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Chapter 257: Borrowing money to pay off the house? ?
"Draw lots... What do you think of this method?"

Director Yang frowned and asked everyone present.

Zhang Shenfei tapped his fingers lightly on the conference table twice, raised his head and raised his objection: "I don't think it's possible. Drawing lots is not a fundamental way to solve the problem after all..."

"In the final analysis, the problem we have now is that there are not enough houses. We have three to four thousand workers in the factory, and at least 80% of them, if not all of them, are short of houses.

I would like to ask everyone, can drawing lots solve this problem???"

Finally, Zhang Shenfei pointed out the crux of the problem.

"Oh, how fresh, as if everyone knows that there are not enough houses." Zhu Dili asked with a wry smile, "Then can you tell me what is the fundamental way to solve the problem?"

Everyone knows that there are not enough houses! He even said something that everyone knows, as if he is so capable.

but,

"Raising a question that everyone knows about is not a skill. Being able to solve the problem is a skill!!!" Zhu Dili said coldly.

She wanted to see what solution Zhang Shenfei could come up with!!!
You know, the issue of housing distribution is not just a problem for the steel mill!!!
Enterprises and institutions throughout the city are fighting over a few houses! ! Not to mention ordinary people, even the leaders in government agencies don’t have good housing! !

She just didn’t believe that Zhang Shenfei could find a way to solve such a big problem!!!
Zhang Shenfei ignored Zhu Dili's attitude.

Or rather, in his eyes, Zhu Dili was not worth his anger.

Zhang Shenfei glanced at Director Yang and the factory committee secretary, Director Yang and others, and then slowly said:

"As the saying goes, it is better to increase revenue than to save money."

"My idea is to build the houses by our own factory! Divide it into several phases and complete the construction of several thousand houses in the next five years or so.

In this way, basically everyone in the factory who needs a house can be satisfied..."

When Zhang Shenfei heard what he said, the conference room was like water splashing in an frying pan, and was instantly filled with all kinds of sounds!
"That's a good idea. If you're sure you can get the house, I believe everyone can wait for three to five years..." Yang Baili spoke first.

"Impossible, this is building a house, the factory can't do it at all..." Someone immediately raised an objection.

After this man finished speaking, he looked at Yang Baili with eyes full of contempt.

Originally, Yang Baili was not qualified to attend a meeting of their level, but he had a good uncle! !
"This is not reliable, let's just draw lots..." someone immediately said.

"Build a house? Does the factory have money?"

"I don't know how high the sky is. How much does it cost to build a house? Who will give the money, the Ministry of Metallurgy or the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development?"

"Secretary Zhang used to be quite reliable, why did he say something so unreliable this time???"

Almost everyone thought that Zhang Shenfei was daydreaming.

Zhu Dili looked at Deputy Director Li, her heart was filled with joy. She shook her head, skimmed the tea leaves with the lid of the teacup, and looked at Zhang Shenfei sarcastically:

"Secretary Zhang, Comrade Zhang Shenfei, please listen to everyone's voice. Is there anyone who supports you???"

You can't be unaware of this, right? Our factory is a state-owned enterprise! Apart from the money we earn for factory operations, most of it has to be turned over!
You want to build a house? Do you know how much it costs to build a house? Do you think our factory can afford that much money? Or do you think the Ministry of Metallurgy will help us get the money? Their own people don’t even have a house to live in!!!”

"Yes, Zhang Shenfei, I'm afraid this method won't work... the factory doesn't have the money to build houses." Director Yang also shook his head. He would like to have so much money to build a bunch of houses to solve the problem!
The key is, no!
Zhang Shenfei glanced at Zhu Dili and smiled faintly: "What if I say that we don't need to take money from the factory to build a house, and we don't need to ask the Ministry of Metallurgy, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, etc. for money???"

Hiss! ! As soon as these words came out, everyone gasped.

Not using the factory’s money? Not letting the superior unit take money? ?
Then, who will pay for this? It can’t be Zhang Shenfei who pays for it all by himself, right? Can he afford it?

Yang Baili scratched his head and said, "Secretary Zhang, stop keeping us in suspense and tell everyone right away."

Zhang Shenfei smiled and said, "It's true what I said about not using the money from the factory or the superior unit, because I think we take it from the people and use it for the people."

"What does 'take from the people and give back to the people' mean?" Factory Director Yang asked doubtfully.

