Ge Zeqi was anxious to discuss the internal management of state-owned enterprises with Xia Minglan because there were some new situations in the living environment and internal management of the machinery import and export company, and he wanted to learn something from the machine tool company.

Because of the prior agreement, Ge Zeqi and Xia Minglan avoided politeness and went straight to the topic after meeting.

Xia Minglan has been sitting in the position of general manager of the machine tool company for three years, and she has been summarizing the positive and negative experiences and lessons in the past few days. The general feeling is that it is more and more difficult to run enterprises, more and more problems, as a leading enterprise in the machinery industry in Sanjiang City, the machine tool company has accumulated the disadvantages of state-owned enterprises for a long time has been in the stage of total outbreak. Xia Minglan still can't see through some issues, and she also wants to find someone to discuss.

Xia Minglan pondered for a moment and sorted out her thoughts. "Let me start with the issues that you two are most concerned about and most interested in. You will definitely ask, machine tool companies issued stocks, from the stock market to raise hundreds of millions of funds, why will fall into the dilemma of not being able to pay wages?

First of all, I want to explain to you that the funds raised from the stock market are earmarked and must be used in the development of new CNC machine tool products identified in the stock issuance plan. For example, importing high-precision processing equipment, special testing equipment, and instruments from abroad, and building a constant temperature production plant. This fund is converted into the fixed assets of the machine tool company, but it cannot be used as the working capital urgently needed for production and operation. ”

Ruan Mingzhu said: "Can I understand that the funds you raise from the stock market can really generate benefits for machine tool companies, when the new CNC machine tool product development is successful and generates profits through sales?" ”

Xia Minglan nodded. "You're quite right. That's it. ”

Ruan Mingzhu was thoughtful. "I see, this fund looks like a big fat meat, but for the time being, I can only see it but not eat it!"

Xia Minglan said: "But some people don't think so. In the period after the listing of the stock. There is a wave of demand among workers for higher welfare benefits. In particular, the new workers of the four branches have a higher voice, and they take turns to petition the company's headquarters to exert pressure, demanding equal pay for equal work, and to increase wages and share houses like the employees of the original machine tool factory. They said that they used to work in township enterprises, with low wages and poor benefits, and they no longer talked about the past. Nowadays, everyone is an employee of a machine tool company, and it is natural that they should be treated equally. ”

Gozerqi was interested: "We have a similar situation in our machinery company, which gives me a headache. How did you solve it? ”

Xia Minglan sighed. "What else can you do? Obediently! Behind the coaxing branch workers, there are people with bad intentions who give advice. Not only to the headquarters to make trouble, but also to organize people to go to the city to make trouble, to go to the old man and wife close to retirement age, originally when the formation of the machine tool company into the factory. I want to catch the last train before I retire. They carry small benches with them. Sitting at the door of the city government, the scene is peculiar, and the pressure on the government and machine tool companies can be imagined. The city government sent people to understand the situation, but there was nothing they could do to solve it, but they advised us to make some concessions in the overall interests of maintaining stability and unity. The Board of Directors has decided to resolve the issue in phases and batches. ”

Ruan Mingzhu shook her head. "It's hard for you, a fuss will solve the problem. As soon as this head is opened, the consequences are unimaginable. But then again. If you don't compromise, you won't be able to pass the test, and those who come prepared will not let you go. When it comes to state-owned enterprises, the government has a great right to speak, and they cannot but listen to what they say. ”

Ge Zeqi blamed himself: "The predicament faced by the machine tool company, as the person in charge of the preparatory group, I have an unshirkable responsibility. Of course, it's a bit of an afterthought to say this now. What can I, the responsible person, say a few words of guilt, self-blame, and apology? No practical help to the machine tool company! ”

