While Ruan Mingzhu and Zou Libo were talking, Ge Zeqi was frankly exchanging views with Xia Minglan at the machine tool company.

Gozeqi's mentality of asking her to meet her is more complicated, with ups and downs.

He can be duplicitous about the four heroes of Jiangnan, and on the surface he laments the lack of strength and cannot make a lot of money by borrowing the shell resources of the machine tool company, but in his heart he wishes that they were in a deep quagmire and plunged into the bottomless pit of the machine tool company. But in the face of Xia Minglan, the woman he once fantasized about, he couldn't bear to do anything to hurt her even the slightest bit again.

When Ge Zeqi met Xia Minglan, she was preparing materials to report to Vice Mayor Lin. Xia Minglan's face was pale, and there were black circles around her eyes. Ge Zeqi thought to himself, Xiao Xia worked too hard for the machine tool company, and faced a second reorganization after several years of hard work, how can he be embarrassed!

Gozeki gets straight to the point. "I'm here today as a lobbyist, don't be surprised. I would like to make a suggestion to you: the second reorganization of the machine tool company is the best time for you to break out of the encirclement and find another way! Maybe you will think that my words and deeds are inconsistent, and a few days ago I also told the city government to ask for a stake in the machine tool company, but privately advised you to leave quickly. You know my temper, I don't say it easily without a brain. ”

Xia Minglan was indeed surprised, but what she wanted to say had already been said by Ge Zeqi herself, and she could only wait for his next words.

Ge Zeqi said solemnly: "After the personal experience of going to the sea in the past few years, I have a profound understanding that state-owned enterprises such as the Machinery Import and Export Company have many common problems such as big pot rice. Let's be honest. In the past few years, the company has run a company, although the performance is good, the appearance is bright. Every year is rated as advanced, but the actual situation is similar to your machine tool company, there are many internal contradictions, many hidden dangers, the market is slightly turbulent, there will be a crisis, the capital chain is broken. In the end, even the business went out of business. ”

Xia Minglan nodded in agreement, in recent years, foreign trade companies have sprung up, and relevant national policies have been gradually liberalized. The advantages of the machinery import and export company, which was originally the only one, have gradually been lost, and other foreign trade companies are basically in the same running line. The network advantage of long-term business is also declining: new trading companies are seizing the market with flexible management methods. And the flexible ways of these new companies are precisely what the state-owned enterprise system does not allow, such as rebates, commissions, etc.

The products of machine tool companies have also encountered the same problem, and in recent years, there have been several private enterprises in Sanjiang City that produce similar products. In order to grab customers, there are many tricks. The end result is that machine tool companies are forced to lower their sales prices accordingly, and profit margins are greatly reduced.

Gozeqi's face was heavy. "Machinery import and export companies are currently in a state of stagnation, the annual sales decline has been unstoppable, and the situation is even less optimistic next year. We also want to take measures to reduce costs, but it is not easy to say, last month we were planning to lay off an employee, and as soon as the news broke, there were three or four intercession calls in the city. They are all characters with heads and faces. I didn't open this business, so why should I offend people?

My personal opinion is that state-owned enterprises can't stay. Retreat as soon as possible and stand on your own. So I'm going to submit a report to the city, and there are two months to go until the end of the year, just when my term of office has expired. ”

Ge Zeqi's plan was revealed to Xia Minglan a few months ago that he also had a plan: to partner with her to set up a trading company and operate all kinds of mechanical products. He believes that the cooperation between the two is a strong alliance and invincible.

Xia Minglan also considered his suggestion, especially his words touched her heart: no matter how strong her ability is, she is a woman, and she will eventually return to the family. In the past few years, she has been busy with work all day, and she has no time to think about personal problems. But it's not easy to take this step!

Seeing that she was hesitating, Ge Zeqi couldn't help but feel anxious. "If you still have any heart problems, you might as well tell them, I will give you the number and pulse, open a prescription, and the medicine will definitely cure the disease!"

Xia Minglan thought twice and sighed. "I haven't really done anything real for the common people in the first half of my life, so I have a guilty conscience!"

Gozerqi was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean by that?"

Xia Minglan looked sad. "These days I often have insomnia, and the past rushes to my mind like a tide, savoring the scenes, all of which make me red-faced and ashamed, and I can't look back. After learning from the pain, I deeply feel that only by firmly grasping the good time of today and working hard can I wash away the shame of the past and make my conscience a little calm! ”

Xia Minglan's voice was calm and clear, and every word carried long-suppressed emotions.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, I was in the mood for love, but I inexplicably acted as an accomplice to ravaging conscience and bullying the weak, and what made me most guilty was that when I trampled on civilization blindly and ignorantly and insulted my compatriots, I wore a sacred halo on my head, and I thought of a noble cause in my heart!

