Like Lin Lairong, Yin Zhenfei did not show much interest in the machine tool industry and just took a quick look around the machine tool workshop.
When they came out of the old factory, it was almost noon, and Wan Feng wanted to take Yin Zhenfei to Wankou for dinner.
"No! Just eat in the cafeteria of your factory and see if you are a glamorous guy who is actually stingy with your employees behind the scenes."
Wan Feng was depressed: Do I need to do that?
Nanwan Group has canteens in both the old and new factories, each with a separate two-story building, and the scale is quite astonishing.
At noon, most people whose homes were no more than five miles away from nearby Nan Da Wan went home for lunch.
Those who eat in the cafeteria are the residents and employees whose homes are more than five miles away from Nandawan.
That's about 1,500 to 1,600 people.
Fifteen hundred people were scattered across two cafeterias, and it was quite lively.
The cafeteria serves two dishes every day at noon. Today's dishes are stir-fried kohlrabi and cabbage stewed with tofu.
The staple food is rice.
Wan Feng, Yin Zhenfei and Cao Anyi went to the cafeteria of the new factory. Wan Feng personally went to the food stall to buy vegetables and rice, and asked two workers to help bring them to their table.
Three bowls of rice and two plates of vegetables per person.
"Boss Yin! I feel bad that you came all this way and only have this for lunch."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Eating is just a formality. As long as it can fill your stomach, it's a good thing."
He is easy to serve.
"Alright! Let's get together again tonight."
Although there is no meat in the dish, it is very oily and tastes pretty good.
"Not bad, not bad, the profit is good. It seems that you are not a black-hearted boss."
"Boss Yin! This has nothing to do with whether I'm a bad person or not, right? The food isn't free, you have to pay for it."
"Then how do you charge for meals in this cafeteria?"
"That's the cost price. If you can remember the prices of food in restaurants five years ago, it was basically the same, just a little more expensive. Rice was seven cents a bowl, tofu was 12 cents, and kohlrabi was 11 cents."
Yin Zhenfei was surprised.
The price brought back some memories for him.
"In Shenzhen right now, there's no food for even a dollar, let alone a dime. A bag of instant noodles costs 1.5 yuan. How do you manage to keep prices so low?"
Huh? When instant noodles are selling for 70 cents a bag across the country, a store in Shenzhen is selling them for 1.5 yuan?
Although Wan Feng often goes to Shenzhen, he has never paid attention to the price of instant noodles.
"I grow most of the vegetables myself because so many people in the nearby villages work in various enterprises in Jiangwei, so there is a lot of idle land in the nearby villages. I contracted the land and hired some older farmers to grow vegetables. I pay them wages and they grow vegetables for me. It's that simple."
Wan Feng contracted thousands of acres of vegetable bases in Dabuzi, Huanghui and even Shangqiao Village, Wulu Township, south of Nandashan.
Farmers who grow crops enjoy the same treatment as group employees, as long as they can ensure a certain level of output.
In this way, he can get a variety of vegetables at the lowest price and supply them to the group.
The same goes for seafood. He has two offshore boats in Black Reef, and all the fish caught are included in the canteen's menu.
With the support of Wan Feng, Yu Qingtao built a cold storage in Heijiao. After a few years, he became an entrepreneur in Heijiao.
All the seafood caught by Wan Feng's two 44-horsepower boats that cannot be eaten is frozen in Qing Tao's cold storage, and he can send a vehicle to bring it back whenever needed.
As for pork, Liu Jiu started raising pigs, so Wan Feng simply ordered all the pigs he raised.
It’s just a hundred pigs. It doesn’t seem like too much to share a hundred pigs among fifteen hundred people.
"Are you grouping everything related to your group?"
"This will help us save costs to the greatest extent possible. It's the same whether you're running a business or living at home. You have to be frugal when you need to be."
"You are a young boy, but you are quite organized in your actions."
At this time, several Soviet technicians from the machine tool workshop also walked into the cafeteria.
"You have foreigners here?"
"Haha! There are dozens of them, all technicians."
"What countries are they from?"
In the eyes of Chinese people, all white people look almost the same. Unless they tell their nationality, it is impossible to tell which country they are from.
"The ones you see are Soviet people. They've been here for several years, mainly engaged in machine tool research. Some have just arrived, so the personnel composition is a bit more complicated. There are more people from Helan than from Lishi."
"While Chinese people still viewed foreigners with a mysterious and even worshipful attitude, you have already made use of them for Chinese benefit."
"What's wrong with foreigners? Aren't they human beings too? Why can't I use them? I can be their boss too."
Yin Zhenfei found this boy more and more interesting.
“Are they treated the same as domestic employees?”
Wan Feng shook his head: "The rest of the benefits are the same, the salary is different. After all, they really have some core technologies, so it's only natural to give them a high salary."
Yin Zhenfei agreed with this point.
Next, Yin Zhenfei asked some questions while eating, and showed a hint of doubt when he learned that Wanfeng's corporate products were integrated operations.
"Isn't it the lowest cost to manufacture the components yourself? The cost won't be too high if you use someone else's products."
"That depends on the component. Of course, we have to have the core components in our own hands. As for general-purpose components, I think there's little difference between producing them ourselves and others. After all, everyone has their specializations; you can't be an expert in everything. Parts you make in areas you're not specialized in are guaranteed to cost more than those made by companies in specialized fields, and their quality will be inferior."
Yin Zhenfei thought for a long time and finally expressed his different opinion: "I don't agree with your point of view. I think it's more reassuring to produce our own products."
Wan Feng smiled. "You have a point. It all depends on each person's self-understanding. For over two hundred years, every technological development and breakthrough has brought lucrative profits to capitalists, which is why capitalism replaced feudalism. But with the continuous development of human society, more and more technological advances can no longer be achieved by individuals or groups alone. In the past, a simple invention could give birth to one or more capitalists. But now, a humble invention may not necessarily produce any results, and many such inventions are shelved. This requires humanity to further integrate various scientific and technological fields. I believe that in the future, whoever can integrate the most resources will stand at the top of the era."
Yin Zhenfei put down his chopsticks. Wan Feng's words gave him a sudden enlightenment.
"What you said makes a lot of sense. I'll think about it carefully when I get back."
After dinner, Wan Feng accompanied Yin Zhenfei and Cao Anyi out of the cafeteria.
He will also accompany them to visit the new factory in the afternoon.
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