Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 162 Contracting
Cai Jing stayed here for four days and then returned to Shenzhen.

The night before she left, Du Shaojie and Wang Liwen treated her to a dinner, and both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves greatly.

"Master Du, the bureau has agreed to the hotel's bonus distribution plan. The monthly bonus will be distributed in the next two days, and the year-end bonus will have to wait until after New Year's Day."

In the morning, Yao Liwen came to see Du Shaojie.

Du Shaojie took the specific plan from the other party, took a look at it, and then nodded.

This plan is actually quite rough. It only sets a minimum performance limit for bonus distribution, but does not adopt a tiered reward method as performance improves.

In other words, as long as the standards are met, there will be a bonus, and there is no such thing as a tiered reward.

According to this plan, the bonus is divided into four levels. The first level is Yao Liwen, who can get a bonus of 50 yuan per month if the hotel's overall performance meets the standards.

The second tier is Dong Yunxian, Du Shaojie and Zhong Fuxiang. As long as the overall performance of the Chinese restaurant and snack bar meets the standards, the three of them will receive a monthly bonus of 35 yuan.

The third tier is a group of middle-level chefs including Sanzao and Dong Jun, whose bonus standard is 25 yuan per month.

The fourth tier is ordinary employees, whose monthly bonus is 15 yuan.

Apprentices such as Huang Tingting receive half the bonus of ordinary employees, that is, 7.5 yuan per month. Other informal employees receive the same bonus as apprentices.

"Manager Yao, this plan is unfair to most of the employees in the snack bar."

Except for Du Shaojie, Dong Jun, the ramen chef, Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun, all the other employees in the snack bar were transferred from the labor service agency and are all informal employees.

Everyone works very hard, but the bonus they get is only half of what regular employees get.

In addition, although Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun are apprentices, they are already backbones of the snack bar and can only get half of the bonus.

This is obviously unfair.

"Master Du, I have tried my best to fight for them. If we follow the original plan, the informal employees will not get a penny. Even on this point, the opinions of the bureau are not unanimous, especially Director Huang, who is very disgusted with bonuses."

Yao Liwen spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless.

At this stage, there is a lot of controversy about the change in the distribution form. It is not easy for Chen Jizhou to withstand the pressure and finalize this plan.

Du Shaojie shook his head and said no more.

No wonder that as the reform and opening-up deepened, the state-owned restaurants became more and more miserable. The problems in distribution cannot be ignored. Of course, state-owned restaurants also have problems such as heavy historical burdens and over-staffing, which cannot be generalized.

Yao Liwen then left the office. Du Shaojie thought about it and decided to find an opportunity to announce the plan.

Reactions were mixed, but at least there was some extra money, and although it was a bit unfair, most people just complained quietly and that was it.

There is no absolute fairness in the world. The three major differences that are often talked about these days, the difference between workers and peasants, the difference between urban and rural areas, and the difference between mental workers and manual workers, are actually typical examples of unfairness.

However, these differences were not completely resolved until later generations.

"Manager Du, why should the performance of our snack bar be counted together with the performance of the Chinese restaurant?"

Du Shaojie looked at everyone's reactions and turned back to the office.

Dong Jun followed and asked about the doubts in his mind.

"Our snack bar is the same as the Chinese restaurant. It is registered under the name of the hotel. It is not a separately accounted unit. What else can we do if we don't evaluate it together?"

In fact, the snack bar doesn’t even have a “business license”.

The Chinese restaurant is completely under the Guangyuan Hotel, but the situation of the snack bar is more complicated. The hotel applied to the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau twice, but both applications were rejected and the snack bar was required to be registered as a collective enterprise.

When the snack bar was established, the labor service agency contributed part of the manpower and financial resources, so the Industrial and Commercial Bureau did not recognize the snack bar as a branch of a state-owned enterprise.

"Manager Du, someone from the Industry and Commerce Bureau came again yesterday. He looked around our place and then went to see Manager Yao. Manager Yao didn't mention this just now? It would be bad if we were to become a collective enterprise."

After going around in circles, what Dong Jun really wanted to ask was this.

He is an employee of a state-owned enterprise, and now there are rumors that the snack bar will become a collective enterprise in the future. Of course he will be nervous.

There is still a gap between employees in state-owned enterprises and those in collective enterprises. No wonder he would think too much.

"No matter what happens, it won't change your identity, Brother Dong, you're overthinking it."

Du Shaojie comforted the other party and sent Dong Jun away.

Now no one can see the direction of the future clearly, but Du Shaojie, who has lived two lives, knows very well what kind of collisions and changes the next ten years will bring.

a few days later.

The ownership of the snack bar has been decided.

The enterprise is registered as a collectively owned enterprise and is under the jurisdiction of the Electric Power Industry Bureau.

The snack bar then cut off ties with Guangyuan Hotel in terms of personnel, finances and materials. The personnel relations of Du Shaojie, Dong Jun and others, who were regular employees, were all transferred to the bureau, and they were considered technical and management personnel sent by higher-level units.

