The next morning, Guo Xiaozhou, accompanied by Director Chen of the Propaganda Department and a section chief of the Organization Department, went to Zhoukang City.

Zhoukang is adjacent to Wujiang River in the east, Shunshan and Xinhua in the west, Hanjiang River in the north, and Guanghan in the south. The city has a permanent population of 780,000.

Zhoukang has superior water conservancy conditions, fertile soil in the south, rich in rice and wheat; The northern region is rich in cotton and sesame, and has a national production base of improved cotton; The industrial categories are complete, forming three leading groups of "chemical, textile, and building materials" and two major groups of mechanical processing and agricultural and sideline product processing.

According to the information that Guo Xiaozhou read yesterday, the so-called three leading companies, now the chemical industry and building materials are strong, and the textile industry is declining, and there were 12 textile enterprises in the entire Zhoukang City, but now there are only five that can still survive, and three of them are on the verge of bankruptcy and bankruptcy.

Chen Hui, the director of the Propaganda Office who sent him to Zhou Kang, was in Zhou Kang, and he didn't talk much at first, but as soon as the car entered Zhou Kang's territory, he started talking.

"Seven years ago, Taihe Cotton Mill was a star enterprise in Guanghan and even in the province, the most developed and prosperous, with nearly 5,000 workers, and was the first of the top ten industrial enterprises in Zhoukang, a large taxpayer, and later ...... Hey......"

Section Chief Wang of the Organization Department is a non-local official who does not know much about the enterprises in the following counties and cities, so he asked: "Is it the economic climate or other reasons that lead to the landslide?" ”

Chen Hui said: "There are various reasons, in the heyday, under the intervention of the government, Taihe had three textile enterprises on the verge of bankruptcy, at that time it was indeed to save the three enterprises, but the burden is getting bigger and bigger, with the continuous rise of cotton prices, the rapid rise of township enterprises, the tide of market economy, the poor management of large state-owned enterprises and their own burdens and many other reasons, resulting in Taihe textile factory into more and more difficult to extricate itself. ”

"It's really not good, you can go bankrupt and liquidate, and you can also attract investment to private enterprises?" Section Chief Wang was puzzled.

Chen Hui glanced at Wang Ke and said with a wry smile: "How can it be so simple, if the factory is shut down and liquidated, who dares to carry this burden, who can afford it, thousands of retired workers are arranged, three or four thousand laid-off workers are arranged, and Taihe has brought indelible contributions to Zhoukang City, and there have been two provincial and ministerial-level leaders from Taihe......

When it comes to senior leaders, Section Chief Wang consciously keeps his mouth shut.

Chen Hui seemed to feel that it was a bit unkind to say these words in front of Guo Xiaozhou, so he said to Guo Xiaozhou with a smile: "Guo Xiaozhou, you are young, you studied economics in college, maybe Taihe will regain its glory because of you, we say ours, don't be discouraged." ”

"It's okay, Director Chen, Section Chief Wang, you talk, I didn't sleep well yesterday, take this opportunity to squint." Guo Xiaozhou really closed his eyes as he spoke.

It's true that he didn't sleep well last night, but he really hasn't slept much now. Taihe's information was inserted into his heart like a pinprick. The number he gets is far clearer and more brutal than Chen Hui's.

As of the end of last year, excluding the amount owed, the accumulated losses and liabilities of Taihe Cotton Mill have reached 150 million yuan! The recent losses and liabilities have not yet been settled, and the total external debt is expected to be close to 200 million! It is the largest debtor of Zhoukang Agricultural Bank. It is said that Zhoukang Agricultural Bank specially stationed a vice president in the factory to monitor the flow of financial funds, and sometimes, the factory director gave instructions, but the vice president was also blocked, and the operation was even affected for a period of time.

Since May last year, the Taihe Cotton Mill has not been able to pay full wages, and all employees have been paid only living expenses, and the woolen mill, towel factory, and weaving mill that used to have both have stopped production.

The liquid cash was exhausted, and the purchase of raw cotton had to use bank acceptance bills, and the cotton yarn could only be repaid after being sold. The unavoidable use of this payment method has led to an increase in procurement costs and a reduction in already small profits, which can be said to be more and more loss-making.

The location of the accidents of several directors of Taihe Cotton Spinning Factory was not in the factory, but in the heyday of Taihe, in Wujiang, in Guanghan City, the peripheral companies invested, including hotels, real estate, and even an airline ticketing company, at most, there were more than 20 small companies of various kinds.

The accounts of these peripheral companies are extremely opaque, and often the cost of 100,000 yuan a year for a hotel with an investment of 4 million yuan is contracted to the brother-in-law of a certain factory director, and the real estate company is even more in a mess, which is the target and focus of contention for several factory directors.

As for the Taihe Cotton Mill, which has no oil or water to fish, its finances have been monitored by the Agricultural Bank of China, and no one is too lazy to take care of it, and no one wants to take care of it.

Guo Xiaozhou thought for a night, if you want to revitalize Taihe, you must first have money in your hands, several peripheral companies in Taihe are the focus of his calculations, he has made preliminary calculations, if several peripheral companies and hotels are sold, Taihe cotton mill can get at least 15 million in cash.

