Chapter 173 Indoctrination
"This..." Li Daqi was speechless for a moment and frowned.
"There is another question you may not have thought of." Looking at Li Daqi, Song Yuanchao stood up and poured two glasses of water. Li Daqi came early, and Song Yuanchao had just gotten up and had not had time to brush his teeth. After talking for a while, he just felt uncomfortable in his mouth.
Song Yuanchao took a sip of water and moistened his throat. "The positioning of a school-run factory is rather awkward. Our factory is not a state-owned factory. It is a collective factory, but it is not a real collective. It has a school and an education bureau as its supervisory units. In this way, the nature of the factory is different from that of an ordinary collective factory."
"To put it bluntly, our factory can be said to be semi-state-owned and semi-collective. You should be aware of this."
As the current deputy factory director, Li Daqi certainly knew that what Song Yuanchao said was correct. The nature of a school-run factory is like this, so the factory’s staff establishment is also different.
Like Director Ma, the financial lady... yes, also including Li Daqi, they all belong to the teaching staff. The staff members have relationships with the school, and the school has relationships with the Education Bureau, which is different from ordinary enterprises.
In addition to the three of them, the factory also has collective staff, such as those who have been working for many years. In addition, there are temporary workers, most of whom are newcomers who have joined the factory in the past one or two years, including a group of people recruited after October last year.
But the problem is that Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao were talking about increasing production. Why did Song Yuanchao bring this up? This made Li Daqi a little confused.
Song Yuanchao patiently explained to him that the reason was actually very simple. Due to the different nature and staff establishment of school-run factories, there were great differences between school-run factories and ordinary factories.
As long as the school-run factories are barely able to maintain themselves through self-sufficiency, people will not pay attention to this factory. After all, school-run factories are the product of a special period. In later generations, school-run factories have basically disappeared. Except for some universities that have school-enterprises (entrepreneurship parks, science and technology parks, incubation centers), ordinary primary and middle schools have long lost such enterprises.
Of course, this is not only related to market competition, but also to the situation of the school.
Universities are completely different from ordinary primary and secondary schools. Universities have higher administrative levels, large financial grants, and greater . In addition, universities have different social status and network of relationships, so they naturally have such confidence.
Li Daqi's suggestion is correct from the perspective of business, but it is problematic from a big perspective. Without mentioning other problems, let's just talk about the most likely problem, which is how to continue to ensure the independence and autonomy of school-run factories once they grow stronger in this trend and gain huge profits?
Li Daqi did not expect this, but Song Yuanchao had already thought of it.
There is an old Chinese saying: A rich man in the mountains has distant relatives, but a poor man in the city has no one to care about him.
This is true between people and also true for businesses.
When the school-run factory was struggling due to poor management, the higher authorities would simply not care about it, because in the eyes of some cadres the school-run factory was independent in nature and belonged to the school, which was supposed to be responsible for its own profits and losses and support itself.
The education department is neither an industrial department nor a commercial department. It is an institution that eats from the government. The school-run factories are not real state-owned enterprises. In this case, the superiors will not do anything. Faced with the pressure of competition and operational difficulties, the ultimate outcome facing the school-run factories is nothing more than closing down.
In previous lives, many school-run factories ended up like this, including the factory where Li Daqi worked.
But once the school-run factory is doing well, the situation is different. The superior authorities will naturally require the school-run factory or require it through the school to hand over profits, and will directly intervene in the management of the school-run factory, or even send a few people to take over the factory, thus making the factory their own.
This situation is inevitable, and it is also the helplessness of the school-run factory. Of course, you can say that you refuse the request of your superiors, but you must know that many things cannot be changed by personal will. Once an administrative order comes down, let alone a mere factory director of a school-run factory, even the school principal can be transferred at will. What can you do?
Listening to Song Yuanchao's words, Li Daqi's excitement gradually faded, replaced by extreme anxiety.
"Aiding Korea, this is absolutely not possible. How can such a thing be justified in this world?"
"Reason? The decision of your superior is the reason, your personal opinion is bullshit!" Song Yuanchao said bluntly. He had seen a lot of such things in his previous life.
Li Daqi showed an angry look on his face, and clenched his fists as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
Patting Li Daqi on the shoulder, Song Yuanchao slowed down his tone and said, "You don't have to be angry. Society is actually like this. There is white and black, but most of them are gray areas. Many things are not what you want them to be. There are too many uncertain factors."
"Aiding Korea, if this is the case then what are we doing? Is there any need to make such a fuss?" Li Daqi said indignantly.
