Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

The so-called real gold is not afraid of fire, and the inferior tractors of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory are obviously not real gold.

A tractor that is about to be overhauled in three months, how dare you say that it is not an inferior product?

Experts are not blind, how could they not see the quality problems of Venus tractors!

In the 1990s, "counterfeit and shoddy" was still a relatively new term. At that time, domestic products also showed a relatively obvious trend of polarization in terms of quality.

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, good products, the quality is really good. The Little Swan washing machine, Haier refrigerator, and Hisense TV that can be used for more than 20 years are basically produced in that era.

And poor products, the quality is really poor. After a new household appliance is purchased, various failures begin within three months, and it will fail within half a year.

This happened because the country had not yet formed a systematic management and supervision of product quality at that time.

In the era of planned economy, there was no Quality Supervision Bureau. At that time, there was a unit called the State Administration of Standards, whose main business was to formulate standards for industrial production and engineering projects across the country. All enterprises are required to carry out production in accordance with the standards set by the General Administration of Standards.

In other words, as long as the company's products meet the standards, the task will be completed. Under this system, all the products produced by enterprises are similar, and there is almost no difference in quality.

Since there is no need to consider the market, only production needs to be considered, and companies will not take the initiative to improve product quality.

In 1988, the state established the Bureau of Technical Supervision, which was responsible for standardization, measurement and quality. Among them, the measurement method was passed as early as 1985, the standardization method was implemented in 1989, and the quality method was implemented in 1993.

That is to say, before 1993, there was no legal basis for the supervision of product quality.

At that time, the Technical Supervision Bureau had a quality award review committee. If the product quality of a certain enterprise was relatively good, it would give a national quality award to the people of the whole country. The quality of this enterprise's products is guaranteed.

Many well-known national brands have won this award.

Only companies with relatively poor quality will at most not give awards, and continue to be poor!

In other words, the quality management at that time was to praise good children,

Ignore bad boys.

Because of this, Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory can bring low-quality tractors to the market, because no one cares at all!

When the bad boy is left alone, Zhao Zitian will have nothing to fear. He knows that the quality of the tractors from the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is very poor, and he still dares to sell them on the market.

However, if the quality problem of the Venus tractor was stabbed to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the situation would be different.

Although the Agricultural Machinery Bureau has no power to stop the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory from production, nor to prevent the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory from selling tractors, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau controls the sales channels of agricultural machinery.

The agricultural machinery offices in the counties and townships are all under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, and farmers can only purchase agricultural machinery through the agricultural machinery offices. Can't sell.

After figuring out the pros and cons, Zhao Zitian fell into anxiety. He only hoped that the Agricultural Machinery Bureau could open the door and let Jinxing tractors continue to sell.

...

After nine o'clock in the evening, Zhao Zitian knocked on Sun Weimin's door with two pieces of Zhonghua and two bottles of Maotai.

For things like giving gifts, Zhao Zitian would not dare to come blatantly in the daytime, not to mention the big gifts like Zhonghua and Maotai! He could only come here in the middle of the night.

When Sun Weimin saw that it was Zhao Zitian, his expression was slightly startled, and he quickly pulled Zhao Zitian in, then stretched his head to see if anyone else was outside, and quickly closed the door before saying, "Director Zhao, why are you here?"

"Director Sun, the matter of the tractor in our factory is entirely up to you!" Zhao Zitian said, and handed over the gift.

Sun Weimin waved his hand to refuse: "Director Zhao, what do you mean?"

"A little gift, please accept it with a smile from Director Sun!" Zhao Zitian said quickly.

Sun Weimin glanced at Zhonghua and Maotai, and continued to refuse: "Director Zhao, this gift is too expensive, I can't ask for it!"

"Director Sun, please help us. If we can't sell tractors, our factory will really not be able to survive!" Zhao Zitian said, he took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it directly into Sun Weimin's hands.

Sun Weimin suddenly looked serious: "Director Zhao, what do you mean? Do you want me to make mistakes! Hurry up and take it back, and I will pretend that I didn't see anything!"

Sun Weimin's refusal attitude was very firm, and Zhao Zitian had to take the red envelope back.

I just heard Sun Weimin say: "Old Zhao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's this matter, I really can't help it! Blame the tractors in your factory, the quality is really bad! It's been three months without failure. , in the report of the experts to our bureau leaders, there are very few parts that have passed the test! If it is so bad, how can you ask me to help you?"

"There is nothing I can do. The technology in the factory is at this level. I planned to improve the quality while producing, but I didn't expect this to be reported in the newspapers!"

Zhao Zitian sighed deeply, and then asked: "The matter has reached this point, how will the leaders of your bureau decide to punish our factory? Is it that the Agricultural Machinery Institute no longer sells our tractors?"

