Chapter 316: Fighting the Tyrant
"What do you mean?" Director Chen's words aroused Lin Yuhang's curiosity, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Yuhang, you are not familiar with Huang Baogui, right?" Seeing Lin Yuhang nodded, Director Chen sighed and said, "I have known him for many years. I once worked . I know Huang Baogui quite well. Huang Baogui is a person with lofty ambitions..."
Director Chen began to talk about Huang Baogui. According to him, Huang Baogui was a very capable factory director who had been the director of the Third Factory for nearly twenty years. It was not easy for him to work his way up to the position of factory director from an ordinary worker.
After taking the position of the director of the third factory, Huang Baogui made drastic changes to the third factory both inside and outside. It was his management methods that enabled the third factory to develop rapidly in his hands, from an ordinary traditional Chinese medicine factory to a leader in the second echelon today.
If it weren't for the fact that Factory 3 was inferior to Factory 1 and Factory 2 in terms of foundation and was not born with deficiencies, it would not be impossible for Huang Baogui to lead Factory 3 to surpass Factory 1 and Factory 2 with his ability.
Huang Baogui has always hoped that this would be the case. He has always hoped that Factory 3 would eventually surpass Factory 1 and Factory 2 and become the industry leader. If this could be achieved, then Huang Baogui's life would not have been lived in vain.
This time, Factory No. 8 innovated and developed a warm cup packaging product. With this product, it opened up the market immediately, thereby clearing out inventory, recovering a large amount of funds, and even making a lot of profits by this method, which made the dying Factory No. 8 turn around.
After learning about this situation, Huang Baogui was the first factory director among other factories to make the decision to follow suit. In his opinion, Factory 8 was inferior to Factory 3 in terms of scale and production capacity. If Factory 3 could be the first to follow up and seize this market, Factory 3 would definitely be able to dominate this market with its capabilities, and even Factory 8, which entered first, would not be its rival.
Theoretically, this is true. You should know that there are only 130 employees in Factory 8, but there are about 500 employees in Factory 3, which is three times the number of employees in Factory 3.
In addition, the production capacity and scale of the workshop of Factory 3 far exceed those of Factory 8, and the channels and relationships of the Supply and Marketing Department are much stronger than those of Factory 8. In addition, Factory 3 not only has long-term cooperation with local hospitals and pharmacies in Yanjing, but also has many units in foreign markets that have cooperated for many years. The smooth flow of sales channels is the confidence of Huang Baogui. With these trump cards in hand, Huang Baogui is very confident.
So Huang Baogui was the first to make this decision , and he took a gamble for success. He invested most of the funds and energy of the third factory in this gamble. In his opinion, this was an excellent opportunity. As long as it could succeed, the dream of the third factory surpassing the first and second factories would no longer be a dream, but would be very likely to be realized.
This wish had long been Huang Baogui's inner demon. Wasn't it for this purpose that he had been holding his breath for so many years? And the facts also proved that Huang Baogui was right in doing so. When Factory 8 took the initiative to withdraw from the market, Factory 3 was the first to rush in and directly took over the market after Factory 8 withdrew. For a time, Factory 3 was the most popular.
Unfortunately , the good times did not last long. Just when the third factory was full of confidence and ready to make a big move, other factories also launched similar products in just about a month, thus engaging in fierce competition with the third factory in the market.
In this fierce competition, many factories spent a lot of money but failed to gain any benefits in the market. Even Factory 3 was exhausted in the competition. However, due to Factory 3's large market coverage, complete preparations made in advance, and strong strength, it was able to hold on for a while.
In addition, the Third Factory has also signed purchasing contracts with many farms, intending to monopolize the raw materials first. As long as it can survive the temporary difficult period and wait until all subsequent raw materials are under its control, it will be time for the Third Factory to reap the harvest.
But Huang Baogui never expected that, as the saying goes, man proposes, God disposes. Just when he had begun to adjust the market and was preparing to gradually abandon the warm cup packaging and wait for subsequent market changes, suddenly the higher authorities issued a document directly prohibiting the sale of such products.
