Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Suddenly being given such a pat on the shoulder by Director Li, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know what to do.

Originally we were just talking about the issue of superiority and inferiority, why did the intention suddenly rise to such a high level?

"Director Li." Cao Zhiqiang quickly laughed and said, "Your hat is too high. I can't bear it. It's so scary."

Director Li smiled slightly, and then said earnestly: "Xiao Cao, I have great expectations for you.

But what I expect from you is not just as simple as a publishing house.

I actually regard you as the hope of the entire Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In the future, this Hongguang Machinery Factory will probably be led by you!"

"Ah?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "No, Director Li, you..."

"Hey!" Director Li waved his hand to Cao Zhiqiang, "Listen to what I have to say!"

After stopping Cao Zhiqiang, Factory Director Li continued: "You may think that what I said is to make things worse for you? No, what I said was from the bottom of my heart, not a joke."

After letting out a long sigh, Factory Director Li said: "Forget it, now that things have come to this, I won't hide some things from you.

In fact, our Hongguang Machinery Factory may not be able to survive for long if there is no accident."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "What do you mean? What do you mean it won't last long?"

Director Li shook his head slightly and then said: "Last time, Secretary Dong and I had a meeting, and it was about our machinery factory.

At that meeting, the leaders above felt that our machinery factory’s technology was backward and its products were uncompetitive, resulting in the factory losing money year after year and needing financial subsidies year after year. They felt that it was not possible to continue, and they wanted us to transform our company.

The plan they discussed was that although our factory has poor technology and poor products, its location is very good, very close to the main city, and it occupies a large area.

Therefore, they hope that we can take the initiative to apply for transformation and require us to cooperate with Shougang.

It's called cooperation, but in fact it means letting Shougang annex us.

Not only that, they also want us to split ourselves up, so that only the main workshop part will cooperate with Shougang, and other tertiary industry personnel such as hospitals, schools, canteens, etc. will be assigned to other related units nearby.

To put it bluntly, our entire factory area is to be split up and moved. The original factory area will be taken back by the government and converted into commercial buildings and residential buildings, under the unified responsibility of the Unified Construction Office.

Once this plan is passed, our Hongguang Machinery Factory will be completely dismembered and will no longer exist."

"Really?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "When did it happen?"

"Just the day before yesterday." Director Li said, "The day before yesterday, I went to a meeting with the old director, a joint meeting jointly held by the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Municipal Government.

Not only did we go to the meeting, there were also many nearby factories, such as the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, which is also included in the renovation plan."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Did you say when this transformation plan, or split plan, will start?"

Director Li sighed: "Now is just the demonstration period, but it seems that they are very determined. It may take three to five years at the earliest, or one or two years at the earliest. It is estimated that it will be implemented.

But this time, with the participation of the city government, it is expected to be done very quickly.

Worst case scenario, there will be news within a year."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Also, in Cao Zhiqiang's memory, in the era when he lived, there was indeed no Hongguang Machinery Factory in the capital, and the current location of the Hongguang Machinery Factory was indeed a high-end commercial and residential area in later generations.

, there are many high-rise buildings.

Think about it, Hongguang Machinery Factory is just outside the second ring road and within the third ring road. This location may be okay now, but in the 21st century, it will be a prime location.

It is really inappropriate to place a highly polluting machinery factory in such a good location instead of turning it into commercial and residential buildings.

But in Cao Zhiqiang’s opinion, if Hongguang Machinery Factory is so awesome, why should it survive until the 1990s?

Generally speaking, didn’t the wave of factory closures only begin in the 1990s?

Why is it that it’s only 1983 and we are starting to take action?

Wait, that's not right either.

When it comes to the wave of factory closures in the 1990s, it was on a large scale.

In fact, strictly speaking, after the reform, many factories have been rectified one after another.

It's just that there is no such thing as bankruptcy during this period. There is only so-called transformation and rectification, which is actually annexation of each other.

As Director Li just said, it is a kind of big fish eating small fish, or a group of fish eating one fish at a time.

To put it simply, this is not complicated.

Because Hongguang Machinery Factory is not profitable and the land is good, the city government has taken a fancy to this piece of land and wants to take back this industrial land and convert it into commercial and residential land to build new buildings and houses.

Accommodate more residents.

There must be a reason to get the land for the factory. After all, this is not the 1990s yet. State-owned factories have great power, especially those directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy, which are independent from the jurisdiction of the government to a certain extent.

