Chapter 213: Minimizing Worker Losses
More than 10 years later, the state began to carry out large-scale privatization and restructuring, and a large number of state-owned enterprises became private enterprises, which caused the interests of many workers and workers to be harmed.
At that time, the relationship between state-owned enterprises and private operators of enterprises has changed, state-owned enterprises are at a disadvantage, and private operators take the initiative instead, whether you sell or not, you can take care of the wages of those employees yourself, if you sell, then you have to listen to me, and I will do what I say, so during this period, many enterprises were sold cheaply into the hands of individuals, of course, there are also many corrupt behaviors, but the fundamental reason is that the government is not able to bear the responsibility of enterprises.
As a result, many employees have suffered from the loss of profits, and they have become unemployed with only a small amount of compensation, and no one has taken their feelings into account, so they can only let themselves go.
But the situation at the beginning of the eighties was very different, this crisis had not yet manifested, and in the process of privatization of enterprises, the state and enterprises had the upper hand, and they could think from the point of view of the employees and check the private operators by certain means.
And this process is gradual, unlike a large-scale outbreak ten years later, when even the state has the power to do so.
For example, if a person has a disease, he only needs to take medicine to cure it at the beginning, but if the person does not find the disease, or thinks that the disease can be cured by itself after a long time, so he turns a blind eye to the disease, and when the disease is terminal, it is not possible to take medicine to solve it, and at this time he can only take surgery to take out the tumor, this process is of course very painful, even if he is cured in the end, it is a serious injury to his vitality, and he will not be able to recover for a while.
This is the case with state-owned enterprises now, which in '84 have shown their pathology, and the state has discovered it, but it has not attracted too much attention, and there is still an endless debate on whether to privatize or not, and this debate has continued until the 90s, and when it is found that it is not possible to privatize, it is already "terminally ill", and can only adopt the extreme method of "surgery", or go bankrupt or throw these "burdens" to private individuals, but in the process the interests of the employees of those enterprises can no longer be taken into account.
At that time, although the state also tried to make them re-employed, but all of a sudden so many workers poured into the market, plus they worked in factories all their lives without training for any other type of work, how do you let them live?
Since history is unavoidable, why not start in advance, and start to treat these enterprises step by step when they are just "sick", perhaps this can change the fate of these people to the greatest extent in the future, this is Liu Lang's idea.
Liu Lang's method really aroused Professor Wu He's idea.
"Well, the state and the business owners seeking privatization work together to bear the problem of the workers, and the state can reduce some of the burden, which is also the obligation of those privatized, and the participation of employees in the form of pensions will also make the privatizers have some scruples about squeezing the employees easily......... Liu Lang, this method of yours is really an innovation, at least in the existing situation, it can take into account the interests of multiple parties, very good, very good!"
Wu He stood up and walked around excitedly, he couldn't think of such a way.
Of course, Wu He can't think of it, this is a model that the country has summed up after more than 30 years of pain and suffering, but this model is only an assumption, after all, at that time, more than ninety percent of small enterprises have become private enterprises, some have gone bankrupt because of poor management, and some have soared into the sky and become the pride of the country.
"Liu Lang, my team is working on a reform plan for the national leaders, and I think your proposal is very valuable and can be written into it!"
Wu He clapped his hands and said.
"Professor Wu, you can first suggest that the state should do it in a small area, such as the third factory of the capital fan, which is the factory that is manufactured for our Huaxia Industrial Technology Co., Ltd., this factory is to the point where it cannot be changed, and they can be used as a pilot enterprise.
There is also a company in Guangdong Province called Sanshui Sijiang Brewery, whose director I know, and this factory is also in debt and is about to survive.
Such a factory as a demonstration unit, the state should still be acceptable, like those enterprises with good efficiency for the time being, the state will not agree, and so in three or four years, I believe that there will be a clear difference between them, whether it is good or bad at a glance. ”
"Well, you're right, there is no gap without comparison, on the one hand, privatized enterprises that are on the verge of bankruptcy, and on the other hand, state-owned or collective enterprises with good efficiency, if the development of privatized enterprises in a few years surpasses that of their opponents, this will explain the problem......... Oh, Liu Lang, did you get this idea from these two companies?"
Wu He suddenly thought of this question.
If Liu Lang wrote the island economics because he read the books of Capital and felt something, then this proposal just now is not something that can only be thought of by reading these books, which requires the keenest observation of national enterprises, and it is by no means something that can be learned in books, it seems that Liu Lang has this proposal after contacting these enterprises, so perceptive, not to mention Wu He himself, even those world-famous economists can't do it.
If your proposal is valued and implemented by the leaders above, and finally demonstrated, then this alone will make you the title of the first person in the reform of state-owned enterprises fall on your head, but you are not yet a student of economics, this is ......... What a waste, what a waste......!"
Wu He is simply "heartbroken".
"Professor Wu, the reform of the country is not a theory that can be swayed by one person, that needs countless people to prove with practice, whether this proposal is correct, the key is to see how to implement, and there is another point, that is, the relevant laws must keep up, we must stand in the position of the people, and we must not let everyone take advantage, especially the advantage of the people, the life of the people is hard enough!"
Liu Lang remembered his relatives in his previous life, grandparents, uncles and aunts and uncles, they were all workers, and they all lost a lot under the impact of the upheaval of state-owned enterprises more than ten years later, they were okay, although they were unwilling but persevered, and there were many people who knew them because of this, and some even began to hate the society and embarked on a desperate road, he didn't want this to happen again, even if history is likely to repeat itself, but it can minimize the loss.
"Okay, Professor Wu, I'm just making a suggestion on reform, it's the senior leaders of the country who take the idea, my task is to study hard and help the country in another industry, our goals are the same, I hope we can all achieve our goals!"
After Liu Lang finished speaking, he said goodbye to Wu He and left.
"This kid is really amazing, he has the country in his heart at a young age, this alone is much stronger than those adults, if the country has more such people, how can the country not be strong, Liu Lang, I am really looking forward to it! I look forward to seeing what kind of surprises you will bring to the country when you grow up!"
Looking at Liu Lang's departing figure, Wu He couldn't help but have a strong sense of anticipation in his heart.
Liu Lang can do only this, as long as the state allows the release of some poorly run small enterprises, they carry out thorough privatization reform, not to mention other enterprises, then Jianlibao Group is likely to avoid the original doom of failure, of course, if you want to really become the first beverage company in the country, it depends on Li Jingtian's leadership ability, if he is not capable, maybe in the end Jianlibao is just an ordinary beverage group.
At the same time, even if the state allows privatization, it will set many restrictions, and it will not turn into a chaotic situation of dividing up state assets, as it did more than a decade later.
"It is up to people to do things, and I hope that those high-level people can once again open their minds and deepen this reform. ”
Liu Lang can only pray now.