Chapter 12 What I’m most afraid of is the sudden silence of the air
Although it feels a bit absurd, Zhang Xiaocheng now firmly believes in Li Dongling’s words. After all, the satellite pot has been made, Zhang Xiaocheng still has the attitude of giving it a try and is ready to Go talk to Pingyang TV station.
The door of the Shangguan Town Component Factory, which had been silent for a long time, was opened again. People came out on bicycles and informed the original employees of the Shangguan Town Component Factory to come back to work according to the list and address.
A few years ago, this was a place that was envied by people in the town and the villages below. It was much better to receive wages from a state-owned factory than to dig things in the fields and rely on God for food!
But things got worse later on. Since last year, production here has officially stopped, and the wages of those employees have also begun to be owed. Many people have even gone to the south and other big cities to work.
Early in the morning, Liu Caiyuan, who lives in Dahe Town, the town next to Shangguan Town, got up and prepared to go to the fields to work on crops. In the past, he was not required to do these tasks, so his mother-in-law and family did it. After all, his monthly salary , which can equal the harvest of several acres of land. His mother-in-law is not willing to let him go to the fields for fear of getting tired. But now, without wages, he has to work like an old scalper, doing these jobs with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky.
Liu Caiyuan is skilled in technology, and his welding skills are quite good, but he is helpless. Now, whether it is state-owned or private, everything is in short supply, but there is no shortage of people. He searched around Binh Duong City, and even temporary workers were not available. Without people, he could only stay at home and farm.
As soon as I packed my things, someone from the same town knocked on the door, "Caiyuan, someone came over just now and told you to go back to work. The component factory has resumed work today!"
"Resumption of work?!"
Hearing this, Liu Caiyuan's face suddenly showed joy, and all the farm tools in his hands fell to the ground.
At this time, his mother-in-law grabbed Liu Caiyuan and said, "Why are you going back? I owe you more than a year's salary, and I haven't paid you a penny. Go back and write an IOU!"
"What do you know, Zhang Factory?" The manager promised us that as soon as the factory has orders, he will ask us to go back to work.
Director Zhang will definitely make up for the unpaid wages in the future. "
Zhang Xiaocheng is here! Liu Caiyuan still has a high prestige in the hearts of people like him, and they are all convinced by him.
Although Zhang Xiaocheng is rough, he does things fairly and has never done anything to enrich his own pockets and favor his cronies. When the Shangguan Town Component Factory had no orders, Zhang Xiaocheng had been begging his grandfather to sue his grandmother to get orders. He borrowed money everywhere, but in the end he couldn't pay his wages. He didn't get his wages first, and when he had money, he paid it to employees like Liu Caiyuan and others. In the end, he had no choice but to let them go home.
Riding his bicycle, Liu Caiyuan rushed towards the component factory. If he really was cheated, he would admit it!
For most of the day, the gate of Shangguan Town Component Factory became lively. Bicycles came from all directions, and the empty bicycle shed was almost full.
Seeing that so many employees were recalled in just one morning, Li Dongling was also quite impressed by Zhang Xiaocheng. He could go without paying wages for more than a year, but he still knew that his work might be in vain when he came back. To get so many people to come back to work willingly, Zhang Xiaocheng is really quite capable!
This may also be the style of this era. In this era that does not pay much attention to paper contracts, commitment and trust are the cornerstones of getting along between people. This is also the reason why Zhang Xiaocheng was able to recall these employees. .
In fact, the reason why scammers are making a lot of money these days is also related to this. Most people have not experienced too many tricks and are unprepared. Scammers also take advantage of this trust relationship to be able to Cheating on a grand scale.
It won’t be possible in a few years, because there are too many scammers. Everyone has suffered a loss after being deceived several times. I know that some people’s verbal promises are no different from farts, or even worse than the latter. At least You can still make a loud noise when you fart. Relationships between people can only rely on laws and contracts to maintain social trust. We only recognize contracts but not people!
Standing in front of the factory, Zhang Xiaocheng stood on the platform with his hands on his hips, "I am looking for you to come back this time because our factory has cooperated with a company to develop a new product and we need you to produce it!
I, Zhang Xiaocheng, will not lie to you. I cannot pay you the wages I owed you before, and I may not be able to pay you the wages you will get back to work this time.
I can only guarantee that as long as you have new products. Once the product is produced and sold, I will make money. I will definitely pay back what I owe you. If there are still people who have not received their wages, I, Zhang Xiaocheng, will not receive a penny of wages!"
"We believe in Factory Zhang! Long!”
After hearing Zhang Xiaocheng's words, Li Dongling saw that no one left the scene. Someone shouted and everyone started talking, followed by applause. After the production workshop was opened, everyone went in one after another and walked to their posts.
Zhang Xiaocheng, a man who had been on the battlefield and had been under pressure for more than a year, his eyes were a little red at this time, and he just raised his head, as if there was sand in his eyes.
