This is the Northeast!

Although he had fully studied the materials of the Northeast before leaving, and although he had heard of the decline of the old industrial base in the Northeast in his previous life, when Lin Zhenhua accompanied He Haifeng to the outside of the workers' residential area of the Hunbei Forging Machine Tool Factory in Hexi District, Hunbei City, he was still shocked by the decay scene in front of him.

This is a bungalow built in the 50s, from the door number of some households, you can vaguely see the words "workers' new area", but this so-called new area, has been built for 40 years, the former glory has become a thing of the past.

All the houses in the community are dilapidated, and there are traces of residents repairing themselves with materials such as iron sheets, wooden boards, and plastic sheets. Due to the lack of living space, almost every household has built a shed behind their house, compressing the road between the two rows of houses to only allow one car to pass through. Some people use these sheds as kitchens, while others simply live in them. On the window of one of the sheds, Lin Zhenhua also saw a faded red happy word, which can be imagined as a simple wedding room.

It was winter, and the whole community was covered in a blanket of white snow. It is understood that the snow fell half a month ago, but Lin Zhenhua looked at it, and the snow on many roads in the community was still intact, and it didn't look like someone had walked back and forth at all. The neighborhood was lifeless, and if it weren't for some cooking smoke, Lin Zhenhua would even wonder if he had entered an abandoned city.

Lin Zhenhua and He Haifeng came to Hunbei City a few days ago, and together with He Haifeng, there were also some officials of the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Labor, the Machinery Commission, and other departments. He Haifeng's trip to Northeast China was assigned by the State Council. Led a team to implement a plan called "Comprehensive Reform of the Old Industrial Base in Northeast China". The purpose of this plan is to reverse the situation of heavy industry enterprises in northeast China losing money on a large scale, solve the serious problem of laid-off workers and unemployment, and realize the rejuvenation of the old industrial base.

In order to revitalize the Northeast, the state has formulated a series of policies, including withdrawing 10 billion yuan from the very tight financial funds for blood transfusion and treatment of enterprises in distress. In addition, when it comes to sensitive issues such as corporate restructuring, mergers, and restructuring. The state has also given an extremely lenient policy and authorized He Haifeng to act.

He Haifeng made a serious analysis of the situation in Northeast China in advance, and believed that in order to save those enterprises on the verge of bankruptcy, it is necessary to introduce advanced enterprise management concepts, and only outstanding domestic enterprises can bring these concepts in. Out of this consideration, he found Lin Zhenhua, hoping that Lin Zhenhua could come to the Northeast with him and help him merge or reorganize a number of enterprises. Through this process, one is to explore the experience. The second is to establish a model, so that other enterprises can imitate the gourd to draw a scoop.

The first stop He Haifeng and his entourage went to was Hunbei City, an important industrial town in Liaoning Province, which was once known as the "Birmingham of the East". In this city. Many "firsts" in the industrial history of New China have been born, including the first steam turbine generator set, the first pneumatic rock drill, the first jet aircraft, the first diesel locomotive and so on. In the era of planned economy, the city's machine tool output alone accounted for nearly 3 percent of the country, and it was the "eldest son of the republic".

However, in the last 10 years, the city has begun to irretrievably decline. Due to the fact that over the years the state has demanded too much. Ignoring the feedback, most enterprises in Hunbei City have seriously aging equipment, and their technology and products cannot keep up with the pace of the times. Someone once walked into the workshop of a large machinery enterprise in Hunbei City, in which they saw the domestic equipment in the 60s, the Soviet equipment in the 50s, the American equipment in the 40s, the Japanese equipment in the 30s, the British and German equipment in the 20s, etc., which made people almost think that they had walked into a machine tool history museum.

In addition to the equipment reasons, the heavy historical burden is also the main obstacle to the development of Hunbei City. In this old industrial city, the first generation of workers has entered retirement age. In some companies, the number of retirees even exceeds the number of employees on the job. In the era of the planned economy, there was no policy of withdrawing pension funds for workers, so when these workers retired, their retirement wages and medical expenses could only be borne by the on-the-job workers, which made many enterprises overwhelmed and could not take out the remaining money to carry out technological innovation. …,

Of course, there is another factor that everyone tacitly understands and is not convenient to discuss on the table, that is, the quality of enterprise leaders. Many factory directors and managers only adapt to the traditional system of the state taking care of everything, and under the conditions of market economy, they are often at a loss and come up with one trick after another, so that the enterprise is brought into the abyss step by step. In addition, the corruption of enterprise leaders is also very serious, which is also an important reason why enterprises cannot turn around their losses.

By the time He Haifeng and Lin Zhenhua came to Hunbei City, more than 60 percent of the enterprises in Hunbei City were in a state of suspension or semi-shutdown, and millions of workers had been laid off. Yu Hanqiao, director of the Hunbei Labor Bureau, told He Haifeng in a self-deprecating tone that Hunbei City is currently the largest workers' resort in the country, because most of the workers have gone home for vacation.

