"Let's go in and take a look."
"Let's go then, over there, there's a parking lot over there."
"There's a parking lot?"
"Do you look down on yourself or on me? Every employee in our factory, no matter what, needs a bicycle, and some have even bought motorcycles."
Indeed, bicycles nowadays cost between 100 and 300 yuan each, and the lowest labor cost here is 80 or 90 yuan. With a little saving, you can have a bicycle. Entering the market, things are a bit messy; the market sells all sorts of things. Note that in this era, you almost never see markets like this; most of the time, people go directly to supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores.
You almost never see ordinary people setting up stalls like this.
Moreover, there are also some stalls selling meat and vegetables.
"Why don't you just have the canteen collect the meat and vegetable vendors' orders?" Wang Shouren asked.
"What are you going to buy? They think our purchase price is too low." Qin Jingru rolled her eyes. "Do you think everyone is like you, signing an agreement directly with Qin Family Village? They've even started raising pigs there now. I've already said that next year, we're going to raise the price."
“It is worth mentioning,” Wang Shouren nodded. “Things are getting more and more expensive these days.”
"That's right. Meat prices have gone up and down several times. On average, they've increased by at least 30 percent."
Life in Beijing is getting harder and harder.
Originally, people could make ends meet with twenty or thirty yuan a month. But now, money is becoming increasingly worthless. That's why Uncle Er packed his things and went to live with his eldest son. He couldn't make a living anymore; he had no choice. When he retired, he wasn't retired as a level 7 worker, but as a toilet cleaner.
My salary is only a dozen or so yuan, which isn't even enough to eat.
"I wonder when the price will stop rising."
"What? You've become compassionate now?" That's a novel thing.
"What are you talking about? Our factory has over three thousand people. With prices going up, how much money will the canteen have to subsidize every month?" Qin Jingru rolled her eyes.
Wang Shouren's canteen didn't make much money, or rather, it maintained a reasonable price level.
"We'll do a statistical analysis later. If we've lost money, we'll adjust the overall prices upwards."
"Can they handle the adjustments?" Qin Jingru asked with some worry. This Qin Jingru was no longer the same Qin Jingru she used to be. After taking over the factory for a year, she realized how difficult it was to keep it running. If it weren't for Xu Weiwei, she really might not have been able to manage.
Fortunately, she was a math major, so she was not stumped by some necessary calculations or personnel scheduling.
"This is nothing, I'm going to lower my salary even further." Wang Shouren rolled his eyes.
Qin Jingru looked at him in shock: "Are you really going to become a heartless capitalist?"
"Look, I've looked at the stuff on this street. There are a lot of bell-bottoms that young people like, as well as things that are imported from the south. These things all have one thing in common, you know?"
"What?"
“It’s expensive, ridiculously expensive. Those electronic watches are worthless in Hong Kong, but they become ten or twenty dollars here. These fast-moving consumer goods are worthless, and in a few years they will be outdated. Their current wages are too high, and they can’t hold onto this wealth. We have to find a way to help them protect it.”
"How do you plan to defend it?"
"Introducing a housing provident fund program wouldn't be considered a price reduction, but rather a way to provide them with a safety net."
"Housing provident fund?"
"Ah, for buying a house." Wang Shouren's eyes narrowed slightly. Housing provident fund, that's indeed a very good policy. Currently, China doesn't have that, partly because there's no need yet. At this stage, medical care and housing haven't reached that level. But these kinds of "intelligence tax" schemes are definitely draining these people's wages. As a factory manager, I have to leave them a way out.
"They don't want to buy a house."
These days, houses are usually provided by the factories. Take the steel rolling mill, for example. The old man's house originally belonged to the mill, but after he retired, the house was given to him. After a certain number of years, they'll give him a house instead. Furthermore, the factory houses have already been built. They're nominally rented, but in reality, as long as a worker works at the factory, they can rent a house at a low price.
For them, the house is theirs.
In many people's minds, working in a factory for a lifetime is a normal thing.
“That’s not the point,” Wang Shouren glanced at a house in the corner. Most of the houses here were hastily built. A few people came out of a dilapidated house, with dark circles under their eyes. They looked at their watches, hurriedly bought breakfast at the market, and left.
"A casino has been opened here. Is it really that blatant?"
"A casino?!" Qin Jingru's eyes widened. "No way."
"Of course it is." Wang Shouren sneered, "Aren't these situations rare?"
In fact, there really is such a group of people who engage in shady dealings. This group doesn't rely on street hustlers; instead, they target specific groups. For example, there's a group near steel mills that specifically targets newcomers with no connections. What do they do? They lure those people into drinking, gambling, and other frivolous activities.
Moreover, their seduction was quite methodical.
First, they lure someone in, and that person can't resist and gambles with them.
That will inevitably lead to defeat. As time goes by, you'll accumulate a mountain of debt that you can't repay. What will you do then?
Don't worry, they won't mess with you, they won't harm you, they won't cut off your hand. They just want you to recruit people. The more people you recruit, the more your debt will be forgiven and you'll even get some benefits in return.
The debtor wouldn't see anything wrong with them; on the contrary, they'd think they were good people. If the truth came out, the debtor would be pushed out and made a scapegoat. Meanwhile, they would have already fled.
This tactic should also be applied to various industries in later generations. For example, if someone in a certain place is being relocated, this group of people will specifically target the relocated residents and not stop until they have ruined their families and lives.
The Dayun Motorcycle Factory is known for its excellent wages and benefits, which naturally attracts a large number of people.
"That house? I'll have someone go and demolish it right away."
"No. Forget it." Wang Shouren stopped the furious Qin Jingru: "That's just a temporary stronghold. There's no point in destroying it. We can just move to another place and it'll be the same. No rush."
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