That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 819 Do You Understand?

In mid-May, Wen Leyu's due date was approaching, and Li Ye began to deal with the matters at hand and straighten out the various production processes so as to avoid being overwhelmed by both ends.

A good manager does not keep himself busy like a donkey. Instead, the unit can operate smoothly when he is away for a short time. However, the unit will not be able to operate without him if he is away for a long time.

On this day, Li Ye was discussing with Lu Zhizhang about expanding production again, when Pan Dachuan, who was in charge of supply, knocked on the door and walked in.

"Director, there's something fishy going on at the main factory again. They said they can't supply us with 2,000 frames next month, and the price of each frame will increase by 350 yuan. The price adjustment will start tomorrow."

Li Ye asked curiously, "A price increase of 350 yuan? And starting from tomorrow? What's the reason for the price increase?"

The frame is also called the beam, and together with the axle, tires and other accessories, it is the chassis of the car. The Light Automobile Company has been providing 130 frames and chassis for more than car modification factories across the country.

Therefore, the frame can be regarded as the "signature product" of the Light Automobile Company. Since the first branch is close to the main factory, it is natural that the frames are allocated directly from the main factory and the accounts are settled together at the end of the month. Anyway, the first branch has to hand over profits every month, so it can just offset the profit.

But the price suddenly increased by 350 yuan. It is hard to justify such a huge increase without a reasonable explanation.

Pan Dachuan said angrily, "They said the material price has gone up, but I've asked someone to find out, and several car modification factories that purchased frames from our factory didn't raise the price by a penny, at least not tomorrow."

This is just asking for trouble.

Li Ye reached out for the phone to ask who was causing trouble again, but Lu Zhizhang got there first.

"Xiao Pan, go and get busy first!"

While Lu Zhizhang was dialing the internal line, he gestured to Pan Dachuan to go out. After Pan Dachuan left, Lu Zhizhang put down the phone again.

Li Ye was a little puzzled, and looked at Lu Zhizhang and said, "What's wrong, Old Lu? Don't you need to ask clearly about this matter?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "You know what's going on even if I don't ask, he's just jealous of us!

Do you believe that if I call them right now and tell them about the frame, they will definitely mention our engine and transmission?"

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Although Li Ye told Lu Zhizhang about Wu Qingyi's trip to Changbei to purchase gearboxes, Lu Zhizhang still had the keen intuition of a manager.

As soon as the head office made its move, he saw through it all.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Then how do you think we can solve this problem?"

Lu Zhizhang laughed and said, "It's a bullshit, they are just dreaming. The frame is not like the engine and gearbox we use. Scorpion Baba is unique, who can they control?

Since other suppliers haven’t raised their prices, we can either make some adjustments temporarily or look for other suppliers. We can’t just go along with their wishes.”

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"No wonder we want to betray our own people~"

Li Ye couldn't help laughing.

If Lu Zhizhang ran over and started a quarrel with the head office at this moment, he would probably have to satisfy some of the other party's wishes in the end. It would be better for him to pretend to be confused!
[The main factory's supply is insufficient, so we purchase from outside, there is nothing wrong with that! ]

A branch factory can allocate frames from the main factory, or purchase frames from other modified vehicles. Although it may have to add a brokerage fee of several dozen yuan, it is better than being led by the nose by others.

Even some small factories that have the ability to produce 130 frames cannot find a big customer like this for their branch factory!
However, Lu Zhizhang and Li Ye did not respond, but the other side lost patience.

A week later, the head office held a production management meeting and summoned Lu Zhizhang, Li Ye and Lai Jiayi.

After the two arrived at the conference room, they found that there were so many people attending the meeting today that there was no room for seats on both sides of the conference table. Dozens of chairs were lined up against the wall, and the room was full of people.

Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang smiled at each other, both mentally prepared.

Because the seating arrangement for the two people is very particular, 99% of the attention will be focused on them at any time, which can be called the "pressure point" of the entire audience.

The section chief and deputy section chief of the main factory were all here, but the first branch only notified the three of them to come over. If any topic related to the first branch came up later, the two of them would have something to explain.

Well, Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang both felt that Lai Jiayi would not share the pressure with them.

