Chapter 5 The road is uneven
Now a Suzuki 100 is sold for more than 6,000 yuan, which is enough to buy two color TVs. Except for those whose bosses also have work purposes, they buy it, like Zhang Ao. Young people buy it basically just to show off and pick up girls. This is the main reason why young people buy it.
The No. 1 Wireless Factory is located in the west of Binh Duong City, while the fertilizer plant is in the east. Most urban areas in the country now have a small population. For example, Binh Duong City has a total of more than 3.4 million people, but those living in the urban areas There are only 4 to 50 million people, and most of the rest live in towns and rural areas.
No one cares about urban planning these days. Whether it is light industries such as electronics, textiles, and clothing, or heavy industries such as fertilizer plants and steel plants, they are also all in urban areas. These state-owned factories are basically It assumes most of the positions in Binh Duong City.
Li Dongling left Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 and entered the largest main road in the city. The municipal office building is on this road. The street behind this road is also the busiest road in Pingyang city. Binh Duong Department Store, post office, TV tower, etc. are all on this road.
The buildings on this street, whether they are the supply and marketing cooperative, the cadre guest house that is the best hotel in Pingyang now, or the Pingyang Grand Hotel, are not high and have obvious period styles.
After entering the east part of the city, the style here was obviously much rougher than other areas, and there was a lot more dust on the ground. Li Dongling bought some tobacco, alcohol and meat before going to the steel factory.
“Look for Li Dongshan!”
Li Dongling arrived at the gate of the steel factory, scattered a cigarette, and threw the remaining half pack of cigarettes over. The guard took a look at the cigarette case. Without saying a word, he put it in his pocket and walked towards the factory.
"Donngling, why are you here?!"
Li Dongling sat next to the bicycle. After waiting for a while, a deep voice came out, and Li Dongshan's tall figure appeared in front of Li Dongling, his eyes full of joy and a little happy.
"Brother!"
After seeing Li Dongshan, Li Dongling stood up. Looking at Li Dongshan, who was still tall and his back was not bent, his eyes couldn't help but be a little red.
I don’t know if it’s due to genetics, but all the members of the Li family are very tall. Li Dongling is about 1.8 meters tall, Li Dongshan is half a head taller than him, and the younger sister Li Dongyue is also nearly 1.7 meters tall. .
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance when you came back? I’ll pick you up!”
Li Dongshan, who has a simple and honest personality, wiped his calloused hands on his dusty pants, "Have you eaten yet? Let's go, I will take you to a restaurant!"
Li Dongling looked at Li Dongshan, he When he and his younger sister Li Dongyue were in college, Li Dongshan basically earned living expenses by working as a temporary worker in this steel factory. However, precisely because he worked here for too long, he eventually contracted lung disease and his waist became bent. , coughing all night long, and by the end, he was already very thin.
Li Dongshan pulled it and saw that Li Dongling didn't move. He couldn't help but glance at him doubtfully, "Is there something wrong with Dongling?"
Hearing that Li Dongling returned to Pingyang, Li Dongshan squatted on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette. After a while, he said in a muffled voice, "Dad wants you to go to the provincial capital, to the big cities in Yanjing!"
"From now on, this will happen." You can go anywhere!" Li Dongling said with a smile.
"It's different!"
Li Dongshan still muffled, and finally sighed, "Come back as soon as you come back, you can't explain it to dad!"
"How are you and your sister-in-law? ? !" Li Dongling knew that at this time, Li Dongshan had fallen in love with a girl, but he delayed it and gave all the money he earned to him and Li Dongyue. In the end, he delayed the woman he married. The relationship was not very good, and there were constant quarrels.
When it comes to this, Li Dongshan, a tall and honest man, lowered his head between his legs and said after a while, "She is gone. She has relatives at home who have helped her transfer work to the next city! "
"Just get her back when the time comes!" Li Dongling said to Li Dongshan after a moment of silence.
Li Dongshan shook his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Li Dongling and Li Dongling talked for a while on the side of the road. In the end, Li Dongshan didn't want the tobacco, alcohol and meat he brought over, and returned to the steel factory to go to work.
Until Li Dongshan could no longer be seen, Li Dongling returned to Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 by bicycle.
Early the next morning, everyone from the technical department arrived early. Li Dongling looked at the 60 or 70 people in the office. They didn't talk much today, obviously they had heard something. Xu Yiqiao called everyone from the technical department to a large conference room. He first called their names. When he heard that everyone was present, his slumped face looked a little better.
