Yuan Fangguo nodded and said, "Yes, come over and talk about the park."
"How did the talk go?" Uncle Scar asked quickly.
"The leaders were busy this morning and basically didn't get to the point." Yuan Fangguo said with a wry smile.
"They're so busy." Scarred uncle got angry when he heard this. "They just stay in the office drinking tea and reading newspapers every day. They just need a few naked old women to serve them."
Yuan Fangguo couldn't help laughing, "Senior, please keep your voice down. The leaders in the factory must have their own things to do."
"Everyone knows their little tricks. They are just passing the buck and not getting anything done. I'm going to ask them for justice now." After saying that, Uncle Scar was ready to take action.
Yuan Fangguo quickly stopped him, "Senior, don't get excited. I came here with sincerity this time. Even if they give me a hard time for a while, I don't think it's a big deal. Leaders can't be as honest as us."
"No, that won't work. Your time is also precious." Uncle Scar was afraid that Yuan Fangguo would not go to talk, so he wanted to push him away.
He thought that his strength was unmatched in the machinery factory, but when he pushed Yuan Fangguo, he found that this guy was as motionless as a thousand-year-old tree root.
Looking closely, I found that the other person had already caught me in a horse stance.
"Senior, I'm not in a hurry. I'll come back this afternoon. Don't bother looking for them. Let's go to the union now."
"What are you going to the union to see?" Uncle Scar asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Then take me on a tour. This is my first time here." Yuan Fangguo said with a smile.
Scar uncle was quite straightforward and agreed immediately, "Okay."
In addition to the family quarters, there are more than ten factory buildings of various sizes in the factory. These buildings have a lot of space and were used to be the place for machinery manufacturing and cost storage.
The machinery factory mainly produces tractors, but in recent years, due to the lack of fresh ideas, their tractors have been unable to adapt well to the current situation, and their business has plummeted.
"The core foundation is the engine. After 1985, the factory leaders began to neglect the engine, which resulted in the Northern Heavy Machinery Factory seizing the opportunity to overtake us..." When talking about those incompetent leaders in advance, Uncle Scar looked as if he wanted to tear them into pieces.
Many times, the advancement or lag of ideas can indeed determine the progress or regression of a factory or even a country.
The factory buildings were locked up with thick iron chains and were surrounded by weeds, looking dilapidated.
After walking around the factory, Uncle Scar took him to the family area for a tour.
The family quarters are also made up of old houses, the newest one was built in 1985. Since then, no other houses have been built in the family quarters.
Previously, state-owned enterprises all adhered to the tradition of sons inheriting their fathers' business. Therefore, many of Scar Uncle and his employees are now factory workers. The factory workers' children did bring them infinite glory, but now, they are just like the factories, and many people see no hope.
No new houses were built in the factory, which meant that these children had to either live outside or squeeze in with their parents.
Uncle Scar felt embarrassed when he mentioned this. His son was already seventeen years old and still slept with him in the living room at night.
"There's only one room in the house?"
"Two rooms, one for my parents, and the other for my wife and daughter."
"Actually, my family is relatively well-off. I'm the only son my parents have. Some families with multiple sons can't even find wives. We've truly lived our lives as 'sons', with no ambition or purpose left."
After a quick walk around the family quarters, I saw that every place where the sun shone was packed with men, women, young and old. They gathered together and talked loudly, using vulgar language. From time to time, everyone laughed unrestrainedly, as if this laughter could temporarily throw away their inner dissatisfaction and unhappiness.
After a round of inspection, Yuan Fangguo could understand why they were so anxious to build a park. The buildings in the family quarters were very close to each other, and sometimes one could even hear the snoring of people in the opposite building clearly at night. The land for the planned park was only separated from the family quarters by a wall. If the park was built, the employees in the factory might not feel so depressed.
When passing by the wall between the family quarters and the park, Yuan Fangguo couldn't help but stand on a high stone and look at the overgrown park opposite.
"In 1986, just as the park was about to begin construction, the then-factory director halted the project, saying the economy had been booming in the past two years and the money needed to be reinvested in production. The workers had no objections, but they only focused on expanding production without paying any attention to market trends. This resulted in a severe product slump. Now our factory has a cargo area at the railway freight station with thousands of tractors stored there, but no one wants them."
"What about the discount?"
"What?"
"So you're selling it at a discount?"
"Sales are slow. The reputation of the Hongqi Machinery Factory has been completely shattered by these parasites. Consumers simply won't buy it. And after the suspension of production, to put it bluntly, if a tractor breaks down, there's no spare parts available. Who would buy it?"
Uncle Scar became more and more excited as he spoke, and swear words came out of his mouth one after another.
After leaving the family quarters, Yuan Fangguo asked Uncle Scar to take him to the trade union again.
The union is on the second floor of the row of shops at the entrance. In its heyday, all the shops were rented out, and now only a few shops selling breakfast and fruits are still supporting it.
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