60s: I have a store

Chapter 183 Processing

When it comes to the land of the slum, the residents of the slum must also be informed.

What objections could the residents have? The director of the subdistrict office had said so, so they had no choice but to agree to let the Yao family use the vacant land. In response, the two elderly people in the Yao family kept thanking the neighbors around them.

Unexpectedly, today was a blessing in disguise.

It is just as the ancient saying goes: Those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future!

Now the director has promised to give priority to their family when there is a job opportunity next time. Now they have an extra piece of land, so their house will be much more spacious in the future.

Next, there is another very important task that needs to be done by the street office.

That is to conduct a thorough investigation of the entire street, find out all the houses with safety hazards, and then discuss how to solve them.

It is not realistic to let the street office bear all the expenses.

Although no investigation has been conducted yet, Director Li feels that there should be quite a few houses like that and the subdistrict office simply cannot afford it.

Otherwise, we can only apply for funds and materials from higher authorities.

Director Li’s idea is that the street office will pay part of the fee, and the residents themselves will also pay part of the fee.

Seeing Director Li having a headache, Zhou Yimin suggested: "Aunt! In my opinion, we should just form a construction team belonging to our street. Firstly, we won't need to find others to do the demolition and construction in the future; secondly, it can also solve the employment problem."

Director Li was stunned when he heard this.

Forming a construction team belonging to their street? This idea seems to be a good one! As Zhou Yimin said, firstly, we don’t have to trouble others in the future; secondly, it can solve the employment problem.

The second benefit alone was enough to make her heart beat.

Now, there are too many people who need jobs. Take this compound for example, there are at least 20 unemployed young people, right?

"Not only construction teams, the streets can even set up their own specific enterprises. We can't do things that require high technical content, so we can develop industries that don't require too much technology," Zhou Yimin continued.

The more Director Li listened, the brighter his eyes became.

Yes!

Naturally, private individuals cannot run businesses. Now, they are all trying to convert private enterprises into public enterprises! But if the street office runs it, then there will be no problem.

The only difficulty is funding.

"Yimin, what kind of business do you think is better?" she couldn't help but ask.

She knew that Zhou Yimin had a sharp mind.

"There are mainly three or four aspects to consider. First, the funding issue. It's best to go with one that requires less investment. Second, the site, that is, the factory building. For our street, it's best to set up a small workshop. Third, the product issue. It's best to produce products that the people need in their daily lives." Zhou Yimin analyzed for her.

Director Li nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry about the venue. We have no shortage of it in our street," Director Li said to Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin was a little surprised.

Director Li told Zhou Yimin that there was a ruin near the bridge on their street. It was bombed during the war and was never rebuilt. It has been abandoned until now.

If a business needs to be built, the street will use it.

“As for the funding, if it’s not much, we can apply for it from the district.”

Director Li believes that the district should also support it. After all, this is something that benefits the country and the people, and there is no reason not to support it, even if it is only policy support.

Zhou Yimin's mind was working quickly.

What products should we produce?

First of all, the raw materials must be easy to obtain, otherwise everything is just empty talk. Zhou Yimin felt like his brain was smoking.

There is no way around the issue of raw materials.

Now, apart from air, water and soil which are relatively easy to obtain, other things are not easy to get.

Later, Zhou Yimin thought of the assembly and packaging work. If he could take over these jobs from other factories, it would be good. The most important thing is that it does not require too much investment, is easy to get started, and does not require high technical requirements.

Isn’t “pasting matchboxes” also of this kind?

Do you think the match factory can't do these jobs?

However, the work of pasting matchboxes can be done without machines, so it is still distributed to each street, allowing needy families to take them back for "assembly" and the match factory to give them a certain amount of compensation.

Just this one business can help many poor families.

"Auntie, how about this? We can take over some business from the steel mill or other factories that can be done without machines. For example, we can assemble a rice cooker for the steel mill and charge a certain amount of money.

I believe that the steel mills are also happy to do so. After all, they are too busy right now, so why not delegate some of the unimportant work?
We actually opened a processing factory that specializes in taking over some business that other factories can do without machines.

To put it bluntly, it is just asking other factories for food.

We are not setting up OEM factories for profit, but just to solve the employment problem of the masses. In this way, it should not be difficult to do. "Zhou Yimin said.

It can be predicted that after the rice cookers are exported in large quantities, steel mills will definitely speed up production.

Then, there are only two solutions. First, continue to expand and recruit more people; second, as Zhou Yimin said, transfer some less important processes to other units.

In fact, it is what later generations called "processing on behalf of others".

OEM is very common in later generations. Some companies don't even have their own factories. They are only responsible for designing and selling products. The products are processed by other factories, and they just put their own brands on them.

Zhou Yimin believes that such things can be done now.

Director Li was pleasantly surprised after hearing this.

I feel like this is doable!

The relationship between the steel mill and their street is very deep, and almost all the courtyards have people working in the steel mill. This way, there is a basis for cooperation.

"Yimin, you are really smart. I will go back and ask someone about this." Director Li said with a smile.

Once the construction teams and OEM factories are established, it will at least solve the employment problem of more than half of the unemployed young people in their street.

Honestly, this is pretty amazing.

If this gets out, their street will even be commended by the higher authorities. As the director of the street office, she is naturally the one who has made the greatest contribution.

The construction team should recruit some young men. If they have nothing to do in their own streets, they can go out and look for construction business.

The OEM factories can hire more young women. Women may do the assembly and packaging work better because they are more dexterous!
Thinking of this, Director Li could no longer sit still.

She said a few words to Zhou Yimin and left in a hurry.

Zhou Yimin did not stay any longer and returned to his own courtyard, which seemed to be a bit like "hiding one's achievements and fame, and leaving when the work is done".

"Yimin, the postman said you have something at the post office and asked you to go and pick it up." An old lady told Zhou Yimin.

Someone sent me something?
This was Zhou Yimin's first reaction, and he wondered who it was.

"Okay! Thanks for the reminder, Auntie."

(End of this chapter)