Chapter 678 Digging Roots
After listening to Song Yuanchao's suggestion, Jiang Dahai thought silently in his mind. After thinking for a while, he asked Song Yuanchao about the key issue of labor costs in this cooperation mode.
Song Yuanchao said a number with a smile, and this number made Jiang Dahai raise his eyebrows, because the labor fee given by Song Yuanchao far exceeded his expectations. If calculated based on the current salary income of the employees of Xinyoumin Factory, after deducting this expenditure, Xinyoumin Factory would still have a considerable income.
"Xiao Song, we have more than 200 people in our factory now."
"What's there to be afraid of with so many people? Come on!" Song Yuanchao waved his hand and said, "Not only ordinary workers, but also those comrades from the supply and marketing department who have nothing to do anyway, can come. But old leader, I have to say something ugly in advance. Si Te is not a state-owned enterprise. Si Te has its own rules. Since you are here, we have the final say on personnel management. Those who plan to slack off should not come. The company's rules are very strict. If you are fined every few days, you will lose face, right? If you want to come, please send some people who can work steadily, or have skills and abilities, so that I can also raise this matter with the foreign investment side."
"Yes, yes, you are right. One is one and two is two. This is how things should be done!" Jiang Dahai nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face.
As a cadre who has worked in state-owned enterprises for so many years, Jiang Dahai naturally understands the internal situation of state-owned enterprises, and the requirements raised by Song Yuanchao are also reasonable.
"Don't worry about that. I will strictly control the personnel. If there are really blind guys who violate the regulations, I will deal with them as I should. I will fully cooperate with you!"
"Okay, since the old leader said so, I will communicate with the foreign investment and give you a reply as soon as possible?"
"Okay! I'll wait for your news." Jiang Dahai smiled and asked, "By the way, Xiao Song, are you on board with the welfare housing issue?"
"Well..." Song Yuanchao looked embarrassed, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Old leader, since you are not an outsider, I will not beat around the bush with you. This matter is a bit difficult!"
"What do you mean ?"
"You know that Sitek is not a state-owned enterprise, but a joint venture. The nature of a joint venture is different from that of a state-owned enterprise. Although I am the chairman, my rights as the chairman are also limited. Sitek is a general manager system, and the general manager is a foreigner."
As he spoke, Song Yuanchao pointed towards the general manager's office not far away.
Jiang Dahai had experienced the joint venture of the first branch factory and had dealt with Ruth. Of course, he knew that the CEO of Ster Company was an American woman.
After hearing what Song Yuanchao said , Jiang Dahai didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Song Yuanchao continued, "Foreigners are different from us. They are stubborn here. Besides, there is no such thing as welfare housing distribution in foreign countries. What's more, you want us to take over a mess that has just been built. Why should we take over this mess? Build houses? But after we build houses, we can't distribute houses like state-owned enterprises! These houses are built, and the money invested is not to be mentioned. The key is that these houses are useless!"
"Old leader, I really can't agree to this, but don't worry. I will find time to communicate with the foreign investment department, and then meet with the secretary privately to see if there is a workaround for the above problem. What do you think?"
Song Yuanchao's words were well-reasoned and Jiang Dahai had nothing to refute for a moment. After thinking about it, he felt that Song Yuanchao's concerns were normal, so he could only nod.
Although overall, the two purposes of coming to Song Yuanchao today were not achieved, but Song Yuanchao gave him a workaround, which was to use labor in exchange for funds to solve the imminent major problem of the Xinyoumin Factory, which made Jiang Dahai feel relieved.
As for the issue of the house, he could only wait for the result of Song Yuanchao's communication. No matter what, Song Yuanchao at least helped him solve part of the problem today, and his attitude towards him was not only respectful but also courteous, which made Jiang Dahai very grateful.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Song Yuanchao stood up and invited Jiang Dahai to have a simple meal together.
However, the company has regulations that guests can only be entertained in the company cafeteria and cannot go to outside restaurants to eat and drink. As the chairman, Song Yuanchao must also abide by the company's rules.
So Jiang Dahai had to eat with him in the cafeteria. Song Yuanchao half-jokingly said that the cafeteria of Si Te Company was quite good. The chefs were all good chefs specially invited by the company, and their cooking skills were no worse than those in other restaurants.
Jiang Dahai smiled and refused, saying that he had just arrived at the factory and had many things to deal with, so he had to rush back immediately. He would not eat lunch at Si Te. He had already brought lunch to the office in the morning, and it would be a waste if he didn't go back to eat it.
Moreover, he also had to go back and conduct a survey as soon as possible on the issue of labor personnel that Song Yuanchao mentioned just now, understand the situation of all the employees in the factory one by one and then make a list for Song Yuanchao, so time was very precious to him. After this matter was finished, Jiang Dahai would invite Song Yuanchao to his home, he would cook himself, and open two bottles of good wine, so that they, as old colleagues, could have a good drink.
Song Yuanchao agreed with a smile, and personally sent Jiang Dahai downstairs. He watched Jiang Dahai ride his old bicycle and leave Si Te.
After Jiang Dahai left, Song Yuanchao strode back to the office, picked up the phone and called Ruth and Zheng Guoyuan, asking them to come to his office immediately.
After a while, Ruth and Zheng Guoyuan arrived at Song Yuanchao's office at the same time, closed the door, and asked them to sit down and chat.
He briefly talked about Jiang Dahai's visit today. After he finished speaking, Ruth and Zheng Guoyuan looked at each other without saying anything, and continued to wait for Song Yuanchao to get to the point.
“Two things!”
