Kunming is located inland, and its urban area is far smaller than that of first-tier cities. It is built around the east of Dianchi Lake, a long and narrow arc-shaped area from north to south.
Kunming's urban area is now much smaller than it was more than 20 years ago, and Wujiaba Airport is very close to the urban area. The city's population is only over three million, and the urban area is even smaller.
The city cadre drove his car and pointed to the large open space in the suburbs and said: "There is an advantage to cooperating with the Holy Light. They like to build new houses in the suburbs.
The city gave this land to Shengguang for free, and Shengguang started planning to build it into a new industrial zone. I heard that they did this in Shanghai, and built houses on the wasteland in Pudong."
The female reporter from the CCTV program team muttered, "Not only in the Magic City, the Holy Light is like this in all major cities across the country. They also build houses on enclosed land outside the third ring road of the Imperial Capital. God knows why they like to build houses so much?"
The third ring road is remote enough, and the outside of the third ring road is even more remote. The station arranged for us to go to the interview. The new house is surrounded by acres of vegetable fields and there are no roads. Is it possible to build a house in that place for ghosts to live in? "
The city cadres laughed, but they looked down upon the CCTV female reporter a little, thinking that she was so good-looking but had no brains. However, thinking about herself before the Holy Light came to Kunming, she couldn't laugh.
"The world will change." The cadre held the steering wheel and sighed loudly: "I will take you to see the factory of Shengguang Audiovisual later. You will know that the world is changing very quickly."
The female reporter was curious again, "What's so special about the 'Holy Light' factory?"
"A new large-scale modern factory will be built on the outskirts of the city. But in order to catch up with the schedule, 'Holy Light' has renovated several existing electronics factories in the city. We don't think this is anything special, but 'Holy Light' has overturned
a lot of things.
An electronics factory is just about assembly, spot welding, screwing, etc. But 'Holy Light' sent many Japanese engineers, who have requirements for the factory environment, manufacturing processes, quality control, and even labor protection supplies.
This is really awkward for us. In the past, assembly was a matter for workers, and they could do it as they pleased. But now it doesn't work, there are a whole set of regulations.
In February, "Shengguang Audio-Visual" began to recruit workers for training, and as a docking cadre, I was forced to participate. It was a really sad day, and all habits had to be changed.
It's like using iron pliers to twist your head in one direction, it's very painful." When the city cadre talked about this, he shook his head repeatedly, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.
For adults who were born and raised in the Mainland, if they suddenly accept the rules and regulations of modern factories, they will find that they can't speak or walk. All their cognitions have been subverted and they must learn all over again.
The pain involved in this is difficult to describe to outsiders.
But pain is pain, and the city cadre shook his head and continued to sigh: "But that's where the power of 'Holy Light' lies. I have to admire its transformation and training for being right.
According to what the newspaper said, it is called 'Really helping inland provinces to standardize their manufacturing industry and promote the improvement of product quality and labor rights.
The city originally had production lines for electrical appliances such as "Camellia" TVs, "Orchid" refrigerators, and "White Rose" washing machines, and they have always been star enterprises.
But these companies stopped working a few years ago.
For example, Shancha is still producing black and white TV sets, but the products are old and cannot be sold. The factory also spends a lot of money to sell Japanese color TV production lines, but it cannot be built without color tubes.
This reorganization also includes the transformation of these old factories. ‘Holy Light’ has really turned away from the ‘dead brain’ of the past and carried out drastic reforms.
Last year, 'Shengguang' relied on the power of ministries and commissions to forcibly inject capital into the Xianyang Color Tube Factory to improve its technical level and reduce costs. This year, it has seen the benefits.
In just two or three months, the Shancha Factory was able to revive the factory by improving its appearance design, strengthening internal management, and using domestic products from the Xianyang Color Tube Factory.
Now the production capacity is several times that of the past, and the cost has been reduced by half. Not only can the company repay the loan, but the profits and taxes have also increased sharply, and the city is relieved. However, many old employees cannot change and have to be laid off."
It's sad to say it, but the reality is even crueler.
