Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

After several days and nights of long-distance bus ride, Su Chen felt a little exhausted. He yawned and stopped a car to take him back to the steel mill. For Su Chen, there was nothing else important to do in Guangzhou, so he might as well go back to the factory and start production. Moreover, he had already given the Ethiopian merchants a "good meal" with his seamless steel products.

After selling the seamless steel pipes that were originally considered scrap at a sky-high price, Su Chen's trip to the Yangcheng Military Exhibition can be said to have perfectly achieved his goal.

As soon as Su Chen returned to the factory, he first placed his luggage at the security office, and then asked the security personnel to take the souvenirs and distributed food that had been mailed, and then go into the workshop together.

When the workers saw Su Chen coming back with bags, they rushed forward to help. "Director, you are finally back."

"Did you bring some special products from Guangzhou? Let's share some among everyone."

"Tell me, what is Guangzhou like? Is it really that hot?"

The workers took turns asking questions. Although they respected Su Chen, they still felt close to him. Su Chen smiled and took out some souvenirs to distribute to the comrades around him.

"Share it with everyone. This is the souvenir I brought back for everyone."

They thought Su Chen was just joking, but he actually brought back a lot of gifts. This friendly gesture not only brought the workers closer to Su Chen, but also directly won their hearts.

Although those specialties were not valuable, they expressed the factory director Su Chen's thoughts for them.

Previously, although the workers did make money under Suchen's leadership, they still had some uneasiness about this change. In the past, when it was a state-owned enterprise, even if the factory director had a bad attitude, they would just complain privately. However, after Suchen took over, the factory became a private enterprise. Working under a private boss, they must be more concerned about the attitude of the factory director.

If the factory manager Su Chen was not approachable, the employees would still feel anxious even if they earned more. Fortunately, Su Chen has always been very tolerant and still pays attention to the needs of each worker in these trivial matters.

After receiving these items, every worker was touched by the sincere friendship. After all the souvenirs were distributed and he took one for himself, Su Chen clapped his hands and encouraged the workers to return to work. "After distributing the souvenirs, go back to your own work!" After Su Chen said these words, the other workers did not dare to continue to surround him and could only turn around and return to their respective positions.

With happy expressions on their faces, they walked to their respective production line positions with the souvenirs they had just received in their hands.

Before distributing the souvenirs, Su Chen had already prepared a sufficient number based on the factory employee list. Even though these were cheap little items, the total cost was not something that an ordinary family could afford. If it weren't for the sales quota this time, Su Chen wouldn't have been able to purchase such a large number of souvenirs.

Those portions that had not yet been delivered were also delivered to the workers by their colleagues on the same shift. Within half a day, everyone had received their portion.

With the welfare in hand, the workers' enthusiasm was even higher, and almost all of them held on to those things as if they were priceless treasures.

After seeing everyone gradually dispersing, Su Chen looked around the workshop and deliberately left the head of the production department to communicate with him.

"Mr. Wang, we are going to set up another production line for the production and processing of continuous seamless steel pipes." After hearing this, Director Wang, the person in charge of the production workshop, looked at Su Chen with a little confusion.

"Director, didn't you say earlier that you canceled the order for water pipes?"

"We have a new order now. You are responsible for arranging a production line and adding the previous rifling process."

The workshop director certainly understood Su Chen's previous efforts to add rifling technology, and even though he was still confused about it, he agreed to the factory director's proposal. "Okay, factory director, this will be implemented soon."

After receiving the instructions, the director immediately got busy dispatching personnel and technology.

The conversation between Su Chen and the workshop director soon aroused the curiosity of many workers. "Has the factory director successfully sold the backlog of water pipes?"

"Based on what he said just now, it should be about time, otherwise why would the factory director come back here so early?"

"Indeed, judging from the process, a place as far away as Yangcheng should have waited another week for the factory manager to come back."

"Are you all not surprised by which major customer this is? Not only is it purchasing, but it is also placing subsequent orders."

"You're right; if it's to solve the problem of previous inventory, why increase production capacity? This obviously means that the factory has new goods to sell."

These words aroused speculation among many workers; but after they finished chatting, they returned to their respective posts and concentrated on manufacturing.

Even though they are curious, they ultimately have to consider the importance of actual salary.

The workers calmed themselves down a bit and then went back to work with great anticipation.

After Suchen implemented the new management method, the employees' enthusiasm was greatly improved, because they had to get through every day regardless of whether they were slacking off or working hard.

In the past, even if they worked very hard, they might not see a significant increase in their monthly salary.

But the situation is different now. Workers only need to work to the best of their ability to get corresponding compensation.

This incentive mechanism slightly affects their work efficiency - after all, every second can potentially turn into real money.

Seeing the workers' spontaneous enthusiasm for work, Su Chen could not help but nod in approval of their professionalism. Meanwhile, at the bank, the Red Star Steel Plant received a foreign deposit.

