Reborn Industrial Tycoon

The cheater Li Weimin was playing with the TV outside, while Li Weidong went back to his room, closed the door, and hid the 25 million yen cashier's check.

Although the Japanese yen is not the U.S. dollar, it is still foreign exchange. In that era of foreign exchange shortage, as long as it came from developed countries, it was a good thing.

25 million yen is equivalent to 100,000 U.S. dollars, which is enough to exchange for 1 million yuan on the black market. However, Li Weidong is a little worried about whether black market merchants these days can get 1 million yuan.

With 1 million yuan in 1985, he should be considered the top rich man in the country at that time!

With this 25 million yen, Li Weidong will also have funds when he goes into business in the future. At least it will be more than enough to purchase a few township collective enterprises that are about to go bankrupt.

However, Li Weidong has no plans to move here for the time being. First of all, it is only 1985, and the country's policies and attitudes towards private enterprises are still unclear. It is still too early to go overseas to engage in industry.

The second reason is that the Plaza Accord is about to be signed.

After the signing of the "Plaza Accord", the Japanese yen appreciated by 20% in just three months, which means that Li Weidong only had to wait three months, and the 25 million yen could be exchanged for an additional 20,000 US dollars.

Isn't it better to do nothing for three months and make a guaranteed profit of 20% than to go into business?

How can we get a 20% profit within three months if we stay in business and do not speculate or engage in finance?

Therefore, Li Weidong's best choice is to take the 25 million yen cashier's check and wait for the yen to appreciate.

It was precisely because of the "Plaza Accord" that Li Weidong took the initiative to propose not one hundred thousand US dollars, but 25 million yen.

Tianfeng Company may feel that it is making money by paying in Japanese yen, but in fact, with the appreciation trend of the Japanese yen, holding Japanese yen will be more cost-effective than holding US dollars in the next few years.

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Early the next morning, Li Weidong returned to the freight department and reported to the director Zhao Guodong about the translation work.

After listening to Li Weidong's report, Zhao Guodong nodded happily and said: "We who are engaged in freight transportation travel all over the country, and we need to have good relations with various agencies and units, not only our local agencies in Qinghe, but also those in the province, as well as those in the province.

We also need to have good relations with agencies in other places, so that if our car encounters trouble in another place, we can find someone to solve the problem.

Xiao Li, it’s a good thing that you can connect with the foreign trade department of Tianjin this time. Tianjin has a port, and with a port, cargo transportation is indispensable. If we have business dealings with Tianjin Port in the future, we will have to

I'm counting on you to take action! By the way, when did you learn Japanese? I remember that this is not taught in the school for the children of our company."

Li Weidong had already guessed that Zhao Guodong would ask about this matter, and he had already thought of his excuse: "When my father was studying, the Japanese just happened to come over. At that time, North China had become an occupied area, and many schools were forced to

Teach Japanese.”

"That's it." Zhao Guodong nodded and did not ask in detail.

Mr. Li Dengke was not born into a poor peasant, and Zhao Guodong had also heard a little about it. In that era, it was always a very disgraceful thing to not be born into a poor peasant. Zhao Guodong felt that if he asked in detail, it would be more like exposing someone's scars.

So it's like a master's fight, and it's very about martial arts.

Li Weidong stood up and planned to leave: "Director Zhao, if there is nothing else, I will go back to the dispatch room first."

"Okay, you can go back first! Oh, by the way, there is one more thing, our office is going to raise wages soon!" Zhao Guodong added.

"The salary increase shouldn't have anything to do with me. I'm already working on behalf of others." Li Weidong said.

Li Weidong already received a cadre salary, plus the dispatcher can receive a bonus of 35 yuan, so Li Weidong's salary has reached the ceiling, and there is basically no increase.

Zhao Guodong said, "This salary increase is also for you. It's not just you, our entire company's salary will also change."

"Is there such a big fuss?" Li Weidong was slightly surprised. The salary changes for thousands of people are quite complicated.

Zhao Guodong continued to explain: "This wage reform is nationwide. At the beginning of the year, didn't the state issue documents? Now the implementation details have come out. What our Qinghe Prefectural Committee means is to start with large enterprises.

Then there are medium-sized enterprises, and finally small enterprises, so our transportation company is the first group to be reformed."

Li Weidong nodded with sudden realization. He finally remembered the wage reform of state-owned enterprises.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country still implemented a supply system. As employees of state-owned enterprises, all daily necessities were distributed by the state.

For example, in East China, each person has two sets of unlined clothes, one cotton coat, two pairs of socks, one pair of cotton shoes, two towels, one coat every three years, one mosquito net every five years, one piece of soap per month, and two haircuts per month.

etc.

In the mid-1950s, the country carried out wage reforms, and enterprises adopted an eight-level wage system. Under this wage system, levels are more important than positions.

Position can only determine rights, responsibilities and tasks, while level can determine status and remuneration. Therefore, there will be situations where the salary of an eighth-level worker is higher than that of the factory director.

This wage system has lasted for more than 20 years. After the reform and opening up, the wage system established in the 1950s can no longer adapt to the pace of economic development. The basic salary can no longer meet the needs of employees. Bonuses, as a means of motivation, have gradually become the norm.

change.

In the 1950s, working hard was the right thing to do, and no bonuses were needed. At the end of the year, giving an advanced honor, a model worker, a certificate, and a big red flower were the best incentives.

In the early 1980s, the amount of bonuses was still limited, with a cap of 35 yuan a month. At that time, the principle of equal distribution was still adhered to, and even among employees of different companies, there was not a big gap between the rich and the poor.

The country also realized that equal distribution hindered economic development, so it began various reforms. The country allowed enterprises to have certain independent property and operating rights, allowing enterprises to combine production responsibilities with economic benefits, and then implemented profit-to-tax reforms.

Introduce corporate income tax into the profit distribution field of state-owned enterprises, so that state-owned enterprises can embark on the path of independent operation and responsibility for their own profits and losses.

In this series of reforms, wage reform in state-owned enterprises is a key point.

The country hopes to break the shortcomings of egalitarianism and eating from one big pot, link the wages of state-owned enterprise employees with the economic benefits of state-owned enterprises, and thoroughly implement the principle of distribution according to work and more reward for more work. Only in this way can workers' enthusiasm for work be mobilized.

So at the beginning of 1985, the state officially issued a notice to reform corporate wages. The specific implementation measures were to cancel the so-called grade wage standards and implement floating wages and floating bonuses.

To put it simply, as long as the company's performance is good enough, it can pay more to its employees. In the same way, if the company's performance is poor and it suffers losses every year, then you deserve to be unable to pay wages.

State-owned transportation enterprises are obviously the kind of enterprises with sufficient profits. In the era of "goods waiting for trucks", every truck was a money printing machine.

At that time, truck drivers were a high-paying profession, but they were all paid dead wages. No matter how efficient the transportation company was, truck drivers were still eating from a big pot, just holding two spoons more than others.

After the wage reform, the more truck drivers transport goods, the higher the bonus the company will give them. The original bonus of 35 yuan a month may increase to more than 100 yuan.

The high bonuses in turn motivated the drivers, and the so-called "Dora Run" transportation pattern was formally formed.

The state-owned transportation industry has finally ushered in its most glorious era.