Chapter 13: A Cold Heart

Director Cheng is a veteran comrade who has been in officialdom for decades, and he still has some experience in controlling the atmosphere. He didn't let the atmosphere continue to accumulate and continue to cool down, and began to speak.

Director Cheng said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Minister Chunxiu, I, and Director Li Chun are here today to read out a decision of the provincial government. As the largest state-owned enterprise in Shanhe Province, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government are very concerned about the development of Feigang. Especially from the second half of last year to the first half of this year, there was a serious crisis in the steel industry, an unprecedented crisis, and the price of steel dropped from more than 6,000 yuan to more than 3,000 yuan. ”

Cheng Jigang didn't say the result directly, he just wanted to be a foreshadowing. With this, he swept everyone's faces with the peripheral light of his eyes.

Then, he continued: "This crisis has brought great losses to Feigang, and it has also exposed many problems in Feigang's management. Therefore, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government decided to deepen the restructuring and reform of Feigang and develop in the direction of depth, so as to change the passive situation of Feigang and promote the rapid upgrading of Feigang's large-scale development. ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Jigang smiled hard. He wanted to use this smile to melt the atmosphere that was freezing.

Then, he continued: "This time the determination of the provincial party committee and the provincial government is very great, and Vice Governor Guohui led the relevant departments to hold several meetings. In the end, Secretary Shui Tao was still very satisfied with the plan and urged our relevant departments to implement it as soon as possible. We are required to unswervingly push forward the current restructuring and reform in the process of developing in depth, no matter whose interests are touched. ”

When Director Cheng Jigang was speaking, the hearts of several Feigang executives were like frozen rivers, squeezing the passion of a leading cadre in a corner of their hearts. At this moment, they are silently thinking: reform, what kind of reform is this? Aren't we disagreeing with the restructuring? Why is our restructuring only tied to the body of a donkey, and we have no other way to choose?

Speaking of this, everyone will have questions, why even Feigang's executives are so resistant to the restructuring of the Northern Group? Did they suffer something?

No, as executives of the group, they have nothing to lose. Since Zhanbei Group took a stake in Feigang, their income has not only not decreased, but has also increased significantly. But after all, they are cadres trained by the party for decades, not traitors cultivated by the Japanese.

When national interests and self-interests are put together, they know which side they should be on. When they see Feigang's cultural slackness, the grievances of the workers, and the current situation of only caring about their own interests and not considering the long-term development of the group; Their party spirit and conscience tell them that they can't go with the flow like this.

So, what kind of company is Zhanbei Group? Let's continue to look through the development process of Zhanbei, take a look at the core of this enterprise, look at their development direction, and look at their values.

After the establishment of the North Ferrous Metals Group, it was just in time for the development of steel. Although it is a company transformed from an old enterprise, the production equipment is still relatively old. Although some equipment has added some new configurations, the production pace is faster than before, and the production capacity has also increased. However, the quality of the product has not been greatly improved.

But the Northern Group was lucky, they caught up with a good time. It was an era of blowout demand for construction steel, the country increased investment in infrastructure, and the provinces were also accelerating the construction of their own high-speed network.

In particular, the city's real estate industry is blooming everywhere, in order to meet the construction progress, the demand for steel quality has lost the bottom line, as long as your inspection report meets the national standard.

Therefore, Zhan Bicheng does not need to consider the improvement of product quality, as long as the cost is reduced and the output is increased, it is the best way to make a profit. In 2003, Zhan Bicheng allowed two enterprises with a production capacity of only 6.5 million tons to produce 7.5 million tons, and the net profit exceeded 500 million yuan that year.

This not only made Zhan Bicheng very excited, but also made his core team very excited. Tao Fangjun paid dividends of more than 10 million yuan, and Cui Liguo and Liu Ruxue also paid dividends of six or seven million yuan. With a lot of money in hand, their ambitions are getting bigger and bigger.

