The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

A meeting at a ham processing factory.

Li Ming ordered: "I'll go to the workshop later and announce that the people who just cheated and cheated took the initiative to write an inspection and make self-criticisms at the workshop group meeting."

"After lunch, those who did not surrender will be punished for sabotaging production."

Liu Hongxiu, who is in charge of production, responded: "I will do it in a minute. I will urge each workshop and production team to strengthen management in the future."

Li Ming knew what the problem was, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Reward and punishment measures have been discontinued, and workshop cadres rely on their accumulated personal prestige in management.

In factories such as the Ham Sausage Processing Factory, which has many new employees, the grassroots cadres have not yet accumulated corresponding reputation.

However, the enthusiasm of new employees to make progress after getting a new job has passed, and various bad habits have slowly begun to appear.

That is to say, Li Ming is quite powerful in the steel rolling mill. These people are like a mouse seeing a cat, so they don't dare to be too presumptuous.

Knowing that the reality was like this, Li Ming did not criticize Liu Hongxiu harshly.

He turned to Ai Zongqin and said, "Ask the food import and export company to find out whether they have received any new orders from this Canton Fair and how many new orders they can receive."

Ai Zongqin responded: "Okay."

Li Ming clicked, "I heard that this year's Spring Canton Fair is a little different. We need to prevent them from suddenly running out of orders."

Ai Zongqin said in surprise: "So serious!"

"I have been worried about problems with railway transportation. If the import and export company also loses its chain, it will be really blocked at both ends."

Li Ming said casually: "The superiors have always attached great importance to railway transportation. Even if there is a problem, there will be a dedicated person to solve it."

Problems in railway transportation not only affect the allocation of pork, but also can affect thousands of trains at any time, which will seriously affect production and life across the country.

The most basic thing is that more than 100 billion kilograms of grain are transported from the south to the north every year. Food supply is no joke.

The north transports large amounts of coal to the south. Without coal, production would be impossible.

These are all matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and naturally someone will come forward to solve it.

Of course, Ai Zongqin, who is in charge of supply and marketing affairs at the processing plant, is not unfounded in his worries. From time to time, in some places, two groups of employees will have a dispute and stop operations.

Throughout last year, the 'big housekeeper' called two groups of employees from each railway bureau to work almost every week, and this was able to basically stabilize railway transportation.

After the new year, spring comes and flowers bloom, and people's minds everywhere seem to be warming up as well.

The higher authorities immediately issued an "Order on Ensuring Railway Traffic Safety."

The order states: We must resolutely crack down on acts such as damaging railways, blowing up bridges, attacking trains, killing people and robbing goods, and maintain railway transportation safety.

Then another "**** Emergency Supplementary Order" was issued.

The order requires: The various acts of sabotage mentioned above are acts of banditry and must be dealt with severely. Strictly investigate those behind the scenes and resolutely arrest and bring them to justice.

Rules are rules, it depends on others whether they implement them or not.

This is the reason why Li Ming is not worried at all. He thinks about things that he can't control, and he never takes the trouble to himself.

"We don't have to think too much about things that others are responsible for. We just have to do our part well."

Ai Zongqin explained: "I am also afraid that everyone will blame me for not doing a good job in supply work, and I can't help but think about other things."

Li Ming praised, "I still have too much responsibility. I can be more lenient."

"Pork supply from nearby provinces. If it were not for the strict cost-saving notice in February and no provincial visits, the pig feed training class would have to continue."

Xiao Pingying, who is in charge of welfare, added: "It seems that they only said that strict control should be carried out, but they did not say that they were not allowed to travel out of the province for visits and exchanges."

Li Ming made it clear: "Strict means that it is basically not allowed."

"Fortunately, the several sessions held last winter have already trained all the big pig farmers."

"With their advanced technology, they will drive the pig feed technology upgrades of surrounding production teams. It is inevitable that pork production will increase significantly this year."

The pasture and vegetable seeds he transported out in the past two years were saved in various places to expand the sowing area. This year, large-scale harvests have also begun.

Fermented feed technology can make these plant-based pig foods more efficiently absorbed. Coupled with the feeding of compound feeds, pigs can gain weight better and be sold faster, which can further reduce the cost of raising pigs.

Judging from the current situation, the work of the price department will not be restored for a while.

The purchase price of live pigs will not decrease for the time being due to the drop in pig raising costs. It can also be regarded as increasing the income of rural production teams and pig farmers.

Increased income is the biggest motivation to encourage production teams and pig farmers to increase the number of pigs raised.

As for the price of pork on the market, even if the purchase price drops, it is likely that it will not drop.

