Chapter 1302 Who should I cheat? Who shouldn't I cheat?

In mid-September, Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang, along with several professionals from the first branch, began to inspect units that "had the intention of merging" with the first branch.

The first one is the Eighth Machinery Factory located in the west of the capital.

According to the information provided by the other party, the Eighth Machinery Factory has more than 1,000 existing employees. Over the years, it has provided spare parts supporting services to many manufacturing companies, including well-known units such as Beijing Automobile and Motorcycle and Jilin Automobile Factory, and its mechanical processing capabilities are outstanding.

But how could a company with such outstanding capabilities fall to the point where it has to merge with others?

Don’t tell me that the market is bad, just explain to me what “outstanding” means. What the hell does “outstanding” mean.

Therefore, this intriguing inside story needs to be investigated by Li Ye and others themselves.

Because the distance was not particularly far, the branch factory agreed with the other party to go there at 10 o'clock in the morning, but Li Ye intentionally or unintentionally arrived a little earlier and arrived at 9:40.

However, when Li Ye and others saw the gate of the Eighth Machinery Factory from afar, they found that a big red banner with the words "Welcome to Visit" had been hung up, and there were people welcoming them at the door.

Li Ye asked curiously, "Oh, did we leak the news?"

Lu Zhizhang shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. They may have sent someone to stake out at the gate of our factory, or they may have simply arrived at the gate to greet us in advance. I did the same when I was the director of the main factory."

Li Ye recalled the several times when the Light Automobile Company welcomed visits from government departments, and couldn't help laughing: "They treated us like leaders, didn't they? Too serious, right?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "Li Ye, I know you hate these formalisms, but this is an old tradition passed down for many years, and you can't be too harsh on them."

"No, no, really not."

Li Ye quickly denied it, saying, "We don't do formalism in our branch, firstly because we have the strength and confidence, and secondly because our factory is still in the stage of development.

After a while, we need to have a real discussion and pay more attention to the reception work."

Lu Zhizhang looked at Li Ye in surprise and said with a smile: "Are you telling the truth or not? I thought you didn't do those fake things!"

"Alas, how can I tell the difference between the real and the fake?"

When Li Ye was a slave in his previous life, he really hated such nonsense, but after gradually moving into management positions, his views on many things changed.

For example, the development of a branch factory to its current state is certainly due to Li Ye’s “attention to technology” and “sufficient funds”, but it is also inseparable from Lu Zhizhang’s “public relations” work between all parties.

No matter whether you admit it or not, as long as you run a business on this planet, consumption other than production is inevitable everywhere.

Isn't Warwick Company impressive decades later? They have the technology and scale, but their reception level is absolutely top-notch.

From national guests to ordinary partners, when they come to Warwick, they can receive comfortable, pleasant and meticulous reception without violating any regulations, allowing you to experience what it means to be "highly respected."

To put it bluntly, the expenditure on this aspect is much more than that of some big song and dance troupe.

How much does it cost to support a dancer? Even the receptionist at Warwick is not a mediocre lady, and the guzheng player in the restaurant is even more out of this league.

So can you say they are wasteful?

However, the company's helmsman, Mr. Ren, was a well-known stingy person. When others were driving Mercedes-Benz, he was driving a broken Santana.

But there is a saying that goes: existence is reasonable.

Since this phenomenon exists, there must be a reason for it.

The level of reception may seem to be just about eating, drinking and toasting, but to achieve the level of Warwick Company, not only amazing financial support is required, but also strong management and organizational capabilities.

Without any of them, you can't play.

The latter is more rare than the former.

When Li Ye first started working, he had no intuitive understanding of the so-called "organizational ability".

But he has been working hard in a branch factory for the past few years and has experienced countless troubles. If it weren't for the old hand Lu Zhizhang to support him, he would have become a laughing stock long ago.

When a branch factory had hundreds of people, there were difficulties with hundreds of people. When Li Ye had just gotten used to it, the branch factory had thousands of people again, and there were all kinds of new problems waiting for you to solve. If you fail to solve them well, all kinds of adverse consequences will arise.