With the increase of enterprise output and the increase of market share, the popularity of the core team of Zhanbei is also increasing. In Hebei, and even in the steel industry across the country, it is known that there is a group of young people who, in just a few years, have owned a 7 million tons of steel enterprises.

Especially for an established enterprise like Feigang, it is even more surprising. It took us nearly 50 years to develop into a steel company with a capacity of 5 million tons. And in less than five years, they have surpassed us.

After hearing this, the leaders of some units of Feigang still said with a little disdain: "Their enterprises do not have high value-added products and cannot stand in the market." In particular, some products, such as narrow strip products, are products that are about to be phased out. Such an enterprise has little development potential. ”

It sounds like this is the truth, but in the market economy, many times it is unreasonable. The market is a place where competition, rules, and demand are stressed. If there is demand, there is a market, and if you follow the rules of the market, you will not be defeated in the competition.

Since then, the core team members of Zhanbei have often sat in the middle of those steel bigwigs who could only look up to before. When a young man of about thirty years old sat among those forty or fifty-year-old bosses, Zhan Bicheng still showed a humble attitude. In this way, it has been praised by more people.

Another good quality is that you love to learn. He was different from other bosses, when the steel bigwigs were full of money, during the day, they came to the green grass golf course in pairs, swinging their clubs soothingly, showing off their nobility and elegance to the fullest.

At night, in the high-end hotel, while pushing the glass and changing the lamp, he talked about his unusual entrepreneurial history, and felt his courage and wisdom in everyone's sighs. Then, when the aftermath is not over, go to the dance hall to release your passion.

But the battle will not be like this, he feels that it is a waste of his life. Even if it's to accompany guests, it's just a matter of meaning. He not only often reads books, but also often goes to other companies to learn, to have a clear understanding of other people's enterprises, which aspects are better than his own, and which aspects of his own enterprises are better than others' enterprises.

After returning from the study, Zhanbi Cheng led the team members to conduct research and analysis. Through research and analysis, we continuously improve processes and adjust operating procedures. Some of the technicians have retired from the original state-owned enterprises and have rich experience. But in the face of these bold adjustments, I am still a little timid. Because, after the adjustment of the operating procedures, on the edge of the national standard, a slight deviation, the product will not meet the national standard.

No matter how the old technicians reacted, the operation idea of fighting the north was still going its own way. When there are really substandard products, the technicians are scared to death, thinking that this is a big disaster.

But Zhan Bicheng did not deal with them, but found the sales department and asked them to sell substandard products in a targeted manner. He said: "Don't worry, our quality is much better than those rolled products, as long as it is not a national key project, not a high-rise building, there is no safety hazard." ”

Sometimes, there is a shortage of goods at the construction site, and after the steel arrives, it has been used in the project without waiting for the inspection results. When the results came out, no one dared to squeak, so they asked the inspector to modify it.

Some projects put forward product quality objections, and the sales department gave the sales staff some sales expenses and asked them to deal with them, and it was easy to deal with them. At that time, it was an era when it was difficult to make money. Money, indeed, settles a lot of things.

Later, when holding a meeting with some leaders, Zhan Bicheng said: "There is no problem with our quality, even if there is a problem with one test, take more samples, there will be no problem." What are you afraid of? When you work in a state-owned enterprise, you are stupid. ”

When he saw those strange eyes and was confused, he continued: "Now, every year in our Hebei region alone, there are tens of millions of tons of strip steel. Are all these steels back in the furnace? Have they all become scrap? Are they all exported? No. Moreover, all of them are used in the projects under construction. But have you ever heard of someone's building falling down? Isn't it not? ”

Zhan Bicheng smiled lightly and said, "So, compared to our steel and strip steel, can we compare with strip steel?" But, do you know how many alloys we saved by adjusting the process specification? At least 30 yuan per ton! What kind of concept is this, reducing costs by more than 200 million yuan every year! Even if something goes wrong with the product, can we pay 200 million? ”

After hearing this, everyone felt that this was really a big account, and everyone's eyes invariably showed a glimmer of light. Seeing this glimmer of light, Zhan Bicheng was very happy.