Chapter 171 Chapter 171 Update (Revised)
After the fashion show, the order volume of Huacai Garment Factory increased explosively. A few days later, Shen Moer took a stack of order contracts to the leaders of the Capital Commerce Bureau.
"Of course we support building a new factory. We can help coordinate the land, policies, and equipment, but the issue of shares..."
Director Zheng frowned slightly. After the reform and opening up, many state-owned factories were not able to adapt to the severe and cruel market competition. Their performance declined, their benefits were low, and some even went bankrupt. In order to improve the production efficiency of state-owned factories and concentrate on preserving their "advantages", they have sorted out and adjusted some enterprises that could not survive in the past two years, either by selling, merging or shutting down.
This is actually an inevitable step to take after the reform and opening up.
Originally, domestic enterprises of all sizes were either state-owned or collectively owned. Now that the market has been liberalized and the fittest are surviving, a large number of enterprises that cannot adapt to market competition will inevitably be eliminated.
The capital has sold or closed down many enterprises in the past two years, but no matter how you count it, Huacai Garment Factory is not among them!
This is the only garment-making enterprise in the capital that is still growing rapidly. They are holding this golden commodity tightly in their hands, so how could they possibly sell their shares?
Before coming here, Shen Moer knew that this matter would not be easy to negotiate. She had said a lot before, whether it was land or policy, Director Zheng agreed very straightforwardly. Only when she proposed to buy back state-owned shares, he subconsciously shook his head.
However, Shen Moer recently heard that the Capital Commerce Bureau is about to face a major personnel adjustment, and Director Zheng in front of her may be promoted after the new year, so the share repurchase must be discussed before Director Zheng leaves.
Director Zheng is an open-minded and quick-witted person. He is very supportive of the work and development of Huacai Garment Factory. Huacai Garment Factory is also rarely constrained. It can be said that everyone has a very pleasant cooperation.
But it is not certain if someone is replaced. Although it is not necessary to replace Shen Moli, the factory director, but if someone is randomly inserted into the factory from time to time, or if the person interferes in the development of the factory, it will be enough to make people anxious.
After much thought, Shen Moer decided that it would be better to take the opportunity to reduce the proportion of state-owned shares. The nature of state-owned controlling shares and state-owned participating shares are very different.
Of course, Shen Moer naturally couldn't tell Director Zheng directly, because you are going to be promoted, and I'm afraid that the next leader will come and cast a spell on us, so I want to take off the spell before you leave.
Shen Moer thought for a moment and said, "Director Zheng, you also know that the factory buildings and equipment are not the core of the garment factory. The core of the garment factory is the people. We at Huacai have trained a lot of talents in recent years, including designers, embroidery experts, and people with superb sewing skills. These people are the foundation for us to build the high-end brand Huashang, and they are also the key to our success in making the mid-range brand Huacai popular."
After a pause, she continued, "I heard that in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and even Hong Kong, professionals with real skills like this are hired with high salaries, and some are even given shares in the company. I think these talents in our factory are worth retaining with shares, but where do these shares come from?"
Director Zheng twitched his lips.
Where does it come from? From the state-owned assets that account for the largest proportion, right?
But think about it, this garment factory was originally a state-owned enterprise of the commune in the southern province. When it merged with the Capital's Fifth Garment Factory, they gave out more than half of the shares. Later, when they accepted investment from overseas Chinese businessmen, they took out another part. Now it is basically impossible to ask them to give it out again.
For Liuqiao Commune, this garment factory is the goose that lays golden eggs, accounting for nearly half of the economic output of the entire commune. As for the remaining shares, even if someone from the Southern Province Commerce Department were to talk to him, it might not be effective.
As for the overseas Chinese businessman in the joint venture, there is no need to consider him.
Overseas Chinese have been investing normally in China, and the companies they invested in are thriving and making considerable profits. You suddenly and inexplicably asked them to withdraw part of their shares. I don't know what the overseas Chinese businessmen will think. Even if it is for the reputation of the capital's business environment, you cannot do this.
Aren’t the only remaining victims the state-owned assets?
Director Zheng pondered for a while, and finally said: "This matter still needs to be discussed in a meeting in the bureau. You go back and wait for notification."
Shen Moer knew that this matter was not so easy to handle, so she was not in a hurry and simply nodded: "Okay."
