Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong is not in a hurry to purchase parts in large quantities.

In 1988, the price breakthrough caused the prices of various commodities across the country to skyrocket. The country also realized this and began to rectify the overall economic order.

In 1989, the state adopted more resolute control measures, tightened both fiscal and credit expenditures, controlled currency issuance, controlled the scale of credit, compressed infrastructure investment, adjusted the economic structure, controlled the growth of residents' income, and restrained the Excessive consumer demand.

After these series of measures were taken, they have indeed successfully stopped the rise in prices and helped China survive the difficult economic years.

Therefore, in the next two years, prices will be relatively stable, and the purchase of spare parts will not be rushed.

And the next price increase will have to wait until 1993, four years from now.

Li Weidong's next plan is to expand the electric furnace factory.

To be a labor-intensive industry requires a certain scale. The expansion of production scale can also reduce production costs. Of course, this is based on effective management.

There are now more than 250 workers in the electric furnace factory. Li Weidong does not think that the order of 400,000 toasters can be completed by this person. Therefore, the expansion of the electric furnace factory is imperative.

Li Weidong plans to build a few more factories, and then recruit 250 workers, bringing the scale of the electric furnace factory to 500.

In the manufacturing industry, enterprises with more than 300 employees are already considered to be medium-sized enterprises.

In order to expand the electric furnace factory, Li Weidong went to town again and asked for a few acres of land around the electric furnace factory.

The town is also very happy to see the expansion of the electric furnace factory. First, because the expanded electric furnace factory can generate more taxes; second, the expanded electric furnace factory will recruit more workers to solve the employment problem for the town. .

Recruiting 250 more workers means that 250 families can get rid of poverty and become rich. Poverty alleviation is still very important for the government at the township level. acres of land.

...

At the same time, in the high temperature component factory, Guo Yunyuan was talking on the phone with his peers.

"Hey, old Zhang, is there any news about the last time I asked you about it? Yes, it's about the order? Oh, your factory has not received a large order for heating rods! Okay, I understand, thank you! Come back! Come to Qinghe, let's have a good drink."

Guo Yunyuan put down the phone and let out a long breath.

"This Li Weidong didn't go to other manufacturers to buy heating rods! He is really calm enough." Guo Yunyuan said to himself.

400,000 toasters require at least 2.4 million heating rods, which is a huge order for any manufacturer of high-temperature components.

And this kind of huge order, there is no way for any manufacturer to hide it. Guo Yunyuan only needs to make a circle of phone calls to know who has received a large order for the heating rod.

Nowadays, the production plants of various high-temperature components have not received orders for heating rods.

This means that Li Weidong did not go to other manufacturers to buy heating rods.

This is good and bad for Guo Yunyuan. The good news is that the order for the 2.4 million heating rods is still there.

The bad news is that Li Weidong is really able to calm down, and he has no intention of compromising until now.

"This young man, why is his temper so stubborn, you have already won hundreds of millions of orders, what if you give me more than two million profits?" Guo Yunyuan said to himself.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the men walked in.

"Mr. Guo, the person I sent to Xiangyang Town Electric Furnace Factory to inquire about the news is back," his subordinate said.

"What's going on at the electric furnace factory? Without our heating rods, they shouldn't be able to continue production, right?" Guo Yunyuan asked.

The subordinate nodded: "The electric furnace factory is not producing, and looking at the situation, they will not be able to produce within this month."

"Stance? What stance?" Guo Yunyuan asked.

"The electric furnace factory is building a factory building. There are more than 200 strong laborers who have gone to several villages in Xiangyang Town. In addition to the original workers in their factory, there are about 400 to 500 people working there. I estimate that five The month will not be finished." The subordinate said.

"With an order of 400,000 toasters in hand, instead of going to production, a factory is being built. What kind of routine is this?" Guo Yunyuan suddenly became confused.

...

There is no need for a professional construction team to build a house in a rural area, but a large group of farmers can be called directly to build the house.

At that time, the peasants in the countryside knew some construction work, such as cement, bricklaying, tile laying, carpentry, etc. Although they were not very proficient in these construction sites, they all knew a little.

The workers in the electric furnace factory are all farmers, and it is not difficult for them to work on the construction site. Since there is no production task in the factory, everyone is happy to go to the construction site to move bricks and earn an extra salary.

The values ​​of the earliest generation of migrant workers in China are quite simple, and many people only need to have a job. You can work in a factory, or you can move bricks at the construction site. Anyway, they are all selling labor. As long as they can make money, they don’t choose jobs at all.