Song Yuanchao raised two fingers and said, "The first thing is the arrangement of the labor force. Old Zheng, you were the director of Quanlin Factory before, and Youmin Factory has done OEM for Quanlin Factory. You should be most familiar with the personnel situation of the two factories."
" I'll leave this matter to you, but don't show up directly. Let the people below do the details, and you just have to make the final review. Is that ok?"
Zheng Guoyuan smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem, but I suggest that Lao Liu cooperate with us. He was in charge of production at the time and knows the personnel situation better than I do."
"Okay! Anyway, Lao Liu is in charge of production at the main factory now, and these people will be under his charge in the future, so let him participate first."
"I have a question!" At this time, Ruth raised her hand.
Song Yuanchao cast an inquiring look at Ruth, and she asked, "Chairman, my question is, what is your real purpose in doing this? If you tell me that you just want to help Xinyoumin Factory and your former boss, I think this reason is too far-fetched."
Ruth has been in China for so long that she has learned Chinese very well. She also has a good language environment within the company. Compared to when she first arrived, she could only understand the simplest words such as "thank you", "hello", and "have you eaten?", and the rest she just stared at each other and couldn't understand a word.
Although Ruth still speaks with the foreign habit of curled tongue and her Chinese is very stiff, she has no problem listening and speaking ordinary Chinese.
Of course, when dealing with the government and other parties, Ruth would still pretend to be new to China, as if she could not understand or speak Chinese fluently. This was because Song Yuanchao had asked her to do so. At first, Ruth did not understand why she had to do so, but as time went on, she soon understood the benefits of doing so.
After hearing Ruth's question, Song Yuanchao and Zheng Guoyuan looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"What do you think?" Song Yuanchao asked back.
"I think you should consider the lack of human resources in our company, right?" Ruth's eyes flickered, and then she continued, "Based on my understanding of you, are you planning to create conflicts within Xinyoumin next?"
"Why do you say that?" Song Yuanchao asked with some surprise.
"That's very simple." Ruth laughed. "In fact, you can handle it exactly the same way as Vice President Zheng did when he did OEM for Youmin Factory. Vice President Zheng, I remember that when you did OEM for Youmin Factory, you were responsible for their salary and bonus, right? In addition, after deducting the labor costs, you gave them a certain percentage of the OEM profit?"
"Yes." This is not a secret, Zheng Guoyuan immediately nodded in acknowledgement.
Ruth smiled again: "Chairman, you could actually do this, but you didn't. Instead, you settled all the expenses with Xinyoumin Factory, and the personal income of the employees still belongs to Xinyoumin Factory. In other words, it is not the employees themselves who are cooperating directly with us, but Xinyoumin Factory."
"This will lead to a problem, and it's a very ironic problem." Ruth stretched out two fingers and compared, "Same position, same labor, but different compensation income. According to the income of our employees in the company, even without including bonuses, it is twice or even more than the personal income of the employees of Xinyoumin Factory. This situation may not be a big deal at the beginning, but people are selfish. After a long time, these people will have their own ideas. What do you think?"
"Haha, I told you, you can't hide it from Miss Ruth." Song Yuanchao laughed. In fact, when he mentioned these arrangements just now, Zheng Guoyuan had been thinking about it. Based on his understanding of Zheng Guoyuan, he would definitely see through his intentions.
But unexpectedly, Ruth also understood Song Yuanchao's purpose. It seems that her years in the country were not in vain.
Song Yuanchao straightened his face and nodded, "You are right. My real purpose is to achieve this effect. When the situation of unequal pay for equal work occurs, people's ideas will change. To use a Chinese saying, it is difficult to lead a team when people's hearts are scattered."
"These few years have been an opportunity for our company to develop rapidly. We must seize this opportunity and prepare for the upcoming market impact. You all know that Jianlibao suddenly emerged this year, which is a threat to us. What will happen if similar companies emerge in the future, or if multinational companies like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo fully enter the Chinese market?"
"In view of the current situation and the strategy we decided some time ago, in addition to continuing to build branch factories, our company will also appropriately merge all enterprises for our use. The New Youmin Factory was established by merging the Quanlin Factory and the Youmin Factory. Old Zheng knows the situation of this factory best, so I won't go into details here."
"The factory has serious problems now, but it also has something we need urgently, which is the factory itself and the skilled workers in it."
"Since the establishment of Sit, the lack of human resources has been a major issue that has restricted our development. In order to solve this problem, we have cooperated with local education departments to establish technical schools and secondary schools to train our own talents. But as you know, this is a long process, and the first batch of graduates will not enter the company to work for a few months. Although they have mastered certain skills through learning, it is absolutely impossible for them to become a truly skilled worker without one or two years."
"But the new private factories are different. Their employees are all skilled workers who have worked in the industry for many years and can be used right away. Such cooperation can fill the problem of our current shortage of skilled workers and promote the subsequent development of the company. More importantly, when they find the advantages of working in Sit, whether it is treatment or income, which is much higher than in state-owned enterprises, their mentality will definitely be different."
"As the saying goes, it's not that you don't know the goods, but that you have to compare them. As people are conservative now, they are still quite hesitant about working in joint ventures, including private enterprises. In this case, we use actual conditions to tell them the advantages and benefits of working in our company. I think after experiencing this, their ideas will change, their minds will be loosened, and the results will be obvious."
"Chairman, you are a conspirator, but I like you." Ruth gave Song Yuanchao a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Also, you seem to have forgotten to mention other consequences. When these people are really useful to us, it will not be a problem to formally merge with Xinyoumin Factory, right?"
