Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

This time, two large-scale production lines from Whirlpool have been introduced. Li Weidong needs to find at least 1,000 workers. If the elimination rate during the training process is counted, he will have to recruit 1,500 to 2,000 people. In the end, only 1,000 can be left. qualified workers.

Li Weidong is also helpless to recruit so many workers all at once. In the future, a microwave oven production line, depending on the degree of automation, only needs 30 to 80 workers, generally not more than 100.

In the manufacturing industry in the early 1990s, a lot of work still needed to be done manually. If a microwave oven production line was operated in two shifts, it was normal for hundreds of people.

A robotic arm of later generations, with dozens of workers, is absolutely true.

If it is just a visual observation, the robotic arm does not seem to be faster than the human movement.

However, the robotic arm does not need to rest, to go to the toilet, to eat, to sleep, or to change shifts.

If it is replaced by a worker, even if they work continuously without rest or going to the toilet, they will always feel tired after working for a period of time, the work efficiency will decrease, and the yield rate of the products produced will also decrease.

As early as the early 1960s, industrial robots appeared in the world. In the 1980s, industrial robots gradually became popular in developed countries.

However, the industrial robots of this era are mainly complete sets of systematic robots, and the precision of intelligence and light weight is not enough.

In other words, the industrial robots at that time were a complete set. If you want to buy a robot for a certain production step, it is one thing if the manufacturer is willing to sell it. Even if you buy it, it is not a complete set. use.

The whole set of industrial robots is very expensive and has to be quoted in units of "hundreds of millions". Therefore, the industrial robots at that time were mainly used in large-scale, high-value, and high-profit manufacturing industries like the automobile industry.

A car sells for tens of thousands of dollars, and the car maker spends money to buy a set of industrial robots and can earn back the capital. If it is a microwave oven or other small appliances, it is not enough to buy a set of industrial robots, so it has to be assembled manually.

The 1990s and the first ten years of the 21st century were the last tail of the home appliance manufacturing industry as a labor-intensive industry. After 2010, more and more automation technologies were applied to the home appliance industry, and home appliance manufacturing was no longer A lot of manpower is required.

And this is also a microcosm of the global manufacturing industry. The automation technology is becoming more and more mature, and the cost is getting lower and lower, which makes the number of workers in the manufacturing industry less and less, and the technical threshold is getting higher and higher.

In 20 years, from manpower to automation, for a country, these 20 years may be the last bus to enter the industrial country. Seizing this opportunity, the country can complete its industrialization. If it misses this opportunity, it may have to wait for another industrial revolution before it can jump into an industrial country.

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The next day, Li Weidong went to visit Chen Chuanxin, the city leader in charge of poverty alleviation.

To recruit so many workers, Li Weidong did not intend to do it himself. First, it was because of the trouble, and secondly, Li Weidong felt that such a good opportunity could not be wasted.

As a business,

To provide a thousand jobs at one time, of course, you have to trade this thing for some benefits.

In addition to being in charge of poverty alleviation, Chen Chuanxin is also in charge of the city's industry. This is a busy errand. Business leaders who come to Chen Chuanxin are also in an endless stream.

Fortunately, Li Weidong is quite special. He is a model of private entrepreneurs in Qinghe City, and he releases satellites every three days, so Li Weidong only waited for more than an hour before meeting Chen Chuanxin.

"There is a meeting behind the leader, Director Li, you only have fifteen minutes." The secretary reminded.

"Fifteen minutes is enough." Li Weidong nodded and walked into Chen Chuanxin's office.

"Director Li is here, please take a seat." Chen Chuanxin pointed to the sofa, and then said, "You have good news. The city just finished the meeting yesterday, and the matter is settled, you will come to the door today! "

Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Leader, I don't quite understand what you mean. What did you say that was decided yesterday? Is it related to me?"

"You didn't come for the industrial park?" Chen Chuanxin was also stunned.

Li Weidong asked, "Is the city going to build an industrial park?"

"Well, so you don't know, I made a big oolong!" Chen Chuanxin smiled and then said; "The city has decided to build an industrial park to increase the intensive intensity of the city's industrialization, highlight industrial characteristics, and optimize Functional layout in order to better adapt to market competition and modern industrial provincial level.

This industrial park is planned to be located in Taiping Town, with an initial plan of 1,200 mu of land. At that time, the government will encourage a group of companies to sneak in. The first companies to sneak in will have some preferential policies, such as land use tax reduction and exemption, electricity consumption subsidies, etc.

I learned that you came to me, and I thought it was for the industrial park, and I wanted to occupy a feng shui treasure in the industrial park first! "

Li Weidong knows this industrial park in Taiping Town. The government has prepared all the supporting facilities such as land, roads, water and electricity, and it is very convenient for enterprises to settle in.

Moreover, the industrial park has an advantageous geographical location. When the expressway is to be built in the future, a special entrance and exit will be set up in Taiping Town.

At that time, the price of land was also cheap. In order to attract factories to move into the industrial park, the government also gave some preferential conditions for tax relief.

