The meat processing plant production equipment was delivered quickly.
Now, thanks to Yang Zhiwu's continuous overtime work, the construction of the meat food factory has been basically completed, and the water and electricity have also been completed. Yang Weiguo was just about to urge Sun Zongyuan to deliver the equipment, but it was delivered here!
The regional machinery factory provided support with 50 skilled technical workers, who worked overtime overnight to install the equipment according to the installation instructions. Sun Zongyuan arranged for Yang Weiguo to serve them with good food and drink every day, and gave them an additional subsidy of 3 yuan per day. If the installation was completed within a month, he would receive another subsidy of 10 yuan.
The money was really not much, but in the 1980s, money was really money, and its purchasing power was very strong. A pound of flour cost more than 30 cents, so you could buy 100 pounds of Fuqiang flour with 3 yuan.
The equipment was installed in just over twenty days, and a few people were planning to stay for the test run. But fifteen or sixteen workers nearing retirement refused to leave and approached Yang Weiguo, hoping to get jobs in meat processing. They'd be retired in six months anyway, so why not stay here for a few more years and earn a few extra cents for retirement? Furthermore, some families still had children who hadn't married off, so the burden was still heavy.
Yang Weiguo reported to Sun Zongyuan and together they went to find these workers to understand the situation.
This understanding is surprising:
This group of people includes lathe operators, welders, milling operators, forgers, electricians, electroplating workers, and two vehicle maintenance workers. Half of them have worked in third-line factories before, more than half of them have technical grades of four or five, and two of them are at level six.
They are all treasures. Why would a meat processing plant need so many big shots? Yes, Wei Dongfeng is short of people. The yard of the meat processing plant is big enough. We can mark out 30 acres of land from the corner and move Wei Dongfeng’s Mechanical Research Institute here to supplement the production line of the institute.
Sun Zongyuan took them all with a wave of his hand. After they went back to complete the formalities, they could come here to work and would be paid 60-120 yuan per month depending on their technical level.
Unexpectedly, another group of old men and women came the next day. Hey, here come the treasures again. These people include not only technical workers, but also factory doctors, finance, quality inspection, and five or six professional old engineers.
We welcome everyone who comes!
Who knew that the next day, Director Liu Guanlong and Deputy Director Wang Cuncai of the regional machinery factory came together.
Are you here to accuse me? We should talk to you nicely. They helped us install the equipment, and we seduced them away. Why does it feel like the landlord's farmhand abducted the landlord's daughter?
After getting to know each other, Director Liu Guanlong said:
"Village Chief Sun, thank you for taking in these good brothers of mine. If it weren't for you, I don't know what these people would do after retirement. They would go back to their hometown to farm in their spare time and sell some vegetables. It's such a waste of such good skills!"
"In recent years, our factory has been experiencing a peak in retirements. Many professional and technical personnel have retired. Some are not yet of retirement age, but have been forced to retire because their children have taken over. Our factory does not have the ability or policy to rehire them. If you still need them, we can send them over. The salary does not need to be too high. They are very satisfied with 70 or 80 yuan!"
"I had originally planned to go over to thank the leaders of your machinery factory in the next two days. Without your support, I wouldn't know how to install the equipment in the processing plant. I didn't expect you to come first. I was mentally prepared to be scolded! Hahaha!"
"I've got an idea in mind, which is to narrow the gap between my country and the world's advanced countries in the machinery industry. I've been recruiting and reserving talent everywhere. Look at all the talent you have at your machinery factory, I'd love to have them. As for your professional and technical personnel, I think we should draw a line: basically, those over seventy shouldn't come, those in poor health shouldn't come, those with criminal records or poor personal ethics shouldn't come. For the rest, you should make a list, registering your technical level, professional field, and educational level. I'll send the most urgent ones first, and then gradually bring them in as the company develops. What do you think?"
"I think this is a good idea. We can't accept everyone. Some people's messy things can't be brought here!" Wang Cuncai added.
"Three of the people who came in first were former R&D team leaders, and two were leaders. To manage them, how about I recommend someone else for you?"
"Okay, I was just worried that my former manager, Wei Dongfeng, was too inexperienced and wouldn't be able to manage these talented people."
"It's him, Director Wang!" Liu Guanlong said, pointing at Wang Cuncai.
"What's going on? The factory director is quitting?" Sun Zongyuan asked.
"Director Wang is five years older than me and has always been my dear brother. He will be sixty next month and will retire. The Organization Department came this morning to select and assess the new deputy director."
"Director Wang was a top student majoring in mechanical engineering at a Shandong University before liberation. He had two opportunities to become a professor at the provincial capital university, but he never went because his family was in Ganhe."
"Our machinery factory was originally a military enterprise, producing armored vehicles. After the economic reform, the military-to-civilian transition was returned to the local government, and we also switched to producing engineering machinery. Director Wang took the technical route. He has worked in the factory as a technician, researcher, engineer, deputy director of the technical department, director, and chief engineer. He is now the deputy director in charge of technical research and development and a professor-level senior engineer."
"Director Wang, I sincerely invite you to come and help me. I believe that our cooperation will surely blossom into brilliant achievements!" Sun Zongyuan held Wang Cuncai's hands with both hands.
After a while, Factory Director Liu Guanlong went back first. It was a large factory with a thousand employees, so there was a lot of things to do.
Sun Zongyuan and Wang Cuncai communicated for the entire afternoon. Lunch was delivered to the office and the two of them ate while chatting.
With the lessons learned from his previous life, Sun Zongyuan formulated three research directions for the Institute of Mechanical Engineering:
First, we will develop agricultural vehicles, and then, once mature, we will move toward passenger cars. The technical obstacle is automotive transmission technology. We will strive to provide agricultural vehicle production technology within the year and automotive transmission technology within two years. This opportunity is now, and time is of the essence. The current Santana sedan is assembled in Shanghai using imported parts.
The second is compressors, mainly refrigerator compressor production technology. One aspect is to obtain technology from abroad, and the other aspect is to copy or reverse research and development, striving to have mature production technology within a year.
The third one is relatively simple, which is to develop plastic product molds, starting with simple plastic products for daily use, and gradually expanding to industrial products to provide support for the next step of industrial plastic products.
At present, the most urgent thing is to plan a research institute covering an area of 100 acres, and first build a 3,000-square-meter R&D workshop and more than 30 houses as office space.
Wang Cuncai needs to sort out talents from all aspects, divide them into three directions of research and development, and concentrate on them.
The management confirmed: Wang Cuncai as the director of the institute, Liu Mingzeng (a senior technical expert) and Wei Dongfeng as deputy directors, with seven departments under the institute: three R&D departments, general affairs department, finance department, supply department and logistics department. Sun Zongyuan recommended his wife Xu Rui as the director of general affairs department, and other persons in charge will be appointed based on merit after all personnel are confirmed.
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