To put it bluntly, if an ordinary person is asked to organize dozens of people for team building, it will be difficult to satisfy everyone.

This one wants to watch the sunrise, that one is too tired from hiking, this one wants to eat Western food, that one wants to eat Korean food. Everyone is talking at once and making requests to you as the organizer. Who should you listen to?

After solving the problems of food, transportation, accommodation and emergencies, what should you do?

A simple team-building activity, if it goes smoothly without any problems, and everyone goes out happily and comes back safely, can be considered as having a certain level of organizational ability.

And how much more complicated are the problems faced by an enterprise than team building?

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"Oh, Director Lu, Director Li, you are here so early. We are not fully prepared yet. The conditions are simple. I am sorry for neglecting you."

After Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang arrived, Director Kong of the Eighth Machinery Factory shook hands with them warmly and repeatedly expressed his inadequate preparation and asked them to forgive him for neglecting the distinguished guests.

But Li Ye didn't feel "neglected" at all.

Not only did Director Kong organize hundreds of employees to greet him at the door, but the work clothes of these employees were all very clean, and they had obviously asked for them to be washed in advance, just like welcoming XXXX in a grand manner.

Director Kong even arranged for someone to clean the place. Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang walked all the way from the door to the office building and did not see any dirt or mess along the way. Even the windows in the office building were clean.

Anyone who has worked in sanitation knows that no matter who is assigned to clean windows, everyone will be full of emotions. So from this point we can infer that Director Kong has strong organizational and mobilization capabilities in the unit.

This organizational and mobilization ability is linked to many aspects. If you don’t pay wages for three months, do you think the workers will still listen to your orders?

So after a brief greeting with Director Kong, Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang proposed to "take a look" at each department and workshop.

This has the meaning of "verifying the inside story".

Director Kong was very straightforward and agreed immediately, with an attitude of "I have no problem, I'm not afraid of investigation."

Even when everyone arrived at the Finance Department, Director Kong openly revealed the financial "holes" of the Eighth Machinery Factory.

"Since the reform, we have encountered a series of difficulties. The factory is not doing well. People blame me for my incompetence, but there are more than 2,000 employees and more than 2,000 families waiting for food to be cooked. I can only think of ways to solve the problem from all sides."

Li Ye pursed his lips, not knowing what to say, because Director Kong's "trying to find solutions in all aspects" was just like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

He tried every possible way to get money from various channels to keep the factory going, no matter whether it was a loan, credit or just cheating, he just wanted to make sure the workers could get their wages and have food to eat first.

Eating was no longer a problem after a few decades. I have never heard of anyone starving to death.

But in this era, eating is really not a small problem. There was even a time when government agencies and public institutions could not pay salaries. People who have experienced it shed tears when they talk about that period.

But at the same time, because Director Kong resorted to all means, the hole he dug is quite large, and it is estimated that it will be more serious than the original light automobile company.

Before Li Ye's first branch factory was put into operation, the capital chain of the Light Automobile Company was already on the verge of breaking. Banks were no longer willing to provide loans, and the interest on loans from previous years alone was enough to make the company breathless.

To be honest, it was the fact that the number of employees in the first branch increased dramatically from 300 to nearly 10,000 in a short period of time, and the dividends brought to the main factory also increased dramatically, which saved the life of the Light Automobile Company.

Then after Ma Zhaoxian took over, the new products of the Light Automobile Company were incorporated into the national sales network of a branch factory, and the company turned losses into profits and began healthy development.

With the current state of the Eighth Machinery Factory, it is impossible for it to set up a "branch factory" of its own. They just want to use Li Ye's branch factory to prolong their lives.

[Is it worthwhile to help them prolong their lives? ]

Li Ye hesitated a little.

Director Kong is obviously a courageous man. He can make money, but he can also cause trouble!

But the next moment, the other person said something that shocked Li Ye.

"But please rest assured, both factory managers, when we merge, we can make some adjustments and set up a remaining department to assume part of the debt."

Wow, it turns out this guy is well versed in the routine of "who to cheat and who not to cheat".

(End of this chapter)