Don't be a fool!

What's more, the location of Li Weidong Loader Factory is already within the urban area, and the location of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory has also become an urban area after more than 20 years. Sooner or later, these two pieces of land will be expropriated for real estate. .

Instead of cramming, it's better to plan ahead and move the factory to the industrial park first.

So Li Weidong nodded immediately: "This feng shui treasure land must be occupied! Leader, I don't want more, just give me 100 acres of land first."

"A total of 1,200 acres of land have been planned, and you need 100 acres by yourself, so you're not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue!" Chen Chuanxin said.

Li Weidong said, "Leader, I plan to relocate the loader factory, Fukang agricultural machinery factory, and my dog ​​electrical appliance factory to the industrial park."

"That wouldn't take 100 acres!" Chen Chuanxin shook his head and said.

"In addition to building a factory building, I will also build dormitories, canteens, bathhouses and other supporting facilities for employees." Li Weidong continued.

"A dormitory or something, it can be built into a building! How can you use a hundred acres!" Chen Chuanxin said.

"Leader, I can't use 100 acres now, but I will definitely be able to use it in the future." Li Weidong continued: "Just like my puppy electrical appliance factory, it will continue to expand in the next few years, and a lot of labor will be employed."

"We'll talk about the future later, let's talk about now!" Chen Chuanxin said.

From Chen Chuanxin's point of view, "the future" doesn't know how many years later. Maybe he has already gone to work elsewhere. Even if Puppy Electric becomes an international enterprise, it is not his own political achievements, so he is still Seize the good now.

Li Weidong smiled slightly, and he said, "Okay, I'll listen to the leader, let's talk about now. My puppy electrical factory will have two more production lines recently, so I plan to recruit a group of workers.

I remember you said before that if you are recruiting workers in the future, you should take care of the surplus labor force in poor mountainous areas. I came to you this time to seriously implement the leadership's instructions! "

"Oh? Recruiting is a good thing!" Chen Chuanxin nodded, and then asked, "How many people are you going to recruit this time? Can there be 200 people? If there are 200 people, seven or eight villages can be decided. Surplus labor!"

Li Weidong raised two fingers: "At least two thousand this time!"

"Two thousand?" Chen Chuanxin was shocked, and then showed a happy expression.

At the wage level of the electrical appliance factory, if 2,000 mountain farmers can work in the factory, it is equivalent to solving 2,000 poor households. Under normal circumstances, it takes several years of hard work by dozens of poverty alleviation cadres to do it.

Li Weidong also deliberately said more, and he couldn't ask Chen Chuanxin for benefits if he didn't say the number was higher.

Moreover, not everyone can pass the pre-job training. There are always some stupid people who cannot pass the pre-job training. When Li Weidong drives these unqualified people away, Chen Chuanxin has nothing to say. Blame these people for not working hard and being incapable of working in the electrical factory.

The militarized management of the electrical factory and the high-intensity overtime work were not for everyone. For example, the "overtime maniac" Noda Chuichiro in Japan only lasted for a month.

So even if 2,000 people are really recruited, there may only be a thousand or so who can stay in the end.

I saw Li Weidong continued: "Leader, after all, we are just an enterprise, and we have no idea where our city is a poor town or a poor village. Even if we want to recruit people in poor areas, we can't find a place. Leaders can help and help our company solve this problem!"

"This is easy to say!" Chen Chuanxin said immediately: "I will immediately ask the Poverty Alleviation Office to sort out the poor villages and towns in our city and send them to your factory!"

However, Li Weidong shook his head: "Leader, I think, it's nothing to worry about, just let the comrades of the Poverty Alleviation Office recruit me and send them directly to our factory!"

"What? Do you still want the Poverty Alleviation Office to help you recruit people?" Chen Chuanxin glared at Li Weidong, thinking that this person is too far ahead!

Li Weidong went on to say: "Leader, what do you think, if our company recruits people in poverty-stricken areas, its credibility will not be as good as that of the government. I'm afraid that the farmers in the village will not believe us and dare not come! If the comrades of the Poverty Alleviation Office come forward, the common people will definitely come. of.

In addition, our company does not have a specific understanding of the poverty situation in various villages and towns, and it is inevitable that it will not be so accurate when recruiting people. It is replaced by comrades from the Poverty Alleviation Office to recruit people. They understand the specific situation and can also achieve targeted poverty alleviation. ! "

"Precision poverty alleviation!" Chen Chuanxin repeated the word, and suddenly realized the deeper meaning behind these four words.

If the company is asked to recruit people, it is up to the technology company in the village and town to decide. In the end, the company recruited 2,000 workers, and in exchange, 2,000 poor households were lifted out of poverty.

And if people from the Poverty Alleviation Office are asked to recruit people, it is up to the Poverty Alleviation Office to decide which villages and towns they go to.

At that time, 2,000 poor households will also be lifted out of poverty, and at the same time, several poor villages will be removed.

