Chapter 724 Water Project
If possible , Song Yuanchao felt that he wanted all of these 1,089 people, except for those who did not report for the later training and gave up voluntarily, and those who were really unable to pass the training.
These high school students are knowledgeable and cultured people, and they are the talents that Sit is in urgent need of. Moreover, Sit’s recruitment activity this time is not only to solve the current human resource shortage problem of Sit, but more importantly, it wants to change the concept of society through this method and prepare for attracting better and more cutting-edge talents in the future.
From this point of view, Song Yuanchao does not intend to deliberately delete a group of people by using training and assessment methods as mentioned by Lao Tang. Doing so is not in line with Song Yuanchao's idea.
Although there are more people now, so what? Even if all 1,089 people are recruited into the company, it doesn’t matter if there are far from enough positions.
These labor costs are not much for Si Te. Even if each person spends 150 yuan per month, 1,089 people will only make a little over 160,000 yuan a month, which is money that Si Te can fully afford.
On the one hand, with the establishment of two product divisions of Sit, beverage production and instant noodle production have begun to separate, and Sit’s main factory has been divided into two. Among them, the main factory workshop, which is currently the largest in scale, has become the core of the beverage product division, mainly producing raw pulp, while adding equipment and assembly lines to increase production.
As for the instant noodle production lines, all of them will be assigned to the new factory. In the future, instant noodles will no longer be produced in the branches, but will be assigned to the new factory. All branches will be converted to focus on beverages and used as filling plants.
This is done to control costs and quality, so the new factory is very large. In terms of factory area, it is larger than the current main factory. A part of the design also reserves space for increased production. Once completed, the amount of instant noodles produced every day will be several times or even dozens of times the current amount, which will be enough to meet market demand at least in the next few years.
The new factory was set up in Jiangbei, mainly because the land in Jiangbei was cheap. Compared with the urban area, it was very difficult to allocate such a large piece of land to Si Te.
Although Jiangbei is relatively backward now, it also has its own conveniences in terms of future layout. First of all, Jiangbei can radiate to the Central Plains and the northern region. Secondly, Jiangbei has great potential in the future. With the subsequent construction and development of the city, the opening of Jiangbei is imminent. It is a good move for Sit to start the layout of Jiangbei in advance.
The increase in production due to the adjustment of the enterprise, coupled with the future planning of Si Te, will require a lot of human resources in the future. Therefore, Song Yuanchao thought that he could take this opportunity to recruit more people, even if they were not used for a while, at most he could find a way to keep them employed, or disperse them to work in other branches.
On the other hand, in terms of social influence, this campus recruitment is an attempt and also the first step taken by enterprises of other natures, except state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises, in social recruitment.
Song Yuanchao is still very satisfied with the current results, but if the subsequent operations are not good, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
Even if he suffers losses in some areas, Si Te must successfully complete the work and directly create a good image for the society to prepare for the future.
According to Lao Tang's method, from Si Te's perspective, it was correct to eliminate a large number of people and deliberately raise the threshold for passing the assessment, but what was the final result? Those young people who finally came with hope and longing must have left with great disappointment and anger.
This is not just one or two people, but hundreds or even tens of thousands of people, plus their parents, relatives, classmates, friends..., this will be a very large group. Once this kind of thing leads to social distrust or even criticism of Si Te, it will have very serious consequences, and Song Yuanchao's idea of using this method to improve Si Te's image will be shattered.
Song Yuanchao made a decision after consideration. Although this decision surprised Lao Tang, Lao Tang was an old laborer and he knew the limits. The leader made the decision and he would do the specific work. Since the leader's decision had been made, he just had to execute it well.
"Purified water?" Song Yuanchao, Ying Annie and Ruth were sitting in the company's small conference room.
This was a small meeting of three people, among which Song Yuanchao and Ying Annie were the actual controlling shareholders of Si Te, and Ruth was the general manager of Si Te and the representative of the foreign party.
When it comes to company decisions, there has always been a saying that big matters are discussed at small meetings, and small matters are discussed at big meetings. Sit is no exception. Generally speaking, many big matters in the company's operations are discussed privately by the three of them first, and then passed at the general meeting after reaching a consensus.
This is similar to government agencies. Today's meeting was convened by Song Yuanchao. When they sat down, Song Yuanchao proposed the idea of launching a pure water project.
"Why did you think of doing this? The beverage division has just been set up, and the production structures of each factory have not been adjusted yet." Ying Annie thought for a while and asked.
"NO! NO!" Ruth said, "I think the chairman's idea is good. In fact, I have thought about this issue before. At present, the water beverage market in China is blank, but there is a huge market for water beverages in Western countries."
