Chapter 171 Chapter 171 Update (Revised)
After the fashion show, the order volume of Huacai Garment Factory increased explosively. Within a few days, Shen Moer took a stack of order contracts to the leaders of the Capital Commerce Bureau.
"Of course we support building a new factory. We can help coordinate the land, policies, and equipment, but the issue of shares..."
Director Zheng frowned slightly. After the reform and opening up, many state-owned factories were indeed unable to adapt to the severe and cruel market competition, and their performance declined, their efficiency was low, and they even went bankrupt. In order to improve the production efficiency of state-owned factories and concentrate on preserving "advantageous forces", they have sorted out and adjusted some enterprises that could not survive in the past two years, or sold, merged, or closed them down.
This is actually a step that must be taken after the reform and opening up.
Originally, domestic enterprises, big and small, were either state-owned or collectively owned. Now that the market is open, the fittest will survive, and a large number of enterprises that cannot adapt to market competition will inevitably be eliminated. The
capital has also sold and closed many enterprises in the past two years, but no matter how you count, Huacai Garment Factory is not among them!
This is the only enterprise in the capital's garment enterprises that is still growing rapidly. They are holding this golden cake tightly in their hands, so how could they sell their shares?
Before coming here, Shen Moer knew that this matter was not easy to negotiate. She said a lot before, whether it was land or policy, Director Zheng agreed very straightforwardly, but when she proposed to buy back the state-owned shares, he shook his head subconsciously.
However, Shen Moer recently heard that the Capital Commerce Bureau is about to face a major personnel adjustment, and Director Zheng in front of her may be promoted after the new year, so the repurchase of shares must be discussed before Director Zheng leaves.
Director Zheng is an open-minded and flexible person. He is relatively supportive of the work and development of Huacai Garment Factory. Huacai Garment Factory is also very little constrained. It can be said that everyone is very happy to cooperate.
But it is not certain to change someone. Although it is not necessary to replace Shen Moer, the factory director, but from time to time, randomly inserting someone in, or interfering in the development of the factory, it will be enough to make people anxious.
Shen Moer thought about it and felt that it would be better to take the opportunity to reduce the proportion of state-owned shares. The nature of state-owned holdings and state-owned shares is very different.
Of course, Shen Moer couldn't tell Director Zheng directly, because you were going to be promoted, and I was afraid that the next leader would come and cast a spell on us, so I wanted to take off the spell before you left.
Shen Moer thought for a moment and said, "Director Zheng, as you know, the factory and equipment are not the core of a garment factory. The core of a garment factory is people. We at Huacai have cultivated a lot of talents in the past few years, including designers, embroidery experts, and people with particularly exquisite sewing skills. These people are the foundation for us to build the high-end brand Huashang, and are also the key to our success in making the mid-range brand Huacai famous."
After a pause, she continued, "I heard that in Shanghai, Guangzhou and even Hong Kong, professionals with real skills like this are hired with high salaries, and some even get shares in the company. I think these talents in our factory are worth retaining with shares, but where do these shares come from?"
Director Zheng twitched his mouth.
Where did it come from? From the state-owned assets that account for the largest proportion, right?
But think about it, this garment factory was originally a social enterprise of the commune in Southern Province. When it merged with the Fifth Garment Factory in the Capital, they gave away more than half of the shares. Later, when they accepted investment from overseas businessmen, they gave away another part. Now it is basically impossible to ask them to give it away again.
For Liuqiao Commune, this garment factory is a goose that lays golden eggs, accounting for nearly half of the economic output of the entire commune. As for the remaining shares, let alone him, the director of the Capital Commerce Bureau, even if someone from the Southern Province Commerce Department talks about it, it may not work.
As for the overseas businessman in the joint venture, there is no need to consider this.
Overseas Chinese have been investing normally in China, and the companies they have invested in are thriving and profitable. You suddenly and inexplicably asked them to withdraw part of their shares. I don't know what they will think. Even if it is for the reputation of the capital's business environment, you can't do this.
The only remaining victims are state-owned assets, right?
Director Zheng pondered for a long time, and finally said: "This matter still needs to be discussed in a meeting in the bureau. You can go back and wait for notification."
Shen Moer knew that this matter was not so easy to handle, so she was not in a hurry and simply nodded: "Okay."
