Chapter 183
The Binjiang Municipal People's Committee was criticized by its superiors and the project was stopped. This is not a glorious thing.
Therefore, within a week after the incident, few outsiders heard about it except the personnel of the unit involved.
If Ye Manzhi hadn't wanted to build a toilet for his own home, he would have had no way of knowing such gossip.
After hearing the tip-off from Director Ye, Niu Enjiu did not hesitate and called an acquaintance at the Municipal Finance Bureau in front of her to inquire about the details of the matter and the location of the Grain Bureau's office building.
After hanging up the phone, he took out his car keys and said decisively, "Let's go, call a few other factory managers and go check out West Street."
Ye Manzhi didn't hesitate and followed him out.
If the food factory wants to buy the office building, it must make a decision quickly. Otherwise, by the time they hesitate and hold meetings for several rounds, the city leaders may have already come up with a solution.
What use will the food factory have then?
Niu Enjiu asked his secretary to go to the logistics department to arrange for a bus, while Ye Manzhi went to the offices of several other deputy factory directors to ask for help.
Except for Jiang Wenming who stayed in the factory to deal with the emergency, everyone else rode their bicycles under the scorching sun to go to West Street for a field investigation.
Employee housing is a historical issue that cannot be solved by a factory director or the logistics department alone.
Everyone knew this, but Niu Enjiu wanted to suppress the newcomer Zhu Kehai, so he assigned him the seemingly unimportant but actually very difficult logistical work.
This time Zhu Kehai was injured and recuperating, and the housing problem was once again put in front of everyone, and everyone had to work together to find a solution.
The four of them rode their bicycles panting as they arrived at West Street. From a distance, they could see three three-story office buildings standing on the street.
One building has been completely completed, and the other two have finished building the walls, but the doors and windows have not been installed yet.
Wang Shihu stopped the car, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, panting heavily, "The Urban Construction Bureau is really fast. If the provincial government hadn't stopped the construction, the other two buildings would have been completed."
Chen Qian asked, "Are we going to take over all three buildings?"
"That's tough." Niu Enjiu continued pedaling, shaking his head. "These three buildings cost a total of 190,000 yuan, which works out to a little over 60,000 yuan per building. The city will definitely charge cash to resolve the issue, and our factory can't come up with that much money right now."
Ye Manzhi said, "The city needs to rectify the situation according to the higher-ups' requirements. The unfinished office buildings can be converted into residential buildings. We'd be lucky to be able to take over the completed Grain Bureau building. I heard the Grain Bureau is looking for a place nearby to build a cafeteria and dormitories."
The four people arrived at the door of the completed building, showed their work IDs to the security guard, and were allowed into the empty office building.
The layout of this building is that offices are distributed on both sides of the stairs, similar to the office building of a food factory.
There are 12 face-to-face offices on the first floor.
There are 10 offices and a conference room on the second and third floors.
There are 32 offices and 2 meeting rooms in total.
The offices are not big, with a usable area of at most 15 or 16 square meters. There are four rooms of about 20 square meters on the second and third floors.
Ye Manzhi took a visual look in the small office and thought that putting a double bed, a wardrobe and a dining table in it would be basically enough.
If planned well, it should be no problem for a young couple with two children to live here.
Because this building was designed as an office building, there are washrooms and men's and women's restrooms on each floor, but the two restrooms together only have six stalls, which is not as many as in a regular tube-shaped building. It is definitely not enough during the morning rush hour.
"What do you think?"
After looking upstairs and downstairs, Niu Enjiu asked with his hands behind his back.
Chen Qian said: "Except for the inconvenience of cooking and going to the toilet, everything else is fine."
"The conference rooms on the second and third floors can be converted into public kitchens for the entire floor," Ye Manzhi said after looking at the first floor several times and shaking his head, "but it will be more troublesome for the residents on the first floor."
Wang Shihu smiled and said, "That's not a big deal. The aisles are quite wide, so families can cook in them. We have gas cylinders now, which is more convenient than burning coal."
Moreover, people are reluctant to use oil when cooking these days, so there won’t be much smoke.
There are windows on both sides of the corridor for ventilation, so even if you cook in the corridor, the whole building will not be filled with smoke.