Most of the precious youth years were spent in the frenzy, but fortunately, I encountered a turning point in the ups and downs, stepped into the highest university admired by everyone, and successfully obtained the qualification of a public servant of the people after graduation, and had the opportunity to seize the tail of youth to do something practical for the people. However, good intentions are one thing, and practical results are another. When I am full of enthusiasm and self-righteousness to guide others to do those things that do not conform to the objective laws, or sometimes even mixed with selfishness to guide the work, the result can be imagined, the machine tool factory to set up a machine tool group company is a typical example, is my big failure!

The big mistake of the machine tool company has been cast, and the only thing I think about at the moment is to make up for the mistakes and let the machine tool company regain its glory!

Gozer shook his head. "Xiao Xia's pure heart is still the same, loyal to the cause, and his enthusiasm is commendable! But have you ever thought that the blind behavior of your teenage years is driven by the trend, and it is not your fault, and you don't have to take the mistakes of the times on your own! ”

Xia Minglan's expression was heavy. "Not exactly, no one can use the words 'involuntarily' to cover up their mistakes. Some people may say that in that particular environment, all standards of right and wrong have been confused, and mistakes are inevitable. But everyone is responsible for their actions, and no one is exempt. Back then, they used knives and guns to criticize and write, and even the most basic moral bottom lines such as respecting teachers and loving students, respecting the old and loving the young, etc., were forgotten, and they took pleasure in putting people to death, and these behaviors were no different from rioters! Some people still refuse to repent, and still remember the so-called vigorous era, looking forward to the day when they relive the old dream, what a terrible thing! ”

Gozer disagreed. "Even if you are reasonable, you don't need to carry the past mistakes to today, let the past pass, and people will make mistakes!"

Xia Minglan said: "But my conscience is not at ease! Whenever I think of those things, I feel that I owe a lot to others. In recent years, I have heard the company's old employees complain, and now the company's shares are listed on the market and have a great reputation; The scale has been upgraded, and the large enterprises have been; The number of employees has also increased, from more than 1,000 to 4,000. But our bonuses are less than before, and our standard of living has dropped! Hearing these reactions, I felt like a cat scratching at me.

After the establishment of the machine tool company, the original four township enterprise employees entered the company, and the income increased significantly compared with before. It just so happens that they have come to the company repeatedly to make noise, and they want to increase their wages and divide the house, but I didn't do my job well, and I have a guilty conscience! ”

Gozeqi nodded: "This is the reality you face. According to my analysis, your current situation is very difficult, and the difficulty is not that you are incapable, nor is it simply a lack of funds.

The city leaders have a high opinion of you, unanimously affirming that you have done your best and have full confidence in you. This second reorganization has helped the machine tool company a lot and can temporarily alleviate the liquidity problem. But it can't completely solve the deep-seated problem of the machine tool company, and this problem can't be eliminated by you alone, and the old disease will still recur over time. Rather than getting stuck in trouble again in the future, it is better to take this opportunity to quit and take a step back to open the sky! ”

Xia Minglan said: "I understand that Ge always thinks about me, and hopes that I can retreat from the difficulties and accept it when I see it." Maybe it's a good suggestion to point me to a new path forward, and it's a practical direction. To be honest, Mr. Ge was not the first sincere friend to suggest a retreat to me. Last week, a few successful students urged me to act quickly and start my own business, the sooner the better. I've thought about it too, and I've been tempted. There are two forces competing in my heart, one urging me to know that the current affairs are handsome, and stop doing thankless things; Another force was blaming me for being spineless and courageous, and for not daring to take the initiative to attack in the face of the chronic problems of state-owned enterprises, and that I had already lost the battle before it began.

The result of the battle between the two forces is that they have to stay and continue to realize their desire when they went to the sea and get the machine tool company up! ”

Ge Zeqi understands Xia Minglan's personality, and once he decides, he will not regret it, he is very disappointed. "Now that you've made your decision, I can't say anything more. It seems that you have a plan in place, can you tell us a little bit about it? ”

Xia Minglan said with a smile: "It's not a secret, the material I have in hand is the company's reform plan after the second reorganization, and I am going to report it to Vice Mayor Lin." The opinion of the city leaders is to resolutely eliminate the obstacles to the development of the company, the implementation of a modern management mechanism in line with the actual situation of the enterprise, so that the machine tool company has truly become the leader of the Sanjiang machine tool industry. ”

After reading the material, Ge Zeqi was quite surprised, this material has a clear point of view, detailed content, reasonable evidence, solid measures, and strong operability. It can be seen that it embodies Xia Minglan's experience and lessons over the past three years, and it is her painstaking work.

Gozeqi sincerely admired: "This reform plan is feasible, as long as it can be really implemented, the machine tool company will be brilliant again in the near future." ”

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "There is a saying that I have to say that carrying out reform will inevitably touch the interests of some people, and sometimes the resistance encountered may be beyond imagination, so we must be mentally prepared. As you may know, there are people who are eyeing you and who have caused you trouble before and will not let you go. ”

Xia Minglan nodded. "I knew that the next move would be to fight against the odds, and there was no room for backsliding. Otherwise, my life will be ruined! (To be continued......)