Chapter 52: A Visit to the Distillery

Shuling Distillery is located in the westernmost part of the main street, covering an area of more than 20 acres, with more than 40 workers, an annual production capacity of about 400 tons, and an annual output value of more than 400,000 yuan. At the end of last year, the Shuling Winery would have all kinds of reporting materials, which would eventually be summarized to him, so Zhu Daidong was still familiar with the situation of the distillery.

In the afternoon, Zhu Daidong had nothing to do, so he came to the winery alone. The situation of the distillery, he saw it all on the materials, and he didn't know what the actual situation was. Since Zhu Daidong entered the township government, this is the first time he has come to the winery.

"Young man, who are you looking for?"

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the winery, a majestic voice came from the guard's room. Although Shuling Distillery is not big, it is the only township enterprise in the township, and being able to work as a doorman here is also enjoying the treatment of workers, and that kind of pride is not found elsewhere.

"Master, I'm from the township government, is Director Liu there?" Zhu Daidong didn't mind, this is the only large-scale enterprise in Shuling Township, and it is natural to have a sense of superiority.

Hearing that it was the township government, the old master's tone softened a lot, he stared at Zhu Daidong, he didn't feel like a liar, and then said: "Director Liu is inside, you can go in." ”

Walking through the door of the distillery, a rich and familiar aroma of wine greeted you, but the first thing you saw was a small two-story red brick building, which is the headquarters of the distillery. Behind the small building, there are several breweries and canning halls. Walking to the factory director's office on the second floor, Zhu Daidong knocked lightly on the door outside, and only when he heard a call from inside to invite in, he pushed the door in.

Secretary Zhu ...... Director. Seeing that it was Zhu Daidong, Liu Wei hurriedly walked out from behind the desk, stretched out his hands, held Zhu Daidong's hand tightly, and shook it again and again.

"Director Liu, hello, take the liberty to disturb, it doesn't affect your work, right?" Zhu Daidong had seen Liu Wei once before, but now that he has a close look, he feels that Liu Wei's face is a little dark, but his eyes are bright, his figure is not tall, and his small belly is slightly protruding, which is very boss-like.

"How can it, your Director Zhu came to inspect the work, I can't welcome it yet." The corners of Liu Wei's mouth were raised high, and he said in a loud voice.

"Today is my first day in office, and although the director of this corporate office is only responsible for collecting management fees, I have been known for a long time about the winery, so I took this opportunity to take a look at it for public and private purposes. In the future, the work of the enterprise should also be strongly supported by Director Liu. Zhu Daidong was also smiling.

"Where, where, in the future, the distillery will need more enterprises to guide the work." Liu Wei invited Zhu Daidong to sit down and poured him another cup of tea.

"Don't dare to guide the work, our enterprise office was originally for your enterprise to serve and coordinate, if there is anything I can do, you can just ask." Zhu Daidong said with a smile.

"With you, Director Zhu, I am relieved." Liu Wei said happily.

"Director Liu, can I visit the workshop?" Zhu Daidong then said that since the distillery is still nominally under the management of the enterprise office, he, the director of the enterprise office, must fulfill his duties.

Of course, there is no problem for Zhu Daidong to visit the workshop of the distillery, Liu Wei personally accompanied Zhu Daidong and led Zhu Daidong to the brewing workshop and canning workshop, Zhu Daidong inspected the whole process of Lao Baigan from fermentation to final canning in detail.

"Shuling Laobaigan is made of high-quality sorghum as raw material, pure wheat koji as saccharification starter agent, using the traditional old five retort process and two rows of cleaning process, fermented in the tank, carefully brewed. With its unique production process, she has created a typical style with elegant aroma, mellow and soft, sweet and clean, and long aftertaste. Speaking of Lao Baigan, the Chinese people only know Hengshui Lao Baigan, in fact, in terms of quality, our Shuling Lao Baigan is not far from her. Liu Wei has a deep affection for the distillery, as the director of the distillery has risen step by step from the workers, and he is also very familiar with the situation of the distillery.

"Director Liu, let me take the liberty of asking, how much profit does the distillery make a year now?" Zhu Daidong couldn't help but ask when he saw the rows of fermentation barrels and production workshops.

"Now the profit of the distillery is not as good as a year, last year can barely pay wages, this year the shape is more severe, maybe ......" Speaking of profits, Liu Wei is a little sad, Shuling Winery also had a brilliant time, in the seventies, when he was only a technician of the distillery, one of the most impressive things is that someone took the county party secretary's slip to buy wine, and only two cases were given, which shows how popular the distillery was at that time. Although there are only about 40 people in the distillery now, there were nearly 200 people at that time.

"How did this happen? Is it a shrinking market or a decline in quality? Zhu Daidong remembered that the materials sent by the distillery last year were very pleasant, how could he hear it so miserable from Liu Wei's mouth?

"No, the liquor market is getting bigger and bigger year by year, and our quality has maintained the original level." Liu Wei shook his head, as long as it was about the profits of the distillery, he felt a headache. Although the small breweries in the country are now in recession, after all, he is now the director of the factory, and no matter where he goes, he has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Since it's not, it's a business problem, Director Liu, how many varieties does Lao Bai do?" Zhu Daidong asked, he didn't expect the shape of the distillery to be so severe.

"There's only one variety." Liu Wei said, he added, "Since the establishment of the factory, there has always been only one variety." ”

Zhu Daidong really can't imagine that it has been more than ten years since the reform and opening up, but the thinking of the planned economy era is still maintained here.

"Is it hard to increase the variety?" Zhu Daidong can drink, but he doesn't know much about winemaking, he has read a lot of books on economics and finance during this time, and he really wants to have the opportunity to help Liu Wei, after all, Shuling Winery is also an enterprise under his own jurisdiction.

"It is not difficult to increase the variety, but it is difficult to obtain market recognition. In the past, we also tried to add new products, but after they were produced, no one cared about them, and there are still hundreds of boxes in the warehouse. Liu Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head, they all said that they wanted to reform, but is it really so easy to change? Those who haven't tried it will never know how hard it is.

"The new variety is of inferior quality than the current old white dry?" Zhu Daidong asked suspiciously.

"Where, both in taste and quality, it is better than the wine produced now." Liu Wei shook his head, he personally participated in the research and development of that batch of products, and everyone thought that they should be able to fight a turnaround, but the cruel reality made them break their heads.

"Can you sell me a box?" Zhu Daidong suddenly said that he really wanted to taste the good of this new variety of wine.

"Didn't you slap me in the face? I'll have two boxes delivered to your office later. Liu Wei pretended to be displeased and said angrily.