Sun Weimin shook his head slightly: "More than you think, the leaders of the bureau have decided to cancel the agricultural machinery subsidies for your factory!"

"What!" Zhao Zitian was shocked.

Abolishing agricultural machinery subsidies is really a slap in the face. Now the agricultural machinery factory is relying on the subsidy to repay the loan interest. If there is no subsidy, the interest will not be paid, and the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory will definitely not last for two months!

Sun Weimin went on to say: "The leader is very angry about this matter. What he means is that the agricultural machinery subsidy was originally used to benefit and help farmers. If you give it to your factory, wouldn't it be a detriment to farmers? That's why you have to cancel you. Farm machinery subsidies for the factory!"

"We didn't harm the farmers. We repaired all the faulty tractors! And they were all repaired." Zhao Zitian quickly defended.

"It's useless for you to tell me this. The key is that the farmers who bought the tractors think you've harmed them!" Sun Weimin said.

"What a bunch of people!" Zhao Zitian cursed inwardly.

Sun Weimin said: "Okay, Lao Zhao, I have said what I should say, and I can't help you with the rest. Take this tobacco and alcohol back!"

"Director Sun, is there really no other way?" Zhao Zitian cried and continued, "If there were no agricultural machinery subsidies, our factory would really close down!"

Sun Weimin thought for a while, and said, "Old Zhao, I have no choice. Or you can go to your district to find a way? After all, you are a collective enterprise in Dongcheng District, and your district will not watch it. More than 700 workers in your factory will be unemployed!"

...

In desperation, Zhao Zitian could only go to Xu Zhilong for help.

Xu Zhilong guessed the intention of Zhao Zitian, as a public official, how could he not read the newspaper! Of course, Xu Zhilong also read the news about "Inferior Tractors Harming Innocent Farmers", and he also knew that the Jinxing Tractor Factory was in trouble.

Seeing Xu Zhilong's pleasant face, he said, "Director Zhao, there are not a few companies in our district that are poorly managed like yours. You know our financial situation here, if you say I help What about you, other loss-making businesses?

Of course, I can't helplessly watch over 700 workers in your factory lose their jobs. Otherwise, I will contact the bank for you. The bank was very interested in your factory and wanted to accept your factory. Anyway, your factory has been mortgaged to the bank. If the loan interest is not paid, the bank can directly take the factory away! "

"No! I don't agree! The employees of our Venus Factory won't agree either!" Zhao Zitian immediately shook his head and refused.

If the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was owned by a bank, where would Zhao Zitian's factory director be!

Xu Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Director Zhao, since you don't agree, there is nothing I can do. I hope you can get through this difficulty. If you really can't stand it, you can only act according to the law! "

The "Enterprise Bankruptcy Law" was passed in 1986 and officially implemented in 1988, which made the bankruptcy procedures of enterprises standardized and the handling of bond debts also regulated.

What Xu Zhilong said about "acting in accordance with the law" obviously refers to the "Enterprise Bankruptcy Law".

Under the impact of the market economy at that time, it was still uncommon for state-owned enterprises to go bankrupt, but the bankruptcy of collective enterprises was nothing new.

A county-level township enterprise such as Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has more than 700 employees, but in the torrent of the market economy, it is only a drop in the ocean. Even if it goes bankrupt, no one remembers it.

To put it another way, challenges are also opportunities. Many well-known large enterprises and listed companies in later generations were all inconspicuous collective enterprises in the early 1990s.

It was an era that belonged to the trend-setters. There were dangers and opportunities everywhere. If you seize it once, you will be able to leap over the dragon gate!

...

In the blink of an eye, it's mid-month, and it's time to pay wages.

The accountant hurried into Zhao Zitian's office.

"Factory manager, it's not good, the bank can't get the money!" the accountant said.

"Tell me slowly, what's going on?" Zhao Zitian asked.

"I went to the bank to withdraw money today and paid wages to the workers in our factory, but who knew that the bank would not allow it to be withdrawn, saying there was no money in the account!" the accountant replied.

Zhao Zitian thought about it and said, "No, I remember that we still have 200,000 yuan in the account of our factory, which is enough for two months' wages."

"The account originally had more than 200,000 yuan, but the bank deducted 200,000 yuan, saying it was interest!" the accountant replied.

"Isn't the interest from last month already paid back at the beginning of the month?" Zhao Zitian asked.

"The bank said that the interest will be paid for the next quarter!" the accountant replied.

"Why pay the interest for the next quarter now!" Zhao Zitian said angrily.

"The bank said that we are afraid that we will go bankrupt next month, and then we will not pay the interest." The accountant answered honestly.

Zhao Zitian slapped the table viciously, thinking to himself, "This is going to kill me!"

