Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong's reaction was beyond Zhu Shicong's expectations.

In Zhu Shicong's view, the garment factory can earn 8.5 million US dollars in foreign exchange. This is completely a hen that has been laying golden eggs. How could Li Weidong be willing to give up.

Zhu Shicong obviously didn't know how bloody it was at the Canton Fair. He didn't even know that at the last Canton Fair, the price war between manufacturers had caused the linen car seat cushion to fall below the cost price.

At this time, Zhu Shicong thought that car seat cushions were a very profitable business, and they could still bring in US$8.5 million in foreign exchange this year.

Zhu Shicong, a state-owned enterprise leader who came from the era of planned economy, has long been accustomed to doing monopoly business, and his understanding of market competition is very shallow.

This is also a common problem in the state-owned transportation industry. I always feel that I have a car and a driver, and the transportation industry is to guarantee income after drought and flood. When the private transportation industry appears and the real competition begins, the efforts of two or three years are all dead.

Moreover, Zhu Shicong is only a leader of a prefecture-level state-owned enterprise, and not a foreign trade-related enterprise, so he does not have the qualifications and connections to know what happened at the Canton Fair.

Therefore, in Zhu Shicong's eyes, the garment factory is still a hen that lays golden eggs. As long as he holds it in his hand, he can make a fortune. He is completely unaware that Li Weidong has regarded the garment factory as a burden and can't wait to get rid of it.

"Li Weidong really doesn't want a clothing factory? How is this possible! Did I hear it wrong? From what I know about Li Weidong, this guy is a master who never suffers. He promised so happily today, there must be a fraud! Maybe The trap is dug, waiting for me to jump down! I have to be careful and don't fall for it again."

Thinking of this, Zhu Shicong asked, "Xiao Li, if you really don't want to continue contracting the garment factory, then the head office will send someone to take over, but there is one thing I have to ask first, the garment factory is now Didn't you take any foreign trade orders?"

"This Zhu Shicong is afraid that I will sway him!" Thinking of this, Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, "Secretary Zhu, don't worry, the garment factory does not have the task of accepting foreign trade orders. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau to inquire. a bit."

"It's fine if you don't!" Zhu Shicong nodded, and then asked, "The clothing doesn't owe anyone money, right?"

"Of course not." Li Weidong shook his head and continued: "The clothing factory's revenue and expenditure are balanced, and there is no external debt or loan to others."

Zhu Shicong remembered the four imported knitting machines again.

"Last time, Li Weidong used an imported knitting machine and smothered me once. I must never make the same mistake again!"

So Zhu Shicong asked, "Little Li,

As far as I know, there are some imported equipment in this garment factory, which you purchased privately and then rented to the garment factory for use. If you don't contract the garment factory, what are you going to do with the equipment? "

"I want these equipments and it's useless, of course I sold them!" Li Weidong smiled even more, he said, "Secretary Zhu, if our company's garment factory is interested, I'm also very willing to buy those four equipments. Imported knitting machines hand in hand!"

"Really?" Zhu Shicong was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Weidong to be so talkative that he would even give up the four knitting machines.

For Li Weidong, the four imported knitting machines are completely useless. The export price of linen car seat cushions has dropped below the cost price. Even with these four imported knitting machines, there is no way to make any money. sell directly.

Zhu Shicong obviously did not know the market of linen car seat cushions. He thought that linen car seat cushions could make a lot of money. Since Zhu Shicong is willing to be a pick-up man, and Li Weidong is pushing the boat, why not do it!

I saw Zhu Shicong tentatively ask: "How much do you plan to buy for this imported equipment?"

"Since it's what our company wants, I'll quote a preferential price, 30,000 yuan a set." Li Weidong stretched out three fingers.

"30,000 yuan?" Zhu Shicong nodded slightly. He didn't think it was expensive, but rather cheap.

When Yang Peng took over the garment factory before, he asked Zhu Shicong for money to buy two domestic knitting machines, so Zhu Shicong probably knew the price of domestic knitting machines. Compared with Li Weidong's quotation of 30,000 yuan, this imported knitting machine is indeed quite cheap.

"How can it be sold so cheaply? This is imported equipment. Although it is second-hand, it only took a year to sell it for only 30,000 yuan. Could it be a fraud?"

Zhu Shicong was bitten by a snake for a year and was afraid of a rope for ten years.

Li Weidong thought Zhu Shicong was too expensive, so he said, "Secretary Zhu, my price is already cheap enough! Let me give you the bottom line. When I bought these devices, I spent 15,000 yuan for one set. US dollars, according to the current exchange rate, is equivalent to more than 60,000 yuan.

This US dollar is not easy to obtain. The country is short of foreign exchange, and there are strict restrictions on the exchange of foreign currency. Even if you have 60,000 yuan in your hand, you can't exchange 15,000 US dollars.

