Chapter 345 Face to Face
"Huang Baogui wants to see me?"
Lin Yuhang was very surprised and even thought that he had heard it wrongly. Why did Huang Baogui suddenly want to see him?
Huang Baogui is the director of the third factory. He is not familiar with Lin Yuhang. At best, they have only met twice in meetings. The two sides have never dealt with each other, let alone have any friendship.
In addition, the three factories had caused trouble and ruined the merger. It was said that Huang Baogui was behind it. From this point of view, they are not the same kind of people at all. Moreover, Huang Baogui is still recuperating in the hospital due to coronary heart disease. Why do you suddenly want to see him?
"Could it be..." Lin Yuhang thought, maybe his countermeasures worked? Was Huang Baogui angry? But no matter whether it was or not, since Huang Baogui asked to meet Lin Yuhang, Lin Yuhang could not refuse. After all, compared with Lin Yuhang, Huang Baogui was a well-known senior in the industry, and now he was a patient, it would be good to meet him.
After hanging up the phone with Director Chen, Lin Yuhang sat down and thought carefully. After a while, he stood up and left the office.
An hour later, Lin Yuhang arrived at the People's Hospital with fruits he bought on the road. He asked the nurse where Huang Baogui's ward was, and then went there.
When I arrived at the place, I knocked on the door gently. Soon I heard a voice from inside inviting me in. I pushed the door open and saw Huang Baogui half lying on the bed.
"Director Huang, I'm glad to see you so late. How are you?" After entering and closing the door, Lin Yuhang greeted Huang Baogui with a smile and put the fruit aside.
"Director Lin, haha, thank you for coming to see me. Please sit down. I am not feeling well and cannot get up to entertain you. There is water over there. Please pour it yourself..." Huang Baogui quickly stood up slightly. Lin Yuhang stepped forward and supported his arm. Hearing what Huang Baogui said, he smiled and nodded. He sat down beside the bed without pouring any water.
"How is your health now?"
"It's OK. I was injured a bit. The doctor told me to continue resting. If the conditions are right, it would be best to have a bypass surgery or something like that. However, this operation is very difficult and ordinary doctors can't do it. There are not many experts in the country who can do it. Moreover, the materials used have to be imported and are said to be very expensive."
At this point, Huang Baogui shook his head and said, "I'm already half buried in the earth. Forget it. I'll just get conservative treatment. As long as I'm not dying, that's fine."
"Don't say that. You are still young and strong. Since the doctor said that surgery can cure it, it is better to arrange the surgery as soon as possible. As for experts and so on, we will think of a way. Don't worry about the cost. You have worked hard all your life, and the organization will make good arrangements." Lin Yuhang comforted him. At the same time, he took note of Huang Baogui's words in his heart and planned to go back and find someone to ask about this matter.
The two exchanged a few words, and then talked about their respective work. Huang Baogui was the first to bring it up, asking about the current situation of the Eighth Factory.
In response to Huang Baogui's questions, Lin Yuhang picked out some things that he could say. There were some things that Lin Yuhang couldn't hide even if he wanted to. After all, they were all in the same industry, so there was no need to hide anything.
"Factory No. 8 has a good director!" After listening to Lin Yuhang's answer, although Huang Baogui already knew in advance that Factory No. 8 was now thriving, when many specific situations came out of Lin Yuhang's mouth, Huang Baogui still couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
Compared to Huang Baogui, Lin Yuhang is much younger, but it is this young man who has accomplished what Huang Baogui has never done in his entire life. He has led the inconspicuous Factory No. 8 to rapid progress and has become a rising star in the industry.
For a moment, Huang Baogui felt a little regretful. He regretted why he didn't take the initiative to get Lin Yuhang under his command when Lin Yuhang transferred to their bureau.
Compared with the original Factory 8, Factory 3 is the existence of Factory 1 and Factory 2, and Factory 3 far exceeds Factory 8 in terms of scale, foundation, and future. If Lin Yuhang could have come to Factory 3, Factory 3 would not be like this now.
Thinking of this, Huang Baogui thought about his successor again.
Huang Baogui appears to be impetuous and tough on the surface, but he is actually a delicate person at heart. A few years ago, Huang Baogui had been thinking about the successor to the third factory.
Having worked in the Third Factory all his life, in his eyes the Third Factory was no different from Huang Baogui's child. It was Huang Baogui who single-handedly brought the Third Factory from an ordinary factory to its current scale.
After he turned fifty, Huang Baogui began to think about who would take over his position, but unfortunately he never found a suitable successor.
There is no need to talk about Secretary Jiang Guoxun, who is about the same age as himself and holds the same position. In terms of ability, Jiang Guoxun is not a suitable enterprise manager. He is good at political work, managing the trade union, and doing ideological work, but he is simply not cut out for managing an enterprise.
As for his junior fellow factory director Liu Xinhong, although he is younger and has good work abilities, in Huang Baogui's eyes Liu Xinhong is only capable of being a deputy. He can do some practical work, but he does not have the ability to manage the overall situation. Therefore, he is not the best candidate to be his successor.
