The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Lou Xiao'e was well aware of the progress of the wall clocks, but when she saw a wall full of new products, she still felt that the display effect was amazing.

"very good!"

"Find the best photographer in Hong Kong City and take the best product albums!"

“This is the company’s main product to enter the global market, so you don’t have to worry about spending money!”

You can even tell that you don't have to worry about spending money. The big boss is obviously very satisfied.

Tang Hongde from the gift company joked: "Our Director Lou is very busy again in the Magnesium Country."

Feng Zhicong had the caution of a technician and reminded: "Chairman, it will take some time to increase production capacity."

"It will also take some time for us to discuss the supply volume and supply price with the accessories company."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said: "It's okay, the production of the album also takes time."

"We have been preparing for the quartz watch business for more than half a year and have invested more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars. I am very patient."

Feng Zhicong said with sincere admiration: "After several visits to Hong Kong, the only one willing to invest so much money in the research and development of new products is our Xingchen Company."

Tang Hongde said sarcastically: "Other companies are either copying Ou Magnesium, or they are producing according to the requirements designed by Ou Magnesium's customers."

"Not to mention that they don't have innovative products that lead the world, they haven't even thought about it."

"Chairman, I estimate that by the end of next year, the Governor of Hong Kong will put you on the list of recommendations for honors."

Lou Xiao'e waved her hand, "Not surprising."

"If you want, you can run it."

Feng Zhicong remembered the rumors he had heard and asked, "Chairman, did our company really write a proposal to the Hong Kong government?"

In the past two days, there have been private rumors in the market in Hong Kong City.

Star Company wrote a letter of suggestions to the Hong Kong Governor and Members of Parliament, which contains only three points.

1. Provide subsidies to schools to provide free, high-quality primary education to all school-age children in Hong Kong, so that families across Hong Kong can reduce their living burden.

2. Strictly crack down on corruption and increase the salaries of grassroots civil servants.

3. Establish a fair dialogue mechanism between labor and management, and both parties sit down to negotiate salary issues.

These three simple suggestions have aroused the discussion of many knowledgeable people.

The high cost of education is a pain for ordinary families in Hong Kong. Whether they are those who adhere to traditional Confucian concepts or those who advocate selenium prescriptions, they all strongly support this issue.

If the grassroots civil servants in Hong Kong City are not paid, their lives will be too stressful. Although there are many people who oppose raising the salaries of these people, the voices of support are even louder.

Hong Kong City is still enforcing the laws of the Qing Dynasty, and raising honest banks is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Although both business owners and employees are not very optimistic about the role of salary dialogue, they all agree that there should be a channel for communication and negotiation. A mechanism is better than none.

After all, this year has been going on for almost a year, and the bosses in the industrial and commercial circles are also miserable. Many orders have been lost. If they don't make any money, they have lost money, and the losses are huge.

And it only talks about negotiation, not that the salary must be increased, and it may even be reasonable and reasonable not to increase it.

Therefore, the business community, including Yingzi, strongly supports this proposal.

Local ordinary people, business owners, and Yingzi's agents all support this idea, and the Hong Kong City councilors naturally support it.

Whether this should be done or not, the ball is thrown into the hands of the Hong Kong Governor.

Those who govern Hong Kong City are HSBC, Jardine Matheson, the Jockey Club and the Governor. With the consent of the three companies, the Governor can only agree.

At this time, everyone was talking about how to spend money, and naturally they talked easily.

Except for the third item, which does not cost much, the first two items, especially the first item, free primary education, cost a lot of money.

As for where the funds will come from, Li Ming did not mention it in his proposal.

He believed that some people were very smart and could come up with solutions.

Lou Xiao'e, as a joint participant, said, "Director Li and I wrote the letter to the Hong Kong government in our own names."

"When the conflict between the two sides was serious, we did not have the power to make the two sides sit down and talk, so we did not get involved."

"Now that the situation has calmed down, we, Star Company, as a socially responsible company, have the responsibility and obligation to remind the Hong Kong government that it should do something for the citizens to improve people's livelihood."

Lou Xiao'e's words about a company with a sense of social responsibility made Feng Zhicong admire him and he made the right decision to switch to this company.

Tang Hongde had known about this for a long time. At that time, he also warned whether it would anger the Yingguo people, fearing that he would be considered to support the To Kwa Wan group.

The To Kwa Wan group would take the initiative to stop. This was something Tang Hongde had never thought of before. "Many people came to me for confirmation, and I also asked them their opinions on this proposal."

"Hong Kong City now overwhelmingly supports your and Director Li's suggestions, especially the suggestion about free education. Many private schools are in favor."