Niu Enjiu sighed and said, "It's just that the office building is expensive and the room utilization ratio is low. If it were a tube-shaped building, this much space would have at least seven or eight more rooms. 63,000 yuan can only solve the housing problem for 32 employees. The cost is still too high."
"Although the cost is high, the location on West Street is great," Ye Manzhi said with a smile. "The rent for public housing also depends on the location. Here on West Street, it's at least 80 cents per square meter. Our company's welfare housing can get a discount, so it's 40 or 50 cents. If each room is 16 square meters, it will pay off in 15 to 20 years."
West Street is a prime location in the city. If the food factory applies to the city for residential land to build a family compound, it will never be able to obtain land in such a good location.
"I think we should talk to the city and get the price down," Wang Shihu suggested. "It would be best if we could get it down to around 50,000. After we take over, we'll have to spend extra money to upgrade the residential facilities. Taking over at the original cost is definitely not an option. Besides, we're causing trouble for the city!"
Chen Qian snorted softly, "The city may not want us to solve the problem. If they were really afraid of trouble, would they turn residential buildings into office buildings?"
The offices of the Provincial People's Committee and the Municipal People's Committee are both located in Binjiang City.
The Municipal People's Committee is causing trouble right under the noses of provincial leaders.
After his reminder, the others gradually came to their senses.
Yes, the office building has been built anyway, and the real money has been spent long ago. The province will not let them demolish the office building, right?
That’s a waste!
Unfinished buildings can be converted into residential buildings, but converting completed office buildings into residential buildings requires a huge investment.
The city can be said to be financially tight and has been dragging its feet.
Apart from criticism, the province is unlikely to approve additional funding. In the end, there is an 80% chance that the Grain Bureau will get what it wants and move into the new office building.
Several people stood by the stairs on the first floor and looked at each other.
Do you still want this office building?
After returning to the factory, Ye Manzhi went to Niu Enjiu's office and asked this question again.
"Yes, why not!" Niu Enjiu said, turning around a few times with his hands behind his back. "I'll go talk to the leaders of the Municipal People's Committee first. Director Ye, you should also tell the leaders of the provincial department that our food factory is willing to take over this office building."
As long as the province knows that there is a unit willing to take over and that it is to solve the housing problem of urban residents, it will be unlikely that the city will say that it cannot dispose of this office building.
*
Binjiang received 500,000 yuan in city maintenance fees, but because it used the funds in violation of regulations to build a new office building, all other projects were suspended.
Not only was the project to repair the water supply and drainage of public rental housing stopped, but the project to build primary and secondary school buildings was also stopped.
While Ye Manzhi and Niu Enjiu went to the provincial and municipal governments respectively to report their work to the leaders, the Education Bureau was also looking for leaders to solve the problem.
The principals of several schools even stood guard at the entrance of the Municipal People's Committee.
Request the city leaders to resume the construction of primary and secondary school buildings as soon as possible!
With the right time, place and people, and the joint efforts of several parties, Binjiang No. 1 Food Factory took over a newly completed office building at an unprecedented speed.
At the same time, a transfer fee of 56,000 yuan was transferred from the food factory to the Finance Bureau's account.
The news that the factory had a new residential building quickly spread throughout the food factory.
The hot topic among employees recently is discussing this family building.
"The whole building only has 32 rooms. Our factory needs at least several hundred rooms. What can we do with these thirty-something rooms?"
"Having a new house is good enough. At least it shows the factory leaders have thought of a solution for us. Isn't this much better than 'Zhu Zhengzheng'?"
Because Zhu Kehai loves to give ideological and political lessons to employees, he talks about ideological and political awareness all day long.
Therefore, the employees privately gave him the nickname "Zhu Zhengzheng".
Someone else said, "I went to see the new building yesterday. It's on West Street. It's a great location!"
"What's the point of a good location? It's too far from our factory. Without a bike, I have to take the bus to and from get off work, which costs me three or four yuan a month for a bus pass. And the rent is expensive in a good location. The same 20-square-meter room in the old family compound only costs five or six yuan, but on West Street it's probably over ten yuan! That's an extra seven or eight yuan a month!"
Others asked: "If you were given a house, would you live there?"
"Hey, what do you care about me?"
Only a fool would not go and live there!
