Chapter 446 He Learned Our Special Skills (Two in One)
Decades later, some children who are struggling in the darkness and cannot see the dawn will say something that is mixed but very heartbreaking.
[This society is using houses to filter out parents who don’t work hard, using jobs to filter out families without resources, and using academic qualifications to filter out me who didn’t work hard in the past.]
Faced with the ever-increasing housing prices, ordinary children, without exception, pin their hopes for a house on their parents.
Only those smart, tough and capable children will wipe away their tears, grit their teeth and build their own house.
Never say that those ordinary children are heartless and ungrateful. They really have no choice. There is nothing they can do!
I tightened my belt, quit smoking, and even dared not smoke. But when I saw the slow growth rate of the money in my bank account, I just wanted to shout "Oh shit."
So many boys just gave up and became "three no's".
But the old couple definitely didn't want to! They asked people to help their children solve the problem, and finally invited a matchmaker to their home, but the first thing he asked was "Do you have a house?"
"What? No house? Old, broken, small house? How do you two become parents?"
Matchmakers will never blame the children, they will blame the parents.
What the hell did your parents do wrong?
But if I really don’t let my children get married, have children, or buy a house, I would not feel at ease!
To put it bluntly, when you get old and enter a nursing home, you are still divided into different levels!
Those who have children and visit their parents in nursing homes every now and then are the first class.
Those who visit occasionally but often call the nursing home to ask about their parents’ condition are in the second category.
Childless. Think about it yourself!
Therefore, the issue of housing has always been closely tied to marriage. Even when companies distributed housing in the 1980s, they had to take care of some young couples who did not have houses.
Well, although these young couples are actually in their thirties.
After Hong Kong-funded manager Guo Tianyong announced on the podium that newlyweds would be given separate rooms, there was thunderous applause from the audience. Then the situation suddenly changed, and a group of elderly couples in their thirties and forties raised their arms in unison.
Guo Tianyong has been in the mainland for more than a year and can already vaguely judge how strong the workers' desire to speak is based on the length of their arms and the height of their shoulders.
They are in a hurry, they are in a hurry.
But no matter how anxious they were, they just raised their hands, hoping that Guo Tianyong could see them, instead of vying for the floor to speak like those people who cut in line to buy breakfast.
Wang Qinshan was right about one thing. These people were really good workers. In terms of respect and obedience, they really satisfied Guo Tianyong.
Guo Tianyong held the microphone and hesitated for two seconds, then said to the others on the podium: "Please wait a moment. I will take five minutes to ask the workers for their opinions."
The person in the C position smiled and said, "Just ask. If five minutes is not enough, then ten minutes will do. We are willing to wait."
Then Guo Tianyong reached out and pointed to the female worker at the front.
After the female worker stood up, she was still a little nervous and asked timidly, "Manager Guo, my husband and I are both employees of this factory. We have been married for ten years, but we have never had a house.
Now I live in a room and a half with my parents-in-law and my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law is already 16 years old. We are not a newlywed couple, but we need a separate room more than a newlywed couple because we have a child.
There were no high housing prices in the 1980s, but the per capita housing area was much lower than it would be decades later. It was normal for a family of five or six to squeeze into a house of 10 to 20 square meters.
Just draw a curtain to separate the couple from the children or parents. How can you tell others about the inconvenience this brings?
After listening to the female worker's words, Guo Tianyong frowned slightly.
He turned around and asked the factory office director on the rostrum: "Director Cao, how many cases like her are there in our factory?"
Director Cao was stunned for several seconds before he said, "The exact number of people. Probably a few hundred! This situation is very normal."
"Maybe?"
After hearing what Director Cao said, Guo Tianyong was very dissatisfied. Director Cao was very capable. Every time someone from above came to inspect or visit, he would receive them very well. He could even remember small things like someone doesn't eat celery, someone doesn't eat coriander, and someone doesn't like fish.
However, he only knew that there were "probably several hundred people" who had housing difficulties in the factory.
Guo Tianyong nodded, asked the first female worker to sit down, and then called the second worker.
