Reborn Industrial Tycoon

As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire. The inferior tractor of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is obviously not real gold. Once it is tempered with fire, it will immediately reveal its original shape.

A tractor that needs to be overhauled in three months still has the nerve to say that it is not an inferior product?

Experts are not blind, how could they not see the quality problems of Venus tractors!

In the 1990s, "counterfeit" was still a relatively new term. At that time, domestic products also showed a relatively obvious polarization trend in terms of quality.

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, good products were of really good quality. Little Swan washing machines, Haier refrigerators, and Hisense TVs that could be used for more than 20 years were basically produced in that era.

And the quality of poor products is also really poor. New household appliances will start to malfunction within three months after they are purchased, and they will be abandoned within half a year.

This situation occurred because the country had not yet established systematic management and supervision of product quality at that time.

In the era of planned economy, there was no Quality Supervision Bureau. At that time, there was a unit called the State Administration of Standards. Its main business was to formulate standards for industrial production and engineering projects across the country. All enterprises must carry out their work in accordance with the standards set by the General Administration of Standards.

Production.

In other words, as long as the company's products meet the standards, the task will be completed. Under this system, the products produced by all companies are similar, and there is almost no difference in quality.

Since there is no need to consider the market, only production, companies will not take the initiative to improve product quality.

In 1988, the country established a Technical Supervision Bureau to be responsible for standardization, measurement and quality work. The Measurement Law was passed as early as 1985, and the Standardization Law was implemented in 1989. As for the Quality Law, it was not implemented until 1993.

Implementation.

In other words, before 1993, there was no legal basis for the supervision of product quality.

At that time, the Bureau of Technical Supervision had a Quality Award Review Committee. If a company's product quality was excellent, it would issue a National Quality Award, which was a way of telling the people across the country that the quality of this company's products was guaranteed.

Many well-known national brands have won this award.

Only companies with poor quality will at best not give awards and continue to be poor!

In other words, the quality management at that time was to praise the good ones and ignore the bad ones.

Because of this, Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory can bring inferior tractors to the market because no one cares about them!

Only when a bad boy is left unchecked can Zhao Zhitian feel confident. He knew clearly that the tractors from Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory were of poor quality, but he still dared to sell them on the market.

However, when quality issues with the Jinxing tractor were reported to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the situation was different.

Although the Agricultural Machinery Bureau has no power to stop Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, nor does it have the power to prevent Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory from selling tractors, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau controls the sales channels of agricultural machinery.

The agricultural machinery institutes in each county and township are under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, and farmers can only purchase agricultural machinery through the agricultural machinery institute. As long as the Agricultural Machinery Bureau gives an order and the agricultural machinery institute does not sell Venus tractors, then every Venus tractor will be sold.

Can't sell it.

After figuring out the pros and cons, Zhao Zitian fell into anxiety. He just hoped that the Agricultural Machinery Bureau could be lenient and allow Venus tractors to continue to be sold.

…

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Zhao Zitian knocked on Sun Weimin's door, carrying two bottles of Zhonghua and two bottles of Maotai.

Zhao Zitian would not dare to come blatantly in broad daylight when it came to giving gifts, not to mention the gift was from Zhonghua and Moutai! He could only come over in the middle of the night.

When Sun Weimin saw it was Zhao Zitian, his expression was slightly startled. He quickly pulled Zhao Zitian in, then stretched his head to see if there was anyone else outside, quickly closed the door, and then said, "Director Zhao, why are you here?"

"Director Sun, the tractor in our factory depends entirely on you!" Zhao Ziti said, handing over the gift.

Sun Weimin waved his hand and declined: "Director Zhao, what do you mean?"

"A little gift, please accept it, Director Sun!" Zhao Zitian said quickly.

Sun Weimin glanced at China and Moutai, and continued to refuse: "Director Zhao, this gift is too expensive, I can't have it!"

"Director Sun, please help us. If we can't sell tractors, our factory will really not be able to survive!" As Zhao Ziti said, he took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it directly into Sun Weimin's hand.

Sun Weimin suddenly looked serious: "Director Zhao, what do you mean by this? Do you want me to make a mistake! Take it back quickly, I will pretend I didn't see anything!"

Sun Weimin refused very firmly, so Zhao Zitian had no choice but to take the red envelope back.

Just listen to Sun Weimin say: "Old Zhao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's this matter that I really can't help you with! It's the fault of your factory's tractors, the quality is so bad! There are no tractors that don't break down after three months of use.

, in the report given by the experts to the leaders of our bureau, only a few parts passed the test! If it is so bad, how can I help you?"

"There is nothing I can do about it. The technology in the factory is at this level. I originally planned to improve while producing and slowly improve the quality, but I didn't expect that this matter would be reported in the newspaper!"

