Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 867 Getting angry
"Okay, okay, you are really sharp-tongued. You have also worked in the unit. I believe you are aware of the difficulties the country is facing now. Come to my place and we will hold a meeting to discuss it. Right away, I'll wait for you." After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Well, there is no other way. No matter it is private training or official business, Jiang Yan has to give face. After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yan had to drive to the Planning Commission. After waiting at the Planning Commission for a while, the heads of various factories all received the money and were waiting for him. It seems that they are going to call him to task.

After Jiang Yan arrived, everyone came into the conference room.

"Please sit down, everyone. Xiao Jiang is familiar to everyone. He is one of our own. We specially invited him here today. If you have any questions, please raise them and we will see if there are any solutions." Qian Lei called out and the meeting began.

"Chief Engineer Jiang, since no one else is talking, I will speak first. Please forgive me if there is anything inappropriate," Liu Gaolei, the new factory director of "Happiness" tricycles, spoke first.

The "Happiness" tricycle factory in Sijiu City was built under the supervision of Jiang Yan. Before that, Liu Gaolei was a section chief in charge of logistics and often followed Jiang Yan around, so he still addressed Jiang Yan the same way as before, but there was a hint of respect in his words.

"Chief Engineer Jiang, first of all, we are not holding this meeting to target you. We really have no other choice. Take the three-wheeled vehicle factory for example. Once you recruited workers and offered salary and benefits, at least one-third of our factory has run away. Some workstations have no work left. Production has now come to a standstill. It's a good thing that you raise wages and provide benefits, but you should also take our feelings into consideration. After all, we are still your family," said Liu Gaolei.

"Yes, yes, it's the same in our factory. There is only one factory director left in the tertiary industry repair shop, and the rest have all run away. Mr. Jiang, please consider us as well. Our factory was also built up by you." The factory director of the walk-behind tractor also echoed.

Everyone nodded and began to attack Jiang Yan, including people from the Yanjing Automobile Factory and the Sijiucheng Automobile Factory.

Jiang Yan looked at them with a smile, trying to see what they wanted to do. In fact, the reason was very simple. They were exaggerating. How many people did Jiang Yan's company recruit in total? Now Jiang Yan's company only had three production lines, one engine assembly line, two vehicle assembly lines, plus the supporting parts processing personnel and logistics management personnel. Even if they worked in three shifts, the total number of people did not exceed 5000. Jiang Yan had seen the recruitment information. Eighty percent of them were demobilized soldiers and educated youth who returned to the city. Those old technicians were basically re-employed people.

In fact, this group of people are just afraid that after Jiang Yan raises the wages, it will dampen the enthusiasm of their factory workers. As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. In this comparison, for the same job, the salary there is so high, while it is only so little here. There will definitely be complaints. Our ancestors once said, "What we worry about is not having enough, but having unequal wages."

Besides, the files of every worker are basically in the hands of the factory. If the factory won't let them go, there's nothing you can do. What can you do? You can only slack off and not work hard. The factory can't fire you anyway. If you fail to complete the task, the factory director will be held responsible.

"Everyone, first of all, this is not our factory's fault. With reform and opening up, we have to adapt to the trend. Besides, we are a private enterprise. Apart from paying taxes to the state, our company does not have any responsibility to the state. Similarly, the state will not support us. If we want to develop, we must invest huge manpower and material resources. We want to make a profit, and to make a profit we need products, and product research and development, and manufacturing require talents. You have the state to back you up, but we don't. So in order to avoid bankruptcy and make a profit, we must grab talents. What is the most important thing in the 20th century? Talent. Don't you understand this?" Jiang Yan interrupted the quarrel of a group of people and explained with a smile.

"It's not Mr. Jiang. We didn't say that we can't let you develop. Your salary and benefits can't be reduced a little bit to leave us a way out." Liu Gaolei spoke again.

Hearing this, Jiang Yan's face changed. He gave them face, but they didn't accept it, so Jiang Yan didn't care about it now. "Leave a way out, you said it lightly, we left a way out for you, but did you leave one for us? Now that reform and opening up have begun, foreign companies are about to enter the market. Go ask them if they will leave a way out for you. You all just want to live off your past achievements. Where are your research and development? Where are your new products? You have wasted all your good technicians."

"How long has it been since your tricycle factory developed new products? If I remember correctly, the tricycles you are producing now are still the ones I designed back then! It's been so many years, and there hasn't been any improvement. Even if the engine is difficult to improve, what about the appearance of the car, the accessories! How many problems have been raised by others, have you ever taken care of them? You really think you can have one trick to get you by your side! You are living a fool's life."

Jiang Yan's scolding made Liu Gaolei unable to raise his head. He knew that what Jiang Yan said was true, so he had no way to refute it.

"And you, don't think you are great just because you export. Over the years, how many new cars have been produced and how much production capacity has been increased? Look at FAW and Second FAW, how many generations of trucks they have produced and how many generations of engines they have replaced. You are far behind them."

Jiang Yan was very angry at these two automobile factories for not fighting for it. He had laid a good foundation, but these two factories had not come up with anything new. If Jiang Yan had not proposed that the state take over the improvement of automobiles, these two factories would probably have gone bankrupt and continued to produce the same old cars. Now these two factories basically have no design capabilities, and the design work has been completely handed over to the Automobile Research Institute which was established a few years ago. As a result, these two factories have completely become OEM factories of the Automobile Research Institute. Although their sales seem to be booming, they actually have no ability to generate their own revenue.

All the factory managers were silent after Jiang Yan's outburst, but it was not their fault. Many of the factories present had connections with Jiang Yan in one way or another, and many of them had been guided by Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan knew their situations quite clearly.

It was obvious that Jiang Yan had not finished yet and was still talking.

"Do you know how much the street vendors selling tea eggs make in a day? Let me tell you, the lady at the entrance of my alley can sell more than 300 tea eggs a day, earning 3 cents for each. Just selling tea eggs, she can make 9 yuan a day. She doesn't rest for 30 days a month, and she can make at least 200 yuan."

"There is also the latest popular brand of melon seeds in Beijing, Sisters. They were created by a bunch of aunts and sisters-in-law who have nothing to do at home to look after their children. Now their daily sales can reach more than 2000 yuan, which means an average of to yuan per person per month."

"And those who sell vegetables and run small businesses, how much money do they make?"

"You should also go down and take a look. Don't spend too much time in the office. You should know the suffering of the people and the changes in this time."

(End of this chapter)