Chapter 309 Wedding Gift
Qin Zhengguo chatted with Song Yuanchao in the office for a while, and after lunch he took him to the factory building for a walk.
The equipment in the factory building is already in place, and several important sets of equipment are still being debugged. The engineers who came from Hong Kong are busy, and Zhang Jiaming is personally following up on site.
The factory building has a total of five floors. The first to third floors are factory workshops, and the fourth and fifth floors are dormitories. There is an elevator in the building to facilitate the up and down transportation of raw materials, personnel and finished products.
The dormitories look pretty good. Most of the staff dormitories on the fourth and fifth floors are configured with eight people in one room, and are divided into male and female dormitories. This is somewhat similar to the dormitories at Imperial University of Peking. In addition, there are public toilets and bathrooms, so there is no problem with living there.
As for meals, the factory adopts a model of providing food and accommodation. The canteen is on the warehouse side, and employees queue up to get meals using their ID cards.
Originally, Zhang Jiaming suggested issuing meal subsidies and allowing people to purchase meal tickets on their own to get meals, but after considering it, Qin Zhengguo did not adopt this model and instead adopted the current method.
As a former educated youth, Qin Zhengguo is well aware of the shortcomings of human nature. If subsidies or even meal tickets are directly issued, these employees are likely to save as much as possible and then sell the extra meal tickets for money. They may even go out to buy vegetables and cook, saving the money for meals to supplement their household expenses.
This is certainly a good thing for individuals. After all, according to company regulations, factory workers, including management, are required to receive about 50 kilograms of food grain per month, plus a 25 yuan monthly food allowance, which is not a small amount. You should know that college students at Beijing University only receive 45 kilograms of food grain, and female students receive 40 kilograms of food grain. The monthly food allowance plus allowance is about 20 yuan. The company's subsidies have exceeded the standard of Beijing University.
In this era, 25 yuan of food allowance and 50 kilograms of fixed grain are already a lot. Don't forget that many ordinary employees in enterprises only earn less than 40 yuan per month. In addition, the salary income of Shenghua Company is not low. If you do well, it is not uncommon for ordinary front-line employees to get 70 or 80 yuan per month, which is a high income in this era.
But people always have their own ideas. They might secretly sell these meal tickets, or tighten their belts and diet, or cook for themselves to save money. These will inevitably bring great hidden dangers to the factory.
The reason why this standard is taken into consideration is because of the labor intensity of enterprise employees. As the old saying goes, it is not advisable to want a horse to run fast but not eat grass. The first prerequisite for people to work hard is to eat well. Otherwise, who would have the heart to work if they can't even fill their stomachs?
Another thing is to prevent outsiders from entering the factory to eat or cook by themselves. Outsiders will complicate the personnel and safety management of the factory. In addition, cooking with electric stoves in dormitories is even more undesirable, as it can easily cause fires.
You have to know that Shenghua's factory building, including the dormitory building, not only has equipment and personnel living, but also a large amount of cotton spinning raw materials and clothing products. Many flammable items are piled there. Once a fire occurs, the entire factory building will be ignited in an instant, and the consequences are unimaginable.
Although the model adopted by Qin Zhengguo will waste some food, thus increasing the company's expenditure in this area, from an overall perspective, Qin Zhengguo's method is the most suitable at present, which can directly achieve closed management and safety of the factory. As for the extra expenditure, it is nothing for the entire company. This expenditure is not small for an individual, but it is just a number for the company.
I stayed in the factory building for half a day. Currently, the recruitment of employees is still in progress. Pengcheng Special Economic Zone was established not long ago. Most of the people who come to work in the company are locals or people from surrounding areas. The situation of migrant workers moving south in large numbers has not yet appeared.
But it will appear soon. With the gradual development of Pengcheng Special Economic Zone, by next year a large number of migrant workers will move south to Pengcheng in search of opportunities.
A large number of foreign workers have poured into Pengcheng, which has led to a rapid population growth and promoted the rapid development of Pengcheng enterprises.
What Qin Zhengguo said on the way here was absolutely true. He was indeed busy, busy with "eating and drinking" every day. In the afternoon, he took Song Yuanchao for a tour of the factory building and warehouse. As soon as he returned to the office, he received several calls in succession. These calls were all looking for Qin Zhengguo to make arrangements.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Zhengguo smiled and made a helpless gesture to Song Yuanchao. These calls were all from leaders of local relevant departments. They just wanted to find various reasons to invite Qin Zhengguo to dinner and drinks.
Qin Zhengguo could not refuse such a dinner party. Although some officials were not bold enough to ask for benefits directly, the means of taking advantage of food and drink always existed. In their view, big bosses in Hong Kong like Qin Zhengguo were very rich and were the most suitable ones to pay the bill. Moreover, as an outsider, if they wanted to do good business here, they could not avoid many local social engagements, and it was also necessary to maintain good relationships with these people in some aspects.
Qin Zhengguo asked Song Yuanchao to go with him to meet some leaders and solve the problem of dinner. This suggestion was directly rejected by Song Yuanchao. He didn't want to show up in front of outsiders and didn't like such occasions. Qin Zhengguo, who was good at socializing, was more suitable than himself. Therefore, Song Yuanchao would rather stay in the company and solve it casually than go out to eat and drink until his face was red.
