When Hong Zhendong stepped into the door of the machine tool company again, he felt a lot. He clearly remembers that he became a machine tool factory worker eight years ago, eight years, what a long time! The Chinese drove out the Japanese devils in eight years, what did he Hong Zhendong gain in eight years? Ups and downs, joys and sorrows! When you walk into the factory gate, the first thing you see is a row of low bungalows, where the management personnel are working, and there are several simple factories in the production area, which are now gone, and they are replaced by a bold five-story office building and modern workshops, modern equipment, and brand-new testing instruments. In the machinery industry of Sanjiang City, the machine tool company has been firmly sitting in the leading position.

Hong Zhendong's feelings for the machine tool company are complicated, both reluctant to give up, and hate iron not steel. He looked at the noisy branch workers who were noisy in the large conference room of the office building and refused to disperse for a long time, and he was worried about the future of the machine tool company.

Hong Zhendong stood at the door of the conference room and looked inside, and saw Xia Minglan and Fei Qingming, the chairman of the trade union, both sitting at one end of the long conference table, all the people around the conference table, and dozens of chairs that had been temporarily moved were placed against the wall, and almost every chair was crowded into two people. He carefully identified the faces that were happy or sad or calm, but did not find a familiar person. He estimated that there were more than 200 people, and about half of them were old comrades who were about to retire. Hong Zhendong remembered that Xia Minglan said that when the company was established, many people in the township rushed into the joint venture factory and took the last train of the joint venture of the enterprise. The township government has reduced the burden, and the parties have also benefited, but only the machine tool company has been wronged. The production cost has increased sharply, Hong Zhendong still remembers Xia Minglan's helpless wry smile at that time, and said: I am self-inflicted!

At this moment. Fei Qingming's voice rang out again. "Just now I explained to you the current problems faced by the company, and I think you can understand the company's difficulties. The rice must be eaten one bite at a time, otherwise it will choke, and the problems left over from history must be dealt with step by step, otherwise it will be cooked into raw rice! Who will solve the problem? Rely on the company's leaders, but also rely on every employee of our company! The board of directors of the company held a meeting last night, and there is an important work that concerns the interests of every employee and must be carried out quickly. Next, please ask General Manager Xia to convey the spirit of the meeting! ”

The noise immediately calmed down. People's attention was all focused on Xia Minglan alone. Hong Zhendong is also very curious, what is the clever plan of the machine tool company to overcome the current dilemma of even paying wages for help?

Xia Minglan spoke in a low voice, but it was clear. "All of you here today are comrades from the branch. Some of the specific questions raised by everyone can be summed up in three points: wages, housing, and retirement benefits for old workers. Yesterday, the board of directors discussed the next step of the machine tool company, and also had a consensus on these three issues. The board of directors of the company entrusted me to convey the message to all of you first, and I hope to get your support. ”

Except for Xia Minglan's voice, the conference room was so silent that even a needle could be heard on the ground. The employees present all craned their necks to listen. Even Hong Zhendong was listening attentively.

"The Board of Directors has decided to take effect from today. Carry out further deepening reform in the whole company, streamline the organization, compete for posts, reduce staff and increase efficiency, and completely solve the problem of "doing more and doing less, doing good and doing bad." 'Can go up but not down, can go in but not out.' and other ills, to the management to benefit. The specific measure is that the reform plan should mobilize the majority of employees of the whole company, and obtain the support of the masses after three discussions on and three down. Rely on the close cooperation of the company's party, government, industry and league. All employees work together. On this basis, we should take humanized treatment as the starting point to properly resettle surplus personnel and laid-off personnel.

The board of directors has given hard tasks to management. This reform can only succeed and not fail. On behalf of the company's managers, I have made a military order to the board of directors, and I will not withdraw until the goal is achieved! ”

Speaking of this, Xia Minglan paused and observed the reflection below.

Hong Zhendong saw that the staff of the branch all looked serious and concentrated. Hong Zhendong understands that their minds must be different, and the older ones are not concerned about their positions, but about their retirement benefits; Only managers in the prime of life worry about whether they can keep their positions. It can be seen that the company is currently at a critical moment of life and death, and it is impossible not to carry out reforms! Last time, it only moved to middle-level cadres, and this time I am afraid that I will not be able to escape. Some are originally front-line workers, as long as they work steadfastly, no matter how much they change, they can't be moved!

Xia Minglan continued: "At the same time, the board of directors unanimously agreed to make the following decision on the retirement benefits of employees who retire after entering the company: based on the retirement salary standard of the company's old employees and the retirement salary standard of employees of township enterprises, the average value of which shall be used as the basis for payment. ”

As soon as the words fell, the elderly workers turned their heads and ears, and they were overjoyed. Everyone has an account in their hearts, and the company's regulations are clearly beneficial to them, and the standards are much higher than before. Originally, they didn't expect to get the same amount of money as the retired employees of the machine tool company, which was unrealistic!

