Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

After listening to Chen Jiabang's statement, Cao Zhiqiang finally understood his difficulties and the current difficulties facing the Hongguang Factory.

To put it bluntly, Hongguang Factory has long been abandoned.

The reason why it is popular again now is not because of how good this factory is, but because Cao Zhiqiang is strong enough to cover this red light factory.

Once he, Cao Zhiqiang, quits, or makes outsiders think that he doesn't care about Hongguang Factory anymore.

Then this red light factory will immediately fall down and scatter, and be eaten up by the people around it.

Once they start to take over the Hongguang Factory, their affiliated companies such as Hongguang Publishing House, Hongguang Department Store, Hongguang Transportation Company, Hongguang Catering Company, Chaoyang Electronics Company, etc., will all be taken over by other units.

Of course, when other units accept this, they will definitely not touch Cao Zhiqiang's interests. On the contrary, they will give Cao Zhiqiang greater convenience, at least it will be business as usual.

This will not only bring benefits, but also gain Cao Zhiqiang's own power.

It is true that you will make a profit without losing money.

As for the unit that wants to do this, Chen Jiabang made it very clear that it is the old superior of Hongguang Factory - the Metallurgical Department!

In addition, there is the Ministry of Culture, which is also coveting the units that Cao Zhiqiang has, such as Hongguang Publishing House and Hongguang Film Factory.

Don't think this is a joke.

Exactly not!

Because during this period, these government agencies can also directly engage in business.

Otherwise, where would there be so many affiliated companies now?

In addition, from Cao Zhiqiang's perspective, this kind of rectification is also beneficial to him.

Because once Cao Zhiqiang's units are separated from Hongguang Factory and directly affiliated with ministries and commissions, Cao Zhiqiang's own power will also increase.

To put it simply, in the past, these units controlled by Cao Zhiqiang had a general manager of the Hongguang Factory, and above the Hongguang Factory was the Metallurgical Department.

Now, the Metallurgical side plans to remove the middle layer of Hongguang Factory and directly connect with Cao Zhiqiang. The benefits this will bring to Cao Zhiqiang are self-evident.

In fact, they may even plan to give Cao Zhiqiang a serious establishment.

By then, Cao Zhiqiang will be a serious cadre, and will no longer be the fringe cadre he is now.

However, as long as Director Li doesn't give up for a day, those people above will be embarrassed to force themselves.

However, once Director Li wants to retire, and the next director is not Cao Zhiqiang.

Then they have various reasons to ban Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In theory, they can directly rectify the Hongguang Machinery Factory without the approval of the director of the Hongguang Machinery Factory.

After all, Hongguang Factory is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Metallurgy, and the relationship is all there, just a matter of words.

It was just because Secretary Dong and Director Li had the prestige and connections there and they didn't want to look bad, so they continued to delay like this.

Also, they didn't want Cao Zhiqiang to misunderstand, so they continued like this.

But in fact, they are already very dissatisfied with Hongguang Machinery Factory.

This is not entirely jealous of the companies Cao Zhiqiang runs.

It's the Hongguang Factory. In the eyes of the people above, it is indeed a burden.

Those more than 8,000 people, especially the large number of retired workers, will cost money.

Cao Zhiqiang's previous approach was to open new companies and new channels to provide more jobs.

This method has indeed been proven to be effective.

But the problem is that Cao Zhiqiang's method can only be effective by himself, and others can't learn it even if they want to.

However, the Ministry of Metallurgy is not just a red light factory, there are too many similar factories.

Once the role model of Hongguang Factory is there and everyone imitates it, the problem will be huge.

If other factories follow the example of Hongguang Factory, the gains outweigh the losses in the end, and the losses will have to be paid by the higher authorities.

Those people saw the problems inside, so they tried every means to rectify the Hongguang Factory.

However, there is another Cao Zhiqiang who cannot be offended, which is a headache.

So they actually really hope that Cao Zhiqiang will fall out with Hongguang Factory.

Once Cao Zhiqiang falls out with Hongguang Factory, they can take advantage of the situation and throw an olive branch to Cao Zhiqiang and make Cao Zhiqiang theirs.

"I roughly understand the situation."