In the next few days, Shen Moer was busy with the factory land. After successfully obtaining the land, she began to contact the construction company to speed up the construction of the factory, and at the same time asked Cui Jianzhong to contact her for equipment.
Cui Jianzhong took Lin Yufei abroad. When he received a cross-border call from Shen Moli, he was a little speechless: "I'm on vacation and will be back in a few days. Can't you contact us after we return?"
Shen Moli said righteously: "You have been on vacation for more than a month. As the old saying goes, you should combine work and rest. You have been resting for more than a month. It's just right to work occasionally to adjust."
Cui Jianzhong was silent for a few seconds, and finally said "OK", and hung up the phone.
Not long after the call was hung up, someone from his company contacted Shen Moli.
Shen Moli was busy preparing for the new factory. She waited for a few days but didn't get any news from Director Zheng. She thought that this matter seemed to make Director Zheng very embarrassed.
However, Shen Moer did not care too much. Although she was the one who founded Huacai Garment Factory, and although she did have the idea of taking this opportunity to buy back some of the shares, she did not actually have the idea of using Huacai Garment Factory to make money for herself.
After the policy was relaxed, her family could live a life without worries even if they had to rely on buying gold.
She proposed to buy back the shares, not only to get rid of the tight ring on her head, but also to make profits for the cadres and employees in the factory.
Since the first private enterprise, Guangcai Industry, was approved for establishment the year before last, private factories have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain in the past two years. Shen Moer and Director Zheng said that they wanted to retain talents through shares, and they were not just fooling the leaders.
She planned to wait until she had some free time and then go to the Capital Commerce Bureau twice. If that didn't work, she would find a way to adjust the employees' salary structure and increase everyone's wages.
Anyway, there are more and more private enterprises and the competition in the industry is getting more and more fierce. Joint ventures like theirs don't need to follow the salary system of state-owned factories. It is also necessary to introduce a new salary system in a timely manner.
However, before Shen Moer could figure out a new salary system, the Capital Commerce Bureau called and asked them to prepare the documents and repurchase plan and submit them to the bureau within three days.
Shen Moer found it strange, and that night she took her daughter to the No. 9 Courtyard to find Fu Zhiyuan to inquire about the news. After inquiring about the news, Shen Moer went to the Capital Commerce Bureau again the next afternoon with all the necessary materials.
At the door of Director Zheng's office, Shen Moer met the director of the Capital No. 3 Garment Factory. The director's surname was Zhang. When he pushed the door open and saw Shen Moer at the door, he was startled and felt guilty. He smiled dryly and said a few words, then left in a hurry.
Shen Moer actually knew why he felt guilty.
After the videotape of the fashion show of Huacai Garment Factory was broadcast on CCTV, it was said that countless factories across the country were thinking about the clothes for this fashion show, and several garment factories in the capital were naturally among them. Among them, the one who had done the most thorough research on the clothes for the show was none other than the Capital Third Garment Factory.
It was said that they had drawn up the patterns for all the clothing styles in a short period of time, and even made a batch of samples. With these samples, they had also placed several large orders, some of which were for foreign trade.
Since Shen Moer was holding a fashion show and had sent the videotape of the show to CCTV for broadcast, she was naturally prepared for this situation.
Fashion shows convey design concepts. In other words, the clothes at the shows are more conceptual, and the clothes they put on the market later will have some adjustments in style.
Moreover, her original intention of holding the show was actually mainly to promote the Huashang brand, and the Huashang series of clothes are difficult for other factories to copy.
In short, it was completely within Shen Moer's expectations that other companies would copy their styles, and she was happy to see them copy.
After all, if the clothing market is full of "Hua Cai concept" clothes in the next year, doesn't it mean that Hua Cai's position and voice in the clothing industry have been established invisibly?
This is completely different from the fact that the styles were secretly copied by the Fifth Garment Factory.
Of course, the director of the third factory saw that Shen Moer felt guilty, not only because the third factory copied Huacai's style, but also because the third factory wanted to import sewing equipment from Sakura Country. However, their performance has been low in the past two years, and they have no money, so they turned their attention to the issue of Huacai Garment Factory's shares.
Huacai Garment Factory wants to buy back its shares, and the money can be used to buy equipment.
