Chapter 643 There is a problem
Zheng Guoyuan knocked on the office door and received a response from inside saying "Come in".
Pushing the door open, Zheng Guoyuan put on a smile and greeted a middle-aged man inside.
"Hello, Director Shi."
"Oh, Old Zheng, haha, come here, sit down." Director Shi, who was sitting at his desk writing something, looked up when he heard the voice. Seeing that it was Zheng Guoyuan, he immediately put down the pen in his hand, stood up with a smile and greeted him.
"Director Shi, you called me to come here...?" Zheng Guoyuan shook hands with Director Shi and asked.
"No hurry, no hurry, sit down first." Director Shi smiled and pulled Zheng Guoyuan to the sofa beside him and asked him to sit down. Then he walked over to pour him a glass of water, and then came back with the glass. After Zheng Guoyuan quickly stood up, took the glass and said thank you, Director Shi sat down.
"Come, have a cigarette!" After sitting down, Director Shi took out a cigarette and handed it to him. Zheng Guoyuan quickly thanked him and took it. Before he could take out a light, Director Shi lit the lighter and helped Zheng Guoyuan light it with a smile.
Zheng Guoyuan's heart sank slightly. It seemed that something was wrong today!
Director Shi is the regional leader and also Zheng Guoyuan’s direct superior at the Quanlin Factory.
Quanlin Factory is a collective factory. Collective factories are somewhat different from state-owned enterprises, but they are still under local management because according to policy, the collective system is a supplement to the state-owned system. In this respect, there is not much difference in essence.
However, collective factories have more freedom than state-owned factories. After all, the superiors of collective factories are regional leaders. The daily work of regional leaders is not to directly manage enterprises, but they have other jobs of their own. The management of collective factories is only a kind of trusteeship and supervision, which is different from state-owned enterprises.
Of course, Zheng Guoyuan knew Director Shi, and the two had known each other for many years and had dealt with each other many times. But knowing each other was acquaintance, but it was not a good relationship at all. At best, they were just acquaintances.
But when they met today, Zheng Guoyuan felt a little strange about the enthusiasm Director Shi showed towards him. As the old saying goes, if someone shows kindness for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. It was really not normal for Director Shi to specially call him from the factory and treat him with such courtesy.
Zheng Guoyuan suddenly became defensive. Could it be that Director Shi was planning to take advantage of him?
Over the past year or so, the Quanlin Factory has developed very well, especially at the beginning of this year when Zheng Guoyuan found a way to use an old production line, which led to a significant increase in the output of the Quanlin Factory.
In addition, although Jiang Youxing had made a fuss before, the cooperation between the two parties eventually continued, and now the development of Quanlin Factory has reached a new level.
At present, Quanlin Factory has grown from a small factory to a medium-sized beverage factory of considerable scale in Jinling. If the cooperative Youmin Factory is also included, its scale has long exceeded that of the original Nandu Branch.
Quanlin Factory is not Sit Company, but Zheng Guoyuan’s business philosophy is very correct. He is very clear about the gap in strength between the two parties, and has no intention of competing directly with Sit Company.
In addition to continuing to engage in direct sales and occupy the market in the surrounding areas of Jinling, Zheng Guoyuan has now begun preparing to follow the example of Sit Company and launch new beverage products.
Once the new beverage product is successfully launched, Quanlin Factory will be able to move to a higher level. As for whether it will be suppressed by Sit Company, Zheng Guoyuan is not worried at all. The national market is so large, and he, Zheng Guoyuan, is not going to compete with Sit Company face to face for jobs. He just wants to take advantage of Sit Company's rapid development and occupy some corners that Sit Company cannot take care of.
Of course, as the company grows, no one can predict what the future will be like. Zheng Guoyuan is also aware of this, but no matter what the future holds, the most important thing is to strengthen ourselves.
While smoking, Director Shi chatted with Zheng Guoyuan about family matters with concern, as if he had called Zheng Guoyuan today just to chat.
After finishing a cigarette, Director Shi didn't get to the point, and Zheng Guoyuan didn't ask why the other party called him here , but just chatted casually.
After a while, Director Shi lost his temper first and said with a smile, "Old Zheng, your Quanlin Factory has developed well in recent years."
"It's okay, thanks to the support and guidance of the leaders." Zheng Guoyuan replied with a smile in an official tone.
"Your factory is developing well, and this is all thanks to you and your comrades. What does it have to do with the support and guidance of the leaders? Besides, I don't usually pay much attention to the companies below. After all, I have a lot of work to do every day. The credit belongs to you and your comrades. How can I have any credit?"
"You can't say that. A voyage on the sea depends on the helmsman." Zheng Guoyuan said modestly, "The leader has a far-sighted vision and has pointed out the direction of development for us. Besides, isn't the current policy also issued by you personally? Our factory follows the policy you issued. How can the achievements we have made not be attributed to you? Leader, you are too modest."
"You, you're still trying to play this on me? Hahaha!" Director Shi laughed and seemed very happy.
