Reborn Industrial Tycoon

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

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

Zhu Shicong obviously didn't know how bloody the Canton Fair was, and he didn't even know that at the last Canton Fair, manufacturers engaged in a price war that had caused linen car seat cushions to fall below the cost price.

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

Zhu Shicong, a leader of state-owned enterprises 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 guaranteed to be profitable despite droughts and floods. When private transportation companies appear and competition really begins, all the hard work in two or three years will be wasted.

Moreover, Zhu Shicong is only the leader of a prefecture-level state-owned enterprise and is 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 you hold it in your hand, you can make a fortune. He did not realize that Li Weidong had already regarded the garment factory as a burden and couldn't wait to get rid of it.

"Li Weidong really doesn't want the garment factory anymore? How is this possible! Did I hear it wrong? Based on my understanding of Li Weidong, this guy is a master who never suffers losses. He agreed so happily today, so there must be a scam! Maybe it's a scam!

They have dug a trap and are waiting for me to jump down! I have to be more careful and not fall for it again."

Thinking of this, Zhu Shicong asked: "Xiao Li, if you really don't want to continue to contract the garment factory, then the head office will send someone to take over. However, there is one thing I have to ask first. The garment factory is now

You didn’t take any foreign trade orders, did you?”

"Zhu Shicong is afraid that I will trick 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 now. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau to ask.

one time."

"It's fine if you don't have any!" Zhu Shicong nodded, and then asked: "You don't owe anyone else money for the clothes, right?"

"Of course not." Li Weidong shook his head and continued: "The clothing factory's revenue and expenditure are balanced. It does not owe foreign debts or lend money to others."

Zhu Shicong thought of the four imported knitting machines again.

"Last time, Li Weidong used an imported knitting machine to trick me. I will never make the same mistake again!"

So Zhu Shicong asked: "Xiao Li, as far as I know, there are some imported equipment in this garment factory, which you purchased privately and rented to the garment factory. If you no longer contract the garment factory, what will happen to these equipment?"

How to deal with it?”

"I want these equipments and they are of no use, so of course I have to sell them!" The smile on Li Weidong's face became even stronger, and he said: "Secretary Zhu, if our company's garment factory is interested, I will also be willing to sell those four machines.

Imported knitting machines gave way!”

"Really?" Zhu Shicong was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Weidong was 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, he cannot make any money. In this case, it is better to

Sell ​​directly.

Zhu Shicong obviously didn't know about the market for linen car seat cushions. He thought flax car seat cushions could make a lot of money. Since Zhu Shicong was willing to be the taker, and Li Weidong followed suit, why not do it!

Zhu Shicong asked tentatively: "How much do you plan to buy this imported equipment?"

"Since our company wants it, I will quote you a preferential price, 30,000 yuan per unit." Li Weidong stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty thousand yuan?" Zhu Shicong nodded slightly. He didn't think it was expensive, but that it was a bit cheap.

When Yang Peng took over the garment factory, he asked Zhu Shicong for money to buy two domestic knitting machines, so Zhu Shicong roughly knew the price of domestic knitting machines. Compare this to Li Weidong's quote of 30,000 yuan. This imported knitting machine

It's indeed quite cheap.

"Why is it sold so cheaply? This is imported equipment. Although it is second-hand, it has only been used for a year. It only costs 30,000 yuan per unit. Is there some fraud in it?"

Zhu Shicong was bitten by a snake one year and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Li Weidong thought Zhu Shicong was too expensive, so he said, "Secretary Zhu, my price is already cheap enough! Let me tell you the truth. When I bought these equipment, one cost 15,000.

The U.S. dollar, according to the current exchange rate, is equivalent to more than 60,000 RMB.

This U.S. dollar is not easy to get. The country's foreign exchange is tight and there are strict restrictions on foreign exchange. These days, even if you have 60,000 yuan in hand, you can't exchange it for 15,000 U.S. dollars.

Nowadays, I sell a piece of equipment for 30,000 yuan, which is a 50% discount! This is what our transportation company wants, so I give such a low price. If it were replaced by another textile factory, I would definitely not

It’s so cheap. And I believe that if I sell it to other textile factories at the same price, they will definitely rush for it!”

