Even though the United States is in a critical period of elections, it has not delayed its dispatch of troops at all. This time, both Democratic and Republican congressmen have reached a consensus that they must give an explanation to the people and hold the forces responsible for this.
Less than a month after 9-11, NATO forces led by the United States began to attack the Taliban, with swarms of fighter jets bombing important facilities over the Taliban's sphere of influence.
Regardless of some local wars, everything is business as usual in Xiangjiang. This time the US action will have little impact on Xiangjiang.
Due to Li Guangyu's support, the Hong Kong stock market is generally relatively stable. After all, Afghanistan is not an important market and has a very weak impact on the global economy.
On October 26, Li Guangyu went to Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park to make arrangements for industrial transfer.
This time, the production of mobile phones and computers in Xiangjiang will be transferred to the mainland, and only the R&D department will remain here.
This involves nearly 20,000 employees. If plans and proper arrangements are not made in advance, it will have some negative impacts on the Li Group.
In the first conference room of the Phoenix Group office area in the industrial park, Li Guangyu, Gan Qin, and He Jin discussed the issue of suspending production on December 31 with the senior management and employee representatives.
He Jin said aloud: "At present, our entire industrial park is basically a research and development department and some trial production areas. Only our Phoenix Group still has a large number of production workshops.
As labor costs continue to increase, for the sake of the competitiveness of our products, after discussion and preparation by the group's senior management, our production line in Xiangjiang will be suspended at the end of this year.
In the future, our products will mainly be produced in Guancheng, and Phoenix Group will only retain its R&D department and trial production workshop like other groups in the industrial zone."
Although these employee representatives had been notified by the group long ago, hearing He Jin even tell the exact time now shows that the group has made up its mind and there will be no changes this time.
Phoenix Group's wages and benefits are quite good. Many of these employee representatives have worked for Phoenix Group for more than ten years. Now they are suddenly unemployed, and they are still a little confused.
They have worked at Phoenix Group for too long and their jobs have always been very stable. Now they suddenly find that their jobs are gone. They don't know what else they can do after leaving Phoenix Group.
As for the production company in Guancheng, it is impossible for them to go there. They implement the mainland wage system, which is completely different from that in Xiangjiang. They will definitely not be willing to let them get such wages.
Although they wanted to keep the production line running, they just couldn't say it. Phoenix Group had not treated them badly over the years.
Due to labor costs, most of the production companies in Xiangjiang have moved to the mainland. Compared with other companies, Phoenix Group is the latest group. In order to reduce product costs, Phoenix Group cannot retain such a huge production line in Xiangjiang.
One of the employees said: "Li Sheng, Miss He, we also know that no matter what happens this time, the group will definitely place the group order for production in Guancheng.
I just hope that you can think about the future of our nearly 20,000 employees. Many of our employees have just come out of school to work in Phoenix Group. They have no other skills and experience at all, and many of them still need more.
If you don’t have a job to support your family and pay off the mortgage, it will be too much pressure on them.”
In the past twenty years, the Li Group has made relatively good arrangements for its employees after the suspension of production, and it also has the reputation accumulated over the years, so the Phoenix Group Production Company can now be relatively stable.
These employees still trust Li Guangyu and the Li Group, and they believe that Li Guangyu and the Li Group will not ignore them.
Li Guangyu said: "Please rest assured, I have made some arrangements for you in the future to ensure that you can complete this career transformation."
Gan Qin then explained in detail to these employee representatives the transformation plan prepared by the Li Group.
The first is to support and encourage everyone to start a business. This is not just a slogan. Tianyu Bank will relax the review of loan applications for these employees. Starlight Real Estate and Wheelock Group will postpone the rent of office buildings for entrepreneurial employees for one year.
The major companies under the Li Group will give priority to cooperation with these entrepreneurs.
As long as these personnel have a good idea, have good management capabilities, and are backed by the big tree of the Li Group, I believe there will not be too many problems in future development.
The second is to work in other companies of the Lee Group. On January 1, the major companies of the Lee Group will hold a large-scale job fair in the park. The recruitment targets are the employees who have lost their jobs this time. It is estimated that 10,000 positions will be provided.
The above are all positions that these unemployed employees are qualified for.
Third, support the management of production companies to work in Guancheng. Although the wages there are relatively low, the consumption there is also relatively low.
Although Gan Qin mentioned three things, the employee representatives present mainly focused on the first two and ignored the third. They were unwilling to leave their hometowns unless they had to.
In fact, the first two are nothing new. The Lee Group did this in the 1980s, and together with the Hong Kong government, they proposed the slogan of mass innovation and mass entrepreneurship to support and encourage Hong Kong citizens to start their own businesses, especially to support unemployed employees to start their own businesses.
The second article is similar. In the past, positions were just handed over, employees here applied, and then senior management directly assigned them. This time, a recruitment system is implemented, and the nature is almost the same.
The employee representatives present were quite satisfied with this arrangement.
In Xiangjiang, except for the Li Group, no company will make arrangements for the future of its employees after moving its industry to the mainland.
The newly growing generation in Xiangjiang is not very clear. They, the old people of the Li Group, have watched the Li Group grow from a small processing factory to the current scale.
They have also witnessed Sham Shui Po's transition from prosperity to decline and then to its current prosperity. In the 1980s, a large number of silk textile companies moved their production to the mainland, resulting in a large number of employees in Sham Shui Po losing their jobs, making the once prosperous Sham Shui Po become deserted.
Later, the Lee Group and the Heung Kong Government provided support to the unemployed in Sham Shui Po, encouraging and supporting them to start their own businesses and find their own way out.
At the same time, the Lee Consortium joined forces with its allies to purchase a large number of factories in Sham Shui Po, convert industrial land into commercial land, and build multiple communities, enough to house a million people.
Sham Shui Po is now the most populous district in Xiangjiang. It is also the commercial and logistics sub-center of Xiangjiang. The Hengyu Supermarket Building is in Sham Shui Po, including the headquarters of the three major supermarket groups.
At the same time, the four major Xiangjiang logistics bases of Hengyu Supermarket, Huanan Electrical Appliance Chain, Hongmei and Huaxin are all located in Sham Shui Po.
Sham Shui Po has been re-energized and is now known as the six central districts of Hong Kong along with Central, Yau Tsim Mong, Tseung Kwan O, Tin Shui Wai and Powder Shui.
Therefore, these employees are not too frightened. Even the unemployed employees of Sham Shui Po, the Li Group are supporting their development. Not to mention those who have worked for the Li Group for many years, as long as they want to do it, the Li Group can do it.