Although the rent and transportation fees are expensive, it is indeed a good location. Children go to school according to their household registration. The corresponding primary school for the West Street area is the No. 2 Primary School of the city, which is one of the best schools.
Moreover, the family building was built according to the specifications of an office building, and its exterior and gate are very grand.
If I could live in a family building like that, the higher rent would be worth it!
The topic of welfare housing distribution has caused a lot of discussion in the factory.
When Ye Manzhi went to the canning workshop to work, people also asked her about it indirectly.
"Director Ye, what are the conditions for our factory's housing allocation this time?"
Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "The specific rules haven't been finalized yet. Comrades from the factory office, logistics, and personnel departments are currently discussing it. Don't most of the employees in our workshop live in the family housing complex? How many comrades haven't been allocated housing yet?"
Workshop director Chen Guilan replied: "All the workshops combined probably have hundreds of people."
"so much?"
"Our family compound has been built for almost ten years. In recent years, many new people have come into the canning workshop, and most of them rent houses on the street."
The rent of public rental housing is much more expensive than the welfare housing provided by the unit.
If the prices were similar, why would the employees be clamoring for the factory to build houses every day!
Ye Manzhi thought that in the face of the demand for hundreds or thousands of units, 32 units were indeed a drop in the bucket and could not even solve the problem of the canning workshop.
"Then let me tell you a few conditions. Everyone, listen and find out for yourself what applies to you."
Many employees nearby looked towards her, obviously wanting to get a room.
"Our factory has always required at least three years of service for housing allocation, and this will definitely not change," said Ye Manzhi. "In the past, we allocated housing entirely based on length of service. Those with the longest service received priority. But this time, we may introduce a new mechanism."
"Director Ye, what is the new mechanism?"
"Several departments are still discussing the specific requirements, but two things are certain. First, it depends on how much contribution everyone has made to the factory. Under the same conditions, national, provincial, and municipal model workers, advanced workers, and March 8th Red Banner bearers will be given priority in housing allocation."
The employees nodded in agreement.
Those who can be recognized as model workers at the municipal level or above have made great efforts and contributions.
"So what's the second point?"
"Secondly, it definitely depends on your ideological and political awareness. The factory won't be awarding advanced or model workers anytime soon, so those of you without housing might as well put in some effort in political studies. Directors Niu and Zhu have been teaching you for over two months now, and although we've recently switched to group study, don't slack off in this area. If you can achieve excellent results in quizzes or competitions and earn the title of "Active Quotation Studyer," you'll also be given priority for housing, given the same conditions."
Upon hearing this, the young employee, who had originally relaxed his studies, suddenly fell in expression.
I didn’t expect that housing allocation would be related to ideological and political studies.
Ye Manzhi stopped talking after saying this, and she was not very clear about the other conditions.
Logistics is not her responsibility, and she has been busy thinking about her own work recently, so she didn't pay much attention to the office building after it was purchased.
After working in the canning workshop for an entire afternoon, when it was almost time to get off work, she called together the directors, deputy directors, and team leaders of the four workshops and held a work meeting.
"Director Ye, do you want to tell us something about the housing allocation?" Deputy Director Liu from Workshop 4 asked cheerfully.
"I won't dwell on the topic of housing allocation. Everyone, please wait for the factory's unified announcement. I want to chat with you about recent work. I went to the Guangzhou Export Fair a while ago and secured a lot of export orders for the factory. After I came back, I set up a banquet dish production line in Workshop 4. Have you all heard about it?"
The young leaders in the workshop nodded one after another.
"A few years ago, our only canned meat product was original pork canned juice. But when we lost the Soviet orders, we immediately stopped production and put the equipment into storage," Ye Manzhi said with a smile. "This trip to the Canton Fair was very beneficial for me. I think in addition to our existing canned fruit and luncheon meat, we should strive to develop new products and flavors to improve our ability to cope with risks."
"We've always operated on a production-driven sales model. Customers buy whatever we produce. But after returning from the Canton Fair, I think we should shift our thinking from 'production-driven sales' to 'sales-driven production'. We'll produce what customers need."
"Two things surprised me at this Canton Fair. One was that our vermicelli noodles were a big hit at the fair, and the other was that we received several large orders for canned banquet dishes, which we had discontinued for nearly two years."
