The spring rain has been raining for two days in a row, and God is still gloomy, and he has no intention of stopping. For farmers, especially those on the Loess Plateau, "spring rain is as expensive as oil" is by no means as simple as a proverb. According to the agreement with the village committee, they will ensure the harvest during drought and flood, and will be compensated according to the maximum amount of income after the harvest season. For Yang Liufang, it is not so beautiful, and even a little anxious. On rainy days, the road in front of the factory is not blocked, so the workers cannot work, and after the relocation of the original paint booth in the factory, there is no space to install equipment to paint the furniture. The factory was not running, and there was a dead silence on this rainy day.

Yang Liufang simply gave the workers a holiday, and for the four apprentices, it was nothing to take a holiday, because they received a fixed salary every month. But the four temporary workers quit, and if they didn't work, they had no income for a day, and the whole village rotated. From time to time, they rush to the factory gate to see if they can start work when the rain stops. Yang Liufang woke up bored, so he sat under the glass window of the canteen and read a book, and he could see the workers coming to the factory with umbrellas or film in fertilizer bags, but there was nothing he could do about it without space. For those workers who were not called in to patrol the land, Yang Liufang had arranged to set up two makeshift tents out of plastic sheeting before the rain and lived in them, except that the canteen was not in charge of food.

There is only one master in the canteen, and he takes the initiative to let his mother-in-law and aunt rest on the first day of the worker's holiday, and he doesn't want to drag down the boss. In addition to cooking a meal for Yang Liufang at the point, he will wipe the kitchen clean in his free time, and the tables and chairs in the canteen are also cleaned and neatly arranged, including the windows. When he wanted to go home to see his wife, he boiled a pot of boiling water for Yang Liufang and put it on the dining table where he was.

On the recommendation of the old teacher's aunt in the city, Yang Liufang recently began to read "The Pursuit of Prosperity" by Konosuke Matsushita, another famous Japanese entrepreneur, which is a management book just published last year. Yang Liufang likes many of the views of the Japanese called the "god of management", and like the Japanese management saint Kazuo Inamori who finished reading "Dry Law" last year, many of them often inadvertently have a great touch on Yang Liufang through the summary of business practice and their own perception and thinking. For example, Konosuke Matsushita believes that "a business is a business of 'people', and no management and management can be separated from people, so business philosophy and management methods must be based on human nature." ”

Yang Liufang thought of building canteens and expanding toilets for workers this time, although the original purpose was not this, because "making money is the mission of the enterprise, and the purpose of businessmen is to make profits." And his unintentional act of inserting willows, isn't it now the starting point of the workers in the factory? Workers were allowed to eat well and have a place to take a bath at the end of work, and women toilets were built in advance to consider that there would be female workers in the factory. He was still a little proud when he thought of this.

What touched Yang Yanagifang the most was Mr. Matsushita's two views: "Taking responsibility for contributing to society is the first requirement for running a business." "The acquisition of reasonable profits is not only the purpose of businessmen's business, but also the cornerstone of social prosperity." He ignorantly felt that in addition to letting the villagers make money in the factory and learn crafts, he should also do some social responsibility. Even if he doesn't talk about social responsibility, he should do something for the village in return.

The light rain outside was still dripping, and when he saw that some workers were coming again, Yang Liufang opened the window and called him to stop him, asking him to invite the stone village chief over. After a while, the village chief of Shi came to the factory, and Yang Liufang invited him to sit down in the canteen. Because there was no result in the matter of approving land to build a factory, Yang Liufang could not work on a rainy day, and he had to pay workers' wages every day, and no one's money was blown by the wind, so the head of Shi Village looked embarrassed and apologized to Yang Liufang as soon as he sat down.

"Brother Xiao Yang, I'm really sorry, you see this is happening."

"Whoa! Brother Shi, this is the matter of the 'heavens' above, what are you sorry for! I asked you to come because I want to donate a well to the village and install a water pump, can you see if it is appropriate? Does the shadow affect your earnings? ”

"Ha, what a good thing! Ouch, I thought you called me and asked me about the land grant! He scratched his head.

"Isn't this the leader going to the two sessions! It won't work if I urge you to approve the land. Let's wait. Does this well pumping pump affect you a lot? ”

"What's the impact on me? Do you think I take the villagers' penny of water? ”

"Hmm!" Yang Liufang looked at him sincerely.

After hearing this, the stone village chief stood up suddenly.

"It was collected from the state, and not a penny was paid. If you read the People's Daily, you don't know that in 1985, the State Council promulgated the "Measures for the Verification, Calculation and Management of Water Charges for Water Conservancy Projects". It is also in vain to pull water for the villagers! ”

"Ahh Then you didn't say it earlier. Sorry ha, I misunderstood you. Yang Liufang stood up and hurriedly bowed and apologized.