Zhao Zitian let out a long sigh and then asked: "Things have reached this point. How will your bureau leaders decide to punish our factory? Does the Agricultural Machinery Institute no longer sell our tractors?"

Sun Weimin shook his head slightly: "It's more eye-catching than you think. The leaders of the bureau have decided to cancel your factory's agricultural machinery subsidies!"

"What!" Zhao Zitian was immediately shocked.

Canceling agricultural machinery subsidies is really a slap in the face. Now agricultural machinery factories rely on subsidies to repay loan interest. If there are no subsidies, the interest will not be paid. Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory will definitely not be able to survive for two months!

Sun Weimin continued: "The leader is very angry about this matter. What he means is that agricultural machinery subsidies are originally used to benefit farmers. If they are given to your factory, wouldn't they become a trap and harm to farmers? That's why we have to cancel it.

Farm machinery subsidies from the factory!”

"We did not harm the farmers. We repaired all the faulty tractors! And they were all repaired." Zhao Zitian quickly defended.

"It's useless for you to tell me this. The key is that the farmers who bought the tractors feel that you have harmed them!" Sun Weimin said.

"What a bunch of unruly people!" Zhao Ziti cursed in his heart.

Sun Weimin said: "Okay, Lao Zhao, I have said everything that needs to be said. I can't help you with anything else. Just take back the cigarettes and alcohol!"

"Director Sun, is there really no other way?" Zhao Zitian continued with a sad face: "Without agricultural machinery subsidies, our factory will really go bankrupt!"

Sun Weimin thought for a while and said: "Old Zhao, I have no choice. Otherwise, why don't you go to your district to find a solution? After all, you are a collective enterprise in Dongcheng District, and your district will not just watch.

More than 700 workers in your factory will lose their jobs!"

…

In desperation, Zhao Zitian could only go to Xu Zhilong for help.

Xu Zhilong guessed Zhao Zitian's intention. As a public official, who doesn't read the newspaper? Of course Xu Zhilong also read the news article "Inferior Tractors Harm Innocent Farmers" carefully. He also knew that Jinxing Tractor Factory was in trouble.

I saw Xu Zhilong's face was pleasant and he said: "Director Zhao, there are not a few poorly managed companies like yours in our district. You also know the financial situation here. You said that if I help

What should you and other loss-making companies do?

Of course, I can't just watch the more than 700 workers in your factory lose their jobs. Otherwise, I will help you contact the bank. The bank was very interested in your factory and wanted to take it over. Anyway, you

The factory has been mortgaged to the bank, and if the loan interest is not paid, the bank can take the factory away directly!"

"No! I don't agree! Our Jinxing Factory employees won't agree either!" Zhao Zitian immediately shook his head and refused.

If Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory were owned by a bank, where would Zhao Zitian still be the factory director?

Xu Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Director Zhao, since you don't agree, then I have no choice. I hope you can get through this difficulty. If you really can't survive, you can only act in accordance with the law!

"

The "Enterprise Bankruptcy Law" was passed in 1986 and officially implemented in 1988, which standardized the enterprise bankruptcy procedures and the handling of bond debts.

What Xu Zhilong said about “acting in accordance with the law” obviously refers to the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law.

Under the impact of the market economy at that time, the bankruptcy of state-owned enterprises was still uncommon, but the bankruptcy of collective enterprises was nothing new.

Although a county-level township enterprise like Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has more than 700 employees, it is just a drop in the ocean in the torrent of market economy. Even if it goes bankrupt, no one will remember it.

From another perspective, challenges are also opportunities. Many well-known large enterprises and listed companies in later generations were inconspicuous collective enterprises in the early 1990s.

It was an era that belonged to the trend-setters. There were dangers and opportunities everywhere. If you seize it once, you can leap over the dragon's gate!

…

It’s the middle of the month in a blink of an eye, and it’s time to pay wages.

The accountant hurriedly walked into Zhao Zitian's office.

"Director, it's bad, the bank can't withdraw the money!" the accountant said.

"Tell me slowly, what's going on?" Zhao Ziti asked.

"I went to the bank to withdraw money today to pay wages to the workers in our factory, but who knew that the bank wouldn't let me withdraw it and said there was no money in the account!" the accountant replied.

Zhao Zitian thought for a moment and said, "That's not right. I remember that our factory still has 200,000 yuan in its account, which is enough for two months' salary."

"There was originally over 200,000 yuan in the account, but the bank deducted 200,000 yuan, saying it was for interest!" the accountant replied.

"Isn't the interest for last month already paid at the beginning of the month?" Zhao Zitian asked.

"The bank said that the repayment is the interest for the next quarter!" the accountant replied.

"Why pay the interest for next quarter now!" Zhao Ziti said angrily.

"The bank said that they are afraid that we will go bankrupt next month and we will not be able to pay the interest by then." The accountant answered honestly.