It's the same problem, but it seems to be more serious than the first female employee.
After Guo Tianyong asked several people in succession, he stopped asking and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. I just checked in advance how many unmarried workers there are in our factory, and I don't have a deep understanding of the housing difficulties.
How about this! After today's meeting, you will select 30 people who are familiar with the family situation of our factory employees, and we will go and investigate together, and then we will hold a meeting to study solutions. "
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Hundreds of arms raised high on the playground slowly fell down.
Guo Tianyong felt a little strange. He seemed to feel that the eyes of those workers who had been very anxious just now suddenly became less anxious and full of disappointment.
Guo Tianyong on the stage didn't understand why, but Li Ye in the audience knew.
Because the workers around, as well as several technical guys, were shaking their heads in disappointment.
Wu Yan, a down-to-earth person, said: "It's over. These workers will have nothing to do with this research, eh."
“.”
Li Ye was surprised for a moment, then understood what Wu Yan meant.
The distribution of houses is a profound issue. As long as the various standards and conditions for distribution of houses are studied accurately, houses can be distributed accurately to certain groups of people.
Li Ye turned his head and asked Wu Yan seriously: "You have been here with Hong Kong capital for quite some time. Do you think Guo Tianyong is that kind of person?"
Several workers around also turned their heads and looked at Wu Yan and Li Ye, and they were obviously very concerned about this issue.
Wu Yan shook his head slowly and said, "Guo Tianyong is definitely not that kind of person, but he can't manage such a large factory by himself. As a new official, he has to win over the management staff!"
Wu Yan is already 27 or 28 years old. He has worked in the research institute with his teacher for several years and has realized how difficult it is to be a leader. If you want to manage a group like an arm, you must at least have an "arm", right?
"Hey~"
"I thought this Manager Guo was different! I didn't expect that~"
The workers around sighed, and Wu Yan's words made them even more heartbroken.
But Li Ye smiled and said, "I don't think so. Didn't you understand what I just said? Guo Tianyong asked the workers to nominate 30 people to understand the situation with him, not to let others choose 30 people, and it was after the meeting.
Have you ever thought about why? It's just to avoid any inconvenience! Don't the workers know how many people there are in a family and how many rooms they have? Of course, if you don't seize this opportunity, you can't blame others!"
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The workers around were stunned for a moment, then started whispering to each other. And because Director Wang had always emphasized discipline in meetings, they were all very careful and acted furtively as if they were meeting with XXX.
This kind of secret collusion is definitely not very efficient, so until the meeting ended, everyone had not yet decided on the official list of thirty people.
At this time, Li Ye said nonchalantly: "They only told you to elect 30 people to lead the way, but they didn't say that others can't follow!"
“.”
This sentence reached the ears of all the workers at an extremely fast speed, and then the number of people who cooperated with Guo Tianyong to investigate the housing situation of the employees was more than 30 people.
Hundreds of people gathered together and surrounded Guo Tianyong and other Hong Kong investors, and pushed the others outside.
"Why are you crowding around? They told us, the workers, to choose the people. Why are you crowding around?"
"That's right. There are three people in your family living in three rooms. Why are you squeezing in there?"
“.”
Wu Yan silently watched Li Ye's series of "instigation", then walked over and patted Li Ye on the shoulder.
"Come on, brother. I'm going to treat you to a drink today. You won't stop until you've had a few drinks."
Li Ye was surprised and said, "One catty and two or three taels? That would cost a fine of two hundred yuan. Are we going to drink gold?"
Wu Yan curled his lips and smiled: "We have good tempers, so two or three hundred is nothing? Besides, do you think I am short of money, Brother Wu?"
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. . . . . . . .
Li Ye and Wu Yan did not get to drink the "golden" wine in the end.
Since Changbei Machinery Company has thousands of employees, it would take a long time to expect Guo Tianyong and his team to conduct door-to-door surveys.
Therefore, Li Dayong, Pei Wenhui and Li Ye, who were absolutely trustworthy people, were assigned as "investigation team leaders", each leading a group of people to visit the employees' homes.
