Chen Yigen frowned, "Xiao Xia, this salary is too high, isn't it? The pharmaceutical company will have objections."
Chen Qiaogu nodded quickly. She had previously earned 60 yuan a month, which was already a very high salary for her. Now it would almost double. Only county-level and department-level officials could get a salary of 100 yuan these days.
She was just a rural girl who graduated from high school, and she was afraid that she would be regarded as an exploitative capitalist in the future if she received such a high salary.
Chen Xia pretended to look surprised: "Is this salary high?"
Everyone nodded.
"Isn't it good...?..."
Some shook their heads, some nodded. This question almost drove them to schizophrenia.
"Just take your salary and I'll take care of the matter at the pharmaceutical company. Why do you work so hard? It's all to make money. There's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Didn't the old man say that reform and opening up should allow some people to get rich first? I want you to be the first to get rich. You, Chen Zhen, if you have money, you can help me find a tall and handsome brother-in-law, isn't that good?"
Everyone burst into laughter again. Who doesn't like money? It's not shameful to say it out loud.
Chen Xia is destined to make a lot of money from the pharmaceutical factory. Since he gets to eat the meat, it's only right that he gives some soup to the workers.
He wasn't like those business owners in his past life, who only painted big pictures, talked about ideals and dedication, but became cowards when it came to money. Wanting a horse to run fast without eating grass—what's the point?
Chen Qiaogu was the first to stand up excitedly. "Don't worry, Chen Xia. I will do my best to manage this factory and will never slack off."
Several other people also stood up and actively expressed their determination to do their jobs well and lead the employees to make the best pills.
Chen Xia held his hand. "You deserve the high salary, no need to thank me. But if you get the high salary, you really have to do a good job."
Just like the warehouse team, you'll be doing more than just storing medicinal materials and shipping out drugs. First of all, you must register carefully. Don't ship out 2,000 and register only 1,500. If you do that, you'll be screwed. Not only will you lose money, you'll also be laid off."
Chen Guolin scratched his head embarrassedly: "I am a rough man and can't read many words, but I will definitely keep an eye on the warehouse and sleep there tonight."
Chen Guolin, deputy team leader of the warehouse team, an elder and neighbor, was completely surprised to be chosen as a "cadre." When Chen Xia spoke with him, he was stunned. He couldn't believe a country bumpkin could become a "factory cadre."
Chen Xia took a liking to him not only to repay the life-saving favor, but also because he cared about his hard work and diligence, and that he could drive a motorboat. His future responsibilities would be more like that of a transport team leader.
"Hey, Uncle Guolin is right. Our factory opened too hastily, so we need to arrange some security at night to prevent petty theft. Fourth Grandpa, please help arrange this. Hire two strong security guards, and also arrange an old man to watch over the door."
Chen Yigen tapped his pipe and said, "No problem. We don't need to hire security guards. We have more than ten male employees in the factory. We can just take turns to guard the night. Why not ask Seventh Grandpa from Xiaolingdi to be the security guard? He's an elderly widower and it would be pitiful for him to be alone."
"Okay, Grandpa Qi, I'm fine with that, but we need security guards too. Our employees work during the day and need to get enough rest at night. I don't want to become a capitalist and exploit everyone. I'm afraid I'll be caught and criticized on stage."
Hahaha, everyone laughed again.
After the meeting, the news of the high salaries at Qingfeng Pharmaceutical Factory spread throughout the village at the fastest speed.
This made the villagers who did not work in the pharmaceutical factory so envious that their eyes almost popped out. After returning home, they complained to their family members that they had failed the "competition", which triggered a series of local family wars.
It's really a case of some are happy and some are sad.
The news later spread throughout Xipu Commune, and as a result, all the matchmakers in the commune came out to fight.
Most of the "cadres" at Qingfeng Pharmaceutical Factory who earn high salaries are unmarried. They are definitely "high-quality customers." Then can't they just pick any young man or girl from around the country?
The matchmaker's main target was "Chen Qiaogu", who was beautiful, tall, and the general manager of a pharmaceutical factory.
Under such conditions, the son of the secretary of Lintou Village, the nephew of the deputy director of the commune, and others came to propose marriage.
But all of them were blocked by Chen Yigen. The old man was clear in his mind. Although his granddaughter had a rural household registration, with her current conditions, it would be no problem for her to find a city man.
Fortunately, Chen Xia had foresight and had already warned several young people in his own pharmaceutical company:
Take your time and be steady. If you don't have a partner yet, don't rush. Make sure you choose a good family, even if they don't have money. Don't choose a family that's just after their high salary.
Marriage is like a second rebirth for a person. If you choose the right one, you will be happy for the rest of your life; if you choose the wrong one, your whole family will suffer.
In Chen Xia's previous life, he got married because he was attracted by the other person's beauty and body, without considering the differences in their personalities, which eventually led to tragedy.
Now is still an era with extremely conservative social atmosphere. Anyone who gets divorced will never be able to hold his head up in the countryside, and the Chen family of Qingfeng Village will be laughed at by people in the surrounding area.
After the meeting, Chen Xia specifically kept Chen Qiaogu and Chen Guoqing to discuss how to do the accounting. This matter had to be kept highly confidential.
No reform can be smooth sailing.
In the early 1980s, many bosses who started factories did not pay enough attention to finance, and ended up suffering huge losses in their accounts. Many of them were even jailed for corruption.
It was obvious that you founded the factory with your own money, and the collective and the state did not invest a penny. But you are considered embezzling the money from your own factory?
But according to the laws in the early 1980s, affiliated enterprises are also collective, and you cannot take the money in the account as you wish. If you take it, it is considered corruption.
Unclear property rights can determine the life or death of a company, such as Jianlibao...
Chen Xia’s method is very simple: two sets of accounts.
Keep a clear account book and report all costs.
For example, pharmaceutical companies have to purchase tens of thousands of yuan worth of precious medicinal materials every month.
For example, they falsely reported the purchase of honey, wild boar tripe, etc. every month, and easily reported tens of thousands of yuan in a month.
For example, the production costs of the two medicines, Sanliu Fei Tai and Sanliu Shang Feng Tai, are also included in Sanliu Wei Tai.
In short, the cost of the first Sanliu Weitai pill must be reduced to 3.4 yuan, leaving a profit of 10 cents. In this way, the factory can make a profit of 6,000 yuan a month.
After deducting employee salaries and taxes, at least a look at the accounts would show that the factory didn't make much money.
As for the "secret account", Chen Guoqing was asked to keep it at home so that he could keep track of it.
The fact that Chen Xia took away the lion's share of the profits was the pharmaceutical factory's top secret. If anyone outside knew about it, they would definitely be sent to labor reform, and there was even a possibility of him being shot in 1983.
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