Chapter 180 Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is good, to serve as a warning to others...
Chapter 180 Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
The large canteen of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Several people from the same department, who had just finished their meals, crowded around a table with their lunch boxes.
A person surrounded in the center is bragging.
He had a stern face, his eyes trying to appear calm yet menacing. He tapped his fingers on the table twice and said, "Someone tell me..."
"No, no, you don't look like that."
"There must be murderous intent in your eyes!"
"Don't talk nonsense, what murderous aura? That's evil aura!"
"Yes, it's evil spirit. Do you understand evil spirit?"
. . . . . .
Li Zhonghua and Shen Kunlun shook their heads helplessly and chose to stay away from these guys.
When their directors are held accountable, the first thing they do is target their own departments.
Not to mention what happened before the former director retired, in the past month since Director Yan took office, Yanjing Automobile has sent two letters of appeal, but even their secretaries have never seen them.
Where did this letter go?
I remember when Director Yan was in the meeting, the first thing he said was, "Someone tell me..."
The oppressive feeling made the entire venue silent.
This sentence became a "catchphrase" among everyone, and the scene at that time was imitated repeatedly.
Tsk, so childish...
"It's funny now, but back then I was too scared to even fart..."
Haven't you noticed that the leaders of several departments have been avoiding people from the Department of Foreign-Invested Enterprises Administration these past few days, fearing that it would be their turn to be invited for tea by Director Yan?
It is said that Director Yan's tea is bitter in the heart and spicy in the mouth, and no one likes to drink it.
The two of them talked in whispers.
"Xiao Song hasn't come back yet?"
"I guess the traffic hasn't reached them yet..."
The two looked around and shook their heads secretly.
"If you ask me, you can't hide from the first day, but you can hide from the fifteenth day. Since our director is investigating, no one on this rope can escape. But you should take the initiative to explain the situation."
"Eat quickly, we have to go to the car factory later."
***
Regarding the issues at the Yanjing Jeep Factory, Yan Jiuru couldn't just curse and leave a string of questions and be done with it.
For several days, Yan Jiuru led people to conduct research in various departments and production lines in the factory to understand the root cause of the problem so as to better solve it.
In the production workshop, Yan Jiuru, foreign and Chinese engineers and workers were all present.
Regarding the parts quality issue mentioned by the foreign party, Yan Jiuru picked up a small spring from a parts basket marked "unqualified" and asked, "What's the problem with this?"
After Shen Kunlun translated, Thomas said: “After our testing, its fatigue resistance is not enough, and it loses its proper elasticity in less than three years.
Director Yan, you should know that this is absolutely not allowed from a safety perspective."
Yan Jiuru nodded and turned to the technical staff of Xuan State.
Before the chief engineer could say anything, the team leaders and others below him sneered, "What if a spring still needs to be used for ten or eight years? At most, we can just replace it every two years."
. . . . . .
After several days of research, Yan Jiuru finally understood.
The foreign party pursues high quality and high performance, and will never compromise, especially when it comes to safety issues.
However, the technical staff of Xuan State believed that there was no need to be picky. If the quality was not good enough, it could be made up for by quantity. They focused on replacing the products every year.
Such a contradiction is simply irreconcilable.
But in Yan Jiuru's opinion, the two sides just looked at the problem from different perspectives, and neither of them was actually wrong.
Finally, Yan Jiuru called both parties to the scene.
He said to Thomas and others: "...Safety is of course important, there is no doubt about that, but I hope you will consider the cost while considering quality and performance.
This is also very important.
It is obviously inappropriate to blindly pursue high quality and high performance unrealistically and divorced from the actual business operations.
Take this part, for example. As a component of the brake, it's definitely not acceptable to need to replace it every year due to quality. But can we find ways to improve the process and materials so that it can be replaced every three or five years? Is that possible?"
The same goes for other parts.
He asked someone to bring out another spring and showed it to the technicians of both companies. "From what I understand, there has been a breakthrough in domestic steel smelting technology. This problem caused by the material will soon be alleviated."
He has hundreds of patents in smelting and refining materials. Some of them cannot be expanded on the market because certain key national projects require a protection period. However, the new material he developed with the two professors can be promoted on a large scale next year.
"The spring you have is no worse than imported ones in terms of material performance, but the cost is only one-third of the current imported parts."
With such high cost-effective materials, the material of the parts is not a problem. As for the manufacturing process, it depends on them.
"Also, since the parts supplier's products can't meet the requirements, why don't you look for more on the market? If I can find it, why can't you?"
Xuanguo's chief engineer hesitated and said, "This is the supplier designated by the higher-ups..."
Yan Jiuru laughed and said, "The country has begun to revitalize the market economy, and they still need to designate suppliers? Where are they designated? Why don't I see this clause in the joint venture contract?"
Without competition, there is no pressure to improve. The supporting factories can choose whether to take it or not. We will just stay like this. Yan Jiuru’s automobile factory had the same experience in the past. Later, he set up his own supporting factory to suppress the other party.
Yan Jiuru didn't say much, but instead took the main personnel from both sides of the Yanjing Jeep Factory to visit his automobile factory and explosion-proof and bulletproof car factory.
Seeing the production lines busy with export orders and the quality of each part far exceeding that of CKD parts, both sides fell silent.
***
A week later, the Yanjing Jeep Joint Venture finally came up with a rectification plan that had been revised more than a dozen times.
This is something that both sides agree on.