“The leaders in the factory are very dissatisfied with our technical department. Now the sales of Feiyan radios and Feiyan TVs have declined seriously. Last month, the radios sold less than 600 yuan. TV sales are even lower, and the warehouse is almost full!
If this continues, even the raw material company will be owed all the money, and everyone’s salary will not be counted on. The sales department says that our products are too old and no one will buy them. It is our technical department that has not Do it! "
Hearing what Xu Yiqiao said, the people below immediately went crazy.
"It was some bastard from the sales department who said it. I ripped his mouth off. Next month's salary and bonus, If you dare to miss a dime, I will fight him tooth and nail! "
"How can you blame our technical department? The factory didn't invest money in buying a color TV production line, but our technical department can still build a production line by hand! "
"If you can't sell, it's because the sales department is incompetent. If you can't do it, you blame the uneven road. If you can't have children, you blame the mother-in-law. If not, look at yourself. ”
There was a lot of cursing below, and Xu Yiqiao was also very worried. Especially the women, who heard that the money was going to be deducted, became even more angry and wanted to go to the sales department for explanation.
Xu Yiqiao had a headache for a while, and it took him a long time to calm down, "The leaders in the factory are still discerning and did not blame all the problem of poor sales on our technical department. But..."
"In the factory, we have decided to upgrade the products. We are the technical department after all, so the factory wants to listen to the opinions of our technical department. What is the next step for our factory's new products?"
Hearing this, everyone in the technical department breathed a sigh of relief, but then it became lively again and started arguing.
“It must be color TVs. Color TVs are selling very fast now. If I could have spent money to buy a color TV production line two years ago, maybe it would be no worse than Changhong, Haier, Hisense, Huanghe, Venus, and Peony now! ”
"I think it's refrigerators and air conditioners. These are hard currencies now. As long as they are produced, people are rushing to buy them. Chunlan, as you all know, made more than 5 billion last year. I heard that motorcycles are now being produced! ”
“Can you beat Chunlan in the production of air conditioners? Changling is only two streets away from us!”
The person who said he was buying refrigerators and air conditioner production lines was criticized. Speechless, not only Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1, but also the wireless electronics factory in the provincial capital, actually deliberately avoid Changling, a local giant, and are reluctant to enter the field of air conditioners and refrigerators.
"Wen Yan, what's your opinion?!"
At the critical moment, Xu Yiqiao still asked Zhou Wenyan what kind of welfare benefits he received on weekdays. Without Zhou Wenyan's share, Xu Yiqiao "couldn't see it" "Zhou Wenyan did all the hard work, but at the critical moment, he still knew who was the truly useful person in the technical department.
"I also think that it is good to make color TV products. We have experience in TV production. If we venture into other products, the risk is too great. Everything has to start from scratch.
In fact, I have been researching the field of color TVs recently. After reading a lot of color TV production line information from Japan, Italy, and Germany, I think from a technical and cost perspective, we should start from..."
"Enough, enough," Xu Yiqiao said Zhou Wenyan said, "The leaders of the factory are asking our technical department's opinion out of respect. They are not asking you to decide for the factory what production line to buy and where to buy it. That is decided by the factory leaders and you don't need to worry about it." , I will pass on your opinions to the leaders."
Zhou Wenyan shut up with a look of embarrassment on his face. Seeing Zhou Wenyan being reprimanded, many people in the technical department. , all looked like they were watching the excitement. Everyone in the technical department knew what Zhou Wenyan had always wanted to show.
Seeing that most people in the Technology Department were interested in buying a color TV production line, Xu Yiqiao also made a decision in his mind. However, thinking about Li Dongling, who had just come to the Technology Department recently, Xu Yiqiao still asked one more question.
"Li Dongling, what do you think? You are a graduate of Hanxi Jiaotong University and a top student in our department. What do you think our factory's new products should do?!"
Xu Yiqiao just asked casually, but he didn't expect to listen. He didn't know the answer, but Li Dongling's words made him stunned.
"I think we should continue to make radios, transforming from home radios to personal portable radios, and..."
Before Li Dongling finished speaking, the conference room was already filled with suffocation. Li Dongling was not annoyed by the constant laughter, and just swallowed the words "Car Radio Behind" back to his stomach.
(End of this chapter)