Copying other people's clothing styles, and using the money from selling other people's shares to add equipment to themselves, no matter how you look at this matter, it is the third factory, the "son", who is bullying Huacai, the "picked up halfway".
How can the director of the third factory not feel guilty?
Not to mention the director of the third factory, even Director Zheng felt a little embarrassed when he saw Shen Moer. It is one thing for others to take the initiative to request a share repurchase, but it is another thing to sell their shares to support other factories.
Director Zheng has always understood Shen Moer's temper. He was worried that Shen Moer would slam his desk. As a result, Shen Moer handed over the materials with a smile and said calmly: "I heard that the bureau is short of funds recently. We at Huacai are always willing to share the worries of the leaders. The original agreement on a 10% repurchase, how about changing it to a 20% repurchase?" Director
Zheng: "..."
The next day, Huacai Garment Factory, which was racing against time to complete the production task, suddenly stopped work temporarily and held a factory-wide meeting. At the meeting, Shen Moer announced a major news: every cadre and employee of Huacai Garment Factory will have the opportunity to subscribe to the factory's shares. According to conditions such as seniority and level, each person can voluntarily purchase a certain number of shares, and there is no compulsory requirement for those who are unwilling to purchase.
The employees were excited all of a sudden!
How could someone not be willing to purchase? Those who are unwilling to purchase are all fools!
As part of Huacai Garment Factory, they know better than anyone outside how good the factory's performance is!
Especially after the fashion show, it is said that the sales department's phone rang non-stop every day.
Their factory will only get better and better. If you have a little bit of shares in the factory, you will definitely get a lot of money in the future.
That day, the factory office received a large stack of subscription application forms.
Gu Xiaojuan was one of the first batch of old employees who were introduced by the neighborhood committee when Huacai Garment Factory was just established. She hurriedly filled out the subscription application form and submitted it when it was almost time to get off work. After submitting the form, she and her neighbor Zhang Xia rode home together.
The two entered the factory at the same time, had longer working experience, and subscribed for shares that were even higher than some department heads.
Zhang Xia was very excited and said happily: "Director Shen said that we are the real owners of the factory if we have shares. My heart was pounding when I heard this. What kind of shit luck did we have to be introduced to work in Huacai Garment Factory?"
Gu Xiaojuan smiled with her lips pursed. In fact, she and Zhang Xia had the same idea. She also felt that they were so lucky.
She went to the countryside to work in the production team and returned to the city. She was only 16 years old when she went to the production team. She had just graduated from junior high school. She had a low education, no skills or special skills. After returning to the city, she couldn't find a job for a long time.
When the neighborhood committee introduced her to the Huacai Garment Factory, they also told her frankly that this factory was a social enterprise of a local commune, and it was hard to say whether it could be run and how long it could last. Since she couldn't find a job anyway, she could just work in this factory.
Who would have thought that she would work in this factory for so many years.
The social enterprise that was not optimistic about has become a well-known clothing factory in the capital.
Now, they can also buy shares in the factory.
"Do you have enough money to buy shares?" Zhang Xia asked.
Zhang Xia is a little older than Gu Xiaojuan. She was married when she entered the factory. Her family supports her work very much. Even if she doesn't have enough money, her family will definitely give her money to buy shares.
Gu Xiaojuan is different. She has two older brothers and her family still favors boys over girls. Not to mention whether her family is willing to pay for it, even if they are willing to pay, it is hard to say who will get the shares in the future.
Gu Xiaojuan pressed the bell and then said embarrassedly, "I started dating someone two months ago, and he left his passbook with me."
She has a lot of subscription shares, and the money she saved is indeed a little less, but she and her boyfriend have already discussed getting married, so it's okay to borrow some money from him first.
Zhang Xia was surprised: "Of course, when did you start dating someone? Why didn't you tell me?"
Gu Xiaojuan said embarrassedly: "Recently."
The two chatted for a few words and then separated at the fork in the road.
After arriving home, Gu Xiaojuan found that her cousin Yang Tian was also at her house. Yang Tian is the daughter of her uncle. Her mother has always loved her uncle as much as her eldest son, and she is also particularly good to Yang Tian, the only daughter of her uncle.
Anyway, she is much better than her.
