Rebirth: Let's Talk About 1984

According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.

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Chapter 236 Next Generation Machine, Called a Change of Soup

Xing Baohua wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure if it weren't for the need for rapid development. In two years, when there are more talented people, you won't dare to take them all.

These office workers have probably never seen such a massive crowd at a job market! Students with less than a vocational college diploma are too embarrassed to even enter.

Is your major in school unrelated to your job?

Why bother with all that? Finding a job is good enough; why would you want one related to your major?

Very few people can find a job that matches their major, so they are lucky.

Xing Baohua watched a video on Douyin (TikTok) where a bricklayer complained: "It was so hard for my family to raise a college graduate. Look at the work he's done—the walls are all crooked!"

It's not that college graduates are worthless; it's just that there are too many college graduates, and this oversupply has led to companies raising their hiring standards.

Another issue is that even after finding suitable jobs, they are not happy with them. But in order to make a living, they have to do some jobs in other industries, regardless of social status.

If you work in an office, you might earn two or three thousand, but if you work as a bricklayer on a construction site, you might only earn three hundred a day.

Even master's graduates who can't find suitable jobs temporarily end up working as food delivery drivers, right?

At least five or six thousand a month is guaranteed.

Xing Baohua was worried because he couldn't recruit enough people. So, there was another solution: hire foreigners at high salaries.

The first step is to invite a few foreign experts with professional academic backgrounds to teach, and get the teaching aspect sorted out first.

This is why private schools suffer from a significant shortage of qualified teachers. Private school teachers can only be hired from the community; the government currently does not provide these teachers with permanent positions.

This resulted in Xing Baohua Technical College remaining stagnant and unproductive. He could only transfer existing technicians from the factory to teach a few classes and mentor students.

Now that we have money, we should pay more attention to this area.

The school is his own, and each year at least several hundred students graduate, most of whom go on to work in his factory.

Currently, only a few dozen college students are assigned to him each year! There is a severe shortage of positions, both in scientific research and in the workshop.

Moreover, the factory is developing at an extremely high speed, so fast that it's too late to stop. If people can't keep up, it will lead to serious consequences later on.

Numerous contradictions will arise.

When there's a lack of talent, you choose the best from the worst. Once someone else has climbed to a mid-level leadership position, what happens when a college graduate finishes their internship? How do you assign them a role?

We can't replace someone with little education just for a talented individual! Mistakes and normal promotions/transfers don't matter.

However, artificial manipulation will only exacerbate the conflicts.

Those students who were assigned to the school finally made it through the tough times, but if they still don't get a suitable position, their morale will plummet.

What troubles Xing Baohua the most is that there is currently no personnel department.

This position isn't very important right now; its value will become apparent in a couple of years.

Nowadays, any one or two educated people can do the job; it's just a matter of hiring employees and writing documents and files.

Currently, only five young women are managing the HR department.

My job duties include handling onboarding, compiling forms, explaining benefits and compensation, etc.

These young girls also underwent three months of computer training before they were able to use computers for work.

Gradually, Xing Baohua will digitize all office staff.

The machinery factory received an order from Xing Baohua for desktop computer cases, but the quantity was only one hundred units.

The design drawings were given to Xing Baohua's father when he got home that night.

With the old man in charge of the sales department, it's a way to boost sales. Don't underestimate this small quantity; it's just a sample unit.

These are used to attract orders at the Canton Fair.

Once the sales team at the machinery factory received the order, they started complaining privately, saying, "Why are you only giving us a hundred units? Isn't that disgusting?"

After calculating the cost, the few pieces of sheet metal and the bracket were worth very little. The initial cost of 6 yuan was doubled to 16 yuan per chassis.

Even if there are a hundred units, how much would that cost?

The machines don't even last three to five hours to actually run.

So, to provide some work for the many workers, the large machines were shut down. Manual cutting, drilling, and welding were performed.

What should have been a few hours' work was actually completed in three to five days.

Many people don't understand why Xing Baohua gave his father such a small number of orders. With such a large factory, how could he possibly have any small orders at all?

Many people only see the surface and not the depth. How many orders did Xing Baohua help the machinery factory get?

Mr. Xing heard many complaints and was also furious. His son had said that this was just a prototype and that mass production would begin once his workshop was completed.

These manufacturers of large equipment, which costs millions or even tens of millions of dollars, are now almost out of orders and look down on small orders, yet they still complain? This is all because they've been spoiled.

I didn't see the factory manager making small gadgets like calculators and watches, let alone cheaper computer cases.

There's still the keyboard order to go, which Xing's father hasn't handed over to Workshop 5 yet.

Go discuss with Factory Director Li about the reduction and withholding plan that Xing Baohua gave us before the new year. If Factory Director Li agrees and supports it, then issue a notice and start the first step.

Factory Director Li had wanted this job for a long time, but he was waiting for an opportunity because no one was willing to take the blame. Fortunately, Lao Xing's position and background were suitable, so he decided to give it a try.

Xing Baohua's status in central Shandong was extremely high; even if his father had something to do, he would have to give Xing Baohua face.

Factory Director Li waved his hand, telling Lao Xing to go ahead and do it without any worries.

This is using honest people as pawns.

When the sales team learned that travel expenses had been reduced and that food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation would no longer be sources of extra income, they became even more unruly.

Nobody wants to travel far away and suffer.

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