this man is not calm

Chapter 393 Field Investigation
The production pressure is too great, so the boss Jin Shang has to go to the front line to comfort the employees who are working hard.

On the weekend of the 17th and 18th, Jin Shang took time out to fly to Jiaoao to see the operation of the production line of Planet Intelligence's own electronics factory.

Actually seeing the assembly line these days, Jin Shang still has a lot of feelings.

The factory only schedules overtime on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. every day, with lunch included. If you work overtime at night, dinner is provided.

Sunday is a standard day off.

But the reality is not so!
The person in charge personally explained to the chairman that they were not required to work overtime until 10 o'clock in the evening and that they were not forced to work on Sundays, but that it was a voluntary request of the construction team.

It’s simple, the overtime pay is high!
After learning about the actual situation on the front line, Jin Shang was speechless.

The management of the manufacturing enterprises under Jinxi Culture is relatively strict, but they are unable to fully implement the vacation system. Considering the nature of those outsourcing factories that mainly employ temporary workers, I really don't know what will happen to them.

In addition to feeling emotional, the little things from my past life also came to my mind.

We were almost in the same era, in the mid-to-late 1990s, when the new century was about to begin. I was living in the suburbs of a big city in central China and had just started primary school. There was a lighter factory and a woolen yarn factory near my hometown. My primary school classmates from the same village would do odd jobs after school, bringing spare parts and materials home, assembling them at night, and handing them over after they were finished. I could actually earn five or six thousand yuan a year.

That was a piece-rate temporary job, which was very good pay at the time, but it was very hard work.

How much money can you make after working hard for a year growing crops?
After deducting various expenses such as seeds, pesticides, and fertilizers, the land allocated to the village was worth only two or three thousand yuan.

If you grow cash crops such as cotton, sugarcane, and sugar beets, there will be more years with good weather and good markets, but they will also be limited.

In industry, even in basic handicrafts with low technical content, piece-rate temporary workers earn more, which shows how terrible the gap between workers and farmers is.

"Any so-called ecological agriculture without modern industrial assistance, subsidy support and scientific guidance is nonsense. It is not easy to support a family by relying solely on small-scale farming."

Even if you work overtime in the factory, your efforts will bring tangible rewards, which are quite considerable. You can tell which choice to make just by looking at your heels.

The group looked around the factory, and Jin Shang did not disturb anyone who was busy.

After entering the workshop lounge, Jin Shang took off the dust hat on his head and calmed his mind.

Jin Shang, feeling somewhat relieved and somewhat regretful, finally understood why there was such a thing as industrial transfer.

Whichever is the lesser of two powers that harm each other!
Only when you have solved the problem of food and clothing and ensured that the basic needs of your family for food, clothing, housing and transportation are met can you consider more.

"June is about to begin, and the temperature is rising rapidly. We need to complete our work tasks and ensure the health of our employees. We need to adjust our work and rest schedules without compromising their health. We also need to prepare for heatstroke prevention and cooling down in advance..."

Speaking calmly, Jin Shang looked at the workshop director who was directing the production line.

"You are……"

"My surname is He..."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot! The task is too tight and everyone is under a lot of pressure. In addition to paying attention to the supply of materials, we must also be alert to psychological problems and provide more counseling. If we are really too busy, we can hire more people. We can't just rely on urging the existing staff to work overtime. After all, people are not machines and they won't be able to handle it."

"I know! It's just..."

Director He said with some embarrassment,

"Boss Jin, the work of our electronics factory is actually quite troublesome, and it is not something that can be done by one person. The HR department has been working very hard to recruit workers, and the new employee induction training is also in full swing, but it is still not enough."

"Have you asked the local human resources and social security department for support, or allocated a batch of orders to other units?"

"MP3 players are a new thing. Not only that, but even game consoles and assembled computers are very troublesome. Not only in our local area, but also in the whole country, there are only a few factories that can make them. It's not something that can be done by simply modifying the production line."

I guess the technical content of OEM mobile phones is slightly lower.

This is not ten years later, when large-capacity MP3 players are cheap. Electronic devices that cost thousands of yuan are precision instruments and cannot be used without the guidance of an experienced person.

"That……"

After thinking for a while, Jin Shang also felt that the current problem was rather tricky, so he took a compromise and suggested,
"We'll transfer a group of skilled workers from the white goods production line to come over here. We'll get through the peak period of one or two months first. A batch of products from the outsourcing side are about to be rolled off the production line, so it should be able to hold out for a while."

