Chapter Seventy-Nine: I'll Be Your Backer
Meng Fanze didn't care about Feng Xiaochen's cover-up, just glanced at him, and continued:
"But do you have so much time to take care of this enterprise? So, you plan to leave the Metallurgical Bureau and concentrate on becoming a capitalist?"
Feng Xiaochen knew that he couldn't reason with this old man. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Maybe the old man has his own sixth sense, and he can guess the mind of the young man. The so-called old age has become fine, this is the case. Meng Fanze has said this level, and it will be meaningless for Feng Xiaochen to deny it again. Wise people don't need to hide and tuck up when they talk to each other.
"I don't want to leave the Metallurgical Bureau, I think this kind of industry-wide management work is still very interesting. Feng Xiaochen replied, "As for this company, as you said, it is regarded as a special zone, and I hope to be able to experiment with a new business management model." ā
"However, if you don't leave the Metallurgical Bureau, how can you manage this enterprise well?" Meng Fanze asked.
Feng Xiaochen shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it now, so I can only take one step at a time." I plan to hire a professional manager to manage and implement my management thinking. In addition, since it is a joint venture mainly with foreign capital, I am ready to engage in contract employment from the very beginning, break the iron rice bowl, implement a comprehensive performance-based wage system, and in short, do everything in accordance with the laws of the market economy. ā
"Professional managers? That's a good idea. Meng Fanze said, "As for breaking the iron rice bowl, don't you worry about the lack of enthusiasm of the employees?"
"When there is an iron rice bowl, must they be very motivated to work?" Feng Xiaochen asked rhetorically.
"Hehe, what you said makes sense. "Meng Fanze was defeated. In the fifties and sixties, it was fashionable in the factories to say that the workers were the masters of the factories and that they should have a sense of responsibility, and the workers did think the same way.
But over time, no matter how strong the passion is, it will eventually fade. Especially when they see that there are some unhealthy practices around them, and some lazy and treacherous colleagues are not punished, but can still reap the benefits, more and more workers begin to doubt the concept of ownership. Commuting to and from work on points, making trouble for miscalculating overtime pay, and fighting for a salary adjustment are becoming more and more common, and Meng Fanze is helpless in his eyes.
"If you want to engage in a management pilot, I'll help you find a company to do it. Last time in Xinmin Factory, you did a good job, why do you have to build your own factory?" Meng Fanze said in a half-exhortatory tone.
Hearing that Feng Xiaochen was going to build a joint venture factory in a small county town with only a few small agricultural machinery factories, Meng Fanze guessed that this was a trick played by Feng Xiaochen. Feng Xiaochen said that this was Yan Leqin's wish, but there were actually loopholes. If Yan Leqin just wants Feng Weiren's hometown to become rich, he should tailor some enterprises that are more suitable for the local economic development of Tongchuan County, such as the agricultural and sideline products processing industry, which is a rational choice.
Machinery enterprises need to have skilled workers and a strong management team, which is not something that Tongchuan, a small county, can provide. In addition, the role of machinery enterprises in stimulating the local economy is not obvious, and its upstream and downstream industries are outside the county, and it is difficult to form an industrial drive in the county. Yan Leqin is a knowledgeable person, and it is impossible for her to make such a wrong decision.
Since this is not Yan Leqin's idea, it can only be Feng Xiaochen's idea. Thinking of Feng Xiaochen's own ideas in business management, Meng Fanze could certainly guess Feng Xiaochen's intentions, which was nothing more than that he didn't want others to interfere in the operation of this company, and wanted to operate it himself.
Understanding what Feng Xiaochen meant did not mean that Meng Fanze supported his approach. In Meng Fanze's view, a talent like Feng Xiaochen should stay in the ministry and do something bigger. is obviously a well-established talent, but he wants to go back to be a capitalist boss, or even a comprador of a German-funded enterprise, which is unacceptable to Meng Fanze.
"There are two reasons for this. Feng Xiaochen stretched out two fingers and said:
"First, the management reform I want to do goes beyond the bottom line of the current state-owned enterprise policy, such as breaking the iron rice bowl, which no state-owned enterprise dares to do. If you help me find a business, I will still be dancing in shackles and unable to really put my ideas into practice. ā
"That's right. Meng Fanze nodded, "What about the second?"
"Second...... I want to make money. Feng Xiaochen said bluntly.
"Play the piano!" Meng Fanze reprimanded again, "How much money do you want to make? You are also a person with overseas connections now, and you said that your grandmother is still a big professor, and your uncle is a banker, they can subsidize you a little bit, and you can be a 10,000 yuan household, right? What else do you need to earn?"
