Rebirth of the Wild Age

BYD's battery factory near Changyang Valley has already broken ground, and it doesn't even plan to rest during the Chinese New Year, and strives to start production next spring.

In the past, the leaders of the district disliked the battery factory, but now they have made a 180-degree turn.

The reason is nothing more than the fact that there are too many laid-off workers in the jurisdiction, and the re-employment of laid-off workers has become the first political task of the leaders. A battery factory, a mobile phone case factory, as long as they settle here, they can solve the reemployment problem of one or two thousand laid-off workers.

Hearing that China Science and Technology plans to build a motherboard factory, the district leaders were extremely enthusiastic and sent special personnel to help with the procedures.

This is just a microcosm of the wave of layoffs in 1998. From 1996 to 2002, millions of state-owned enterprises across the country went bankrupt, and nearly 40 million employees of state-owned enterprises were laid off. At the same time, 20 million workers in collective units in townships and towns across the country also lost their jobs-this is just the registration data, and there are countless unregistered workers.

The prices of building materials such as coal, steel, and cement have also plummeted. Countless related companies have closed down, and many foreign companies have been tricked into withdrawing their capital.

This started in 1992. Due to the rapid economic development and the huge scale of domestic infrastructure, the prices of various basic resources have skyrocketed. Seeing that it is profitable, foreign capital invested wildly in China's steel and coal industries, and also launched various large-scale projects in China.

It finally collapsed this year, with too much output and oversupply.

A large coal mine in a certain province with an investment of several billion yuan cut the ribbon in 1996 and has not yet started construction. It is impossible to sell the coal even if it is dug out.

99% of the foreign steel companies that have spent huge sums of money to enter China have suffered losses to varying degrees, and many of them have not even earned back their investment. Now those who can be withdrawn have begun to withdraw, and those that cannot be withdrawn can only rot there, hoping that someone will come and take over quickly.

Song Shumin is still on the sidelines. His cement plant is still in the planning stage. It will only be launched when the government releases definite news. It won’t be long. After the two sessions, the policy will be determined, and the specific departments will discuss it for a while. The gold of the China Fund The time is coming.

The central government has decided to expand infrastructure construction. In addition to driving industrial development and expanding domestic demand, it is also an urgent need, because coal mines, steel companies, and building materials companies everywhere are starving to death! Even the thorough opening up and support of the real estate industry also includes this factor, which can consume a large amount of backlog of resources and materials.

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Song Weiyang walked around the factory area, then returned to the general manager's office and asked, "How is the sales of PHS recently?"

Shen Fuxing said: "The sales went crazy during the New Year's Day event, and then it stabilized. By the way, the telecommunications department sent another news that the service opening plan for the third batch of cities was cancelled. Although there is no express regulation, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has delivered a message. In the future No new PHS service can be opened in provincial capital cities within one year."

"As you can imagine, the leadership of the telecommunications department is under a lot of pressure." Song Weiyang said.

Shen Fuxing said: "I am discussing with the telecommunications department to bypass the provincial capital cities and select those medium-sized cities with relatively developed economies. And we need to open one by one, and open a city every two months on average. You can't open too many at once, so as not to Another criticism was raised."

Song Weiyang asked: "Is there anyone here to play the autumn wind, for example, want to take a share of the stock or something."

"There are quite a few people who are playing the autumn wind, but not yet talking about buying shares," Shen Fuxing said with a smile. "After all, the policy is not clear. Maybe the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will ban PHS one day."

"How is Rong Huaili doing?" Song Weiyang asked.

Rong Huaili is the person in charge of the procurement department of China Science and Technology, transferred from Xifeng Company. For Shenzhou Technology, which can only do assembly now, the procurement department belongs to the first department, with heavy responsibilities and a lot of oil and water, which makes people jealous.

Shen Fuxing said with a smile: "This person is relatively well-behaved, he is really capable of doing things."

"Comparative discipline" means "not too greedy". If you want to find a procurement manager in China who is not greedy at all, you will never be able to find it, no matter if it is a private enterprise or a state-owned enterprise. And the evaluation of "able to do things" shows that Rong Huaili not only "rules" himself, but also makes specific purchasers "rules".

DJI, the company that produces drones, has a chaotic internal management, and the procurement aspect is even more unspeakable. In the end, he let the technicians take the blame, and made the whole country know it, ruining his good reputation.

Song Weiyang didn't want his Shenzhou Technology to become like DJI.

Song Weiyang said: "Let Rong Huaili form an inspection team to inspect several high-end smt manufacturers in Japan. Academician Ni will help contact some technical personnel, and even invite the cadres of the Beijing TV Equipment Factory. That cadre participated in the posting For the introduction of chip machines, he has a better understanding of the market, so let Rong Huaili listen to his opinions more. Also, you send a confidant to Rong Huaili as his deputy, and try to keep the purchase price as low as possible."