Every year, a large amount of fiscal funds are used to subsidize pork prices. Otherwise, the retail price would be 7 to 9 cents per pound. Allocation, transportation, and cold storage all cost money.

The further behind the transportation and preservation capabilities are, the higher the proportion of these intermediate costs in the retail price.

Given the reality that fiscal revenue has dropped significantly, if costs are to be re-evaluated in the future, it is likely that the purchase price will be lowered and the retail price will remain unchanged, taking the opportunity to stop this deficit subsidy.

The unchanged retail price of pork will not affect the profits of ham processing plants.

The purchase price, ex-factory price, and profit margin are all set by the superiors. Only the output can determine the efficiency of the factory.

Song Jing is responsible for finance. “The food company asked us to speed up the payment of pork payment.”

"The profits in January, February and March are not enough to replenish working capital. We may have to borrow another working capital from the bank."

Li Ming said unhappily: "We only processed it once, and the produced hams were handed over to the food company."

"If we want us to speed up the payment process, then let their ham sausage payment also speed up."

"We also brought the import and export companies over, and we, the food import and export companies, and the food companies sat down and negotiated together."

Song Jing nodded and said, "Okay."

"Should the Grain Bureau do some work in advance? I'm worried that they will also ask us to speed up the payment progress."

Li Ming thought about it and said: "Each unit will be short of money, and the Grain Bureau will not be short of money either."

"We have supplied them with unplanned ham sausages, so they should not come to us."

Xiao Pingying also said: "A few days ago, I discussed with the people from the Grain Bureau and asked them to make a list of surplus supplies for me, and they agreed to it."

Barter adjustments are mutually convenient.

"That shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Ming asked again: "Are you ready for the research plan on merging it into the factory?"

Xiao Pingying handed the work notepad to Section Chief Li, "It's ready. Starting tomorrow, all employees will hold symposiums in groups, then there will be workshop symposiums, and finally there will be a factory-wide meeting."

"Everyone can set the salary of second-level workers. Judging from the opinions collected before, everyone should accept it."

Adjusting factory ownership at this time will generally not reduce the actual income of employees.

The processing plant became a state-owned unit and implemented the 7-level wage system in the food industry, not the 8-level wage system in the metallurgical machinery industry.

The minimum wage in the food industry is only 29 yuan, which is lower than the current actual monthly income of workers in processing plants. It is higher than it is lower. It requires one more level to be graded. Li Ming casually glanced at the draft in his notepad and said, "The processing plant has few cadres and there is no need to streamline it."

"There are more than enough places in the cadre establishment. You can choose your own cadre status or worker status."

"The corresponding level is based on your current salary plus subsidy. The amount you get is the corresponding level. Your salary will not be reduced in the future."

"Don't worry, you can go home and discuss it before deciding."

There are pros and cons to both options, and none of the people present at the meeting made a decision on the spot.

Then items of agenda were put on the table for discussion.

After handling various matters in the processing plant, Li Ming drove the pickup truck back to the main factory.

The surrender order he arranged was quickly communicated in several production workshops.

None of the few people who were smoking and chatting dared not listen and took the initiative to find the group leader to admit their mistakes.

Not only were these people not yet colluding to confess in advance, but they were also frightened by Chief Li's ability to solve the case. After all, it was just a small matter, and others might not be able to withstand Chief Li's intimidation and confess on their own initiative.

It can be said that the newly built ham sausage processing plant's ability to stably supply large quantities of products is based on Section Chief Li's personal prestige.

On the contrary, the food factory in Shanghai received the ham sausage production line that was rushed to delivery from the Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant, and it has not yet reached its production capacity.

The food import and export company cannot find a factory comparable to the ham sausage processing factory for the time being, so it is easy for the processing factory to take advantage of it.

It's not far from the ham processing factory.

West of the city.

Institute of Innovation and Technology.

Old Master Zhong from the watch team heard Scarface shouting at the door, "Hello, Team Leader Zhou, Hello, Deputy Team Leader Luo."

This is what Old Master Zhong specifically told Scarface to say hello louder.

Putting down what he was doing, Master Zhong walked to the front yard, where Zhou Xiaobai and Zhou Xiaobai had just parked their bicycles.

After Master Zhong greeted each other, he asked, "Team Leader Zhou, the No. 4 bus has changed."

"It's hard for me to squeeze into the bus, and I was almost late in the morning. I was wondering if my work time in the morning could be a little more flexible."

"Of course, my off-duty time will be delayed, and I will make up for it."

Zhou Xiaobai didn't need to take the bus, so he was a little baffled, "Did you change the bus?"

