The Era of Hard Work

"Speaking of this Pingcheng, it's very close to our Qingzhao. When I was young, I took my brothers and I came here from time to time."

Leaving Lujia Village, heading east to a provincial road, Lu Jianren drove northeast, and said to Lu Dong and Song Na: "At that time, Weiqiao Cotton Spinning was still a small cotton oil factory, mainly producing cotton seeds. Sanitary oil, unlike now, has become one of the largest factories in the country."

Lu Dong answered: "It is estimated that the scale is also ranked high in Asia."

Song Na said something generally accepted: "This type of processing factory ranks first in Asia, and it is estimated that it can also rank first in the world."

Lu Dong thought of something and asked Song Na: "Heidan, have you heard Xia Tian said that this factory now belongs to the Wei family?"

Song Na asked her cousin Xia Tian: "No, now the controlling party is Pingcheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative." She added: "It is said that it is undergoing restructuring and privatization, and it should be completed soon."

Lv Jianren followed Lv Dong around, and after seeing a lot, he understood a little about business, and asked, "Weiqiao Cotton Factory is a very good company, why should it be restructured? Or privatized?"

It's hard to answer this kind of question, so Lu Dong could only say: "The third company is not bad, but it's still gone."

Lu Jianren shook his head and said, "I really can't explain these things about the public."

Weiqiao is not in the urban area of ​​Pingcheng City, but is located in a county town relatively close to the urban area. In a small county town, the speed of economic development is astonishing. There are not only cotton mills in the country, but also villages like Dongwang Group. Run a business.

In terms of economy alone, it is much better than Qingzhao.

In the unofficial ranking of the top 100 counties in the country, it is also far ahead of Qingzhao.

As soon as you enter the county, you can feel the difference. Qingzhao is dilapidated and low, and the tallest building is only twelve floors. There are many tall buildings here, and the roads are extremely spacious. The size and population density of the county are obviously still in Qingzhao County. above.

Lu Dong remembered that Quannan had always wanted to swallow this place, and had been fighting secretly with Pingcheng for many years.

Close to the headquarters of Weiqiao Cotton Mill, looking from a distance, it is a magnificent office building that will not be outdated even after more than ten years.

Regardless of whether the cotton factory is public or private, it is an indisputable fact that it drives the economic development of one side and provides jobs for tens of thousands of people.

This kind of labor-intensive industry has such a great role in stimulating employment that local governments must fully support it.

There used to be a lot of rumors about the group company here, such as the debt crisis, etc., but every time they encountered a crisis, they were able to get through it safely. Even the province did not dare to let it cause problems easily, involving the employment of more than 100,000 people , no one can afford this responsibility.

Considering that Xia Tian had to eat and wash after get off work, Lu Dong didn't rush there, and first let Uncle Qi drive around the vicinity of the industrial park.

Cotton spinning is the core, and there are other types of enterprises, such as power plants, electrolytic aluminum plants, water supply companies, clothing and home textiles, and so on.

With so many factories, the number of employees can be imagined.

One thing I have to admit is that the wages here are relatively high compared to other factories.

Although this place is already on the outskirts of the county, a large-scale residential area has been formed with the enterprise as the core. The five-story or six-story residential buildings are connected in a large area opposite the factory area, and there is no end in sight.

From a close distance, it can be seen that the residential area is divided into two by a commercial street that is not too wide.

There are many people on the commercial street, there are many people selling things, and even more people buying things, mainly eating various foods.

The Santana car was parked on the street, and the three of them got out of the car and waited for Xia Tian to come over. Lu Dong opened the umbrella in his hand and handed it to Song Na. He saw a stall selling snacks on the side of the road, and went there with Uncle Qi.

Lu Jianren followed Lu Dong, much more reliable than before, this pancake and fruit vendor will have no customers, so he passed a cigarette in the past, and chatted with others, feeling that it was almost done, and asked: "Brother, what are you doing?" How is the business?"

The boss flicked off the cigarette ash and said with a smile, "Earn money to support the family."

Lu Dong continued, "I don't look like it. Uncle, you can't keep your mouth shut and your hands are full of calluses. You must have earned a lot."

The older generation pays attention to not revealing their wealth, but the boss is still vague: "Anyway, it's much better than working in a factory."

He glanced at Lu Dong: "According to the accent, you are from Qingzhao next door? Are you going to work here?" But when he saw the clothes of Lu Dong and Lu Jianren, he shook his head first: "Are you talking about cooperation with the factory?"

Lu Jianren responded, and chatted with the boss, mainly talking about the situation in the commercial street, such as whether there are any big bastards here.

People like this are indispensable in every place, but Weiqiao Cotton Factory can develop to such a scale, the business environment is generally good, and normal business is quite stable here.

A BMW car drove over, and other cars on the road took the initiative to avoid it.

Lu Jianren was curious: "Who is this?"

Lu Dong is also watching, the leaders of public units seldom ride in BMWs.

"You have to remember this license plate number in order to earn a living in this area." The boss said in a low voice, "This is the eldest son's car."

There are some things that don't need to be said, everyone will naturally understand.

On the other side, Song Na waved from Lu Dong and Lu Jianren, and they went back, Xia Tian had already arrived.

