1987: Sleepless Tonight

No matter how noble the head is, there will always be a day when it hangs down.

"Boss Lu, are you a little wishful thinking? Other units will collapse, but Jiangcheng Shopping Mall is different. This is a project supported by the city. When it was expanded, it mobilized various resources to fully support the construction of Jiangcheng Shopping Mall. Loans Renovating the old building, Jiangcheng shopping mall is the first case in the national business circle, and there are pre-tax loan repayments, loans from two banks, and Jiangcheng shopping mall rents the site of Jiangcheng exhibition hall to continue operating during the construction process, and hires decoration from Hong Kong Staff, even the words Jiangcheng shopping mall have a lot of background, it was written by a leader with good calligraphy in Jiangcheng himself!"

"But you said that the Jiangcheng shopping mall will be in decline?"

Hong Erquan didn't believe it.

Wang Guosheng, Liu Changping, and Su Xingmin also looked at Lu Hao, thinking that Lu Hao's words were a little angry.

With so much halo and support, how could the Jiangcheng Mall be declining, and it should be getting more and more brilliant.

What Lu Hao said was not angry words, what he said was the real historical trend. After several rounds of expansion, the Jiangcheng shopping mall was still unable to cope with the increasingly competitive market economy environment, and gradually showed signs of decline.

In the end, it changed its business direction and focused on home appliances, but this still didn’t work, and later merged with two other shopping malls.

Although it has not completely disappeared in the long river of history, it has also become rusty. It has a great start and strong support from all parties, but in the end it is just struggling to survive, which is a bit anticlimactic.

Then there is the second beverage factory, which is also embarrassing. A bottle of soda is worth a city. Binjiang brand orange soda is the favorite of Jiangcheng people in summer, but it was eventually acquired by Coca-Cola, and the second soda factory also ceased production.

To put it mildly, it is a joint venture, but to put it bluntly, it is actually a problem in the operation, and it was sold to Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola used the channels of the second beverage factory to resell its own products.

It turned out that almost all the employees of the No. [-] Beverage Factory were laid off.

It is said that it takes 30 years for Hedong and 30 years for Hexi, but under the market economy, why does it take 30 years for the strength to change?A few years is enough.

"It's not unfounded for me to say that." Lu Hao felt that he should continue to give injections to a few people to build up their confidence, "Jiangcheng Shopping Mall is backed by the Municipal Commercial Committee, and can get support from all parties. This is an advantage, but it is also a hindrance. This is also the embarrassing situation faced by most state-run units.”

"In terms of loans and policies, they can get a lot of support. They have brother units, related networks, loans, and policy support. They have inherent advantages over private units, but they also have very obvious shortcomings. Private units are very flexible, especially in Transformation, changing business decisions is particularly prominent, and can immediately make a U-turn according to market changes, but this is not the case for state-owned units.”

"The leaders of the state-owned units only have the right to operate, but not the decision-making power. The leaders of the state-owned units cannot make decisions about the investment and personnel changes of enterprises. They have to report to the higher authorities and get approval. In the planned economy This is not relevant at the time, but not in a market economy. The market is changing rapidly. If there is a conflict between the person in charge of the state-owned unit and the leader of the relevant department above in terms of business philosophy, the consequences may be fatal. Wait until the conflict is reconciled. Yes, the approval process has passed, and the market may no longer be the original market.”

"What's more, in many cases, due to different business concepts, internal friction may also occur."

Wang Guosheng looked at Lu Hao, his breathing became heavier.

Confidant, this is a bosom friend!

He is the director of Hongyuan Beverage Factory, and he directly faced the superior department, so he couldn't be more clear about the situation that Lu Hao said.

The leadership autonomy of state-owned units is severely restricted, like a buffalo that fell into a well and cannot be used up, especially in the use of funds, which is subject to various constraints. A little bit of funds must be reported for approval, which is very inefficient. , is completely a marionette.

After the reform of the first director, second deputy and third general manager, the situation has improved a lot. In terms of the use of funds and the right to make decisions about the production and operation of the factory, the factory manager has more say, but there are still many problems, such as large Investment, replacement of production equipment, introduction of technical personnel with high wages, investment in new product research and development, etc., also need to be approved by the above.

The same is true for the use of personnel. Even the factory manager cannot easily dismiss permanent workers, let alone some managers with higher positions. Although there are contract workers, contract workers are currently only piloted in some units, and most state-owned units are still still employed. Mainly permanent workers.

He encountered many such problems in the process of managing the factory, and his hands were tied.

He was deeply moved by what Lu Hao just said.

"Boss Lu, let's go to my office and drink two cups of tea, let's have a good chat." Wang Guosheng extended an invitation to Lu Hao.

Going to the office for a while longer!

He had just had dinner and was invited by Wang Guosheng, and now he took the initiative to invite Lu Hao to the office for tea, and only with Lu Hao, saying that even Liu Changping and Su Xingmin didn't have a share.

Hong Erquan was not invited either!

Lu Hao's words touched his heart.

I'm not having fun, but I'm still coming!

"Okay." Lu Hao nodded.

He went to the factory director's office with Wang Guosheng, drank tea, and chatted.

Liu Changping and Su Xingmin went to the production workshop, Hong Erquan shamelessly followed behind Wang Guosheng and Lu Hao, pretending not to understand what Wang Guosheng meant, and wanted to sneak into the office.

But this time it was different from eating in the cafeteria. Wang Guosheng stopped him at the door and refused to let him in. Then he closed the door and drank tea with Lu Hao for half an hour.

Before leaving, he personally sent Lu Hao out, all the way downstairs.

Obviously, the two had a good time talking.

This made Hong Erquan's eyes red, who had been waiting outside.

Lu Hao not only contracted the backlog of soda in the factory, but also sold the two production lines of soda for a year, and became Wang Guosheng's guest of honor!

I don't have this kind of treatment, and no one in the factory has this kind of treatment. No one can be invited by Wang Guosheng to drink tea in the office for half an hour.

"What did you and Director Wang talk about in the office?" He came over and asked Lu Hao curiously.

Lu Hao had seen him a long time ago, showed his face, and sent him two words, "Guess?"

After speaking, Lu Hao ignored him, got into the car directly, and drove away from the beverage factory.

Hong Erquan itched badly.

This Lu Hao is too bad, every time it makes him uncomfortable, half stop!

In fact, Lu Hao and Wang Guosheng didn't talk about anything, they just talked about the beverage factory, and then talked about some miscellaneous things, and there was no need to talk about any specific content, just drinking tea to promote their relationship.