone owes the bank 160 million yuan, as well as wages, water and electricity, and now it cannot survive."

Lang Dong, the deputy director of the factory, added: "The bank can't get the loan. Now when the salary is paid every month, our factory manager Qiu has to sit with the mayor to get the loan and pay the salary. But there are no bonuses, benefits, anything. The family workers have all been dismissed, and the workers in the factory can't survive, so they can only grow their own food and raise some chickens. In the beginning, everyone still did it in front of and behind the house, but now As long as there is any land in the factory, it has been occupied. Tell me, can we stop it?"

"There are also medical expenses, which have not been reimbursed for more than a year." Another deputy factory manager Shi Dalun said.

Qiu Qingyang said: "Oh, there is no other way. You can also subsidize your life by growing a la carte. But, Manager Lin, don't worry, our production area has remained the same. I did not agree with the workers to open up wasteland in the production area."

Lin Zhenhua turned his head to look at his staff, both Chu Hongyang and Peng Shaozhe gave him helpless looks.It is well known that some state-owned enterprises are doing poorly nowadays, but it is really rare to see such a miserable situation.Lin Zhenhua began to worry a little, maybe he jumped into a big pit.

"Director Qiu, what about this? We are here today mainly to discuss cooperation. The request from the Light Chemical Department is to solve the current problem that Xunzi's workers cannot pay wages. As for Xunzi's bank For the arrears and medical expenses in arrears, our company is not strong enough, I'm afraid..." Lin Zhenhua said to Qiu Qingyang in a rhetorical manner.

Qiu Qingyang nodded: "I know, when I went to see Director Xie in Nandu two days ago, she made it very clear to me. Director Xie specifically warned me that you are the typical models cultivated in the department, and you will never Allow us to ask you to ask for Naka. You can rest assured that we are poor and have a lot of ambition, and the matter of eating Naka will definitely not happen."

Lin Zhenhua had no choice but to quickly say: "Director Qiu, you misunderstood. We have never doubted Xunzi's sincerity in cooperation. How about we start talking about cooperation?"

Qiu Qingyang said: "Okay, no problem. I heard from Director Xie that your current plan is to rent two of our workshops as your production base, isn't that right?"

"Exactly." Lin Zhenhua replied.

"Also, recruit no less than 200 workers to participate in production?"

"Yes." Lin Zhenhua said, "However, Director Qiu, our brothers settle accounts clearly, and the ugly things must be said first. The workers we want to recruit must be skilled, disciplined, and obedient to management. If they are lazy and play tricks , we have no choice but to ask him to leave."

Qiu Qingyang said: "I know this. Director Xie has already told me that you are not a state-owned enterprise, but a large collective. To be honest, your management system is much stronger than ours. Here, despite repeated orders from the central government It is said that we want to expand the autonomy of the enterprise, but if we really want to fire an employee, it will not be a disturbance, even some wages will be deducted. Manager Lin, don't worry, I will make this issue clear to the workers in the factory .”

"That's good." Lin Zhenhua said, "Director Qiu, there is one more thing to bother you, that is, we will send 40 workers over in the early stage to be responsible for the transformation of the equipment. In the later stage, some other workers will come over to be in charge of the production process. management. Therefore, we would like to ask the factory to help solve the accommodation problem.”

Qiu Qingyang frowned and said: "This problem is really difficult to solve. The factory has not built a new house for two years because of losses. Now all the houses have been divided, and the housing area of ​​each household is not enough. , and there are 20 or 40 households that are extremely poor. Some of them have been married for several years and still live with other colleagues in the single dormitory, and some have children who are almost [-] years old and still live in the same room with their parents. Let us solve it for you Accommodation for [-] workers is really difficult."

"This... really doesn't work, can we borrow a few offices to squeeze in?" Lin Zhenhua asked, "We are all single workers, eight people can live in one room."

Lang Dong interjected: "Manager Lin, you can take a walk in our office building. The corridors are already full of stoves. The offices that can be vacated are all allocated to employees who have been married for five or six years. She has already been born, so she can no longer live in a single dormitory."

As if to confirm Lang Dong's words, a baby's crying sounded in the corridor, and there was a mother's comforting voice vaguely.A smell of cooking also took the opportunity to sneak in through the crack of the door, and the smell of chili made Lin Zhenhua's nasal cavity ache a little.

"It's really impossible, let's build a shed to live in." Peng Shaozhe offered a suggestion in a low voice.

Lin Zhenhua's eyes lit up, and he turned to Qiu Qingyang and asked, "Director Qiu, there is another way, that is, we can build a house by ourselves. Can you spare us a place in the production area? We took advantage of the gaps and built a few houses as our staff dormitories. Don't worry, after the lease period of our leased workshop expires, if we don't continue to cooperate, we will leave all these houses to Xunzi, and they are yours assets."

