() The winter of 1996 in Chongshan was quite cold. Before the Spring Festival, snow and rain mixed together, making the air quite damp and cold.
Zhou Hongnian got up early before dawn. He ignored breakfast and rode his bicycle towards the factory.
Before seven o'clock, Zhou Hongnian had already appeared in the warehouse yard of the Red Shipyard. A small area with an awning here was the temporary settlement point for the forging workers and heat treatment workers in the casting and forging workshop.
Chongshan is cold in winter and hot in summer. The workmanship in this kind of place originally did not meet the standards, but for the sake of food, everyone has to stay here for the time being.
The sky was still hazy, and many brothers had already arrived yawning. Most of them didn't even bother to take a sip of hot water. They swallowed the last bite of the steamed buns they bought on the road and started working.
Although work is recorded on a piece-by-piece basis like in the factory, the working hours are now much lower. After all, there is no space and no money to install and debug equipment. Xiao Zhou can only do some laborious work such as burring, which has no technical content.
Of course it is impossible to pay high wages.
Zhou Hongnian stopped his bicycle and looked around, then quickly carried a kettle to get some water. He also felt very sorry for everyone.
When Zhou Hongnian and Wen Yongqiang persuaded everyone to find food on their own before, he, who was usually low-key and high-spirited, patted the table and assured everyone that no work would be his responsibility in the future.
There is a lot of work nowadays, and the Zhongshan motorcycle auto parts industry is very developed, especially in the past two years. Zhou Hongnian has no worries about finding work by relying on his own connections.
It's just that now everyone can only do hard work. They work hard for ten hours a day in order to keep up the good work, and their income is only at the normal wage level. Although it is a little more than most workers in the factory who only receive 70% of their wages, it is really true.
Tired enough.
But this is no wonder Zhou Hongnian, he, Wen Yongqiang, and Niu Weigong went to factory director Jiang to negotiate together. After the main factory office reportedly paid attention, the other party finally relaxed and agreed to their ideas.
However, everything is done by oneself, without any money, including the factory building, because the casting and forging workshop has been rented out, and other factories have been arranged. As for other branch factories, they are available, but Liu Hong helped contact them, but they had no money to go.
rent.
It was really difficult at the beginning...
Zhou Hongnian poured hot tea for all the masters who had come early, and said a few words of encouragement that he could not believe. He returned to his office space - a chair and a wooden table on the edge of the awning.
"Xiao Zhou is here too."
Ten minutes later, Wen Yongqiang walked in while rubbing his sleepy eyes. Seeing that Zhou Hongnian was earlier than him, he cheered up and greeted him. We will pay him an extra week's wages."
Zhou Hongnian handed over a few pages of paper he had just sorted out, with an encouraging expression on his face.
"Xiao Zhou, you are very motivated, but you can't be busy like this. Many of your brothers are older and are struggling to hold on just doing hard work all day long."
Wen Yongqiang looked at the list in his hand and looked embarrassed. Even though he was the deputy director, he still had to do this strenuous work. He was in good health and could still bear it, but some older people couldn't bear it.
"Director Wen, I understand. The money is still a little low now. You ask everyone to grit their teeth and hold on for a while. Aunt Zhang said that after their company's money is recovered, she will lend us 50,000. Wei Wu said that his money cannot be recycled now.
But we can lend us 100,000 yuan after the Spring Festival. If we can wait and borrow 2.3 million yuan, that's fine. I'm also looking for people to borrow it from everywhere. By then, together with what everyone has collected, it should be enough."
Zhou Hongnian is too busy to work hard and can't relax now. No matter how great the difficulty is, it can be overcome.
It's like they came out to do the work themselves. They were not laughed at at first, especially the red-eyed wolves of the foundry workers. But now their workshops have not yet finished their work, and they can only drink porridge with 70% of their salary every month behind their backs.
Sour.
Zhou Hongnian comforted Wen Yongqiang, and the two discussed work arrangements. In fact, there was nothing to arrange. Anyway, he went to find work and the other party was in charge of the site and quality.
It was almost daylight after eight o'clock. Zhou Hongnian brought the arranged list to the door again and gave the old machine repairman the order to be shipped today. He was too old and couldn't do this strenuous work, so he could only wait for customers every day.
An easy way to coordinate pickup and delivery.
Zhou Hongnian usually spends his time chatting and communicating with his clients and bosses, but today he has something to do and has to go out.
Zhou Hongnian rode his bicycle to Zhifen for decoration, intending to store the bicycle there, then take the city circle bus to Yudeng Bus Station, and then try to see if he could borrow money.
What a coincidence, I happened to see Lu Yang, Wei Zhixiu, and the designer Liao Li at the door. After Zhou Hongnian said hello, he knew that they were going to the city, and they didn't go shopping in the central area, but went to Shiqiaoping to buy some.
He also planned to go in that direction to find some things he needed for his computer.
"Brother Hongnian, your mental state is not very good."
After getting in the car, the sleepy Lu Yang smiled and joked.
"Lu Yang, you are still talking about me, what's going on with your two giant panda eyes?"
Seeing that the dark circles under Lu Yang's eyes were much more exaggerated than his own, Zhou Hongnian was even more surprised. It was already a holiday and he still went to bed so late? He knew that this child had strong self-control, so he probably wasn't playing so late.
"Oh, don't mention it..."
Lu Yang shook his head and glanced at the expressionless Wei Zhixiu.
Su Shu didn't know if she was too excited the night before. Ever since the question was asked, the little girl saw Lu Yang's face turning red and Ai Ai couldn't give an answer. She actually didn't feel anxious and instead giggled.
