Chapter 1304: Moutai is going to rise to two or three thousand?
"Director Li, I offer you a toast. Although this is our first meeting, I have heard of your great name for a long time."
"No, no, I can't drink much. I really can't drink any more. If I drink any more, I won't be able to work in the afternoon."
"Then I'll do it, it's up to you."
"Okay, okay, yeah."
“.”
Li Ye can drink a lot and he is as open-minded as a Dongshan person. Generally speaking, as long as others toast him sincerely, he will never pretend to be polite. Anyone who has had a drink with him knows that Li Ye is a loyal person when drinking.
But today he was a rare fool. Director Han of the Red Star Manufacturing Plant toasted him, and he drank it all. He just pursed his lips.
This made Director Han very dissatisfied. He relied on his status as the head of the Red Star Manufacturing Plant and thought that he was giving face to the deputy director Li Ye by toasting him. But Li Ye was so stupid that he said, "I'll do it, you can do whatever you want."
So after putting down his glass, Director Han asked with a hint of sarcasm: "Director Li, is this wine not to your taste? How about I ask the legal representative to go out and buy a bottle of Moutai?
It stands to reason that we must serve good wine to entertain distinguished guests like you, but our factory has implemented strict hospitality standards since last year, and no one is exempted.
So I'm really sorry, it's my fault, I was negligent, I paid for it out of my own pocket, and I'm going to ask someone to buy you a bottle now."
Director Han stood up and was about to send someone out to buy some wine.
Li Ye smiled and said, "Director Han, you misunderstood. I can't tell the difference between good and bad wines. Brandy worth thousands of dollars and Erguotou worth a few dollars a bottle all taste the same to me, so please don't be polite."
Director Han said with a half-smile, "Oh, you can't get used to drinking wine worth thousands of dollars? That's no wonder. We have only seen high-end brandy in the Friendship Store, and we didn't know it cost thousands of dollars a bottle."
Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry about whether it costs thousands or tens of thousands per bottle. It's just a bottle of wine. If you drink it, you will get drunk, and being drunk will delay things. We still have to work in the afternoon, so we should drink in moderation."
"That's right, work is more important."
Director Han nodded, sighed and said, "But speaking of this wine! I really can't understand it. Especially after the reform and opening up, it is becoming more and more difficult to understand.
Ten years ago, our factory was very prosperous. At that time, Moutai liquor was only eight yuan a bottle. Even ordinary employees in our unit could buy a few bottles during weddings and funerals.
But in recent years, people's lives have been difficult, and the price of Moutai has risen to more than 100 yuan. Who can afford it? If the sellers don't sell to the common people, who do they sell to? "
[Come on! When Moutai was eight yuan a bottle, only factory managers like you could afford it. The average worker's salary was thirty or forty yuan, so who would be willing to drink it on weekdays?]
Li Ye smiled faintly and said, "We actually studied the problem that Director Han mentioned as a social practice when we were in school. In fact, after comprehensive analysis, the price of Moutai has not increased."
"In 1977 and 1980, Moutai was eight yuan a bottle, and the monthly salary of an apprentice in a factory in our county was 13.5 yuan, which meant that it took more than half a month's salary to buy a bottle of wine.
Two years ago, the wages of workers in Beijing were more than 100 yuan, while Moutai was 89 yuan a bottle, which was equivalent to half a month's salary.
This year, our wages have increased again. The lowest wages are more than 100 yuan, and the units with good performance are 200 to 300 yuan. Then the retail price of Maotai liquor has exceeded 100 yuan.
A bottle of liquor costs more than 100 yuan, which is equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary worker. According to this economic law, after another 20 or 30 years, when our wages reach 4,000 or 5,000 yuan, the price of Moutai liquor should be 2,000 or 3,000 yuan a bottle."
“.”
Li Ye's move was a "leak of secret". When the price of Feitian Moutai reached two to three thousand yuan per bottle, wasn't it still half a month's salary for an ordinary person?
