Li Weimin was fiddling with the TV outside, while Li Weidong returned to his room, closed the door, and then hid the 25 million yen cashier's check.

Although the yen is not a dollar, it is also foreign exchange, and in that era of foreign exchange shortage, as long as it was foreign exchange from developed countries, it was a good thing.

25 million yen, which is equivalent to 100,000 US dollars, is enough to exchange 1 million yuan if you go to the black market, but Li Weidong is a little worried about whether the black market businessmen in this year can get 1 million yuan.

There was 1 million yuan in 85 years, which should be regarded as the top rich man in China at that time!

With this 25 million yen, Li Weidong will also have funds to do business in the future, at least it will be more than enough to acquire a few township collective enterprises that are about to go bankrupt.

However, Li Weidong does not plan to move here for the time being, first, it is only 85 years, the country's policy and attitude towards private enterprises are still unclear, and it is still a little too early to go to the sea to engage in industry.

The second reason is that the Plaza Accord is about to be signed.

After the signing of the Plaza Accord, the yen appreciated by 20% in just three months, which means that Li Weidong only needs to wait three months, and the 25 million yen can be exchanged for an additional 20,000 US dollars.

If you don't do anything for three months, you can make a profit of 20% steadily, isn't it better than going to the sea to do business!

How can it be possible to get 20% of the profit in three months if you don't do business, don't speculate, don't play finance?

Therefore, Li Weidong's best choice is to take the 25 million yen cashier's check and wait for the yen to appreciate.

It was precisely because of the "Plaza Accord" that Li Weidong offered to ask for 25 million yen instead of 100,000 US dollars.

Tian Feng Company may feel that it is earned by paying in yen, but in fact, with the appreciation trend of the yen, it is much more cost-effective to hold yen than to hold US dollars in the next few years.

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Early the next morning, Li Weidong returned to the freight department and reported to the director Zhao Guodong about working as a translator.

After listening to Li Weidong's report, Zhao Guodong nodded happily and said: "We are engaged in freight transportation, and we must have a good relationship with various government agencies, not only our local organs and units in Qinghe, such as those in the province, but also those in other places, so that if our cars are in trouble in other places, we can also find someone to solve the problem."

Xiao Li, it is a good thing that you can get on the line with the foreign trade department of Tianjin this time, Tianjin has a port, and if there is a port, cargo transportation is indispensable, and if we have business dealings with Tianjin Port in the future, we have to count on you to go out! By the way, when did you learn Japanese? I remember that this is not taught in our company's children's school. ”

Li Weidong had already guessed that Zhao Guodong would ask about this, and he had already thought of his words: "When my father was studying, didn't he just catch up with the devil to call, at that time North China had become a occupied area, and many schools were forced to teach Japanese. ”

"I see. Zhao Guodong nodded, and he didn't ask in detail.

Mr. Li Dengke was not born in a poor peasant, and Zhao Guodong had also heard of it. In that era, it was always a very disgraceful thing to not be born from a poor peasant, Zhao Guodong felt that if he asked in detail, it would be more like revealing people's scars, so it was like a master's move, and he was very martial arts.

Li Weidong got up and was about to leave: "Director Zhao, there is nothing else, I'll go back to the dispatch room first." ”

"Okay, you go back first!Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, we're going to get a salary increase soon!" Zhao Guodong added.

"The salary increase should have nothing to do with me. I've been working for a job. Li Weidong said.

Li Weidong already received the salary of a cadre, plus the dispatcher could get a bonus of 35 yuan, so Li Weidong's salary has reached the level of the ceiling, and it is basically impossible to rise.

Zhao Guodong opened his mouth and said: "This salary increase also has your share, not only you, but our whole company, the salary will change." ”

"Making such a big noise?" Li Weidong was slightly surprised, the salary changes of thousands of people are quite complicated.

Zhao Guodong continued to explain: "This wage reform is nationwide, and at the beginning of the year, the state issued a document, and now the implementation rules have come out. What our Qinghe Prefectural Committee means is to start with large enterprises, then medium-sized enterprises, and finally small enterprises, so our transportation company is the first batch to be reformed. ”

Li Weidong nodded suddenly in realization, he finally remembered the matter of wage reform in state-owned enterprises.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state still implemented the supply system, and as employees of state-owned enterprises, all daily necessities were distributed by the state.

For example, in East China, each person has two sets of single clothes per year, one set of cotton clothes, two pairs of socks, one pair of cotton shoes, two towels, one coat for three years, one mosquito net for five years, one soap per month, two haircuts per month, and so on.

In the mid-fifties, the state carried out wage reforms, and enterprises adopted an eight-level wage system. Under this salary system, rank is more important than position.

Position can only determine authority, responsibility and tasks, while rank can determine status and remuneration. As a result, there will be a situation where the salary of the eighth-level worker is higher than that of the factory manager.

This set of wage system has lasted for more than 20 years, and after the reform and opening up, the wage system formulated in the 50s can no longer meet the pace of economic development, the basic salary can no longer meet the needs of workers, and bonuses, as a means of incentive, have gradually become normalized.

In the fifties, it is necessary to work hard, and what bonuses are needed, and at the end of the year, to give an advanced honor, a model worker, a certificate of merit, and a big red flower, is the best means of motivation.

In the early eighties, the amount of bonuses was still limited, with a cap of 35 yuan a month. At that time, the principle of equal distribution was still adhered to, and even the employees of different enterprises would not have too big a gap between the rich and the poor.

The state also realized that equal distribution hindered the development of the economy, so it began various reforms, the state allowed enterprises to have a certain amount of independent property and management authority, so that enterprises can combine production responsibility and economic efficiency, and then implement the profit tax reform, the enterprise income tax into the field of profit distribution of state-owned enterprises, so that state-owned enterprises embark on the road of independent operation and self-responsibility for profits and losses.

In the process of this series of reforms, the wage reform of state-owned enterprises is a key point.

The state hopes to break the malpractice of egalitarianism and eating from a big pot, link the wages of workers and workers of state-owned enterprises with the economic efficiency of state-owned enterprises, and thoroughly implement the principle of distribution according to work and more work. Only in this way can the enthusiasm of workers be mobilized.

Therefore, at the beginning of the '85 period, the state officially issued a circular to reform the wages of enterprises, and the specific measures to be implemented were to abolish the so-called grade wage standards and implement floating wages and bonuses.

To put it simply, as long as the efficiency of the enterprise is good enough, it can pay more money to the employees. In the same way, the company's performance is very poor, and it loses money every year, so you deserve not to be able to pay your salary.

State-owned transport enterprises obviously belong to the kind of enterprises that are profitable enough, and in that era of "cargo waiting for trucks", every truck was a money printing machine.

At that time, truck drivers were originally high-paying occupations, but they were all paid dead wages, and no matter how good the efficiency of the transportation company was, truck drivers also ate a big pot of rice, but they just served two spoonfuls more than others.

After the wage reform, the more truck drivers transport goods, the higher the bonus given by the company, and it is possible that the bonus of 35 yuan a month will rise to more than 100.

The high bonuses, in turn, motivated the drivers, and the so-called "Dora Run" transportation pattern was officially formed.

The state-run transportation industry has finally ushered in the most glorious era.