Later, when Yin Zijie came over, Su Shu pretended to be pitiful, saying that she was too excited about her birthday and couldn't sleep, so she asked Lu Yang to coax her to sleep.
Such a reasonable request was not too much, but the little girl didn't feel tired after sleeping all day. When her mother and Yin Zijing couldn't hold it in any longer and went to bed first, she became more interested.
When a certain 'poor brother' was sleepy, Su Shu happily hugged him and repeated the question countless times. Then, after a certain 'sleeping brother' couldn't hold it in anymore, he lowered his head and said 'hmm' before she was satisfied.
We hugged each other and fell asleep, and when we woke up in the morning, we smiled sweetly and faced Yin Zijie's big eyes with a certain 'awkward brother'.
After all this trouble, Lu Yang saw the true nature of the little witch and was made extremely depressed.
What was especially unfortunate was that yesterday, my grandparents had made an appointment to be a guest at Grandpa Nainai's house. It was impossible for Lu Yang not to accompany him. He cheered up and took the bus to Grandpa's house by himself. After a day of hard work, the consequences were
It took ten hours from last night to this morning to replenish my energy.
On the way to the ferry in Daliangshan District, Lu Yang couldn't hold on any longer and slept for a while in Wei Zhixiu's arms. He didn't wake up until there was a jolt. This place was not far from Shiqiaoping.
In the early 1990s, the Chongshan High-tech Development Zone was established in the Shiqiaoping area. Now it is still in its early stages and the road conditions are very poor.
"Brother Hongnian, I heard things are not going well with you there."
Lu Yang couldn't sleep, so he went to inquire about Zhou Hongnian, who was also awakened in the front row. He couldn't ignore these uncles. His usual hearing was not detailed enough, and he wanted to know more details.
"There is no way. The factory won't give us a penny, and the factory building won't be repaired. We have to do everything ourselves. Your mother and Wei Wu both agreed to help, but the amount is too big, and there is still a lot left."
Zhou Hongnian explained with a wry smile, not including the factory building, equipment installation and commissioning fees and various start-up preparations, it would not be possible without hundreds of thousands. Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near. If we only count 150,000, then at least 300,000 are needed.
enough.
"Oh, this is difficult to handle, and it's not a small amount of money."
Lu Yang nodded and pondered, feeling quite refreshed. His first job from childhood to college was in a factory, so he knew a lot about these things and knew that the basis of industry is money.
The manufacturing industry is not very profitable, but it is easy to scale up. Of course Lu Yang wants to get involved, but unfortunately he cannot use his funds now.
The key is that we can't wait. It's not yet the time for all layoffs. Many uncles and uncles will not be able to figure it out after being tired for a long time just doing hard work.
"Yes, everyone has no money to raise funds, and there is no way to get a loan. My house cannot be mortgaged, which is really difficult."
Zhou Hongnian thought about asking his parents for help, but 300,000 is not a small amount. The family just bought a house and they couldn't get it. As for the house in the Education Commission, the procedures were not complete and they couldn't get a mortgage. In fact, the houses of the factory employees couldn't get mortgages. Everyone
A few hundred per person and tens of thousands are better than nothing.
"Brother Hongnian, at least it's better than going to Jiaming's place now. Everyone is still angry."
Lu Yang saw that Zhou Hongnian was a little discouraged, and he quickly offered words of encouragement.
"That's definitely better. At least my wife and children are here. But I'm not willing to live like this. I have the equipment and skills, but I just can't get a good job!"
Zhou Hongnian cheered up, with a depressed expression on his face. A group of men worked so hard, but the hero couldn't get around a penny. He was really worried.
"Don't worry, maybe things will turn around after a while. Brother Hongnian, where are you going?"
Lu Yang immediately comforted him and seeing that the other party was in even worse spirits, he quickly and quietly changed the subject.
"I have a cousin-in-law who runs an auto parts business near here. He has many connections. I wanted to go over and see if I could borrow some money."
Zhou Hongnian now regards Lu Yang's family as his own and does not speak to outsiders. His cousin-in-law was an employee of the Chongshan Instrument Factory. He later resigned and worked in the auto parts business for several years. Although it was not developed, he still had his own shop.
While talking, the car had entered the Shipingqiao area, where road construction was still under way and there was mud everywhere. Liao Li parked the car outside many bungalows under the command of Zhou Hongnian.
There are all kinds of parts everywhere. This is the Chongshan Auto Parts Market, the largest auto parts distribution center in the city.
Zhou Hongnian got off the bus here when he wanted to go in to find his cousin-in-law. He waved with a smile and watched Lu Yang and the others continue to the central street of Shiqiaoping Town, where there is a distribution center for electronic products, selling most computers of all kinds.
Entering the Chongshan Auto Parts Market, Zhou Hongnian found his cousin-in-law Liu Lin's shop. It was a bungalow shared with others, and several people were playing poker around the door.
Zhou Hongnian had not seen much of his cousin-in-law since he went to Yaoquan. He looked at several people a few steps away and was not sure who they were.
A short fat man who was playing cards suddenly looked surprised when he saw Zhou Hongnian smiling out of habit to solicit business, and then his face blossomed into a smile.
"Is it the new year of Hong Kong?"
The short fat man dropped his cards and walked over in a few steps with a smile.
"Good boy, you are getting stronger and stronger!"
Zhou Hongnian nodded and was hugged by Liu Lin with a smile. Seeing how enthusiastic his cousin-in-law was, he felt half relieved.