The entire Shangguan Town Component Factory started to get busy. Various materials were continuously processed and then brought into the production workshop for assembly and debugging. Li Dongling and Zhou Wenyan were responsible for technical training. Zhou Wenyan was the boss of this job. In this business, he is much better than Li Dongling. Zhou Wenyan has no temper. No matter who encounters problems, he teaches them patiently. Even if he is asked the same question several times, he is not angry at all. He is also willing to worry about big and small things. Zhou Wenyan keeps the entire workshop in order, and Li Dongling is also happy to delegate power. Leave all the work in the production workshop to Zhou Wenyan and let him live the addiction of a workshop director.
When the cannon goes off, there is ten thousand taels of gold. When the production of satellite pots begins, the money of 150,000 yuan is continuously decreasing visibly to the naked eye. Even if the employees do not need to be paid for the time being, it can be The purchase of aluminum, feeders, motherboards, main control chips, and customized packaging boxes are all eaten by people. Even if wages are not paid, how can we not feed people? !
On the third day, the first stargazing satellite receiver passed the final test and was sent to the warehouse for packaging. Li Dongling, Zhang Xiaocheng, Zhou Wenyan and others all came here.
The person in charge of packing counted all the parts and put them together to start packing. Apart from the pot, the most exquisite thing was the set-top box. The box was specially customized and had the words "Stargazing" on it. "In addition to this brand, there is also a simple logo made by Li Dongling. It is a satellite pot similar to a radar. You can explore the signal pattern under the starry sky. There are two poems on the box. Look at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk. , admiring the faint clouds during the day and stargazing at night, wrote the origin of the name of the stargazing brand.
For future generations, this packaging is not very exquisite, but in this era that does not pay much attention to packaging and publicity, the packaging of Guanxing, even if it is looked at by Chang Hsiao-cheng, has a sense of superiority and elegance. The "high-tech" thing should be this thing in front of you.
Seeing that the first stargazing satellite receiver was packaged, Zhang Xiaocheng, who had blisters on his mouth in a hurry in just a few days, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pull Li Dongling aside, Zhang Xiaocheng said to Li Dongling, "I asked someone to contact Zheng Zutai, the director of Pingyang TV Station. He will come here in the afternoon!"
The TV station thought that Zhang Xiaocheng wanted to advertise, so they sent someone over.
These days, no matter which company or department is actually having a hard time, the TV station looks prosperous and is the leader in the media industry, but it also depends on which TV station it is, CCTV and the Provincial General Administration. There is no shortage of companies advertising on TV stations, provincial capital TV stations, etc. You can just sit and wait for advertising companies to come to your door and collect money.
But for ordinary city stations, as well as lower county stations, etc., it is bleak. It is not companies looking for them to advertise, but TV stations coming to beg these companies to advertise.
If the Pingyang TV station knew that Chang Hsiao-cheng was competing for business with them, they would probably kill him and not come here unless they wrote a story and had the host on the TV station rant about Chang Hsiao-cheng for half an hour.
Li Dongling glanced behind him, "Now we can produce 60 satellite pots every day, and the first batch can produce about 700 satellite pots. If we can reach a cooperation with Binh Duong TV Station, we can start selling! ”
Life or death depends on how well these first batch of satellite pots are sold. If they can be sold, then everything will be fine. If they are not sold, then it is impossible to say that Zhang Xiaocheng will really be forced to climb to the roof.
In the afternoon, a jeep that looked weathered stopped at the entrance of Shangguan Town Component Factory. Zheng Zutai opened the door and stepped out.
This Jeep is older than Zheng Zutai’s time in the TV station. After passing through several hands, it became the official vehicle of Binh Duong TV Station. It has to be taken care of and maintained at all times, that is, When something happens, I just pull it out to make a scene.
Looking at the component factory in front of him, Zheng Zutai didn’t even know that there was such a factory in Pingyang, and that it could even find a TV station to advertise.
After entering, he saw the busy scene inside. A smile appeared on Zheng Zutai’s face. He felt that he should be able to get a big deal this time. The TV station has been working for several months and has not received any deals. , the bonus in the unit has not been distributed once since the beginning of the new year, and even Zheng Zutai felt that his mouth was full of oil.
"Director Zheng, right?" Zhang Xiaocheng and Li Dongling came out to greet Zheng Zutai. Zhang Xiaocheng enthusiastically held Zheng Zutai's hand, "How about we visit our factory first?"
"Okay!"
Zheng Zutai thought for a while and agreed. Those who advertise on TV stations must also understand their customers, and they cannot accept money in vain.
Zheng Zutai followed Zhang Xiaocheng into the workshop with a smile on his face. Seeing the busy figures inside, Zheng Zutai still praised Zhang Xiaocheng with Li Dongling's strange expression, "I didn't expect that your factory's business is so good. It’s so busy, it’s rare in Binh Duong City.”
Until he arrived at the testing station, Zheng Zutai saw the inspectors testing the set-top boxes, and the smile on his face came when satellite TV channels appeared on the TV next to him. He started to freeze and was silent for a while, "I still don't know what your business is?"
(End of this chapter)