In the next few days, Shen Moer was busy with the factory land issue. After successfully obtaining the land, she began to contact the construction company to speed up the construction of the factory, and at the same time asked Cui Jianzhong to contact her for equipment.
Cui Jianzhong took Lin Yufei abroad. When he received a cross-border call from Shen Moer, he was a little speechless: "I'm on vacation and will be back in a few days. Can't you contact us after we return?"
Shen Moer said confidently: "You have been on vacation for more than a month. As the old saying goes, you should combine work and rest. You have been on vacation for more than a month. It is just right to work occasionally to adjust yourself."
Cui Jianzhong was silent for a few seconds, finally said "Okay", and hung up the phone.
Not long after the call ended, someone from his company contacted Shen Moer.
Shen Moer was busy preparing for the new factory. After waiting for a few days without any news from Director Zheng, she thought that this matter seemed to have really made Director Zheng very embarrassed.
However, Shen Moer didn't care too much. Although Huacai Garment Factory was founded by her, and although she did have the idea of taking this opportunity to buy back some of her shares, she actually had no intention of using Huacai Garment Factory to make money for herself.
After the policy was relaxed, her family could live a life without worries about food and clothing even if they had to rely on buying gold.
She proposed to repurchase shares not only to get rid of the tight ring around her head, but also to make profits for the cadres and employees of the factory.
Since the first private enterprise, Guangcai Industry, was approved for establishment the year before last, private factories have sprung up like mushrooms in the past two years. When Shen Moer and Director Zheng said they wanted to retain talent through shares, they were not just fooling the leaders.
She planned to wait until she had some free time and then go to the Capital Bureau of Commerce twice. If that didn't work, she would find a way to adjust the employees' salary structure and give everyone a raise.
Anyway, there are more and more private enterprises and industry competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Joint ventures like theirs no longer need to follow the wage system of state-owned factories. It is also necessary to introduce a new wage system in a timely manner.
However, before Shen Moer could figure out a new salary system, the Capital Commerce Bureau called and asked them to prepare the documents and repurchase plan and submit them to the bureau within three days.
Shen Moer felt strange, so she took her daughter to the No. 9 Courtyard to ask Fu Zhiyuan for information that night. After finding out the information, Shen Moer went to the Capital Commerce Bureau again the next afternoon with all the necessary materials.
At the door of Director Zheng's office, Shen Moer met the director of the Capital Third Garment Factory. The director's surname was Zhang. When he pushed the door open and saw Shen Moer at the door, he was startled and a little guilty. He smiled dryly, exchanged a few words, and left in a hurry.
Shen Moer actually knew why he felt guilty.
After the videotape of the Huacai Garment Factory's fashion show was broadcast on CCTV, it was said that countless factories across the country were thinking about the clothes to be worn at the show, and several garment factories in the capital were naturally among them. Among them, the one that did the most thorough research on the clothes for the show was none other than the Capital No. 3 Garment Factory.
I heard that they drew out the designs for all the clothing styles in a very short time, and even made a batch of samples. With these samples, they have already placed several large orders, some of which are for foreign trade.
Since Shen Moer was holding a fashion show and had sent the videotape of the show to CCTV for broadcast, she was naturally prepared for this situation.
Fashion shows convey design concepts. In other words, the clothes at the shows are more conceptual, and the clothes they later put on the market will have some adjustments in style.
Moreover, her original intention of holding the press conference was actually mainly to promote the Huachang brand, and the Huachang series of clothing is difficult for other factories to imitate.
In short, it was completely within Shen Moer's expectations that other companies would copy their designs, and she was even happy to see them copying.
After all, if the clothing market is full of "Hua Cai concept" clothing in the coming year, wouldn't this invisibly establish Hua Cai's position and voice in the clothing industry?
This is completely different from the situation where the styles were secretly copied by the Fifth Garment Factory.
Of course, the director of the third factory saw that Shen Moer was guilty, not only because the third factory copied Huacai's style, but also because the third factory wanted to import sewing equipment from Sakura Country. However, their performance has been sluggish in the past two years and they have no money, so they turned their attention to the issue of Huacai Garment Factory's shares.
Huacai Garment Factory wants to buy back its shares, so the money can be used to buy equipment for them.