Maybe it was because he just got off the night shift and didn't sleep. Lu Dong felt that Xia Tian's dark circles were thicker than last time. She was listless and yawned from time to time.

"I'm off work today and tomorrow, I'm fine." Xia Tian laughed dimpled: "I'm used to it, it's not too late to go back to sleep in the afternoon."

There were two shifts for 12 hours, and the rest time was far less than 12 hours. A few people walked south along the commercial street while listening to Xia Tian.

"The shift can only be handed over after seven o'clock. After finishing it for at least half an hour, I will arrive at half past six when I go to work, and I have to hold a meeting before I can go to work..."

It is true that the wages of working here are high, and so is the hard work.

Song Na held an umbrella in one hand and held her cousin in the other: "Your high wages here are all bought with time."

Xia Tian has grown up and got used to it: "Isn't that what you always do when you enter a factory as a worker?"

Walking along the commercial street for a while, there are more and more people, Xia Tian said: "Many people in the factory have raised funds to buy houses here, and the main dormitory area is also here. This commercial street has the largest traffic in the vicinity. of."

Lu Dong could tell that even in the middle of the morning, there were many people on the street.

When Xia Tian said this, she took out a few pieces of paper from her bag and gave them to Song Na: "I asked someone to get this, the age structure statistics of the employees in the factory."

Song Na took a look and found that the front-line workers and employees are basically under the age of 25.

"Will there be any trouble?" Song Na asked concerned.

"It's okay." Xia Tian didn't care much: "This is something that is public, and no one usually pays attention to it."

The most intuitive impression of this street is that the flow of people is very large, but vision can sometimes deceive people. When he came near the entrances and exits of the east and west communities and the dormitory, Lu Dong randomly found a place, stopped and waited for a while, counting silently. The flow of people passing by per unit time.

Under normal circumstances, the mid-morning is a time period when there is relatively little traffic. Lu Dong changed positions two times in a row, and the results he got were very good.

Song Na was also wandering around the neighborhood. When she saw a store selling women's products, she would go in and have a look. She would also buy some related products and communicate with the store.

There are many young people here, many young female workers, and there are also shops selling small accessories.

There must be a market for Wenxin Business to open here.

How many girls don't like such a beautiful gadget? Besides, here are girls who can earn money by themselves and have independent spending power.

Turning from the north end of the commercial street to the south end, it was close to 11:30 in the morning. Lu Dong found a hot pot restaurant and invited Xia Tian to have dinner together.

A few people didn't drink, and ordered a lot of meat and vegetables.

Xia Tian glanced at the ignorant waiter, and said, "Don't talk about the taste here, the people in the store alone are not as comfortable as staying in your hot pot restaurant."

Seeing that the pot was boiling, Lu Dong put meat in it with serving chopsticks: "Each store has its own characteristics, let's try it first."

The four chatted while eating. Lu Dong and Song Na mainly asked about the commercial street and the conditions of the nearby residents and employees.

If you want to open a store here to do business, they are the basic customer group.

"There are stalls set up here at Malatang to sell them at night, and the business is very good." Xia Tian has stayed here all year round, and she doesn't need to go to special knowledge, she knows a lot of things: "Every stall is surrounded by many people. Man, the ones sold here are more expensive, there are 5 strings for 1 yuan in the county, but you can only buy 3 strings for 1 yuan here.”

Lu Dong poured her and Song Na a glass of Jianlibao, and asked, "Did your colleagues go to KFC or McDonald's?"

Xia Tian yawned, and said: "Those who fall in love like to go, there are none in the county, and they go to the city specially, thinking that eating these foreign goods, some will come to show off after eating, what a shit."

Lu Dong nodded slightly. At this stage, these Western-style fast foods have an unusual status in the hearts of young people.

Song Na is concerned about another point: "How is the security here?"

"Very good." Xia Tian thought for a while, and found a comparison: "Anyway, I think it is better than our Qingzhao County's security."

In fact, after several years of high-pressure crackdowns, the social environment has greatly improved, and generally speaking, it is getting better and better.

Xia Tian said again: "There are a lot of foreigners here, and the management is very strict. Among those who open shops and do business, I haven't heard of any messy things."

Lu Dong and Song Na also have personal experience. As far as the overall environment is concerned, it is relatively stable to open a store and do business normally.

Of course, some special industries such as ramen are exceptions.

These industries require special entry conditions, otherwise the troubles could be endless.

After lunch, Lu Dong and Song Na insisted that Xia Tian go back to rest, and the three of them continued to walk around the commercial street. There were more people at noon than in the morning, just to see what was going on in each store.

They will do a preliminary understanding first, and then there will be a special person to do a preliminary market inspection.

For example, for Lu's Catering, Du Xiaobing recruited a market investigation team to conduct detailed store opening research on the business districts where the store opened based on the adjusted Professor Yang's store selection criteria based on Lu's Catering and the specific market conditions.

Go to close to two o'clock, make sure that the flow of people and the environment here are okay, and the group is ready to leave.

When he got to the car, Lu Jianren just opened the door when someone came from the side and handed him a promotional coloring page.