Zhang Shenfei told him: "What I mean is that our factory will take the lead in coordinating and building the collective building!"

After hearing this, everyone present looked at each other in confusion. No one understood what a collective building meant.

Zhang Shenfei took out a stack of information from his bag and distributed it to everyone: "This is the information I have made in the past few days, everyone take a look."

After everyone got the information, they couldn't wait to look through it.

Director Yang was the first to finish reading it, then he closed the information in his hand and said leisurely, "Isn't this similar to Caoyang New Village in Shanghai?"

There was no concept of collective housing in this era, but in some places where housing was particularly compact, such as Shanghai, a small number of residential areas were built.

Except for a small number of bungalows, most of these residential areas are small buildings of about four floors. The roofs are as high as about three and a half meters, but the windows are very small and not bright enough.

The house is usually a combination of a large room and a small room, with no living room and only a narrow corridor.

There is no kitchen in the house. Everyone cooks on a stove in the corridor. This is a house construction model borrowed from big brother Russia.

The house is also equipped with supporting facilities such as a cooperative, a medical station, and a public bathroom. After the construction of Caoyang New Village was completed, Director Yang went to Shanghai with the Ministry of Metallurgy for a special visit.

He just took a quick look at the information Zhang Shenfei gave him and found that the height of the houses and supporting facilities were similar to those of Caoyang New Village.

There are two differences. First, Caoyang New Village was funded by the government, while the collective building that Zhang Shenfei mentioned was built by the workers themselves.

The second is the house that Zhang Shenfei wants to build in his information. It has a living room, a bedroom, and a separate kitchen. This configuration is much better than that of an ordinary house.

"Most of the workers now have enough money, so why don't they build their own houses? First, there is no land, and second, they can't get a permit to build a house.

Even if they got these two things, they still couldn't get bricks, cement, wood, glass...one by one.

There is also the coordination with the construction team and the management of the construction workers. In short, it is completely impossible to build a house by yourself.”

What if we don’t build but buy? ? You must be kidding, there are no commercial housing in this era!!!
Zhang Shenfei was talking, but he stopped when he saw that Deputy Director Li seemed to have something to say.

Deputy Director Li tapped the table and said, "Secretary Zhang's idea is very good, but there is a big problem here.

That is, welfare housing is free, but your collective housing costs money! Who would be willing to spend money when there is free housing? ? "

"That's right!!!" Zhu Dili nodded repeatedly.

"So, this brings us to the second question. We have to make the workers feel that the money is well spent!!!" Zhang Shenfei said, motioning everyone to focus on the second page of the information.

“I have specially marked the apartment type here, please take a close look.

Most of the welfare housing is old houses in the courtyard. Although it is called welfare, each room is only a dozen or twenty square meters. If you are lucky, you can get two rooms, and if you are unlucky, you can get one. There is no living room in the room. Everyone cooks in the yard and eats on the kang. The accommodation conditions are..."

Zhang Shenfei wanted to say it was not that great, but then he thought about it and thought that everyone lived like this now, so he swallowed his words and said, "It's just average.

But what about the types of our collective housing? They are divided into 50, 70 and 90 square meters. There are kitchens and special dining areas, and children don’t have to squeeze in with adults..."

Such accommodation conditions can be considered advanced in this year.

Sure enough, after listening to Zhang Shunfei's story, several leaders immediately became interested.

"It's not impossible to spend some money to improve living conditions..."

"To be honest, my two children and I are still sharing the same kang, so we feel embarrassed to do anything at night..."

"We have always cooked in our shack, so it would be great if we had a kitchen."

"That's true, but no matter how good the collective housing is, it costs money, and no matter how bad the welfare housing is, it doesn't cost money."

"Yes, that seems to be the case at the moment." Zhang Shenfei turned to the last person who spoke, "But don't forget, our steel mill has nearly 4,000 employees, and the welfare housing we receive from the government is no more than ten sets per year.

Who can guarantee that they will be able to get a house within five or ten years? ? ?
I believe that everyone here, even the leaders, cannot guarantee that they will get the house. So what about the workers? ? "

Although workers are the masters of the country and their social status is unprecedentedly high in this era, they still need to rely on connections and relationships when it comes to distributing welfare housing.

It is nothing but a pipe dream to want to get a house without anything.

