Chapter 30 Poorly Managed Vegetable Markets
was poured dozens of bowls of chicken soup for the soul by Tang Zifeng, Zhang Jianyang felt that his waist didn't hurt anymore, his legs were not weak, and he didn't need to ventilate when he climbed more than a dozen floors in one go. He took his handbag and took Tang Zifeng out of the office building of the labor service company, and began to inspect the company's industries one by one.
"This vegetable farm is called the East District Vegetable Market in the factory, and it is mainly used to provide vegetables and non-staple food for the workers living in the East District of the family home. Some of the vegetables and non-staple foods sold in the vegetable market are purchased from the city's non-staple food companies, and the other part is that the factory regularly sends trucks to several vegetable wholesale markets in the city to purchase, and then sells them to the workers at a little difference. ”
In a large-scale vegetable market, Zhang Jianyang introduced the situation to Tang Zifeng.
The market is a two-storey building, each with an area of about 1,000 square meters, which is divided into several counters for meat, aquatic products, vegetables, fruits, dry goods, etc., and the salespeople in the counters are the families of employees employed by labor service companies. There are a lot of people buying vegetables in the vegetable market, and there are still queues in front of some counters, and the salespeople are not in a hurry to measure the goods, and the people in line are not in a hurry, chatting one by one, obviously not strange to such a rhythm.
Tang Zifeng looked at both floors of the vegetable farm, and then asked Zhang Jianyang: "Lao Zhang, how much money can you make in such a vegetable market in a year?"
"It's hard to make money, and if you count wages, utilities and other consumption, your annual income will barely be even. Zhang Jianyang replied sneeringly. As if feeling that his answer was a bit of a failure, he quickly added:
"The purpose of this vegetable farm in the factory is mainly for the convenience of the workers, not to make money, so the price difference between the purchase and sale of non-staple food is not high, that is, 15%. For things like vegetables and non-staple foods, the loss in transportation and sales links is also relatively large, so that the actual gross profit of sales is only less than 5%.
"The annual sales of vegetable farms are about 1 million, and the gross profit of 5% is about 6 or 70,000 yuan. There are 40 employees in the vegetable farm, and the annual salary is more than 30,000 yuan, and the consumption of water and electricity is more than 20,000 yuan. ”
Tang Zifeng showed a weird smile and asked, "Does the loss you mentioned also include those vegetables and fruits sent to the leader's family?"
"This ......" Zhang Jianyang was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Sending vegetables and fruits to the home of the factory leader is very open in Linyi. As the deputy director of the office, Zhang Jianyang used to take advantage of the vegetable farm, but now that he is the manager of the labor service company, he is even closer to the water, and it is not a matter at all to get some vegetables and fruits from the vegetable market. Just now, Tang Zifeng went to his office, and he was still asking the vegetable market to send fruit over, which obviously would not give money.
It is a common practice in the enterprise to rely on the mountains and the water to eat the water. It is a common practice for the drivers of the fleet to use the bus for private use, it is also a practice for the canteen master to eat without money, and the workers in the workshop take some waste materials home to make attics and furniture, which is also something that everyone is accustomed to, who will find this kind of problem?
However, anyone with common sense also knows that this kind of thing is actually non-compliant. It's okay for everyone to do it in private, but the factory leader personally asked, and the taste was different. Zhang Jianyang clearly knew why he was demoted to the labor service company.
Fortunately, Tang Zifeng did not intend to ask Zhang Jianyang Xingshi for such a thing. He said:
"Lao Zhang, the past is not to blame, and you don't have any psychological baggage. From now on, you tie your pockets tighter for me, whether it is a vegetable market or a small shop, we must strictly enforce the property rights relationship, not only must there be a clear distinction between public and private, but even between various departments of the public house, we must not engage in free flat adjustment.
"For example, when the factory needs fruit snacks for hospitality, you can't let the people in the office go to the vegetable market store to get them, but you have to buy them according to the market price, or you can keep accounts first, and finally settle with the factory's finance. Including me, as well as Factory Director Zhou, Chief Engineer Qin, President Ning and other factory leaders, if you need to buy vegetables at home, you can find someone to help send them over, but you must collect money. A lot of things, it's good to get used to it, do you think these factory leaders are the ones who are short of this amount of money?"
"I see, I see. Assistant Tang, don't worry, from today onwards, I will strictly manage it. Zhang Jianyang replied repeatedly.
He knew that Tang Zifeng's words did not represent Tang Zifeng himself, but Zhou Heng behind him. Two days ago, Zhou Heng had asked the office to sell the Mercedes-Benz car specially allocated to him, claiming that he wanted to share weal and woe with all the employees of the factory. This initiative once again won unanimous praise from the whole factory. Regardless of whether Zhou Heng is sincere or for show, at least he is creating an image of a clean and honest leadership team.
In this case, if Zhang Jianyang sent some free vegetables and fruits to Zhou Heng and other factory leaders from time to time, it would be a crime against the wind, and Zhou Heng had already borrowed his head from him once, and there was no pressure to borrow it again. He is not a nine-headed beast, how can he have so many heads for Zhou Heng to cut off.