"Why not? These are two different things." Song Yuanchao said seriously, "For ourselves, for the factory, and for the workers in the factory, isn't it ? Daqi, you have to remember that we don't do things for the leaders, but do things with our hearts. Starting a business is not for ourselves, but for more people, and also for making the lives of those around us better!"
Li Daqi felt bitter in his heart. Song Yuanchao's words were like a stick hitting him on the head, shattering his previous enthusiasm.
"You can't just muddle through, can you?"
"Of course we can't do this. No matter what happens in the future, it hasn't happened yet. So we have to do what we should do. This is responsible for ourselves, the factory and the employees in it." Song Yuanchao handed a cigarette to Li Daqi, lit it for him and continued, "But then again, some arrangements have to be made in advance. It never hurts to keep a hand."
"What do you mean...?" While smoking, Li Daqi looked up at Song Yuanchao.
Song Yuanchao smiled and said, "Your idea is actually not bad. It is imperative for the factory to expand its scale. This is also the only way for the factory to develop in the future. The school-run factory originally had low competitiveness and a weak foundation. Although it is getting better now, if it cannot grow stronger in the long run, it will eventually go into depression."
"Now is a good opportunity. If we can seize this opportunity, the school-run factory will have a rapid development momentum for at least ten years. It is very likely to grow from a small factory to a large one in the future."
Seeing Li Daqi thoughtful, Song Yuanchao said: "Enterprise development and enterprise nature are two different things, we can look at them separately. My suggestion is that while considering enterprise development, you can have a good talk with your master and the principal, and take advantage of the current situation to directly change the nature of the school-run factory, so that it can be transformed from a school-run enterprise to a real collective enterprise. As long as the nature of the enterprise is changed, the control of the superior department over the enterprise will be completely different from before. Even if something like this happens in the future, at least the factory can still resist."
"Of course, there is a way to solve the problem once and for all." Song Yuanchao paused, but did not continue.
"What's another good idea?" Seeing Song Yuanchao suddenly stop, Li Daqi looked up and asked in confusion.
Song Yuanchao lowered his voice and whispered in Li Daqi's ear: "On the surface, the school-run factory will continue to maintain its current status, but you can start a new business outside. Isn't private operation allowed now? Why not just rent a factory, buy equipment, hire people , and then take orders from the school-run factory for OEM. You are the factory director anyway, and the raw materials and processes are all provided by the factory. You just need to focus on production. You can avoid some troubles in the future by transferring money from one hand to the other."
"This...this..." Li Daqi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Song Yuanchao to give him such an idea.
"Isn't this a bit too much? It won't be a small matter if it is discovered." Although Song Yuanchao had placed orders in his own name and withheld part of the profits in the previous sale of fake collars, it was just a normal business behavior after all. Moreover, after the country allowed individual business operations, Song Yuanchao also registered an individual in the name of someone else through channels. As long as he did not evade taxes by operating in this way, no one could find fault.
But now Song Yuanchao's idea to Li Daqi seems similar, but upon closer inspection, it is completely different in nature. To put it more seriously, it is poaching from the school-run factory.
Seeing Li Daqi's worried expression, Song Yuanchao laughed: "This is just a suggestion. You can figure it out whether to do it or not and how to do it. Speaking of this, regarding the issue of increasing production you mentioned just now, if the higher-ups can't allocate land, you can rent it. The factory is not without money now, so why not rent a place outside as a branch factory? It doesn't matter if the place is a little out of the way. As for the management of the branch factory, it's also very simple. Let Xiaoqi go there to manage it, and transfer a few reliable people from the factory to lead it."
This sentence was quite reliable, and Li Daqi immediately listened to it and nodded.
Compared with Song Yuanchao, Li Daqi still had deep concerns about opening a factory on his own. You know, the current opening up has just begun, and although the social atmosphere has eased, it is still far from the level of openness in later generations.
Although individual business has emerged, there are very few individuals who open factories among them. Looking across the country, there are probably only a few such people, such as the elderly selling melon seeds in Huizhou, but there is none in Shanghai.
Being the first person to try something new is a big risk. Li Daqi is not Song Yuanchao, but even Song Yuanchao knows how great the potential risks would be if he did so.
The reason why Song Yuanchao made this suggestion was simply to see Li Daqi's reaction. It didn't matter whether he agreed or opposed it, Song Yuanchao always had a backup plan. And now Li Daqi's caution made Song Yuanchao feel relieved.