Therefore, the best way is to use the excuse of poor performance and excessive losses to engage in corporate transformation, or rectification.

Specifically, the Hongguang Machinery Factory was relocated as a whole, and during this period, various industries were divided.

Major departments such as production workshops will be eaten up by the giant Shougang Group, while factory-run hospitals will probably be taken over by the government and converted into public hospitals or hospitals affiliated with medical universities.

There are also factory-run primary schools, which can also be taken over by the municipal government and converted into public schools.

As for other tertiary industries such as canteens, theaters, guest houses, basketball courts, workers' cultural palaces, etc., it is expected that they will be converted into government ownership and turned into public institutions.

In my memory, it seems that in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, during the state-owned enterprise transformation process in the 1990s, this was how the company's tertiary industries were turned into public institutions.

By the way, there is also my own publishing house. If we continue to do this, it may be incorporated into a public institution.

On the surface, it seems good to turn your own publishing house into a public institution, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually not good.

Because of the current situation, Hongguang Publishing House is a subordinate unit of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and Cao Zhiqiang's affiliation contract is also with Hongguang Machinery Factory.

To put it more simply, when the publishing house was first established, Director Li and Secretary Dong mainly came forward. However, Cao Zhiqiang only needs Secretary Dong and Director Li to protect him, so he is the right number one in the publishing house, even if

He is now just the general manager and vice president.

As for Niu Shufen, she was just trying to jump over the wall. Apart from making Cao Zhiqiang look bad for a while, she was not an opponent of the same level at all.

In other words, as long as Secretary Dong and Director Li continue to protect Cao Zhiqiang, Hongguang Publishing House will still be Cao Zhiqiang's boss.

Even if Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li retire, the people they promote will definitely follow the rules and not dare to mess around at least in the first few years.

As for the affiliation contract, it is just to prevent villains, or to show it to outsiders and stop them from talking.

In fact, for the Hongguang Machinery Factory, the higher-level sponsoring department, they can tear up the affiliation agreement at any time. Of course, this is talking about the factory director level.

If calculated according to normal retirement, Director Li can still work for at least five years.

Cao Zhiqiang felt that in five years, he would be able to beat Hongguang Publishing House like a metal barrel, and he could definitely buy out the new director in advance, so that the new director would continue to form a community of interests with him.

As long as the new director, like Director Li, has personal interests tied to Hongguang Publishing House, then of course he will not overturn the original buyout-style affiliation agreement for his own benefit.

In this way, I can give the publishing house at least ten more years.

When the publishing house undergoes reform in the future, becomes an enterprise, and becomes a publishing group, I will be uniquely endowed and can definitely transform earlier and gain greater power and profits.

All in all, it is better to enjoy the cool weather with a large number at your back.

As long as Director Li and Secretary Dong are there to protect him, Cao Zhiqiang can still thrive in the publishing house even if there is no big leader.

However, if Hongguang Machinery Factory disappears within three years, no, within one year, it will be all over.

To put it more clearly, Cao Zhiqiang’s real backer now is actually Hongguang Machinery Factory.

With Hongguang Machinery Factory, a large state-owned enterprise, Cao Zhiqiang is confident in whatever he does.

But if Hongguang Machinery Factory disappears, its main body is merged, and the other three industries are split off to the municipal government and turned into public institutions, it will not be good.

When the time comes, let alone other units, the higher-level sponsoring unit of Hongguang Publishing House will inevitably become a municipal government and its nature will also become a public institution.

In this case, the original affiliation contract will be invalidated.

It's like if you take out the land deed from the previous dynasty, the current officials don't have to recognize it.

After becoming a public institution, it is not impossible to open up relationships again.

But at that time, everyone probably knew that Hongguang Publishing House could make money.

So at that time, I would have to sign a new affiliation agreement with my new superior. I guess it would be impossible to pay a fixed amount of money every year to buy it out. At least it would have to be a share, and a large share would be given to the government.

Although this can be regarded as a worry for the country, I am afraid that Shuo Shu is among them, and most of the money will go into Shuo Shu's pocket.

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Is there no way to resist? Aren't we an enterprise directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy? Don't we have a certain degree of independence? Can't we just say no?"

Director Li shook his head: "Of course you can say no, but if you want to say no, you have to be able to say it."

After a brief pause, Director Li added: "Actually, our biggest problem is that our machinery factory cannot support itself by its own ability, so every year we need some money from the state treasury to subsidize us.