After Tang Zifeng finished talking about this, he led the conversation back to the vegetable market and said, "Lao Zhang, I have two questions about the situation you just said. First, you said that the annual sales of vegetable farms are more than 1 million, but I calculated it. There are more than 20,000 people in the whole factory, including employees and their families, and they are divided into two vegetable farms in the east and west to buy vegetables, so our vegetable farm in the eastern district should theoretically be able to serve more than 10,000 people. According to the calculation of 1 yuan per person per day, it is reasonable to have at least 4 million sales a year, but why is it only more than 1 million now?"
"Well...... this" Zhang Jianyang was stunned for a moment, then turned around and shouted to a middle-aged woman standing aside: "Hong Liu, come over and explain this problem to Assistant Tang." ”
The middle-aged woman named Hong Liu is the person in charge of the vegetable farm in the Eastern District, and she has been accompanying Zhang Jianyang and Tang Zifeng to inspect just now. After Tang Zifeng finished his inspection, he stood in the empty space to discuss the problem with Zhang Jianyang, and Hong Liu stayed by his side. Tang Zifeng asked Zhang Jianyang a question, and she could hear it clearly. At this time, when she heard Zhang Jianyang's order, she took two steps, came to Tang Zifeng's side, and said with a smile:
"Assistant Tang, what about the situation you are talking about, this is like this. The employees and their families served by our vegetable farm in the eastern district are indeed more than 10,000 people. Assistant Tang is really amazing, it will be calculated at once, otherwise how could I have heard that Assistant Tang is a top student of Renmin University, the knowledge is different, if my two children have half of Assistant Tang's ability......"
"Uh, let's talk about the point......" Tang Zifeng hurriedly interrupted Aunt Hong's stream of consciousness. Once this building is crooked to the problem of children's learning, it will not be able to pull back the eight cows.
"Yes, yes, look at my mouth, how did I talk about this. The CPU in Hong Liu's brain obviously supports multi-threading, and the thinking conversion is extremely fast, she said: "The cost of buying vegetables and non-staple food for 10,000 people a year must be more than 1 million, Assistant Tang said that there are 4 million, I don't think it may be able to reach, but more than 3 million must be there." However, the workers in the factory buy vegetables, not only in our two vegetable farms, they also sometimes go to the outside vegetable farms to buy vegetables. The food outside is fresh and cheap, and there are many variety, and I often ......"
"Hong Liu, you're off topic again!" This time it was Zhang Jianyang's turn to intervene. This Aunt Hong's words in the front are normal, but the words in the back are obviously wrong. You are the direct person in charge of the vegetable farm, and I, Zhang Jianyang, am the indirect person in charge of the vegetable farm, and you say that the vegetables outside are fresh and cheap, and there are many patterns, doesn't this mean that your own vegetable farm is not good?
"Manager Zhang, what I said is true...... Hong Liu was quite aggrieved, why can't he say a few words of truth, don't I look like an honest child...... Mom?
Tang Zifeng held down Zhang Jianyang, who was about to make a move, and said to Hong Liu: "Master Hong, I have also noticed what you said. The vegetables in our vegetable market don't look very fresh, but you say that our vegetables are more expensive than the dishes outside, so I don't quite understand. Manager Zhang just said that in order to take care of the workers in the factory, the difference between the purchase and sale of vegetables in our vegetable market is less than 15%, while the general purchase and sales difference in the market should be more than 30%. Why is it that the difference between our purchase and sale is low, but the price is more expensive?"
Hong Liu said: "Because the vegetables in the vegetable market outside are all grown by the peasants themselves, and some of them are collected and sold in their own villages, how can there be any difference between purchase and sale? The vegetables we purchase from the wholesale market have already changed hands, and the wholesale prices are all higher than the retail prices of other people. I'll just put it this way, if it weren't for the hassle of going out to buy groceries, who would want to buy groceries in our own vegetable farm?"
Zhang Jianyang heard that Hong Liu handed over the bottom like pouring beans, so he no longer hid it. He said to Tang Zifeng: "Assistant Tang, there is no way to do this situation. We can't be like those farmers, who pick vegetables from home and sell them by themselves, we can only go to the wholesale market to buy, and the price will naturally not be competitive. ”
"I see. Tang Zifeng nodded. He turned around, looked at the entire vegetable farm, pondered for a while, and asked the two: "So, Manager Zhang, Master Hong, in your opinion, is there any room for improvement in the operation of this vegetable farm?"
Although Hong Liu is a quick mouth, she also knows that answering the leader's question requires seniority, and before Zhang Jianyang opened her mouth, it was inconvenient for her to rush to answer.
Zhang Jianyang was not prepared for this question, and now that he was asked by Tang Zifeng, it was inconvenient to avoid it. He thought for a moment and said, "I haven't had time to seriously consider this question yet. I think there is definitely room for improvement. For example, we can send a car to the farmers' market in several surrounding counties, where the food will be a little cheaper and fresher than the wholesale market in the city. Also, can we consider delivering vegetables to the workers to make it convenient for the masses and save them from running outside the factory to buy vegetables......