The accountant next to him looked at Zhao Zitian anxiously, and then asked cautiously, "Director, are we really going to go bankrupt?"

Zhao Zitian glared at the accountant in dissatisfaction: "With me here, our factory won't be able to fail!"

...

For a business, the consequences of not being able to pay wages are disastrous.

What's more, the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has just suffered a great disaster, and its agricultural machinery subsidies have been cancelled.

As a result, in just a few days, all kinds of rumors circulated in the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, generally saying that the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was about to close down.

For a time, Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory panicked, and every employee was full of worries about the future.

...

Early in the morning, when the workers of the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory rode their bicycles to work, they saw a few people, holding rulers and the like, along the outer wall of the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, as if they were measuring something.

A nosy person immediately stepped forward and asked, "What are you guys doing?"

"Comrade, we belong to the bank!" The man in the lead with the ruler replied.

"The bank? What are you doing outside our factory?" The good guy asked again.

"We want to measure the area of ​​your factory and calculate how much the land is worth!" the other party replied.

When the good man heard this, he was suddenly shocked. He hurriedly asked, "How much is the land in our factory worth, and what does it have to do with your bank?"

The other party put down the ruler in his hand and said, "Comrade, it seems that you still don't know how much your factory owes our bank, right? That's tens of millions! I heard that the agricultural machinery subsidy for your factory has been cancelled. You can’t even pay the interest, and when your farm machinery factory closes down, you won’t be able to use your land to pay off your debts?”

"You, you are talking nonsense, how could such a large agricultural machinery factory with more than 700 workers go bankrupt!"

"There was no need to close down. Our bank originally planned to take over your factory. At that time, the agricultural machinery factory will be a subsidiary of our bank. But it was rejected by your factory manager! Then we can only wait for the bank to close down." of people said.

"There is such a thing? Why don't I know?" The good man asked.

"What decision did your factory manager make, do you still need to report it to you?" The banker asked with a smile.

The good guy hesitated for a few seconds, then asked, "If your bank takes over our factory, can you pay us wages?"

The banker laughed: "Look, we are the bank, what is the most in the bank? Money! How could our bank be in arrears with wages! This has always been money owed by others to our bank. Have you ever heard of the bank? owe someone money?"

"That's right, your bank doesn't have anything else, just a lot of money!" The good person nodded.

The news that the bank was willing to take over the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory quickly spread among the workers.

At the same time, the workers also knew that the factory manager, Zhao Zitian, refused to accept the bank's takeover of the agricultural machinery factory.

If the workers had heard the news a month ago, they might not have reacted too strongly.

But today is different from the past. Today's Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has not even sent out the salary of the previous month, and there are endless rumors of bankruptcy and bankruptcy. At this time, there is such news, and the workers are suddenly fried!

Being confiscated by the bank and becoming a subsidiary of the bank is definitely better than not being able to pay wages now. At least the bank has money and will not default on wages.

And the factory director Zhao Zitian actually refused such a good thing. Isn't this ruining everyone's jobs!

The last straw that overwhelmed Zhao Zitian finally appeared!

Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory held a staff meeting.

According to relevant regulations, the employees of a collective enterprise are the owners of the enterprise. Although the collective enterprise implements the factory director responsibility system, it does not mean that the factory director has the highest power in the enterprise.

The highest authority of a collective enterprise belongs to the workers' (representatives) congress, which can elect and dismiss enterprise managers and decide major issues of enterprise operation and management.

In normal times, the workers (representatives) congress mainly raises hands and applauds. But now it is related to the jobs of more than 700 employees of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, and the workers' (representatives) conference will really play a role.

More than 700 employees in the factory held a meeting and simply dismissed Zhao Zitian.

Zhao Zitian also knew that he could no longer stay in the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, so he applied for sick leave and went home to stay.

Soon after, the bankers took over the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory.

...

Li Weidong signed his name on the contract with him, and pressed his handprint, while President Wu next to him affixed the official seal of the bank.

After accepting the contract, President Wu said with a smile: "Wei Dong, this Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory will be yours in the future! The current Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is a mess, and the burden on your shoulders is not light!"

Li Weidong nodded: "It's better to say that the agricultural machinery subsidy has been cancelled, which is indeed a troublesome matter. Without the agricultural machinery subsidy, the agricultural machinery really cannot be sold!"

"Then what are you going to do?" President Wu asked.

"For the agricultural machinery subsidy, take your time. In the future, as long as you can launch high-quality products, you can get the agricultural machinery subsidy back!" Li Weidong sighed, and then said: "The key now is the inferior tractor. Give Venus The agricultural machinery factory has caused a very bad influence, and now the reputation of the Jinxing agricultural machinery factory is ugly, so I plan to reform the name of the agricultural machinery factory first!"