After listening to Chen Jiabang's explanation, Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Old Chen, I still say what I said, I can't be the factory director. I have my own reasons."

Chen Jiabang frowned and said, "If you don't become the factory director, the Hongguang Factory will be finished!"

After saying this, he noticed that Cao Zhiqiang frowned, and Chen Jiabang said again: "Don't think that I am alarmist, what I said is all facts.

Of course, I'm not saying this for myself.

You know, even if the Hongguang Factory disappears, I won't have any problems.

After all, I am still the vice president of Hongguang Publishing House and the general manager of Hongguang Department Store.

Even if Hongguang Machinery Factory disappears, my positions should not change much.

Therefore, I am not worried about myself, I am worried about the entire Hongguang Factory!

To put it bluntly, I don’t want to watch the Hongguang Factory disappear like this.

This, how should I put it, I have worked and lived there for so long, and I also have feelings for it.

And there must be many, many people like me.

The current situation is far less easy than others thought.

The people above have been staring at him, mainly at Director Li.

Once Director Li is replaced, the new director will be unable to convince the public or suppress the situation.

The ban on Hongguang Factory is a certainty, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Because that's what they said, do you understand? "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and said, "It's not as bad as you think, right?

Wouldn't it be enough for you to be the director of the factory and me to be the deputy director, and then I would give you my full support? Is it that serious? "

"Zhiqiang, you are still too naive." Chen Jiabang shook his head, "It would be nice if things were that easy."

After a brief pause, Chen Jiabang said: "Under the new factory director responsibility system, the factory director and the deputy factory director, although there is only one word difference, in fact, the power gap is huge, and the responsibility gap is also huge.

If you don't treat this factory well, they can forcibly shut down the Hongguang Factory. In this case, it is actually equivalent to not confronting you head-on, and you can't fight them head-on because you are not qualified.

Only when you become the director of the factory can you be qualified to go against them and challenge them.

Or let me be more clear.

Once you become the director of the factory, once they want to shut down the Hongguang Factory, they will directly confront you.

When the time comes, you can just go up and find someone through your connections, and everyone will think it's normal and will help you.

But once you are just a deputy factory director, you actually don’t have that much power and responsibility.

At that time, even if you want to keep the Hongguang Factory and want to find someone through your connections, such as going to that big boss, they will have an excuse to decline. They may even take the initiative to match you and let you reconnect with them. cooperate. When the time comes, they will raise various levels and benefits for you, and you will have nothing to say, at least the people behind you will have nothing to say.

I say this, can you understand? "

Cao Zhiqiang touched his chin: "You mean, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and vice versa. So if I want to keep the Hongguang Factory, I must take on greater responsibility, and this requires greater responsibility." Power, is this what you mean?”

"That's right!" Chen Jiabang smiled, "It seems you really understand what I mean."

Cao Zhiqiang sighed and took a long puff of his cigar: "Why is it so laborious? Does it have to be like this?"

Chen Jiabang also sighed: "Times are changing, and the current situation is also changing. Many times, we are just reacting passively."

After taking another puff of his cigar, Chen Jiabang said: "Besides, our Hongguang Factory still has two troubles. If you don't take care of us, these two troubles will probably be two attack points in the future."

"What's the trouble?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"The transportation company and the sales department you set up." Chen Jiabang said.

"Transportation company? Sales department?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Chen Jiabang smiled: "Why, you have forgotten what you did?"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Jiabang explained to Cao Zhiqiang.

When Cao Zhiqiang heard this, he realized that it was really him who did it in the first place.

The transportation company is actually Hongguang Transportation Company. It was originally a joint venture between Hongguang Publishing House and Hongguang Machinery Factory. They were all people from the Security Department and Transportation Department of Hongguang Machinery Factory.

As for the sales department, it refers to the sales department of Hongguang Publishing House. It is the self-employed people who were originally recruited. After they were recruited, they were regarded as non-staff personnel, that is, informal employees who were not paid and were only included in the social security system. Li Youfu was the lead.

Through this method, Cao Zhiqiang gathered together those self-employed people who were working alone and let them go out and sell goods under the name of Hongguang Publishing House and the name of the transportation company. Everyone cooperated in the form of commission. .

