Material Empire

The middle-level cadres meeting lasted until after get off work. These middle-level cadres who came out of the factory building all had different expressions on their faces. Some were eager to try, some were frowning, and more were indifferent. . In the minds of many cadres, there is the same idea: he is XX, as long as he does not lack my salary, he can do whatever he likes. Toss Qingfeng factory early, maybe I can go to a better unit.

The advantage of state-owned units is that they can guarantee harvests during droughts and floods, and you will never be hungry. No one is worried that if the company goes bankrupt, they will lose their jobs. What everyone cares more about is whether this year's profits can improve a little, so that everyone can see some long-lost bonuses.

People like Xiao Dongping, Xiang Jiyong, and Leng Yuming who are worried about the future of the factory belong to a different kind of middle-level cadres. The three people came together in a tacit understanding, exchanged a look, and they all knew what they were thinking.

It seems that Wei Baolin is determined to do it. Xiao Dongping broke the silence first.

He won't be reconciled if he doesn't ruin Qingfeng Factory. Xiang Ji said bravely.

Do you think there is something interesting about the production of washing machines? Xiao Dongping asked.

Xiang Jiyong asked back: What do you think? You are from the supply and marketing department. Do you think we can sell washing machines if we produce them?

Xiao Dongping thought for a while and said: I haven't thought about it, but what Wei Baolin said is true. Washing machines are so popular in the market now that even my wife keeps telling me to save money to buy them. A washing machine.

What I'm worried about is whether we can produce washing machines. Leng Yuming said, Zhai Jianguo said that township enterprises in the Pearl River Delta can produce washing machines. I've heard of them. But the quality of their products is very unstable. It’s the way of manual workshops. It doesn’t matter if you produce one or two hundred units like this, but if you really want to mass-produce without quality control methods, it is very dangerous.”

Xiang Jiyong said: Now Wei Baolin's thoughts are all on the washing machine, and it's useless to say anything. Our agricultural machinery market is also in a downturn. If we don't switch to washing machines, I'm afraid we can only wait for death.

Speaking of agricultural machinery, Xiao Dongping interrupted and asked, By the way, have you seen that Qin Hai today? Is what he said reliable or not?

Xiang Jiyong pointed at Leng Yuming, and said: Old Leng has tested him and said that his ideas are really good. If we follow suit, we can definitely improve the quality of our blades.

Then why not do it? Xiao Dongping said, If we can solve the quality problem of rotary tillage blades, we can produce 100,000 to 80,000 pieces a year, won't it also solve the urgent need of our factory? In this way Once it comes, we have a reason to tell Wei Baolin not to use the washing machine project for the time being. To be honest, I am really uneasy about this project.

Xiang Jiyong nodded and said: At the meeting just now, I was also thinking about this matter. If Qin Hai's method really works, let's solve the problem of the rotary tillage blade first and open up the market, so that we can talk to Wei Baolin Reasonable reasons. Wei Baolin said that the county supports our factory to switch to washing machines. In the final analysis, it is because our factory has no way out. If the county knows that we can continue to do business in the agricultural machinery market, maybe it will not be so firm in its support Wei Baolin.

Leng Yuming said: Since this is the case, what are we waiting for? Let's go to Qin Hai now and discuss it together.

Now? Both Xiang Jiyong and Xiao Dongping looked at Leng Yuming, Old Leng, don't be in a hurry right now?

Leng Yuming said: When I was in the meeting, I was always thinking about the high-frequency induction surfacing that Qin Hai said. There are a few technical details that I need to check with him. What is the effect and cost of this technology? , We haven’t discussed it in depth, how do you know if it will work? It’s already off work, I guess this guy is in the dormitory now, the three of us will go meet him together.”

Do you know which dormitory he lives in? Xiang Jiyong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He really had no choice but to deal with a technical geek like Leng Yuming.

Leng Yuming said: The single building is only that big, so you can tell if you just ask. By the way, he said that he and Wang Xiaochen are opposite each other. Let's just ask Wang Xiaochen which dormitory he lives in?

Facing Leng Yuming's persistence, Xiang Jiyong and Xiao Dongping had no choice but to give in. In fact, they don't have much to do after work. Their wives are in charge of cooking, and they just need to go back to eat when the time comes. Anyway, there was nothing to do, so the three of them went to the bachelor building together.

It really didn't take much effort to find Qin Hai's dormitory, but when the three of them came to the door of 208, they found that the door was guarded by General Tie, and Qin Hai was not in the room.

