Chapter 526: Worry not about scarcity but about inequality
In a joint venture, the biggest internal conflict, in addition to conflicts of rights, conflicts of interest, and conflicts of trust, is probably the conflict among employees caused by unequal pay for equal work.
Why can employees in Xiangjiang and local employees receive high wages that are 30 to 50 times higher for doing the same job?
This is a very real problem.
After "He Yuzhu" turned the small wine shop into a joint venture, he knew that there would be such contradictions.
Therefore, when the factory was first established, Jinlong Group explained it to the winery management through the mouths of city leaders.
Zhou Rong also knows this, but there are some things that are really hard to say to local employees.
"Does the Xiangjiang side know the news?"
"Sister Rong, we have notified them, as well as the city leaders. The city leaders have ordered that Xiangjiang employees be sent back to their dormitories first to calm them down. They have sent police over to maintain order to prevent the incident from escalating. In addition,
The city leaders also said that they are going to send a working group over to help mediate and appease the work..."
Wang Quan reported the general situation.
He and his wife Yu Qian graduated in 1975 and were assigned to work in factories.
In the past few years, the couple's salary levels have increased a bit. By the beginning of this year, they could earn a combined salary of less than 200 yuan.
Originally, with such a salary level, one could live quite well in a place like Harbin.
However, at the beginning of this year, Su Mingzhe suddenly approached Wang Quan and said that he wanted to ask him to resign and help out at the "He Yuzhu" brewery.
Su Mingzhe gave Wang Quan a few days to consider.
As a result, Wang Quan was so sincere that he went directly to the factory to submit a resignation report without even asking about the reason or treatment.
What can Su Mingzhe say when he meets such a die-hard confidant?
They all say, ‘You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country’.
This can also be said conversely.
Wang Quan was so loyal to Su Mingzhe, so Su Mingzhe quietly revealed a little information. For example, he was "He Yuzhu", he owned the brewing workshop, and Zhou Bingkun's sister Zhou Rong was also his daughter-in-law...
Wang Quan was a little stunned when he heard Su Mingzhe reveal these secrets, but then he said that he would keep the news in his stomach and would not even tell his wife Yu Qian.
Later, the brewery was invested and moved to the Harbin Brewery.
Su Mingzhe took advantage of the situation and made Wang Quan the factory director.
After Wang Quan became the director of the factory, in addition to a monthly salary of 500 yuan, Su Mingzhe also gave him some shares, which can be regarded as a reward for his loyalty to him.
After Wang Quan found out that Su Mingzhe was "He Yuzhu", he naturally respected Zhou Rong very much.
After Zhou Rong listened to his report, she felt no confidence at all and could only continue to ask:
"What's going on inside now? Have workers damaged production equipment?"
"That's not the case. I was also afraid that when they made trouble, they would damage the production equipment and puree, so I asked someone to guide them to the big conference room to stay. The police just came over and are maintaining order there."
Wang Quan's abilities were so-so and not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be valued by Su Mingzhe.
However, it was the first time for Wang Quan to encounter something like this today. He really couldn't figure it out, so he notified Zhou Rong.
Zhou Rong is here now, but she doesn't know what to do.
After all, she worked in a soy sauce factory for a few years and went to Yan'an University for four years. Other than that, she had no management experience at all.
At this time, she can only resort to tricks:
"By the way, it's already noon. Have they eaten?"
"No, I had a rest this weekend. Who would have expected that something like this would happen? I stopped working all morning, and there was no preparation for cooking in the cafeteria."
"Let's do it this way. It's past noon. You go tell the canteen to cook more meat-based meals and send them to the big conference room later. When the city leaders arrive later, we can go in again."
Zhou Rong gave the instructions and sat with Wang Quan in the office waiting for news.
Not long after, a security guard called to report that Zhou Rong's brother Zhou Bingkun had brought someone over.
Zhou Rong naturally notified the security guard to let him go.
After a while, Zhou Bingkun and Cai Xiaoguang entered the office.
"Why are you here together?"
Zhou Rong was a little surprised when she saw the two of them appearing together.
Cai Xiaoguang quickly explained:
"Bingkun and Lele are at my house with their children. When we heard something happened at the brewery, we were both worried about you, so we came over quickly."
Zhou Bingkun is also a mountain cannon. When Cai Xiaoguang spoke, the two tigers started shouting:
"Sister, I heard that the brewery had an accident because the wages of Xiangjiang employees were dozens of times higher than our local wages. What's going on? Are the employees in Xiangjiang so valuable? Why do our local employees earn a month's salary?
, might as well they get more in one day?”
Zhou Bingkun really never forgets his origins.
The other three people in the office rolled their eyes after hearing what he said.
Cai Xiaoguang couldn't help but complain:
"Bingkun, which side are you on? It's the local employees who are making trouble now. You're not afraid of big trouble, right?"
"Is this a question of which side is causing trouble?"
Zhou Bingkun didn't know the seriousness of the matter, so he directly replied:
"I think it's time to make a fuss. Why do employees in Xiangjiang earn higher wages than we do here?"
"Okay, okay, stop yelling."
Zhou Rong didn't expect that her brother came not to support her, but to support the employees in causing trouble, and she couldn't help but feel even more upset.
"Ahem, Bingkun, let me explain."