But what if you participated in a collective housing scheme?
As long as you pay the money now, no matter you are an ordinary worker or a leader, you will definitely have your own share when the house is completed next year.

For workers, participating in the construction of collective housing is actually a more fair and just choice.

Ah, this.

After hearing Zhang Shenfei's words, those who held opposing opinions immediately fell silent.

The reason is simple: Zhang Shenfei was telling the truth.

Zhang Shenfei was satisfied with the situation and continued, "Besides, our factory builds collective housing for everyone for welfare purposes and it is not for profit.

First calculate the cost per square meter and sell it to everyone at cost price. This is actually no different from everyone spending their own money to build a house for themselves. "

"But, you said that this is a collective building for workers. How can you prove that it belongs to the factory? What benefits can our factory get by taking the lead in this? Will it be a thankless task in the end?" Director Gu of the Transportation Department thought for a while and asked.

He couldn't understand why if the workers had to build the houses themselves and move in, the factory would just work hard but not get any benefits, and would have to bear the risks of building the houses.

Why bother?

Zhang Shenfei was about to speak when Director Yang and Deputy Director Li answered at the same time: "Old Gu, this is your short-sightedness."

As soon as the words fell, the two looked at each other, then smiled at each other, realizing that the other person had the same idea as themselves.

In front of everyone, Deputy Director Li was still willing to give Director Yang some face. He raised his hand to signal Director Yang to speak first.

Director Yang smiled faintly and nodded, and then everyone in the circle said: "Our steel rolling mill is a state-owned factory. Since it is a state-owned factory, we must be concerned about the workers' concerns, think about what the workers think, and solve the problems of the working class.

We give the workers what they need. How can we expect to take advantage of it?"

Deputy Director Li continued: "That's right. If we can help the workers solve their housing problems, they can make better contributions to the country."

After the two of them had spoken their minds for a while, they looked at each other and couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

What do you mean by thinking about what the workers think? What do you mean by solving the housing problem for the workers so that they can make better contributions to the country? Pah.

When it comes down to it, it’s just two words: political achievements.

At that time, almost the entire city was short of workers and the accommodation conditions were poor. If their steel rolling mill could be the first to solve this problem and report it to the higher authorities, it would be a political achievement.

If you think more deeply, their steel rolling mill is building collective housing, but if this can really be accomplished, other factories may follow suit.

By then, a wave of building collective housing will be triggered on the 49th floor, and it will be reported in newspapers, reported to the municipal party committee, and advanced experience will be passed on to various units...

Hiss!! I can’t think about this. The more I think about it, the more excited I get.

Of course, these are just my little thoughts and cannot be spoken out loud.

So after Director Yang finished his great talk, he thought of another excuse: "Think about it, everyone, they say that when people leave, the tea gets cold.

But if we help the workers solve their housing problem, those workers will live in this house for decades.

When they grow old and gray, as long as they live in this house, they will still be grateful that we gave them the opportunity to have an independent home.”

It is said that when a wild goose passes by, it leaves its voice behind; when a person passes by, he leaves his name behind. Who wouldn’t want to leave more marks in the torrent of the times?

Although Director Yang and Deputy Director Li were the most senior officials present, the other smaller leaders became excited as they thought about what Director Yang had said.

“I agree to build collective housing.”

"I agree."

"agreed, agreed."

Soon the proposal to build collective housing was passed unanimously.

The previous issue of allocating welfare housing had long been forgotten, and soon the Finance and Transportation Departments began to calculate the cost of building the houses.

The land is readily available at the land factory, and the prices of various building materials remain unchanged year round. Although everyone may not know them all, they generally know them.

After the final busy work, the Finance Department calculated the approximate range of each square meter of the house.

Factory Director Yang frowned when he saw it. "There's a difference of 70 or 80 yuan. Can't the range be narrowed down a bit?"

With the price per square meter uncertain, how can workers buy houses?

"Director, the house hasn't been built yet after all, and some costs are indeed difficult to estimate." The chief financial officer said with his head down.

Director Yang looked at Zhang Shenfei unconsciously: "Secretary Zhang, what do you think?"

"It's not a big problem. When we build collective housing, we first ask the workers to borrow money, and then use the houses to pay them back after the houses are built." Zhang Shenfei said, "We can calculate the amount of money spent on each project during the construction period, and after the houses are built, we can refund more or pay less based on the actual situation."

(End of this chapter)