Of course, the nominal leader of Li Ye's group was Wu Yan. He was just there to help with recording, and he received unanimous praise from everyone.
Because Li Ye took out the statistical table he learned in the company later, and clearly listed all the factors that could be considered on paper.
This statistical table may not be a big deal in later generations. After all, if you watch the great speakers give PPT presentations every day, you can learn a lot with your eyes closed.
But in the eyes of Li Dayong and Pei Wenhui, Li Ye is definitely "my talented brother."
"This is the family of old Hu, who works in the boiler shop. His wife is unemployed and his son works in the foundry. They only have one room. He found a wife last year but it didn't work out this year."
"This is the home of Mr. Cheng from the trade union. They are just an old couple. Their son and daughter have all moved to the city. They have two rooms."
"This is my home. It's hard for me to say. Let everyone tell me about my family's situation."
"Are you embarrassed to say it? What is there to be embarrassed about? Isn't it just that life is a little tight?"
"No, no, I have to avoid suspicion. Our lives are hard, but we cannot complain."
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The housing situation of employees in Changbei is more complicated than Li Ye had imagined. During the process of investigating door to door, there are people who keep shouting and complaining. If you listen to them, you will find that they have dedicated their entire lives to this and have suffered a great loss.
But in fact, those who work hard and don't complain have the worst housing conditions, while those who complain loudly and complain hard live in better conditions.
Wu Yan stood in front of Li Ye, sternly refused many people's cigarettes, and meticulously wrote down everything. Some people hated him, but many people admired him and gave him a thumbs up.
At the end of the investigation, a worker suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, look, Director Wang is following us! It's so dark that I'm scared to death."
"Why is he following us? Damn, it suddenly occurred to me, will Director Wang's son also ask for a separate room?"
"Why? He has only been transferred here for a few days. Besides, there are three people in his family and three houses. Why should we get another room?"
“.”
Director Wang, who had been following the visiting investigation team, did not react at all after hearing the workers' words, because his mind was in a mess at the moment.
He knew that he was not very popular among the workers at the moment, but he couldn't help but want to follow the investigation team to see what Guo Tianyong was up to.
At the beginning, Director Wang believed that Guo Tianyong was just going through the motions. After all, he had suddenly taken over the management power and had to "curse" hundreds of managers in the unit to keep the factory running.
But as the investigation team finished their investigation, Director Wang suddenly realized something.
Why is it that what Guo Tianyong is doing now is the same as what he did many years ago, as if he is uniting the majority and the poor?
The Changbei Machinery Factory has about a thousand people, and basically conforms to the 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of the people do 80 percent of the work, but only enjoy 20 percent of the resources.
In Director Wang's opinion, Guo Tianyong, who came from overseas and talked about money in everything, must be the opposite of the mainland's thinking.
But now it seems that he is more dedicated to the public than me.
Director Wang suddenly thought of something, and his head started buzzing as if it had been struck by lightning.
[It's bad. This guy has been here for less than two years, and not only has he brought bad habits, he has also learned our secret weapon.]
. . . . . . . .
Because everyone thought the statistical tables Li Ye produced were good, he stayed at Changbei Machinery Company one day longer than planned.
Things should be done from beginning to end, right? For such an important matter as employee housing allocation, spending half a day to give opinions and suggestions can also be regarded as adding fuel to the future of Changbei Machinery.
However, when the housing allocation plan that was carefully directed by Li Ye was announced, all the workers no longer believed it.
At 7:50 in the morning, the notice board of Changbei Machinery Company was surrounded by workers who got up early to go to work. If you were not over 1.8 meters tall, you would have no chance of seeing the housing allocation notice that had just been posted on the notice board clearly from the outside.
"You think they won't lie? It says here that as long as our factory's performance is good, we will build two more buildings.
We are building five buildings at once, with 60 households in each building, so there are 300 households in total! Doesn't that mean every family will have to move into a small building?"
