Chapter 2164
: A plot hole was dug earlier, now it's being filled.
In the conference room, He Yuzhu neither sat below nor in the main seat this time.
He sat in a slightly off-center position on the platform.
They watched as the argument below heated up, their faces turning red with rage.
The leaders of the factories that had investments in the south were practically ready to fight each other.
He just smiled to himself.
It is quite normal for such contradictions to arise.
We all work the same jobs, but the factory next door pays two hundred a month.
A worker in a collective enterprise earns forty or fifty yuan a month, and that's considered an intermediate-level worker.
The ordinary workers would definitely cause a fuss.
It's not that the factory is there; the logic doesn't hold up.
For example, ordinary workers here earn forty or fifty yuan a month, but they receive the same pension, medical insurance, and benefits as factories in Beijing.
With all benefits added up, a collective enterprise employee with a monthly income of 40 or 50 yuan, plus hidden income, would have a total of 130 or 140 yuan.
This is still based on current purchasing power.
In order to promote development and attract investment, the authorities are now considering ways to devalue our money.
If reform and opening up continue to deepen, the value of collective enterprises' income will increase even further.
Those ordinary workers aren't incapable of doing the math.
The factory management over there also tried to persuade them and came up with solutions.
The key to the problem lies not in the small southern town, but in the various main factories in Beijing.
They're reluctant to delegate authority here, and reluctant to allow special treatment there.
Despite knowing the general trend, they still acted like a collective enterprise and were unwilling to learn from Hong Kong companies.
Today's meeting is chaired by a leader from the municipal government.
They watched as the argument raged on below, but couldn't come up with a solution.
He could only tap the table helplessly and say seriously, "Our leadership team has heard the opinions of our comrades."
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The meeting is adjourned for now. Let's discuss this further and come up with a solution.
The meeting had no choice but to adjourn. Even if the city government did have a solution, it wasn't appropriate to announce it publicly now.
The factory leaders below, who were arguing heatedly, simply wouldn't listen to any of the opinions.
"...Reform is necessary."
I have recorded the main opinions of the factory's leadership.
First, we need to strengthen ideological education for the workers, explaining our gains and losses to them thoroughly...
There are also those who want to bring the factory back directly.
Nobody was thinking of letting go and allowing the factory there to operate independently.
Comrades, what are your opinions on these matters...? In the small conference room, more than a dozen people sat with serious expressions, discussing this matter.
He Yuzhu, naturally, did his old trick and continued drawing his pig's head.
This can be considered a small method he uses to cultivate his character.
In the past, when it came to this kind of thing, if he had a plan in mind, he would definitely bring it up immediately.
But He Yuzhu has now become a seasoned veteran.
He understood very well the principle that "the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind."
Most of the people here are definitely thinking about solving the problem.
But every group has its share of bad apples.
They're bad at getting things done, but excellent at finding fault.
He Yuzhu was also afraid of being scolded in previous meetings.
With a monthly salary of only a few hundred yuan, why would he risk his life like that?
Of course, He Yuzhu will still offer his opinions when necessary.
Just like when he received the report from the factory below, he had already put together a solution and handed it to a bigwig in the city government who was in charge of "small and specialized" enterprises.
He's just here to go through the motions.
I'll practice drawing pig heads while I'm at it. Maybe I can even hold a simple drawing exhibition when I retire.
I'm so excited to think that a cartoon of a pig's head could fetch millions.
"Old He, Advisor He, what are your thoughts?" The person chairing the meeting had a good relationship with Old Man Ai, so he also got along well with He Yuzhu. He noticed that everyone had already expressed their opinions, but He Yuzhu seemed lost in thought, so he kindly offered a reminder.
He Yuzhu stood up, pretended to hold the draft drawing of a pig's head in his hands, and then coughed and said, "Ahem..."
The opinions expressed by all comrades were very pertinent.
I also gained a lot of useful ideas from it.
My personal opinion is this:
The factories below are worried that if this sets a precedent, it will be difficult to remotely manage their factories in the future...
Another issue is the return on investment.
this problem……
I think we can handle them all at once.
Led by the municipal government, a Sijiucheng Investment Company was established.
The investment amounts of each factory there will be converted into shares of the investment company, and a portion of the returns will be given to them each year.
The investment in each factory will be repaid over several years with interest.
Furthermore, a portion of the subsequent profits from the southern factory can be given to them as a long-term reward.
This also prevents individual factories from lacking enthusiasm for expanding overseas.
Even if it's a collective effort, the principle that whoever initiates it benefits cannot be changed.
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As for the management model of the factories in the south, I think we should organize a team of experts to go down and investigate.
Let's see what ordinary workers really think.
If everyone thinks the foreign approach is better, then we can just follow the market trend!
The main point of He Yuzhu's remarks was actually about the marketization of collective factories.
They've already moved south to build a factory, but they're still clinging to the old ways.
That factory definitely won't do a good job.
Why not have the city government set up a company to take back all those factories and manage them?
That is, something similar to the urban investment companies of the future.
Of course, for now, these are all transitional measures.
To resolve similar issues in the future, it is necessary to improve the awareness of corporate management.
They should have considered this issue before investing.
It is clear that the city government neglected to communicate with these small, specialized factories in this regard when it encouraged them to invest in the south.
He Yuzhu also bears responsibility in this matter.
But there was nothing he could do.
If he had told those factory leaders back then that if he went to the south, he would have to learn management methods from foreign businesses.
It's estimated that not many factories would be willing to build a branch factory there.
This is true regardless of technological advancements or the reform and opening up of the times.
Representatives of the old production capacity factories are unwilling to withdraw.
The struggle for interests exists at all times.
He Yuzhu was also very clear that if those small specialized factories did not go to the south to catch up with the development of foreign-funded enterprises, it would be a disaster.
When the reform and opening-up policy sweeps across the land, those factories will still experience the growing pains of reform and opening-up.
It might hurt even more than it does now.
After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he glanced around.
No one glanced in his direction with an excited expression.
This shows that no one is thinking of criticizing him.
This is normal; some people understood He Yuzhu's words and agreed with him.
Even if some people didn't understand, they were clear that He Yuzhu's proposal was to establish a new company with considerable power.
If this place is managed well, it might be comparable to those large-scale heavy industrial enterprises.
So some people were thinking about whether they could go inside and reserve a spot. (End of Chapter)