Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 9 Bonuses
"Secretary Zhao!"

At this moment, Wang Qiang, the director of the first workshop, walked over quickly with a smile on his face.

"Just in time, I was looking for you." Zhao Dongsheng said to Wang Qiang with a smile.

"What's the matter, secretary?" Wang Qiang asked.

"Arrange a new apprentice for your workshop..." Zhao Dongsheng said, pointing at Duan Yun who was standing behind him.

Seeing Duan Yun, Wang Qiang's expression suddenly changed, and then he said to Zhao Dongsheng: "Secretary, this kid he..."

It was Duan Yun who was rescued by Wang Qiang the day before yesterday, so he naturally didn't have a good impression of this dazed kid who committed suicide.

In addition, He Xiaoli, the female worker who rejected Duan Yun, is also in this workshop. If both of them work in this workshop, if something happens to Duan Yun, the head of the workshop, he, the workshop director, will be responsible!
"Comrade Duan Yun is very motivated, I think he should be given a chance."

"But……"

"Little Wang..." Zhao Dongsheng stepped forward and put his hand on Wang Qiang's shoulder, walked aside and said softly to him, "Go back and arrange for Duan Yun to work the night shift, just one shift away from that female worker's shift, and I have already worked with him. He said, if you can't reach the skilled worker level within a month, you will go back to the stocking workshop to work."

"Achieving the level of a skilled worker in one month?" Wang Qiang was stunned when he heard the words, but he quickly reacted, so he said, "According to what the secretary said!"

"Very good." Zhao Dongsheng was obviously satisfied with Wang Qiang's attitude, smiled slightly, and then said to Duan Yun, "Come here."

"secretary……"

"In the future, you will be arranged by Director Wang, work hard, and cherish this opportunity!" Zhao Dongsheng patted Duan Yun on the shoulder and said.

"I hope Director Wang will take more care of him in the future," Duan Yun said to Wang Qiang with a smile on his face.

Duan Yun's impression of this Wang Qiang was not bad. Although this guy had to give him artificial respiration when he was poisoned, it was indeed too reckless, but he was a good person after all.

"Xiao Duan, the secretary is also here today. Let's talk about the ugliness in front of you. Now the production tasks in a workshop are relatively tight. Everyone has a production quota. Guan, where are you going from where you came from, there are no idlers in a workshop, do you understand?" Wang Qiang said with a serious face.

"Understood." Duan Yun nodded when he heard the words, and then asked with interest: "Do we still have bonuses in our workshop?"

"Yes, as long as the processing tasks are completed with quality and quantity, five yuan per month!" Wang Qiang flashed a smug look on his face, and then said: "Other workshops only get two or three yuan a month in bonuses. Our workshop is the highest, yes It was specially approved by the factory director and secretary together."

Before the 80s, there was basically no such thing as a bonus in state-owned enterprises, but something happened later that changed the way that state-owned enterprises’ wages remained unchanged before.

In August 1979, Shekou Port, the first project of the Shekou Industrial Zone, started construction. The workers were not very motivated, and each person transported 8 to 8 vehicles of mud every 20 hours.

Two months later, the progress of the project was slow, and the general manager Yuan Geng was very anxious and instructed to speed up the progress of the project.The Engineering Office of the Fourth Aviation Administration decided to implement the quota over-production reward system from October of that year, that is, if the quota of 10 cars per day is completed, each car will be awarded 55 cents, and each excess car will be awarded 2 points.Workers have greatly increased their motivation. Generally, each worker transports 4 to 80 cars of mud per working day, and even 90 cars of mud can receive a bonus of 131 yuan.

In April 1980, this effective reward system was quickly ordered to stop by the higher authorities.The bonuses were withdrawn, and the amount of mud transported also went down.

Later, when the leaders knew about this incident, they immediately approved the proof of the "Internal Reference" and transferred it to the relevant departments for implementation. .

Just one day later, the fixed overproduction bonus was restored on the construction site in Shekou.After that, the mainland of China gradually implemented the method of not capping the salary and bonus, and not guaranteeing the bottom.

In 1982, many enterprises began to implement the corresponding bonus system, and the Red Star Gear Factory, due to its good benefits and many orders from the coal mine, became the first batch of Daxing City to implement bonuses in order to improve workers' enthusiasm for production and avoid passive sabotage. system unit.

"If I overfulfill the production task, will the bonus increase further?" Duan Yun asked after thinking for a while.

"Of course no problem!" Secretary Zhao on the side said with a smile.

"Each team in the workshop has a fixed workload. The more you work, the more you get, and there is no upper limit on the bonus!" Wang Qiang said simply.

"Does that mean it's possible for me to earn a thousand dollars a month?" Duan Yun asked again.

"Hahaha!"

As soon as Duan Yun finished speaking, Zhao Dongsheng and Wang Qiang suddenly laughed.

"If you can really do so much work, you can earn [-] yuan a month!" After a while, Secretary Zhao patted Duan Yun on the shoulder and said.

On the other hand, Wang Qiang looked at Duan Yun with disdain.

You know, in the first workshop, the fastest worker is an eighth-level lathe worker named Ma Guoqing. He has also been a factory model worker for five consecutive years. After the implementation of the bonus system, the most one month has received a bonus of 51 yuan, which is already a record of the factory, and the general lathe workers can barely complete the quota of the factory at most, earning an extra six or seven yuan!
"I will try my best." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Work hard!" After Zhao Dongsheng finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Secretary, walk slowly." After Wang Qiang watched Secretary Zhao leave with a smirk, he withdrew his smile and turned to look at Duan Yun.

"Director Wang, then I am now..." Duan Yun waited for Wang Qiang to arrange work for him.

"From today onwards, you will work the night shift, from twelve o'clock in the evening to eight in the morning, you will go home to rest now, and go to work at twelve o'clock in the evening. When the time comes, the monitor will arrange work for you." Wang Qiang thought for a while, and then said: " Also, I have something to tell you..."

"what's up?"

"First, I don't care about leaving the factory, but when you're at work, you'd better stay away from He Xiaoli when you're not on business! Second, give me something to live! At the gate of the factory, you can hang yourself and jump off the building to drink pesticides! The last one, as the secretary just said, if the technology does not meet the standard within a month, get out of this workshop and continue to be your porter, understand?"

Wang Qiang has a straightforward personality, so he simply told Duan Yunming.

"Okay!" Duan Yun replied simply.

Seeing Duan Yun's promise, Wang Qiang's expression softened immediately, and after pondering for a while, he said, "If you can work honestly in the future, the benefits of the workshop will be indispensable to you. Okay, go back and rest. Don't be late tonight!"

"Then I'm leaving!" Duan Yun finished and left the workshop.

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(End of this chapter)