Xia Minglan said: "I also suffered by myself, and I took the blame on myself. Originally, there was a redundancy problem in the machine tool factory. I have conducted a special investigation, in the past few years when the machine tool factory became famous, through the municipal government departments of the relationship into the factory there are three or four hundred, most of them are arranged in management, service positions. There are more than 20 people who have entered the factory after my introduction, and they are designated to enter the department, at least to go to the warehouse, logistics and other easy positions. As a result, there is an imbalance in the proportion of first-line and second- and third-line personnel. After the establishment of the machine tool company, this problem is more prominent, people are floating in things, the phenomenon of more than one person abounds, and the front-line workers are not satisfied, saying that the office building is overcrowded and is about to "explode". It is in this case that there are also many 'related accounts' of individual authorized personnel in banks, taxation and other systems, can I stop it? Do you still want to take out a loan and be tax-free? ”

Ge Zeqi looked at Ruan Mingzhu and said: "There are many such situations in our company, and I never considered the actual difficulties of the enterprise when I introduced people to the factory. Now I have a deep understanding of the fact that enterprises dare to be angry but dare not speak! ”

Xia Minglan said: "But I have to be honest and say something, there are also people who can do practical things and have skills when they open the back door, but the proportion is small." Skilled operators would rather be warehouse keepers to get less bonuses than go to the front-line production station, no matter how good the skills are, they will be wasted!

Later, we got the staffing and competition for the post. The plan is very well drawn, and the implementation is so obstructive that it is beyond imagination, noisy and scolding, and there are all kinds of people who come to your house to cry and cry. The most difficult thing to deal with is that it touched the nerves of the related households, called to intercede, directly came to the door for an interview, and some even immediately showed us the color! There was a time when the working capital was urgently needed for production, and all the loan procedures had been prepared, but the funds were not in place, and later we realized that there was a 'related household' that might face layoffs, so we were vaccinated. The most difficult result is that the work of middle-level cadres competing for posts has been successfully completed, and the plan to streamline management personnel has not been completed. This time it is considered to have given me a long insight: the reform of state-owned enterprises is not easy to talk about! ”

Gozeqi's face darkened. "I have also seen the scene of the old workers of the machine tool company going to the city government to petition, which really makes people cry and laugh. It is also right for the government to demand stability and unity, but enterprises also have practical difficulties, and we cannot blame the leaders of the enterprises for not doing their best. It seems that our streamlining plan can only be put on hold for the time being, and the company has many related customers. If it gets noisy, no one can handle it. If someone takes the opportunity to fan the flames behind the scenes, our company should be closed! ”

Xia Minglan was full of emotion. "Machine tool companies are a big problem when it comes to brain drain.

In recent years, the private economy has developed rapidly, and state-owned enterprises have made many social contributions in terms of talents and products, consciously or unconsciously. For three years. Sanjiang City has added five small machine tool factories to produce the same ordinary machine tools as machine tool companies, and the founders of three of them were employees of our company. The technical content of ordinary machine tools is not high, and a few capable people can get together to set up a factory, and these factories have poached many backbones of machine tool companies. Their cost advantage is obvious, and to a certain extent, they compete with our company.

There's nothing we can do about it, and we can't stop them from being their own bosses. We don't have the economic means to keep them. Let's be honest. Although the wage level of the machine tool company is slightly higher than that of other state-owned enterprises, it still cannot keep up with the rise in the price level, and it only solves the problem of food and clothing! ”

Gozer couldn't stop nodding. "You're so right. Machinery import and export companies have the same problem! It is understood that some capable business backbones are privately discussing resigning from public office and running their own companies, including a vice president. Their only concern is the autonomy of import and export trade. If the national policy is loosened, it is estimated that our company will soon split. This trend is also unavoidable. I'm afraid I'll go down this path in the future! ”

Xia Minglan was surprised: "You also want to be your own boss?" I still remember how impassioned your critical article in Sanjiang Daily was back then, and this exaggeration is too great! ”

