Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 877, Back to the Steel Mill
"Director Fu, I heard that China can now produce more advanced steel rolling equipment, all of which are automated assembly lines, but you are still using this semi-automatic equipment. In the future, it will be easy for problems to arise in terms of both production and quality?" Jiang Yan asked Fu Yafeng while staring at the production site.

"Chief Engineer Jiang, you should just call me Xiao Fu! It sounds okay to me this way." Fu Yafeng said.

"Of course we know about the new equipment. After all, we are all in this business. But there is nothing we can do. The country is in trouble now, and all our profits have been handed over to the state. We have submitted this report several times, but the state does not allocate funds to update the equipment. We have no choice but to make do with it for now! But Chief Engineer Jiang, don't worry, the parts produced in our factory will be of guaranteed quality and quantity." Fu Yafeng promised solemnly.

Jiang Yan had no choice but to nod. To be honest, the equipment of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was already considered good, not to mention the equipment of other factories, many of which were still from the 1920s and 1930s. Jiang Yan remembered very clearly that the only automated production line should be in Shougang.

After visiting the rolling mill and looking at the stainless steel plates produced, Jiang Yan roughly calculated that based on their current production output, if Jiang Yan's factory increased the production of automobiles, their output would definitely not be able to keep up. But it didn't matter, as there were more than one company bidding for the steel.

During the workshop tour, many old workers greeted Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan responded one by one. The last stop was naturally the foundry workshop. The director in charge of the molding workshop was one of Liu Hai's apprentices. When he saw Jiang Yan come in, he came to Jiang Yan respectfully. There was no other way, because this was his master's leader, and he didn't know how many times he had seen him.

After visiting the molding workshop, Jiang Yan was quite satisfied. This molding workshop was brought up by Jiang Yan himself. All the rules and regulations and even the training were created by Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan could see from the people working inside that this basically continued Jiang Yan's method of training apprentices. State-owned units are better in this regard. They are unique in training professional workers. It's no wonder that private enterprises don't want to waste such time. Just think about it, the apprenticeship time alone takes at least one year, and a lot of effort is put in. Although the training is relatively slow, as long as they are trained, the basic skills are very solid.

Unlike some private units in later generations, such as CNC machine tools, all kinds of programs are adjusted for you, and the workers are only responsible for loading and unloading parts. They are just loader and unloaders and can't learn anything. This may be the sadness brought about by equipment updates.

Looking at the workers who were operating the equipment skillfully and working meticulously, Jiang Yan was quite satisfied.

In the past, some websites reported that factories had difficulty recruiting workers. Was it because of the shortage of labor in the market? No, it was because some companies only wanted to make them work hard without paying them the corresponding compensation. The workers were deceived again and again, and they learned their lesson. As long as they could not meet their salary requirements, they would leave. In some talent markets, many companies and units would participate in every recruitment conference, becoming a nail house, but they just couldn't find anyone to work. What was the reason? It was because they had a bad reputation and were notorious. The Internet was so developed that a random search showed that the salary and benefits were not good, so who would go!

Therefore, if you want to retain workers, especially skilled and senior workers, you must pay them enough. Otherwise, only a fool would work for you without getting paid.

Jiang Yan was generally satisfied with the steel mill and the price of the supply, so everyone hit it off. After reaching agreement on only some minor issues, the steel mill could officially participate in the bidding.

At noon, Director Fu wanted to keep Jiang Yan and his group for lunch, but Jiang Yan disagreed. Now it was the bidding time, and if Party A and Party B had lunch together, many things would become unclear.

"Director Fu, you don't have to give way. Now is the bidding time. Public is public and private is private. If your bid is successful, I will treat you, but it is not appropriate now. You are welcome to come to our factory in the future. We will benefit from each other." After Jiang Yan visited the steel rolling mill, he left by car.

On the way, Jiang Yan held a brief meeting with everyone in the car to give these managers a shot of prevention.

"I may not have enough time to visit the factories behind one by one, and I still need to rely on you, but I must say it first. No one is allowed to take bribes when going to these units, especially during the bidding period. If anyone does, they will be fired directly. And all parts must meet our specified requirements. If there are any problems, I will deal with them one by one. Don't blame me for being cruel when the time comes." Jiang Yan said seriously.

Our country is a society based on personal relationships. Everyone comes and goes, communicates with each other, and you help me when there is a problem, and I help you. But when problems arise in the end, it damages the collective interests. So Jiang Yan should make things clear in advance to avoid disagreements later.

"Don't worry! President Jiang, we will be strict with you."

“We have to be worthy of the salary you give us.”

The people in the car expressed their loyalty one after another, but Jiang Yan didn't care. He would be in charge of the quality inspection department when he returned anyway, and would investigate if there were any unqualified products.

For the rest of the time, except for some important units that Jiang Yan led a team to visit, the rest were visited by his subordinates. Some were suitable, some were not, anyway, it was a mess. Some factories relied on their seniority to make trouble and even went to their superiors, but Jiang Yan didn't give them any face at all. This is how it is. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. There is no room for relaxation.

As for sales, Jiang Yan had also investigated it. At that time, private cars were not allowed. Some Hong Kong businessmen who had seen the domestic market in advance still registered their cars with various units after entering, or they rented cars at hotels. In short, the development was too backward.

After the car is built, Jiang Yan can only cooperate with taxi companies in various cities. This is what Daihatsu did in his previous life. However, he has to report this situation to his superiors. Otherwise, it will be the same as Santana in his previous life. In addition to official purchases, it will be exported to earn foreign exchange. It will be very expensive to sell it domestically. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Jiang Yan wants the domestic market, and he also wants the international market. Otherwise, the domestic market will be occupied by others sooner or later. First come, first served, so plan ahead.

Basically, any unit that comes to bid that meets the requirements can get an order. For some that don't meet the requirements, there's nothing that can be done. Jiang Yan hopes that they will invest more money to increase R&D efforts and update equipment. Otherwise, there's no other way domestically, so he can only let Xu Damao and Zhang Pengfei purchase from abroad.

(End of this chapter)