Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Tokyo, Nishihiba Electric Headquarters.

Watanabe Yu took a young man into President Tanaka's office.

"President Tanaka, this is the investigation report of the Chinese factory and the Malaysian factory, please take a look!" Watanabe Yu handed the two investigation reports to President Tanaka's desk.

President Tanaka took the report, and did not open it to read, but said, "Watanabe-kun, please give a brief introduction first!"

Watanabe Yu nodded and introduced: "I will talk about the situation of the Malaysian factory first. The Malaysian factory adopts a pyramid-shaped management model. In terms of production, they have learned the manufacturing resource plan of our Japanese company and adopted It is the management logic of planning, execution and feedback, planning and controlling various production resources to meet the needs of production changes.

The factory in Malaysia incorporates production capacity operations, workshop operations and raw material supply operations into the plan. Feedback information from the workshop, supply room and planners is added, and the balance adjustment of the plan is urgently carried out by using this information, so that the material requirements of defaulters can be adjusted. Planning, so that the production process is formed in a unified system. "

President Tanaka nodded: "Isn't this a common management method used by our Japanese companies in the 1970s!"

"Yes, the management model of the Malaysian factory is exactly the management method of our Japanese company. Although I haven't learned the essence of it, it is already very effective." Watanabe replied.

President Tanaka smiled and said proudly: "Our Japanese companies have the most advanced management methods in the world, and the Malaysian factories are smart, they know how to learn from Japanese companies, even if they only learn a few skins, it is enough for them to gain It worked!"

Watanabe pointed to the young man beside him again and said, "This is Murata Mutsu, as a worker, he entered the Malaysian factory and worked on the front line for a month. He is very concerned about the actual situation of the Malaysian factory. Understood! Today I specially brought Murata-kun, if the president needs to know anything, you can ask Murata-kun directly."

"President Tanaka, if you want, my name is Murata Musato!" Murata Musato immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Murata-kun has worked hard!" President Tanaka then praised and said, "Murata-kun, please tell me about the labor situation in the Malaysian factory!"

"Yes,

Malaysian workers are mainly composed of three parts: Malays, Chinese and Indians. In addition, there are a small number of smugglers from southeastern China working there in factories in Malaysia. I was disguised as a smuggler and entered the Malaysian factory. Due to differences in culture and religious beliefs, the workers of the three ethnic groups do not communicate much with each other. "Murata Mu Satoshi introduced.

"Then tell me about your work in the Malaysian factory!" President Tanaka then asked.

Murata Murata immediately replied: "Malaysian labor law has clear regulations that normal working hours cannot exceed 8 hours a day and 48 hours a week.

If the working hours are exceeded, the employee shall be paid 1.5 times the normal salary, 2 times the salary on rest days, and 3 times the salary on national statutory holidays.

In addition, employees cannot work more than 12 hours a day, and overtime cannot exceed 64 hours in a month.

And employers must make a vacation schedule for the month at the beginning of each month, and inform employees which day of the week is their past. "

President Tanaka nodded silently: "This is similar to ours in Japan!"

Watanabe Yu said quickly: "It seems that Malaysia is not only learning from Japan in business management, but also in labor law!"

President Tanaka was very happy to hear this, and he continued: "Watanabe-kun, I will read your report in detail about the situation of the Malaysian factory. Next, let's talk about the situation of the Chinese factory!"

"Okay." Watanabe Yu cleared his throat with a dry cough, and then said, "China's factories adopt a model called militarized management."

"Military management?" President Tanaka was stunned for a moment, and he asked subconsciously: "Just like Japan during World War II, the schools at that time were all military camp-style management! I still remember when I was just a child, Already going to practice using a rifle at school!"

"The militarized management of Chinese factories is still different from what you said. According to the offline explanation, militarized management means that an enterprise uses the military's management methods, management models and management experience as a reference, and uses these management methods for reference. It is a way of combining methods, management models and management experience with modern enterprise management." Yu Watanabe explained.

President Tanaka frowned and carefully pondered these words.

Then President Tanaka said, "Watanabe-kun, can you introduce this kind of militarized management in detail?"

"Well, President, I'm very sorry, I've never heard of this enterprise management model before, so I still haven't figured out what this militarized management means, but I know the specific measures of militarized management. , I have already written it into the report!" Watanabe Yu said.

President Tanaka glanced at the investigation report on the Chinese factory in front of him, and then asked: "Watanabe-kun, where is the person you sent to investigate the Chinese factory? Call him, and I want to ask, the Chinese factory's The actual situation!"