"It's impossible for every household to get a small building. Look, they said one of the buildings is a technical building, dedicated to technical personnel, and there are 240 households left. But can you count how many households there are in our factory?"
"Even if there are 240 households, it's still a lot. Look at this, what is this called? This is called a floor plan.
There are three households on one floor, each with two and a half rooms, 60 square meters, with a kitchen and a toilet. Wow, is this a house built for our workers? Why doesn’t it look like one to me?”
"Why not? I think so. Look at the room allocation list. There is no one on it who should not be allocated a room.
Manager Guo never tells lies, unlike Director Wang, who has been talking about improving the housing problem for employees since 1977, but it’s been seven years and not even a new brick has been built.”
"Yes, yes. They even posted the list, and specifically noted that those not on the list will not be eligible for this housing allocation plan. They will have to wait until the unit's performance improves before the next batch of employee housing is built."
"What if it's topped? This isn't new. Do we have to wait until the profits are good before building the next batch of buildings?"
"You all don't understand. They said that they would build two more buildings only if our factory is profitable. But what has our factory been profitable like in the past few months? If we really build three buildings, we have to give one to the technicians. How can we have enough?"
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For a moment, the area around the notice board seemed to have become a stage, with workers like crosstalk actors, arguing and saying all kinds of things.
It has to be said that Li Ye had asked Guo Tianyong to do something ruthless enough. He directly posted the housing allocation list, and those who were not on the list had no chance of getting it.
But the floor plan that was posted at the same time was so unbelievable to the workers.
60 square meters, two large rooms and one small room, with a complete kitchen and bathroom, would it be enough for a young couple to live in? It would be spacious enough to bring parents to live there!
But they would never have imagined that just because of this house type, Li Ye had an argument with the construction company introduced by Professor Zhao Xiangchu!
I asked you to design a more spacious house, but you ended up with three households on one floor. The middle household has a hard time opening windows on the north side, right? People come and go in the corridor, and you can see what people are eating and doing at a glance.
But the designer still feels wronged! The staff dormitories nowadays are either tube-shaped buildings or four households per floor. Three households per floor is called a cadre building in other places!
"Stop arguing!"
A dark, skinny old man suddenly shouted, drowning out all the noise around him.
The old man pointed to the floor plan and the list of housing allocation on the notice board and said solemnly, "Even if he only builds three buildings, as long as we draw lots to allocate the housing according to the list, we will not lose out after all these years of work, and we will have something to look forward to."
"Don't they want good results? Why don't we give them good results?"
“.”
"What are you still standing there for? Are you waiting for the bell to ring before you start working?"
"Huluolong~Huluolong~"
The skinny old man yelled and the workers gathered around the notice board scattered like birds and beasts, running back to their work stations in two steps.
Workers in the past had no concept of efficiency in their minds. Everyone was sharing the same pot, and they would never get any good things. So what was the point of having good efficiency?
But it’s different now. With good performance, we can have two more buildings. Then, if you were not eligible for housing before, now you will be eligible, right?
However, after the workers ran away, some people still stayed around the notice board.
Director Cao from the factory office had been unable to squeeze in, so he just now got to the notice board and saw the housing allocation list.
He stroked the densely packed names, reading from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning, before he was sure that neither his nor his son's names were on it.
Their family of three lived in a tube-shaped building with two rooms, one large and one small, which was far inferior to the 60-square-meter house with a kitchen and bathroom listed on the notice board.
According to previous practice, he should move into the new building and vacate the tube building to be "given" to others. It is even possible for him to move into the new building and not give up the old house.
But what is this? They want me to wait until the profits are good before dividing the next batch? Is there still a rule for this?
“This is nonsense!”
"Yes, it's nonsense!"
"After all, you are an outsider and don't understand the ways of the world here!"
"Haha, let's wait and see."
Several people around Lao Cao sneered, then walked slowly towards their work stations.
They were in no hurry to leave. It was just a matter of making a cup of tea and reading a newspaper. The young people under them would do the trivial work!
Lao Cao walked to the end with a gloomy face.