"I'm not a 10,000-dollar household, but my dad is already a 10,000-dollar household, and my grandmother asked me to bring some money to my dad. Feng Xiaochen said. This kind of thing is very common, and there is no need for him to hide it from Meng Fanze. He then said: "However, 10,000 households are not my goal, I need more money. ā
"What do you want to do?" Meng Fanze asked.
"Do something big. Feng Xiaochen said, "Engaging in scientific research, technological innovation, and equipment upgrading all require money, and it is astronomical money." Also, I hope that I have the ability to help companies like Dongxiang Machinery Factory to make the lives of the workers there a little better, and this also requires money. ā
"It's not your business!" Meng Fanze said, "I will make a report to the central government, suggesting that the central government make some policy preferences for third-tier enterprises." As you said, you can't let these people who have contributed to the country suffer. As for engaging in scientific research and technological innovation, this is also a matter for the state.
"For example, I've always wanted to organize a group of experts to write a set of total quality management guidelines, which costs money. Feng Xiaochen said.
"That's a good thing, the state will support it, you can write a plan, and the state will grant money to do it. Meng Fanze said.
"For another example, when I was in Xinmin Factory, I felt that the basic scientific research of hydraulic parts in our country was not enough, and I wanted to set up projects in several universities to do research in this area. Feng Xiaochen said again.
"This is also easy, the state has special funds for this. Meng Fanze said.
"Also, I think ......"
Feng Xiaochen was about to continue, but Meng Fanze stopped him, then thought for a while in a daze, and said, "You don't need to say it, I understand your ambition a little." It is true that not everything can be done by the state, and some things may be more appropriate to be done by dynamic private enterprises. When I visited Europe, I also noticed this, and they have many non-governmental scientific research institutions, which can play a role in filling in the gaps. ā
Feng Xiaochen said: "That's right. The advantage of national investment is that it is large in scale and can achieve major breakthroughs. But in terms of flexibility, it is not as good as private capital. I can think of a lot of things worth doing, if everything has to be reported to the state, one is whether it can be approved, and the other is how to ensure the efficiency of the use of such funds after they are issued. And if I have my own funds and a research institute that I can control, then many of my ideas can be implemented. ā
"This is the relationship between the regular army and the partisans. Meng Fanze concluded, "The regular army is responsible for fighting tough battles and attacking cities and seizing land, while the guerrillas are responsible for sweeping up corners and corners and carrying out sabotage attacks behind enemy lines. ā
"Your analogy is so vivid, I can't think of it. Feng Xiaochen said with a smile.
"You Xiao Feng have also learned to pat on the back?" Meng Fanze also laughed, although he knew that Feng Xiaochen's words were a little flattering, he was still quite happy.
"Minister Meng, now you understand what I mean, right?" Feng Xiaochen asked.
Meng Fanze said: "I understand." It's okay, you can try it first, don't violate the principles, as long as it is within the principles, I will be your backer, you boldly break through, if you can break a way, it is also a contribution to the reform. ā
"Thank you, Minister Meng!" Feng Xiaochen said sincerely.
The old leaders of that generation may not have a high level of knowledge and do not know enough about the general international trend, but they have enough courage and dare to be the first in the world. Meng Fanze is such a person, many of Feng Xiaochen's ideas are beyond the scope of Meng Fanze's cognition, and some are even a little incompatible with his previous concepts. But he could sense the progressive elements contained in Feng Xiaochen's thoughts, and was willing to give the young man some opportunities.
"To set up a joint venture, you need to go to the Foreign Investment Administration Commission to submit an application, and after obtaining approval, you need to register with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and obtain a license. Also, if you want to set up a business in Tongchuan, you also need to get the cooperation of the local government. In this way, I will help you do these aspects of work, at least you can reduce some waiting time. I won't interfere in the production side, you can do it according to your thoughts. Meng Fanze said in a big way.
"That's great, I'm worried that the procedures are too cumbersome. Feng Xiaochen said.
Meng Fanze pretended to stiffen his face and said, "Didn't you come to me and tell me about this matter just to ask me to help you?
Feng Xiaochen smiled: "Really, where did I show my feet? I must pretend to be more realistic next time." ā
"I can't help you for nothing. Meng Fanze said, "Let's talk about it, if the Metallurgical Bureau is not busy, I will borrow you to come over to work and give me guidance to the following enterprises." Let's call it au pairs, and we don't suffer losses. ā
"Order!" Feng Xiaochen sat on the sofa and saluted Meng Fanze with a so-so military salute, which was regarded as agreeing to the deal.