Shen Fuxing asked: "What kind of treatment should academician Ni invite to help?"

"It's a trivial matter, you can handle it yourself," Song Weiyang said.

Shen Fuxing said with a smile: "Then each person will be given 500 US dollars of shopping bonus, and some personnel will quietly give 300 US dollars more."

Song Weiyang said: "It's too stingy, 1,000 US dollars per person, and 500 US dollars more at the discretion of individuals. These are all in their stomachs. It would be better if we can get the cadres of the TV equipment factory in Beijing to come to Shenzhou Technology I heard that this person graduated from a technical secondary school and was a workshop manager. He has been doing placement for more than ten years. If he can be recruited, he will be directly appointed as the deputy director of the motherboard factory, responsible for production management."

Although it is not uncommon to go abroad these days, it still makes people yearn for it. Even if Shenzhou Technology does not give a penny, those people are happy to travel abroad for free, and they are absolutely happy when they send 1,000 US dollars (more than 8,000 RMB) for shopping.

Shen Fuxing said: "It should be possible to dig them in. Now the traditional electrical business is not doing well. I heard that last year, one-third of the TV sets produced in China could not be sold. The life of the Beijing TV Equipment Factory is also difficult. As long as we give the position of deputy factory manager, that person will probably be tempted."

The two were discussing the construction plan of the motherboard factory when suddenly there was noise outside.

Shen Fuxing called his secretary and asked, "What happened?"

The secretary didn't know either, so he quickly said, "I'll go ask."

A few minutes later, the secretary came back to report: "A woman in her 50s came to apply for a job. My colleagues in the personnel department asked her to come after the Spring Festival. We have no recruitment plan before the Chinese New Year. She insisted on not leaving, saying that she knew foreign languages ​​and For computers, the monthly salary is only 800 yuan, and you can do whatever you want.”

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "This is very strange. Over 50 years old who can understand foreign languages ​​and computers, and only need 800 yuan salary. Call her over!"

The secretary quickly brought a woman who was over 50 years old except for the many wrinkles around her eyes. She dresses more stylishly and decently, her manners are also very elegant, and she still has a faint smell of perfume on her body.

"Do you know foreign languages?" Song Weiyang suddenly asked in English.

The old woman immediately replied in English: "I used to be a teacher at Shanghai Foreign Language School. I taught Russian at the university. After Russian became unpopular, I taught myself English. Later, I worked in a Japanese company for three years and knew some Japanese, but I could only learn English. Daily communication. I am fluent in English and Russian, and I can also work on a computer. As long as I have a salary of 800 yuan, I can be an ordinary clerk, and I guarantee that my typing speed will not lose to young people.”

"No, you know three foreign languages, and you know how to work with a computer. How did you come here to do a job worth 800 yuan?" Song Weiyang asked.

The old woman said: "I resigned from SISU in 1986. I first worked in a Japanese company and then in a British company. The monthly salary was 6,000 yuan. The top managers of the British company are all British. No matter how hard I worked I can’t get promoted, and the monthly salary of 6,000 yuan is already the sky, and I am quite satisfied. But last month, the British company suddenly closed down, and I am old, in my 50s, and no one wants to find a job everywhere.”

Shen Fuxing said: "Since you used to have a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan, you shouldn't be in a hurry to find a job. Why can't we wait until the next year to recruit?"

The old woman smiled wryly and said, "All my savings from working in a foreign company for more than ten years have been used for my son to study abroad. My son returned to China the year before last and joined a foreign company. At the beginning, his monthly salary was more than 4,000, but last year it has risen to 5,000. Life is getting better and better. So when I got married, I bought him a house in the urban area, with a loan of tens of thousands, thinking that I could repay the loan casually. As a result, my son’s foreign company also collapsed. My foreign company also went bankrupt, not only owed the bank mortgage, but also owed relatives some down payment for buying a house. If I don’t find a job quickly, and I can’t repay the loan, the bank will take the house back!”

Song Weiyang asked: "Shenghai's foreign companies have closed down a lot?"

The old man said: "Fall, especially after New Year's Day, one family after another."

Well, it was only the beginning of 1998, and not only state-owned enterprises were facing a wave of closures, but also numerous foreign enterprises in Shenghai.

In addition, there are countless private enterprises in the suburbs of Shenghai, which have been one of the main force of China's exports since the 1980s. Now it is falling faster, because they are heavily dependent on exports, and the Asian financial turmoil has made them miserable.

State-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and foreign enterprises are competing to close down. The predicament of China's economy in 1998 was far more difficult than imagined.

Song Weiyang said to Shen Fuxing: "Arrange a suitable job for this old lady."

"Thank you boss, thank you boss," the old woman swore hastily, "I am in good health and don't need to pay me a pension. I can work for a long time, I can work until I am 70 years old, and I promise not to retire when I am 60 years old!"