Replay 07: Opening the Temple of Learning

Chapter 317 Workers do not cooperate

Liang Wenping brought his technical team to the Bidi factory in Shenzhen and immediately carried out drastic reforms.

What to transform?

Of course, it is the production line for manufacturing batteries.

The equipment for preparing graphene cannot be modified, and the production process of lithium batteries and the preparation of graphene batteries are completely different.

From raw materials, preparation process to equipment, there are almost no similarities.

Perhaps only the chemical liquid treatment pool for processing raw materials is somewhat similar.

The most critical graphene preparation equipment is specially made by Lu Shan and must be provided by Lu Shan.

Liang Wenping wants to develop an automated production line to produce batteries.

During the transformation, the full cooperation of the production workshop is naturally required.

Lu Shan's technical team has taken over the production workshop in its entirety, otherwise progress would be very slow.

Previously, all of Bidi’s technicians were asked to help out, do some basic work, and even some physical labor.

It’s not that Liang Wenping and his people are bullying people, but there are some things they really can’t help with.

Take production line control for example. The programming and other things are all unique to Lushan. They are very intelligent and scientific.

Lu Shan’s company is already accustomed to using Coco Assistant.

Lu Shan even specially equipped different cocoa assistants for different industries. These are all internal trials and have not been fully disclosed.

But even this trial version is enough to lead its peers.

In addition, Lu Shan's employees have always been exposed to the latest concepts and the most complex equipment, so some of their operations are incomprehensible to Biddi's technicians. If they don't help with other things, should they get involved?
The time is tight and the task is heavy, and Liang Wenping does not have enough staff. If he had enough staff, he would not have called for help.

Bidi's employees did not fully appreciate the difference. After all, they were not squatting by and watching. They felt that Liang Wenping and others were really rude.

"What are you so proud of! If you are so capable, why don't you build your own production line?"

"That's right, outsiders don't act like outsiders at all, as if this is their territory!"

"Stop talking, our superiors asked us to cooperate in completing the production line, and we will definitely have a chance to understand the detailed operation later. You are just unhappy that they don't show you!"

"Don't say it so lightly, don't you want to see it?"

Bidi's technicians were still unwilling to accept the result and always wanted to compare themselves with people like Liang Wenping.

Because their boss is Lu Shan, the most outstanding young scientist in Xia country today, and his subordinates are definitely very capable.

Of course, colleagues will speculate about the level of Lushan employees. If you can beat them, you will have something to brag about.

But now I don’t even have time to get close, so the competition can only wait until the production line is perfected and I will know by operating it myself.

The production line was transformed very quickly, and the level of transformation is indeed not low. You can tell its efficiency as soon as you start using it, whether it is intelligent or not.

Therefore, Bidi's technicians are more looking forward to the specific ratios in the production process, but this is an absolutely confidential link.

Liang Wenping's team has a detailed confidentiality principle and only allows Bidi's technicians and workers to do the work. They know how to operate but are unaware of more core things.

For example, the ratio of medicine in the reaction pool, and the specific substances added for purification, can only proceed to the next step when time is sufficient.

This kind of cooperation made the technicians itchy and also made Wang Fu, who had been paying attention to it, very distressed and irritated.

Wang Fu thought he could learn something nearby, but he couldn't see anything. What should he do?
Is it possible that I have to wait two years and watch Lu Shan build his own factory and then use it to block me?
It seems that this matter needs to be considered in the long run. Wang Fu also kept his composure and made a keen judgment on some things.

At present, graphene materials are still produced in Jiangzhou and then transported to Shenzhen. This is Lu Shan’s current weakness. As long as the sales volume of Shenchuan remains unchanged, the production capacity of graphene primary materials will be insufficient.

In other words, sooner or later Lu Shan will have to move the graphene production plant to Shenzhen Stock Exchange, even if it is only part of it.

In fact, this is really Lu Shan’s vital point.

The reserves in various industries in Jiangyang Province are far inferior to those in Nanyue Province. If they want to set up another graphene factory, they really don’t have enough talent.

It’s funny to say that Jiangyang Province is a province with a large number of migrant workers, and the main exporting province is Guangdong Province.

Many people from Jiangyang Province have been working away from home for more than ten years, far away from their hometowns and find it difficult to return.