After this document was issued, the Third Factory was like being hit on the head with a club. Huang Baogui was so angry that he fainted in the office and was immediately admitted to the hospital.
Compared with other factories, Huang Baogui gambled too big this time. If he won, he would naturally be the hero of Factory 3. But now he has completely lost the gamble. Not only are most of the factory's funds accumulated in the products, but after the order banning production and sales was issued, Factory 3 was faced with overwhelming returns from all over the country, which made the situation even worse.
In just less than a week, the once prosperous Factory 3 was reduced to a mess. Trucks queuing up for returns were everywhere in front of the factory gate, which was in stark contrast to the previous bustling queues for pick-up.
Due to the extremely serious returns and the backlog of funds, the capital chain of the Third Factory suddenly had big problems. Now, not to mention paying the shipping costs for the returns, even the wages of the employees in the factory can hardly be paid, let alone production. For this gamble, Huang Baogui had already invested all the production capacity of all the workshops. How could it be so easy to adjust the production target now?
Furthermore, production also requires money and raw materials, and where can the third factory get these now? When the news reached Huang Baogui, who was in the hospital, his condition became worse. His gray hair turned completely white overnight, and he looked like he had aged 20 years.
"Huang Baogui is completely ruined this time. He used to be in good health and had several years left before retirement. But now the hospital says that he not only has heart problems, but also has many other problems. Even after he is cured, he can't work on the front line." Director Chen said with emotion, sighing and shaking his head.
He was familiar with Huang Baogui and they would chat every time they met at a meeting. In his memory, Huang Baogui was always a loud and impetuous person, but when he went to the hospital to visit Huang Baogui yesterday, he saw an old man who was dying on the bed.
Listening to Director Chen's story, Lin Yuhang felt a little reluctant. Although he was not familiar with Huang Baogui, he felt the image of an excellent and capable factory director from Director Chen's story.
But no matter what, Huang Baogui's current situation is not his fault. He can only blame himself. Huang Baogui has always been the boss of the Third Factory. Who dares to stop him from doing something he has decided to do? In addition, the Third Factory has achieved good results under Huang Baogui's leadership over the years, and has provided many benefits to the employees. The trust of all the employees in the factory has made Huang Baogui arrogant, which has led to the current situation.
There must be something hateful about a pitiful person, and Huang Baogui is a living example.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuhang was stunned. Why did he suddenly feel sorry for Huang Baogui? Looking at Director Chen who was still sighing over there, Lin Yuhang cursed inwardly that he almost fell into this guy's trap.
"Brother Chen, it's getting late. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. There's still a lot of things to do in the factory..." After saying this, Lin Yuhang patted his butt and stood up. If he continued chatting, who knows what Director Chen would say. Lin Yuhang, who had been prepared, would not fall into his trap.
"Brother Yuhang, this..." Director Chen didn't expect that Lin Yuhang was curious about asking about Huang Baogui the moment before, but suddenly changed the subject and stood up to leave. This was different from what he expected.
Standing up quickly and grabbing Lin Yuhang's hand, Director Chen forced a smile and said, "Since you're here, why are you in such a hurry to leave? It's almost noon now. The food in our cafeteria is good. Let's eat and go back later."
"It's almost noon?" Lin Yuhang looked up at the wall clock. It was only half past ten in the morning and it was still early for lunch at noon.
"Brother Chen, you called me here just to talk about Huang Baogui? This matter has nothing to do with me. I am the director of the Eighth Factory, not the Third Factory. Besides, isn't Huang Baogui in the hospital? If you are bored, why don't you come to chat with me or go have a drink after I get off work? Well, during working hours, there are so many things going on in my factory, you see..."
Lin Yuhang's words were clear, meaning that if Director Chen didn't talk about business, he would just leave. He simply didn't have the time to continue accompanying him in the office and chatting about this and that.
