Two days later

"Lao Wang, what are you looking for me to do today?" asked Professor Zhao from the Department of Economics.

"Something happened at home, I want everyone to help come up with an idea!" Wang Qingya made Professor Zhao a cup of tea and handed it over, there were already six or seven old professors sitting in the room.

"What the hell is going on, you called us old guys. Professor Qian from the Department of International Finance asked.

"Hey, the family is unfortunate, isn't it for the sake of the child......" Wang Qingya said with a sigh.

"Who doesn't have two uneasy children, if there is anything you can say, we will help. Professor Qian said.

"Hey, don't I have a grandson? He is a child who is ignorant, and he picks up the bargain! He bought a factory in East Germany. But everyone knows what the situation of East German enterprises is now, because of the 1:1 exchange of East German marks to West German marks, the ex-factory prices of all goods in West Germany have risen by 3 or 4 times overnight. My grandson bought a factory and lost money every day! I'm a physics teacher and can't do business, so I can only ask you from the finance department to help me find a way. Wang Qingya said worriedly.

Jia Lei stood behind his grandfather, and he was severely criticized by Professor Wang for more than two hours as soon as he got off the plane this morning.

"Do you have any information?" asked Professor Zhao.

At that time, after the merger of East and West Germany, the economic problems had already been carried out in the school, especially the economics and political science departments, and even dozens of papers were published, but those were all on paper, and now that there is a real case in front of them, several old professors in the room have long been preparing to sharpen their knives.

"Yes, but in English and German! By the way, the details of the two companies are still in Russian, and there are too many materials to translate. I have Chinese materials here, but this is my assistant who translated it for me, which is neither professional nor comprehensive, but only has an approximate number. Jia Lei took out two large stacks of folders from the big bag behind him and put them on the table, and then he turned out the blue folders inside and handed them to several professors.

"I think the most meaningful reference above is the information of the Trusteeship Bureau, where they list in detail the reasons for the company's losses, and the expected market prospects and profitability of the company in the next year. My people have calculated that in terms of salary, maintenance fees and other places are completely consistent!" Jia Lei said, pointing to the folder numbered 1.

"We have heard about the Trusteeship Bureau of Country D for a long time, and they are very interested in their operation mode, can I make a copy of this information and take it with me?" Professor Zhao asked.

"Take it! It's okay. Jia Lei waved his hand and said.

"The problem listed in this information is very serious, according to this information, this is a company with serious insolvency and losses, why did you buy it in the first place?" Professor Qian asked.

"It's cheap! And the real estate of the two companies in East Berlin is so valuable that I wanted to buy them, declare bankruptcy, close the factory, sell it, and give the employees of both companies a severance pay. In this way, I can get two plots of land for nothing, and the value of two plots of land is about ten times that of severance pay. Jia Lei said that he did not say how much the land was worth.

"Oh! I've heard of this model, like the ones in country M, D, and Y who bought companies in East Germany, but didn't the Trusteeship Bureau say that employees are not allowed to be fired at will until the company goes bankrupt?" asked Professor Qian.

"I didn't fire me arbitrarily, but if I really can't hold on, I can't lose money every day! As long as I meet the bankruptcy criteria, I can apply. There is a consent clause in the contract. Jia Lei said.

"So what do you want to do now? You don't look like you're going to close the factory. Professor Zhao asked.

"I don't plan to close the ...... for the time being," Jia Lei said vaguely. As for the reason, Jia Lei can't tell these old professors that he has done something bad and earned black money, afraid that someone will come to him to settle accounts.

"We have done research on topics like this before, and the two most important points are to open up sources and reduce expenditures!" Professor Qian said.

"That's what I think, and there's already work on open source! Engineers at the bearing plant have designed a new product that will improve the current operating efficiency by 2.5 percent. This new product is enough to make up for the loss of our factory. Jia Lei said.

"What's the new patent? Let me see. Another physics professor in the same office got up from his chair and asked excitedly.

"Hurry up and show grandpa!" Wang Qingya also said excitedly.

"Grandpa is here, but this is a patent, and I can only show you a little bit. Jia Lei took out a black folder and handed it over, and Wang Qingya snatched it up and studied it with his colleagues.

"Grandpa, don't leave yet, I haven't solved this matter yet?" Jia Lei hurriedly grabbed Wang Qingya's clothes.

"Oh! I'm not leaving, I'm just looking at the other side! Anyway, I don't know how to do business and economic problems, how good you are in this regard, you can talk to them yourself!" Wang Qingya did not hesitate to take Jia Lei's hand away and said to Jia Lei perfunctorily.

How can a grandson be as important as scientific research!

"That thing is mine and it won't run, you can go home and watch it at night. Jia Lei grabbed Professor Wang's arm again and dragged him and said.

"Lao Wang, you better take care of the affairs at home first! The professor of the Department of Physics reached out and snatched the folder from Professor Wang's hand and ran to the side to study it.