With this fund, he can buy raw materials, invest in technological transformation funds, and make up part of the arrears of wages. However, according to the vague introduction of the information, the structure of these peripheral companies is very complex, some are wholly-owned by Taihe, some are joint shares, and the shareholder structure is complex, both bright and dark, dark and bright, and some are privately owned companies......

It is said that Taihe's employees went to the municipal party committee several times to petition for the cutting and sale of peripheral companies to save Taihe. However, no one dared to attack the peripheral companies for several successive factory directors, and even fell into them one by one.

Chen Hui and Section Chief Wang's interest in chatting suddenly disappeared, and the car drove all the way to the Zhoukang Municipal Government without saying a word.

The deputy director of the municipal government office greeted him at the gate, and after several people got out of the car and shook hands, the deputy director of the office directly took the three of them to the Zhoukang Hotel, saying that they would sit down first, and the deputy mayor and the director of the government office would come to accompany them for a light meal at noon.

In Chen Hui's words, Guo Xiaozhou was originally here to make soy sauce, come to Zhou Kangtaihe to report it, and then go to the Guanghan Forum with peace of mind.

After listening to Chen Hui's words, Section Chief Wang of the Organization Department was not interested in some of the conversations in the original program, and he waited for the meal to finish and hurry back to Guanghan.

But before noon, there was a commotion outside the hotel.

The deputy director of the Zhoukang Municipal Government Office got up and came to the window to take a look, his face turned pale, and he didn't care about any etiquette, so he hurriedly took the phone and walked out.

Guo Xiaozhou and Section Chief Chen Hui and Wang walked curiously to the window and found a group of marching crowds on the street outside the building. The huge red slogan "Taihe people want to live!" ”

Casually visually, excluding some of the people who watched the excitement, there were nearly 500 employees who made trouble. Looking at the route, it is to go to the gate of the municipal party committee compound.

Chen Hui was stunned, his eyes couldn't help but turn to Guo Xiaozhou, and he couldn't help but say: "It seems that you came at the wrong time, otherwise, you can call Minister Xie, tell me about the situation here, slow down, and wait for the situation in Taihe to calm down before coming to Zhou Kang to report." ”

Section Chief Wang of the Organization Department also nodded and agreed: "You are always our cadres in Guanghan, and we also have to consider your work safety, so as long as you Minister Xie speaks, I will handle the procedures of the Organization Department." ”

Guo Xiaozhou doesn't think so, once the situation in Taihe stabilizes or calms down, he, the deputy director of the temporary factory, will become a real "temporary worker", a veritable "learner" and soy sauce man.

When he sees the future of things, he must have a high vision. A wise person will always give up a small benefit and gain a greater good.

He smiled and bowed his hand to the two leaders, "Thank you for your concern, if you come, you will be safe, and you don't have to trouble Minister Xie." Besides, I'm an outsider, and I guess the employees of Taihe won't embarrass me. ”

Chen Hui nodded, "It's okay, you should be more careful yourself." Until the city sends a new factory director, don't go to the factory for the time being......"

Section Chief Wang patted him on the shoulder and signaled him to behave himself.

Ten minutes later, the deputy director of the Zhoukang Municipal Government Office hurriedly walked in and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, something went wrong just now, let's go eat something first." ”

At the dinner table, neither the deputy mayor nor the director of the city office who promised to arrive showed up.

This made Chen Hui and Wang Ke's faces gloomy, and with their identities, when they came to the counties and cities below, they had to at least arrange for people of the corresponding level to come forward to receive them.

The deputy director of the Zhoukang Municipal Government Office has always apologized, but Chen Hui and Section Chief Wang still have cold faces and rarely even move their chopsticks.

Guo Xiaozhou knew that it must be the workers' troubles that affected the city's reception arrangements, so he couldn't help but ask: "Director Hong, when will I go to Taihe Factory?" ”

"What?" Director Hong didn't understand for a while.

"I took a temporary job to go to Taihe Cotton Mill."

"Ah...... Comrade Guo Xiaozhou, here's the thing: The municipal party committee and government have already listed how to revive the Taihe Cotton Textile Factory as a key point in this year's work. Yesterday, the Standing Committee of the city held a meeting to study and decided that Mayor Gao Zhiguo would personally take charge, and the municipal departments would jointly set up a leading group to be responsible for solving a series of problems in Taihe. The current situation has to wait for the election of the factory director...... Otherwise, we'll arrange accommodation for you first, and you wait......"

"We will temporarily arrange you in Zhoukang Hotel, where you will eat and stay......"

Guo Xiaozhou interrupted him softly: "I came down to receive temporary training, I came to study, and I hope not to waste my time and that of the country." Director Hong, look, do you arrange for me to live in the Taihe staff dormitory first, and go to the Taihe staff canteen if I eat. What do you think? ”

Director Hong was stunned on the spot. When he came, he thought that Guo Xiaozhou didn't understand how grim the shape of the Taihe Cotton Mill was; Second, the higher-level city arranged for him to take a temporary post in Taihe, obviously not valued in the original unit, had no background, and was even the target of exclusion and attack.

He thought to himself, since you have to suffer for yourself, then I am no wonder.

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