Huang Baogui's apprentice, the head of the supply and marketing department, is even worse. Although he is smart, he has deficiencies in many areas. Especially his personality makes it impossible for him to become a leader.
Therefore, Huang Baogui has been worrying about this matter for many years, but he has not found a suitable candidate. When he saw the young Lin Yuhang today, an idea suddenly flashed through Huang Baogui's mind. If Lin Yuhang could come to the third factory, this problem would be solved. Lin Yuhang would work as the deputy director for a few years, and Huang Baogui would guide him well. When his time is up, Huang Baogui would naturally let him take over. In this way, there would be someone to take over the third factory.
Thinking of this, Huang Baogui smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that he was really overthinking it.
Now Lin Yuhang is the director of the Eighth Factory. Although he is half a level lower than him in rank, they are equal in terms of corporate status. In addition, the Eighth Factory is so popular in Lin Yuhang's hands, while his own Three Factory is already dying. The thought that just crossed his mind was just a wishful thinking.
"I heard that your Factory No. 8 is planning to build a branch?" Huang Baogui suddenly asked.
"We do have this plan, and the formal report has been submitted." Lin Yuhang admitted it directly .
"Is your ginseng royal jelly selling well?"
"It's OK, but the insufficient output restricts the development of the factory. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of building a branch factory."
Huang Baogui nodded and did not continue to speak. He just sat there quietly, as if thinking about something. Lin Yuhang, who was standing beside him, did not urge him and also sat there quietly. For a moment, the ward was unusually quiet.
After an unknown amount of time, Huang Baogui sighed and looked at Lin Yuhang with a complicated look: "Xiao Lin, is it okay for me to call you Xiao Lin?"
"No problem, I'm much younger than you, so it's just right for you to call me that." Lin Yuhang nodded with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll call you Xiaolin." Huang Baogui smiled, then asked seriously, "There was a plan to merge our two factories before. Xiaolin, what do you think of this plan?"
"Director Huang, wasn't this plan rejected?" Lin Yuhang asked with a frown.
Huang Baogui waved his hand and said, "It's not a rejection. It's just put on hold for some reasons. Let me ask you, if I agree to the merger of Factory 3 and Factory 8, what will be your attitude?"
Although he had expected this before coming here, Lin Yuhang still showed a hint of surprise when Huang Baogui really said this.
"But what about Factory 3?"
"You don't have to think too much about the third factory. Just tell me your own attitude. Do you agree or oppose?" Huang Baogui asked directly.
Lin Yuhang hesitated for a moment, then said seriously: "Director Huang, since you asked me this, I won't set an ambush. I supported this plan at the beginning, and my attitude has not changed now. But I think you know why this matter has been shelved. It is not so easy to do this. It is for this reason that our Eighth Factory has also shelved this matter and is preparing to build a branch factory instead."
"Someone told me that the market is also a battlefield. I was born in the military and have been to the battlefield. I know the cruelty of the battlefield better than anyone else. As the director of the Eighth Factory, I can't just watch the market over there and give up because of my lack of strength. As an excellent commander, giving up the opportunity to win is a crime and it is intolerable. I hope you can understand."
Looking at Lin Yuhang, feeling the vigor and determination in him, Huang Baogui couldn't help but sigh at his determination and faith. It's a pity that Lin Yuhang is not his successor. It would be great if he was his successor! Now it is the third factory, not the eighth factory, that is enjoying the fruits of victory.
"It's good to build a new factory, but don't you think it takes too long to build a new factory and put it into production?" Huang Baogui said. He continued, "I have worked in business for my whole life and I know a little bit about business. It takes at least a year or two for a factory to be planned, built and put into production. In addition, there is the issue of employees."
"After the new plant is built, the training of employees is the top priority. Given the situation of the employees in the eighth plant, at best we can only transfer some key personnel to support the new plant, and most employees will have to be recruited anew."
"There are many young people in society at present, and even more unemployed young people. To put it bluntly, it is not easy to find a three-legged frog, but there is no shortage of two-legged people. It is easy to recruit people when a new factory is built, and many departments are even eager for you to help solve the employment problems of unemployed young people. But the problem is, can you use these people immediately after they come? Not to mention that these people are of varying quality, and it takes some effort to rectify them, and their skill level is also a big problem."
"Our industry is not an ordinary industry. The production of Chinese patent medicine requires a certain level of professionalism. From this point of view, it will take at least several months for these people to be truly useful."
"You just said that the business world is like a battlefield. I think this makes a lot of sense. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the original planned economy has been broken, and the market economy has gradually replaced the market. So time is very important to us. And as far as I know, your ginseng royal jelly is selling very well now, but this product is nothing in terms of technical content. Even if your peers in Yanjing don't compete with you for the time being, can you guarantee that your peers from other places won't enter this industry? Occupy the market as quickly as possible and make the factory bigger and stronger. This is what you should do now!"
