Chapter Ninety-Six: Extroversion
"It's been a few days since everyone was merged into the "Huaxia Construction General Administration", so you should have some understanding of the situation of other engineering bureaus, right?"
Hearing Li Huayong use this sentence to make an opening statement, everyone nodded. The scale of a large central enterprise like Huaxia Construction is too large, with more than 100,000 employees, and there are engineering bureaus under the head office, and there are many branches under each engineering bureau, and then there may be many professional branches or regional branches under each branch---- in a word, working in this kind of unit, two people may be nominally "colleagues", but the two "colleagues" have never dealt with each other or even met in their lives, and this situation is very normal. It's just that for the "Engineering Bureau", this belongs to the first-level subordinate organization of the "Huaxia Construction General Administration", and everyone now understands this kind of first-level subordinate organization.
"So do you think that if the head office now takes over another job similar to the "Pengcheng World Trade Center", will this job have a share of the new engineering bureau?"
"Huh?!"
Li Huayong smiled, and he put it another way:
"Projects like the Pengcheng World Trade Center basically represent the highest level of civil construction in China, so the newly established Engineering Bureau, do you think that the strength of the civil construction can be compared with other brother units?"
Everyone almost knew what Li Huayong meant, and they didn't squeak at this time. "Huaxia Construction General Administration" itself is regarded as a leader in the field of civil construction in China, especially the top engineering bureaus, such as Huajian Second Bureau, headquartered in Beijing, and Huajian Third Bureau, headquartered in Wuhan, which are leaders in the industry.
Your newly established engineering bureau, although the level is the same as that of others, and the name looks similar, may not be different from outsiders, but your own family knows your own affairs, and when it comes to strength and heritage, it is definitely not as good as others. As Li Huayong gave the example, if there is another project similar to the Pengcheng World Trade Center, will the new engineering bureau be able to compete with others?
"Dunzi, you mean to say that the positioning of our new engineering bureau cannot be positioned in the high-profile field of this kind of civil construction, we have no advantage in this regard, and the head office does not want us to be in this position, is that what it means?"
It was Xia Minghuan who said this. Hearing Xia Minghuan say this, Li Huayong cocked his thumb:
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean, Mr. Xia still sees the problem quite thoroughly. ”
When everyone heard Li Huayong open his mouth to "praise" Xia Minghuan, a strange feeling rose more or less. Fortunately, everyone has known each other for a while, and they have become accustomed to Li Huayong's various "unusual things", Zhang Yongping joked with a smile:
"Today, Xia can always get praise from Dunzi, I think this is really not easy. But listening to you say this, it seems that it is also ha, this new engineering bureau that is about to be established seems to be really embarrassing, and it is difficult to find its position. ”
"What's so difficult to position here, if you don't do that kind of super high-rise, then we'll do something else. For example, this project we are doing now, I think this kind of industrial plant is still very good, especially if it is invested by foreign investors. Team Lei, I heard that although the Pengcheng World Trade Center is busy to death now, and now it is still making a big reputation, in fact, the days over there are not as moisturized as here, right?"
The "moisturizing" in Deng Chaoqun's mouth refers to the height of income, especially the income of project management personnel. The reason why everyone's income in this project department is high is not only because the owner is from Xiangjiang and the various labor prices are relatively high, but also related to the design change in the early stage, and the "material saving" created by Li Huayong.
Lei Jianjun glared, and he warned Deng Chaoqun:
Don't go around talking about that. ”
"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, but isn't there no outsider....."
Just as Deng Chaoqun was muttering quietly, Lei Jianjun turned to Li Huayong:
"Yes, since super high-rise buildings can't compete with brother units, then I think this kind of industrial building is still good. ”
"You can't compete more in industrial buildings..."
Hearing Li Huayong say this, Deng Chaoqun was reluctant again, and he interrupted him without waiting for Li Huayong to finish:
"How can we not compete with others? Dunzi, let me tell you, when we were in the army, we built many factories, such as a certain and such a large factory.....
Just as Deng Chaoqun was about to tell their glorious history, it was Li Huayong's turn to interrupt him this time:
"I know that you may have built a lot of third-line factories, and when the troops come out, they must go wherever the most difficult places are. However, I observe the composition of our project department, even if you used to do engineering construction, you may still focus on civil engineering, right?"