"Haha, you are wrong. In fact, China has had water drinks for a long time." Song Yuanchao said with a smile.
Seeing Ruth was stunned and looked at him with questioning and disbelieving eyes, Song Yuanchao explained: "As early as 1930, China built a water beverage factory. This factory is in the island city and produces mineral water. The brand is Laoshan."
“Never heard of it…” Ruth and Ying Annie shook their heads.
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. Moreover, this factory has been producing this brand of mineral water since 1930. It's just that its output is not high and its coverage is not large. Currently, the products are mainly used for export and external reception. There is a small market, so most people have never seen it."
As he spoke, Song Yuanchao reached out from under the table and took out two bottles of water and placed them on the table. These were two bottles of mineral water in green glass bottles. The shape of the bottles was no different from that of ordinary beer bottles, and the seal on the lids was also the same as that of beer bottles.
The bottle has a Laoshan mineral water label and a beautiful waist seal on the neck. The label was designed in 1930 and is very beautifully made. The text is in both Chinese and English, and it is printed in monochrome, making it look like a bottle of aged red wine.
"Is this Laoshan mineral water? It's very beautiful!" Ying Annie's eyes suddenly lit up, and she took one of the bottles and looked at it carefully.
That’s right, the Chinese words on the label above are Laoshan Mineral Water, and below it are the words “produced by the Laoshan Soda Factory in the island city.”
"I remember, I've drunk this kind of mineral water!" Ruth said suddenly. Seeing Ying Annie turned her head to look at her, Ruth explained with a smile that she had drunk it once on a certain occasion, but she didn't pay attention to the brand at that time, but she remembered the shape of the bottle and the logo.
“Why haven’t I drunk it?” Ying Annie wondered.
"It's very simple, because of your face. My face is different from yours. In the words of the chairman, it's the national conditions." Ruth shrugged and made a helpless gesture. After she said this, Song Yuanchao and Ying Anni understood, because this mineral water is used for receiving foreign guests except for export, and it is rare on the market. Although Ying Anni is a foreigner, she has a Chinese face. But Ruth is different, she is an authentic Westerner, so this result happened.
"How does it taste?" Ying Annie asked.
"It's okay, not bad." Ruth said casually.
"Why not just try it?" Song Yuanchao smiled and took out a key ring from his pocket. There was a simple phoenix-shaped wrench on it. He took one of the bottles and pried it open with the wrench.
Then he brought three cups and poured one for each, pushed two of them to Ying Annie and Ruth, and picked up the cup in front of him and started to drink it in small sips.
It has to be admitted that the quality of Laoshan mineral water is very good, although drinking this water does not taste any different, it is not a beverage or wine, and most people's concept of drinking water is just boiled water. However, the three people present are not ordinary people. After tasting it, they all said that this mineral water is not bad.
"This brand of mineral water has a history of more than 50 years, so it's not that bad." Song Yuanchao said this, and then continued: "Generally speaking, there are several categories of water beverages, one is natural mineral water, one is distilled water, one is mineral-added water, and one is purified water. As for mint water, soda water, and lemonade, they can also be classified as water beverages."
He pointed at the cup in front of him and said, "Laoshan mineral water is a natural mineral water. This kind of mineral water has very high requirements for water quality and its output is also limited. This kind of water is fine for the high-end market, but it is not suitable for us. First of all, finding the right water quality and controlling the water source is a very difficult process. Even if it succeeds, it is not so easy to build a factory and produce near the water source. Needless to say, the problems of transportation and daily water and electricity are not easy to solve."
The two nodded in agreement that a good water source could not be in the city or in areas close to the city.
These places are all polluted. It is simply a fantasy to think that there would be good water sources in polluted places.
There is an idiom called "beautiful mountains and clear waters", which well describes the geographical location of good water sources. Such water sources often appear in areas where people are rare or far away from prosperous places. However, most of these places are very backward and even lack transportation infrastructure.
"Natural mineral water depends on a good water source, which is a huge limitation so we don't consider it. Added mineral water is actually artificial mineral water. Although it is not difficult to achieve technically, the quality control requirements during the production process are very strict, especially the process and formula of adding minerals are very troublesome, so I don't consider it either."
"Mint water, soda water, lemonade, etc., these water drinks are not suitable for the domestic market. Due to the different national conditions and habits, Chinese people are not like Westerners who are used to adding these water drinks to mix their drinks when drinking."
"So, in the end, I only have two choices: one is purified water, and the other is distilled water."
After a pause, Song Yuanjun smiled and said, "I would choose purified water from the two options. This is from a production perspective. Compared with the latter, the former is more convenient for large-scale production and cost control. What do you think?"
