Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

When the administrative order from the Automobile Industry Bureau of the First Ministry of Industrial Machinery allowing the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant to produce jeeps reached the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Fan Youxiang came to He Yuzhu's office with the document in his hand and an excited look on his face, "Director He, the Automobile Industry Bureau has issued a document to our factory, which states that our factory should fully organize the production of jeeps." After saying that, Fan Youxiang handed the red-headed document from the Automobile Industry Bureau in his hand to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu took the document from Fan Youxiang and read it carefully. He looked up at Fan Youxiang with a happy face and said, "Director Fan, we have worked hard for more than two years and finally waited for this day. Next, while ensuring the production of jeeps, we must also speed up the testing of Red Star trucks and strive to have Red Star trucks pass the evaluation and appraisal of the Automobile Industry Bureau this month."

"By the way, Director He, the jeeps produced by our factory don't have a name yet. What do you think we should call them?" Fan Youxiang nodded to show that he understood and then asked.

"Let's call it the Red Star Jeep for now. We'll wait and see if our superiors have a good name. If not, we'll call it the Red Star Jeep. If our superiors have a better name, we'll use their name." He Yuzhu said after thinking for a while.

In fact, He Yuzhu likes the name in his heart, but he feels it is not appropriate to say it. He Yuzhu originally planned to name the jeep "Cruiser", and then produce a smaller one called "Destroyer" and a larger one called "Battleship". The navy soldiers drive destroyers to defend the motherland's sea borders, and the army soldiers drive cruisers to defend the motherland's borders. Now he doesn't know whether the jeep produced by the factory can be favored by the army. If it can be favored by the army, He Yuzhu plans to change the name of the jeep to "Cruiser".

“It’s not the end of the world once the Red Star Jeep is produced. Although we have done a lot of tests on the Red Star Jeep during production, it does not mean that the Red Star Jeep produced by our factory is flawless. After the Red Star Jeep is delivered to the customer, we must communicate with the customer regularly to understand their actual feelings about the Red Star Jeep produced by our factory. Only in this way can we find out the shortcomings and improve the problems found by customers in the subsequent jeep production. Only in this way can the jeeps produced by our factory become better and better. Director Fan, next you have to do a good job of connecting with the department, find out which units use the jeeps we produce, and then the task of communicating with these customers will be left to you.” He Yuzhu said with a serious face.

"Director He, please rest assured that I will complete the task you assigned to me." Fan Youxiang replied solemnly.

"The problems reported by customers must be recorded clearly and reported to the production workshop and technical personnel in a timely manner. It is meaningless to record the problems without making improvements to them. I will periodically check the rectification of the problems reported by customers. Okay, Director Fan, go to the workshop and announce that I will call a meeting of all the cadres and employees of the factory to announce that our factory has been approved for production."

"Okay, Director He, where do you want to hold the meeting?" Fan Youxiang asked.

"Let's just set it at the entrance of workshop 1. There's no need to do anything fancy. I'll just say a few simple words and we'll have to start production right after the meeting." He Yuzhu instructed Fan Youxiang.

"I'll do it right away, and I'll call you when the workers are assembled."

"No need to call me, I'll go with you. While you gather the workers, I'll just wait at the door of a workshop." After saying that, He Yuzhu stood up from his chair and walked towards a workshop.

When Fan Youxiang called the cadres and workers together, He Yuzhu was standing at the door of a workshop waiting. Soon, the cadres and workers began to gather at the door of a workshop. After Fan Youxiang walked around the crowd, he came to He Yuzhu and whispered, "Director He, I have checked with the leaders of each group. All the employees in the factory are here. You can start your speech." After that, Fan Youxiang handed He Yuzhu a loud speaker.

He Yuzhu took the loudspeaker handed over by Fan Youxiang, glanced at the workers surrounding him, and realized that he was standing a little low, so He Yuzhu decisively climbed into the truck compartment parked nearby. After standing, He Yuzhu held the loudspeaker and said, "To all the employees of the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant, today I want to announce a good news, that is, the jeep produced by our factory has passed the national appraisal. Just now, the First Industrial Machinery Department issued an order to our factory to start the production of jeeps immediately."

The workers cheered enthusiastically. He Yuzhu and other workers cheered a little less loudly. They used their hands to signal for silence. The workers immediately quieted down and looked at He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu continued, "Next, while we are fully committed to the production of jeeps, we must also speed up the testing of trucks and strive to get the trucks produced by our factory to pass the national appraisal as soon as possible."

"At the same time, in order to ensure the production of jeeps, I announce the following requirements. First, all cadres must take two days a week to personally participate in production labor at the front line. When cadres participate in production labor, they must obey the orders of the team leader of the workshop production team; second, workers must actively participate in the management of the machinery manufacturing plant. Anyone has the right to make suggestions on unreasonable rules and regulations in the factory and unreasonable aspects of production. The suggestions are now discussed within each production team. After the discussion is passed, the team leader will report to the workshop director. After receiving the suggestions from the team leader, the workshop director must make corrections as soon as possible, and report to me in a timely manner if he cannot make the decision. Anyone who dares to suppress workers' active suggestions will be inspected in front of all employees in the factory for the first time, and will be directly transferred from his current job for the second time."

"Third, production safety is paramount, and no one is allowed to violate regulations. The director of each workshop is the first person in charge of the safety production of the workshop. Each workshop director must strictly implement the factory's various safety production rules and regulations and conduct safety production training for workers regularly. Workers must strictly abide by various safety production regulations during production. If anyone dares to disobey the factory's safety production rules and regulations in order to improve production efficiency, the first time it is discovered, they will be checked in front of all the workers in the workshop and their qualifications for the selection of outstanding employees will be revoked. The second time it is discovered, the director of the worker's workshop will be given a warning. For those who seriously violate the regulations but do not cause casualties or property losses, the workers will be directly given a warning and the workshop director will be given a serious warning."