Lou Xiao'e picked up a wall clock and looked at the movement on the back cover. "Director Li asked Consultant Huang to send someone to investigate the enrollment and dropout rates of private schools."

"Many private schools are actually operating at a loss."

"With subsidies from the Hong Kong government, those schools don't have to worry about school funding and can focus on teaching good students."

No matter what industry, only a few make big money, and many private schools in Hong Kong are counting on donations to make up for the shortfall.

In addition to private donations from wealthy businessmen, donations for education by various hometown associations, trade associations and other organizations may account for the vast majority of all their expenses.

Feng Zhicong still thinks like an engineer, thinking about how to implement it. “I just don’t know where the Hong Kong government can raise such a large amount of money.”

Tang Hongde hit the nail on the head: "When it comes to making money, you have to believe in the ability of the Yingguo people."

"Unless they don't want to do something, they can definitely get the money."

Feng Zhicong laughed and said: "Indeed. The people of Ying country have the ability to make money."

Tang Hongde recalled: "Chairman, some people now say that we are robbing money, complaining that our Rubik's Cube is too expensive in Hong Kong City."

Star Company's Rubik's Cube retails for US$5 in China, excluding consumption tax, and sells for HK$29 each in Hong Kong City.

The Hong Kong government recently fine-tuned the pound-to-Hong Kong dollar exchange rate, and the Hong Kong dollar-to-US dollar exchange rate has increased by several points. At this time, the exchange rate is 1 Hong Kong dollars per U.S. dollar, which can be stable for two years.

The smile on Lou Xiao'e's little face disappeared and she asked seriously: "When did it start to appear?"

Tang Hongde replied: "In the past two days, I heard it twice."

Lou Xiao'e turned to the little attendant who had been standing in the corner and said: "Axia, write it down. I will send someone to investigate this matter."

"Okay, Chairman." Axia has already written it down on her work notepad.

Tang Hongde reacted, "Are you suspecting that someone is deliberately ruining our company's reputation?"

Lou Xiao'e frowned and said: "It's just a toy, not a necessity of life. If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it."

“For new products, ordinary consumers don’t know how much they cost.”

"You can hear it many times, and the possibility that someone knowledgeable is deliberately spreading it is not small."

There may be some people who are too afraid to imitate and get red eyes from watching others make money.

This kind of person likes to disparage others verbally, which is not considered to be a curse, but just makes other people feel uncomfortable with their weirdness.

Tang Hongde immediately said: "I will describe the process in detail to Consultant Huang Fuyi later."

Lou Xiao'e nodded and said: "Yes." She usually arranges such messy things for Huang Fuyi.

After the investigation was clear, she would ask her man to make up her mind.

The people who made the decision had just finished a meeting at the Beijing Steel Rolling Mill to study the "Notice on Resuming Family Leave for Employees."

Downstairs of the security department.

Li Fangsheng, who was promoted to the third captain a few days ago, stepped forward and asked: "Section Chief, has the higher authority informed you that the holiday will be resumed?"

Li Ming said casually: "This notice only mentioned family leave and nothing else."

Li Fangsheng said discouraged: "I thought there was talk of a Spring Festival holiday."

Li Ming said with a smile: "Silly boy, we already have family leave, and we must have a holiday during the Spring Festival."

In fact, this is also the case. Only the Spring Festival on February 1967, 2 did not have a holiday. There were holidays in 9 and 66, and there were also holidays in subsequent years.

In 68, there were many places where there were no preparatory groups, and there might not be a place to receive holiday notices. It didn't matter whether such places notified people or not, it was like they were on holiday every day.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that in order to show positivity, some units may stipulate no holidays in their units.

As the country grows, it is not uncommon for weird things to appear.

Li Fangsheng said with a smile: "You said there is a holiday, then there must be a holiday."

"It's the Spring Festival holiday, and our security department also has to be on duty. Is there something wrong with you being so active?" Li Ming asked.

Li Fangsheng explained honestly: "My cousin in Baoding sent a telegram. He plans to get married on the fourth day of the new year. He hopes that our family can go."

"I think I will be on duty in the factory during the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, and then I can rest on the third, fourth and fifth day of the Lunar New Year."

Family leave does not apply to brothers and sisters, but can only be used between parents and husband and wife, not even parents-in-law and parents-in-law.

Li Ming said accommodatingly: "Then it's up to you to arrange the duty schedule for this year's Spring Festival."

The Spring Festival of 68 fell on January 1 in the Gregorian calendar, which lasted only one month.

You can arrange your time as you like. Li Fangsheng said gratefully: "Thank you, section chief."

Li Ming added, "Don't make arrangements now. We don't even know the specific day of the holiday."