Gozerqi was slightly embarrassed. "The most important thing in being a man is to follow the trend, and any move that can't go with the trend is irrational. Individuals can't control the general trend, but they can grasp the opportunity in the general trend and fight for the best foothold for themselves, which is the flexibility that must be possessed to settle down! ”

Ruan Mingzhu was silent. It's not that she doesn't want to speak, it's that she can't. Looking back on Goze's journey, it is really speechless: he is really unique about "following the trend". Didn't he and his original wife just "follow the trend" and divorced? That one is still in a vegetative state, and he has "gone with the flow" many times: to show his loyalty. He became the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, the deputy secretary, and the sea, and soon he may become the big boss he once tried his best to criticize. It is truly worthy of being a majestic evergreen tree and a tumbler that has always been correct!

Xia Minglan has long empathized with Ge Zeqi's "flexibility", and in order to cover up his misconduct, he can actually exchange his official hat with Cheng Liren! Cheng Liren was originally misbehaved, and their dirty deal played a role in fueling the trouble. The reason why Cheng Liren has come to this point today is that Ge Zeqi has an unshirkable responsibility. Not to mention the mistakes made when setting up a machine tool company!

Ge Zeqi is mentally prepared to be the boss, and no one has the right to criticize him for being wrong, which can only show that he has insufficient confidence in state-owned enterprises. In the past, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which were regarded as iron rice bowls and large pots of rice, are becoming less and less attractive.

Xia Minglan continued to analyze the shortcomings of the internal management of the machine tool company. "The reason why machine tool companies can't retain talents is closely related to the distribution mechanism." Doing or not doing the same, doing more and doing less' is the company's long-standing egalitarian performance; 'can enter but not exit, can go up but not down' is the malaise of the employment mechanism. It is also difficult to intensify reform in these areas, and the 'big pot rice' within state-owned enterprises has reached the point where it seriously affects the development of production. The current business status quo is high production costs, low production efficiency, and unstable product quality, resulting in a significant decline in sales profits despite an increase in sales. In addition, the mood of the employees fluctuates greatly, the obedient atmosphere spreads, and the seedlings of instability appear from time to time. ”

Xia Minglan pondered for a moment. "There are many internal problems in the machine tool company, and the external environment is not optimistic. Some government departments still think that machine tool companies issue shares and get a large amount of money, which is Tang monk meat, and they want to share a piece. There is an endless stream of sponsors, sponsors, sponsors, and relatives and friends working in the company who want to take care of them. The board of directors of the company knew that it was a pit, but it still had to jump down! The reason is very simple, the government is in charge of the company. The government asks for a return and asks you to support local enterprises taking into account the overall situation, can you not obey? ”

Gozer listened and took notes in his notebook, nodding his head incessantly. After hearing this, he sighed more than Xia Minglan and considered the issues more deeply.

Gozerqi let out a long sigh of relief. "After listening to Mr. Xia's introduction, I was both aggrieved and relieved. What is aggrieved is that a few of us went to work in state-owned enterprises, and we were constrained by various factors, unable to stretch our ambitions, but we were in danger of falling into a mud pit at any time. In the recent period, I have done research on several well-known state-owned enterprises in Sanjiang City, and found that the problem of machine tool companies is universal, and if you do not increase the intensity of reform, it is difficult to adapt to the requirements of the socialist market economy, but the reform of state-owned enterprises is not easy! I am glad that we have been in the enterprise for three years, accumulated experience, recognized the situation, and strengthened the direction of progress. From today onwards, I will further revise the plan for the second half of my life, and do not hesitate to follow my own path and prevent problems before they happen, so as to gain an invincible position! ”

Xia Minglan heard the meaning of Ge Zeqi's words, and her bright eyes showed surprise and disdain: Ge Zeqi's flexibility of "following the trend" is too surprising, it seems that his so-called plan for the second half of his life is actually waiting for the opportunity to worship state-owned enterprises and be his red capitalist! (To be continued......)