Don't young people love flattery? Factory No. 4 is an old factory after all. Although it's not doing well now, its reputation is still there!
Another reason is that he's spreading rumors, and he believes no one will know he's about to take over the No. 4 Factory. It's still not too late to get Xing Baohua there. If the news gets out, it'll be harder to fool people. The treatment of state-owned enterprise workers and contracted workers is different.
Little did he know, Xing Baohua already knew about the situation at Factory No. 4 from Director Li of the machinery factory. Moreover, Director Li had already made plans and was now intending to set up a production line for Factory No. 4.
Xing Baohua knew exactly why the factory director had summoned him.
Factory No. 4 may lack products, but it still has a foundation! The original No. 138 Cave was a JUN enterprise, which originally produced communication equipment. You can just convert it to a civilian version.
Even if the civilian version of the equipment cannot be modified, production...
Xing Baohua was taken aback by this thought. Factory No. 4 produced communications equipment; Xu Shuai had already inquired about it for him, but he hadn't paid much attention at the time. Now, thinking about it, wasn't this exactly what his major covered?
I was just thinking that since JUN's communication equipment is difficult to modify, they should produce telephones or something similar.
He used to play with telephones in his past life, which made Xing Baohua very curious.
But he couldn't show it; he still needed to think carefully about how to set up the production line for Factory No. 4. This was extremely important to him.
"Director Zhao, you overestimate me. I can fix TVs and radios. Take that old stereo, for example! I put two broken speakers in, connected them to a tape recorder, and it worked. A foreigner saw it and liked it. I was going to buy it for thirty yuan, but I held up three fingers, and he mistook it for three hundred. The factory leaders even criticized me for that. I don't know who spread the word that it was going for thirty thousand. In the end, the factory mediated and we sold it for one hundred yuan."
Xing Baohua continued to lie through his teeth, while simultaneously trying to dispel Director Zhao's opinion of him.
"Comrade Xing, don't deny your talent. If you can make things and sell them, you're a capable person! Look, if you come to Factory No. 4, I'll offer you the same salary as me, calculated as a level 6 worker, 77.8 a month, of course, there are bonuses and various subsidies. Factory No. 4 also has a family compound, and we can allocate one to you separately."
Zhao Shanhai continued to deceive him, saying that in his opinion, Xing Baohua was so young that his salary must be between level one and level two, around thirty or forty yuan.
Indeed, Xing Baohua was paid less than forty yuan as a first-level worker right after being promoted to a regular employee position.
The level six salary standard is equivalent to the treatment of a workshop director or deputy factory manager. Zhao Shanhai wasn't exactly exaggerating; he genuinely had the authority to do so. Whether the salary would actually be paid in full was another matter.
Xing Baohua was delighted.
When Zhao Shanhai saw him smile, he smiled too, thinking that he had been moved by the other party's high salary and sincerity.
“Your factory is dirt poor, what could I do there? I’d just starve!” Xing Baohua said.
"No, Factory No. 4 is facing difficulties right now, but as long as you can continue to make your loudspeakers, we can sell them. Factory No. 4 needs products right now. So many people, young and old, are waiting for money to buy rice to cook. Those who are sick don't even have money to see a doctor. Comrade Xing, we need you so much."
Zhao Shanhai not only played the victim card, but also the sympathy card, as if Xing Baohua would starve to death if she didn't go to their factory.
Xing Baohua waved his hand and continued, "You overestimate me. If you don't have money to buy rice, isn't there a government subsidy? If you don't have money for medical treatment, go to the government. As a leader, didn't you report this to your superiors? You think a kid like me can solve these problems?"
"You've got your eye on my loudspeaker, haven't you? Let me tell you, just connect the wires, put it in a wooden box, and attach a plug to the other end that plugs directly into the tape recorder's jack. It's that simple. Go back and organize production according to my instructions."
Zhao Shanhai smiled wryly after hearing this. He knew he couldn't persuade the other party for the time being. Liu Bei had to visit Zhuge Liang three times to persuade him to come to his thatched cottage, so he would just have to make a few more trips. As for Xing Baohua saying that making trumpets was easy, he didn't believe it.
Having finally managed to get rid of Zhao Shanhai, Xing Baohua sat by the door, staring at the road, lost in thought. Suddenly feeling a surge of irritation, he called out into the house, "Xu Shuai, bring me your cigarettes."
A little while later, Xu Shuai came over with a cigarette and asked, "Didn't you want to quit? Why do you want to smoke again?"
"Don't know? I just wanted a smoke. You go ahead with your work, I need to think about something." Xing Baohua took out a cigarette, lit it, and waved to Xu Shuai. He needed to sort out his development strategy.
He couldn't go to Factory No. 4. If he hadn't heard about his plan from Director Li, he really wanted to work there, since it was somewhat related to his major.
Factory Director Li offered him a workshop, which was very tempting. Backed by a large state-owned factory, he could access many resources he wanted, and at least the production line wouldn't be a problem. But was it worth it for a fixed salary, plus so many constraints? He'd already rejected the idea; how could he develop without financial power?
This era restricts personal development; it's too difficult to get started.
"Wait a minute? The machinery factory wants the land of Factory No. 4, and Factory No. 4 is relocating to the suburbs? The suburbs have villages. It can be affiliated with a rural town enterprise, and become a private enterprise? Factory No. 4 can be converted into a private enterprise? Is that a possibility?" Xing Baohua's face immediately lit up with a smile when he thought of this.
He needs to carefully study the feasibility of the proposed solutions and prepare a feasibility report.
If it were to be privatized, although there would be some constraints, the power to make decisions, allocate funds, and arrange personnel would remain in their own hands. Most importantly, they would retain control over the finances.
So where should we begin?
He didn't know if there was any precedent for state-owned enterprises being converted into private ones, nor did he know if the policy would allow it; he needed to inquire about it.
He knew that this year was the first year of implementing the contract responsibility system, and that the factories that survived under the contract responsibility system would become behemoths in later generations.
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