Lu Shan thought of many ways to recruit talents, but Jiangyang Province is located inland and its development has reached its ceiling. Now it is only relying on Lu Shan’s factory to barely survive.

However, this industry cannot benefit the entire province, and it is difficult to support upper, middle and lower-level talents.

So now Lu Shan is holding his breath to see if he can build the core factory before the production can no longer be sustained.

This burden fell again on the students in the natural science laboratory.

Today, the Natural Science Laboratory has expanded to 150 people. There are always young people with dreams coming to apply. We recruit them and enroll them after they pass the assessment.

A considerable number of the people who came here still have student status.

Today these young people go straight into the field, learning by doing.

"Will child soldiers work?" Zhang Leiming was unsure, while Lu Shan had the opposite opinion.

A person's most thoughtful time is when he is a child, but the ideas at that time have no scientific basis.

The second is around the age of 20. Many scientists learn the basics of a subject at this age and then derive new things based on this basis.

Finally, I figured out the most remarkable theory in my life and achieved success.

So Lu Shan wanted to let this kind of talent emerge as early as possible.

The talent problem of the factory in Jiangzhou was also taken seriously by Jiangzhou City. They studied Lushan's needs and then sent targeted invitations to some talents from Jiangyang Province, hoping that they would return home.

Firstly, it is more convenient to go to work near home; secondly, it is convenient to take care of the elderly; thirdly, Lu Shan gives a lot, no less than that in Guangdong Province.

This initiative was the predecessor of the "employment near home" policy, which later developed into a large-scale population return movement in Jiangyang Province.

But there really weren't many people responding at once.

The Jiangyang people who have left the city have become accustomed to the pace of life outside. Many of them have bought houses in other places and brought their children over.

The educational resources, employment resources, business resources, and medical resources outside are obviously much better than those in Jiangyang Province. Besides, they are not sure how long Lushan's factory can survive. A new factory is not enough for them to give up the opportunity in front of them and go back.

Some people, out of desperation, accidentally seized this opportunity, after all, they had concerns about Jiangyang Province.

Every single one of the talents who have returned to the Lushan factory in this way did not do so voluntarily; they did so because they had no other options.

But they will eventually be glad that they came back at this time. In another year, it will be difficult to return to Lushan’s factory.

After Biddy and Lu Shan's cooperation had been going on for a while, bigger problems arose, and this time the problems were obviously more difficult to reconcile.

The technical route adopted by Lushan’s graphene battery is basically different from the original lithium battery production route, so many things come from Lushan.

For example, the purchase and sales of raw materials are all controlled by Lu Shan, which makes some of Bidi’s vice presidents and factory managers feel uncomfortable.

Procurement! Those who understand will understand, and they will know all the tricks.

Lu Shan blocked other people's financial path and caused dissatisfaction among others.

If you are dissatisfied, you will try to make trouble.

Their subordinates also responded, because the deputy general managers took the biggest share and gave smaller portions to the people below them, so there would be some benefits from top to bottom.

So are the top executives at Bidi aware of this situation?
Of course I know it, but as long as it’s not excessive, I generally won’t care.

For example, if the material usage is 10% more, it is obviously an over-report, but there is indeed excess material usage during production, so there is no need to say anything more about this matter.

But if you say that 30% more materials are used, it would be an insult to other people's IQ. Doing this openly is tantamount to challenging others.

Such situations will be dealt with.

This is most evident in those workshops that have vacated their production lines to produce graphene batteries instead of lithium batteries.

At present, no graphene batteries have been sold on the production line, so the income of all production lines has dropped significantly, which makes the workers unhappy.

Under the instigation of some people, all the technicians and processing staff began to slack off and work in disobedience.

It should only take an hour, but it took several hours.

When Liang Wenping and his people were looking for people to do work, they would sarcastically say that they had gained benefits and had no sympathy for others, so naturally they couldn't get anyone to come.

These words left Liang Wenping and the others confused and angry at the same time.

Seeing that things were delayed and obviously behind schedule, Liang Wenping became very anxious and quickly went to Lu Shan to report the situation.

Lu Shan saw through this clearly and found it funny that a big company like Bidi couldn't manage this kind of loophole well. Humans are indeed social animals.

