Chapter 58

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This year, from the end of the New Year, one factory after

another, most of the workers in the state-owned factories have been laid off.

In just four months, most of the factories in Pucheng have become empty

factories, and there is no worker left in the factory. Next, I heard that the

city knitting factory where he used to work was sold just last month, and these

empty factories are not far from being sold.

In his previous life, he had seen some cases of factories

being sold for system reforms. Most of the factories that were sold couldn't

last for a few years after they changed from state-owned to privately owned,

and they went bankrupt one after another.

Take his city's knitting factory as an example. When he was

still working in the factory, the fabric woven by the machine could not meet

the orderer's requirements, which meant that the machine was not good and

needed to be eliminated.

Few people have the funds to replace all the machines after

buying a factory. If he has the money, he will start a new factory by himself,

and he will not buy a bankrupt factory for cheap and worry-free.

Why did Wang Licheng agree to Luo Zhongyong's purchase of

the garment factory at that time, because the garment factory's requirements

for the machine are not so high. Motorized sewing machines and cloth cutting

machines are mostly used in garment factories. The requirements for these two

types of machines are not particularly high, and it mainly depends on the

workers' techniques.

Moreover, Luo Zhongyong has a father who is in the National

Development and Reform Commission, no matter how hard he cheats, he can't cheat

his son. Regarding the performance problem of the machine, he also mentioned it

to Luo Zhongyong, and asked him to find an expert to have a look, and he agreed

to buy it when he felt that there was no problem.

As I just mentioned, buying a bankrupt factory is no less

than buying a mess. If you want to fix the mess, there are many areas that need

to be reformed, otherwise it will be difficult to get up.

Therefore, most of the factories that came up later were new

factories, and most of these transformed factories disappeared in the long

river of history.

Because of his daughter's going to kindergarten, Wang

Licheng approached Xue Zhiyong, and he said that he was crazy busy during that

time. Those workers couldn't find the person in charge in the factory, so they

went to the gate of their city hall to demonstrate together. They came every

day in those few days, and the superior issued a document, which could not be

suppressed by force, but could only be appeased.

They were all emotional and couldn't be appeased. All they

could do was to leave them alone and ignore them.

The factory gave compensation, bought out the working years,

and the workers have already received the money, so no matter how much they

make trouble, it will not help.

This group of people had been arguing for half a month

before slowly dispersing. He heard from Luo Zhongyong that the situation in Jiangcheng

was even more serious. In July and August, the workers all took to the streets

to demonstrate.

It is said that there are nearly 20 million laid-off workers

across the country this time. Many people did not expect such a huge number.

After everyone knew that there were so many laid-off

workers, a kind of herd mentality, they gradually accepted the fact that they

were laid off and stopped making trouble.

It was July and August when the workers all over the country

were in trouble. Xiao Hongyan didn't go to school, Wang Licheng didn't go to

Jiangcheng, and hid at home with her daughter.

It was hot outside, and Wang Licheng didn't allow his

daughter to go out to play, so he bought a DVD player and went home. He called

Luo Zhongyong and asked him to buy some learning DVDs for children in

Jiangcheng, and bring them to the delivery driver of the food factory

Jiangcheng. return.

The father and daughter hide at home every day to watch DVDs

and study, or Wang Licheng plays games with his daughter.

This weekend, Xiao Hongyan studied the party constitution in

the study in the afternoon. When she went downstairs to drink water, she saw

her daughter fell asleep lying on Wang Licheng's stomach. Her saliva flowed all

over Wang Licheng's stomach, even on the straw mat under her body. Wang Licheng

didn't feel it at all. No, she slept soundly and snored lightly.

Xiao Hongyan picked up her daughter and laid her down beside

Wang Licheng, and let her head sleep tightly next to Wang Licheng's. After

finishing it, she drank water contentedly and went upstairs to read the party

constitution.

Although Wang Licheng is quite free at home with his

daughter, in fact he is also worried about the operating conditions of the two

factories. He is a little worried that he will not be able to survive this

year. He already has debts that have not been paid off, and he does not want to

burden himself again. But there are some things you can't help yourself, and

you can't do it if you don't do it.

In this general environment, it would be very difficult to

change the sales of the food factory. He could only trust Luo Zhongyong in the

clothing factory, because he had no good way to deal with the clothing factory.

Fortunately, both factories survived, and the one that

surprised him most was the garment factory. However, the performance of the

food factory is also good. Compared with last year, the sales volume has hardly

dropped.

Years ago, Wang Licheng invited his eldest brother-in-law

and uncle to his home for dinner, and the three of them drank all afternoon.

This year's achievements are due to the big brother-in-law Wu Li'an and

brother-in-law Xiao Jianjun. One of them is in charge of production and the

other is in charge of sales.

In fact, the orders of garment factories this year are not

many, and the volume is not large, mainly because the sales of their own brands

are very good.

Luo Zhongyong learned the sales model of a food factory,

bought a storefront in a better location in the clothing wholesale market, and

did factory direct wholesale. He even made a big billboard at the entrance of

the clothing wholesale market.

While taking orders to make clothes, the factory produced

its own brand clothes for sale. It also recruited two salesmen with sales

experience in clothing factories with high salaries.

