That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1097: In the end, you are just making wedding clothes for others?

"How could he be so greedy? How dare they be so bold?"

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"No, they can't do it? They definitely can't do it."

After being shocked, Lai Jiayi immediately expressed her disbelief. She didn't believe that Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang would take a branch factory and "swallow" the main factory.

Because the merger of the two units is not a matter of "great unity" of the workers from both sides, hanging up colorful flags, setting up a platform and shouting a few slogans.

The first branch was originally a subsidiary of the Light Automobile Company, under the jurisdiction and management of the main factory, and its level was several levels lower than that of the main factory. So if the first branch was annexed by the main factory, how would the two management teams be arranged? Who would lead whom?

You let Li Ye lead Niu Hongzhang? How old is he? What's his rank?
Isn’t this rebellion against Tiangang?
Let so many old people in the main factory serve tea and write materials for young people like Xiao Zhu, Zhang Xiaoshuai and Ding Jiuchang?
Do you believe they can splash it on your face?

[What? You want me to help Zhang Xiaoshuai? You want him to be the chief of the finance department? I was the chief when Zhang Xiaoshuai started working. Is there still a grandfather who serves urinals to his grandson?]

[I recruited Xiao Zhu and taught him all the skills. You let him be the chief technical engineer and let me help him with the stirrups. Aren't you afraid of shortening his life? ]

Therefore, although Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang really had the idea of ​​swallowing an elephant, they never spread the news and never put it into action.

Although the automobile production license of the Light Automobile Company is very important, it is still too difficult and too cumbersome to swallow it up completely.

This is not the case decades later, when senior executives with overlapping positions can be laid off and leave with N+1, and the remaining cattle and horses are all raised by stepmothers, and they have to be obedient and humble in exchange for a share of food.

In this day and age, which management cadre who has worked for decades is a fuel-efficient person?

They have worked in the unit for decades, and have a complex network of relationships up and down the hierarchy. If you let them go today, they will go to their superiors and hold up banners to complain tomorrow.

If you ask them to keep a low profile, they will block your office every day and curse you, causing chaos and making things difficult for you, making it impossible for you to produce.

But Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang never leaked the news, and even Lai Jiayi, the traitor, didn't get the news. How did Niu Hongzhang know about it?

Niu Hongzhang looked at Lai Jiayi coldly and said in a deep voice, "Little Lai, when General Manager Ma was in charge of production, I had not yet arrived, so I don't understand some of the situations.

Can you tell me what the factory expected of General Manager Ma when he took office? "

"expect?"

Lai Jiayi was a little puzzled, but she recalled it and said: "The head office was quite happy at that time, because Ma Zhaoxian's main job before was to prepare for and support the construction of a branch factory.

The salary and benefits of the first branch are much higher than those of the main factory, so after Ma Zhaoxian takes full charge of the work of the Light Automobile Company, he will definitely share his experience and improve the benefits of the cadres and employees of the main factory."

Niu Hongzhang smiled coldly and asked again, "What happened next? After Ma Zhaoxian took charge, did the wages at the main factory match those at the first branch? Did the efficiency of the main factory increase as much as that of the first branch?"

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Lai Jiayi was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly, "It seems to have increased a bit. The wages of the workers in the main factory this year have increased by an average of 30 to 40 yuan compared to last year."

"Will thirty or forty dollars be enough? Is that the best he can do for thirty or forty dollars?"

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Lai Jiayi looked at Niu Hongzhang blankly and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

When Ma Zhaoxian took office, he inherited a mess. The main factory had a huge hole, nearly double-digit people were in jail, and banks and suppliers came to collect debts every day. It was a complete disgrace.
Ma Zhaoxian was able to stabilize the situation in a short period of time, and in just over half a year, he increased the average salary of all employees by 30 to 40 yuan. Isn't this enough?

Raising the wages of all employees is much more difficult than making money for yourself.

The factory managers in the past have been shouting slogans for nearly ten years, but they have only been paying wages according to the minimum standards set by the state. This shows how difficult it is to increase wages and bonuses.

Ma Zhaoxian only spent half a year, hasn’t he tried his best?

Niu Hongzhang looked at the dazed Lai Jiayi and couldn't help cursing in his heart, wondering how could he have such stupid subordinates?
But now he has no one to use and can only sigh helplessly.

Niu Hongzhang thought about it and took out a list and gave it to Lai Jiayi to look at.

"In the past two months, the Human Resources Department of the main factory has received hundreds of job transfer applications, all of which requested transfer to the first branch factory. Section Chief Yang was willing to approve them, but after I explained the reason to him, he would rather withstand the pressure from Ma Zhaoxian than let people go."