Yan Jiuru was quite satisfied with this.
He simply said: “A new business is like a baby. It goes through a process from crawling to standing up and taking two steps, and then running and jumping.
I hope you can work together in this process instead of going one way and the other way.
Otherwise, falling down and falling into a ditch would be the least of your worries.
No child should always rely on their parents; they must be independent and learn to think and solve problems, rather than just stubbornly insisting on their own ideas.
Of course, he is not a person who takes things lightly, and he will not be polite to those who are not proactive in rectification.
***
Seeing Yan Jiuru fiddling with the suitcase again, Chen Yin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Can we really leave this time?"
Yan Jiuru was also helpless. "I can't help them solve every problem. I can only provide them with ideas and methods to solve the problems. If they can't even learn this, I might as well shut it down as soon as possible."
In mid-November, the matter of the Yanjing Jeep Factory was finally settled.
Director Yan finally went on a business trip.
The entire Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and even the Yanjing Municipal Government, breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether it was to scare the monkeys or to serve as a warning to others, after the incident at the Yanjing Jeep Factory fermented, many departments and companies quickly conducted self-inspections and rectifications.
Didn’t I see that after the Yanjing Jeep Factory was renovated, the foreign side changed the general manager, and the Xuan State side also changed the chief engineer!
As for other managers, those who did not change their attitude, whether they were foreign R&D and production managers, or the union chairman, security chief, and logistics director on the Xuan Kingdom side, were all replaced.
As the saying goes, the job is here. If you don’t work hard, there will always be someone to replace you.
Several departments and bureaus were held accountable, and even two or three deputy mayors and directors of the municipal government were dealt with.
Let’s just say whether this person is cruel or not.
In short, no one wants to fall into Director Yan's hands.
Next, relevant leaders from various local governments and management teams of various foreign-funded enterprises all actively exerted their subjective initiative, broadened their thinking, and tried to find ways to quickly resolve the problems that had previously caused controversy.
Wherever Yan Jiuru goes, there is harmony!
Yan Jiuru also asked: "Oh? Everything is okay? Are you sure there is no problem?"
Of course it’s not that there are no problems, but they have been solved.
If the problem is not solved, they will be the ones to be solved.
***
Yan Jiuru felt both relieved and regretful.
But how could he come here in vain?
For example, if someone secretly discharges sewage into the river, all the fish and shrimp in the river will die;
Thick smoke billows from someone's chimney, making the air outside choking. Without a mask, your nostrils will be filled with black ash after a long day.
What's worse, the country has given many preferential policies, but they are still not satisfied and actually evade taxes!
Under Director Yan's sharp eyes, no one can survive for more than three days.
After going around, I helped some companies and also dealt with a group of people who ate people's food but did not do anything for them.
When we returned to Yancheng, we were actually three or five days earlier than planned.
***
After returning to Yancheng, Yan Jiuru attended the working meeting of the leading group of foreign-invested enterprises, reported on the various problems found during the inspection of foreign-invested enterprises, as well as the rectification situation, and put forward relevant opinions and suggestions.
After several rounds of meetings and discussions, it was finally decided to advance the work on regulations and bills for the management of foreign-invested enterprises from now on.
At the same time, we are also preparing for the National Foreign Investment Work Conference.
Because some local governments, in order to attract investment, dare to promise anything, agree to anything, and even help companies conceal major problems.
Originally, the country planned to wait and see for a year or two, but as a result, several foreign-funded projects encountered problems of one kind or another. In particular, after the first foreign-funded project in Yanjing almost fell apart, the country brought forward the plan.
Yan Jiuru was so busy that he had no time to rest.
***
Until this day, Chen Yin asked him about the New Year holiday.
Yan Jiuru just realized that the Chinese New Year was only about a week away.
He slapped his head and said, "Oh, I forgot about that. Have you bought the tickets? I'll arrange for someone to buy them!"
Chen Yin rolled her eyes at him. "By the time you thought about buying tickets, the New Year was already over. The Director is always in a hurry every day, so I asked Captain Guo to help buy them for me."
"Chinese New Year's Day is January 28th, and I bought my ticket for the 26th. Is that okay with you?"
Chen Yin was afraid that it would be inconvenient for him to ask for leave in advance, so she shortened the departure date to the last minute, and he would be 30 years old when he got home.
Yan Jiuru must be fine.
If there are any problems, you must solve them yourself.
Fortunately, he had informed Minister Huang early on and would not attend this year's group gathering.
***
The family agreed to return to their hometown in Northern Province to celebrate the New Year.
Many things need to be planned carefully in advance.
Yan Jiuru couldn't help, but fortunately the three children had grown up and were able to do something for their mother.
Chen Yin gave each child fifty yuan and said, "If you want to buy gifts for your friends, plan ahead and buy them first. Then pack them together, okay?"
Starting from November this year, except for a small number of special products, the invoices for most of the products have been cancelled, but the prices have also been raised a lot.
Therefore, Chen Yin spent more money on buying gifts for the children than in previous years.
Chen Yin called her sister-in-law again.
Rushong has already had his winter vacation and is contacting several classmates to generate income, but Ruyue's medical school is even busier.
A while ago, a group of seriously injured soldiers were transferred from the front line, all from the other side of the border.
Where there is fighting there will be casualties, and the peace in the rear is gained at the cost of the sacrifices of these soldiers.
"...I'll have your third brother pick you up later and bring some nutritional supplements for the wounded."
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