Director Han was stunned for a moment, then asked in shock: "What? A bottle of Moutai has risen to two or three thousand yuan? Are you kidding? Then why are we still running a business? We can just sell the house and the land and save all the money to make Moutai."
"It's incredible, but if we had saved a batch when it was eight dollars a bottle, it would have increased more than ten times now, which is much higher than the interest rate of depositing in the bank."
"What do you mean by depositing money in a bank? It's much higher than loan sharking. It's simply robbing money! Impossible, absolutely impossible. A hundred yuan is the maximum. How can it increase to two or three thousand? Ha~"
Director Han laughed and asked Li Ye, "Director Li, you are also a businessman. What would happen if the price of a product increased every year?"
Li Ye looked at Director Han and said calmly, "Director Han, do you mean that someone is making similar products to compete?"
"Right material~"
Director Han slapped his thigh and said, "Just like our factory, before the market was opened up, the price of a workpiece of 230 yuan had not changed for more than ten years, but now it is difficult to sell a workpiece of 160 yuan because of a group of self-employed people.
Therefore, the good days of Moutai will not last for a few years. After Caotai and Tiantai appear on the market, it is not impossible for the price to return to eight yuan a bottle, not to mention more than one hundred yuan. It is just alcohol mixed with water, and eight yuan is not a loss."
“.”
[I gave you a chance but you didn't use it! What can I do? ]
Li Ye pursed his lips and nodded in agreement, "Yes, what Director Han said is that any product that encounters similar competition will have to reduce its price. Not to mention reducing it to eight yuan, it is possible to reduce it to three yuan."
“That’s right!”
Director Han raised the bottle with a flushed face, and while pouring wine for Li Ye, he said: "So the Maotai that costs more than 100 yuan and the Xifeng that costs only a few dozen yuan are both made of fine grains, and there is not much difference between them. Director Li, please don't despise them."
Li Ye quickly covered his glass and said calmly, "Director Han, I think it's almost time to go to work, so let's not drink, okay? Work is more important, right?"
Director Han's eyes flashed with obvious displeasure, and the redness on his face seemed to have faded away by half.
He put down the bottle and sat down steadily: "Yes, then, where are the two factory directors going to look this afternoon?"
Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang looked at each other and said, "Let's go to the workshop and invite some front-line workers to visit our unit. Since everyone has the intention to cooperate, we should reciprocate and see if we can adapt to each other."
“Select workers to visit your unit?”
Director Han and two other colleagues were very surprised.
Then he asked in confusion: "If it weren't for Director Li, what would the frontline workers understand if they visited your place?"
Li Ye patiently explained: "It's not about understanding something, but to see if they can adapt to our unit's working model, because if we really merge, they will of course have to work according to the current working model of our first branch."
“.”
Director Han looked at Li Ye and almost asked, "Why should we work according to your model?"
But then he held back because he was afraid that Li Ye would retort, "If we don't follow our model of making money, then do we follow your model that is about to go bankrupt?"
However, Li Ye's practice of inviting front-line workers to come over for a "trial run" still made Director Han very uncomfortable.
[Whether the workers are adaptable or not is useless. Our management disagrees. We have no point in cooperating with you.]
"Okay then! Which workshop do you two factory managers want to inspect?"
"Let's go to the shearing workshop!"
"We've been to the shearing workshop this morning. Okay, okay, we'll do whatever the two factory managers say. Come this way!"
Director Han and others accompanied Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang to the plate cutting workshop, but when they arrived, everyone's faces turned dark.
Because it's already time to go to work, there are not many people in the entire workshop. Compared to when I came to visit this morning, there are at least half as many people less.
Because Lu Zhizhang was the head of a branch factory, he had been acting arrogantly and didn't say much today, but now he had to express his opinions with a smile.
"Director Han, are you not welcoming us?"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