"That's fine! At this time, apart from the air conditioning and refrigerator industries which are still relatively busy, there are indeed wealthy people in other industries..."

The factories are getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more branch bases. Jiaoao has always been a key city for home appliance production, especially refrigerators. Its total output accounts for more than a quarter of the country's total, and air conditioners and washing machines also have a significant share.

The home appliance brand under Planet Intelligence, relying on the online channels and after-sales services of Jinxi Mall, has grown from a second-rate brand to a well-known brand that is about to enter the first-tier market and has a certain presence in the hearts of consumers across the country. It has gradually begun to prosper in the past two years.

However, rapid development also has the disadvantage of being difficult to integrate.

Each product line basically operates independently. The traditional home appliance sector was transformed from the previous marine appliances, while the newly established and later acquired game consoles, mobile phones, PHS, and even the current MP3s came from behind.

On the surface, there is no apparent party strife between the old and new factions, but there is a situation where the two factions do not cooperate with each other, are clearly divided from each other, and each is in charge of its own affairs.

Jin Shang was aware of this situation. There were some minor contradictions between Jinxi Culture's hardware and software sectors, cultural and technology businesses, software systems and applications, and products and after-sales service.

Coordination is one of the most important tasks for the boss Jin Shang and the management besides allocating resources.

No matter what the employees think, since the boss Jin Shang has spoken, even if they don't like it at other times, they have to work together to get things done now.

Later, Jin Shang and a group of managers went to have a working lunch and returned to the guest room to rest. At around two o'clock, Hong Renquan came over after finishing the trivial matters.

"It's pretty much the same as what Mr. Jin imagined..."

"As expected, the smaller the temple, the more evil spirits there are; the shallower the water, the more turtles there are! This is a bulk factory that was forcibly put together. It's good enough that it can maintain a decent appearance and do things well."

The actual controller of CSSC Electromechanical is Jinxi Culture, and Planetary Intelligence is a subsidiary of CSSC Electromechanical. The so-called vassal of a vassal is not my vassal.

In name, the level of the subsidiary is low, but it is very important and highly independent.

The two major business segments of traditional white goods and consumer electronics have not been integrated smoothly because of the short time. In addition, the after-sales service segment, which is becoming more and more important with more and more employees, is greatly affected by Jinxi Mall. In general, Planet Smart Manufacturing is in a three-legged situation. Because there is no strong executive CEO, the independence of each business segment is very strong.

Now, with the addition of MP3 players as an important product line, the situation has become even more complicated.

"Once the sales volume of MP3 players stabilizes in different regions, we will integrate the management team and recruit two people from CSSC or Jinxi Culture. The board of directors will also need to be reorganized..."

"The parent company only sent one person, who is not responsible for management but only for supervising production. For management, let the listed company of CSSC provide people. As for optimizing the equity structure and reshaping the board of directors, do you think it is better to implement employee shareholding or introduce strategic investors?"

"As for strategic investment, how it will be implemented specifically depends on where the factory or industrial park will be built in the future."

A super large electronics factory with an annual revenue of more than 10 billion yuan and a gross profit of more than 3 billion yuan is still very impressive.

The sales of white goods are steadily increasing, and the newly launched game consoles, cartridges, arcade boards, and peripheral licenses are selling so well that the profit margins are not low. Mobile phone shipments were close to 200,000 units in the past year. Although the profit from OEM is low, the volume is still very large.

The products that make the most money are still MP3 players and PHS. It can be predicted that in the next few years, these two products will become the main source of profit for Planet Intelligence.

The problem is that their autonomy is too poor. Only about 3% of the components of Mercury mobile phones are produced independently. Most of the components of Xiaolingtong are produced independently, but unfortunately the technical content is not high. The MP player can be said to have mastered the core technology, as the core components are produced independently, and the others are purchased from outside. The only problem is that the production capacity is a bit behind.

In fact, Planet Intelligence manufactures quite a few home appliances under its OEM and OEM brand, including the popular VCD players and home audio systems. Their main selling point is their affordable prices, and although the profits are slim, their presence is strong enough.

There are too many companies that are large and diverse, broad but not specialized. The overall revenue is not low, but the comprehensive profit margin is average.

Jin Shang still underestimated the difficulty of integrating a large factory with thousands of employees. Due to the lack of direct management, the factory had to rely on self-adjustment, and the pain period was too long.

