As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire. The inferior tractor of Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory is obviously not real gold. Once it is tempered with fire, it will immediately reveal its original shape.

A tractor that needs to be overhauled in three months still has the nerve to 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" was still a relatively new term. At that time, domestic products also showed a relatively obvious polarization trend in terms of quality.

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, good products were of really good quality. Little Swan washing machines, Haier refrigerators, and Hisense TVs that could be used for more than 20 years were basically produced in that era.

And the quality of poor products is also really poor. New household appliances will start to malfunction within three months after they are purchased, and they will be abandoned within half a year.

This situation occurred because the country had not yet established 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. Its main business was to formulate standards for industrial production and engineering projects across the country. All enterprises must carry out their work in accordance with the standards set by the General Administration of Standards.

Production.

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

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

In 1988, the country established a Technical Supervision Bureau to be responsible for standardization, measurement and quality work. The Measurement Law was passed as early as 1985, and the Standardization Law was implemented in 1989. As for the Quality Law, it was not implemented until 1993.

Implementation.

In other words, before 1993, there was no legal basis for the supervision of product quality.

At that time, the Bureau of Technical Supervision had a Quality Award Review Committee. If a company's product quality was excellent, it would issue a National Quality Award, which was a way of telling the people across the country that the quality of this company's products was guaranteed.

Many well-known national brands have won this award.

Only companies with poor quality will at best not give awards and continue to be poor!

In other words, the quality management at that time was to praise the good ones and ignore the bad ones.

Because of this, Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory can bring inferior tractors to the market because no one cares about them!

Only when a bad boy is left unchecked can Zhao Zhitian feel confident. He knew clearly that the tractors from Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory were of poor quality, but he still dared to sell them on the market.

However, when quality issues with the Jinxing tractor were reported to the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the situation was different.

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

The agricultural machinery institutes in each county and township are under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, and farmers can only purchase agricultural machinery through the agricultural machinery institute. As long as the Agricultural Machinery Bureau gives an order and the agricultural machinery institute does not sell Venus tractors, then every Venus tractor will be sold.

Can't sell it.

After figuring out the pros and cons, Zhao Zitian fell into anxiety. He just hoped that the Agricultural Machinery Bureau could be lenient and allow Venus tractors to continue to be sold.

…

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Zhao Zitian knocked on Sun Weimin's door, carrying two bottles of Zhonghua and two bottles of Maotai.

Zhao Zitian would not dare to come blatantly in broad daylight when it came to giving gifts, not to mention the gift was from Zhonghua and Moutai! He could only come over in the middle of the night.

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

"Director Sun, the tractor in our factory depends entirely on you!" Zhao Ziti said, handing over the gift.

Sun Weimin waved his hand and declined: "Director Zhao, what do you mean?"

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

Sun Weimin glanced at China and Moutai, and continued to refuse: "Director Zhao, this gift is too expensive, I can't have it!"

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

Sun Weimin suddenly looked serious: "Director Zhao, what do you mean by this? Do you want me to make a mistake! Take it back quickly, I will pretend I didn't see anything!"

Sun Weimin refused very firmly, so Zhao Zitian had no choice but to take the red envelope back.

Just listen to Sun Weimin say: "Old Zhao, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's this matter that I really can't help you with! It's the fault of your factory's tractors, the quality is so bad! There are no tractors that don't break down after three months of use.

, in the report given by the experts to the leaders of our bureau, only a few parts passed the test! If it is so bad, how can I help you?"

"There is nothing I can do about it. The technology in the factory is at this level. I originally planned to improve while producing and slowly improve the quality, but I didn't expect that this matter would be reported in the newspaper!"

Zhao Zitian let out a long sigh and then asked: "Things have reached this point. How will your bureau leaders decide to punish our factory? Does the Agricultural Machinery Institute no longer sell our tractors?"

Sun Weimin shook his head slightly: "It's more eye-catching than you think. The leaders of the bureau have decided to cancel your factory's agricultural machinery subsidies!"

