Break out of the courtyard

Wednesday, January 1984, 1.

Zhuhai Computer Industrial Park, computer assembly factory.

"From January to August last year, our factory produced 1 Heping brand computers, with a total revenue of 8 billion yuan."

"After Tingmei Trading stopped renewing its computer orders, we actively sought new orders without fear of the computer price war launched by Japan."

Faced with the computer assembly factory manager's statement that he only reported good news and not bad news, the inspection team just toured the factory in silence.

After viewing the automated installation lines, the inspection team entered the installation workshop.

"Please change into work clothes and wear masks, hats and gloves!"

As soon as the inspection team entered the workshop, they were stopped by the team leader of the workshop.

"Excuse me, leaders!" The factory director who was following behind hurried forward, picked up a set of work clothes that had been prepared long ago, and said with a smile:

"The installation workshop has operating rules. You need to change into work clothes and wear a mask, hat and gloves before entering to ensure that the product is clean and beautiful."

The old man in the lead took the clothes and put them on with a smile. He also said to the others, "All along the way, I saw only automated installation machines, and not many workers. I thought the workers were eliminated by them!"

"Director Liu, this is your fault. How can you use machines to replace manual labor in the previous installation process? Don't you know that there are many unemployed young people nowadays?"

"What the leader said is right!" Director Liu of the computer assembly factory nodded hurriedly, but what he was thinking in his heart was, without replacing machines, can the yield rate be improved?

After putting on work clothes, hats and other items, the group went deep into the installation workshop and found that although there were many workers here, they were just packing and boxing, and did not require much technical skills. This again made the inspection team silent.

...

On the morning of January 1, Zhang Heping and his party, who had been waiting in Shenzhen for four days, finally received a notice from the Shenzhen Secretary's Office. They would first visit the Heping Automobile Factory in the afternoon, and the inspection time for the Heping Optical Card Factory and the Heping Precision Instrument Factory would be to be determined.

However, in view of the inspection team's silence at the Computer Industrial Park yesterday, after much consideration, it was finally suggested that Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting not participate in the inspection, but wait for the inspection results at the Tingmei Health Factory Guesthouse.

"Are you unhappy because there are too many automated production lines and too few workers?" Zhang Heping found it difficult to understand. He had been waiting here for four days and four nights, and in the end he was told not to go for the inspection. Who could stand this!

Wang Sumei said with a little regret: "Let Xiaosha handle the factory. I will stay here with you to prevent you from getting angry."

In fact, Director Wang Sumei hoped that Zhang Heping would show up, but according to feedback from the Computer Industrial Park, the inspection team only said two sentences after they arrived, and seemed to have a lot of opinions about them.

To be on the safe side, after communicating with her superiors, Wang Sumei chose a conservative approach and did not allow the stubborn Zhang Heping to go for the inspection, so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

However, after the inspection team visited the Heping Automobile Factory in the afternoon, Sha Zhixiang called excitedly to report that the inspection team leaders asked a lot of questions, such as whether the equipment and parts were domestically produced and whether there were any difficulties in exporting them.

Finally, Sha Zhixiang said that the leaders of the inspection team were very interested.

Upon hearing the news, Director Wang Sumei was depressed. She never expected this result.

Zhang Heping was also speechless, and began to ponder whether the leader of his secret department was a little crooked, which made him so cautious about the inspection.

Zhang Heping waited in Shenzhen for another two days until the inspection team left. He had nothing to do anymore, so he had no choice but to call a meeting of the directors of the automobile factory, optical card factory, precision instrument factory, and health care factory.

"Please pay out the year-end bonuses quickly. The Spring Festival holiday will start tomorrow and we will return to work on the eighth day." As soon as Zhang Heping opened his mouth, he explained the key points of the meeting without any empty talk.

Wei Guanxiu, the director of Tingmei Health Factory, saw Chen Shuting sitting next to Zhang Heping without saying anything, and asked with a little concern: "Mr. Zhang, in recent months, the order volume of our factory has dropped significantly. May I ask if Tingmei Trading Company has encountered any difficulties?"