"President, I'm very sorry, Noda-kun can't come today!" Watanabe Yu said slightly embarrassed.

"Why?" President Tanaka asked.

"He went to the doctor," Watanabe replied.

"It turned out to be sick!" President Tanaka nodded, and then asked, "What is it, is it serious?"

"Well..." Watanabe Yu hesitated for a while, but still said; "Noda-kun is seeing a psychiatrist!"

President Tanaka frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

The mental stress of Japanese office workers is known to the whole world, so most office workers have some psychological problems to some extent. Maybe a certain office worker who looks sanctimonious on the outside is a pervert on the inside. That kind of spiritual guy in a suit and leather shoes is very likely to be a perverted murderer.

If this Noda-kun turns into a perverted murderer, the reputation of Nishihiba Electric will also be affected. Even if there are only ordinary perverts left, it is not a good thing.

Watanabe Yu then explained: "After Noda-kun returned from China, as long as he worked overtime, he would feel nervous, emotionally anxious, and accompanied by symptoms such as fear of cold, sweating, and frequent urination!"

"Why does this sound like kidney deficiency!" President Tanaka secretly thought.

Watanabe Yu continued: "Noda-kun went to the hospital for an examination and found that all physiological indicators were normal, so the doctor judged that it should be caused by psychological problems. As far as I know, Noda-kun was investigating in a Chinese factory. During this period, he often worked overtime. I think it may be that he could not adapt to the overtime rhythm of Chinese factories, so he caused mental illness!"

"Working overtime?" President Tanaka showed an inconceivable expression; "How could our employees of Xizhi Electric be afraid of working overtime!"

"Probably the overtime intensity of Chinese factories is relatively high!" Watanabe Yu paused, then said: "According to Noda-kun's description, that level of overtime is simply inhumane!"

President Tanaka was stunned for a moment, thinking that there is more overtime than our Japanese companies?

...

Malaysia, Penang.

This is where the Malaysian manufacturing industry converges.

In the 1980s, Malaysia put forward the policy of "Looking East" and opened its mind to meet the transfer of labor-intensive industries around the world. Large multinational companies have established foundries and assembly plants on the west coast of Malaysia.

This also includes many Japanese companies, such as Mitsubishi, Toyota, Sharp and so on. When Japanese companies set up factories in Malaysia, they also brought the management of Japanese companies to Malaysia. The management methods of Japanese companies were still well-known all over the world at that time. Therefore, there are many factories in Malaysia, and they have learned the management methods of Japanese companies.

Lin Jiye's factory is to learn the management model of Japanese companies.

The ancestor of Lin Jiye came to Malaysia during the Qing Dynasty. The Lin family has been rooted in Malaysia for nearly a hundred years, and it is regarded as a relatively wealthy family among the local Chinese.

The ancestors of the Lin family were engaged in agriculture. The Lin family had several plantations, mainly planting cocoa, rubber and oil palm trees. In Lin Jiye's generation, he was no longer satisfied with being a farmer. Taking advantage of Malaysia's policy of vigorously developing industry, he built a factory in Penang.

After several years of development, the Lin family's factory can be considered small and large-scale.

Now, Lin Jiye intends to take over the next big business, which is to become the foundry of Xizhi Electric.

Today is the day when Xizhi Electric opens its board of directors. This time, the board of directors will determine who will be the foundry of Xizhi Electric. At this time, Lin Jiye was sitting by the phone, waiting for a notification from Xizhi Electric.

"Brother-in-law, you've been waiting since the early hours of the morning, and you haven't even eaten breakfast. Why don't you take a rest first? Just leave it to me here!" It was Lin Jiye's brother-in-law who spoke.

Lin Jiye shook his head: "I can't get the exact news, I'm not at ease in my heart!"

"Brother-in-law, you don't have to worry at all, the foundry of Xizhi Electric must belong to us! Our opponents are Chinese factories, how could they be our opponents!"

Brother-in-law paused for a while, then continued: "China is poor and backward, and their factories may not even be able to supply stable electricity, so how can they compare with us! Besides, we have learned the management skills of Japanese companies, and we will definitely be able to obtain The favor of Xizhi Electric!”

Lin Jiye nodded. He agreed with his brother-in-law very much. He also felt that Chinese factories were nothing to be afraid of.

In 1990, Malaysia was indeed more developed than China. At that time, the manufacturing industry accounted for more than 40% of GDP in Malaysia, which can be regarded as a country dominated by manufacturing. And Malaysia's various policies are indeed biased towards manufacturing, making Malaysia's manufacturing industry usher in a golden period of development.

