My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 446 You think I'm a capitalist's lackey, but actually I'm a scout on the front lines.

A joint venture must have a board of directors.

However, the composition of the Chinese board of directors is extremely complex.

Although Pingqi is the largest shareholder of the joint venture, only one of its directors comes from Pingqi, and he is a general director.

Other directors included representatives from the municipal government, the Ministry of Machinery Industry, China National Automotive Industry Corporation, the Engine Plant, and trust companies, among others.

This shows that no one's word counts in this factory.

Under multiple management bodies, undercurrents are bound to surge, and all sorts of ideas will inevitably try to cause trouble.

The idea that passive resistance is the only way to prevent foreign exchange outflows is both absurd and quite convincing.

Now, an extra shareholder, Wei Dong, has been arranged, but he's not on the board of directors.

They definitely have some ideas.

Little did they know that this guy would actually lead the attack.

They charged to the front like they were fighting with gangsters.

Thankfully, I didn't have a watermelon knife with me.

What Wei Dong cared about was Laozi's five turnstiles; he didn't want the things everyone had worked so hard to build up to be ruined like this.

He was also a leader, and as he walked, people followed him with a whoosh.

Old Geng waved his hand from the construction site, and the construction soldiers led the students to follow.

At Lao Cheng's signal from the office building, the management team, along with the students, followed.

With workers from the joint venture factory also coming from inside the factory, the crowd quickly grew to several thousand people...

Ideally, a loudspeaker would be best for this size, but Wei Dong didn't need it. He climbed onto the turnstile and stood on a high place, and some college students even tried to stop him.

Then he shouted, "Do you recognize me?! Wei Dong, the factory manager of Feiyan Sanitary Napkin Factory, the first factory in the entire Pingjing to guarantee the distribution of sanitary napkins as a welfare benefit is the automobile manufacturing plant. Now I'm here to help you solve your problems. What, are you still going to punish me?!"

Well, that cut the anger in half, forcefully puncturing the pent-up emotions that were about to explode.

Even though there are many men in car manufacturing plants, those with wives are still more likely to back down.

Whether or not you have sanitary napkins makes a big difference during your period.

So what was originally like a powder keg, ready to pounce, was like a bucket of water being poured over its head, extinguishing much of it.

But some people still shouted: "Imperialism is playing dirty tricks! Our car factory was built after the Korean War. So what? Now the US imperialists are trying every means to weaken and divide us! Their wolfish ambitions will never die! Are you still willing to be their lackey?!"

Wei Dong chuckled: "I believe the imperialists' wolfish ambitions are not dead, but this factory is part of their poisonous scheme to weaken and dismantle them. You're probably oversimplifying imperialism. Let's stick to the facts and not get bogged down in grand theories. I'll just ask one question: who requested the establishment of this joint venture? Was it Party Secretary? Was it General Secretary Xi Jinping? Was it established with the care and attention of various leaders? Who are you calling a lackey?!"

Immediately, everyone fell silent and dared not say another word.

Let Wei Dong say: "I'm not one to mince words, but to put it bluntly, you have to have even the headlight covers made at Citibank and shipped over for assembly. Instead of learning from others and improving yourselves, you insist on picking fights with people. Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?"

Everyone gasped, feeling guilty!
But Wei Dong's words at this moment were truly awful: "Essentially, you're just cowards. You can't concentrate on doing your job well, it's too tiring and difficult, so you always resort to struggle to cover up your cowardly behavior!"

This was in 1985, and there were still many people who were good at shouting slogans and engaging in debates at the drop of a hat.

This linguistic formula of starting with a grand narrative is still quite common.

So you've definitely never seen a style like Wei Dong's, where he immediately unleashes his full aura of sarcasm.

Anyway, Wu Xi was smiling and watching the fun from behind, even taking pictures of the poses of people shouting from a high place.

Quickly put your camera away, in preparation for the onslaught of angry crowds.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the commotion started, Wei Dong spread his hands and said, "Go ahead and hit me! I'm here to solve the problem. If you knock me down, will the reforms stop? I'm saying that those who are making the biggest fuss right now are the ones who are most afraid of reform, because you want to cover up your little schemes. The vast majority of workers should not be influenced by the instigation of some people with ulterior motives!"

It's quite interesting that he didn't use a megaphone or anything like that; instead, it made it so that others had to be quiet and attentive to hear him speak.

So as soon as the noise around them started, someone pulled them aside to listen first...

It's estimated that the unexpected use of sanitary napkins gave him more influence than any of the higher-ups, at least making them more willing to listen to him.

Shen Cuiyue, standing at a distance, was initially nervous seeing the crowd's impassioned reaction. Qin Yuye, however, remained calm and translated for Collins beside her, skillfully filtering out words like "imperialism": "Why don't we move closer? We can't hear you clearly..."

As a result, Wei Dong turned to the joint venture factory and said, "You are very brave to step into the joint venture factory to explore the world's advanced production models and processes, so you should be rewarded. I assure you that the joint venture car factory's revenue will definitely double, but the premise is that you must get rid of those negative voices that encourage you to sabotage and slack off, because they can't get the reward and dare not take this step, so they would love for you to fail like them!"