Lai Jiayi was stunned, because ever since the Spring Festival, there have been dozens of employees from the main factory applying to be transferred to the branch factory every month, but she hadn't heard of any applications in the past two months.

So Lai Jiayi suddenly said, "I was wondering why no old employees were transferred to the first branch in the past two months! So it turns out that... What did you explain to Section Chief Yang?"

Niu Hongzhang said in a deep voice: "The first branch factory no longer intends to accept the leadership of the main factory, and this is not enough, they also want to work together to drain the main factory."

"Drain?"

Lai Jiayi asked in astonishment: "What do you mean by drain?"

Niu Hongzhang gritted his teeth, suppressed his disgusted expression, and said, "I analyzed the personnel transfers of the first branch over the years.
In addition to recruiting workers from the society and recruiting children, they mainly transferred skilled workers from the main factory. However, they transferred more than 700 people in total, but there were only 17 cadres. What does this mean? You can't figure it out, right?"

Lai Jiayi was stunned for a long time before she suddenly said, "They transferred all the working people over there, leaving only the cadres sitting in the office?"

Niu Hongzhang said bitterly: "If this continues, when there are not many people working in the main factory, won't all the assets we have accumulated over the past few decades belong to the branch factory? They swallowed up the main factory without making any noise."

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Lai Jiayi finally understood Li Ye's "trick".

Normally speaking, if the "experimental field" of the first branch is successful, then the main factory should continue to input management cadres into it to enrich the management team of the first branch, so that everyone will be happy and prosperous.

But a branch factory only wants workers, not cadres. Is this a plan to separate the family and live separately? Can a group of young kids manage such a large enterprise?
Isn't this nonsense?

In fact, this principle is not complicated, but over the years, Lai Jiayi never paid attention to the workers who were doing their work, so she was unable to understand what Niu Hongzhang meant in time.

After she starts working, she will be working in an office. Do we need to consider the turnover of workers?

Never needed.

If there are too many people in the unit and a few burdens need to be cut, then this "burden" must be the workers working in the workshop.

As for how to maintain production without workers, there is no need to worry about that. That is the workers' own business. They will carry forward their spirits and do the work of three people with two people.

Just like at the main factory, the ratio of front-line workers to office support staff is an astonishing 4 to 6. There are only over workers among more than people. However, more than people have left, and the efficiency is better than before. So is it necessary to waste brainpower to care about the workers' situation?

No one cares, no one cares.

But what if another 700 people leave? What is 3,000 minus 700 minus 700?
Lai Jiayi didn't dare to think about it. By then, a front-line worker would have to support two or three office staff in addition to himself, and there would be the loan interest pressing on his head. Would they still be able to carry forward their spirit and be willing to make sacrifices?

What's even more terrible is that people go to high places and water flows to low places. Every one of these two or three thousand workers wants to go to a branch factory. When they see others living a good life there, why would they be willing to work like mules and horses here?
If people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team.

If they all go to the first branch factory, who will go to the workshop to work among the remaining 3,000 office staff?
Anyway, Lai Jiayi will definitely not do it if you ask her to do it.

Lai Jiayi stood up suddenly and said to Niu Hongzhang: "Secretary Niu, this situation is too serious, please report it to the higher-ups immediately!"

Niu Hongzhang rolled his eyelids and said calmly, "Little Lai! The higher-ups sent me here to do things. If I have to ask them to solve everything for me, then I am incompetent. This principle is the same everywhere."

Lai Jiayi blinked and muttered to herself, "Are you giving me some advice? Are you looking down on my ability? Or are you planning on having me help you do something?"

Lai Jiayi is slow to react to some things, but when it comes to understanding the meaning of something by listening to the music, Lai Jiayi is very good at it, so she really guessed Niu Hongzhang's thoughts.

Niu Hongzhang showed a sad expression: "Now many cadres in the factory have not seen through the intentions of Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye, and are still watching the situation worsen. If that day really comes, they will regret it."

Lai Jiayi looked at Lu Zhizhang without saying a word or taking the initiative.

She is now one of the "three giants" of a branch factory. Even if the situation really deteriorates, even if Li Ye and she have an irreconcilable "feud", she can still make a profit.

Niu Hongzhang took a deep breath and smiled for the first time in a long time.

"Xiao Lai! You came to the company earlier than me and are more familiar with everyone. If you have time, talk to them and discuss whether what I said is right or wrong."

[Are you asking me to join in the rebellion? What good will that do me?]

Niu Hongzhang seemed to have expected this, and said confidently: "Sister Mai here is about to expire. After some work, she will be in the second tier next year or the year after. Among the few people who are qualified to replace her, you are the most suitable one."

Lai Jiayi's mouth corners curled up unconsciously.

