Chapter 344: The Rat's Tail Juice
"Didn't I tell you last time to dispose of those packages and finished products as quickly as possible? Even if it's 20% or 30% off the cost price, what's going on?" Huang Baogui asked with a frown.
"It's impossible." Liu Xinhong said with a bitter face, "Now these products can't enter the sales channels at all. Let alone 20% or 70% discount, even if we offer them at a discount, they won't sell them! The administrative order has been issued, who dares to take this risk?"
"Have you not thought of other ways? What if traditional sales channels cannot be used to enter other channels?"
"I have thought about it, of course I have thought about it." Liu Xinhong said hurriedly: "I have started to organize factory workers to take things to the street to set up stalls to sell, but even so, we can't sell much in a day. Besides, loquat paste is okay, but who would stock up on cough syrup on a daily basis? Moreover, the cost of this warm cup is not low to begin with. When it was originally sold in the hospital pharmacy, it could be reimbursed as medicine. Now how many people will buy it with their own money?"
"Hi!" Huang Baogui slapped the edge of the bed weakly, looking gloomy.
Liu Xinhong is right. Things like loquat paste are originally medicines. Let's not talk about whether it is appropriate to sell them on stalls. Even if there is no problem with doing so, the packaging cost is there. People now have to pay for things that were previously available for free (reimbursed). Only a fool would do that.
In addition, the packaging of the warm cup is of lower quality than that of the special warm cups sold in department stores, and the materials used in special warm cups are different from those of this warm cup. If it is free, there is no problem, but once it costs money, people will definitely be more cautious and calculating, so even if it is discounted, not many can be sold.
"Director, if things continue like this , we might not be able to pay salaries next month. We really have no other options, so we came to discuss this with you..."
"Come to discuss this with me? Haven't you ever thought about it yourself?"
Jiang Guoxun and Liu Xinhong looked at each other, hesitated and said, "I've thought about it, and now there is a way, but I don't know..."
"explain!"
"That's right, that's right... If it really doesn't work, we can use goods to pay wages. The factory has so many products in stock and warm cups and so on. We can give them to everyone and let everyone sell them themselves. The money from the sales can be used to pay wages directly. What do you think..."
"You're playing the piano nonsense!" Huang Baogui's eyes widened and he was about to get angry. Suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He quickly raised his hand to cover his heart. Jiang Guoxun and Liu Xinhong were so scared that their faces changed drastically. They hurried forward to ask and wanted to go out to call a doctor.
"Come... come back!" Huang Baogui raised his hand to stop Jiang Guoxun who was about to run out to call a doctor. He took two deep breaths and gradually felt his heart calm down. He pointed to a chair beside them and asked them to sit down.
"It's okay, I'm just too excited all of a sudden and feel a little uncomfortable. Don't call the doctor, please..." Huang Baogui's face didn't look good, and his breath was weaker when he spoke. After Liu Xinhong took the cup and fed him two sips of water, Huang Baogui gradually returned to normal.
"Damn it, my body is really useless..." Huang Baogui sighed weakly.
"Director, please don't say such things. The factory will still depend on you to lead it in the future. You..."
Before Jiang Guoxun could finish his words, Huang Baogui waved his hand and said, "I know my health. I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the front line in the future. But with Factory 3 in this state now, how can I let it go?"
With a long sigh, Huang Baogui said earnestly, "We must not do that bad idea just now. Paying the products to the employees as wages and letting them sell them on the street for money? Is this human affairs? Don't say that I can't afford to lose face, can you afford to lose face?"
"By the way, have you considered the consequences of doing this? You are hurting people's hearts by doing this! It hurts the hearts of all the employees in our third factory! What is the heart of the people? The heart of the people is a kind of energy. Once the energy is gone and the heart is scattered, how can we lead this team in the future?"
"Don't blame me for saying this in advance. If you do this, the Third Factory will be completely finished. You...including me, if you don't want the employees of the Third Factory to point fingers at you and curse your ancestors, then don't do this. Brothers, two old brothers, you can't do this! You absolutely can't do this!"
Huang Baogui is not a good person. He is ambitious and has his own means, otherwise he would not have been the director of the third factory for so many years.
Over the years, there have been people who have been at odds with Huang Baogui, and many people have their eyes on his position as factory director. If Huang Baogui was just a reckless man, he would not be able to hold on to the position of factory director, let alone lead the third factory to become a leader in the second echelon.
But Huang Baogui's feelings for the Third Factory were genuine, including towards his subordinates. Otherwise, how could Huang Baogui be so popular in the Third Factory? A real man has his limits, and no matter how arrogant Huang Baogui was, he still had these bottom lines.
"But Director, if we don't do this, the factory won't be able to pay salaries!" Jiang Guoxun said anxiously.
"We can think of ways and work hard. Even if we pay everyone a few days late, it's better than doing this kind of meaningless thing." Huang Baogui said in an unquestionable tone, and then he remembered something and asked, "I remember that the bureau was going to help us solve some of the funding problems before? Hasn't the money arrived yet?"