Xia Minglan changed her words. "Some comrades talked about the issue of wages and housing, and the principle of the board of directors was that whichever branch improves production efficiency through reform and achieves the goal of turning losses into profits, it will be allowed to increase wages next year. As for the housing issue, the state has recently issued a notice to abolish the welfare housing division and give appropriate housing subsidies to workers without housing according to the profitability of enterprises. ”

Hong Zhendong was happy, these branch workers used the old concept of state-owned enterprises to force the company's leaders, and this move finally failed. The company's board of directors has made the bottom line clear, and has made concessions to those who can take care of it, and has politely rejected excessive demands. The facts are clear, four branches into the machine tool company has been a salary increase, three years, only one branch in the last year a slight surplus, the remaining three are still in a state of loss, how can it be added? For the sake of their own vital interests, these people don't think too much, and when they hear someone instigating behind their backs, they immediately step forward and are used as guns by others.

Hong Zhendong saw that the matter had come to this point, and it was nearing the end. He thought that he should take advantage of this gap to go around the factory area and see what has changed in the past three years. Besides, at this moment, he is revisiting the old place with the attitude of standing in his thirties and having a small career, and there is a kind of ambition in his heart.

The assembly workshop where Hong Zhendong used to work is now changed to a painting and packaging workshop, and a well-packaged machine tool is being loaded onto the car by a forklift and ready to go. From the logo on the box, it can be seen that the CNC machine tool developed by Qiao Zhengqing has been finalized and sold, which is generating benefits for the machine tool company. It seems that his technical level is getting higher and higher, and the signs of being valued by the leadership are becoming more and more obvious, otherwise how could he be qualified to work abroad on behalf of the country as a technical expert? Thinking about Qiao Zhengqing's future, it is becoming clearer: from assistant engineer to engineer to chief engineer, his future is immeasurable!

Hong Zhendong couldn't help but compare Qiao Zhengqing with himself, and there was an indescribable confusion in his heart. Although he is already a small boss, he can give orders in one acre and three points, and enjoy the pleasure of commanding, but he always feels that something is missing. At this moment, he suddenly realized that what he lacked was what Master Qiao had, that is, temperament and connotation!

Hong Zhendong felt that his sincere machine tool factory could only get to that level, and it was difficult to expand in the general direction. On the other hand, Qiao Zhengqing, once he has the desire to start his own business, then his starting point will inevitably be a step higher than himself!

Thinking of this, Hong Zhendong gave birth to a suppressed emotion, and the good feeling that he was full of pride suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a lack of interest. His feet, which were about to move towards the new assembly hall, also stopped, and turned to the office building. When I was melancholy, I saw Bao Xiaomiao and Xu Hui walking towards each other with a smile. It was too late for Hong Zhendong to avoid it, so he had to step forward.

It stands to reason that Hong Zhendong is their master, although there was a rift between them, after all, the master-apprentice relationship will not disappear automatically. But Hong Zhendong was so angry that he refused to forgive his apprentice for turning his elbow outward. When he opened Jingcheng Machine Tool Factory, he invited all his other friends and apprentices, but he didn't invite them.

Bao Xiaomiao and Xu Hui seem to have forgotten about that incident for a long time, after all, more than three years have passed, and time can erase a lot of pain, not to mention this kind of sesame mung bean is a big deal?

The two of them shouted almost in unison, "Master Hong! ”

Hong Zhendong had to stop, barely squeezing out a smile, and had nothing to say. "Xiaobao Xiaoxu, have you been busy lately?"

Bao Xiaomiao said with a smile: "I'm busy, new product development is one after another, and the tasks assigned by Mr. Xin almost crushed our technical team!" ”

Hong Zhendong knew that his mouth was full of complaints, but in fact, his heart was happy. Is there anything happier than getting along with the woman he loves day and night, working hand in hand to overcome the difficulties of technique? Moreover, the two of them are also making rapid progress in terms of technology, and I heard Xiao Sun say two days ago that they have recently been rated as assistant engineers. Listening to Xiao Sun's tone, he was envious, and there seemed to be a taste of regret for not being at the beginning. At that time, Hong Zhendong was quite unhappy in his heart, and almost had a seizure on the spot: It was you who wanted to resign with me, and I didn't force the cow to drink water, and you can't blame me Hong Zhendong for regretting it!

Hong Zhendong said insincerely: "It's a good thing to be busy, only when you are busy can you be effective and make progress!" I see that the two of you are beaming, there must be something good, when will you invite me to eat candy? ”

Bao Xiaomiao grinned. "The first time to hold wine on the National Day, the master must come to drink a glass of wine!"

Hong Zhendong smiled dryly: "Of course I want to go, the two of you are happy, how can I be absent?" ”

Hong Zhendong thanked the invitation to "go to the workshop to sit for a while", and when he said goodbye to them, he had another taste in his heart, which is called "Shibei should be impressed for three days"!

Thinking that Bao Xiaomiao followed Hong Zhendong from the second middle school in the city to the society, charged into the battle and was invincible, and then experienced the vast world of refining red hearts together, and then entered the machine tool factory as an assembler together, Bao Xiaomiao only looked forward to him from beginning to end, and never violated it in the slightest. The problem is that after Xu Hui entered the factory, Bao Xiaomiao seemed to have changed as a person, obeying Xu Hui's orders, everything was happy with Xu Hui's joy, and Xu Hui's worries were worried. This person is so elusive and incredible, it can't be explained by a single sentence of "heavy color and light friends"!

Hong Zhendong let out a long sigh, at this moment, that good feeling of complacency is gone! (To be continued......)