Wu Xi was utterly shocked!

But Wei Dong was not afraid at all; instead, he became even more sarcastic: "Cars need to be built, and things need to be done. The joint venture factory needs to develop independently. This was clearly stated in the contract signed several years ago. What, is the most manly one going back on his word? Are you going to hit me because you're in the wrong? What I said wasn't reasonable? Only incompetent people would be so furious?"

Although there were only a dozen or so construction soldiers who came to Pingjing with Wei Dong, they were treated like gods and crowded around him to protect him. Now, seeing the crowd crowding in front of the turnstile, they all climbed over without saying a word and squeezed into a row of walls, crashing heavily!

Then countless college students rushed over the turnstiles and squeezed around the construction soldiers, pushing forward desperately.

As the number of people increased, the computer experts wearing glasses jumped out and tried to withstand the impact with their obviously weak shoulders and arms.

Because they trusted Wei Dong the most, and they understood that this path of reform was the only way to change the status quo.

Even with over a hundred people, they managed to form a defensive perimeter at the back gate of the newly built factory area.

This gave Wei Dong room to keep spouting nonsense: "See that? Think about which ones are slacking off at work, just doing the bare minimum, coasting along, and hoping everyone else will just give up too. When these kinds of people go to the battlefield with you to fight the Japanese, will they still support you? No way! Our joint venture is making good cars so we can fight to the death and beat the foreigners. Some people are chickening out! They don't dare to fight anymore! Instead, they're pulling our legs and being sarcastic!"

In the past two or three days, Wei Dong and his team have been in contact with the joint venture factory, especially regarding setting up a separate canteen, which has been well received by the joint venture factory employees.

It's said that the cafeteria ladies' hands trembled more when they saw employees from joint venture factories.

Regardless of the selection criteria used, the fact that one-third of the workforce was chosen to join the joint venture, and regardless of how the joint venture is now fighting against capitalists, means that the average work efficiency per person in the joint venture has quadrupled!
The Pingjing Automobile Factory, which previously employed 12,000 people, now has a production capacity of less than half that of its current 4,000 employees.

This is still the more complex Cherokee, plus the original 212!

In fact, in Wei Dong's opinion, what other products does Pingjing Automobile Manufacturing Plant have besides the 212 and Cherokee?
Those eight thousand people were basically just freeloaders eating from the same pot, many of them were so-called old hands nearing retirement.

Therefore, in joint venture factories that implement the "more work, more pay" policy, income has increased dramatically. Workshop supervisors and above are now earning 500 yuan a month, while most workers are already earning close to 200 yuan.

This is the most fundamental contradiction.

Those who didn't join the joint venture are feeling psychologically unbalanced.

However, the fact that they lived and worked together allowed them to continue to encourage and influence people at the joint venture factory, which provided some psychological comfort.

Now that they're completely separated, the changes are huge.

Unbeknownst to them, some people from the joint venture factory, seeing Wei Dong's loyalists struggling to hold on, also silently squeezed forward to block them.

So that Wei Dong can see it.

He was very satisfied: "Look over there, the 24-story residential building is about to start construction. There's no need to queue for housing allocation. It's a joint venture factory building housing with collective funds. As long as you save a few dozen yuan a month in salary, you can own a house that belongs to you permanently. You can start a family and build a career here, and work hard with the joint venture factory for the rest of your life!"

With 12,000 people crammed into this 70,000-square-meter factory area, you can imagine how terrible their living conditions are.

In the 1980s, factory workers, especially large ones, basically lived in the factory, and dormitory areas were part of the factory area.

The vast majority of workers and their families live and work in the factory their entire lives.

Third-line factories in rural areas, such as Xishan Factory and Hongguang Factory, could expand almost indefinitely, since the surrounding land was all wasteland.

This is Heijing!
Within the Third Ring Road!
Moreover, how many dormitory areas can such a large car factory allocate?

So it was very crowded.

Especially in the days before there were many tall buildings, if you couldn't ask for space from the sky, you could only live in cramped conditions.

The turnstiles were not visible from the outside of the fence. All the employees on the joint venture factory side looked in the direction Rang Weidong was pointing. They could see that, as Rang Weidong had requested, the foundation had not yet been dug, but the fence panels had been erected and painted yellow with red lettering.

The "Dormitory building under construction, please pay attention to safety" message, in a Song typeface, is exceptionally elegant and upright, clearly indicating a prestigious and respectable institution.

They've been discussing the words they saw a lot these past few days, and now that they hear them, they feel both excited and clear-headed!
In an era when the average monthly wage was less than 100 yuan, this model of paying tens of yuan per month was clearly tailor-made for joint venture factories, as only they could earn hundreds of yuan a month.

Only the most vocal and leading dozens were still shouting and yelling.

Wei Dong raised his hand high, as if holding a gun, drawing everyone's attention to his hand...

(End of this chapter)