Chapter 393 We are willing to contribute, but we also want wages
"Please look, this is our Changbei X-1 industrial sewing machine, a groundbreaking product developed entirely by ourselves.
This product has a unique leading position in China, and even compared with similar imported products, it has its own advantages."
"Thanks to the hard work of all our factory workers, our current production orders have already been delivered to next year. The market response can only be described as 'good'."
Director Wang led Li Zhongfa and others to visit the production workshop of Changbei Machinery Company, and expressed his pride and honor at the rows of industrial sewing machines that had just come off the production line.
The inspectors who came with Li Zhongfa were very interested in the production line of Changbei Machinery Factory. This was an assembly line designed and debugged by Hong Kong technicians and Tang Mingtai and others. It was a relatively advanced production model in the early 1980s.
"It's really efficient. This visit is really worthwhile."
"Well, once our production line is up and running, it should also be in this orderly manner."
"That's right, otherwise why are we visiting each other?"
"It's just that our place is too small, and this is the capital."
Li Ye glanced at this "non-intelligent" production line and felt it was just so-so. However, he was somewhat interested in the finished product of the X-1 sewing machine.
This product has undergone many detailed improvements since the last time he came.
For example, the position of the motor control pedal has been slightly adjusted to accommodate the average height of girls of this era.
After all, there are not so many long legs these days. Girls are basically between 155 and 160cm tall. Girls in the southwest are generally even less than 155cm tall, definitely cute mini potatoes.
You can't ask such a cute girl to straighten her short legs and control the motor pedals with her toes, right?
Also, the transmission belt of the sewing machine is made of poor material. It will easily slip and make a squeaking sound after a long time.
The quality of some bearings does not meet the requirements and they are almost consumable parts that need to be replaced monthly.
If these minor problems were seen by other manufacturers, they would be normal. If they didn't break down all day, wouldn't the maintenance workers in the garment factory just sleep all day and have no place to work?
But it didn't work for Li Ye. After Li Dayong got the first-hand market feedback through Tian Hongshan's sales channel, he immediately followed Li Ye's "100% perfection" and strictly controlled the quality, solving these small problems one by one.
Many workers think that since the products can be sold anyway, why bother to be so picky?
But Li Ye taught Li Dayong that this was a habit. If the workers were not careful and formed the habit of "not caring about anything" and "muddling through", it would take a lot of effort to change it.
Therefore, the current reputation of Changbei X-1 and the market response of supply exceeding demand are not only due to the hard work of the workers, but also inseparable from the contributions of Li Dayong and others.
Director Wang led Li Zhongfa and others to visit the foundry workshop, machining workshop, assembly workshop, etc. However, when they arrived at the last large workshop, everyone found that there was a wall blocking the middle of the workshop, dividing the workshop into two.
Director Wang said: "This is our technical improvement workshop. We are not satisfied with our current achievements. The technical improvement team in the factory has been constantly exploring new technologies."
Li Ye looked at several workers who were thinking hard while holding blueprints, and then looked at the sewing machine parts scattered on the ground. He finally realized that the situation at Changbei Machinery Company was much more serious than what Li Dayong described.
It was originally agreed that the Hong Kong side would be responsible for technical research. The research team headed by Tang Mingtai has never stopped researching new products and has achieved gratifying results.
But now it seems that Director Wang is not satisfied with the core technology being in the hands of Hong Kong.
Considering Lenovo's recent TV commercial run by Director Wang, it is not difficult to guess what he is thinking.
Does this mean that we need to grasp production, technology, and sales, and be strong in all three?
But you have to be able to get hard, right?
"Not bad, not bad. Director Wang understands technology. Technology is like sailing against the current. You can only move forward and not retreat!"
Li Zhongfa looked carefully at the Changbei technical reform team, nodded and praised them, then he suddenly pointed at the wall and asked, "Director Wang, is it inconvenient to visit that half of the workshop?"
Director Wang smiled and waved his hand, saying, "That is the technical transformation workshop of the Hong Kong side. I cannot enter it, so I hope everyone can understand."
"Oh~"
Li Zhongfa looked at one side of the wall, then at the other side, as if he understood something.
Everyone left the workshop and went out along the row of low fences.
Then everyone saw two young workers with disheveled hair and dirty faces walking over.
The other party obviously also saw Director Wang and others, but he just glanced at them, then lowered his head and passed by everyone through the fence.
