Chapter 70: Start building warships
At that time, Mavik was awesome. As long as he didn't make any fatal mistakes, almost no one dared to touch him. Even like Boss Ma, going to work at the United Nations is not unachievable......
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After discussing cooperation with the North Defense Fleet, Ma Wei drove directly to his Beihai shipyard. The cost of $42 million made him the new chairman of Beihai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
So this time I went to the shipyard, Ma Wei was going to show his face and do a mobilization meeting in front of the 1,900 employees of the whole factory. Let the working atmosphere of the whole factory not be as sluggish as before. Otherwise, it will affect his future layout very much.
Just when Ma Wei took a convoy and rushed to the Beihai Shipyard. At the largest dry dock in the factory, a Russian worker in uniform gathered from various places under the arrangement of the factory leadership.
Of the 1,900 employees, about 300 are engineers. The remaining 1,600 people are workers, responsible for all aspects of shipbuilding.
This time in the year 2000 was the most difficult period for the Russian military industry. At that time, the per capita funding of Russian military scientific researchers was only 1/50 of that of the United States.
It is no exaggeration to say that the income of a rocket engineer is not as good as that of a cleaner in Moscow. Many workers and technicians are forced to work as security guards or drive taxis to support their families.
So there is a reason why the shipyard originally had 7,300 people left, and now there are only 1,900 people left. No one wants to give up a decent job as an engineer to work as a security guard or cleaner. It's all forced to do so.
1,900 shipyard employees, under the command of the plant leaders, soon gathered in the dry dock. Now the only thing they have to do is to wait for the new chairman Ma Wei to take the stage to give a speech. Say some high-sounding words, win people's hearts, work hard for the shipyard and so on.
In their eyes, the capitalists are nothing more than this, desperately squeezing the labor power of the workers in order to make money. The key salary has not yet risen, and although the words spoken are good, most of them are empty words.
The workers did not mean to target Mavi alone. But the general environment in Russia at that time, such a situation. It is already very good for employees to be paid on time every month. If there is a default, there is no telling when the money will be paid.
Ten minutes later, Ma Wei drove to the dry dock in his military jeep.
His appearance immediately attracted the attention of all the employees. 1,900 pairs of eyes looked at him in unison. The way everyone looks at him is different.
The younger workers have envy and red eyes in their eyes. Because they saw that the new chairman was actually the same age as them.
For some slightly older workers, the information in their eyes is more complicated. Seeing that Ma Wei is so young, they must not have enough experience. The first reaction was to doubt whether he could manage the shipyard well and be qualified for the position of chairman.
Among them, especially some old employees with very old qualifications. They are veteran workers of the Beihai Shipyard and have witnessed the rise and fall of the shipyard and its glory. I am very worried that Ma Wei will destroy the entire factory due to his lack of experience.
"Eh, the new chairman is too young, isn't he? I don't think my son is as old as my son, is he reliable?" a Russian worker covered in oil couldn't help but whisper a discussion with his companion.
"I don't know, I just want to be paid on time every month, otherwise I will have to go back to the countryside to farm. His colleague shook his head helplessly, not caring who the chairman of the shipyard replaced, as long as the salary was paid as usual.
The discussion between the two was glared back angrily by an old employee standing in the front row. It means that they know their immediate interests, and they don't know how to unite and get through difficulties together.
There are many situations like these in the 1,900-strong ranks. The focus of most people's discussion is that the new chairman is too young and feels that he has no experience or experience. Compared to the original chairman, Leglov, Mavi seems to be more unconvincing. It's the kind of ability that can make people believe and be convinced.
My name is Mikhail, and I am the director of the Beihai Shipyard. The man next to me is ......Mikhail, who warmly welcomed Mavi, and is a good-looking Russian uncle.
He took the team of factory leaders to Ma Wei's jeep and enthusiastically introduced the leadership team of Beihai Shipyard to Ma Wei.
"Hello. Ma Wei shook hands with them one by one, and then went to the high platform with Mikhail, the director of the factory, to prepare for the next speech.
There was a commotion in the stands, and the director of the factory had to say loudly to everyone, "Everyone, please be quiet! Let me introduce to you, this is the new chairman of our Beihai Shipyard, Mr. Ma Wei! Please welcome him with warm applause!"
After Mikhail finished speaking, he took the initiative to applaud, and the factory leaders in the audience also applauded one after another. But the 1,900 employees around him don't seem to be very enthusiastic. The applause was sparse and completely inconsistent with their actual numbers.
Mikhail glanced at Ma Wei embarrassedly, the current situation of the factory is the overall morale is low. Employees have been unable to receive work for a long time, and can only get a meager dead salary, no bonuses, and no motivation to go to work.
"Chairman Ma Wei. Mikhail gave the upright microphone to Mavi, and he stood aside, waiting for Mavi to speak.
The 1,900 pairs of eyes in the audience were all staring at Ma Wei. Even if no one speaks, the terrifyingly quiet momentum can make the more timid people nervous to the point of speaking in knots.
And Ma Wei II was a human being, and he experienced so many things. For him, this kind of scene can get through it with a grit of teeth. I saw him hold the microphone with his hand, and then said to everyone in the audience, "Hello everyone, I am the new chairman of Beihai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., my name is Ma Wei." ”
After he said this, he paused, and then continued, "I personally don't like to say high-sounding empty words, and I don't want to say them. So here, I would like to tell you a very solid news, that is, our North Sea Shipyard has recently placed an order for two Grisha-V class frigates, which will be completed. That means we've got work to do. ”
As soon as the resounding words fell, I saw only the 1,900 employees standing in the audience, and their eyes suddenly lit up, and they looked at Ma Wei again! Now in the situation of the shipyard, there is nothing that can activate morale more than an order for a warship!
"What? I heard you right! We have an order for two Grisha-V class frigates?"
"When the new chairman came, he brought us two Grisha-V-class frigates!
"Now the salary for the whole year in the future is guaranteed! And there is also a performance bonus!"
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