Sister Mai is half a grade higher than Lai Jiayi, but I don’t know how many people will have to struggle their entire lives for this small half grade.

Lai Jiayi humbly said: "Who do you think I should go to first? For some people, it won't be of any use even if I explain everything to them!"

Niu Hongzhang became annoyed again.

Lai Jiayi was actually asking him who he was planning to recruit to work for her. If she told him this, if something went wrong in the future, Niu Hongzhang would not be able to simply put the blame on Lai Jiayi.

But Niu Hongzhang still took out a piece of paper and wrote down more than a dozen surnames including "Zhang, Pu, Kan, Huang" on it. As for who they were specifically, Lai Jiayi could check it herself, after all, there were only so many people in core management positions.

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."

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After Lai Jiayi left, Niu Hongzhang stood by the window and breathed in deep gulps of fresh air.

Lai Jiayi actually dared to be mean to him, he was so upset.

In other words, Niu Hongzhang has been feeling suffocated ever since he came to the Light Automobile Company.

He actually knew that one should not be too hasty in the struggle for power. The most clever way to fight was to quietly disintegrate and capture all the people around the enemy, making the enemy ashamed to death.

However, Niu Hongzhang and Ma Zhaoxian took office at the same time, with less than a month's difference. At that time, Ma Zhaoxian did not have much control over the management of the main factory, so Niu Hongzhang was in a hurry to take over.
Because if he didn't take action to seize power, Niu Hongzhang would have to wait until Ma Zhaoxian had twisted the management team into an ironclad entity, and he didn't know how much more effort he would have to put in.

It's a pity that Niu Hongzhang misjudged the situation. He didn't expect that the people in the first branch factory didn't listen to his orders at all and controlled the company's cash flow with the connivance of Ma Zhaoxian. As a result, he lost the initiative and fell into a disadvantage.

Later, Niu Hongzhang changed his direction and focused his energy on the main factory.

He was quite capable. Over the past six months, he had gotten to know the general situation of the entire unit and knew that this decades-old factory still had a lot of smart people.

For example, Ding Zhiwen, who retired last year, is Li Ye’s old master, and Lu Zhizhang, who joined Ma Zhaoxian, are both very powerful characters, and some other core management cadres are also not bad.

It can be said that these people are the basic foundation of the entire Light Automobile Company's management. If Niu Hongzhang can win over one-fifth of them, he will be able to gain a firm foothold. If he can bring one-third under his command, then there is no need to worry about not achieving great things.

However, when faced with Niu Hongzhang's recruitment, these people either had an unclear attitude or pretended to obey but actually disobeyed. They did not care who would be the top leader; they only cared about their own income and future.

As long as they can be transferred to a branch factory to do management, they will be loyal supporters of Ma Zhaoxian and Li Ye.

The first branch factory has transferred more than a dozen cadres there during this period, which is probably also used as "bait".

But now, Niu Hongzhang has found an opportunity to turn these core members against the government.

"A box full of gold, a box full of silver, in a blink of an eye, everyone is slandering the beggar. Just when I was sighing that others' lives were short, I didn't know that I would return home to mourn."

"Because I complained that my gauze hat was too small, I had to carry the shackles. Yesterday I felt sorry for the coldness of my torn jacket, and now I complain that my purple python is too long.

It's so ridiculous that you finish singing and I come on stage. In the end, it's just to make wedding clothes for others!"

"Hehehe~"

Niu Hongzhang read a passage from A Dream of Red Mansions and then laughed softly.

Power is a more deadly poison than money.

When a person who works hard to climb up reaches the level of a regular science officer or above, his state of mind will be different from that of ordinary people.

Lying down is the choice of ordinary people, while climbers only want to reach the top. In the game of power, once you break through the regular level, the cost of falling is extremely high.

If the branch factory could absorb all the cadres from the main factory, everyone would support Ma Zhaoxian, Li Ye and others. After all, when the unit is upgraded, in addition to upgrading the original personnel, it also needs to recruit management personnel.

There are many reasons for this. You think you have the ability, but it doesn't matter if you don't have the qualifications. Isn't it just a lack of experience and training? There are so many experienced cadres in the general factory who can definitely help.

But you want a group of section and department level officials to stand aside, only caring about eating meat yourself without giving others soup, isn't that short-sighted?

These people have worked in the Light Automobile Company for half their lives and have long regarded the unit as their own family business. Not to mention passing it down from father to son, at least they want to move up the ladder, right?

In the end, we have to make way for those ignorant young people like Xiao Zhu and Wu Yan?
"Ha~"

Lu Zhizhang's smile bloomed wildly.

When Zhuge Liang had no soldiers available, he could only work as a farmer in Nanyang. But as long as he had a few great generals, he could be invincible and do everything.

(End of this chapter)