In Lushan's enterprises, this kind of loophole does not exist at all.

The evaluation index for purchasing personnel is the industry average. For example, if the market price of this thing is 10 yuan, and the purchasing person negotiates it down to 8 yuan, then 2 yuan or even 1 yuan of the 1.5 yuan saved can be used as a reward to the purchasing person.

After entering the production stage, the industry uses an average of 10 raw materials to produce one product. If the production team reduces it to 2 raw materials, the value of 1 or 1.5 materials will be used to reward the production team.

The excess raw materials continue to enter the production process.

Work hard on both ends to increase value and reduce costs.

Reporting only as much as you use is tantamount to providing opportunities for kickbacks on both ends, once on the sales side and once on the production side. Can companies afford it?

As for salary income, it is even more different.

In Lushan, you get paid for providing labor. You don't get paid after selling things to see whether you make money or not. This is different from Bidi and even the entire Xia Country.

Rather than saying that Lu Shan blocked other people's extra financial resources, it would be more accurate to say that it was a collision of two different business methods.

So the conflict was bound to happen, sooner or later, and no matter how big or small, Lu Shan was not surprised and was even on guard against it.

"Don't worry about them, just do your job. Delaying the construction period will naturally have its own price, and it's all written in the contract." When Lu Shan said this, Liang Wenping finally felt relieved.

If the project is delayed, there will be liquidated damages. If the product cannot be listed within the stipulated time, Bidi will also bear the relevant responsibilities. If Bidi does not cooperate, it will bear all the responsibilities.

Every time Liang Wenping and his team do something, they habitually record the time and send emails to remind them of the progress. This is a way to preserve evidence and prevent Bidi and his team from refusing to pay their debts later.

"But I'm worried that this will delay our work. If I can communicate, I will try my best." Liang Wenping didn't want to do nothing.

Lu Shan shook his head on the other end of the phone: "Bidi thinks that Zemeng Energy Company is begging them, so there is a high probability that they will not stop. Be prepared."

For the convenience of management, the graphene battery factory was named Zemeng Energy Company and was managed completely independently.

With Lu Shan's instructions, Liang Wenping's team no longer strongly requested Bidi to cooperate. They communicated verbally, in writing and by email, and preserved evidence in all aspects.

Bidi can do it if he wants to, and if he doesn’t want to, that’s fine, and Zemeng Energy Company won’t ask.

Seeing that there was not much movement at Zemeng Energy Company, and not even any questioning, the executives of the Biddi factory felt that Lu Shan had compromised, and they were very proud.

So what about Lu Shan? He still can't do anything when he meets me? He really doesn't know how to behave. He doesn't even know how to manage his assistants when cooperating. Does he really think that if Wang Fu agrees, there will be no checks and balances?

Big companies all have factions, and if there are multiple shareholders, the faction phenomenon is even more serious. Sometimes, if you break it down, there will be factions with different backgrounds. You are from this university, I am from that university, and naturally we can't get along.

It is easy for Lu Shan to solve such a situation. He just needs to break down the tasks and do his own job well. The coordination matters will be considered by the supervisors and above.

The division of responsibilities and powers must be clear so that there is no room for shirking responsibility.

The subordinates of Bidi dared to do this because they felt that the law did not hold everyone accountable, and the responsibilities were not clear, so it would be difficult to hold them accountable in the end. Otherwise, no one would dare to do this. Once they were held accountable, they would push the blame up and down.

The matter was soon reported to Wang Fu, who naturally had his own spies.

This time he did not rush to correct the matter, but observed Lu Shan's reaction.

As a result, there was no response from Lu Shan, which made Wang Fu believe that Lu Shan could only rely on Biddy.

In order to confirm this judgment, Wang Fu continued to pretend to be deaf and dumb and observed the development of the incident.

Seeing Wang Fudu's attitude, the people below became even more unscrupulous, and their original worries disappeared.

"Zemeng Energy only has production theory, but does not have sufficient technical capabilities and technical team, so it is unable to monetize the theory. This is a good thing for Bidi. The next step can be to consider adding additional contracts to strive for greater profits and technology transfer opportunities." Wang Fu tapped the table lightly, his thoughts drifting away.

(End of this chapter)