This kind of idea can only be thought of by Lin Zhenhua, a prodigal who has traveled through the 21st century.A few bungalows, calculated according to the cost of construction and installation, cost about 6000 to 6000 yuan, and they would be given away for nothing after living in them for a few years. This is the behavior of a fool.But Lin Zhenhua didn't care. In later generations, he went out for meetings with his mentor, stayed in five-star hotels, and spent thousands of dollars a night.It costs [-] yuan and it's quite a deal to live in for a few years.

"Of course." Qiu Qingyang agreed without thinking.There is no cost at all to allocate a homestead. After a few years, it is a waste of money to be able to leave a few houses.

Chu Hongyang gently pulled the corner of Lin Zhenhua's clothes, leaned over, and whispered, "Xiaohua, are you out of your mind? Even if we rent a hotel, it's much cheaper than this."

Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "It's okay, the hotel is not as comfortable as your own home. Don't worry about it, I have the final say on this matter."

Living in a hotel is indeed cheaper than building a house, but to paraphrase a later age: Can a rented house be considered a house?It is undeniable that Lin Zhenhua still has a love affair.Xunzi is located on the outskirts of Xunyang City. The land is really worthless now, but after 30 years, it is estimated that the house price will be three to four thousand, right?Build a few rooms here, and the value will appreciate in the future.

As for what the lease term has expired, hehe, the bankruptcy law should be promulgated at that time, brother, I will directly buy Xunzi, and this fat water will never flow into other people's fields.

Lin Zhenhua was dreaming a sweet dream in his heart, with a bright smile on his face.

The lease contract was quickly negotiated. Hanhua Industrial Company rented Xunzi's metalworking, casting, and assembly workshops at an annual rent of 5 yuan, and rented all the equipment in the workshop at an additional rent of 10 yuan.Among them, the equipment rental includes the depreciation of the equipment, but does not include the cost of maintenance and consumables. If the equipment is damaged during use, Hanhua Industrial Company is responsible for the maintenance or compensation.

Before signing, Qiu Qingyang took Lin Zhenhua and his party to the production area to look at the workshop and equipment, and confirmed the integrity of the buildings and equipment.Lin Zhenhua and others saw that although Xunzi's factory had been losing money for a long time, the management of the workshop was not abandoned.The equipment in the workshop has obviously been maintained by someone all the time, and no rust or oil stains can be seen.Some of the equipment in the workshop is even more advanced than that of the Hanhua Machinery Factory, which shows how domineering the factory used to be.

Lin Zhenhua was very satisfied with the condition of the equipment. He happily signed and stamped the contract, and the contract was considered approved.However, whether the contract can take effect in the end still needs another seal from the Department of Light and Chemical Industry.

According to the contract, the rent of 15 yuan will be paid into Xunzi's account in three installments, and the first installment will be paid immediately after the Light and Chemical Department approves the contract and takes effect.Qiu Qingyang is anxiously waiting to use the money now, and he is more concerned about this matter than anyone else.Before Lin Zhenhua and the others left, he called the director of the factory office and asked him to buy a train ticket immediately, and rushed to Nandu City with the contract to find Xie Chunyan to stamp it.It's miserable to say that Xunzi used to have a few cars, but because he couldn't afford gas, they were already lying down.

The matter of recruiting workers has also been settled. It will take more than a month for Hanhua Industrial Company to renovate the factory building and install the production line, so it will take a month for Xunzi's workers to go to work.After going to work, there is half a month of training, and only those who pass the training can start work.

The wages of the workers are calculated according to the original technical level, and are paid directly to Xunyang Bicycle Factory by Hanhua Industrial Company.Xunyang Bicycle Factory regards these wages as operating income and as wages for the entire factory.As for the difference in wages between working and non-working employees, that is something Qiu Qingyang has to consider, although this is indeed a headache.

In Hanhua Industrial Company's existing salary structure, bonuses and overtime pay account for a very high proportion. Lin Zhenhua is determined to keep this part of the money in his own hands, and Hanhua Industrial Company will pay workers directly.In this regard, Qiu Qingyang also agreed.The purpose of Lin Zhenhua's doing this is to leave a carrot in his hands. Otherwise, the workers will work for him and get paid by the Xunyang Bicycle Factory. Who would listen to Lin Zhenhua's yelling?

To build an electric fan production base, there are other things, such as water and electricity supply, and future railway and waterway transportation.Qiu Qingyang took over all these things in a big way. Xunzi was a big factory at any rate. A thin camel is bigger than a horse, and the relationship network of various departments is still there. It is easy to solve these problems.

(End of this chapter)