Chen Guilan asked in surprise, "Director Ye, the banquet dishes are not cheap. Are there really any merchants willing to buy them?"
"Yes, the overseas Chinese market is very vast. Distributors in Southeast Asia and Europe have purchased our banquet dishes." Ye Manzhi gave a personal example. "I went on a 40-day business trip to Guangzhou. When I returned home to eat hometown food, I couldn't help but sigh. Finally, I can taste the taste of home. Tell me, those overseas Chinese who eat foreign food all year round, how could they not miss the taste of their hometown?"
Guan Duofu echoed, "Of course I do. I have to eat pickled radish with porridge every morning. If I don't have pickled radish one day, I won't feel good all day."
"So, the market for banquet dishes is quite broad. They can be sold not only to Chinese restaurants but also to store counters," Ye Manzhi continued. "However, based on my observation, the customers of Chinese restaurants and stores are actually two different groups of people. Our factory's banquet dishes are always large dishes. For example, braised pork knuckles and braised pork trotters are canned in large portions and are more expensive, making them more suitable for Chinese restaurants. Customers who go to stores, on the other hand, prefer smaller portions and cheaper canned foods."
"Therefore, I suggest we differentiate between these two types of customers. For products sold to Chinese restaurants, we'll still sell them as 'banquet dishes.' For those sold at store counters, we'll rebrand them as 'hometown dishes.' These dishes will feature authentic flavors, smaller portions, and affordable prices. For example, we could replace braised pork elbow with braised pork, or debone the elbow and braise it before canning it in small portions. To target this customer, I'm currently discussing with the factory leadership team about registering the 'hometown dishes' trademark."
Use the gimmick of hometown cuisine to attract a large number of overseas Chinese customers.
Director Hou from Workshop 2 exclaimed, "That's a huge workload. It can't be handled by just one production line."
"Yes, I have discussed this with Director Niu. After the soda business is moved to the soda factory, we will convert the current soda workshop into a canning workshop."
The workshop leaders looked at each other and began to understand the meaning of today's meeting.
The directors and deputy directors of the four existing canning workshops are fixed and there is no possibility of them moving in the short term.
It is difficult to get promoted in the workshop.
However, after the banquet food workshop is opened, it is necessary to select a workshop director and deputy director, and several team leaders will also be selected.
This is a good promotion opportunity for everyone.
Anyone who is currently serving as deputy director of a workshop can strive to become director of the banquet food workshop.
Seeing that many people were interested, Ye Manzhi said, "The production of canned banquet dishes is not very high among existing domestic canneries, but the demand in the international market is actually huge. The factory plans to develop canned banquet dishes and hometown dishes into another flagship product besides canned fruit and canned luncheon meat. Our factory has produced several banquet dishes in the past, but the variety was limited and customers had too few choices. This time, we are producing banquet dishes again, which is like putting new wine in old bottles. We want to create something new and different from the past."
"Therefore, the selection of the workshop director and deputy director is extremely important. Everyone here is a veteran of our canning workshop, and many of you are capable of serving as the director and deputy director of the new workshop. Interested comrades, regardless of gender or age, can write a development plan for the new business. The factory Party Committee will then consider the candidates based on your submissions."
I left work directly after the meeting.
Deputy Director Liu walked beside Guan Duofu and whispered, "Young people are very creative. Our Director Ye is always coming up with unique ideas."
"I think this is a good idea, Lao Liu. This is your chance. Go back and write a good report so the leaders can see what you're capable of." Guan Duofu snorted. "Look at how often the factory promotes cadres. They're always directly appointed. Who gives you the chance to demonstrate your abilities? Seize the opportunity now. You've been deputy director for several years."
Ye Manzhi wants to develop the banquet dishes and hometown dishes business to seize the vast Chinese market.
But she is also a novice in this area, and some work cannot be relied upon by her alone.
One person's shortcomings are often seen by two people's strengths. Since the new workshop needs to select a director and deputy director anyway, it would be better to ask everyone to submit a development plan to help her open up her thinking.
She cast the bait and waited for someone to take the bait.
*
After get off work, Ye Manzhi did not waste time at the company. Accountant Xiao Wu was not at home, so she and Wu Zhengrong especially cherished their own world.