He thought that the people in front were talking so loudly on purpose because they were actually speaking to him, because among these people, he, Lao Cao, was the one who deserved a room the most, and those others were not worthy of comparing with him.
However, Lao Cao was walking at the end, and another person followed behind him.
"Lao Cao, you are in danger."
"What? Hey, Director, you just arrived? Didn't you see the announcement about housing allocation on the notice board?"
Director Wang waved his hand and said, "Don't look. There is definitely no place for you or me. Besides, are you still in the mood to consider a house now?"
Director Cao narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Director, what do you mean by that?"
Director Wang said, "Look at what Guo Tianyong has done. He obviously treats the housing problem of employees as a major issue. But you didn't know anything about the housing problem yesterday. You are the director of the factory office!"
Director Cao immediately defended himself: "How could I not know anything? I just gave you a rough idea of the situation."
Director Wang looked at Director Cao and smiled. That strange smile seemed to be saying, "You are playing tricks on me? Do you think I don't understand your little tricks?"
Director Cao didn't explain the housing situation clearly so that he could use the art of changing the world. If he had explained it clearly, would the article still be able to be done?
The distribution of housing in any unit is not a feast of interest distribution. How can it be explained clearly?
Director Cao was a little embarrassed by Director Wang's laughter, so he also smiled and said, "Director, why don't you take the lead and we can all do it together."
Director Wang said decisively: "I am no longer the director. Manager Guo has the final say in the factory now. I advise you to do your job well and don't have any other ideas."
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Director Cao stood there in a daze, staring blankly at Director Wang walking away.
"Tsk, you told the truth."
At this moment, Guo Tianyong has offended a large group of people, and Director Cao thinks this is an opportunity for Director Wang to make a comeback.
But Director Wang was not stupid. He used to sit on that chair and order the young workers around. Except for the troublemakers, no one dared to say anything.
But young people nowadays have bad tempers. If they really start to swing their fists, how many can you beat by yourself?
But Director Wang is not stupid. There are many stupid people in the factory.
Many people were dissatisfied with the "arbitrary" housing allocation policy of Hong Kong-funded manager Guo Tianyong, and their work attitude suddenly dropped to freezing point. In just one day, various production links that required coordination became unsmooth.
Director Wang sat in his office, watching everyone's operations coldly, and couldn't help but sneer in a sarcastic manner.
Changbei Machinery Factory has been established for many years, and the redundant cadres accumulated are intertwined and complicated. Any change will affect the entire factory, so everyone thinks they can continue to live in peace.
But now people have united from the grassroots level, and they don’t even realize that disaster is imminent?
Still drinking tea and reading newspapers to make trouble? Do you really think that Hong Kong investors are stupid and have a lot of money?
The factory's finances are already owned by Hong Kong capital, and the human resources management said that the arrangement was negotiated by both parties. But look at the way Guo Tianyong divided the housing, does he have the willingness to negotiate with you?
Sure enough, that afternoon Guo Tianyong convened a meeting with worker representatives from each workshop to recommend a team of production management talents. He selected a group of workers with decent education and implemented a production management system that seemed very crude to Director Wang.
However, although this system was crude and the workers were a little unfamiliar with it when they first got used to it, they worked diligently and did not delay production. In addition, with the careful teaching of several Hong Kong managers, they actually successfully bypassed the original management team.
Who says that only those who work in offices can do management?
Guo Tianyong actually wanted to use a rough one-size-fits-all approach to rebuild an entire set of management processes.
[This set of methods is not Guo Tianyong's usual style. Who could it be? ]
Director Wang, who was watching from the sidelines, always felt that something was wrong.
After thinking about it, he finally noticed a person - Li Ye.
Because Li Ye had originally visited Changbei Machinery Company with Li Zhongfa, although they had only met a few times, Director Wang still noticed him.
Now he appears in Changbei again with Li Dayong and others, so can we guess who is behind him?
"Li Zhongfa, it must be you. You are most familiar with this method!"
(End of this chapter)
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