Zhu Shicong still felt that there must be something wrong with this pie-in-the-sky thing. He looked at Li Weidong hesitantly, pondered for a few seconds, and finally asked: "Xiao Li, the price of a unit is 30,000 yuan."

, the company can still accept it. If you sell the equipment so cheaply, do you have any other additional conditions? If so, why not say it clearly first."

"As for the additional conditions, there are some." 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 plan to sell it together. So if the head office wants to buy it, it will also 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 that I want to trouble Secretary Zhu. I plan to apply for a suspension of salary and leave, and I hope the head office can approve it."

"You want to apply for a layoff without pay? You don't want to stay in the company anymore? You are planning to go overseas!" Zhu Shicong looked a little surprised, with 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 sea". Employees of state-owned enterprises and government officials even looked down upon those who "went to sea".

This is mainly because the private economy has never been renamed, and self-employed people lack social status. For ordinary people, it is a brain cramp to be a good cadre and become a self-employed person.

It was not until the Southern Tour speech was delivered that "going overseas" to do business gradually became a craze. Government officials, intellectuals, and state-owned enterprise personnel all joined the "going overseas" trend.

Precisely 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 show disdain.

Previously, Li Weidong contracted a garment factory. Although it was considered a business activity, he was still doing things under the system of a state-owned enterprise after all.

But "going overseas" is different. It means breaking away from the state-owned enterprise system and running industry and commerce on your own. 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 formal employees of state-owned enterprises and public institutions to "go overseas". One was to resign directly, and the other was to apply for a "suspension without pay". Most of them

Will choose the latter.

Choosing to stay without pay can leave a way out for yourself. If you fail to "enter the sea" and are slapped back on the beach by the waves, you can also go back to your original employer and continue working. The worst is that your career will be affected to some extent, but it is not

As for losing your job and being hungry.

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

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

For example, people with urban household registration can despise rural ones; for example, state-owned enterprise employees can despise collective enterprise employees; for example, formal workers can despise temporary workers; and of course, people with workplaces can despise self-employed people.

Under this contempt system, a state-owned enterprise cadre's identity is obviously at the top of various contempt chains. With such an identity, he will enjoy privileges in many things. This is difficult for modern people to understand.

of.

To take the simplest example, if you are on a business trip and stay in a hotel, if you take out a work permit from a state-owned enterprise, most hotels will greet you with a smile; but if you do not have a work permit from a state-owned enterprise and only take an ID card,

, it is very likely that you will be turned away by the hotel as a hangout.

For another example, if you encounter a temporary inspection of your luggage when taking a train, and you take out a work permit from a state-owned enterprise, the temporary inspection may be omitted, or you may just do a simple check. But if you do not have this work permit, you may have to face more careful inspections.

It is possible that Zhang Dewai and Zhang Dewai were subject to a body search.

Also, when the public security department is cracking down, or when the traffic police department sets up traffic jams to check vehicles, a piece of paper can save a lot of trouble in the work of state-owned enterprises, at least without being subjected to lengthy interrogations.

Even when faced with car gangs and road bullies, employees of state-owned enterprises are treated more favorably than ordinary people. Some smart road bullies are worried about being hit, so they will go easy on state-owned enterprise employees.

Because employees of state-owned enterprises may be carrying public funds. If public funds are robbed, the relevant departments will definitely take action. In serious cases, they will go door-to-door in several nearby villages to interrogate them.

When ordinary people's money is robbed, the result is probably that the thief escapes and cannot be caught.

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

For example, if you don't buy a train ticket to a certain place, you can just swipe your transportation company's work permit and enter the ticket gate. The worst thing you can do is get on the train and there will be no place to sit, so it will be treated as if you bought a standing ticket.

Before 2000, it was not easy to buy a train ticket. There was a skit in the Spring Festival Gala one year called "Speak If I Need Something." There was a scene in which it was said that to buy a train ticket, one had to carry a quilt and wear a military coat, in the middle of the night.

Go queue up so you can buy a train ticket.

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

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