"What's the name changed?" President Wu said.

"It's not often mentioned on TV and in the newspapers that farmers want to get rich and go to a well-off society. I thought about it, let's just call it Fukang, Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory!" Li Weidong said.

"Fukang, this name is good, it sounds good to my ears, it's easy to say it, and it has good intentions!" President Wu said.

When it comes to Beverly, many people must think of the national car of Dongfeng, which was called the "old three" in China's auto market when it was the same as Santana and Jetta.

The prototype of the Fukang sedan is the ZX model of Citroen, which was originally a hatchback sedan. After the introduction in China, Dongfeng Motor made adjustments to the wheels, suspension and engine compression ratio of the prototype car in line with China's national conditions, and then launched three models. , completed the journey from imitation to innovation.

The Citroen ZX was launched in 1991, and the domestic introduction of this car was in 1992, so in the 1990s, there was no Fukang car, Li Weidong simply used the "Fukang" brand first.

...

The first thing Li Weidong did after taking over the agricultural machinery factory was to pay workers wages.

There are more than 700 workers in the agricultural machinery factory, and the monthly salary is less than 100,000 yuan. For multi-millionaire Li Weidong, this amount of money is only a drop in the bucket.

If spending this amount of money can stabilize people's hearts, it is a very cost-effective deal.

Sure enough, whoever gives the money is the father!

After the workers received their wages, they welcomed the sponsor's father very much. The process of Li Weidong's acceptance of the agricultural machinery factory was also very smooth.

The agricultural machinery factory of 700 people has its own technical department. The technical department has more than a dozen people. The technical director is named Du Jiahai, who is in his thirties. He has a technical secondary school education and graduated from agricultural machinery technical secondary school.

In the eyes of modern people, how can a technical secondary school student be the technical director!

However, in terms of Du Jiahai's age, the secondary school students of his time were definitely the smartest and best students in the class.

Therefore, this Du Jiahai still has some ability, coupled with more than ten years of work experience, Du Jiahai's attainments in agricultural machinery are no worse than ordinary college students.

For Li Weidong, it is impossible for him to recruit college students in agricultural machinery in a short period of time. At least in the next three to five years, he will also honor the original technical team of the agricultural machinery factory.

In the technical department of the agricultural machinery factory, Li Weidong took out his own drawings.

Although Li Weidong is not a major in agricultural machinery, he has repaired cars, and has also been in the business of second-hand machinery and equipment. It is no problem to draw a simple drawing. Although the drawings drawn are not professional, at least people can understand.

"Lao Du, come and have a look! This is the new product we want to produce!" Li Weidong said.

Du Jiahai was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that Li Weidong was calling himself.

After all, before that, Zhao Zitian always called him "Little Du", but suddenly changed to "Old Du", Du Jiahai was still very uncomfortable.

Although "Old Du" is a bit old, but thinking about Li Weidong's age, Du Jiahai is relieved.

"Director Li, what is this? It looks like a car." Du Jiahai asked.

"Yes, this thing is called an agricultural tricycle. The next task of our technical department is to develop this." Li Weidong said.

"Agricultural tricycle? What is it for?" Du Jiahai asked.

"It's mainly about pulling and transporting goods!" Li Weidong continued, "For example, when the watermelons in the fields are ripe, use this agricultural tricycle to pull a truck of watermelons and sell them in the city."

"Then you can also use a tractor!" Du Jiahai said.

"The tractor is slow, and many times you don't need to pull such a thing. It's like pulling a tractor's watermelons to sell in the city, and you can't sell them in two or three days. Watermelons can be stored. As for the vegetables that cannot be stored, if the weather is hot, they will all rot in two or three days.”

Li Weidong went on to explain: "So at this time, you need agricultural tricycles, pull less, run faster, sell out one day, and continue to sell the next day, and then go to the field to pick fresh ones!"

"So it is!" Du Jiahai nodded, and then said: "Director Li, with all due respect, your idea is good, but it is not practical to operate. There are already 021 tricycles on the market, as far as I know farmers I don't like that kind of stuff, the cargo is too small!"

"You're right, the weight of the 021 tricycle is four or five hundred kilograms. If you find two or three twenty-eight bars, you can pull that much cargo, so it's not practical and the farmers don't like it. But my agricultural tricycle is different. Tons of cargo!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"I'm afraid this is unlikely! Even if the engine power is sufficient, load-bearing and braking are all problems." Du Jiahai felt that Li Weidong was a layman, and he planned to explain it to Li Weidong in detail.

But Li Weidong didn't give Du Jiahai a chance to explain. He pointed to the drawings and said, "I know everything you said, so I specially imported the production line of the rear axle assembly from Japan!"