In that era, China was not yet the world's factory. Except for the relatively low labor cost, other aspects such as supply chain, transportation, power supply, business environment, and corporate management were inferior to Malaysia.

Therefore, Lin Jiye is very confident that Xizhi Electric will definitely choose himself in the end.

Just then, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

"I'll pick it up!" Lin Jiye immediately picked up the phone and said, "Hello!"

"Mr. Lin? I'm Yu Watanabe!" Yu Watanabe's voice sounded on the phone.

"Hello Mr. Watanabe, I'm Lin Jiye, is there already a result on the board of directors of Xizhi?" Lin Jiye asked, with a vague excitement in his tone.

"Yes, the board of directors has made a decision!" Watanabe Yu paused, then continued; "Mr. Lin, I regret to inform you that the board of directors finally chose a factory in China!"

"What!" Lin Jiye wondered if his ears were broken.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Jiye asked, "Why, why did Xizhi Electric choose a Chinese factory?"

"The board of directors made such a choice after a comprehensive evaluation." Watanabe Yu said.

"Comprehensive evaluation? How can my factory be inferior to a Chinese factory?" Lin Jiye said in exasperation; "Penang is the second largest city in Malaysia, with complete infrastructure and guaranteed power supply, isn't it? Do Chinese cities have better infrastructure than ours?"

"Your competitor is located in a small city in China. Although there is no shortage of electricity supply there, the infrastructure is indeed inferior to Malaysia." Watanabe replied honestly.

"Penang is the most important port on the west coast of Malaysia. Shipping is very convenient here. The goods we produce can be shipped directly to all over the world. Are Chinese factories better than us in terms of transportation?" Lin Jiye asked again.

"No, the city where the Chinese factory is located is also more than 100 kilometers away from the nearest port. Although it only takes two or three hours to transport the goods to the port, it is not a coastal city after all." Watanabe replied.

"That's the management level of Chinese factories, better than ours?" Lin Jiye asked again.

Watanabe Yu hesitated for a while this time, and said, "Mr. Lin, what you are using is the management model of Japanese companies, which is of course the most advanced management model in the world!"

Of course, Mr. Watanabe cannot say that the management model of Japanese companies is inferior to others.

"Or is China's business environment better, and factories there can get more preferential policies or subsidies?" Lin Jiye then asked.

"In terms of the business environment, Malaysia needs to be more open," Watanabe said bluntly.

Lin Jiye said in a dissatisfied tone, and then asked: "Since the factories in China are not as good as ours, why did Xizhi Electric choose the factories in China?"

"Mr. Lin, as far as I know, the reason why the Xizhi board of directors chose the Chinese factory is mainly because the production efficiency of the Chinese factory is higher!" Watanabe Yu opened his mouth and replied.

"You said that the production efficiency of the Chinese factory is higher than ours? How is this possible! I don't believe it! The Chinese factory is not as good as mine in every aspect, how can he have higher production efficiency!" Lin Jiye replied immediately.

In Lin Jiye's mind, how can China, whose productivity is lagging behind, be comparable to his own factories in terms of production efficiency? You must know that your factory uses Japanese management methods.

But Watanabe said: "Mr. Lin, whether you believe it or not, it is the truth. Do you remember that when I visited your factory, I left you an order for that batch of electric irons?"

"Of course, it only took us 40 days to complete this batch of orders. Looking at the whole of Malaysia, even the whole of Southeast Asia, it will not be faster than ours! I think even Japanese companies can do it. , it won't be faster than us!" Lin Jiye said confidently.

On the opposite side, Mr. Watanabe sighed and said, "I gave the same batch of orders to a Chinese factory, and they completed it in only 14 days!"

"We want 40 days of work, but they only need 14 days? That's impossible! Unless all Chinese workers are robots, they don't need to eat or sleep, they can only work!" Lin Jiye said angrily.

"Mr. Lin, Chinese workers are of course not robots. They also need to eat and sleep! But apart from eating and sleeping, they spend all their time working."

When Watanabe said this, he sighed helplessly, and then said: "The inspector I sent to the Chinese factory is a well-known workaholic of our Xizhi Electric. He works overtime every day, but after he has experienced overtime in the Chinese factory, Still need to see a psychiatrist!

The overtime of Chinese workers is horrible, they can work 14 hours a day! If it was a Malaysian worker, would they be willing to work overtime? "

"Our Malaysian workers..." Lin Jiye was halfway through speaking, and he was already at a loss for words.

Lin Jiye knew that if the Malaysian workers were asked to work overtime, they dared to drop their jobs and quit!

The Chinese may be more diligent, and the Malays will find a place to drink beer and chat as long as they earn enough food for one day.