In addition, Yang Tian is a sweet-looking but bitter person. She can pretend in front of the elders, but in reality she often does small things to bully others. Gu Xiaojuan has never liked this sneaky cousin since she was a child.
"Hey, our glorious worker comrade is back." Yang Tian said with a smile, "Cousin, I heard that your factory has been doing very well recently, and you've been working overtime every day. How is it? You've made a lot of overtime pay recently, right?"
Before Gu Xiaojuan could speak, her mother spoke up, "No matter how good the performance is, it's no use. You can't make as much as you can as a boss. Your cousin is just stupid and stubborn, so she can only make a fixed salary. You can't make several months' salary of her in one month."
Yang Tian is a self-employed person. She opened a shop to sell clothes and has a ten thousand yuan income. Every time Gu's mother sees her niece, she has to dislike Gu Xiaojuan.
Normally, Gu Xiaojuan might be so angry that she would vomit blood, but today she was in a very calm mood and even agreed lightly: "That's right, making atomic bombs is not as good as selling tea eggs, not to mention we are workers."
Although she said this, Gu Xiaojuan thought in her heart that after subscribing to the shares, she would not have to do anything, and she would get no less than Yang Tian every year. Moreover, the workshop director has analyzed for them that according to the development trend of their factory, the factory shares will only become more and more valuable.
How can being a boss and a self-employed person be better than making money with Director Shen?
But she would not tell them. She would tell the good news secretly.
At the same time, Zhang Xia came home and told her husband Lin Chuan about this. He immediately waved his fist in excitement: "Xia Zi, your factory is really great. They let you subscribe for shares! Do you know what this means? This means that with these shares, we may not have to worry about food and clothing in the future!"
Lin's mother and father, who were standing by, looked at each other. Lin's mother couldn't help but say: "You are exaggerating. What kind of shares are these? Are they like national bonds? Can we get some interest back in the future?"
"No, no, no, the nature is completely different!"
Lin Chuan excitedly explained to his family what shares were, and then said: "Director Shen of Xia Zi's factory is a great man. The efficiency of their factory will definitely get better and better, and these shares will become more and more valuable in the future! Oh, I didn't expect someone like me could have a free meal!"
Zhang Xia rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, and then said: "Our workshop director also said so, saying that these shares will become more and more valuable in the future."
Lin's mother: "Oh, that's great!"
Lin Chuan said happily: "Mom, hurry up and make two more dishes. Oh, forget it, I'll go to the small stir-fry restaurant at the entrance of the alley and buy two more delicious dishes. Let's drink some wine and celebrate!"
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Similar things are happening in many places in the capital.
Of course, as the factory manager, Shen Moer also submitted a subscription application form.
She could subscribe to more shares, and when she went home and counted her savings, it seemed that it was not enough, so she simply took out a box of small goldfish from the treasure house.
So, when Fu Mingze, who had just returned home from overtime, entered the room, he saw his wife sitting at the head of the bed with a wooden box in her arms. He walked over to take a look and couldn't help but jump in his forehead: "What are you doing with this?"
Even though he knew that his wife had a treasure house, Fu Mingze had just pretended that it didn't happen all these years, and he had never entered the treasure house, so he didn't know what was in the treasure house.
Of course, from the small goldfish, pearls, gemstone necklaces, etc. that Shen Moer occasionally took out, he could roughly guess that the things in this treasure house were probably all rare treasures.
Normally, he rarely touched the things in the treasure house, but today he suddenly took out such a box of small goldfish. Something must have happened.
Shen Moer told him about the subscription of shares. Fu Mingze thought about it, closed the wooden box in her hand, put it in the drawer of the dressing table, leaned over and kissed her, and said, "I'll find a way to get the money."
Shen Moer looked at him with a smile and teased, "How can you find a way? Go back and ask your parents for it?"
Fu Mingze simply sat down, hugged her in his arms, kissed her again, and said with a smile "Yes, go back and ask your parents, who told you that your lover is a useless second-generation rich kid, face the reality."
The bedroom door was slammed open, Liangliang shouted: "Dad, the midnight snack is ready!"
Then he tilted his head and asked: "Dad, what is a second-generation rich kid? You are a useless second-generation rich kid, then what am I?"
Fu Mingze: "..."
Shen Moer burst out laughing.