Section Chief Xiang, Section Chief Xiao, and Section Chief Leng, are you looking for Qin Hai? Wang Xiaochen asked the three section chiefs as he heard the movement and opened the door.

Xiang Jiyong said: Wang Xiaochen, do you know where Qin Hai has gone?

Wang Xiaochen shook his head and said, I don't know, he was dragged away by Fatty and Miao Lei as soon as he got off work, so he probably went somewhere to play.

This fat man! Xiang Jiyong scolded, I haven't learned well all day long, and even dragged Qin Hai into the water. Later, I have to talk to Qin Hai, and let him stop hanging around with fat people and doing nothing.

Okay, Qin Hai is not in the room, old Leng, you just give up? Xiao Dongping stretched his waist and said to Leng Yuming, Let's go back to eat. If there is anything else, we can talk about it tomorrow.

Okay, well, I don't want to understand these places. I don't think I can sleep well tonight. Leng Yuming said with a sad face.

Three section chiefs, when Qin Hai comes back, do you want me to tell him something? Wang Xiaochen asked.

Xiang Jiyong thought for a while, then shook his head and said, No need, you don't need to say that we have been here, just tell him to come to work in the casting workshop on time tomorrow.

Okay, goodbye to the three section chiefs. Wang Xiaochen waved to the three and watched them go down the stairs.

Besides, Qin Hai, at this time, was sitting with Ning Mo and the other three at a fried rice noodle stand outside the gate of the iron and steel factory, eating beef fried noodle while chatting about earning money.

Ning Mo has known Qin Hai for less than 30 hours in total, but during this time, Ning Mo has thought of countless ideas of making money with Qin Hai. Although he is a fat man, he has inherited a lot of genes from his father who was the factory manager, and he has the ideal of earning a lot of money since he was a child.

In Ning Mo's view, the greatest meaning of life is to be able to buy two big fat elbows, eat one, and save the other for eating the next day. To buy elbows, one must have money. It takes a lot of money to afford a elbow a day.

In order to make money, he can go to the street to sell farm tools during the dog days, and he is also willing to go into Zhang Laosan's blacksmith shop to endure the high temperature of the briquette stove. However, all his efforts so far are not enough for him to realize his ideal of eating enough elbows. At best, he and his friends can only go to a restaurant for a tooth festival every half a month.

After discovering that Qin Hai possessed a set of superb skills, Ning Mo was thinking about how to make the most of this new friend so as to realize his dream of making money.

Qin Hai, are you interested in forming a partnership with the three of us so that we can expand the business of agricultural tools? Ning Mo looked at Qin Hai earnestly, making Qin Hai feel a sense of crisis.

What, Fatty, are you planning to set up an agricultural machinery factory? Qin Hai asked with a smile.

Ning Mo shook his head: How is this possible? I mean, let's get some scrap iron from the workshop and some farm tools together. The three of us are in charge of blacksmithing, and you are in charge of heat treatment. If our farm tools can be as strong as yesterday, then every time we You can sell things worth tens of dollars every Sunday.”

Is it considered stealing to get scrap iron from the workshop? Qin Hai asked curiously.

Who didn't do this? Ning Mo said disdainfully, Wei Baolin made the factory a mess, and the bonuses can't be paid out. How can everyone survive if they don't make some extra money?

But everyone makes scrap iron, is there so much scrap iron in the workshop? Qin Hai asked.

Yu Haitao nodded and said, You're right, it's getting more and more difficult to get scrap iron now. There are also some workers who steal materials to sell. I'm in the warehouse and know this matter best.

Let's not do this kind of thing. Qin Haidao, I don't know the situation in the factory, but this kind of blatantly breaking the corner of the factory is always illegal. If you want to make money, there are many ways, we don't have to doing this kind of illegal business.

What can you do? Ning Mo stared at Qin Hai and asked.

Qin Hai smiled and said: As the saying goes, knowledge is power, and knowledge is money. In this age, when gold is everywhere, how can it be possible that you can't make money? However, I just arrived in Pingyuan. I don’t know the situation in Pingyuan yet, so it’s not so easy for me to come up with a way to make money right away... Uh, maybe the opportunity has come.”

When he said the last sentence, he changed his words suddenly, because he found an acquaintance walking hurriedly in this direction with a small cloth bag in his hand. When he saw Qin Hai and the others, a happy smile appeared on the face of the acquaintance.