Director Wang saw the two men approaching him with their heads down, and he immediately yelled, "Wang Zhishun, Luo Dahu, what's wrong with you two? What time is it that you just came to work?"
Everyone was shocked by Director Wang's scolding, and the two young workers named Wang Zhishun and Luo Dahu were also stunned.
One of them lowered his head and said nothing, while the other raised his head and glared at Director Wang.
Director Wang pointed at the one with his head down and said, "Luo Dahu, tell me, what's going on?"
The young worker named Luo Dahu then said, "Director Wang, we worked overtime until after eleven last night, and Engineer Tang told us that we could come to work later today."
"Work overtime until 11 o'clock? Then tell me what time does the factory start work in the morning?"
Director Wang insisted, "We start work at eight o'clock. Can you calculate how many hours it is from eleven to eight? The standard sleep period is eight hours. Isn't nine hours of sleep enough for you?"
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Luo Dahu did not dare to retort, but the man named Wang Zhishun said irritably: "It is true that eight hours of sleep is required, but that must be an eight-hour work system.
We have been working for more than ten hours, do we still need to sleep for eight hours? Besides, we are under the supervision of Engineer Tang, why are you meddling in our affairs?"
After saying these two sentences, the young worker named Wang Zhishun turned around and left, and quickly entered the Hong Kong side's research workshop.
Director Wang behind him was naturally furious: "Who do you say is meddling in other people's business? Who can't control you? Come back here!!!"
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Wang Zhishun would naturally not come back. Even Luo Dahu lowered his head and quickly walked away, which made Director Wang lose face.
Li Zhongfa was the one who had the foresight and said to Director Wang with a smile, "That Wang Zhishun is Director Wang's nephew, right?"
Director Wang sighed and said, "He is indeed my nephew, but look at what he is like now. I would say that he must be separated from the Hong Kong side! This kind of atmosphere is unacceptable."
Li Zhongfa said: "We can't be too demanding. Young people who work overtime at night will definitely not be able to get up during the day because they are too sleepy."
But Director Wang said, "I don't complain that they are late, I complain that they are being cunning. They came at almost noon, which is considered a full-time job. How can they get a full-time bonus at the end of the month? How can this be justified?
They either come on time or not come. They work overtime at night and get overtime pay, and they are absent from work during the day and still get paid. What kind of unhealthy trend is this?
If this evil trend blows over, everyone will be calculating how to make more money. Who will be willing to contribute? What will happen then?"
“Oh~~”
Li Zhongfa nodded in realization and suddenly asked, "How much salary do they get every month?"
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"It's getting late, let's go to the cafeteria and have a quick meal!"
Director Wang did not answer, but invited Qingshui's inspectors to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
Li Ye shook his head, quite speechless.
In fact, he just realized that Director Wang could understand working overtime until 11 o'clock and coming in later the next day, but the prerequisite was that Wang Zhishun and Luo Xiaohu had to "dedicate themselves", which meant working overtime for nothing.
But even if the workers retain their excellent dedication and tradition, they should not be paid properly. Has the financial situation of Changbei Machinery Company not completely improved?
But after Li Ye arrived at the cafeteria, he realized that he was overthinking.
What Director Wang called a simple meal was not a simple meal at all.
It was a sumptuous meal, extremely sumptuous, with chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables, and seafood all available. This shows that the performance of Changbei Machinery Company is really good, otherwise a poor company would not be able to achieve such a standard of hospitality.
Li Zhongfa was dragged by Director Wang to a small room alone. Li Ye didn't know whether his meal was the same as his, but the wine he drank should be good.
Because of Li Ye's excellent hearing, he heard a few words: "At the beginning, the factory was really short of money, and the workers were very motivated, but the bank refused to continue lending.
If we had continued to borrow money, why would we need funds from outsiders? Wouldn't we be able to do the technical transformation ourselves? Wouldn't we be able to build the production line ourselves? Now they only have a few people, but they have taken away half of the profits."
It's just that this is something that most people can't say unless they are drunk.
“Heh~”
Li Ye couldn't help but laugh.
The Changbei Machinery Factory could no longer pay the bank interest at that time, and it really was just a group of workers who were powerless.
But even if the banks had continued to lend them money, could they have replicated the current prosperous situation?
[You thought you seized the opportunity in adversity and succeeded in counterattacking, but you didn’t know that it was others who chose you and pushed you to the top. It doesn’t matter if they leave you, but if you leave them, you will be nothing but a pile of mud.]
(End of this chapter)
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