Luo Yun heard about this, "Bus No. 4 runs from Ping'an where we are to the Chengmen Tower, and takes a circular route around the Forbidden City."

"Some people have strong opinions and think that running around the imperial city is to maintain feudal imperial power. The bus that happened to be used was produced by Czechoslovakia."

"So the whole No. 4 bus, including the bus and the passengers, went to the suburban route. It seems to be going to the Shijingshan area."

The Czechoslovakia, which we criticized at this time, would be occupied by the Soviet Union's 8-strong army in 20 hours on August 30. We changed our support to the Czechoslovakia.

Old Master Zhong then added: "I heard from them that the road we are going to now is from Xidan to Yuquan Road."

It's a small matter, Zhou Xiaobai agreed: "That's it. Then you can arrange the time."

Old Master Zhong said gratefully: "Thank you, Team Leader Zhou."

"The order of the queues is not as good as before. I can't squeeze through them with my old arms and legs, otherwise I wouldn't have to cause you trouble like this."

Zhou Xiaobai reassured: "It's okay. There are only a few of us, so we can make arrangements as convenient as possible."

Old Master Zhong smiled and said: "Then I'll go back, hurry up, I can pretend to be an Ingner again today."

Luo Yun rolled her eyes and said, "Master Zhong, don't tell Zhang Haiyang. I will give him a domestic one later and leave this Ingena to me."

Zhou Xiaobai stopped him with a smile: "Don't embarrass Master Zhong."

"Master Zhong, you don't need to pay attention to her. You can distribute it as you have agreed."

Master Zhong hurried away and said, "Okay." If he didn't leave, he didn't know what problems would arise for Deputy Team Leader Luo later.

Luo Yun walked back to the food research room, "Zhang Haiyang made a few extra dollars."

Zhou Xiaobai complained: "It's true, you won't feel comfortable if you don't bother."

Luo Yun expressed her gratitude: "I accompanied you to work in the workshop of the pharmaceutical factory. Even Xiao Ming didn't accompany you like this, let alone Zhang Haiyang."

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at her, "You're the best! Is that okay?"

Luo Yun smiled and said: "Okay."

"I didn't expect that drugs are produced like that, and they are as dirty as fermented feed."

Zhou Xiaobai had heard Li Ming say it before and was not surprised. "It's fermented in a fermentation tank. It definitely doesn't look good."

The two of them had just returned from the Beijing Pharmaceutical Factory, where they participated in the production work of the scientific research team.

Luo Yun put the briefcase upright and felt quite proud, "I didn't understand it before."

"The white pills are produced from those pitch-black things. People who have never seen them would never guess."

Zhou Xiaobai also had the same bag. He took out a stack of manuscripts from it and said, "When the electron microscope that Xiao Ming said arrives, you will be even more surprised when you see the virus."

Luo Yun asked: "Have you seen it? How is it?"

Zhou Xiaobai said while sorting out the draft: "I haven't seen it either. I once heard it from my elder brother."

In August 1958, the Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences spent 8 days replicating my country's first electron microscope with a resolution of 72 nanometers.

In 59, the Changchun Research Institute successfully developed the first large-scale electron microscope with a resolution of 2.5 nanometers and a magnification of 10 times.

Subsequently, research institutes across the country have developed some more advanced electron microscopes, but the overall number is not large, and they are basically in major research institutes.

What Li Ming is looking for is the Beijing Scientific Instrument Factory, which has 100 nanometers, a magnification of 360-5700 times, and average performance. It is a temporary production and will not arrive for a while.

Luo Yun thought of another question, "Even if we get the electron microscope back, we won't be able to use it!"

Zhou Xiaobai said casually: "We can ask people from the instrument factory to teach us. If they are not free during working hours, ask them to come here after work to provide overtime guidance."

She learned and used Li Ming's method of inviting foreign aid.

Luo Yun asked curiously: "The money to buy a microscope hasn't been settled yet? Is it expensive?"

"It's quite expensive! But Xiao Ming has arranged everything."

Zhou Xiaobai explained a few more words, "The money from the sale of his greenhouse will be put into the research institute, and the money from the ham sausage processing factory's withdrawal of shares will also be put here."

Luo Yun winked, "Then he has no money himself."

Zhou Xiaobai's small treasury already has more than 9000 yuan. With 15 years' salary for ordinary people, there is no shortage of money.

"The money was just moved to another place. When the institute becomes a state-owned unit in the future, the money can still be returned."

Luo Yun was shocked and said: "I'm telling you! He paid for this one and that one paid for it. He didn't even blink. It turned out to be this idea!" (End of Chapter)