Zhao Zitian slapped the table fiercely and thought to himself: "This is going to force me to death!"

The accountant next to him looked at Zhao Zitian anxiously, and then asked cautiously: "Director, are we really going bankrupt?"

Zhao Zitian glared at the accountant very dissatisfied: "As long as I am here, our factory will not fail!"

…

For a company, the consequences of not being able to pay wages are disastrous.

What's more, Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has just suffered a disaster and its agricultural machinery subsidies have been cancelled.

As a result, in just a few days, various rumors began to spread within the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, most of which were saying that the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was about to close down.

For a time, people in Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory were panicked, and every employee was filled with worries about the future.

…

Early in the morning, when the workers of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory came to work on bicycles, they saw several people holding rulers and other things along the outer wall of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, as if they were measuring something.

Some nosy people immediately came up and asked, "What do you guys do?"

"Comrade, we are from a bank!" the leader with the ruler replied.

"From the bank? Are they blindly measuring things outside our factory?" the good guy asked again.

"We need to measure the area occupied by your factory and calculate how much this land is worth!" the other party replied.

When the good guy heard this, he was suddenly shocked. He hurriedly asked: "How much is the land of our factory worth, and what does it have to do with your bank?"

The other party put down the ruler in his hand and said, "Comrade, it seems you don't know how much money your factory owes our bank, right? That's tens of millions! I heard that your factory's agricultural machinery subsidies have been cancelled, and it's probably a lot of money."

You can’t even pay back the interest. When your agricultural machinery factory closes down, you won’t be able to use land to pay off your debts?”

"You, you are talking nonsense. How can a large agricultural machinery factory like ours, with more than 700 workers, go bankrupt!" the good guy said arrogantly.

"Originally, there was no need to close down. Our bank originally planned to take over your factory, and then the agricultural machinery factory would be a subsidiary of our bank. But your factory director rejected it! Then we can only wait for bankruptcy." The bank.

The person spoke.

"Is there such a thing? Why didn't I know about it?" the good guy asked.

"What decision did your factory director make? Does he still need to report it to you?" the person from the bank asked with a smile.

The good guy hesitated for a few seconds, and then asked: "If your bank takes over our factory, can you pay us wages?"

The people at the bank laughed: "Look what you said, we are a bank. What is the most important thing in the bank? Money! How can our bank default on wages! This has always been money owed to our bank by others. Have you ever heard of a bank?

Owe someone else money?”

"That's right. Your bank has nothing but plenty of money!" The good guy nodded.

The news that the bank was willing to take over the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory quickly spread among the workers.

At the same time, the workers also knew that the factory director, Zhao Zitian, refused the bank to take over the agricultural machinery factory.

If the workers had received this news a month ago, they might not have reacted too radically.

But today is different from the past. Today's Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has not even paid last month's wages, and there are constant rumors of bankruptcy. If such news comes at this time, the workers will immediately explode!

Being taken over by the bank and becoming a subsidiary company of the bank would definitely be much better than being unable to pay wages now. At least the bank would have enough money and would not be in arrears with wages.

And the director of the factory, Zhao Zitian, actually refused such a good thing. Isn’t this a loss of everyone’s jobs?

The last straw for Zhao Zitian finally appeared!

Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory held a workers' meeting.

According to relevant regulations, employees of collective enterprises are the owners of the enterprise. Although collective enterprises implement the factory director responsibility system, it does not mean that the factory director has the highest power in the enterprise.

The highest power of a collective enterprise belongs to the workers (representatives) conference, which can elect and remove enterprise managers and decide on major issues in the operation and management of the enterprise.

In normal times, the workers (representatives) meeting is mainly about raising hands and applauding. But now that the jobs of more than 700 employees of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory are at stake, the workers (representatives) meeting must really play a role.

More than 700 employees in the factory held a meeting and simply dismissed Zhao Zitian.

Zhao Zitian also knew that he could no longer stay at Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, so he directly applied for sick leave and went home to stay.

Soon after, people from the bank took over the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory.

…

Li Weidong signed his name and fingerprinted the affiliation contract, while President Wu next to him stamped the official seal of the bank.

After receiving the contract, President Wu said with a smile: "Weidong, this Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory will be yours from now on! The current Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is a mess, and the burden on your shoulders is not light!"

Li Weidong nodded: "Others are fine. The cancellation of agricultural machinery subsidies is indeed a troublesome matter. Without agricultural machinery subsidies, agricultural machinery really cannot be sold!"

"Then what are you going to do?" President Wu asked.

"Let's take it slow with the agricultural machinery subsidies. As long as we can launch high-quality products in the future, we can get the agricultural machinery subsidies back!" Li Weidong sighed lightly, and then said: "The key now is to give Venus to the inferior tractors."

The Agricultural Machinery Factory has had a very bad influence, and now the reputation of the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is considered ugly, so I plan to reform the name of the Agricultural Machinery Factory first!"

