Chapter 263 Visiting the Factory
The eighth factory starts work at eight in the morning. Lin Yuhang arrived at the company just after seven and was waiting at the factory gate early.
After returning home yesterday, Lin Yuhang didn't sleep well all night. He tossed and turned, and his mind was full of things happening in the factory.
The current situation of Factory 8 makes Lin Yuhang very anxious. He is very eager to solve the current problems, but the reality does not allow him to come up with any solutions. Now he can only place his hopes on Song Yuanchao.
"Director, are you waiting for someone?" The security guard, who was pacing back and forth at the factory gate, couldn't help but stick his head out and ask when he saw Lin Yuhang like this.
"Oh...yes." Lin Yuhang replied subconsciously.
"Is there a superior coming today?" the doorman asked tentatively.
If it was a superior who came to inspect, it would be normal for Lin Yuhang, the factory director, to wait at the factory gate. But the strange thing was that shouldn't the superior's inspection have been notified in advance? At least a banner or some ribbons and some flowers and plants should have been hung in the factory area. Besides, the deputy factory director and the director of the factory office were not there, and the gatekeeper had not received any notification. Could it be that this young new factory director did not play by the rules?
As for Lin Yuhang, the new factory manager and secretary, everyone in Factory 8 is still in the process of getting familiar with him, or is waiting and watching.
There have been rumors about Lin Yuhang's background. This young factory director was a combat hero in the army and a battalion-level cadre. He had won the second-class individual merit and the first-class collective merit.
In this era, the worship of combat heroes is still very strong. The war on the southwestern border has been going on for quite some time. With the propaganda, the common people have discussed and paid a lot of attention to this war. They also have an innate liking and respect for the combat heroes who have come down from the battlefield.
It is for this reason that Lin Yuhang is still highly recognized by the masses after taking over the position of the Eighth Factory. Moreover, it is said that Lin Yuhang has an extraordinary family background. Although the people under the emperor's feet are different from those in other places, the children of high-ranking officials with backgrounds are still out of reach in the eyes of ordinary people.
As a combat hero and the son of a high-ranking official, Lin Yuhang took the initiative to come to a shabby factory like the Eighth Factory to work. This kind of awareness is also admirable.
These are Lin Yuhang's halo and added factors. In addition, the positive attitude Lin Yuhang has shown since taking office also tells everyone that he is not here to just idle away his time , but to do something practical.
This is also the basis for Lin Yuhang to vigorously promote and change the culture of the Eighth Factory in recent days. In this era, there are employees in the company who are just trying to get by, but there are also many employees who regard the factory as their home and are worried about the future of the company.
What Lin Yuhang showed gave them a glimmer of hope, so they actively cooperated and changed the original situation in a short period of time.
In addition, the loan that Lin Yuhang brought was also a factor. With a stable salary income and the problem of medical reimbursement solved, everyone's spirits naturally changed. But even so, the actual problems faced by the Eighth Factory have not been solved, so everyone is still waiting to see whether Lin Yuhang, the factory director, can be competent.
"It's not my superior, it's a friend of mine who's coming." Lin Yuhang turned around and said to the old man, thinking for a moment and explaining, "The sales of our factory's products are not good, so I specially invited someone from the Imperial University of Peking to come and take a look."
"Imperial University of Peking? This is amazing , a great expert!" The doorman was shocked and happy at the same time.
It seems that the factory director Lin Yuhang has a strong background and is different. He was able to invite experts and professors from the Imperial University of Peking to provide guidance. Maybe the Eighth Factory can really be saved.
Lin Yuhang did not explain the old man's misunderstanding, but just smiled and nodded slightly.
Factory No. 8 needs morale boost and good news right now, so let him be the one who misunderstands. Besides, the doorman is generally the most well-informed person in the entire factory. He is also a "small radio" among the people. Sometimes, some news coming out of his mouth is even more effective than Lin Yuhang's announcement at a factory meeting.
As time passed, cadres and employees arrived at the factory one after another.
When everyone saw Lin Yuhang standing at the factory gate, they were all confused at first. They greeted the new director enthusiastically and pushed their bicycles or walked into the factory gate. After entering, they learned from the gateman why Lin Yuhang was waiting at the factory gate. When they learned that the director had specially invited experts and professors from Imperial University of Peking to revitalize the factory and solve problems, everyone was surprised, but also saw hope and became excited.
Nearing eight o'clock, Lin Yuhang finally saw Song Yuanchao riding a bicycle, and he hurried forward to greet him.
"Brother, am I not late? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." When they were almost at the factory gate, Song Yuanchao jumped off his bicycle, pushed the bicycle forward a few steps, and asked Lin Yuhang with a smile.
"No, no, you're just in time. I just arrived a while ago." Lin Yuhang warmly invited Song Yuanchao to enter the factory. When they walked into the factory gate, the doorman who stuck his head out greeted them specifically and at the same time set his eyes on Song Yuanchao.