Originally, there was nothing wrong with doing this, and there was no big problem.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang later stopped focusing on the publishing house, the situation changed.

When we first set up a sales department and a transportation company, the opportunity was to sell Cao Zhiqiang's "Jiang Hu Xing".

Due to the popularity of "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes", such a sales team was built.

In this era, being able to engage in this kind of self-produced and self-sold model is considered to be at the forefront of the times.

After all, in the previous model, the manufacturer only focused on production, and the seller only focused on sales.

For example, the previous publishing houses were only responsible for publishing and printing, and as for specific sales, they were handed over to Xinhua Bookstore, department stores, post offices and other units.

But Cao Zhiqiang's method of producing and selling by himself is tantamount to maximizing profits and establishing a sales channel of his own.

Thanks to the huge charm of "Jiang Hu Xing", this sales team has done pretty well.

However, when Cao Zhiqiang finished "Jianghujiang" and a few tapes, and then went directly to Japan, no longer paying attention to the publishing house and the audio-visual company, the situation changed.

Cao Zhiqiang can ignore it, but the people in the sales department and the transportation company must continue to eat.

So they started working on other products.

Anyway, sales is nothing more than buying low and selling high.

Those self-employed associations in the sales department continued to resell various pirated tapes and pirated video tapes under the name of Hongguang Publishing House and even Hongguang Machinery Factory.

They even began to resell various pirated novels from the South, such as those martial arts novels introduced to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The result? Of course the results are good.

You must know that domestic transportation channels during this period were far less smooth than in later generations.

Therefore, whoever can control the circulation channels between the south and the north will have the initiative.

Hongguang Machinery Factory, with its train quota, controls an important circulation channel.

In addition, they have their own fleet of vehicles that can carry out transportation over short and medium distances.

In this way, transportation between provinces will be carried out through train lines.

Then by car, city-level transportation is carried out.

In this way, depending on the region and the price, they made a lot of money.

In fact, a large part of this was left behind by themselves, and only a small part was handed over.

After all, no one knows how much money was sold in the specific sales process.

Hongguang Machinery Factory and Hongguang Publishing House only do wholesale business.

However, to put it bluntly, this kind of business is still buying and selling, which is a kind of borderline behavior.

Say you're guilty, but you didn't run away at all.

It's just that the red light factory was covering it before, so this matter is over for the time being.

However, this does not mean that the people above do not know what you are doing.

Once they want to take action, this is the best breakthrough.

As long as these evidences of reselling are presented, Hongguang Factory can be left speechless and can only obediently accept the above requirements.

Another problem arises here, that of the person responsible.

If Cao Zhiqiang becomes the factory director, he will be responsible.

Once this happens, those people will be afraid to convict easily, otherwise they will offend Cao Zhiqiang and the big shots behind him.

But it would be easier if the factory director was not Cao Zhiqiang but someone like Chen Jiabang.

They could clearly pin the responsibility on Chen Jiabang and use this to warn Cao Zhiqiang.

At that time, if Cao Zhiqiang wants to save Chen Jiabang, he will have no choice but to compromise with them.

Otherwise, Chen Jiabang, the factory director and the person responsible, would probably go to jail.

Anyway, as long as Cao Zhiqiang is not the director of the factory, they have many ways to clear Cao Zhiqiang's relationship.

For example, they can say that although Cao Zhiqiang is the president of the publishing house, he is only in name only and is only responsible for publishing works. The actual operations are carried out by Chen Jiabang and his group.

Especially the cashier, accountant and others are all from Hongguang Machinery Factory.

How could Cao Zhiqiang be able to control these people by himself?

Moreover, Cao Zhiqiang will go to Japan soon and has no time to do this.

Well, anyway, as long as they want to excuse Cao Zhiqiang, there are always excuses and there are always ways.

It was precisely after seeing through this that Chen Jiabang refused to become the factory director.

Because once you become the director of this red light factory, you will be sitting on the fire, and you will be unlucky sooner or later.

Chen Jiabang does have feelings for Hongguang Factory.

But if there is an emotional cost, that is, if he goes in and the factory is gone, just to live the addiction of the factory director, then there is no need.

Otherwise, who would be willing to give up the power and reputation of the factory director? (End of chapter)