"What name should I change?" President Wu asked.

"It's often mentioned on TV and in newspapers that farmers want to make a fortune and become well-off. I thought, let's just call it Fukang, Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory!" Li Weidong said.

"Fukang, this is a good name. It sounds pleasant to the ear, easy to pronounce, and has good intentions!" said President Wu.

When mentioning Fukang, many people must think of Dongfeng's national car, which was known as the "third" car in China's auto market along with Santana and Jetta.

The prototype of the Fukang sedan is Citroën's ZX model. It was originally a hatchback sedan. After it was introduced into the country, Dongfeng Motor adjusted the wheels, suspension, and engine compression ratio of the prototype to suit China's national conditions, and later launched three models.

, completed the journey from imitation to innovation.

Citroën ZX was launched in 1991, and this car was introduced in China in 1992. Therefore, in 1990, there was no Fukang car, so Li Weidong simply used the "Fukang" brand first.

…

The first thing Li Weidong did after taking over the agricultural machinery factory was to pay wages to the workers.

There are more than 700 workers in the agricultural machinery factory, and their combined monthly salary is less than 100,000 yuan. For multi-millionaire Li Weidong, this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket.

If spending this little money can stabilize people's hearts, it is a very cost-effective deal.

As expected, whoever gives the money is the father!

After the workers received their wages, they welcomed the sponsor father very much. The process of Li Weidong taking over the agricultural machinery factory was also very smooth.

The agricultural machinery factory with 700 people has its own technical department. There are more than a dozen people in the technical department. The director of the technical department is named Du Jiahai, who is in his thirties, has a technical secondary school education and graduated from an agricultural machinery technical secondary school.

In the eyes of modern people, why can a technical secondary school student be the technical director?

However, considering Du Jiahai's age, the technical secondary school students of his time were definitely the smartest and best-learned students in the class.

Therefore, Du Jiahai still has some abilities. Coupled with more than ten years of work experience, Du Jiahai's attainments in agricultural machinery are no worse than those of ordinary college students.

For Li Weidong, it is impossible for him to recruit college students in agricultural machinery in a short period of time. At least in the next three to five years, he will still have to honor the original technical team of the agricultural machinery factory.

In the Technical Department of the Agricultural Machinery Factory, Li Weidong took out the drawings he drew.

Although Li Weidong is not a professional in agricultural machinery, he has repaired cars and done business in second-hand machinery and equipment. It is no problem to draw a simple drawing. Although the drawing is not professional, it can at least be understood.

"Lao Du, come and take a look! This is the new product we want to produce!" Li Weidong said.

Du Jiahai was stunned for several seconds before he realized that Li Weidong was calling him.

After all, before this, Zhao Zitian always called him "Xiao Du", but suddenly he was called "Old Du". Du Jiahai was still very uncomfortable with it.

Although the name "Lao Du" seems a bit old, Du Jiahai feels relieved when he thinks about Li Weidong's age.

"Director Li, what is this? It looks like a car." Du Jiahai asked.

"Yes, this thing is called an agricultural tricycle. The next task of our technical department is to develop this." Li Weidong said.

"Agricultural tricycle? What is it used for?" Du Jiahai asked.

"The main thing is to pull goods and transport them!" Li Weidong continued: "For example, when the watermelons in the field are ripe, we use this agricultural tricycle to pull a cart of watermelons and go to the city to sell them."

"Then you can use a tractor!" Du Jiahai said.

"Tractors are slow, and often there is no need to pull such things. Just like if you pull a tractor of watermelons and sell them in the city, you won't be able to sell them all in two or three days. Things like watermelons that can be stored are not bad. If

As for the vegetables that cannot be stored, they will all rot in two or three days if the weather is hot."

Li Weidong went on to explain: "So at this time, we need agricultural tricycles. Pull less and run faster. If we sell out in one day, we want to continue selling the next day and go to the fields to pick fresh ones!"

"That's it!" Du Jiahai nodded, and then said: "Director Li, with all due respect, your idea is good, but it is not practical to operate. There are already 021 tricycles on the market. As far as I know, farmers

I don’t like that kind of thing, the cargo capacity is too small!”

"You are right. The load capacity of the 021 tricycle is only four to five hundred kilograms. Two or three 28-inch large trucks can pull that much cargo, so it is not practical and farmers don't like it. But this agricultural tricycle of mine is different. It can pull two

Tons of cargo!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"I'm afraid this is impossible! Even if the engine power is sufficient, load-bearing, and braking, these are all problems." Du Jiahai felt that Li Weidong was an amateur, and he planned to explain it to Li Weidong in detail.

Li Weidong did not give Du Jiahai a chance to explain. He pointed to the drawing and said, "I know everything you said, so I specially imported the rear axle assembly production line from Japan!"