Li Junsheng hitched a ride with the deputy factory director to the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University. He entered the school alone and spent several hours getting the information he wanted.
As dusk approached, Li Junsheng decided to find a place to rest first, and then buy a ticket home the next morning!
On his way out of the school gate, Li Junsheng happened to see Zheng Rong and his group coming out of the school. It seemed that the meeting did not go well, as Zheng Rong and his group looked worried.
Li Junsheng thought for a moment, then went over and took the initiative to greet and ask!
"Director Zheng, have you finished your meeting? Why do you look so worried?"
The other leaders of the machinery factory ignored Li Junsheng, but Zheng Rong, seeing Li Junsheng's concerned inquiry, couldn't help but sigh heavily.
Seeing Zheng Rong's expression, Li Junsheng knew that this meeting, like in his previous life, was not going well.
Zheng Rong will have the news released as soon as he gets back that the factory is likely not doing well and will need to lay off a large number of employees.
After sighing, Zheng Rong said wearily to Li Junsheng, "There's nothing to hide anymore. It's okay to tell you. It's just that our factory isn't doing well right now, and the higher-ups have ordered layoffs."
"With this cut, who knows how many workers will lose their jobs..."
Zheng Rong is now worried that the laid-off employees will cause trouble, which will be difficult for the factory to handle. How can he not be worried!
However, Li Junsheng was quite lucky; he managed to resign at this critical juncture and transfer his job to someone else.
Otherwise, he'd probably be just as worried as I am now, having lost his job and wondering how he'd support his family.
Hearing Zheng Rong's words, Li Junsheng nodded and told him truthfully, "I was wondering why. Before I resigned and transferred my job a few days ago, I noticed that the factory's orders had plummeted, and the workshop workers had been idle for half a month out of the month!"
When it comes to the orders from the machinery factory, Zheng Rong feels nothing but helplessness.
"It's not easy for an employee like you to notice these things. It shows that you're really dedicated to our factory. The reason our factory's orders have plummeted is because another factory has taken them all away by introducing advanced foreign technology!"
"Actually, the factory should have laid off employees a long time ago, but I wanted to struggle a bit longer and try to introduce advanced foreign technology, but I failed. The factory's performance was poor, and even the government's support was reduced."
If we don't lay off workers soon, the machine factory won't even be able to pay its employees' wages.
Zheng Rong is already sixty years old. He devoted himself to the factory in his younger days, but now that he has encountered misfortune, he looks even older!
The deputy factory director cared deeply about the machinery factory and was worried about its future. He had worked at the machinery factory for nearly forty years and had long regarded it as his home.
Of course, I couldn't bear to see the machinery factory fall into such a desolate state!
Li Junsheng nodded repeatedly. In his previous life, he had no opportunity to deal with a deputy factory director like Zheng Rong, and he was unaware that the machinery factory had attempted to introduce advanced foreign technology.
In his past life, he thought that the machine factory was just laying off workers because it was not doing well. But it turns out that so much had happened behind the scenes!
Li Junsheng looked thoughtful. As the saying goes, if you fall behind, you will be beaten. The machinery factory was about to be beaten.
Looking back on my past life, not long after the machinery factory laid off workers, it began to go down a very bad path!
It lingered on for many years, but found it difficult to receive support, and eventually it seems to have closed down.
Li Junsheng didn't pay much attention to what happened to the machinery factory in his previous life; at that time, he couldn't get his job back from the machinery factory.
He worked tirelessly to earn extra money so that his family could make a living!
There was no time to care about anything else. It seems the machine factory eventually closed down, but that's just what I heard from other people, so it's not accurate.
Such a large factory, so glorious in its heyday, a place where many workers depended on for their livelihood, it's truly lamentable that it closed down so suddenly!
But that's not surprising.
Li Junsheng earnestly comforted Zheng Rong, saying, "That's the basic situation. Director Zheng, you don't need to be too upset."
Zheng Rong nodded, feeling very heavy-hearted. He had thought Li Junsheng was just trying to comfort him, but Li Junsheng started talking to him in a very logical and eloquent way!
"Director Zheng should know that advanced foreign technologies are usually exclusively licensed. They have already licensed the technology to other machinery factories, so if we want to import it, the price will undoubtedly be very high."
"Not only will they raise the price for us, but that other factory will also take the opportunity to demand a penalty for breach of exclusive authorization from the foreign company, and we will have to pay the penalty for them."
"So it's not surprising that the technology transfer failed. Director Zheng has done everything he could for the machinery factory, and I believe everyone can understand the layoffs!"
Li Junsheng's words were spoken with great composure and sophistication, making him seem less like an ordinary worker and more like a high-ranking leader with hidden abilities.
Zheng Rong, along with the group of machinery factory leaders behind him, all began to look at Li Junsheng with new respect and scrutinize him anew!
Where did this extraordinary person come from? They knew Deputy Factory Director Zheng, but they had basically never met him before.
Zheng Rong stared at Li Junsheng in astonishment and said incredulously, "You know about this? To be honest, that's exactly the situation."
"I was only thinking about introducing advanced foreign technology so that our machinery factory could catch up with other factories. This way, the factory would get more orders and we wouldn't need to lay off workers. But I didn't consider all that. We couldn't afford to pay double the price from foreign companies, nor could we pay the penalties for breach of contract for them. So the introduction of advanced technology was rejected!"
It's incredible that Li Junsheng, who has never participated in his important meetings, was able to explain the issues in detail. It's as if he's a hidden master.
Li Junsheng smiled slightly at Zheng Rong, which was exactly what he wanted—to attract Zheng Rong's attention!
During his trip to the provincial capital, Li Junsheng unexpectedly encountered Deputy Factory Director Zheng, which sparked a major idea in his mind: he wanted to take a gamble and make something big with the machinery factory.
Therefore, he had to make Zheng Rong look at him with new respect.
If it works out, the scrap metal business can continue, and I'll also have other ways to make money. It's killing two birds with one stone, which is great!
Now that Zheng Rong had asked, Li Junsheng didn't mince words and told Zheng Rong frankly, "To be honest, Director Zheng, I usually like to study these things. People should never forget to learn, or they will be beaten if they fall behind."
"If you ask me, Director Zheng, you don't need to be so worried. In my opinion, the current problem of the machinery factory can still be solved. It's not like we have to shut down the machinery factory!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Rong and the group of junior leaders behind him were all in an uproar!
Did they hear me right?
Even Deputy Factory Director Zheng couldn't solve this problem, yet this guy in front of me has the audacity to claim he can?!
How can you call them backward? Machinery factories that can't import advanced foreign technology won't go bankrupt?
Is this even possible?
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