"Hey, why did you say I had so many nasty children in the first place, and then brought me more and more troublesome grandchildren. Professor Wang patted Jia Lei's hand away in disgust and said, and then he sat back in his chair.

"That's not what you said before, you said you liked me the most!" Jia Lei said angrily.

"You didn't get into so much trouble back then? Professor Wang said.

"Alright, don't quarrel with you two grandchildren! Let's get down to business. Professor Zhao separated the two grandchildren who didn't seem nervous at all.

"How's it going, is there any salvation?" asked Professor Wang.

"There is also salvation, because there is a new product or an exclusive patent, it stands to reason that ZC bearing factory can take the opportunity to return to the market, and now the key problem is - the more production loses money!

"Yes!" Jia Lei nodded hurriedly.

"Then do you know the reason why you lost money?" Professor Zhao also asked.

"The wages are high, the raw materials are expensive, the manufacturing costs are too high, the products cannot be sold in the market, and the maintenance of the machinery in the factory has to be spent. Jia Lei said. He didn't know anything else, but he knew everything about losing money, after all, every penny he lost now was taken out of his pocket.

"Can I reduce my salary?" asked Professor Qian.

"No, because the German government promised at the time of reunification that wages and benefits would be converted to West German marks at a one-to-one exchange rate, but I have now begun to try to pay salaries mostly in cash and a small amount in kind. In fact, the wages of people who understand it are not higher than those of West Germany, but the raw materials are too expensive. Jia Lei said.

"Then why don't you change the material supplier?" Professor Qian asked suddenly.

"I just took over this factory, and I haven't had time to change it! The key is that the material suppliers of this factory are old customers who have cooperated for many years, and I don't know if the materials needed for bearings can be bought elsewhere?"

"You're doing it right, these high-quality materials can't be bought anywhere! With the scale of your factory, you can try to order raw materials abroad, and country M has all the raw materials you need. Wang Qingya said that this is his profession.

"Why do you want to go far? Doesn't country D have qualified materials?" asked Professor Wang.

"Yes, but I'm afraid it won't have a good impact, they have several units to work with, and if they really want to do this, they will be squeezed out by other East Germans. After all, Jia Lei's factory is still in East Germany!" Professor Qian said.

"I think you can separate the purchasing department, so that where to purchase from is up to you, and you are not afraid of the people below making an emotional strike!" Professor Qian gave Jia Lei an idea.

"Can it still be like this? But I don't have anyone in my hands, how can I purchase these professional raw materials?" Jia Lei said worriedly.

"We have a lot of students to work for you, and I suggest you go to West Germany or other countries to hire a manager who produces the same kind of product, you are so young that you don't know how to run a business." Professor Zhao said that in fact, this is the most fundamental way.

"The production model of the East German enterprises is the Soviet model, with bloated personnel and rigid thinking! It is better to ask a factory director who has experience in the management of capital social enterprises to come back. Professor Qian agrees.

"Now that the cost has been reduced, the factory can be relieved a little bit in the future! But I still have a problem that I can't solve, the previous director left me a lot of inventory, and the warehouse is now full of various types of bearings that can't be handled. Jia Lei said.

"I'm here today to ask you to help me figure out a way to see if anyone can help my grandson sell these things. Professor Wang said worriedly, and then he put the inventory list where it was.

"I know this kind of equipment, there are several factories that use this type of bearing in their machines, let me help you ask!" said a professor from the physics department, who came over and looked at it.

"In fact, it is best for you to sell these accessories to the original company, after all, the number is a bit large, and it may be difficult to sell the parts. Professor Wang said.

"Well, I see, I'm going to go back and get them to contact the previous buyers, but these are supplied to Soviet companies, and now they are arguing that no one will buy them. Jia Lei said a little uneasily.

You can sell them at a 20% discount on the original price, and I will write you the model and the company you need, and ask the salesman of the factory to ask when you go back. Wang Qingya said that the other professors also helped to find ways to build relationships.

"If it's a big deal, I'll pay half the price! I don't believe I can't sell it. Jia Lei said that he decided to go all out to produce new patents in the future.

"Alright, that's it! Professor Wang said that Jia Lei hurriedly packed all the documents.

"Whoa!" accidentally dropped the green folder on the ground.

"Hey, there's another institute we forgot to discuss, and where is this losing money?" Professor Qian asked, picking up the papers.

"It's the same as the bearing factory, as long as you change the supplier! But I'm going to lay off people on this farm, and I really don't need so many people. I've changed the price, and it's no problem with sales. It's just that there are too many people who don't work for wages!" Jia Lei complained, he only needs to fire one-third of the staff farm to turn a profit.

These people Jia Lei is not afraid that someone will make trouble, he will be fired little by little, because he has changed all the salary methods to piecework wages.

As long as he has fair and reasonable reasons for dismissing people, there is no problem at all! The contract of the Trusteeship Bureau says that he can fire half of the employees of the two enterprises, and as long as Jia Lei waits for the limelight to pass, he can take action.

Jia Lei resolutely and absolutely wants to cancel the big pot of rice!