"Manager, another amount of foreign exchange has been remitted to the Red Star Factory."

After hearing this, other staff members immediately gathered to watch.

“This is from Ethiopia.”

"Who is this person called Su Chen? Why can he continue to receive such large amounts of foreign currency transfers?" Everyone looked at the fund transfers shown in the account of Red Star Steel Plant in amazement.

Previously, they had already looked at the young Director Su differently because of the 100,000 US dollars transferred from the Consulate General of Camel Country; they did not expect that this time it would be another 100,000 US dollars.

Once again, the bank staff was impressed by his business skills. After the contract was signed, the Ethiopian country representative personally verified the training guidance and found it invaluable.

The academic affairs representative then transferred the first deposit for the seamless steel pipe to the company account.

He moved very quickly, and the habit he developed in the army made him not hesitate. Since it has been proven that Su Chen's batch of seamless steel pipes is worth the money, he will not delay at all.

The bank staff were all shocked. If it weren't for the nature of their work, they probably wouldn't have known what the Ethi Country was. They speculated when Su Chen had established contact with this country. The staff were talking to each other, full of doubts.

"Wasn't there a military exhibition in Yangcheng not long ago?"

"Military exhibition? I'm not interested in that and I haven't paid attention to it."

"Maybe Director Su went to attend that exhibition. It is said that many foreign ** would come to visit at that time."

"So that's how it is. He probably made the deal at the exhibition." Several employees suddenly realized.

If so, Su Chen's efficiency is too high. He just participated in an exhibition and sold the products. Are these foreigners the money-giving boys? Everyone sighed.

In fact, due to past experiences, most people would still avoid foreigners when they saw them, and it was really surprising that Su Chen earned foreign exchange from foreigners time and time again.

Several employees were discussing this, and the bank manager behind them heard it and hurried out: "Su Chen again?"

"Manager, this foreign exchange amount is very huge. Please review it."

The bank staff quickly handed over the remittance slip in their hands. Seeing this, the others, who had been planning to take a break, also gathered around to see the supervisor's expression.

"How on earth did this kid do it!?"

The supervisor couldn't believe it. It hadn't even been a month since we last received foreign exchange from Camel Country! Su Chen had actually won such a large order for the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill!

The supervisor was shocked beyond words. "Director, this amount of foreign exchange is fine, but since Red Star Steel Rolling Mill can get so much foreign exchange, we should..."

Before the employee finished speaking, the supervisor understood what he meant and waved his hand, saying:

"From now on, Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will become an important client of our bank. All matters related to payments and loans will be handled directly by me!"

Although this meant he needed to be on call at all times, he thought it was all worth it if he could gain control of the financial situation of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

The bank manager had a vague feeling: if Su Chen continued to obtain foreign exchange at this rate, it would not be long before the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill would become one of the best factories in the country. Moreover, such a company that made a lot of money every day was actually a state-owned company.

But he knew very well that this was a kind of luck that could not be replicated. If God wanted to give Su Chen this luck, no one could stop him.

Seeing the Red Star Steel Mill prospering, the bank executives were very happy. This meant that there would be a steady flow of foreign exchange into their bank. Even though it could not be compared with the national bank for various reasons, as long as the foreign exchange reserves continued to grow, their bank would be able to take the lead among the major banks in the country.

Thinking of this, the bank manager was even more grateful to Su Chen for choosing their bank to open an account.

"From now on, all business of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will be given priority." The bank manager said seriously.

The bank employees present nodded in agreement. Everyone knew how valuable it was for a company that could bring in a large amount of foreign exchange, so no one dared to neglect it.

The gas cylinder that Su Chen sold to the consul of Camel Country triggered an opportunity for a meeting of superiors. The military ** had planned to come to investigate. Although it took some time to coordinate the relationship between various departments, when everything was ready, the military ** received another report from his subordinates.

"Reporting to the chief, the report document on the Military Expo held in Yangcheng has been completed." A subordinate entered the office and said.

"Put it on the table. I'll take a look at it later." The chief was busy with other matters, so he planned to read the report carefully later. After finishing his other tasks, the chief picked up the report and checked it carefully.

"Only one deal was concluded at this military equipment exhibition held in Yangcheng."

This sentence surprised him, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes. The factory equipment that was originally planned to be sold to ** country unexpectedly changed its mind when the contract was about to be signed. Even though the manufacturers had compromised by lowering the price, the African buyers were still hesitant and finally did not buy it.

Except for the deal that Suchen signed with the Ethiopian government, no more orders were placed. In fact, in the eyes of the representatives of African countries, the purchase of weapons is particularly sensitive. After seeing that the Ethiopian government ordered seamless gun barrels manufactured by Suchen, they did not continue to purchase weapons produced by other factories. If the funds were not limited, they might also choose Suchen's seamless steel pipes.