The current situation of our machinery factory is that the central government provides a partial subsidy, and the Beiping Municipal Government provides a partial subsidy.

If we want to say no, it’s hard to say whether the central government’s subsidies will be stopped, but the subsidies from the Peking City Government will definitely be stopped.

Once that part of the subsidy is stopped, what will happen to the wages of so many employees in our factory?

If wages cannot be paid, how will everyone live? The consequences will be disastrous!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "So, if we can be responsible for our own profits and losses and make money to support ourselves, we can say no to those people and refuse to be rectified?"

Director Li looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "If our factory can be responsible for its own profits and losses, at least we can delay it for a few more years. At least for three to five years, the rectification will not be immediately on us. As for what will happen in the future, I don't dare

explain."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "So, you want me to find a way to support all the employees in the entire machinery factory?"

Director Li smiled slightly:

"To be honest, I didn't count on you originally, let alone the idea of ​​letting you be responsible for raising the entire factory.

But before, with your own efforts, you were able to support the entire security department and transportation department, which totaled more than 500 people, in a short period of time, which gave me hope.

Of course, there is no comparison between more than 500 people and more than 8,000 people.

I don't know if you can do it either.

But at least this is a straw, right?"

After sighing softly, Director Li said: "As you said before, times have changed, and the world today is different from the past.

I heard that some factories in the south with poor profitability have begun to transform themselves, and some factories have done very well in transformation.

Although our situations are different, the crises we face are also different.

If we don't give it a try, this factory will be broken up in as soon as a year, and then it will cease to exist. It may not even be able to keep its name, and then it will disappear in the long river of history, no one cares about it, no one knows it.

I have spent most of my life in this factory. My feelings for this factory may not be felt by a new young person like you.

I don't want this factory to be dismembered and disappear.

But I can't bring this factory back to life, and I can't stop the general trend.

I also thought of some methods, but they were of no use.

You, on the other hand, amaze me, especially your fantastic ideas and money-making ideas, which amaze me.

Then I thought, maybe I am really old, and it is time for some capable young people to come out and take charge of the overall situation.

Although I don't know if this is useful.

But it never hurts to give it a try.

The worst outcome is nothing more than failure and everyone continues to wait to be split up and annexed.

But if it succeeds, won’t the factory be saved?

If you don't try to make changes, you will definitely die.

Try to make changes, at least there is a chance of survival.

So I decided to put my bet on you!"

Having said this, Director Li took a deep breath: "Well, Xiao Cao, I will make you a promise.

During this year, I fully support you. You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't break the law or go out of your way.

Then, if you can find a way to support more than 8,000 employees in our factory within a year, let our factory be able to support itself even without government subsidies and truly come back to life.

Then I promise here that from now on in this factory, you will really sit in the third position behind me and the old director.

If you can go further on this basis, we can make our factory more dynamic and prosperous.

Then I promise that before I retire, I will work with my old director to protect you as the next factory director!"

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, and was knocked unconscious by the big cake.

"Isn't this appropriate?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned.

"I am only nineteen years old this year, and I have just joined the factory not long ago.

In one year, no, even in five years, let me be the director of the factory?

The seniority levels are quite different, right?

It’s simply impossible.”

Director Li laughed: "Of course it's impossible to leave it alone in normal times, but when is it now? Now is the time to open up, and everything is about innovation and change!

That person said that you should cross the river by feeling for the stones, and you should try resolutely, bravely break through, and fight your way out.

If you have the ability to lead this factory back to life, or even go a step further to create greater glory, then what's wrong with promoting you to the position of factory director?

You know, during the war years, there were still front-line promotions. Now is the time when our factory’s survival is at stake, so why can’t we demote talents in any way?”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You think highly of me!"

Director Li patted Cao Zhiqiang on the shoulder: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself!

I'm telling you all this, not to ask you to shoulder the entire factory right away.

I just want to say to you that in the future, with me as your backing, you can just do it boldly and do whatever you want!

As long as you don't go out of your way to do things, I will definitely solve ordinary minor problems for you!

One year, I'll give you one year!

In one year, if you can find a way out for our factory, you can find a way to support more than 8,000 of us.

that's enough!"

Having said this, Director Li put away his hand and smiled slightly: "Dealing with that Niu Shufen is my first gift to you, and it can be considered a sign of my sincerity.

So, Xiao Cao, I really think highly of you, don’t let me live up to my expectations!”