Li Fangsheng said cheerfully: "I will definitely ask for everyone's opinions first. I will prepare the duty list after the holiday notice is released."

Adjusted days off are already available at this time. For example, Tuesday is the first day of the Lunar New Year and New Year's Eve is not a statutory holiday, so work will be changed to Sunday, and Monday will be off on New Year's Eve for 4 consecutive days.

Li Ming didn't talk any more and went back to the office to deal with some chores. He then drove to Haidian.

The ham processing factory will also hold a meeting to convey the notice of the resumption of family leave.

Restoring vacations is not something that can be said in one sentence.

Not to mention 66, there was no family leave for the whole year of 67. Do these employees who were eligible to take it but did not take it have compensatory leave?
For employees who have already found an opportunity to reunite, if they did not meet the salary and reimbursement standards for family leave at that time, can they make up for it?
In 66 and 67, employees who worked diligently at their workplaces and did not go out to run around should be given priority in leave?

Family leave is not one or two days. It is generally 2-3 weeks in all provinces across the country. The Beijing regulations are 12 days when you live at home, plus 2-9 days depending on the distance.

Plus the travel expenses, it's equivalent to half a month's salary, which is a lot of money.

We must be fair in doing things, and these key issues must be communicated clearly in meetings.

After studying the document, Li Ming concluded: "It only takes one sentence."

"Those who have not taken leave in 67 will not make up for it. Those who have taken it can be reimbursed according to the family leave standard. Employees who have received reimbursement have not had family leave in 68."

The document specifically states that a meeting should be held to unify everyone's understanding. The main reason is not to make up for leave, and to do ideological work in advance to avoid employees' emotions.

Xiao Pingying, who is in charge of welfare, took over the task, "After the meeting, I went to the workshop to ask who was eligible to take family leave."

"I guess there aren't many people like this in our processing plant."

The furious Ai Zongqin also said: "It shouldn't be much."

"Priority is given to family leave for those who stick to their posts. This is of little significance to processing plants."

"Our factory was only built this year, and everyone has been busy."

Liu Hongxiu, who is in charge of production, said: “With the introduction of automated equipment, production efficiency has increased several times.”

"When all workshops are equipped with automated equipment in the future, the vacation of individual employees will not delay production."

Ai Zongqin is responsible for purchasing. “What I have to keep an eye on every day now is the supply of pork, starch, and additives.”

"I am deeply worried that the supply cannot keep up, which will delay the production of the factory."

Li Ming frowned and said: "Our country is still too backward. Fortunately, the amount of these additives used is extremely small."

"Otherwise, it's not pork that restricts our production, it's these additives."

Ai Zongqin mentioned the supply problem by the way, "I heard from people at the Jingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory that the domestic production of vitamin C we use is actually very insufficient."

"In order not to affect the usage of other units, based on our production capacity of 1.8 million sticks, we need to import a lot from abroad."

For the time being, the processing plant has only announced that it has increased production, and has not disclosed the actual actual production capacity.

Li Ming pushed the trouble away, "This matter will be coordinated with the food import and export company in the future."

"The majority of the profits from the ham sausage have been taken away by them. It is reasonable to hold them responsible for the supply of raw materials."

Ai Zongqin responded: "Okay."

Zhang Fengying, who is responsible for quality, continued: "I heard from people at the food import and export company that there is still a slight gap between our ham sausage and the products in Hong Kong City."

"Although Hong Kong City's ham sausages are a bit more expensive, their ham sausages taste more elastic. Should we adjust the formula?"

Li Ming had made a comparison early, "The lean meat rate of the pork supplied to us by the food company is too high, and the fat content of the ham sausage is less than that of the Hong Kong City."

"This is caused by the difference in raw materials and is a minor problem that has no impact."

"Wu Fenghang is responsible for the food in Gangcheng. The Jingcheng Food Import and Export Company mainly receives orders from Suzhou, Nanchao, and Dongou countries."

"It seems that various additives will also have supply difficulties. They will be produced according to the existing formula first."

Section Chief Li seems to know everything, and the decisions he makes are convincing.

Zhang Fengying smiled and said: "So Chief Li, you already knew this."

Li Ming ordered: "Let's put the matter of year-end dividends aside for now."

"You first calculate the demand for additives, and then ask people from the Food Research Institute to inquire about the national production capacity."

"Determine how big the gap will be as early as possible, and send it to food import and export companies together with production capacity information before the Spring Festival, and let them figure out a solution first."

The five people responded and said, "Okay."

There is really no rush to pay dividends. We will be more motivated with the profit distribution in December.

noon.

Li Ming is cooking hot pot again. (End of chapter)