11-58 Suspension of production and waiting for work
It was snowing again, and there was a layer of ice on the window. Mu Lianheng stood in front of the window holding a cup of hot coffee and drew a face on the glass with his fingers. There was an empty and desolate scene outside the window. New salary rewards and punishments were implemented since then.
After the establishment of the system, you will no longer see people wandering around the factory with nothing to do.
The office was well heated. Mu Lianheng only wore a shirt and jumped from senior assistant to the president of Xuanwu Group to executive vice president of Hongqi Steel. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, but now he has slowly integrated into his new role.
The office that Mr. Mu used was the office of the retired secretary of the factory. The tables and chairs were all old goods from the 1990s. The administrative department planned to replace them with new ones, but Mu Lianheng refused. He also ordered that no new offices be added.
Apart from a laptop and a pot of daffodils, the furnishings of the office have not changed.
There was a gentle knock on the door, and three young people walked in. They were the go-getters personally selected by Mu Lianheng. They were administrative assistants, financial assistants, and human resources assistants. They were all in their twenties, sixties, and seventies. They were full of vigor and courage.
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"How are the workers feeling?" Mu Lianheng asked as he took a sip of coffee.
The administrative assistant said: "After the forum was closed, the workers' negative emotions grew extremely rapidly. The number of people who said strange things and contradicted the leaders in person increased significantly. Moreover, the volume of mobile phone messages within the group suddenly increased. I speculate that they used text messages to communicate in series.
...Mr. Mu, I have some ideas."
"you say."
"I think the company's internal forum, as a valve to vent workers' negative emotions, still has practical significance. I hope President Mu will consider whether it can be reopened."
"Your idea is good, but on the Internet, any negative factors may be infinitely amplified and lead to larger-scale resentment, so it must be shut down."
"However, I'm afraid that they may suppress things too hard and take risks and do drastic things."
Mu Lianheng smiled contemptuously: "Everything is under my control."
The administrative assistant said sincerely: "I understand, Mr. Mu."
Mu Lianheng nodded: "How is the financial situation going?"
"These days, we basically only sleep four hours a day, racing against time to take stock of the accounts and assets. Hongqi Steel's financial situation is much better than we expected. It turned a loss last year and achieved a breakthrough of zero profit and tax this year. The asset-liability ratio and bad debts
The profit rate is within the allowed range. If capital and technology are invested, this enterprise may become a high-quality asset of the group." The financial assistant pushed up his glasses and said seriously.
Mu Lianheng frowned: "That's not what you have to consider. What you have to do now is to withdraw the working capital other than ensuring necessary operations as soon as possible, do a good job in cleaning up fixed assets, and prepare for the next step.
Good foreshadowing, by the way, how is the work on labor costs going?" After speaking, he turned his attention to the human resources assistant.
The human resources assistant took out a stack of information and said: "This is a list of workers over forty years old and with a high school education or below. These people will be put on the back burner on the grounds of reducing staff and increasing efficiency. The effect should be ideal."
The administrative assistant said: "People of this age group, the elderly are frail and sick, and the children are in junior high school. It is when they need money. Will they be paid basic salary while waiting for work?"
Mu Lianheng shook his head: "Now is not the time to be merciful. No matter what level you consider, these people must be abandoned. In this way, according to the basic salary... sixty will be paid, and these people will serve as a pilot
, the next step is to clean up the middle-level cadres, let’s use intermediate professional titles and bachelor’s degrees as the benchmark, and all those who don’t have this leverage will be put on the job.”
There was a moment of silence, and the three young assistants lowered their heads in silence, seeming to be thinking about something.
Mu Lianheng sighed, patted the administrative assistant on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Wang, this is the law of the jungle. Any kindness will bring disaster. Have you forgotten Mr. Chen's teachings? We came to Xuanwu Group
What is the purpose? What is the responsibility?”
The three people immediately straightened their backs: "I understand!"
…
The latest notice has been issued. In order to save energy, reduce emissions, reduce staff and increase efficiency, the leadership of Hongqi Steel has made the decision to shut down four iron-making blast furnaces, three oxygen top-blown converters, six sintering machines, and three oxygen generators. At the same time,
Four hundred employees over the age of 40 and with less than a high school education are on the waiting list.
Along with the notice, there was also an explanation from the factory about the shutdown of equipment and the layoff of workers. It said that due to the high international iron ore prices, steel companies were facing huge losses and had no choice but to reduce production and lay off workers.
It is only temporary. The factory will never push these workers into the society. Instead, it will cooperate with relevant departments to set up a training institution to help them recharge and remedial. At the same time, it will pay 60% of their salary every month as living expenses and so on.
After dozens of notices were posted, the assistants hid in the factory building in panic, preparing to face the storm. But strangely, after such explosive news was released, no workers rioted.