"For casualties and property losses, the factory will set up an accident investigation team headed by me, and whether to impose penalties will be determined by the results of the accident investigation. If the injuries are caused by worker negligence or illegal operation, the workshop director will be given a serious warning. If the deaths are caused, the workshop director will be directly dismissed."

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, the workers below started to talk. He Yuzhu ignored the workers' discussions and continued loudly: "Those dead workers have paid the price with their lives. It is inappropriate to hold them accountable, whether from an emotional or rational point of view. But you directors, don't think of running away. If I am responsible, I will also apply to my superiors for punishment."

Then He Yuzhu said earnestly: "My fellow workers, each of us is the backbone of our family. It is advisable to work hard to improve production efficiency and make more contributions to the country and the factory, but we cannot sacrifice our lives. Everyone has only one life. Think about it, if you die, the factory will give your family a pension, but what about your parents, wife, and children? How will they live in the future? I still say that to improve production efficiency, you cannot sacrifice safety. If you want to improve production efficiency, you must use your brains more. You can find ways to improve production technology and processing procedures, but you cannot be lazy and save trouble, fail to comply with the safety production system, and produce in an irregular manner, which will make your loved ones cry."

"Okay, I've finished what I need to say. You can go back to production. Workshop director, please stay here. I have something else to say."

Then the leaders of each production team led the workers in their team to leave the meeting in an orderly manner and went to their work stations. After the workers had left, He Yuzhu jumped off the truck, gathered the workshop directors together and said, "Do you have any objections to the punishment I just announced against you?"

The workshop directors hurriedly shook their heads to indicate that they had not. He Yuzhu said bluntly, "I don't care whether you understand or not. What I just announced is set in stone. If anyone can't explain it, they can report to their superiors and apply for transfer. They can directly ask for their superiors' approval. I will never stop you from leaving. But if you want to stay in the machinery manufacturing plant, you must follow the rules I set."

He Yuzhu glanced at the workshop directors and said, "Director Fan, please remember what I am going to say next. In order to improve the production efficiency of jeeps, I have decided to make the following adjustments to the workshops. Workshop 4 will be responsible for the production of engines; Workshop 3 will be responsible for the production of gearboxes; Workshop will be responsible for the production of jeep chassis; Workshop will be responsible for the production of body shells; Workshop will be responsible for the production of seats and steering wheels; Workshop will be responsible for the production of other parts on jeeps; and Workshop will be responsible for the final assembly of the entire vehicle. There are only four workshop directors for now. The three missing ones will be promoted from the existing cadres of the factory. If there are really no suitable candidates, I will report to my superiors to apply for assignment. Before the workshop directors of the new car are fully staffed, I will be fully responsible for the production of jeeps."

"After the seven workshop directors are deployed, all of them must come to my office for a meeting before leaving get off work every day to report on the production status of their workshops that day. If a workshop cannot keep up with the production progress, we must find out the reason in time. If the workshop falls behind, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After that, He Yuzhu slowly glanced at all the workshop directors, his eyes firm and full of expectation. He took a deep breath, then slowed down his tone and said with a hint of gentleness: "Maybe what I just said may make you feel a little pressured, but please remember that pressure brings motivation. Although the scale of our factory is not large at present, as long as all our employees work together, I firmly believe that our factory will be able to grow and become a large factory like the Northeast Automobile Factory."

He Yuzhu paused and continued, "Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant will continue to progress and develop, so I hope you can strengthen your self-study and keep up with the pace of the factory. Otherwise, if you fall behind because your personal abilities cannot adapt to the rapid development of the factory, then there will be no regret medicine in this world for you to take. In addition, I would like to remind everyone that by the end of this year, the workshop director of the most outstanding workshop will have the opportunity to be promoted. At that time, I will strongly recommend this outstanding workshop director to the head office to serve as deputy factory director. The opportunity is already in front of us, and it depends on whether you have the ability to seize it." After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he gently waved his hand, indicating that the workshop directors could leave the meeting room.

After all the workshop directors had left, Fan Youxiang looked at He Yuzhu with a conflicted look on his face. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "Director He, I also want to make a greater contribution to the factory. Do you think I have a chance?" After saying that, Fan Youxiang looked at He Yuzhu with anticipation.

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Director Fan, haven't I already assigned you a task?"

Fan Youxiang scratched his head, looked at He Yuzhu in confusion, and asked, "Director He, when did you assign me a task?"

"Just now in my office, didn't I assign you to be responsible for collecting customers' opinions on the use of our factory's jeeps? You definitely can't do this alone, so I decided to set up an after-sales service center to specifically deal with these issues, and the person in charge of this service center will be you, Director Fan." He Yuzhu looked at Fan Youxiang seriously and said.

When Fan Youxiang heard this, he immediately felt the burden on his shoulders become heavier, but he still nodded firmly and said: "Please rest assured, Director He, since you have entrusted me with such an important task, I will definitely live up to your expectations and try my best to do my best!"

He Yuzhu smiled and continued, "Director Fan, don't underestimate the task I have assigned to you. As long as you can do a good job in after-sales service, you will definitely be a great contributor to our factory. I will definitely reserve the position of deputy factory director for you."

Hearing this, Fan Youxiang was excited. He knew that this was a rare opportunity. If he could successfully complete this task, his future would be bright. So he quickly said, "Director He, don't worry, I will do my best and live up to my mission!"

He Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I believe Director Fan can do a good job. I am optimistic about you, Director Fan." As he said that, he patted Fan Youxiang on the shoulder, giving him encouragement and support.