Chapter 699 Changes
Song Yuanchao somewhat underestimated the national sentiment and patriotic enthusiasm of the people of that era. Although he had also experienced this era, he was in a different position at the time, so naturally what he saw was different and his feelings were also different.
As the popularity of winning the gold medal overseas continued to grow due to various reports, coupled with the instant success of such a classic advertisement, Sit's beverage products suddenly entered an unprecedented market explosion.
The market exploded so rapidly that Song Yuanchao, who was well prepared, was caught off guard.
Song Yuanchao never thought that what he had done would have such an influence. The sales volume in half a month has exceeded the amount of the whole month during the peak season last year, and the rate of increase is still rising. Sun Yaoliang at the sales company is extremely worried because people from all over the country are calling like crazy to ask for goods. All the branches are already running at full capacity, but they still cannot meet the strong market demand.
Even the raw pulp production at the main factory has reached near saturation point, but it still cannot withstand the faxes coming in from all over the place.
Faced with this situation, the entire senior management of Si Te was surprised and happy. Song Yuanchao quickly convened a senior management meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Finally, a new market plan was put forward to adjust the production shifts of each factory, tap into production capacity, and further expand output to meet demand.
At the same time, the construction of several new branches that had been determined earlier started ahead of schedule, striving to put them into use in the shortest possible time.
In addition, the graduation internship of the first batch of secondary technical schools and vocational school students was brought forward. Originally, they were planned to enter the last year of internship after this summer vacation, but now Sit can't wait any longer. With the explosion of the market and the demand for increased production, there is a huge gap in staff. In the current situation where social recruitment is still immature, they can only adopt this response mode to solve the problem.
At the meeting, Lao Tang made a suggestion. He pointed out that the land acquisition for the construction of the new branch factory involved some local issues. For example, the land granted by the local government was all farmland in the suburbs, which directly affected the survival of local farmers.
Farmers grow crops and live on the land. Unlike non-agricultural households in cities, they do not have any security. Therefore, farmers are very resistant to land acquisition. The construction of the new factory has encountered such a problem and the progress is not very smooth.
Although Sit gave compensation according to the policy during the land acquisition process, the actual compensation that reached the farmers was not much. Moreover, after the new factory was built, a large number of workers were needed. These human resource issues have always troubled Sit.
Although the company announced that the technical secondary schools and vocational schools under Sit would enter the internship stage a few months earlier to make up for the shortage of manpower, even so, the planned factory deployment is still not enough.
External recruitment is even more of a drop in the bucket. Sit is a joint venture, and people nowadays still attach great importance to a stable job. They would rather go to an ordinary state-owned unit than to a joint venture, even if the latter has better wages and benefits.
Lao Tang thinks that he can discuss with the local government and directly adjust the land acquisition compensation, with part of the compensation used as a condition to attract landless farmers to work in the enterprise to ease the pressure on manpower.
Of course, considering the low educational level of farmers, some older farmers are not suitable for entering the enterprise. Certain restrictions can be made in this regard, such as requiring only an elementary school education, being under 40 years old, having no criminal record, etc.
Song Yuanchao agreed with the questions and ideas raised by Lao Tang. It was indeed the case at the moment. The lack of manpower has always been an important problem that has troubled Sit, and Sit is currently developing at a high speed. As a fast-moving consumer goods company, this problem has directly restricted the company's development.
However, Song Yuanchao also knows that it is unlikely to solve this problem at present, because everyone's thinking has not been completely changed, and the big pot system of state-owned enterprises has not been broken. This is also very normal under such circumstances.
It will be fine in a few years. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the big pot has been broken, and talent mobility has become possible. In addition, there are development factors in education. A batch of new college students, high school students, and technical secondary school students have graduated and entered the society. The continuous increase in talents has also led to the continuous decrease in their gold content. In addition, the positions in state-owned enterprises are limited. After the demand for positions reaches a certain level, the career choices faced by these people after graduation have changed.
Nowadays, college students are called the pride of the nation. College students from the new three graduating classes, such as Song Yuanchao, Lin Yan, Luo Yang, and Sun Yaoliang, are even more remarkable talents.
Among the graduates of the Imperial University of Peking in their batches, no matter they stayed in Yanjing or returned to the local areas, they were highly valued and had the status of cadres as soon as they graduated. In particular, some of them had a deputy section rank after graduation. There were also many people like Song Yuanchao who got the section rank before they officially graduated.
The introduction of highly educated talents is a difficult problem, and even the introduction of ordinary manpower is not so easy. Lao Tang proposed to attract these farmers to join the enterprise by expropriating land, which is a very good idea. Moreover, Lao Tang gave this kind of workers a name, "land expropriation workers", to solve the current imminent difficulties.