"You go ahead. I won't go. I didn't get much rest along the way. I'll look at the company's information later and go to bed early after dinner."
"Okay, I'll go prepare some food for you and Caixia first, and then I'll go over there directly." Qin Zhengguo nodded.
"What the hell? Let me take care of Caixia. The cafeteria is downstairs and I know it. Go there early. By the way, remember what I said today. Don't just focus on eating and drinking. Find out the other party's background." Song Yuanchao smiled and waved at him, while giving him a reminder.
Qin Zhengguo was stunned for a moment before he realized what was going on. He immediately nodded and smiled, picked up his briefcase, went back to the room and said something to Ying Caixia, then went downstairs.
"Why!"
"What's wrong?" Before reaching the stairs, Song Yuanchao suddenly remembered something and called out to him.
"When I came here, Gu Jie asked me mysteriously, 'You have something to give me? Where is the thing? I haven't heard you mention it all day!"
Qin Zhengguo slapped his forehead and laughed: "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten. The things are all with Caixia. Just ask him for them later."
"What is it?" Song Yuanchao asked curiously.
"Of course it's a good thing! You will definitely like it when you see it!" Qin Zhengguo laughed, and then walked downstairs quickly. As he walked, he did not forget to turn around and say to Song Yuanchao: "When you receive the gift, remember to think of my kindness! Let's go, we'll talk again when we come back!"
After saying that, the guy's figure disappeared over the stairs. A moment later, his Mercedes-Benz started and drove outside.
Shaking his head, Song Yuanchao returned to the office and looked at some information for a while. Half an hour later, seeing that it was almost time, he asked Ying Caixia to take a lunch box and other things to go to the cafeteria to get some food. After returning, he went into the room, opened the lunch box on the table, washed two pairs of chopsticks, and sat opposite Ying Caixia to eat.
The food in the cafeteria was well cooked. Although southern dishes were relatively light, they were quite to Song Yuanchao's liking. After the meal, Song Yuanchao helped to clean up and took the lunch boxes to wash. While washing, he subconsciously asked about the "gift" Qin Zhengguo gave him.
Sure enough, when Ying Caixia knew about this, she immediately smiled and said that she had prepared it for him a long time ago. When Song Yuanchao finished washing the lunch box and returned to the living room, Ying Caixia had already taken out the gift.
"What... is in this?" Seeing Ying Caixia actually took out a large leather suitcase, Song Yuanchao was stunned and asked in confusion.
"Open it and take a look. This is what Zhengguo and I chose together. It's for you and Yanzi."
Ying Caixia said with a smile, sitting on the sofa with anticipation in her eyes.
Song Yuanchao couldn't guess what was inside the box because of her mysterious look. But it didn't matter. The box was right in front of him. Why not just open it and take a look?
Reaching out, he picked up the box and placed it on the coffee table. Song Yuanchao quickly opened the box. When he saw what was inside, he was stunned and subconsciously looked at Ying Caixia beside him.
Ying Caixia was still smiling and nodded slightly at him. At this moment, Song Yuanchao was deeply moved.
He didn't expect that Qin Zhengguo and Ying Caixia would prepare this gift for him and Lin Yan. Indeed, this gift surprised him, but he was also very happy.
The box contained two sets of clothes and a set of Chow Sang Sang jewelry. Let's talk about Chow Sang Sang's jewelry first. Chow Sang Sang is a long-established gold shop in Hong Kong. The original store was in Guangzhou, built in 1934. The name Chow Sang Sang means "repeated and endless."
49 years later, Chow Sang Sang moved to Hong Kong and took root there. After decades of ups and downs, it has become one of the most famous gold and jewelry companies in Hong Kong.
This set of gold jewelry includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, rings, etc. There is a pair of rings for men and women. The whole set of jewelry is not only made of gold, but also inlaid with rubies, which looks gorgeous under the light.
Such a set of jewelry is very valuable and you can’t buy it without hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In addition to this set of gold jewelry, there are also two sets of exquisitely crafted clothes, one is a black double-breasted suit and the other is a white wedding dress.
Suits and wedding dresses are both must-haves for weddings, but in this era, such attire . Generally, people wear Zhongshan suits or new work clothes for weddings. Suits and wedding dresses like these are extremely rare in mainland China.
Picking up the clothes and taking a closer look, you can see that the suit and wedding dress are both high-end workmanship in Hong Kong, and are completely handmade. Such clothes are not cheap in value, probably almost as valuable as this set of gold jewelry.
"This gift is really precious..." Song Yuanchao couldn't help but sigh after seeing it.
"Marriage is a major event in life. You and Yan Zi are not strangers. You are getting married at the end of the year, and Zheng Guo and I must give you a gift no matter what. You see, my belly will soon get bigger, and I will definitely not be able to attend your wedding at the end of the year. This gift is a token of my and Zheng Guo's love. I hope you and Yan Zi like it."
"I like it, of course I like it." Song Yuanchao smiled. He was not the kind of person who would hesitate. Besides, neither Qin Zhengguo nor Ying Caixia were outsiders. Although the gifts were expensive, they were nothing considering their current net worth. But this kind of thought was extremely rare.