With an awkward smile, Director Chen pulled Lin Yuhang to sit down again, handed him a cigarette, and lit it with a match. Director Chen hesitated before saying, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth. The situation at the third factory is very serious now. If things go wrong, the factory will not be able to survive. The superiors have taken into account Comrade Huang Baogui's current situation. In view of his physical condition, he is no longer suitable for presiding over the work of the third factory. Now the secretary of the third factory, Comrade Jiang Guoxun, is temporarily in charge."
"But even so, the problems faced by the third factory are very serious. The superiors held a special meeting on this matter. At the meeting, they unanimously decided to put the accountability of the third factory on hold for the time being. The key now is to solve the dilemma faced by the third factory."
After taking a puff of cigarette, Director Chen sighed, "But it's not that easy to solve the problem. Huang Baogui has made such a big mess that the higher-ups can't cover it, and there's no money to help them out. If it were normal, it would be fine, at least the first and second factories could lend a hand, but this time their losses are not small, and now they're in such a mess that they're lucky to be able to get through it."
"What? So you've decided to target our Eighth Factory?" Lin Yuhang understood and said sarcastically.
Director Chen smiled awkwardly, nodded and said, "It was a comrade who proposed this suggestion. After all, this matter was started by Factory 8. Although Factory 8 has no responsibility on the surface, in fact, if this matter is really investigated..."
"Stop it, Brother Chen." Without waiting for Director Chen to finish his words, Lin Yuhang frowned and said seriously, "I don't like to hear this. What do you mean by superficial? What do you mean by really investigating? This is one and two is two. If the Eighth Factory and I are really responsible for this, I will never shirk it. I will punish you in any way I deserve, even if it means dismissing me from my position and arresting me in the Public Security Bureau for sentencing. But what does this ambiguous statement mean? Which leader said this irresponsible statement? How could there be such a person in our cadre team? If you continue to throw dirty water on me and the Eighth Factory, don't blame me for going directly to the bureau leaders to ask for an explanation!"
Lin Yuhang was born into a military family and was a combat hero who had fought on the battlefield. Although he looked young, his aura was not weak at all when he put on a stern face.
"Brother Yuhang, don't get angry. It doesn't matter who said it. Besides, it was just a brief mention. We are all revolutionary comrades. This is an internal conflict... Haha... There's no need..." Seeing that Lin Yuhang was angry, Director Chen tried to smooth things over. Then, fearing that Lin Yuhang would not let this matter go, he hurriedly said, "Several factories are having a hard time now. We are also having a hard time here. Only Factory 8 is doing well now. Brother Yuhang, you are a party member, a cadre, and a combat hero. This brother unit has problems and is in trouble. You can't just stand by and watch it die, right? So the above means that I should talk to you first and let Factory 8 find a way to support Factory 3 and help it overcome this difficulty. In this way, this hurdle will be overcome, right?"
"Support? How do you support?" Lin Yuhang asked with a frown.
"This support mainly comes from two aspects." Director Chen said, "The first is the funding issue. The funds of the third factory are about to be cut off, and they can't even pay next month's wages. In addition, there are serious returns from various places. Although many products are sold on consignment, the return shipping costs caused by special reasons still need to be borne by the third factory."
"In addition, the third factory has previously ordered a large amount of raw materials and signed purchase contracts with many farms. These contracts will be fulfilled in more than a month. How can the third factory come up with the money? However, if the contract is violated, the compensation will be a large amount, so funding is a big problem now."
"How much money does the third factory need?" Lin Yuhang asked. If the money is not much, the third factory is not Grandet. Lin Yuhang, who has received revolutionary education for so many years, is not without this awareness. It is not impossible to help the brother factory.
Director Chen extended a hand to Lin Yuhang.
"Five hundred thousand? So much?" Lin Yuhang was surprised.
"It's not five hundred thousand, it's five million!"
"What!" Lin Yuhang almost jumped up.