Silence, deathly silence, the workers silently walked to the bulletin board, saw their names on the waiting list, and then left silently, without a word of complaint or complaint, as if the name on it was not theirs at all.
Same.
The angry chief engineer approached Mu Lianheng and asked him why he shut down the normally operating equipment.
"The equipment is aging and cannot keep up with the development of the times. It cannot meet the standards of green and environmentally friendly enterprises advocated by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. I think shutting down and reducing production will be conducive to the long-term development of the Hongqi Factory." Mu Lianheng answered easily.
The chief engineer's temples jumped with anger: "You stopped the equipment, what to do with the orders, what are the workers going to do, among other things, do you know that blast furnace gas is used for heating in the factory? In the cold winter, how can you let the family members know?
How do thousands of people survive the winter?"
Mu Lianheng looked calm: "The more we produce, the more we will lose. I insist that stopping production is a responsible decision. As for the issue of heating in the winter, isn't there air conditioning?"
"Shutting down equipment requires the approval of the leadership team. Whoever approves it will make this decision!" The chief engineer was still furious.
Mu Lianheng sneered: "Do you still think it was a state-owned enterprise in the past? Everything had to be voted on by the leadership team. Now Hongqi Steel is a private enterprise. I am the executive vice president and can make the final decision. If you have any objections, you can appeal to the group.
Or resign."
The chief engineer turned away with a livid face.
…
In the factory dormitory, a group of men in work clothes were smoking cigarettes and discussing something in low voices beside the flower bed. When they saw Wei Shumin walking through the snow from a distance, they all dropped their cigarette butts and greeted: "Mr. Wei
good."
Wei Shumin looked at them: "Why are you standing here? You don't go to work."
"Mr. Wei, the factory has shut down and reduced production. We have no work to do."
"Mr. Wei, my family and I are both on the job and can only earn 600 yuan a month. How can we live like this?"
"Mr. Wei, the Xuanwu Group is bullying others too much. You have to help us come up with ideas."
Wei Shumin frowned: "You came so quickly. Let's go upstairs and talk."
When I got home, I found that the room was as cold as an ice cellar. It turned out that the heating in the factory was powered by blast furnace gas. Now that the blast furnace is shut down, the heating has naturally stopped.
The employees cursed again.
Wei Shumin said: "Comrades, don't be impatient. The current situation is very critical. Xuanwu Group's shutdown of the blast furnace is only the first step. Next, they will have more insidious tricks. If I guessed correctly, their purpose is to
Put our Hongqi Factory into bankruptcy in the shortest possible time."
The employees asked one after another: "Why is that? Isn't our factory profitable?"
"The profitability of steel plants is much lower than that of real estate." Wei Shumin took out a map and spread it on the table, pointing: "Look, here, here, are all bought by Xuanwu Group
The land is just in line with the Hongqi Factory. Our factory used to be in a remote area, but now it is a sought-after riverside location. This is why Xuanwu Group is eager to acquire the Hongqi Factory. Their goal is not our factory, but the land.
!”
The employees looked at each other, and someone asked: "What's going on with the construction of a new factory in Nantai County?"
Wei Shumin said: "I have conducted a lot of investigation work during this period. The Nantai County Industrial Park only exists on the blueprint. It takes much more time, energy and cost to build a steel plant than to build a residential area. It is less."
It is said that it will take three years, do you think Xuanwu Group can wait three years?"
Everyone was stunned, and a middle-level cadre asked: "Mr. Wei, according to you, the next step is to shut down the entire factory and force us to relocate?"
Wei Shumin said: "Why haven't you understood yet? There won't be any new factory. All they want is this piece of land, nothing more."
"Mr. Wei, what should we do?" The employees were horrified and looked at Wei Shumin nervously.
"Unite and persist in the struggle. The Hongqi Factory belongs to us, the five thousand Red Banner people, not to the Xuanwu Group and a few corrupt elements. Everyone must recognize this clearly."
Several branch factory directors and workshop directors all said at once: "Mr. Wei, please lead us to do this. The evil Xuanwu Group will cut off our livelihood and fight with them!"
The workers also shouted: "Strike! Petition!"
Wei Shumin said: "Calm down, everyone must calm down. The strike plays into their hands. Petitioning cannot solve the problem, but can only intensify it. What we have to do now is to organize production on the one hand and prove the value of the existence of the Hongqi Factory, and on the other hand pass the
Report it through normal channels and seek support from higher-level leadership departments so that Xuanwu Group can completely withdraw from Hongqi Steel Plant."
"Mr. Wei, we listen to you, give us your instructions!"
…
The snow outside is getting heavier and the north wind is howling, but the hearts of the employees who are meeting at the home of the General Health Bureau are as hot as a furnace.