He Haifeng told his subordinates to seize the time to carry out research and find out the basic situation of the current business operation in Hunbei City. He himself took the lead and personally went to various companies to inspect the current situation of enterprises. Today, the Hunbei Forging Machine Tool Factory where he and Lin Zhenhua went is an old medium-sized enterprise that is on the verge of bankruptcy. He Haifeng rejected Yu Hanqiao's suggestion to take them to the factory to listen to the report first, and went directly to the workers' family area.

"Director Yu, this is the worker's family area of the forging press?" Lin Zhenhua pointed to this dead and silent residential area and asked Yu Hanqiao.

"Isn't that Chacha?" Yu Hanqiao said, he knew that Lin Zhenhua was the person brought by He Haifeng, and he was also a very successful entrepreneur, so he was very polite to Lin Zhenhua inside and outside the words, "Mr. Lin, do you think it's too miserable?" Let me tell you, in the entire Hunbei City, there are even worse than this. ”

"It's one thing, I want to know, don't everyone go out? It snowed half a month ago, why can't I see the way out? Lin Zhenhua asked, pointing to the snow with only a few lines of vague footprints.

Yu Hanqiao said: "It's snowing, everyone can stay at home, who else is willing to run out?" The factory has been shut down, everyone has no work to go to, where are you going in the cold weather? ”

"They have to come out...... Grocery shopping or taking out the trash? Lin Zhenhua still didn't give up and continued to ask.

Yuan Yunmei, director of the Hexi Labor Bureau, interjected: "Mr. Lin, don't you understand the situation, everyone is getting laid-off wages now, and only those who are tight can survive, who else goes out to buy vegetables all day long?" Don't you just get some water bumps and deal with it. Speaking of this garbage, it turns out that when the factory was booming, there were cleaners and trucks that came to collect garbage. Now these are gone, and every household throws their garbage on the doorstep, which is better in winter, and in summer, the flies. Sometimes we can't see it in the district, and the whole car is pulled away, and after a few days, it's a bunch of them, and it can't be rectified. ”

"The workers are all idle at home, don't they want to clean up the garbage in front of their homes?" He Haifeng asked.

"Director He, you don't know, you said this person, it's this kind of problem, the poorer he is, the lazier he is. In the past, when the factory was open, everyone didn't have any work. Now that the factory is closed, no one is happy to let everyone clean up the garbage at their doorstep. Yuan Yunmei replied respectfully. Previously, she had heard from Yu Hanqiao that He Haifeng was a very big cadre, and his level was so high that it was beyond the imagination of a cadre of her level.

"People are supported by one breath, and when this breath is vented, people will lose their spirit." He Haifeng sighed softly.

"Yes, yes, Director He really deserves to be a big leader from the central government, and the small cadres in our local area are much stronger." Yuan Yunmei said.

"Director Yuan, do you have any familiar workers in this factory, can you take us to see a few?" Lin Zhenhua said to Yuan Yunmei.

For Lin Zhenhua's request, Yuan Yunmei didn't dare to agree casually. She turned her head to look at Yu Hanqiao, that was her top boss, whether she could take the central leaders to the laid-off workers' homes to have a look, it depended on Yu Hanqiao's attitude.

"What do you see me doing?" Yu Hanqiao glared at Yuan Yunmei and said, "Didn't I already tell you, Director He and Mr. Lin want to see something, we should take them to see something, they are here to help us solve the problem, of course we have to fully cooperate." ”

"Hmm......" Yuan Yunmei's IQ is not too high, and she can't guess if there are other words in Yu Hanqiao's words. However, since Yu Hanqiao has already said this, she has no ideological burden, she said to He Haifeng and Lin Zhenhua: "Director He, Mr. Lin, come with me, I will take you to the house of the old model worker Li Genyuan first." ”

He Haifeng and Lin Zhenhua naturally had no opinions, so Yuan Yunmei led the way in front, and several people followed behind and walked towards the inside of the residential area.

Yu Hanqiao stretched out his hand diligently, wanting to help He Haifeng, but He Haifeng politely refused: "Director Yu, no need, I can walk such a road by myself." ”

"Hehe, it's mainly snowing, I'm afraid Director He will slip." Yu Hanqiao said.

He Haifeng shook his head and said, "It's okay, I can still go." ”

"That's that, Director He is really young and strong, and his health is so good that I feel envious of people who are a few years younger." Yu Hanqiao slapped his ass wildly.

"Director He, Mr. Lin, we have arrived, this family is Master Li Genyuan's home." Yuan Yunmei pointed to the door of a house and said to Lin Zhenhua and He Haifeng.