Wang Quan and Zhou Bingkun had both stayed in White Ya Mountain for several years and were also friends. At this time, they stood up and explained:
"As for the issue of unequal pay for equal work, let me explain. First of all, although Xiangjiang employees also work in our city, they are dispatched by Xiangjiang. In theory, it is Xiangjiang Jinlong Group that pays them wages, and the payment standards must also be
The salary standard is based on the salary standard in Xiangjiang, which is not the salary standard here in Harbin City. This is like you, Zhou Bingkun, went on a business trip to the countryside, but the salary standard you received is still the salary standard in Harbin City, not the salary in the countryside.
Standard. When the farmers in the countryside saw that your salary was higher than theirs, they made trouble and insisted on being like you and getting your salary in Harbin. Do you think this is reasonable?"
"is that so?"
Zhou Bingkun also went to college and worked for the "Golden Land" magazine for so many years. After hearing Wang Quan's explanation, he seemed to understand the reason for "unequal pay for equal work."
However, Zhou Bingkun writes a little too much now, and he has a sour smell about him:
"But, it can't be so different, right?"
"This gap is not what we want, it is the gap between Xiangjiang and Harbin!"
Wang Quan explained a few more words, and Cai Xiaoguang next to him couldn't help but curiously asked:
"Since the truth is so simple and easy to understand, you can just explain it clearly to the workers. Then why are the workers still making such a big fuss?"
"It's not because the income statement was revealed."
Wang Quan sighed and told the story again.
It turned out that last month, the first batch of 50,000 bottles of medicinal wine was sent to Xiangjiang for sale, and they were sold out in just a few days.
The sales amount reached more than HK$400 million.
The company in Xiangjiang settled all sales channel expenses and taxes a few days ago, and paid in the remaining profits, totaling more than six million US dollars.
According to the agreement between the three parties, in addition to leaving more than one million U.S. dollars in operating funds, the remaining five million U.S. dollars were distributed that month.
‘He Yuzhu’ and Wang Quan jointly held 40% of the shares and received US$2 million.
The Harbin city government held 11% of the shares and received US$550,000.
After the news came out, it aroused dissatisfaction among the winery employees, who believed that they were being exploited. Coupled with the issue of "unequal pay for equal work", a strike eventually broke out.
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Zhou Bingkun and Cai Xiaoguang couldn't help but gasped when they heard that "He Yuzhu" received a dividend of two million US dollars a month.
Cai Xiaoguang was embarrassed to say anything. Zhou Bingkun was Zhou Rong's younger brother, so he couldn't help but speak again:
"Sister, this winery makes millions of dollars a month, so it wouldn't be a big deal to give the employees a little salary increase, right?"
"Bingkun, that's not how things work."
Wang Quan saw that Zhou Bingkun was always thinking about the workers, while Zhou Rong lowered her head and looked uncertain, so she had to stand up and continued to explain:
"It doesn't matter to us to spend tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands more to pay wages. After all, to us, this is just small money. However, the leaders above do not allow us to do this."
"Why?"
Zhou Bingkun didn't understand. The factory spent more money to pay workers, so how could the superiors disagree?
Wang Quan did not answer, but asked:
"Think about it, is there any difference between the work done by workers at Jinlong Winery and workers at other wineries in Harbin?"
Zhou Bingkun thought for a moment and then replied in a low voice:
"No different, right?"
Wang Quan immediately spread his hands and said:
"Yes, you also said that their jobs are exactly the same as those of other winery workers. And the wages we give here are already much higher than those of other wineries. If we continue to increase their wages, we will even let them get and
Xiangjiang workers are treated the same, do you think other winery workers will cause trouble?"
"Forehead……"
After Zhou Bingkun understood the meaning of Wang Quan's words, he was speechless and fell silent.
Yes, the workers at Jinlong Winery do the same work as in other factories, but they receive a salary of several thousand yuan.
Will workers at other factories be willing?
This is a very simple and easy-to-understand truth.
If the matter is analyzed more deeply, the negative impact will be far more than that.
After understanding these truths, Zhou Bingkun had to remain silent.
Just when the office fell into an atmosphere of silence, the superiors finally sent a work team over and began to comfort the workers in the factory.
Zhou Rong and Wang Quan don't need to worry about the rest of the work.
After all, the main reason for this work conflict is "unequal pay for equal work."
It was not easy to coordinate the workers' emotions.
Zhou Rong returned to the love nest exhausted, and saw her man sitting on the sofa in the living room. She was so frightened that she quickly closed the curtains, then turned around and asked:
"Why are you here?"
According to external rhetoric, 'He Yuzhu' should be in Xiangjiang at the moment.
Su Mingzhe was sitting at home arrogantly. If someone saw him, it would be troublesome.
"Didn't I hear that something happened and I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to hold on, so I came over to stay with you."
Su Mingzhe was already a master of time management. He waved Zhou Rong to sit in his arms, touched her little face, and said with a smile:
"I heard that Bingkun and Xiaoguang also went there. Are you not afraid?"
"How could I not be scared? I was so scared that my heart almost jumped out of my chest."
Zhou Rong remembered that when she was at the winery, she pretended to be calm, but now that she was hugged by a man, she suddenly started to tremble:
"Husband, how about we sell the shares in the winery? This money is too much. It always feels hot and unsafe when I hold it in my hand..."
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll just arrange it."
Su Mingzhe has been making preparations for a long time, and naturally he will not let anything truly dangerous happen to his woman.