"What!" Zhao Zitian was immediately shocked.

Canceling agricultural machinery subsidies is really a slap in the face. Now agricultural machinery factories rely on subsidies to repay loan interest. If there are no subsidies, the interest will not be paid. Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory will definitely not be able to survive for two months!

Sun Weimin continued: "The leader is very angry about this matter. What he means is that agricultural machinery subsidies are originally used to benefit farmers. If they are given to your factory, wouldn't they become a trap and harm to farmers? That's why we have to cancel it.

Farm machinery subsidies from the factory!”

"We did not 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 feel that you have harmed them!" Sun Weimin said.

"What a bunch of unruly people!" Zhao Ziti cursed in his heart.

Sun Weimin said: "Okay, Lao Zhao, I have said everything that needs to be said. I can't help you with anything else. Just take back the cigarettes and alcohol!"

"Director Sun, is there really no other way?" Zhao Zitian continued with a sad face: "Without agricultural machinery subsidies, our factory will really go bankrupt!"

Sun Weimin thought for a while and said: "Old Zhao, I have no choice. Otherwise, why don't you go to your district to find a solution? After all, you are a collective enterprise in Dongcheng District, and your district will not just watch.

More than 700 workers in your factory will lose their jobs!"

…

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

Xu Zhilong guessed Zhao Zitian's intention. As a public official, who doesn't read the newspaper? Of course Xu Zhilong also read the news article "Inferior Tractors Harm Innocent Farmers" carefully. He also knew that Jinxing Tractor Factory was in trouble.

I saw Xu Zhilong's face was pleasant and he said: "Director Zhao, there are not a few poorly managed companies like yours in our district. You also know the financial situation here. You said that if I help

What should you and other loss-making companies do?

Of course, I can't just watch the more than 700 workers in your factory lose their jobs. Otherwise, I will help you contact the bank. The bank was very interested in your factory and wanted to take it over. Anyway, you

The factory has been mortgaged to the bank, and if the loan interest is not paid, the bank can take the factory away directly!"

"No! I don't agree! Our Jinxing Factory employees won't agree either!" Zhao Zitian immediately shook his head and refused.

If Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory were owned by a bank, where would Zhao Zitian still be the factory director?

Xu Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Director Zhao, since you don't agree, then I have no choice. I hope you can get through this difficulty. If you really can't survive, you can only act in accordance with the law!

"

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

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, the bankruptcy of state-owned enterprises was still uncommon, but the bankruptcy of collective enterprises was nothing new.

Although a county-level township enterprise like Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory has more than 700 employees, it is just a drop in the ocean in the torrent of market economy. Even if it goes bankrupt, no one will remember it.

From another perspective, challenges are also opportunities. Many well-known large enterprises and listed companies in later generations were 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 can leap over the dragon's gate!

…

It’s the middle of the month in a blink of an eye, and it’s time to pay wages.

The accountant hurriedly walked into Zhao Zitian's office.

"Director, it's bad, the bank can't withdraw the money!" the accountant said.

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

"I went to the bank to withdraw money today to pay wages to the workers in our factory, but who knew that the bank wouldn't let me withdraw it and said there was no money in the account!" the accountant replied.

Zhao Zitian thought for a moment and said, "That's not right. I remember that our factory still has 200,000 yuan in its account, which is enough for two months' salary."

"There was originally over 200,000 yuan in the account, but the bank deducted 200,000 yuan, saying it was for interest!" the accountant replied.

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

"The bank said that the repayment is the interest for the next quarter!" the accountant replied.

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

"The bank said that they are afraid that we will go bankrupt next month and we will not be able to pay the interest by then." The accountant answered honestly.

Zhao Zitian slapped the table fiercely and thought to himself: "This is going to force me to death!"

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

Zhao Zitian glared at the accountant very dissatisfied: "As long as I am here, our factory will not fail!"

…

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

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

As a result, in just a few days, various rumors began to spread within the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory, most of which were saying that the Jinxing Agricultural Machinery Factory was about to close down.
To be continued...