Speaking of this, Li Huayong paused:
"As we all know, the core competitiveness of industrial buildings actually lies in installation. Take workers as an example, in civil engineering, "wood, mud, steel, frame" these types of work are the main force, and in installation engineering, "electricity, pliers, riveting, welding" these types of work are the focus. In this respect, what advantages does our company have? Can we compete with other smelting and construction companies, power construction companies, or oil construction and chemical construction companies? Take our project as an example, to be honest, I really don't know how you received this project, if you have to change to a smelting and construction company to do it, will people let the installation work slip out of their hands? Isn't this because you don't have the strength in this area? At least the strength of your strength in this area is not looked down upon by the "Lin family"?
Hearing Li Huayong say this, Deng Chaoqun was speechless, because Li Huayong was telling the truth. "Huaxia Construction General" is indeed a cow in China, but the cow is only in the field of civil construction. When it comes to domestic industrial buildings, it still depends on which industrial construction companies are located.
Not to mention the rest, just talk about a railway department, the "iron boss" is worthy of its name, there are less than 10 engineering bureaus under the Huaxia Construction Corporation, and the "iron boss", the "number" of the engineering bureau has more than 20, their scale and strength, especially in the strength of industrial buildings and infrastructure construction, are only higher than the Huaxia Construction Corporation. Therefore, in the field of industrial construction, let alone a newly established engineering bureau, even if the entire Huaxia Construction Federation may not have a competitive advantage.
"This doesn't work, that's not good, listening to you say that, it seems that it is really difficult for our new engineering bureau to find its own position. I don't think we should think about positioning issues. Anyway, this kind of thing is also a matter from above, there are so many of us, I don't believe that the country will ignore us. My requirements are not high, and don't think about the high-end and low-end, just take some work at will, so that everyone can have something to do. ”
Li Huayong smiled at Zhang Yongping:
"I said Manager Zhang, it's not that I'm criticizing you, your idea is a bit dangerous, if you really think like this, then maybe you won't be able to work for a long time. ”
Zhang Yongping laughed: "Dunzi is not a person who can evaluate model workers, this ideological consciousness is high, so tell me, why is my thinking dangerous?"
"Just because you are the general manager of Huaxia Construction, a dignified "national brand", do you still want to do the work casually, if you do the work casually, then what about the provincial construction? What about the city construction? Don't forget, in our country, the vast majority of counties have their own construction companies. In the low-end market, can we still compete with these people for work? Let's not talk about the question of whether to fall or not, in fact, the competition here is really fierce, and if you really want to compete, your national brand identity is a disadvantage. ”
Everyone was silent again after hearing this, because what Li Huayong said was very reasonable. Compared with other industries, China's construction industry is an industry that has been aware of market awareness relatively early. The reason for this is very simple, because doing engineering needs to "work", and "work" is a kind of market behavior in itself. Therefore, even in this era, there is no obstacle for Li Huayong to communicate with several figures in front of him who are considered industry elites in this regard. Even if Deng Chaoqun is like this, he is just too lazy to take the initiative to think about this issue, which does not mean that he does not understand, let alone that he does not know the current situation of the domestic construction industry.
In addition to the early market consciousness of the domestic construction industry, another status quo is that it is full of various protectionisms. Many industries have their own construction companies, which can be regarded as a kind of protectionism. As for provincial and municipal construction companies at all levels and even county-level construction companies, it is of course easy to lead to a kind of local protectionism.
For a state-owned central enterprise like Huaxia Construction Corporation, it is actually easy to imagine: no matter what form of protectionism, it will never be the one that is "protected". And this, in China's national conditions, is actually a big disadvantage of this kind of large-scale construction central enterprises. The problems mentioned above by Li Huayong can be said to be the most realistic problems that the soon-to-be-established "Huajian Ninth Bureau" will soon face.
It is precisely for this reason that Li Huayong wants to talk to everyone about the "positioning problem".
"It seems really good to hear you say that, after a long time, our new unit has not had much practical benefit except for its good name. Tell me, how do you think our new engineering bureau should be positioned?"
"Hehe, it can't be said that the new unit doesn't have any benefits, I think at least one place is a big advantage. ”
"Huh, what's the advantage?"
"The location, the new engineering bureau is located in Pengcheng, which may be its biggest advantage. ”
"Well, I know this is a special economic zone, and the future development is promising, but this small fishing village is an advantage... ”
Li Huayong expressed his understanding of everyone's reaction, after all, it is only the beginning of 85 years after all, and the attraction of Pengcheng is far less than everyone imagined in later generations.
"Extroverted. ”
"Hmm, what do you say? extroverted?"
"I'm talking about the positioning of the city. Li Huayong smiled and said:
"Actually, what I want to say is the positioning of our newly established engineering bureau. ”