Not only did they copy other people's clothing styles, but they also used the money from selling other people's shares to purchase more equipment for themselves. No matter how you look at it, it seems that the "son" of Factory 3 is bullying the "picked up halfway" of Huacai.
How could the director of the third factory not feel uneasy?
Not to mention the director of the third factory, even Director Zheng felt a little embarrassed when he saw Shen Moer. It was one thing for others to actively request to repurchase shares, but it was another thing to sell their shares to support other factories.
Director Zheng has always known Shen Moer's temper. He was worried that Shen Moer would slam his desk. As a result, Shen Moer handed over the materials with a smile and said calmly: "I heard that the bureau is short of funds recently. We Huacai people are always happy to share the worries of the leaders. The original repurchase of 10%, how about changing it to 20%?"
Director Zheng: “…”
The next day, Huacai Garment Factory, which was racing against time to complete its production tasks, suddenly stopped production temporarily and held a factory-wide meeting. At the meeting, Shen Moli announced an important news: every cadre and employee of Huacai Garment Factory will have the opportunity to subscribe to the factory's shares. According to the conditions such as length of service and level, each person will voluntarily limit the purchase to a certain share, and there will be no compulsory requirement for those who are unwilling to purchase.
The employees were immediately excited!
How is it possible that someone is unwilling to buy? Those who are unwilling to buy are all fools!
As part of the Huacai Garment Factory, they know better than anyone else how good the factory's performance is!
Especially after the fashion show, it is said that the sales department’s phone was ringing non-stop every day.
Their factory will only get better and better. If you can own a little bit of shares in the factory, you will definitely get a lot of money in the future.
On that day, the factory office received a large stack of subscription application forms.
Gu Xiaojuan was one of the first employees who was introduced to the Huacai Garment Factory through the neighborhood committee when it was first established. She hurriedly filled out the subscription application form and submitted it when it was almost time to get off work. After submitting the form, she and her neighbor Zhang Xia rode their bicycles home together.
The two of them entered the factory at the same time and had long years of service. The shares they subscribed to were even higher than those of some department heads.
Zhang Xia was excited and said happily, "Director Shen said that with the shares we are the real owners of the factory. My heart started pounding when I heard this. Tell me how lucky we were to be introduced to work at Huacai Garment Factory."
Gu Xiaojuan pursed her lips and smiled. In fact, she had the same idea as Zhang Xia. She also felt that they were really lucky.
She returned to the city after working in the countryside. She was only sixteen years old when she did so, and had just graduated from junior high school. She had a low level of education, no skills or special talents, and after returning to the city she couldn't find a job for a long time.
When the neighborhood committee introduced her to the Huacai Garment Factory, they also told her bluntly that this factory was a social-run factory of another commune, and it was hard to say whether it could be run or how long it could last. Since she couldn't find a job anyway, she might as well make do with this factory for the time being.
Who would have thought that we would be making do with this for so many years.
The social enterprise that was originally not favored has become a well-known clothing factory in the capital.
Now, they can also buy shares in the factory.
"Do you have enough money to buy shares?" Zhang Xia asked.
Zhang Xia is a little older than Gu Xiaojuan. She was already married when she joined the factory. Her family is very supportive of her work. Even if she does not have enough money to buy shares, her family will definitely give her the money.
Gu Xiaojuan is different. She has two older brothers and her family is somewhat patriarchal. Not to mention whether their family is willing to pay the money, even if their family is willing to pay, it is hard to say who will own the shares in the future.
Gu Xiaojuan pressed the bell and then said embarrassedly, "I started dating someone two months ago, and he left his bankbook with me."
She has a lot of subscription shares, and the money she has saved is indeed a little less. However, she and her partner have already discussed getting married, so it doesn't matter if she borrows some money from him first.
Zhang Xia was surprised: "Of course, when did you start dating someone? Why didn't you tell me?"
Gu Xiaojuan said embarrassedly: "Just recently."
The two chatted for a few words and then parted ways at a fork in the road.
After arriving home, Gu Xiaojuan found that her cousin Yang Tian was also at her house. Yang Tian was the daughter of her uncle, and her mother always loved her uncle as if he were her eldest son. Therefore, she was particularly good to Yang Tian, the only daughter of her uncle.
Anyway, it's much better than treating her.
