Chapter 73

Lin Xiangrong was greatly inspired by his son's words. He waved his hand and said, "This is all very solvable. Your idea of establishing a repair company is great! Our factory's cars have many issues, and with a repair company, we can proactively solve the maintenance problems for car owners. Not bad!"

Lin Qiangsheng said, "Not just a car repair company, we can also establish a car sales company! Currently, our Jetta cars have little recognition and haven't even left the provincial capital. We can actively go out and promote our cars in various places within and outside the province. Wherever we sell our cars, we will set up sales and repair companies. First, we can establish outlets in major cities in the neighboring provinces of Northeast China, gradually expanding to cover the three northeastern provinces and even eastern Inner Mongolia. How many cities are there in total? This should be enough to absorb our workers, right? Plus, our factory is expanding next year."

Lin Xiangrong nodded with a smile and exchanged a glance with Xu Hongmei. The couple looked at Lin Qiangsheng in surprise. Lin Xiangrong said, "Your idea is good, but the scale is too large! It's hard to coordinate. Besides, our factory doesn't have that many salespeople or mechanics!"

Xu Hongmei also asked with a smile, "Qiangsheng, how do you plan to solve the shortage of salespeople and mechanics?"

Lin Qiangsheng said, "We can train them! There are many experienced masters in the factory, but they are mostly supervising the production line. I think it's time to promote some workers. Promoting a batch of responsible workers will also serve as an incentive for the entire factory!"

Lin Xiangrong nodded and said, "Yes, this was already in the plan. It's not a long-term solution to have the old workers supervise the workers like they're prisoners!"

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and continued, "I think our car factory has been running for some time, and many problems have been identified in practice. It's time for a major summary! Based on the issues collected, we should formulate detailed work norms and summarize the key points and details of each workshop's operations, making the job operation norms a guideline for the workers! This will also serve as a preliminary exercise for the modernization of our factory in the future!"

Lin Qiangsheng continuously instilled modern industrial thinking into his father. With the country's long-standing call for the four modernizations, people of this era had a strong desire for modernization. Lin Xiangrong nodded in agreement, envisioning the beautiful scene of the car factory achieving modernization under his leadership.

Lin Qiangsheng added, "Moreover, many of the masters are over fifty and can't keep up with the young workers. After the summary, we can promote some workers to the grassroots level, letting workers manage workers. They might be more proactive and stricter about workshop discipline than the current old workers!"

Xu Hongmei asked, "What about the old masters who are demoted? Should they go back to repairing cars? That won't work! Qiangsheng, the masters will definitely have objections!"

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "How could that be! These old masters are very valuable!"

Lin Xiangrong asked, "How valuable? Not letting them repair cars, can they go to the sales company and become salespeople?!"

Lin Qiangsheng shook his head and said to his parents, "These old masters are treasures! We can't just place them anywhere!"

Lin Xiangrong nodded, waiting for his son's answer.

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "These old masters can both repair cars and drive! We can start a training program in the factory to teach young workers how to drive and repair cars! Let the old masters be the instructors for car repair and driving!"

Lin Xiangrong was surprised and said, "Oh?! Let the masters be teachers to teach people how to repair and drive cars? That's a good idea! I never thought of that! They know car repair and can drive, so they can train more mechanics and drivers, achieving two goals at once! It solves the placement problem for the masters and trains apprentices!"

Xu Hongmei said with a smile, "This is a great idea! It's like the nursing schools in our health system, which recruit young workers from society and have hospital staff teach them. This method not only trains a large number of qualified nurses to solve the shortage in hospitals but also provides a lot of talent to the country!"

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "Yes! We can not only teach young workers car repair and driving but also train them in welding, machining, and excavator operation! This way, our car repair company will have mechanics and drivers; with welders and machinists, we can establish welding and machining plants; with drivers and excavator operators, we can establish a transportation company and a strong excavator team!"

Lin Xiangrong nodded with a smile and said, "Good! Good! Training young workers to become the talents we need will help them integrate into the factory quickly after they start working!"

Lin Xiang's eyes lit up, and she said to Lin Qiangsheng, "Brother, your plan is excellent! These young people in society are like hooligans. If we can train them to be useful, it will be a great contribution to the country!"

Lin Qiangsheng chuckled and said, "Yes, Sister, you're right! We can not only train the young workers in the factory but also teach the young people in society! Of course, we will charge some training fees. Just like driving requires fuel, right, Dad?"

Lin Xiangrong looked at his son in surprise, nodded, and said, "Yes, this is a good idea!" The more he thought about it, the more he realized that his son's suggestion could lead to a great cause!

The next day, Lin Xiangrong discussed the matter with Chang Yuanting. The idea of summarizing the problems in the work and formulating job operation norms was immediately supported by Secretary Chang.

Soon, the car factory began a large-scale work summary activity.

Lin Xiangrong sent people to summarize the production issues mentioned by the workers and selected some excellent workers from the workshops to summarize the job norms.

The workers in the factory still had a strong sense of ownership. They were very enthusiastic and vied to speak. After more than ten days, when a new set of job norms was released, the workers were taken aback, feeling as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads, realizing that what they had said was used to constrain themselves!

The car factory had relatively more discipline from the beginning, of course, compared to other factories of the same era. However, to make the workers strictly follow the factory rules, it would still take a considerable amount of time.

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After the New Year, Lin Qiangsheng went to the countryside and brought Xu Zengliang and Wang Guoxi to the city.

"Ha, Xiao Lin, your car is great! It's so fast!" Xu Zengliang kept looking at the streets on both sides as he entered the city, constantly praising Lin Qiangsheng's Jeep.

Wang Guoxi's face was pale, and he sat uncomfortably in the back seat, holding onto the front seat with both hands, looking very nervous.

Xu Zengliang glanced at Wang Guoxi and laughed, "Old Wang is scared, he's not comfortable in the car."

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Wang Master, don't be nervous. Look how quiet the road is. At this time in the morning, there are hardly any cars on the street!"

It was around nine or ten o'clock, a time when the morning rush of bicycles had passed, making the road unusually empty.

Wang Guoxi nodded, calmed down, and said, "I was scared. I've never been in such a fast car before! I used to only ride a tractor, and that was when I was sent back to the countryside from the city! It's been so many years!"

Xu Zengliang laughed and said, "This car is fast! Has Xiao Lin been driving for half an hour?"

Lin Qiangsheng looked at his watch and said, "About that."

"Ha, do you think our factory can have a car like this? That would be great!" Xu Zengliang clapped his hands and said.

Lin Qiangsheng smiled, pressed the accelerator, and the car sped up to 80 km/h. The car was on the North City Avenue and drove for about 20 more minutes before reaching the car factory.

"Here we are! This is our parent company!" Lin Qiangsheng said to the two men.

Lin Qiangsheng greeted the gatekeeper and drove the car into the factory. To show the grandeur of the car factory, he deliberately drove around the factory area, making Xu Zengliang and Wang Guoxi feel a bit dizzy.

Xu Zengliang, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head around, looking at the scale of the factory, and said in surprise, "I didn't expect our parent company to be so big! How many workers are there?"

"It's not that big, only about 1,000 people. Next year, the factory will expand and hire another 1,000 workers," Lin Qiangsheng said.

Xu Zengliang was surprised and said, "1,000 workers!"

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Let's go see the workshop." He parked the car near the assembly workshop.

Xu Zengliang nodded and said, "Good! Let's