Reform and mergers, standardized bankruptcy, layoffs and relocation, staff reduction and efficiency improvement and re-employment projects, the survival of the fittest competition mechanism of state-owned enterprises, a dark cloud began to hang over factories of all sizes in various cities.
Ji Xingguo began to worry about this matter, sighing and lamenting in his office every day, wondering what to do.
It can be said that Ji Xingguo was one of the earliest core members of the Dongfang Factory since its establishment in the 1960s. Later, when he was transferred to the position of factory director, the Dongfang Factory had become the culmination of Ji Xingguo's life's work over the past twenty years.
Recently, a large number of frontline workers have also begun to experience anxiety about being laid off, fearing that one day the layoff notice will fall on their heads.
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It was at this time that the political leaders of Pingdong City were so glad that they had made the decision to let Lei Tingjun take over the development of the western district.
Because in Pingdong City, the area with the highest concentration of light industrial factories is in the western district.
Now that the national reform document has been issued, too many light industrial plants in the western district will be eliminated, and wave after wave of workers will be laid off. The people are complaining and causing trouble every day.
Just then, Lei Tingjun's western district development city was completed. After a meeting of the municipal government, it was decided that resources could be converted locally to allow laid-off workers to find new employment.
Lei Tingjun has two wholesale markets, right? They probably haven't filled all their leases yet, have they?
So the government stepped in and took over the first floor of the wholesale market, where laid-off workers could use government subsidies to rent shops and start their own small businesses.
Because of government layoff subsidies, which reduce their initial investment compared to other businesses, many people have switched from being factory workers to self-employed individuals.
Those who are unwilling to spend their own money to do business?
The foot traffic in the wholesale market is gradually increasing. There are people outside who need to pick out goods, people pulling tricycles, and people driving group vehicles.
The government also came to repair roads, which required workers. The city's appearance needed to be improved, which required various types of decorators, civil engineers, masons, and cement workers.
They say these jobs are all done by men, so what are the female workers supposed to do?
With the wholesale market bustling with activity, won't so many people need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves?
Centered around the two wholesale cities, the surrounding commercial pedestrian streets, food streets, various small restaurants, and barbershops prioritize hiring laid-off workers. Laid-off workers who come to Lei Tingjun's business department to discuss shop rentals receive layoff benefits, plus additional government subsidies.
After several rounds of policy implementation, Pingdong City was surprisingly the most stable city in East China to cope with the nationwide wave of layoffs.
It can be said that this was not only a smooth transition, but also a model for the entire province.
Therefore, it added a remarkable achievement to the political record of the Pingdong Municipal Party Committee Secretary. Not long after, the commendation from above was issued, and other cities in East China Province were also asked to learn from Pingdong City.
Therefore, the top leader even specially invited Lei Tingjun, this young talent, to dinner and praised him for his promising future.
Of course, these are all things to be discussed later, so we'll leave them for now and talk about them in more detail another day.
The person who is most worried right now is Lei Tingjun's future father-in-law, Ji Xingguo.
I thought that after these two years, my daughter would graduate, have her own career, and eventually get married.
Ji Xingguo thought about how his old bones had dedicated decades to the factory, and he was almost sixty. He thought that once his daughter got married, he could retire peacefully and enjoy his old age.
Unexpectedly, at the very end, he encountered the restructuring of a state-owned factory and had to face the directive from above to "reduce staff and increase efficiency." If the factory were to be reformed and staff laid off under Ji Xingguo's leadership, it would be a disgrace to his reputation in his later years.
The thousands of employees in the factory are like family to Ji Xingguo.
He couldn't bear to see anyone get laid off.
In just half a month, Ji Xingguo was so worried that he grew white hairs, whereas he didn't have many white hairs before.
Recently, I heard that Yang Zhiping has been frequently interacting with two foreign businessmen from Guangdong.
Yang Zhiping returned to the Dongfang factory at the beginning of this year. When he first came back, he was very proud and arrogant, walking with his head held high, because he brought back an American foreign-funded company and a Japanese foreign-funded company.
Because the Yang family father and son controlled these two foreign companies, they began to rival Ji Xingguo. Yang Zhiping often secretly complied with the decisions made by the factory leadership at meetings.
Now, with the state issuing this reform document unexpectedly, Yang Zhiping is clearly caught off guard.
But Yang Zhiping immediately realized that this was a good opportunity.
A few days later, he came over to Ji Xingguo and said that as long as he could persuade the two foreign investors to provide them with financing and investment in the Dongfang Factory, their factory would be classified as an export joint venture and would not have to undergo reforms or layoffs.
Ji Xingguo didn't know much about foreign businesses. Apart from dealing with a few foreigners on some business trips, his impression of these foreigners was still stuck in the negative image of the Eight-Nation Alliance and the Korean War.
Ji Xingguo was not at ease cooperating with them, and at the same time, he did not trust Yang Zhiping.
After much thought, Ji Xingguo decided to write a letter to his daughter, explaining the whole story from beginning to end, hoping that she could give him some advice.
In the past two years, his daughter's growth and progress have been astonishing, which Ji Xingguo has witnessed and is very gratified about.
Now, Ji Xingguo basically doesn't interfere with Ji Wanmei's business decisions. He even feels from the bottom of his heart that his daughter has fully matured, surpassing her father and becoming even smarter and more capable than he was when he was young.
At this critical moment, Ji Xingguo's first thought was naturally to consult with his daughter.
Coincidentally, the father and daughter seemed to have some kind of unspoken understanding.
Ji Xingguo had just sent out the letter when he received a reply from Ji Wanmei.
The letter was about the Oriental Factory facing restructuring and downsizing.
In her letter, Ji Wanmei said that she would return to Pingquan County in three days to help her father deal with the matter.
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