Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 938 Spring Festival Holiday
Time passed quickly, and it was already the end of January in a blink of an eye.

If you have money or not, go home for the New Year.

The Spring Festival has a special meaning for Chinese people, especially for those workers who leave home to support their families, it may be the only time of the year that they can get together with their relatives.

Because it is difficult to buy train tickets for the Spring Festival travel season, and some workers have long journeys, many factories in the south begin their holidays on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. Workers start to return home with their luggage. It's also a little more old-fashioned.

When Duan Yun was at the Hongxing Gear Factory, the country’s legal holidays were usually from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month, but the workers of the Hongxing Gear Factory all lived in the local area, which was incomparable with those workers who came from thousands of miles away to work, so they came out. In consideration of these workers returning home safely, Duan Yun paid them this month's wages in advance, and gave each of them an extra 100 yuan for the festival.

In fact, there are not many bosses as generous as Duan Yun. The main reason is that the electronics factory and machinery factory have been very profitable since they opened this year, so Duan Yun is willing to give these workers more money.

However, just like the previous state-owned enterprises, private enterprises in Shenzhen can’t randomly pay wages and bonuses, because you can’t disrupt the “market situation” and can pay higher wages than mainland workers, but they can’t be much higher than the local average wage level in Shenzhen. At this point, all business owners have formed a tacit understanding.

Duan Yun will naturally abide by this "tacit agreement", but in order to make his factory attractive enough, Duan Yun's factory has always been the best in the industry in terms of food, and other factories usually serve a stew of cabbage and potatoes There are mostly dishes, but in the Duan Yun canteen, the workers have meat and eggs for three meals a day, and there are relatively many tricks. After all, the workers in the factory have a relatively heavy workload every day, and they are easy to get hungry. Not so much physical work.

By the beginning of February, most of the workers had already received their salaries and bonuses and started to return home for the New Year with their big bags and small bags. Only some Guangzhou locals and a few workers who wanted to earn more money stayed behind, and the factory suddenly became empty. swing up.

In the past few days, Duan Yun and Zhao Xuewu have been very busy. In the morning, they will go to the factory to direct the workers to modify and maintain the equipment, and in the afternoon they will study the technical transformation plan in the office.

"Master Zhao, it will be Chinese New Year soon, or I will buy you a sleeping berth ticket, and you will come back after the Chinese New Year..." Sitting at the dining table in the evening, Duan Yun took a piece of fish for Zhao Xuewu, with a concerned tone Said.

Duan Yun is still very grateful to Zhao Xuewu from the bottom of his heart. If he is alone during this time, he will definitely be very busy, because there are currently no high-level technicians at the electronics factory. He hired from the Guangzhou State-owned Electronics Factory The level of technicians in the factory is not high, and they can only cope with the normal work in the factory. Without technical attainments and original level, they can't stand alone. However, Zhao Xuewu came to Shenzhen in advance this time, which really helped Duan Yun a lot. It can be said that besides being a little older, Zhao Xuewu is still very dedicated to his work, which makes Duan Yun very satisfied.

As the end of the new year was approaching, Duan Yun couldn't bear to let such an old man stay in a foreign country for the New Year, so he wanted to give him a little more bonus, let him go back to Taiyuan for the New Year, and come back after the new year.

"Forget it, our production line has just been installed, a lot of equipment needs to be modified, and there are still many things to be busy. I am the chief engineer of the technology factory, and this is the time when I am needed." Zhao Xuewu shook his head and continued. : "Besides, I'm a restless person, and it's meaningless to stay at home. My wife has children and they take care of them, so there's no need for me to go back..."

"But……"

"I will write a letter to my family every week. My family members also know my current situation, so you don't have to worry about it." Zhao Xuewu said lightly.

"Okay, I'll give you four times your salary during the Chinese New Year period. After this busy period, I'll personally send you home to rest for a while." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"Those are small things. What's the point of a big man always staying at home? To be honest, I work here in Shenzhen, and I feel a lot younger. I suddenly have a new goal when I'm alive. Alright, it's better than staying at home with a pension and waiting to die." Zhao Xuewu said with some emotion.

Because he lived in a special age when he was young, Zhao Xuewu always felt a little frustrated in his life, from a passionate young student to a calm and serious middle-aged man, and then from a calm middle age to retirement , has been a mediocre teacher all his life, but from his heart, he has always wanted to make a career.

After coming to Duan Yun's electronics factory, Zhao Xuewu gradually regained the impulsiveness and enthusiasm of his youth. Finally, what he learned all his life was put to use. Although Duan Yun's company is not large in scale now, it is It has great potential and is a place where you can make a career out of it.

These days, the patriotism of the older generation is very deep.

After visiting Japan with Duan Yun last time, Zhao Xuewu was also very touched. For the first time, he saw with his own eyes the huge gap between the technological level of the motherland and the developed countries in the world, which also gave Zhao Xuewu a lot of motivation to work. , from the bottom of his heart, he still hopes to make some contributions to the development of the country's electronics industry.

"Just wait until the new year is over. After the year, Professor Yang and Professor Peng will come from Taiyuan. Then, Master Zhao, you won't be alone." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"That's great!" Hearing this, Zhao Xuewu's face flashed with joy, and he continued: "I really didn't expect that I and them were colleagues when we were young, and we will be colleagues again when we retire. it's fate."

"Our product technology research and development center will be established in the next year, and the office laboratory building will be completed in mid-March at the earliest. By then, you and Professor Peng can move there. In addition, I will contact the universities in Guangzhou. Let them send some students over for an internship, and make our tape recorder products out as soon as possible." Duan Yun said.

Regarding the introduction of this new Japanese production line, it is still in an idle state. His plan is to contact some manufacturers of tape recorders in Shenzhen to try to get a batch of OEM orders. First, let this production line operate as soon as possible. Duan Yun will produce the first batch of domestic Walkmans after producing its own brand of recorders.

Although Duan Yun's idea is relatively simple, it is actually very difficult to achieve the ultimate goal. Everything is still in its infancy, and there are still many things to do...

(End of this chapter)