After everyone arrived, the boss began to speak, and he started off very seriously. "Comrades, the first half of the year is almost over, and the situation in our factory is not optimistic. The prices of production materials are rising, while product sales are continuing to decline."

"We now have nearly 10,000 employees in our factory, which means there are nearly 10,000 families who rely on the factory for their meals. Everyone present here is a management cadre of the factory, and they must all work hard for the future and benefits of the factory."

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The factory director spoke for five minutes, fully explaining the serious problems faced by the Light Automobile Company from the perspective of a parent.

But Li Ye felt that he was exaggerating a bit.

After all, the Light Automobile Company had just accepted external investment and had the support of the new product 136. Even if the situation got worse, there would still be something to do.

Those factories that have no production innovation capabilities and are not loved by their grandmas or uncles are at the critical juncture of life and death. In another three to five years, they will be the first batch of pilot units for large-scale layoffs.

However, after the factory manager finished talking about the serious topic, he suddenly changed the subject and praised the branch factory.

"Of course, despite this severe situation this year, our factory is not without some bright spots. The first branch has done quite well."

"Within three months since the first plant was put into operation, more than 2,500 vehicles have been shipped. If the momentum continues, it is not impossible to exceed 10,000 vehicles this year."

"Then everyone present should think about why the first branch has achieved such results? Do you need to learn from the first branch?"

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Li Ye and Lu Zhizhang were both a little stunned, because at first they thought this was a compliment to them, but then they saw the way the group of people looked at them, and it was clearly a taunting skill to attract hatred!
What? It’s just you two, right?
Sure enough, as soon as the factory director finished speaking, an unconvinced voice appeared.

Section Chief Park of the Sales Department of the main factory said in a deep voice: "Regarding the issue of the first branch factory, I have a different opinion. Although they have achieved gratifying results in the past few months, it is at the expense of the interests of our main factory."

"Our main factory's product sales have continued to decline in the past three months, but the sales of our branch factory have been rising. I would like to ask Deputy Director Li a question."

Section Chief Park turned his head to look at Li Ye and asked bluntly: "The 130J3 car you produce obviously uses advanced engines and gearboxes with imported technology, so why are you selling it so cheaply?"

"Now many of our old customers have specifically stated that they do not want our 130J2 model, but rather the 130J3 model from your first branch. Isn't this a fight between brothers?"

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Li Ye felt the attention of dozens of people, but he was not nervous at all. Instead, he said strangely, "Our J3 model is 2 yuan more expensive than the J model! A car worth more than yuan in total, and it is yuan more expensive. How can it be said to be cheap?"

"Your diesel engine is more than 3 yuan more expensive," said Section Chief Park unsatisfiedly. "I have calculated that since your first branch started producing J cars, our sales have dropped by units, which is exactly the output of your first branch in the past few months.
Your branch factory has taken away the production of the main factory. Your J3 cars must be included in the sales plan of the whole factory. You must not be allowed to mess around any more. The jobs of the workers in the whole factory cannot be destroyed in your hands."

Seeing Section Chief Park's angry face, Li Ye was about to refute, but Lu Zhizhang was quicker than him.

"Bang~"

Lu Zhizhang slammed the table and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense here. You didn't do your job well. Instead of thinking about where you went wrong, you want to take credit for other people's work."

"Who is hugging him? Even if the meat is rotten, it is still in the pot. It belongs to everyone. What's yours or mine? Lu Zhizhang, what do you mean by saying this? Are you going to split up the branch factory?"

"We split up? You're putting a big accusation on us. We pay a lot of our profits every month. We're not like some people who have no ability and only have evil intentions."

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It was the first time that Li Ye saw Lu Zhizhang arguing with someone with a red face. He was completely different from when he was the director of the factory office.

"Ahem~, stop arguing."

The factory manager coughed lightly, then asked Li Ye: "Li Ye, can you explain how your J3 car is priced and what is the basis for the pricing?"

What is the basis for pricing?
Li Ye felt a little amused.

[Even if I talk to you about marketing, do you understand? ]

But Li Ye still cleared his throat and said softly to everyone: "If I were to explain it, I would have to start from the economics aspect."

(End of this chapter)