Chapter 734 Humanity
After New Year's Day in 1986, Sitter's water beverage products were officially launched on the market.
According to current market feedback, the sales of bottled water are not satisfactory and far from the expected ones, but the sales of barreled water are developing well as expected.
Thanks to Song Yuanchao's sales strategy, these methods quickly achieved certain results. After this kind of drinking water entered some households, the families who used it soon felt the benefits of this product. Compared with ordinary tap water with a strong smell of bleach, purified water tastes much better. Moreover, the water dispenser also has a heating function, which saves the trouble of boiling water at home. You can just put the cup in the hot water outlet to make tea. How convenient.
In addition, the water dispenser provided by Shenghua has a very novel and beautiful appearance. It is a very advanced electrical appliance in that era. It can easily attract attention when outsiders come into the house.
This kind of thing is not something that everyone can have. When you see others asking with envy what this appliance is, as the host, you will feel a great sense of satisfaction when you fiddle with it in front of the guests.
In addition, since Sit did not impose any restrictions on the sale and purchase of water tickets, many capable government agencies, enterprises and institutions even used welfare benefits to purchase and distribute water tickets to the families of some leading cadres and ordinary employees, which also helped Sit expand its market coverage.
When products such gradually spread on the market and people's feedback on these products became better and better, Song Yuanchao knew in his heart that this was a good start, but the subsequent market still needed to be cultivated. Bottled water was not the goal of water beverages. The real goal of water beverages was still bottled water, which was Si Te's ultimate goal.
Seeing this result, everyone at Sit completely put their confidence in this project to rest. Although Song Yuanchao's suggestion was approved by everyone, there were still some concerns about whether this product could be truly accepted by the market. In particular, Zheng Guoyuan was very worried that such a large investment would bring trouble to Sit if it failed. Now this concern has gradually been eliminated.
The drinking water market is developing step by step. It will take some time for the entire market to be cultivated and effective. This cannot be rushed. After all, it takes time for people's consumption concepts to change. You can't change them just because you want to. You have to take it slowly.
After New Year's Day, in addition to the news about the drinking water market, another piece of news reached Song Yuanchao's ears, that is, there was news about the group of people in Zheng State's veteran unit.
When the news came, Zheng Guoyuan sighed, but his face did not show the joy that one might have imagined. Instead, he looked a little regretful and emotional.
Song Yuanchao asked him curiously, shouldn't he be happy? Why is he looking like this? Zheng Guoyuan told Song Yuanchao what was there to be happy about?
Xu Guochu and others deserved the punishment for their crimes, but the Quanlin Factory, for which he had worked hard for most of his life, was lost in his hands. Even the current Xinyoumin Factory has lost its former glory. It may become a subsidiary of Si Te in a short time. He feels very sorry for it.
In Zheng Guoyuan's opinion, all this is just a consolation now. How can it be so easy to get back what has been lost?
Zheng Guoyuan's words also made sense. Many companies disappeared in the long river of history, not because of the companies themselves, but because of human factors. After comforting Zheng Guoyuan, Song Yuanchao asked about the current situation of Xinyoumin Factory. When Jiang Dahai came to Song Yuanchao for help, Song Yuanchao agreed to help Xinyoumin Factory and handed over the specific work to Zheng Guoyuan.
"How can I put it..." Zheng Guoyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "To be honest, I don't know whether it is good or bad..."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Ah..." Zheng Guoyuan sighed, thought for a moment and said, "From the company's perspective, the current cooperation between Xinyoumin Factory and the company is pretty good, and it has exceeded original expectations. It can be said that now, apart from the Xinyoumin Factory brand, this factory is completely finished."
"Except for a few leading cadres like Jiang Dahai, all other people in the factory are working for our company, just like our own employees. And over time, their sense of belonging to Si Te has become stronger and stronger. In this respect, they are no different from our people."
"If this continues, the Xinyoumin Factory will exist in name only. This is a good thing for Si Te, but from my personal point of view, it is a bit..."
Having said that, Zheng Guoyuan stopped talking. Song Yuanchao already understood what he meant. He sighed, patted his shoulder and comforted him.
"Director Song, there's no need to comfort me. I just feel a little emotional . I was prepared when I took on this job. Don't worry, I can still tell the difference."
"Now the employees of Xinyoumin Factory have a strong sense of belonging to our Sitek, but have many complaints about their own company. Lao Liu told me a few days ago that many employees came to him privately hoping to be directly employed by our Sitek, rather than working in Sitek as a labor service as they do now."