"My factory director, the bureau gave us this money with conditions in the beginning. The condition was that we merged with the Eighth Factory. But later on... the matter was shelved. How could the bureau be willing to give us the money?" Jiang Guoxun said with a wry smile.
Huang Baogui slapped his forehead and then remembered this.
"Alas, it's too early to make a fuss. Otherwise, if the people in the factory had made a fuss later and waited until the money arrived before petitioning, things wouldn't have turned out like this."
Huang Baogui felt a little guilty. He had overlooked this matter at the beginning. Besides, he only found out about it after the factory workers went to petition. If he had known about it earlier, he would have stopped them and gotten the money first. It would not be too late to oppose it after the money was in hand.
Besides, if the matter is ruined, can the money in their pockets really be taken back? They are all state-owned enterprises and state property, so why should they be divided? Besides, the Third Factory might be able to survive with this money, so it is reasonable to borrow this money. It will not be too late to return the money when the Third Factory is able to repay it in the future.
Now, the matter has gone wrong before the money has even been received. Fortunately, Factory Eight gave us 300,000 yuan first, otherwise we would not be able to celebrate the National Day.
But even so, the next problem still exists. Without money, there is nothing you can do. Huang Baogui is not Monkey King, who can make money out of pulling out a hair and blowing into it.
Frowning, Huang Baogui subconsciously took out his cigarette again, lit it and smoked it.
After taking a few puffs, Huang Baogui asked, "What do you two think?"
"I..." Jiang Guoxun opened his mouth and looked at Liu Xinhong beside him. Liu Xinhong had the same expression. The two looked at each other but no one said anything for a while.
Looking at their expressions, Huang Baogui guessed something in his mind and sighed, "Lao Jiang, you are now the head of the factory, and Lao Liu is my junior. We have been working together for so many years and are no strangers. I think you have no choice, otherwise you wouldn't come here to see me today. Tell me, how bad can the outcome be?"
"Let me tell you." Liu Xinhong took over and said to Huang Baogui: "Brother, I won't repeat the situation in the factory. I just want to ask you a question. Do you think that without a large amount of capital injection, the third factory can still support itself?"
Huang Baogui didn't answer, but the disappointment in his eyes had already given Liu Xinhong the answer.
"We all entered the Third Factory when we were young. Over the years, we have gradually risen from young workers to leadership positions, and have grown up with the factory. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about the feelings we have for the factory. Whether it's you, my senior brother, or Lao Jiang, including me, who doesn't have feelings for our factory? Who is willing to see the factory become what it is now?"
"But there's nothing we can do! The factory is in this state now. Lao Jiang and I haven't been eating or sleeping well these days. We're worried about the factory every day. Look, my head is almost completely bald, and Lao Jiang's hair is half white."
"If there was any solution, we wouldn't be so worried, but now there is really no way, Senior Brother!" Liu Xinhong's eyes were moist and he choked up as he spoke. He raised his hand and wiped his face and said, "Director Chen from the Management Office came to the factory yesterday and asked me and Lao Jiang to ask about the situation and arrangements in the factory, especially whether the third factory can survive the difficulties."
"What did you say?" Huang Baogui asked calmly, but no one knew what he was thinking.
"What else can I say? Of course I have to tell the truth." Liu Xinhong spread her hands and said, "It's impossible to flatter myself in this situation. Besides, if I complain to my superiors, maybe they can help me, right?"
Huang Baogui nodded slightly. Liu Xinhong was right. He would do the same if it were him.
So how did Director Chen react next? Huang Baogui waited for Liu Xinhong to continue, only to hear him say, "Director Chen told us that the bureau will not allocate funds to the third factory for the time being. First, many leaders are opposed to doing so due to the previous incident. Second, the bureau does not have that much money. It is almost the end of the year, and there are too many places to spend money. We can't spend all the money on the third factory, right?"
"That's what he said?" Huang Baogui frowned, thought for a moment and asked, "So did he bring up the old matter again? Did he talk about the merger?"
Liu Xinhong and Jiang Guoxun were slightly surprised. They didn't expect Huang Baogui to be so sharp and guessed this. He nodded and said, "You are right. Director Chen did say this, but it is a little different from before."
"How is it different?"
"Director Chen said that there is still a chance for the merger, but if we hesitate or strongly oppose it, then this opportunity will soon be gone."
"What does he mean?" Huang Baogui asked unhappily.
Jiang Guoxun took over and said, "Director, don't think too much. Director Chen meant well. He told us that the report for the construction of the new plant of Factory 8 was submitted a month ago. Considering the problems of our Factory 3 before, the superiors deliberately suppressed it. But now Factory 8 has urged the superiors several times. It is not appropriate to suppress this matter any further."
"If Factory 3 completely abandons the merger plan, then the bureau will formally approve Factory 8's construction report. When Factory 8 starts building its new plant, it may not have enough money to merge with us. In this case, the merger will be completely aborted. As for the future, for Factory 3... Director Chen said four words..."
"What are those four words?"
"Take care of yourself..." Jiang Guoxun uttered these four words with difficulty.