Who doesn't like to be praised? Who doesn't like to hear compliments? Director Shi is also a human being, and everyone likes this, and he is no exception.
After laughing for a while, Director Shi asked about the current operating conditions of Quanlin Factory with concern. Zheng Guoyuan was well prepared for this and picked out some things to report to Director Shi.
Director Shi listened very carefully and took a small notebook to make some notes while listening. He also asked a few questions. Zheng Guoyuan immediately explained to Director Shi and appropriately gave the credit to Director Shi while speaking, which made him very happy.
After chatting for a while, Zheng Guoyuan finally finished his report.
Director Shi pushed the cup of water in front of him towards Zheng Guoyuan, motioning him to drink some water to moisten his throat.
He thanked him and picked up the cup to drink. But before Zheng Guoyuan could finish the drink, he almost spit out the water because of Director Shi's next words.
"Old Zheng, the Quanlin factory has done well in your leadership. The general direction is good and the achievements are real, but there are also some problems, and these problems are not small!"
"Problem?" Zheng Guoyuan asked in confusion, trying hard to swallow the water.
Director Shi nodded, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by an unusual seriousness.
"I have received a report that your Quanlin Factory has been stealing state property..."
"Impossible!" Zheng Guoyuan stood up suddenly, looking very excited.
"Don't get excited. There's no need to shout if you have a point. Sit down! Sit down and talk!" He pressed his hand to tell Zheng Guoyuan to calm down. Seeing that Zheng Guoyuan was about to ask a question, Director Shi waved his hand again to tell him not to speak for the time being.
"Let me ask you, what's going on with the Youmin Factory?" Director Shi asked directly.
"Youmin Factory?" Zheng Guoyuan was stunned.
Director Shi's face was as cold as ice, completely different from the cheerful and cheerful man just now.
"I received a report that your Quanlin Factory has incorporated the Youmin Factory? All the people in the Youmin Factory have become your Quanlin Factory's people? Even the director of the Youmin Factory, Jiang Youxing, has been sidelined by you? Is that right? You are really brave! Not to mention that the Youmin Factory is a state-owned enterprise, even collective enterprises like your Quanlin Factory are also state property!"
"The director of a collective factory has taken away state property and also sidelined the head of a state-owned enterprise, swallowing up the entire factory? What kind of nature is this?"
"Zheng Guoyuan! You are also a cadre, and a party member! How could you not know this? To tell you the truth, the organization took this matter very seriously after receiving the report letter. I called you here today just to hear your explanation. I took a risk by doing this. According to the procedure, the relevant department should come forward directly, but considering your achievements and good performance over the years, I am questioning you in this way."
Facing Director Shi's stern tone, Zheng Guoyuan's anger was suddenly extinguished as if a bucket of cold water was poured on him.
His mind was racing with thoughts. Who on earth would write such a letter of complaint?
Could it be that old guy Jiang Youxing? Jiang Youxing had made a scene at his place for a while, demanding more benefits from the cooperation. This incident almost caught Zheng Guoyuan off guard. After understanding the situation, Zheng Guoyuan directly rejected Jiang Youxing's request and used the original middle-level cadres of Youmin Factory to "create" a rebellion against Jiang Youxing.
In the eyes of ordinary employees including middle-level cadres, Jiang Youxing does not have the ability to run the enterprise well. Now the cooperation with Quanlin Factory finally allows everyone to have work and get paid. Moreover, with the deepening of cooperation, the employees of the two factories are now indistinguishable from each other. In everyone's opinion, working with Quanlin Factory not only has no harm, but is better than before. In this situation, Jiang Youxing wants to part ways with Quanlin Factory and reap the benefits by retreating. The people's eyes are not blind, and their hearts are like mirrors. How can they not see who is right and who is wrong?
In this way, Jiang Youxing lost more than he gained this time. Not only did he fail to gain more benefits from Zheng Guoyuan, but his prestige in Youmin Factory also plummeted because of this incident. In addition, due to the original supply and marketing staff and middle-level cadres of Youmin Factory, everyone had great dissatisfaction with Jiang Youxing, so they simply united to cooperate with Zheng Guoyuan to directly sideline Jiang Youxing.
After this incident, although Jiang Youxing was still the director of Youmin Factory, he was only the director in name only.
Production, sales and even the daily management of the factory were all taken over by Quanlin Factory. The only thing he, as the factory director, could do was to work, drink a cup of tea and read a newspaper until the end of the day.
But what good ? If the report on Zheng Guoyuan succeeded, the cooperation between the two factories would be completely ruined. What would happen to Youmin Factory next? Does Jiang Youxing have the ability to run a good enterprise? If he had the ability, he would not have messed up the factory like this.
If the report fails, and Zheng Guoyuan finds out that he is the instigator of this incident, Jiang Youxing will also suffer no benefit. Jiang Youxing is indeed not very capable, but he is not a fool. Although he is now sidelined, his salary and bonus are not less than a penny, and he gets a lot more than before. What's more, Jiang Youxing is not young anymore. He will retire in two years at most. Why bother with this?