“Are there many people who think this way now?”
"That's a lot!"
Song Yuanchao nodded slightly. He had anticipated this situation a long time ago. In fact, when Jiang Dahai first came to Song Yuanchao for help and Song Yuanchao proposed this cooperation model, he had already determined this result.
The reason is simple, it's just unequal pay for equal work.
Compared to when Zheng Guoyuan cooperated at Quanlin Factory and Youmin Factory, the nature of the current cooperation is completely different.
At that time, Zheng Guoyuan's cooperation was in the form of product OEM cooperation, while now the cooperation between Si Te and Xin You Min Factory is equivalent to the labor export nature of Xin You Min Factory to Si Te. There is an essential difference between the two.
The former only undertakes product OEM. Apart from the quality control conducted by personnel dispatched by Quanlin Factory during the production process and the control of raw material procurement and overall sales, Youmin Factory still has a certain degree of autonomy in management.
But the latter is different. The current labor export method is equivalent to directly sending one's employees to the other party's enterprise to do the same work as the other party's employees. But the problem is that when doing the same work, the remuneration obtained is completely different.
Just like the employees of Xinyoumin now work at Sit, compared with the income and benefits of Sit’s employees, their income is determined by the Xinyoumin factory.
Jiang Dahai calculated the labor hours according to the number of personnel, job positions and Site, and obtained labor remuneration according to the labor hours. This part of the labor remuneration was directly settled by Site Company and Xinyoumin Factory and deposited into the public account.
The labor remuneration of the staff is determined according to the positions of the staff, and there is no deduction in this regard. However, it is absolutely impossible for Xinyoumin Factory to give all these labor costs to the dispatched labor workers. If so, what are Xinyoumin Factory and Jiang Dahai himself?
Although the production of Xinyoumin Factory has been stopped, the equipment maintenance and daily expenses must continue, right? In addition, the daily wages and benefits of the cadres who stayed in the factory, such as Jiang Dahai, must also be guaranteed, right? Where does this money come from? At present, Xinyoumin Factory has actually stopped production and has no self-generating function. Isn’t the source of this money from the overall labor costs?
In addition, there are pensions for retired employees, medical expenses reimbursement, etc., all of which cost money! Jiang Dahai is not a god, no matter how capable he is, how can he come up with so much money? Naturally, all of this is paid from labor costs.
In addition, the salary standard of Si Te is completely different from that of Xin You Min Factory. Si Te is a joint venture, while Xin You Min Factory is a state-owned enterprise. The salary standard of the joint venture is more flexible and does not need to be calculated according to the current salary level.
For example, a skilled worker in an ordinary position in Sistek earns about 150 yuan per month, but the income of the same position in Xinyoumin Factory is only about 50 yuan at most, even with bonuses and benefits, there is still a big difference.
In this way, there is room for the settlement of labor costs. For example, the labor settlement of Jiang Dahai and Sitter is based on an income of 150 yuan, but the actual salary and benefits paid to employees are settled according to the original standards.
The factory directly took away most of the individuals' labor income, which was used as the factory's daily expenses, retirement wages, medical expenses reimbursement, and even as the wages of Jiang Dahai and others.
Jiang Dahai thought this model was perfect, as it not only solved the difficulties within the company but also created some surplus. However, it was not so good for individual employees.
You should know that the cooperation between Sit and Xinyoumin Factory is fundamentally different from the previous cooperation model between Quanlin Factory and Youmin Factory. Now all the employees of Xinyoumin Factory work in Sit, and the daily labor management and work distribution are also carried out according to Sit’s personnel, and everyone does the same work.
Since everyone does the same work and puts in the same effort, the final reward is far less than that of the employees of Sit. This situation will naturally cause strong dissatisfaction in the hearts of these people over time, and when this dissatisfaction accumulates to a certain extent, it will explode.
Song Yuanchao had thought of this situation a long time ago and was happy to see it. Now, the situation is developing in the direction he expected.
"What's the situation over at Jiang Dahai?" Song Yuanchao asked.
"Him? He will retire next year. It's better to have less trouble now. What do you think?" Zheng Guoyuan replied.
"That's true. My old leader took over the factory to put out fires. What he values most now is to retire peacefully. It would be even better if he could solve the level problem before retirement. How about this, Old Zheng? There's no need to rush. Let's wait a few months and see how my old leader reacts. Maybe he will come to me by himself then."