Now, I sell a piece of equipment for 30,000 yuan, which is a 50% discount! This is what our transportation company wants, so I gave such a low price. If it was another textile factory, I would definitely not sell it so cheap. And I believe that at the same price, I sell it to other textile mills, and they will definitely be rushing to ask for it! "

Zhu Shicong still felt that there must be something wrong with this kind of pie in the sky. He looked at Li Weidong with some hesitation, pondered for a few seconds, and finally asked: "Little Li, the price of 30,000 yuan per unit. , the company can still accept it. If you sell the equipment so cheaply, are there other additional conditions? If there are, it is better to say it clearly first.”

"As for additional conditions, there are." Li Weidong nodded.

"Sure enough, there are other conditions!" Zhu Shicong felt a little relieved, and he said, "What are the conditions?"

"I have a total of four imported equipment. If I want to sell it, I also plan to sell it together. So if the head office wants to buy it, I also need to buy four pieces of equipment together!" Li Weidong said.

"Is that all?" Zhu Shicong asked in surprise.

Li Weidong thought for a while, and then said: "Besides, there is one more thing to trouble Secretary Zhu. I plan to apply for a leave of absence without pay, and I hope the head office can approve it."

"You want to leave without pay? Don't want to stay in the company anymore? You are planning to go to sea!" Zhu Shicong looked a little surprised, and there was a bit of disdain in his tone.

"Going to the sea" was still a relatively new term at that time.

In the 1980s, ordinary people did not have a positive view of the behavior of "going to the sea". State-owned enterprise employees and government officials even despised those who "going to the sea".

This is mainly because the private economy has not been rectified, and the self-employed also lack social status. For ordinary people, if a good cadre is inappropriate, going to the sea to become a self-employed person is a brain cramp.

It was not until after the speech of the Southern Tour that "going to the sea" did business gradually become a craze, such as government officials, intellectuals, and personnel of state-owned enterprises, one after another joined the "going to sea" wave.

Just because people at that time had a negative view of "going to the sea", when Zhu Shicong mentioned the word "going to the sea", he would be surprised and disdain.

Previously, Li Weidong contracted a garment factory, although it was considered a business behavior, but after all, he still did things under the system of state-owned enterprises.

But "going to the sea" is different. That is to break away from the system of state-owned enterprises and run industry and commerce by yourself. This is the same as being a self-employed person, but the difference is in size.

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, there were two ways for the official personnel of state-owned enterprises and public institutions to "go to the sea". One was to resign directly, and the other was to apply for a "leave without pay". will choose the latter.

If you choose to stay without pay, you can leave a way for yourself. If you fail to "go to sea" and get slapped on the beach by the waves, you can also go back to your original unit and continue to work. The big deal is that your career will be affected a little, but not As for losing a job and being hungry.

The second reason for choosing to stay without pay is to retain the identity of a unit, which was especially important in the 1980s.

In the Chinese society of the 1980s, there were various chains of contempt.

For example, urban hukou can despise rural hukou; for example, employees of state-owned enterprises can despise employees of collective enterprises; another example, regular workers can despise temporary workers; of course, people with work units despise self-employed.

Under this system of contempt, the status of a state-owned enterprise cadre is obviously at the top of various chains of contempt. To have such an identity, to be privileged in many things, is difficult for modern people to understand.

For the simplest example, if you are staying in a hotel on a business trip, at this time, if you take out the work permit of a state-owned enterprise, most hotels will greet you with a smile; and if you do not have the work permit of this state-owned enterprise, you only need an ID card. , it is very likely that the hotel will be turned away by the hotel as an idle person.

For another example, if you encounter a temporary check of luggage on a train, at this time you take out the work permit of a state-owned enterprise, then the temporary check may be omitted, or just a simple check. But if you don't have this work permit, you may have to face more careful inspections, and Zhang De's crooked melons and cracked dates are likely to be searched.

And when the public security department is cracking down, when the traffic police department sets up a card to check vehicles, a state-owned enterprise can save a lot of trouble in its work, at least without being questioned for a long time.

Even in the face of car bandits and road hogs, employees of state-owned enterprises are treated more favorably than ordinary people. Some smart road hogs are worried about being hit, and they will also be open to the state-owned enterprise employees.

Because the employees of state-owned enterprises may carry public funds, if the public funds are robbed, the relevant departments will definitely take action.

And ordinary people's money was robbed, and the result was probably that the thief ran away and could not be caught.

What's more, the work permit of the transportation company is different from that of other state-owned enterprises. As an enterprise in the transportation system, the work permit of the transportation company has benefits in terms of transportation.

For example, if you haven't bought a train ticket to a certain place, you can enter the ticket gate with the work permit of the transportation company.

Before 2000, buying a train ticket was not an easy task. One Spring Festival Gala had a skit called "Speak If You Have Anything". One of the episodes was that to buy a train ticket, you had to carry a quilt and wear a military coat. Go in line so you can buy train tickets.

For people who have no access, just the benefit of swiping a work permit to get on the train has provided great convenience.

Based on these various benefits, Li Weidong did not resign directly, but decided to take a leave of absence without pay.

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