In future generations, it would be impossible to arrange workers on the assembly line to move bricks, even if you give them money!

The young men who came to the factory to work in later generations came to the front line of the factory to have a knowledge contest to answer three questions. Do you work night shifts in your factory? How many female workers are there in your factory? Does your dorm have WIFI? What? The dorm doesn't even have WIFI? Whoever you like to find, the uncle will not serve you! go!

...

Ma Zhongyi was supervising the construction site, but was called into the office by Li Weidong.

At the door of the office, Ma Zhongyi did not enter, but patted the dust on his body with a towel, and at the same time asked, "Wei Dong, what are you looking for?"

"Brother Ma, come in and sign." Li Weidong pointed to a document in front of him.

Ma Zhongyi walked into the room, picked up the pen, and was about to sign when he saw the words "equity transfer agreement" written in the title of the document.

Ma Zhongyi looked at the content again, his face changed greatly, and he asked, "Wei Dong, what do you mean?"

"Brother Ma, this electric furnace factory is also built by you little by little, and the production depends on you on weekdays. You can accept the 3% of the shares!" Li Weidong said.

"That won't work, I can't ask for this share! You built this electric furnace factory with your money, you provided the product, and you found the market. I haven't done anything, so how can I ask for your share? "

Ma Zhongyi shook his head and continued: "And you also paid me wages, hundreds of wages a month, and bonuses for completing a batch of orders, which is more than what our mayor earns! I bought it too! I have a motorcycle, and I have a color TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine at home, so I'm quite satisfied."

"Brother Ma, you really don't have much involvement in the operation of this enterprise, but in terms of production, it is all up to you to maintain it. For this alone, you have to take shares!" Li Weidong persuaded.

"Isn't this what I should do! And I, Ma Zhongyi, don't have much ability, so I can manage production. As far as the work I do, it's not worth your share." Ma Zhongyi continued to refuse.

"Brother Ma, look at Wang Kaiping, don't you also take 3% of the shares? Your usual contribution to the factory is no less than that of Wang Kaiping. Taking 3% of the shares is a matter of course."

Li Weidong paused, then said: "Wang Kaiping is my father's apprentice, I take him as a brother, he also takes me as a brother, I give him the lonely grave in the factory, it can be regarded as a blessing and a blessing.

Brother Ma, we have been together for two years, right? Li Weidong treats you as a brother. If you also treat me, Li Weidong, as a brother, you will receive 3% of the shares! "

At this point, Ma Zhongyi only felt warm in his heart. Ma Zhongyi was originally a person who attached great importance to feelings and loyalty. Since Li Weidong regarded himself as a brother, what else could be said!

So Ma Zhongyi picked up the pen and signed his name on the Equity Transfer Agreement.

...

Although Ma Zhongyi came from a farmer, he was definitely the number one capable man in Xiangyang Town. After a period of observation, Li Weidong found that Ma Zhongyi was a human being, was fair, and was loyal. The workers were very convinced of Ma Zhongyi. And Ma Zhongyi also manages the electric furnace factory in an orderly manner, and there is no problem in terms of ability.

With Ma Zhongyi's character, he cannot be an excellent entrepreneur, but he is definitely a good factory manager. Li Weidong's men are lacking such a talent.

As far as factory management is concerned, the United States, Europe and Japan all have scientific management models. In the 1980s and 1990s, Japanese corporate management was highly regarded, and many management-related courses took the Japanese corporate management model as the basis. Cases and research objects.

However, scientific management is aimed at workers with a certain culture. If the other party is illiterate or quasi-illiterate, the so-called advanced management methods of developed countries are basically useless.

To manage a group of peasants with low education level, they have to rely on a manager from a rural area like Ma Zhongyi. At this stage, it is impossible for Li Weidong to find a more senior manager.

Given China's national conditions at the time, Li Weidong would need to rely on these laborers with low literacy levels for a long time in the future, and he would also need to rely on people like Ma Zhongyi for management.

Therefore, for the future development of the company, Li Weidong must also bring Ma Zhongyi under his command. The best way to win over talents is naturally to send shares. This method has been used for hundreds of years since the beginning of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it has been tried and tested.

Seeing that Ma Zhongyi signed his name on the Equity Transfer Agreement, Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, "Brother Ma, from now on, you are also the boss of our factory, and this electric furnace factory will become ours. own business!"

"Wei Dong, what you said, treat me as an outsider, don't you?" Ma Zhongyi said mockingly.