In the eyes of the concierge, this expert seemed a little young, but his bearing was extraordinary. No wonder he was an expert, after all, he was different from ordinary people.
As he walked into the factory, the air was filled with the smell of medicine, which made Song Yuanchao frown slightly.
"You can't get used to this smell, right? I was the same on my first day here, but I got used to it after staying here for a while. Haha, this is a Chinese medicine factory, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, although this smell is unpleasant, it's Chinese medicine and it's not harmful to the human body. In fact, staying in this environment for a long time is good for you. Let me tell you a secret. There are very few employees in our factory who catch colds and get sick every year, and it's largely because they've been in this environment for a long time."
Lin Yuhang explained with a smile, and Song Yuanchao burst out laughing, but when he thought about it carefully, it did make some sense.
They went to Lin Yuhang's office first. Lin Yuhang originally wanted to pour tea and give up his seat for Song Yuanchao, but Song Yuanchao declined.
He came here today to see the real situation of the Eighth Factory, not to be a guest. Since he is here, there is no need to be polite, since he is not an outsider anyway.
Song Yuanchao directly proposed to take a good look around the factory. Lin Yuhang had already prepared for this and immediately asked someone to get a white coat and a white hat for Song Yuanchao. The two of them put on the white coats and hats in the office. Lin Yuhang accompanied them personally, and the factory office director led the way. The three of them walked out of the office building and headed towards the workshop.
Factory 8 has a total of three workshops, which produce Chinese patent medicines, ointments and pharmaceutical products respectively. Due to current product sales reasons, Lin Yuhang has adjusted the production plan of the current workshop, so the production task of the workshop is not heavy and only maintains the minimum production.
The equipment in the workshop is all old, some of which are from the old pharmacy that was the predecessor of the Eighth Factory before the factory was built. In addition, many process flows are still operated manually, which is also a helpless solution.
Firstly, the Eighth Factory had not purchased any new equipment in recent years. During the planned economy period when performance was good, all profits were turned over, leaving little capital for the factory.
Secondly, due to traditional concepts, the spirit of hard work and simplicity was highly valued in those days. The so-called three years new, three years old, and three years of mending. This concept was accepted by many people and was also advocated by the factory leaders at that time.
Third, Chinese medicine and Western medicine are essentially different. The production equipment of Western medicine is basically similar to that of chemical industry, which is convenient for modern production.
However, Chinese medicine is different. Many processes and links cannot be shared with the equipment used in Western medicine. If equipment is to be used, it must be customized. Such customized equipment is expensive and cumbersome to operate. When conditions allowed, Factory No. 8, which was accustomed to the current production process, gave up equipment updates after weighing the pros and cons. Now, with the decline of Factory No. 8, the factory has long lost the financial conditions to replace equipment.
As for the production technology, Song Yuanchao understood nine out of ten things and had no idea about the rest.
Accompanied by Lin Yuhang, the factory office director and the workshop directors, he inspected the conditions in the three workshops. He did not pay special attention to the production process and technology, but only focused on the production environment and other things.
Judging from these, Lin Yuhang has done a good job since taking office as factory director. Although the workshop is not fully operational, many places are cleaned, some raw materials and finished products are neatly arranged, and the mental outlook of the employees is also good.
After a quick tour of the workshop, Lin Yuhang personally took Song Yuanchao to the warehouse. When the warehouse door opened, Song Yuanchao was shocked by the number of products piled up in the warehouse.
"Why is there so much inventory?" Although Lin Yuhang mentioned yesterday that there was a backlog of more than one million products, when these products were presented in front of Song Yuanchao, Song Yuanchao realized how large the number of more than one million products Lin Yuhang mentioned was.
The warehouse of Factory No. 8 is not small, approximately 3,000 square meters. The design and layout of the warehouse naturally cannot be compared with the "logistics warehouse" of later generations, and the actual capacity is also much inferior.
But even so, the warehouse of more than 3,000 square meters is packed to the brim, with boxes of finished products placed on each warehouse board. These finished products are all produced by three workshops, and there is no end in sight.
"I'm really worried about having these products here. You know that medicine has a shelf life. More than half of the products in the warehouse have been stored for more than half a year. If they are kept like this, they will be worthless after the expiration date." Faced with the reality, Lin Yuhang did not hide it and said it directly.
At this time, the factory director had asked him to go back first, and there were only Song Yuanchao and Lin Yuhang in the warehouse.
"What is the shelf life of these products?" Song Yuanchao asked, frowning as he looked around.
"Mostly two years, some three years, and the longest is five years." Lin Yuhang pointed to several products and introduced them.
He nodded slightly. Many of the products had been stored for more than half a year with a two-year shelf life, which meant that the remaining shelf life was almost halfway through. If these products continued to be piled up and not sold, they would be worthless in another half a year, just as Lin Yuhang said.
Who would use medicine that has passed its expiration date? Who dares to use it? This is a simple truth.