The female reporter from the imperial capital suffered from the "literary youth syndrome" and only paid attention to the last sentence, "Old workers are laid off." She said quietly: "Is this worth it?"
The city cadre was driving, and he was quite sad at first, but after hearing this, he immediately became angry and shouted loudly: "You are so pretentious when you stay in the imperial capital where you can eat and drink well. How do you know the suffering of us, 'young and old, poor at the same time'?
Aren’t the inland provinces human beings? Don’t we want to live a good life? We can’t suppress the interests of the majority of people for the benefit of a small group of people. We can either do nothing and go about our lives, and don’t be afraid of offending others if we want to do things.”
The female reporter was stunned when she was scolded. When she went to other places and departments for interviews, she always got preferential treatment if she had the CCAV sign, but she was left out in the "Holy Light" department. This group ignored everyone.
Fortunately, now, even the personnel related to the Holy Light have been infected with the same temper. The cadre who picked up the airport is a typical example - young, new to the position, very aggressive in speaking, very direct, and does not give face.
Journalists are the 'uncrowned kings', and CCTV reporters are even more the 'kings among kings'. But this time it was their turn to feel uncomfortable, as if their heads were being clamped by a pair of iron vices and forced to twist.
When the car arrived in the city, the program crew first settled in the city guest house. The next day they went to the factory where the film "Holy Light Audiovisual" was filmed, and they were escorted by the same city cadre.
The factory used a six-story building from the Yunnan TV Factory, and renovated three of the floors to produce VCDs. This factory was still able to turn over 200 million in profits and taxes in 1991, but it was gone in the blink of an eye - it was said that it was killed by the 'Holy Light'
of.
'Harmony' sells second-hand home appliances at stalls across the country, and a 29-inch flat-screen large color TV only costs more than 2,000. Yunnan TV Factory's 'Camellia' brand color TV is only 14-18 inches, and it is not a flat screen, either.
Same price.
How to compete?
The ‘Camellia’ card was good at telling fortunes, so the ‘Holy Light’ took over and saved her.
In the past two years, home appliance manufacturers across the country have been suffering from the second-hand goods of "Shengguang". Without core technology, they are dead. This in turn facilitates "Shengguang" to acquire and reorganize at low prices, and carry out the industry in the pain of tearing apart.
upgrade.
When the program team arrived outside the factory, a long queue was particularly conspicuous, spanning four to five hundred meters.
"Who are these people?"
The program team set up a camera and pointed it at the long queue. The female reporter held a microphone and asked questions.
"The general workers who are preparing to join the factory," said the city cadre, "are all young people in their teens and 20s. Many of them only have junior high school or even elementary school education and cannot find jobs.
‘Holy Light’ recruits them and puts them into a technical school for training for one to three months, and then goes to work on the production line. The basic monthly salary is more than 200, and with overtime pay it can reach 500. Many people are rushing to come.”
The female reporter asked again: "Isn't 'Holy Light' generally raising wages? Factories in other places give you a monthly income of 300 to 400 yuan, so why do they give you less?"
"Our consumption is low, so the wages can be lower. After all, we are building a factory, so we have to have some advantages. Besides, we can earn more than 500 for overtime work. Isn't this still a little?"
"How many people will the 'Holy Light' recruit?"
"There are more than 20 home appliance production lines launched this year, requiring 10,000 to 20,000 people. When the product lines are rolled out next year, more labor will be needed. The problem now is that there are not enough staff dormitories, and seven or eight people are crammed into a room of more than ten square meters.
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The program team specially filmed the long queue outside the factory, and the female reporter tried to interview the ordinary workers who were about to enter the factory. However, most of these young people were shy and would avoid the camera and did not dare to speak.
It was hard to find a few people who were willing to talk, but they could only say where they were from, and they couldn't say much about others. After interviewing for a while, the female reporter asked the accompanying cadres, "Many of them are from border counties and cities."
The cadre nodded fiercely, "Yes, Holy Light gives priority to hiring people from border towns near Myanmar. The economy there is very poor, and young people have no way out.
If we don't take care of them, many of them will either take drugs or sell drugs, and their lives will be ruined. We must save them."