Xifeng headquarters, conference room.

French engineer Jacques pointed to the schematic diagram on the blackboard, and since he could not find a French translator for the time being, he could only tell in English: "PLC, that is, programmable controller, is a new type of industrial control device based on computer technology. I've seen the production lines of Xifeng Company, whether it's canned food, iced tea or cola, they basically belong to the old-fashioned production lines that were eliminated in the 80s......"

Zheng Xuehong suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Jacques and the translator's speech: "We have bought several advanced production lines, fully automatic. ”

"No, no, no," Jacques said with a smile, "Xifeng Company only has a canned food production line in Lu Province that is exclusively for export, which is a real PLC production line." As for the production line used in other workshops, it belongs to the traditional relay control, which was completely eliminated in Europe and the United States as early as the end of the 80s, and only some small factories are still in use. Most of the production lines that have been eliminated by the West have been transferred to Asian countries and sold to Asian factories at high prices under the guise of 'advanced' and 'fully automated'. China, in particular, has received a lot of obsolete machinery from the West in the past decade, and the price is still very expensive when it is bought. ”

"In other words, we were cheated before?" Zheng Xuehong said speechlessly.

"It's not a scam," Jacques said, "because PLC lines are expensive, and most companies in China are not large enough and have low labor costs." China's small and medium-sized factories, buying production lines that have been eliminated by the West, are very suitable for their own conditions. But Xifeng is different, your scale is large enough, if you want to develop more long-term, you must be in line with the international production technology. ”

"I see," said Zheng Xuehong, "Mr. Jacques, you go on." ”

"You can think of a PLC as a computer," Jacques said, pointing to the diagram, "and it's roughly divided into four parts, namely the CPU board, the input device, the output device, and the power supply component." In industrial production, the program can be written by itself, and the logical operation, timing, counting and so on can be set freely. In the case of beverage filling lines, a line that used to require 50 workers to operate can now be easily handled by 5 to 8 workers, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved. In the company's headquarters factory, I propose to build a large-scale PLC production line, implement internal networking, realize the intelligence and networking of production, so that it can form an integrated control system with the computer, and carry out comprehensive automatic control of large-scale and complex systems. ”

The people present are all senior executives of the company, but to be honest, except for Song Weiyang, others can't understand at all.

Although Song Weiyang understands, he only understands a general idea, and he is completely confused about how to get it, after all, he is not a technical talent.

The huge dollar spent on hiring this French engineer is definitely worth it!

"Did you take a picture of what the French engineer said just now?" asked Fan Xinman.

"I took a picture, and I didn't miss a word. The videographer said.

Fan Xinman also felt that this was worth it, and she thought: Xifeng Company should be the first private enterprise in China's beverage industry to introduce a fully automated production line, which is worth a special mention!

In fact, Huiyuan Group started to do it two or three years ago, but the scale is small and the influence is not large, so it has not attracted attention. At the beginning of this year, Wahaha received $45 million in funds from the French Danone Group, and is also carrying out a wide range of equipment upgrades, and Xifeng is the third in China.

As for COFCO's beverage factory, hehe, it is a state-owned enterprise, how can it be quickly replaced and upgraded?

It has little to do with the level of leadership of state-owned enterprises, purely because the larger the scale of the enterprise, the more state-owned enterprise workers need to be supported. Your introduction of equipment can improve efficiency, but it also eliminates a lot of jobs, what about those extra workers?

There was an anecdote that a state-owned enterprise spent a lot of foreign exchange and introduced a fully automatic hoisting line. As a result, the leader was forced to cancel the automation function, what should I do or what to do, because there are too many workers, and I can't keep them in the factory for idle food.

By next year, there will be three private beverage companies using PLC production lines in the country: Xifeng, Huiyuan and Wahaha.

After the French expert finished speaking, Song Weiyang said: "I will not hold a separate shareholders' meeting, now let it be voted by a show of hands, and shareholders who agree to introduce PLC production lines should raise their hands." ”

Brush brush brush and raise all your hands.

"Very good," Song Weiyang said with a smile, "The upgrading of the production line cannot be rolled out all at once." First do the headquarters factory side, other branches continue to run as usual, can not delay production. After the completion of the transformation of the headquarters factory, the Shenghai branch was built, followed by the Guangdong branch and the Shandong branch. This kind of computer-controlled high-tech production line definitely needs to retrain workers, and the specific work is arranged by Mr. Yang. My suggestion is not to disrupt the personnel structure of each branch, and after the headquarters factory completes the transformation, select excellent employees from each branch to study at the headquarters. ”

"I second!" Yang Xin immediately expressed his support.

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "I announce the appointment of Mr. Jacques as the chief engineer of Xifeng Company, everyone applauds and welcomes!"

There was a round of applause.

Song Weiyang shook hands with Jacques and said, "Next, I have to work hard for you!"

"I'm going to do my best. Jacques laughed, for the sake of the dollar.

The meeting ended quickly.

Fan Xinman asked, "Boss Song, can I interview Mr. Jacques?"

"Of course," Song said, "Mr. Jacques, this is Miss Fan Xinman, a reporter from China Central Television, and she's making a documentary for me.

"Hello, Miss Fan!" Jacques smiled and shook his hand.

Fan Xinman held up the microphone and asked, "Mr. Jacques, why did you come to work at Xifeng Company in China?"

"I would like to say that it is for the friendship between the Chinese and French peoples," Jacques laughed, "haha, of course, it was Xifeng Company that offered me a high salary that I couldn't refuse." ”

"I take the liberty of asking, how high is the so-called high salary?" Fan Xinman said.

"$800,000 a year. Jacques said.

"How much?" Fan Xinman thought the translator had made a mistake, "Are you sure it's the dollar, not the yuan?"

The translator said, "It's really $800,000. ”

Song Weiyang interjected: "Based on the average salary of the urban population in the country this year, $800,000 is equivalent to the total wages of 1,066 Chinese workers. ”

Fan Xinman and the videographer were dumbfounded, the salary was unimaginably high.

Fan Xinman asked: "What is the level of an annual salary of 800,000 US dollars in France?"

Jacques didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "Compared with the vice president of BNP Paribas, it is still worse, equivalent to an ordinary executive of BNP Paribas." I can't refuse this price, and my Chinese friends are very sincere. ”

"What do you think of Xifeng?" asked Fan Xinman.

"They did a good job of management, but they were technically poor," Jacques said. This is also my value, and I will gradually help Xifeng Company improve its production technology in the next two years. ”

"Do you plan to stay in China in the future?" asked Fan Xinman.

"Of course, I'd love to stay in China if the cooperation is pleasant," Jacques laughs, "and Chinese food is just as delicious as French food." After I came here, I suddenly realized that I like to eat spicy food, and it changed my eating habits. ”

"Thank you for the interview," Fan Xinman immediately exchanged business cards, "When the production transformation of Xifeng Company is over, I hope to give Mr. Jacques an exclusive interview." ”

"No problem, happy to help. "The French are in a good mood. It's not good, he can get an annual salary of 500,000 US dollars in his hometown, and his consumption expenses are high, so working in China can double his income.