There is a basketball game at the Bayi Gymnasium tonight, which is a competition between two military regions.
Ye Manzhi doesn't know how to play basketball, but she likes watching games. She and Wu Zhengrong have been going out to watch movies, dramas, and singing and dancing performances frequently recently.
After watching too much literature and art, watching sports games can change your taste.
After watching sports and then exercising together, couples sleep better!
They have different date plans every day and have returned to the happy days before they had children. I sincerely hope that Comrade Wu Yuzhuo can travel outside for a while longer.
However, wanderers always have to return home. After celebrating his sixth birthday outside, Accountant Wu returned home with a big bag of luggage and full of longing!
Although Ye Manzhi felt sorry for the end of their two-person world, she was more happy about her child's return and hugged Accountant Xiao Wu for a long time.
However, Wu Zhengrong was not so enthusiastic when facing his own daughter whom he had not seen for a long time.
Compared with Ye Lai Ya, his attitude seemed a little cold.
Wu Yuzhuo was very sensitive to her parents' emotions. She found that she didn't seem to be very popular with her father. She deliberately approached her father and asked, "Dad, I miss you so much. Do you miss me too?"
Dr. Wu flicked her forehead, but she endured it again and again and swallowed the words "I don't want to".
Although clingy people are annoying, they are your own children after all.
He changed the subject and asked, "Have you grown a little taller?"
"Of course it's long! When I was riding the bus a few days ago, the conductor asked me to buy a ticket," Wu Yuzhuo said with a little pride, "but I stood in front of the ruler and measured it, so I didn't need to buy a ticket!"
Ye Manzhi and Wu Zhengrong: "::::::"
He's just a short guy, I don't know what he has to be proud of.
Wu Zhengrong asked her to stand in front of the door frame to measure her height and made a mark on the door frame with a pencil.
It's only two centimeters taller than the last time I measured it.
But Accountant Xiao Wu's height has reached a historical high!
Wu Yuzhuo left the door frame and asked anxiously, "Dad, how tall am I?"
"1.09 meters."
Wu Yuzhuo rounded off very quickly and said happily, "I'm 1.1 meters tall!"
"..." Wu Zhengrong tapped her forehead again, "Be more serious, you're only 1.09 meters tall, and you're wearing shoes."
Accountant Xiao Wu automatically filtered out useless information and shouted to Ye Manzhi, "Mom, I'm 1.1 meters tall!"
"Growing so fast? Then we should celebrate." Ye Manzhi suggested, "To celebrate Youyan's return and growth, let's go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner today. Order two dishes that Youyan likes."
Wu Zhengrong did not object, but Accountant Xiao Wu himself refused.
"Mom, I have to go look for Yi Yi and the other kids in the children's group soon. I brought them some Nantang."
Ye Manzhi thought to herself that her daughter joined the Children's League the last time she came back from Shanghai, and soon became an accountant.
After returning from Guangzhou this year, maybe I can make further progress.
So, she didn't hinder her daughter's progress and supported her, "Okay, I'll cook two dishes and we'll eat at home today. Baby, please come back soon."
Wu Yuzhuo agreed crisply, picked up two bags of Nantang, and ran out the door skipping and jumping, her flying pigtails full of joy.
Children always have endless things to talk about when they get together. Ye Manzhi estimated the time and felt that she would not be back before dark, so she did not rush to cook and first made some food for Ye Lihua and Ye Kuihua.
However, just as she put Lihua's food bowl away, Accountant Xiao Wu lifted the curtain and ran in.
She held Nantang in one hand and wiped away tears with the other.
"Baby, what's wrong with you?" Ye Manzhi quickly pulled her tearful daughter over.
Wu Zhengrong, who heard the noise, came out of the study and asked, "What's going on?"
Accountant Wu threw himself into his mother's arms, sobbing, "I just went to the children's group, and the group leader won't let me be an accountant!"
"Ah, baby, you're unemployed?" Ye Manzhi realized she had made a mistake and quickly changed the subject after a moment of surprise, asking, "Why didn't the team leader let you be an accountant?"
She stroked her daughter's pigtails comfortingly, and then took a moment to glare at Dr. Wu.
My daughter lost her job just after her sixth birthday. Why are you laughing?
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