Li Weidong went on to say: "Brother Ma, since this is our own business, I have a few words from the heart, and I will say it here."

Knowing that Li Weidong was going to say something important, Ma Zhongyi immediately put on a serious face.

Li Weidong went on to say: "Brother Ma, after the new factory is built, our factory will still have to recruit workers. I have already promised that the town will only recruit people from various villages in Xiangyang Town, and not from other towns. The villages are well aware that you are responsible for recruiting workers.

At that time, try to pick some honest and responsible people. It doesn't matter if the education level is lower, as long as they are obedient and work hard, we don't want to cheat and play tricks. Also, I guess someone will come to you to go through the back door, and you have to close the door at that time. If you can really work, let's stay. If you want to mess around, let's go as soon as possible! "

Ma Zhongyi nodded seriously: "Weidong, don't worry about this, I am very familiar with all the people from ten miles and eight villages. I will know who is a slob and who is a bastard in any village. At that time, we will definitely not let those kind of people who make up their money come into our factory!"

Li Weidong then instructed: "There is one more thing, the scale of our factory will become larger in the future, you are afraid that you will not be able to control all aspects. Look at the old employees, if there are people who are more clever and can convince the public, choose a few, Give them a promotion and let them play you. It's time for us to start building the management team too."

"Okay, I really have a few suitable candidates there. I'll take a closer look and pick out a few." Ma Zhongyi replied.

...

In a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of June, and it was the season of mango seedlings.

Guo Yunyuan has been waiting for an order from the electric furnace factory, but after waiting for a month, Li Weidong showed no sign of compromising.

Throughout May, the electric furnace factory has been busy building new buildings, and production has been completely put aside.

Guo Yunyuan felt that Li Weidong had forgotten the order for the 400,000 toasters. Guo Yunyuan even wanted to make a phone call to remind Li Weidong that none of your 400,000 toasters have been produced yet!

Finally, Guo Yunyuan couldn't hold his breath anymore. After all, this was an order for 2.4 million heating rods. If he won this order, it would be enough for the high temperature component factory to eat and drink spicy food for a while.

So Guo Yunyuan personally came to Xiangyang Town Electric Furnace Factory.

However, the door of the electric furnace factory was closed, and there was no sound inside, which was extraordinarily quiet.

"Didn't you say a new factory is under construction? Why is there no movement?" Guo Yunyuan got out of the car, walked to the door, and looked inside through the crack of the door.

"Wang wang wang wang..." A dog barking came, and when Huitou and Tuface heard someone outside, they barked wildly at the gate.

Although the two dry dogs didn't have enough food, they were still unambiguous when they guarded the door.

Hearing the barking of the dog, the janitor came out of the concierge with a cigarette bag and a pot.

"Who are you looking for?" The gatekeeper said to Guo Yunyuan outside the crack of the door.

The pungent smell of dry smoke immediately made Guo Yunyuan feel suffocated, it was too high!

Guo Yunyuan took a step back, and then said, "I'm from the high temperature component factory, I'm here to find you, Director Li!"

"Director Li is not here." The janitor shook his head.

"It's okay to find the director of the horse factory." Guo Yunyuan continued.

"The manager of the horse factory isn't here either," the janitor replied.

"What about Accountant Wang?" Guo Yunyuan continued to ask.

"Accountant Wang isn't here either!" the janitor replied.

Guo Yunyuan was a little discouraged, so he had to ask: "Who is in charge of your factory?"

"No more!" the janitor continued; "besides me, only the guards are on duty."

"Where's that person?" Guo Yunyuan paused, then asked, "Could it be that your factory has closed down?"

"Your factory just closed down!" The janitor said angrily, and then said, "Everyone in the factory has gone back to the village to harvest wheat during the holiday, and they won't be able to come back until next week at the earliest!"

Guo Yunyuan is confused again!

"What's the situation? Going back to the village to harvest wheat? Are you no longer engaged in production? That is an order of more than 20 million US dollars! Don't you plan to ask for it? How much wheat can you buy for more than 20 million US dollars? Even 2,000 yuan for the purpose of harvesting wheat. I don’t care about more than ten thousand dollars, can’t you tell which is more important?

No production is arranged at this time, and workers are allowed to go home to harvest wheat on vacation. Is this Li Weidong a fool? How did such a fool go to the Canton Fair? How did you get a foreign trade order worth 20 million US dollars? Are foreigners so easy to deceive these days?

Even if Li Weidong is naive, can Ma Zhongyi not also be naive? And that accountant Wang, a person who settles accounts shouldn't be stupid, right? Why don't they persuade a few words! My goodness, what kind of factory is this! "

...