Each of them has a list of previously accumulated customers

in their hands. The two of them ran outside for a month, and their performance

gradually increased.

The impact of the laid-off wave on clothing is relatively

less. If you don’t have money, you don’t have to buy snacks. You must wear

clothes! Now is no longer the era of sewing and mending for three years, not to

mention that most of the clothes produced by the factory's own brand are young

women.

It is an unchanging fact that women love beauty.

When Wang Licheng was hiding at home, something happened in

the factory. Isn't the whole people laid off? The relatives on the other side

of the relatives have also been laid off. Knowing that the relatives of the

relatives have a food factory, they all want to come to work.

On the side of the elder brother-in-law, he had already

agreed with the elder brother-in-law that he could accept those who were

serious about things, but absolutely not if they were incompetent, and those

who refused would use him as a shield.

The sales volume of the food factory will definitely not be

high this year. He is now hiring more people to increase the burden on the

factory. If he does not invite any relatives, it will seem too impersonal.

He thought that this matter had been said in advance, so it

should be fine.

When Xiao Hongyan was busy training, her second sister and

third sister-in-law came to the house to look for her, and they were talking

about arranging people in the factory.

The aunt and sister-in-law of the second aunt's

mother-in-law's family wanted to enter the food factory, and the sister-in-law

of Xiao Jiandang's wife's natal family also wanted to enter the food factory.

Before they came to Xiao Hongyan, they had contacted Wu Li'an, and he said that

the factory had difficulty recruiting people this year, which was also what the

factory director Wang Licheng said. Being rejected in the factory, they thought

of Xiao Hongyan.

The Wu family also had relatives who wanted to enter the factory,

but Wu Li'an refused them all. Now he is in charge of the factory, and he has

to think about the factory. Since last year, the factory's production capacity

has long been excessive. For the sake of the factory, it should actually lay

off workers, let alone recruit people.

Xiao Jiandang's wife joined the food factory this year.

During the Chinese New Year, Xiao Hongyan told his brothers and sisters about

the dividend.

In fact, his wife was laid off a year earlier and has been

taking care of the children at home. His father told him not to bother Wang

Licheng with anything because he came to the non-staple food store. So he

didn't say anything about his wife being laid off. He only said that the child

was still young and she wanted to take care of the child at home.

In order to allow his wife to work in a food factory, he

chose the food factory's dividend.

After Xiao Hongyan told him about the second aunt and the

others, Wang Licheng called Wu Li'an to discuss how to arrange for those

relatives. It is definitely not enough to have all of them. This is the first

of its kind. In the future, anyone who has a little relationship can come in.

What Wang Licheng meant was that there should be an exam,

those who pass the exam should be accepted, and those who fail should be

resolutely rejected. From now on, the factory will recruit workers according to

this method.

Originally, the food factory was not supposed to recruit

workers this year. Because of this policy, the factory recruited 50 workers in

half a year.

When his daughter started school in September, he heard that

a husband and wife were both laid off. The two adults handed over their two

children to the elderly, and then committed suicide together. And this kind of

thing happened more than once or twice this year.

As long as they have strong working ability, Wang Licheng is

willing to give them a chance to help each other, as long as the factory can

not lose money.

There are too many tragedies this year, the New Year is not

as lively as last year, and the whole city is filled with a heavy smell, a bit

depressing.

A few years ago, a factory’s compensation was stolen, and

500 workers were laid off without receiving a penny.

These workers are the last batch of laid-off workers this

year. Some of them suggested going to the city government to discuss the

matter. Some said they didn't see the demonstration in July? It's useless.

This group of people lost their jobs and had no money. Two

of them committed suicide by jumping off the building. Just on New Year's Eve.

The New Year is not stable at all, Wang Licheng went alone

to pay New Year's greetings, he asked Xiao Hongyan and his daughter to stay at home

and not to go out.

Because of the layoffs, there are a lot of homeless people

outside, and some are still in groups, and even fight when they disagree.

Feeling that Pucheng was in a mess, he called Luo Zhongyong,

and Luo Zhongyong said that Jiangcheng was the same.

Luo Zhongyong's father said that this kind of turmoil won't

last long, Hong Kong will return to the motherland soon, and the country will

maintain stability before then.

The New Year has begun, and the government has made great

efforts to attract investment and sell factories. The prices are low, and

several factories have been sold. Empty factories were sold to recruit people,

and those workers who had just been laid off received hope again, and there was

a long queue at the recruitment office of each factory.

After the Chinese New Year, Pucheng also has a new

atmosphere. Recruitment is a good thing for workers. Last year, when everyone

was under the shadow of unemployment, the sudden availability of work gave them

hope.

For Wang Licheng who knows the future direction, this is not

a good thing. The machines are outdated, and the business model is conservative

and does not know how to adapt and innovate. What is waiting is another

bankruptcy.

In fact, he is more optimistic about those small vendors who

find their way of making a living through their own hard work. As long as you

work hard and work hard, you will definitely not be hungry, and maybe there

will be great development in the future.

"Laid-off brand marinated eggs" sold in the

streets and alleys, barbecue stalls on the side of the road, and eight-treasure

porridge sold at stalls on the street.

All this shows that people have new hope, the economy is

slowly recovering, and everyone's life will get better and better.

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