"No, no, it seems that it's not just you, it's someone else's misunderstanding. In this way, I will write down the water fees collected from the villagers in the past four years and publicize them. ”

"Brother Shi, since I understand, then I want to donate a well to the village, install a water pump, and build a water tower to make it easy for the villagers to get water, what do you think?"

"Oh, raise your hands in favor, and I will first thank you for your great kindness on behalf of the men, women and children of the whole village. The last time Secretary Lu came to inspect, he asked the township to write a report and ask the villagers to solve the water problem, so it seems that the amount does not have to go to great lengths to give the township money for drilling wells. Write the donation from your factory into the report and apply for a commendation monument for your donation. ”

"My God, Brother Shi, that's not good, the factory is in the village, and it is the responsibility of the factory to contribute to the village. If that were the case, I wouldn't don't donate. Yang Liufang learned and put into practice the sentences he learned in "The Pursuit of Prosperity" into his own opinions. And threatened the stone secretary.

"Okay, don't erect a monument, (I) listen to you. But it is still necessary to report to the township to be commended, you see if it will work. ”

"This can be had, and it can be regarded as a factory honor!"

"Okay, I'll write it when I go back, and I'll report it to the township tomorrow."

Secretary Shi's report has not yet been handed over to the township, but the township office has first come to the village committee to find him, so that he can get ready, and on March 20, that is, the day after tomorrow, he will receive 20 deputies from the province and city who have returned from going to Beijing to attend the two sessions, and they will come to the village to investigate and do research. The furniture factory was also named to participate in the reception and to prepare working meals in the canteen. Secretary Shi told the director of the township office about the donation of the enterprise, and said that the last time Secretary Lu came to inspect, he asked him to write a report to the township to solve the water problem of the residents in the village. After hearing about it, the furniture factory took the initiative to donate, and wanted to apply for a commendation for others, and sent the application report that had been written to the office director, asking him to forward it to Secretary Lu.

After the office director finished informing, he returned to the township with the report, and the head of Shi Village hurriedly came to the factory to inform Yang Liufang. Yang Liufang was very surprised, he didn't expect that the representatives of the two sessions knew about their factory, and this was an opportunity to show their faces. He read the "People's Daily" and said that there were many leaders of large enterprises such as Xizhou Iron and Steel and oil fields among the deputies. Maybe through everyone's investigation and research, the products of this furniture factory can be favored by these business leaders and purchase a part of it. He's going to have to take this opportunity.

Yang Liufang first came to the canteen to discuss the standard of working meals with the master. The master used to make a working meal for the representatives of the two sessions in the Xizhou Hotel, but it was a self-service model, Yang Liufang had never seen self-service, and there was no self-service tableware in the canteen in his factory, so he asked the master to make stir-fried dishes for the delegates and eat banquets.

"20 deputies to the National People's Congress, plus the staff, and the people who accompanied us to receive him, let's open three tables for him, what do you think?"

"Boss, the country has standards and can't exceed them. Let's ask the township for an opinion, see what standard, and we'll do it again. ”

"Okay, I'll call the township and ask."

Secretary Shi called the township office in the factory.

"Hey, hello, I'm a stone ...... from Shibi Village"

"Hey, Secretary Shi, I'm about to go back to your village to find you in a hurry. Heck, your village committee doesn't even have a phone call, and you have to run over on a motorcycle to inform you of anything. Listen, ask your furniture factory if the donated well can be built tomorrow. Our township is going to join a meaningful itinerary for all the delegates and hold a ceremony to open the well for water from your well. ”

"It's a little hard to rain here. Only one day ......"

"You ask first, and if it's okay, give me a reply as soon as possible, and I'll also ask the relevant engineering team."

"Their boss is right next to me, and that's the factory phone. Brother Xiao Yang, the leader asked if he could build a good well tomorrow? ”

"Secretary Shi, I haven't drilled a well either. I have to ask Wang Shan, didn't he dig a well in the sand factory? Yang Liufang knew that the township leader on the other end of the phone was the leader, so he called the official Secretary Shi.

"You ask the person in charge of the furniture factory to answer the phone. His surname is Yang, right? "On the other end of the line, he spoke commandingly to the stone village chief.

"Yes, wait a minute." Secretary Shi handed over the phone to Yang Liufang.

"Hey, good leader." Yang Liufang took the phone and greeted the leader first.

"Xiao Yang, right? You will do your best to do a good job of this ceremony of digging wells and fetching water, and I will also help you find a way, and you will give me an answer as soon as possible to ensure that the provincial leaders and representatives can participate in this event on the day of your visit, which is a supreme honor for you and can go down in history. ”