Chinese people are used to being poor. When they don’t have so many resources, they can only concentrate their efforts on major tasks. If they can concentrate their efforts to lift a few villages and towns out of poverty collectively, it will definitely be more meaningful than 2,000 individual households.

And when writing a work report, this is also an even more dazzling achievement.

Thinking of this, Chen Chuanxin realized that Li Weidong was deliberately giving himself a favor, so that he could make a wave of political achievements.

It is about poverty alleviation, and Chen Chuanxin feels that it is necessary for him to accept this favor.

So Chen Chuanxin said: "Director Li, you're good at talking about targeted poverty alleviation! Let's just leave it to the Poverty Alleviation Office for recruiting people, and you can just wait for the recruitment, and I'll give it to the Poverty Alleviation Office soon. Director Zhang makes a phone call and asks him to take charge of this matter personally, if there is any problem, you can report it to me directly!"

With Chen Chuanxin's words, recruiting is no problem.

However, Li Weidong didn't plan to stop here, he hasn't asked for any benefits yet!

"Leader, I have one more thing. Our factory has recruited so many workers all at once, and we have to build new factories and dormitories, which is a huge investment.

Moreover, after the workers are recruited, they have to be trained for a month before they can take up their jobs. The expenses for these two thousand people are also a lot for a month. For our business, this is a lot of financial pressure! "

Li Weidong paused, and then said, "So I want to ask the leaders to help us and give our factory some preferential policies, so that our factory can successfully overcome this hurdle!"

"Okay, the favor I just owes will have to be repaid immediately. This Li Weidong really doesn't suffer!" Chen Chuanxin smiled helplessly, and then asked, "Director Li, what preferential policies do you want?"

"In terms of land tax, such as land use tax, urban maintenance and construction tax, etc., can you give some relief?" Li Weidong asked.

Chen Chuanxin frowned and thought about it. Among the local taxes, the local corporate income tax accounts for the majority, and other items are not high, so a reduction or exemption is acceptable.

What's more, if the government spends money to help 2,000 poor households get rid of poverty, the expenditure will be even more. Even if some land tax items are exempted, it is still financially cost-effective.

So Chen Chuanxin nodded: "Well, you are also a poverty alleviation enterprise. In terms of local tax, I will give you some relief and encourage enterprises to participate more in poverty alleviation work!"

Li Weidong breathed a sigh of relief. These miscellaneous land tax items do not seem to have high tax rates, but they add up to a lot. For enterprises, paying less of these scattered taxes can reduce a lot of burden.

Li Weidong asked again: "Leader, in terms of electricity bills, can you give our factory a preferential price?"

As an electrical appliance factory, electricity is the most consumed in daily production. Even if you give a 20% discount, you can save a lot of money in a year.

Moreover, Chen Chuanxin himself is the leader in charge of the industry. The matter of industrial electricity consumption is within the jurisdiction of Chen Chuanxin.

However, Chen Chuanxin frowned and said with an embarrassed expression; "The Electric Power Bureau has been losing money all the time!"

"The future State Grid is still losing money every year!" Li Weidong complained in his heart, and then said, "Leader, I don't want free electricity, I can just give you a discount."

Chen Chuanxin nodded, if there was only a discounted price, then things would be much easier.

Electricity can't be stored. When the power plant sends out an incoming call, it is best to use it directly by the user. As long as the user uses electricity, the power plant will not lose money. On the contrary, as long as the user does not use electricity, the power plant will generate electricity in vain, and will naturally lose money. .

So for the electricity industry, it doesn't matter if electricity is sold cheaper, the key is that you have to use electricity.

In the future, those big electricity users can also get a preferential electricity price from the power sector. Basically, when a company's annual electricity consumption exceeds 1 million kWh, it has the right to negotiate with the power sector.

From the perspective of the power sector, if you can use a preferential price to encourage companies to use more electricity, you will ultimately make money yourself.

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Li Weidong asked for a 40% discount on the electricity price, and then left Chen Chuanxin's office happily.

The recruitment of 1,000 people this time was originally within the scope of the electric appliance factory's plan. To exchange some benefits from Chen Chuanxin by the way is like picking it up for nothing!

After getting in the car, Li Weidong took out the BP machine. When he met Chen Chuanxin just now, Li Weidong turned it to mute. Now, there are several more phone numbers on the BP machine, all of which were called by Du Jiahai from the agricultural machinery factory.

"It took only ten minutes to make so many calls. This is a life-threatening call! It seems that the agricultural machinery is on the other side, and something big has happened!"

Thinking of this, Li Weidong immediately drove to a nearby newsstand and found a public phone.

In 1993, big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou already had mobile phone base stations that could provide mobile phone services, but small places like Qinghe obviously did not have such conditions, so they had to make public telephone calls.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Lao Du, looking for me in such a hurry, is something wrong in the factory?" Li Weidong asked.

Du Jiahai immediately replied: "Director, the agricultural vehicles produced by our factory have been reported!"