There are limited trustworthy people, and there is no better solution in the short term.

Ever since the engagement ceremony, Jin Shang felt that his "Golden Broom" seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. Perhaps it was because of the progress in "managing the family", which resulted in no new breakthroughs in the function of the "Golden Broom", but the blessing effect was greatly improved.

If it weren't for the "golden finger", Jin Shang felt that the situation of Planetary Intelligence Manufacturing would not be at the current level of "chaotic but not chaotic" and barely able to hold on.

After discussing countermeasures with Hong Renquan for a while and dealing with most of the superficial problems, the two went together to see the production situation of the shipyard.

The newly opened super-large shipyard can build bulk carriers and container ships of 200,000 tons. Several electromechanical equipment factories have also been expanded, and the economy has roughly recovered to about 70% to 80% of its peak level.

A number of supporting factories, such as paint and coatings, emergency power stations, sewage treatment, waste recycling, etc., were really eye-opening when I saw Jin Shang for the first time.

In terms of natural conditions and port convenience, this is definitely one of the best places in the country. Not to mention, the several deep-water ports that are being expanded are very valuable. There is no need to reclaim land, dredge ports artificially, etc. like in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, which saves a lot of trouble.

There are also some shortcomings, such as insufficient fresh water resources, which restricts industrial development.

The transportation is not particularly convenient. Before the construction of the road and railway network in Huangdao District on the south bank is completed, the conditions here are not very good.

"The water, electricity and coal problems have been solved. This Feng Shui treasure land... is like a tiger with wings!"

"At present, our power station and desalination plant are basically for our own use. If we really want to expand and become independent, many things will have to change."

"I see!"

In the past few days, Jin Shang has consulted many experts and professors from his alma mater, and has learned a lot of knowledge that he didn't know before.

For example, chemical plants usually have to provide their own electricity and must ensure uninterrupted power supply.

Many reactors are high-temperature and high-pressure. Once an accident causes them to stop operating, it is hard to predict what will happen.

Most super-large factories have similar properties. They operate continuously once they are started, and the risks and losses of interruptions are unacceptable.

A typical example is blast furnace steelmaking. Once the furnace is shut down, the cost of restarting it is estimated to be tens of millions. Which boss can afford such a loss?
In addition, when building an industrial cluster, it is best to have a professional park that can be adapted to local conditions, save construction costs, and maximize utilization.

Just like the production of soda ash, ammonia is mostly needed, and a joint factory can be built to produce nitrogen fertilizer.

Various by-products can basically be utilized comprehensively.

In short, it depends on how much investment is required and the purpose to be achieved.

"The global soda ash market is still very stable. Marine chemicals are not absolutely mainstream, and the profit margins are average. It is difficult to expect to make a fortune from it, but the possibility of losing money is also very low."

"As long as there is money to be made!"

As long as human civilization does not collapse, there will always be demand for factories that produce three acids and two alkalis. It’s just that the threshold is a bit high. Generally, powerful bosses dare not act rashly. If the ability to resist risks is too poor, it is better not to get involved rashly. To make it bigger and stronger requires support from all parties.

It just so happens that Jin Shang’s strength and background are pretty good, and with the “golden finger” to protect him, it is relatively safe.

"We'll do the same as we did with Planet Intelligence. After the spin-off, we'll set up a subsidiary called Haihua, introduce external strategic investors, and list it on the stock market when the time is right."

"it is good!"

Hong Renquan agreed readily.

There were signs of this happening long ago. Ever since Jin Shang started talking seriously about marine chemical industry, Hong Renquan had almost anticipated it.

As for how to operate it, use the least amount of money and set up operations as quickly as possible.

With cash flow in hand, you can attack or defend and take the initiative.

As for persuading local governments to participate, it depends on the abilities of Hong Renquan and his second uncle Zhang Hua, and how much support they can gain.

After taking a quick look, checking the cash flow, convening an interim board meeting, and establishing many resolutions including the future strategic development direction, Jin Shang returned home. It was already Tuesday.

Tomorrow is Xiaoman Festival. It has been more than half a month since the MP3 player was launched on the market. The sales volume has been climbing at a very beautiful curve. It is expected to reach around in the first month, with the domestic and foreign sales ratio being about to .

After the first batch of payments arrived, some of the tight cash flow was immediately alleviated. With the money made, some minor problems were immediately suppressed and will gradually disappear with the passage of time.

(End of this chapter)