It is said that Yao Liwen was so angry that he cursed his mother, but what else could he do? The snack bar was originally established to provide employment for unemployed young people, so this can be regarded as a return to its roots.

However, the Chinese restaurant always reserved Du Shaojie's position as the second kitchen. When he was free, he would go there to cook a few dishes. He did this purely to practice his cooking skills, and it was not part of his job.

"You've been wandering around, and your personnel relationship is back. If you ask me, you shouldn't have gone to the snack bar in the first place. Wouldn't it be better to be the second cook in the Chinese restaurant?"

After a heavy snowfall, the temperature dropped sharply.

At noon that day, Liao Yongxin prepared hot pot at home and then called Du Shaojie to come home for dinner.

After the snack bar and Guangyuan Hotel separated, a telephone was installed and Du Shaojie pulled a branch line in his office.

"The changes in things are beyond our expectations. Just like you, Master, didn't you plan to complete the retirement procedures after New Year's Day? Now you are leaving early."

The two of them ate hotpot and drank wine, but they were both full of thoughts.

Liao Yongxin finally couldn't resist the pressure from his family, reconnected with his master, and agreed to go to the other side of the ocean. To do this, he completed the retirement procedures in advance. From today on, he is a retiree and completely free.

Next, he has to go through a lot of procedures before he can finally go to the "beautiful" country that his children long for.

Du Shaojie didn't agree with it, and felt a little sorry for Liao Yongxin. But it was someone else's family affair, so he couldn't say anything, but he always felt a little upset.

In fact, Liao Yongxin doesn't want to go to any foreign country at all. Is it necessary for him to travel across the ocean at his age?
He just says “children and grandchildren have their own blessings”, but in reality he still has to work like a slave for them.

"Boy, when I have established myself over there, I will get you out too. The people in my family are all unsuccessful, but you are the only one. Maybe you can make a career after you get out."

Liao Yongxin drank a few more glasses and his tongue was a little big, but he was conscious.

Du Shaojie smiled and thanked his master.

After eating and drinking, Du Shaojie left the Electric Power Industry Bureau’s staff quarters and rode his bike back to the unit.

Now he is truly unattended. The snack bar is nominally under the Electric Power Industry Bureau, but in reality they are two parallel lines. The Bureau will not allocate funds to the snack bar to pay salaries, and the snack bar will not hand over a penny to the Bureau.

At night.

Du Shaojie came to Wang Liwen's residence and learned that she had already arranged to study abroad.

His mood suddenly became a little low. Two people who were very close to him were going to the other side of the ocean at the same time. He felt an indescribable melancholy in his heart for a moment.

"Shaojie, don't be sad. A few years will pass in the blink of an eye. I will definitely come back after I finish my studies."

"Sister Liwen, take good care of yourself when you go out, be safe, and don't let me worry."

This winter, Du Shaojie's mentor, helpful friend and confidante left him one after another.

All this may be due to the changes brought about by the changes of the times, and it also indicates that there will be many such changes in the future, and even he, who knows the general trend, will be caught off guard.

There were suddenly more markets outside, some specializing in selling cloth, some specializing in selling small commodities, and some specializing in selling clothing.

No matter how many people look down on self-employed individuals, the development of the individual economy has solved the employment problems of a large number of people.

It also made some people rich first.

Today, new and old ideas are colliding fiercely.

At the beginning of the new year, Chen Jizhou, against all odds, planned to pilot the "contract system" in labor service agencies, installation teams and snack bars.

"Director Chen's idea is a bit ahead of the times, and it seems like he's daring to be the first to do so."

Du Shaojie's mood was complicated, with both appreciation and worry.

The "contract system" was actually just a transition, and its effect was both praised and criticized. After the 1990s, this topic was rarely mentioned, and private enterprises emerged instead.

Dong Jun didn't understand these things. He only cared about one thing: "Manager Du, are you going to participate in the contract competition?"

According to the idea proposed by Chen Jizhou, the contractors of these collective enterprises will be determined through open competition.

It can also be understood as "bidding".

Each contractor needs to propose his own responsibility target and pay a certain amount of deposit. After completing the target responsibility, the distribution right belongs to the contractor.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I may or may not participate."

In fact, the contractor of the snack bar can only be Du Shaojie, because the "core technology" is in his hands and others dare not compete with him.

But he was not very interested in this contract, nor did he intend to turn the collective enterprise into his own private property in the end.

This put the bureau in a passive position, so Chen Jizhou went to talk to Du Shaojie in person.

There was no choice but to give the director's face, so Du Shaojie had to bite the bullet and contract the snack bar.

The bureau’s conditions were: the snack bar would not have any staff reduction, the bureau would be responsible for distributing employees’ salaries and bonuses, all expenses would be borne by the bureau’s employees, and a contract fee of 10,000 yuan would be paid to the bureau each year.

Dong Jun, Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun all chose to stay in the snack bar, and the ramen chef was transferred back to the Chinese restaurant.

Fortunately, several young people have mastered the ramen making skills and are basically capable of doing their current job.

(End of this chapter)