For Malays, they don't work overtime for 1.5 times the salary, 2 times the weekend pay and 3 times the statutory holiday, it is not so attractive.

The cultural atmosphere of the whole Southeast Asia is like this, there is no self-motivation, it is very easy to meet, there is no high pursuit of life, and it is enough to make a little money.

For Southeast Asians, if not because of hunger, who would go to work and lie at home in the sun, wouldn't it be more fragrant?

...

Several cars drove into the yard of the electric furnace factory. A brand new Santana got on, and a man in his early fifties got off. This man was tall, thin, with black-rimmed glasses, and looked like a high school student. teacher.

In a car behind, several leaders of Dongcheng District got out of the car one after another and crowded around the man.

Li Weidong immediately greeted him, and Xu Zhilong opened his mouth to introduce: "Leader, this is Li Weidong, Director Li!"

"Hello leader, I'm Li Weidong, welcome to visit our factory to inspect our work!" Li Weidong said, shaking hands with the man in his fifties.

The man's name is Chen Chuanxin, a newly transferred deputy mayor who is in charge of the city's industry. Chen Chuanxin has a bachelor's degree, and he has not obtained it from continuing education. He is the most educated person in the city's leadership team.

Li Weidong successfully won the foundry of Xizhi Electric, which is undoubtedly a big satellite for a poor place like Qinghe. Of course, the city leaders must come and inspect it in person.

Li Weidong also knows that Chen Chuanxin is not the end, and there will definitely be many leaders who will come to inspect in the future, not only the leaders of the city, but also the leaders of the province who come to Qinghe, will also come to visit.

Chen Chuanxin shook hands with Li Weidong, and said in Mandarin, "I heard that Director Li is young and promising, and I saw it today, and it really is!"

"As expected of an intellectual who has gone to college, he can speak Mandarin!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

In the 1990s, in an 18th-tier city like Qinghe, Mandarin could only be heard on TV sets or radios. Even announcers at train stations or bus stations spoke in dialects.

The steps to receive the leader have already been prepared in advance. First go to the conference room to listen to the report, then go to the workshop for an on-site inspection, and then return to the conference room to summarize, let the leader speak, and give some symbolic opinions. And suggestions, and then a few words of encouragement, even if it is over.

Li Weidong has already prepared the content of the report, and it is nothing more than the process of winning the foundry of Xizhi Electric, which is more complicated and difficult to show how difficult it is for him.

If there is a difficulty, exaggerate it a little, and if there is no difficulty, make up the difficulty, and then exaggerate it a little bit, probably like this.

If you make things too simple, the leaders will think that if you can do anything like a cat or a dog, it is definitely not a very important thing, and they will not pay attention to you in the future.

Next, Li Weidong accompanied Chen Chuanxin to visit the production workshop.

Looking at the workers on the assembly line, Chen Chuanxin couldn't help but sigh: "Director Li, the workers here are all uniform in clothing. Now many large state-owned enterprises can't do this!"

"Leader, what we adopt is militarized management! This uniform dress is only a part of militarized management. Xizhi Electric also took a fancy to our militarized management and chose us as a foundry." Li Weidong said, what will It is a brief introduction to militarized management.

Chen Chuanxin seemed to be very interested in militarized management. After he understood the content of militarized management, he went to visit the canteen and dormitory.

After that, everyone returned to the conference room. According to the process, it should be the leader's turn to make a speech and summarize.

Chen Chuanxin did not immediately make a concluding speech, but asked: "Director Li, as far as I know, foundry factories often need more workers. I don't think there are many workers in your factory. Thousands, if you want to expand the scale of production in the future, you should still recruit workers, right?"

"Yes, Xizhi Electric's small home appliance orders will not be transferred all at once. This is a process of several years, which also gives our factory a buffer time. During this period, we can expand in a planned way. Expand production." Li Weidong replied.

"Director Li, I'm here, and I want to make a request to your factory." Chen Chuanxin paused, then said, "If your factory recruits workers in the future, don't just focus on the few villages under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang Town. , you can recruit workers for the entire Dongcheng District, and even our entire Qinghe City!"

"What does the leader mean, let me go to other counties to recruit workers?" Li Weidong asked.

Chen Chuanxin nodded: "Yes, especially those agricultural counties, we also have six national-level poverty-stricken counties, as well as many impoverished towns and towns, with a large number of rural surplus labor! They are also very hard-working and suitable for working in factories!"

Li Weidong nodded suddenly.

"I remembered that the poverty alleviation work in the city seems to be in charge of this Chen Chuanxin!"