The first weekend after the Dragon Boat Festival.

Li Weidong got up from the bed, came to the dining table after washing, picked up a zongzi, then looked at the knot on it, put it back with some disgust, then picked up the second zongzi, and also looked at the rope Knot, put it back again.

"Mom, why are these zongzi made of bean paste and no candied dates?" Li Weidong shouted.

"There were originally two candied dates, which should have been eaten by your brother." Zhou Yunxiu's voice sounded.

"Hey, bean paste is not as sweet as candied dates." Li Weidong picked up the bean paste meat dumpling in disgust, and helplessly peeled off the leaves.

Zhou Yunxiu came over with a small plate of white sugar and said, "If you don't like it sweet, just dip it in the sugar."

Seeing a plate of white sugar, Li Weidong smiled instantly. The sticky glutinous rice dipped in white sugar was still delicious, no worse than candied jujube dumplings.

Li Weidong was eating rice dumplings when the phone rang suddenly.

A big boss like Li Weidong, of course, needs to have a phone at home. At that time, a phone cost 3,000 yuan, which was on top of two years' wages for ordinary workers. The average family could not afford a phone.

Li Weidong wiped his hands, walked over to the phone, and picked it up.

"Hey, is that Director Li?" the other party asked.

"It's the horse's office!" Li Weidong continued: "Did you have a rest this weekend? They all came to my house, any instructions?"

"I don't have time to rest now! Something big has happened!" Ma Dexing said.

"What should have come is still here!" Li Weidong secretly said in his heart, but he asked knowingly: "Director Ma, what happened?"

"Why do I hear you gloating!" Ma Dexing said.

"How dare I!" Li Weidong smiled and continued; "I'm just a commoner, I've never been a soldier, and I don't even count as a reservist. Even if I go to war, it's not my turn to go first! Of course, if the country needs it If I go to the battlefield, I will definitely fight the invaders to the end!"

Ma Dexing said anxiously: "If I remember correctly, you signed an order of 22 million US dollars at the Canton Fair, right? 16 million of which is for toasters and 6 million for air fryers! I'm asking if you're in a hurry now?"

"Have Wal-Mart and He also come to return the goods?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"Not really, but it should be very soon." Ma Dexing said.

"This is really bad news. The business of more than 22 million US dollars seems to be yellow!" Li Weidong said calmly.

"Isn't it going to be yellow! I'm so anxious! I have two bubbles on my mouth in such a hurry!" Ma Dexing's voice changed, and then said: "No, I heard your tone, it seems that you are not in a hurry at all! "

"I'm in a hurry too." Li Weidong's tone remained calm.

"I didn't hear where you were in a hurry!" Ma Dexing replied.

"That's it, I just finished eating the zongzi, and we have a saying here. I just finished eating the zongzi, so I can't be anxious or angry, or my intestines will stick together." Li Weidong replied.

"I said Director Li, I think you're really not in a hurry! It's this time, and you're still thinking about eating zongzi and worrying about sticking to your intestines? How big of a family business do you have? An order of 2 million US dollars, if it is exchanged for more than 100 million yuan, will be gone!" Ma Dexing said a little frantically.

"Mother wants... um... right, this kind of thing is not something I can decide. Is it useful to be anxious?"

Li Weidong originally wanted to say "Mother wants to get married", but the old man Li Dengke was coming out of the bathroom. Li Weidong thought, in front of his father that his mother wanted to marry, the old man would slap himself twice, so he quickly stopped Stop talking.

On the phone, Ma Dexing became more and more anxious. He said, "You are really big-hearted. If you lose more than 100 million yuan, you just say 'is it useful to be anxious'? It's not your money that is lost! You are drinking too much, Or Li Bai's "Jiangjinjiu" too much, I really thought that all the money would come back!"

"Look at what you said, what am I drinking this early in the morning!" Li Weidong smiled and then said, "Director Ma, you can think about it from another angle, foreign businessmen don't want goods, it is a breach of contract, breach of contract If so, then the deposit paid by the foreign businessman is ours! It's a waste of money!"

"Deposit? How much? Can it be worth the order of more than 20 million?" Ma Dexing said disdainfully.

"Director Ma, I signed a contract with Walmart, and the deposit is 50%. That is to say, the business of 22 million will earn 11 million in vain. I think this is quite a lot. Hello, Director Ma. Chang, are you listening?" Li Weidong said.

On the other side of the phone, Ma Dexing fell into a long silence.