After discussion, everyone thought that Lao Tang's suggestion was very good and the idea was approved at the meeting. As for how to train and employ these land acquisition workers, Lao Tang volunteered to be responsible for this task.
Song Yuanchao praised Lao Tang for his work enthusiasm and attitude. Moreover, Lao Tang was an old employee and he was the most suitable person to do these jobs. Song Yuanchao nodded in agreement immediately and let Lao Tang take charge of this work.
After the meeting, Song Yuanchao returned to the office feeling a little tired. He took out a box of Tiger Balm from the drawer of his desk, picked up some with his fingers and rubbed it on his temples.
Stimulated by a cool feeling, Song Yuanchao suddenly felt much better and stood up to make himself another cup of tea.
Lighting a cigarette and taking a look at the information about instant noodles on the table, Song Yuanchao smiled and shook his head.
He opened the drawer, threw the document in, and then locked the drawer with the key.
Fortunately, Song Yuanchao asked Zheng Guoyuan to wait before, he never thought that the explosion of beverages would be so strong. Now Song Yuanchao temporarily stopped the promotion strategy of instant noodles. At present, all the energy of the entire Sitter company is on beverages, and because the popularity of beverage products has also driven the growth of other products, so it is no longer appropriate to continue the instant noodles plan. Song Yuanchao plans to wait until this trend is almost over before starting again.
The plan was put on hold and Song Yuanchao was busy with other things. Just as he was looking at the documents and thinking about the problems at work, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Baogang pushed the door open and Song Yuanchao was slightly stunned to see it was him. Lu Baogang was the vice president of the sales company and also one of Si Te's senior management.
However, the focus of Lu Baogang's work now has gradually shifted. Initially, he was used as a chess piece in the battle between Song Yuanchao and Jiang Dahai, and was specially recommended to Song Yuanchao by Gu Changjun.
As an old supply and marketing manager, Lu Baogang has very strong personal abilities. After arriving at the sales company, he took over the direct sales business as Sun Yaoliang 's deputy, helping Song Yuanchao and Sun Yaoliang stabilize the situation of the sales company, thus allowing Song Yuanchao to gain the upper hand in the battle with Jiang Dahai.
After the establishment of Si Te Company, the head of the sales company changed from manager to general manager. Sun Yaoliang not only held the title of general manager of the sales company, but also served as deputy general manager of Si Te head office.
As the tide rises, Lu Baogang, the deputy manager, becomes the deputy general manager of the sales company, with the same rank as managers of other departments at the headquarters.
Although Lu Baogang is very capable, he is not young after all. After becoming the vice president of the sales company, as the sales company continued to expand, he obviously felt that he was lacking in energy.
Last year, Zheng Guoyuan took the initiative to join and served as the executive vice president of Si Te. He also brought two people with him, namely Liu De and Xiao Qiang.
Liu De is currently the deputy director of the general factory, mainly responsible for production. After a period of observation and inspection, Song Yuanchao also recognized Liu De's ability. In the near future, Liu De will probably take a further step forward, either directly serving as the director of the general factory, or being transferred to a branch company somewhere as the head.
Xiao Qiang came from the supply and marketing industry and was Zheng Guoyuan's right-hand man, so it was natural for him to join the sales company.
Taking into account the work content that Xiao Qiang was originally responsible for at Quanlin Factory, Sun Yaoliang assigned him to the Business Department 1 as a manager .
Business Department 1 is responsible for business in Jinling and surrounding areas, which overlaps with Xiao Qiang’s previous job scope.
After taking office, Xiao Qiang's work ability was quickly recognized by Sun Yaoliang. At the same time, Lu Baogang took the initiative to transfer the direct sales business he was originally in charge of to Xiao Qiang, gradually withdrew from the front line of business, and turned to be responsible for the internal management and logistics of the sales company.
Song Yuanchao was very satisfied with Lu Baogang's style of not clinging to power and actively letting young people shoulder heavy responsibilities. Although such old comrades may seem inconspicuous in normal times, they are people who can really get things done.
It's a pity that Lu Baogang is a little older. He is about the same age as Jiang Dahai and will retire in a few years. Otherwise, Song Yuanchao would still like to use him.
"Old Lu, you seldom come to my place. Come, come, sit down, do you have something to talk to me about?" Seeing Lu Baogang coming, Song Yuanchao quickly stood up to greet him, and at the same time walked to the side to pour him a glass of water.
"Mr. Song, I don't want to drink the tea, so please stop working." Lu Baogang said quickly.
Song Yuanchao smiled and waved his hand for him to sit down, then poured him a glass of water and walked back to place the glass in front of him.
"What do you want from me? "
"Actually, it's nothing. It's a personal matter. I want to take a few days off." Lu Baogang took the cigarette handed to him by Song Yuanchao without lighting it, and spoke first.