In addition, Yang Tian is a person who appears sweet on the outside but is actually bitter on the inside. She is very good at pretending in front of her elders, but in reality she often does small things to bully others. Gu Xiaojuan has disliked this sneaky and cunning cousin since she was a child.
"Oh, our glorious worker comrade is back." Yang Tian said with a smile, "Cousin, I heard that your factory has been doing very hot business recently, and you have been working overtime every day. How is it going? You have earned a lot of overtime pay recently, right?"
Before Gu Xiaojuan could speak, her mother spoke up: "No matter how good the performance is, it's no use. You can't earn as much as you can as a boss. Your cousin is just stupid and stubborn, she can only earn a fixed salary. You can't earn several months' salary in one month like her."
Yang Tian is a self-employed person. She opened a clothing store and has earned ten thousand yuan. Every time Gu's mother sees her niece, she looks down on Gu Xiaojuan.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Xiaojuan might have been so angry that she would vomit blood, but today she was very calm and even agreed with him: "That's right, making atomic bombs is not as good as selling tea eggs, not to mention that we are workers."
Although she said so, what Gu Xiaojuan was thinking in her heart was that after subscribing to the shares, she would not have to do anything and would get no less than Yang Tian every year. Moreover, the workshop director had analyzed to them that with the development momentum of their factory, the factory's shares would only become more and more valuable.
How could it be better to be your own boss or a self-employed person than to make money with Director Shen?
But she won't tell them. She will tell the good news to her partner secretly.
At the same time, Zhang Xia came home and told her husband Lin Chuan about this. He immediately waved his fist in excitement: "Xia Zi, your factory is really great. They let you subscribe for shares! Do you know what this means? It means that with these shares, we may not have to worry about food and clothing in the future!"
Lin's mother and father, who were standing nearby, looked at each other. Lin's mother couldn't help but say, "You're exaggerating. What kind of shares are these? Are they just like national debts? Can you get some interest back in the future?"
"No, no, no, the nature is completely different!"
Lin Chuan excitedly explained to his family what shares were, and then said: "Director Shen of Xiazi's factory is a great man. The efficiency of their factory will definitely get better and better, and these shares will become more and more valuable in the future! Oh, I didn't expect that someone like me could also eat gigolo food!"
Zhang Xia rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, and then said, "Our workshop director also said so, saying that this share will become more and more valuable in the future."
Mother Lin: "Oh, that's really great!"
Lin Chuan said happily: "Mom, hurry up and make two more dishes. Oh, forget it, I'll go to the small stir-fry restaurant at the entrance of the alley and buy two more delicious dishes. Let's drink some wine and celebrate!"
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Similar things are happening in many places in the capital.
Of course, as the factory manager, Shen Moer also submitted a subscription application form.
She was able to subscribe to a relatively large number of shares, and when she went home and counted her savings it seemed that it was still not enough, so she simply took out a box of goldfish from the treasury.
So, when Fu Mingze came home from overtime, he saw his wife sitting at the head of the bed holding a wooden box. He walked over to take a look and couldn't help but jump in surprise: "What are you doing with this?"
Even though he knew that his wife had a treasure house, Fu Mingze pretended it was nothing all these years. He had never entered the treasure house and had no idea what was inside.
Of course, from the little goldfish, pearls, jewel necklaces, etc. that Chen Moer occasionally took out, he could roughly guess that the things in this treasure house were probably all rare treasures.
He usually doesn't touch the things in the treasure house, but today he suddenly took out a box of small goldfish. Something must have happened.
Shen Moer told him about the subscription of shares. Fu Mingze thought about it, closed the wooden box in her hand, put it in the drawer of the dressing table, leaned over and kissed her first, and said, "I'll find a way to get the money."
Shen Moer looked at him with a smile and teased, “How can you find a way? Go back and ask your parents for it?”
Fu Mingze simply sat down, hugged her in his arms, kissed her again, and said with a smile: "Yes, go back and ask your parents for it. It's your fault that your lover is a useless second-generation rich man. You should face the reality."
The bedroom door was slammed open, and Liangliang shouted, "Dad, supper is ready!"
Then he tilted his head and asked, "Dad, what is a second-generation ancestor? You are a useless second-generation ancestor, then what am I?"
Fu Mingze: “…”
Shen Moer suddenly burst out laughing.
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