Zhang Heping nodded and said bluntly: "Europe and other countries wanted to force me to learn computer technology. I refused, so they restricted our product exports and wanted to force me to use technology to exchange for their market."

"Damn it!" Lu Ji, director of the Heping Optical Card Factory, angrily pounded the conference table.

Zhang Heping said with a smile: "You are all the top leaders of the factory, and you are in a special economic zone. When you turn the factory into a listed company in the future, you will also encounter those shameless foreign robbers."

"So, you might as well put yourself in my shoes and think about how you would break the situation if it were you."

"Alright, although the orders for Tingmei Health Care Factory have decreased, the wages and benefits will not change, only the bonuses will be reduced. During this period, if there are those who are dissatisfied, do not want to stay in the factory, or even lead trouble, please ask them to find another job."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Heping glanced at the four factory managers to see if they had any questions.

"Heping, are there any problems with exporting the cars after they are produced?" Wang Sumei asked a key question, which was also something the inspection team paid special attention to.

"It's not a big problem!" Zhang Heping frowned and said, "After the Heping Vocational Training College is established, if Europe and other countries still don't open up their markets to me, I will counterattack them with technology and disclose their leading technologies one by one to see how long they can hold out."

Wang Sumei said with a hint of worry: "If you really do this, I'm afraid there will be no place for you outside!"

"Auntie Wang, you said that's outside." Zhang Heping said with a smile: "When the time comes, I can just hide back in Shenzhen and remotely control the business in Hong Kong Island."

"We need to think long-term about this!" Director Wang Sumei thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and ask the higher-ups if we can sell our cars domestically, so we don't have to rush to export them."

"If Tingmei Trading cannot be sold, we can change the car logo and let China Resources or other Hong Kong businessmen sell it. There are always more solutions than problems." Zhang Heping has never really worried about car sales, because in addition to electric cars, he also plans to produce hybrid cars, which are good products for dealing with the current oil crisis.

Hearing Zhang Heping's words, Director Wang and Director Wei couldn't help but look at Chen Shuting.

Because, in their memory, Tingmei Trading's export performance was much more amazing than that of China Resources.

Unfortunately, when Zhang Heping was speaking, Chen Shuting turned into a little woman, completely different from the decisive and strong woman she used to be.

"Mr. Zhang, our precision instrument factory hasn't even started production yet, let alone created any value, so forget about the year-end bonus!" Zhou Li, the director of the Heping Precision Instrument Factory, looked at Zhang Heping with some embarrassment, because the salary they were offered was already high, and it would seem unfair to ask for more.

"Director Zhou!" Zhang Heping smiled at the old technician who had not yet adapted to the high salary, "My requirements for you four directors are not high, just listen and follow my instructions."

"I treat you and the workers fairly financially because I hope to achieve higher production efficiency. At the same time, it is also to prevent outsiders from poaching our employees."

"Listen to me, hand out the year-end bonuses quickly, then have a holiday for the New Year, and then roll up your sleeves and work hard after the New Year!"

"Director Zhou, you should be paid when I tell you to. Our automobile factory has not yet created value!" Sha Zhixiang said with a smile, "If you feel that your work before the New Year is not good enough, just come back and work harder after the New Year."

Director Wang also advised: "Old Zhou, listen to Heping. He is the major shareholder of our joint venture factory. In addition, your factory's wages and benefits are discussed and decided by the shareholders' meeting. You just need to follow his advice."

Seeing that Director Zhou was silent, Zhang Heping looked at Director Lu of the Optical Card Factory and asked, "Is there anything else? If not, I will go back to Hong Kong Island first."

"Yes!" Sha Zhixiang raised his hand hurriedly and said, "At the automobile factory, we have to work overtime during the New Year, and we have to send people to the corresponding factory to urge for equipment and parts. According to the factory rules and regulations, it seems that we have to pay three times the overtime pay."

"In addition, I would like to apply for a sum of money to buy some New Year's goods for those who work overtime in the factory to speed up the construction progress."

"Okay! You submit an application today and prepare some New Year's goods for the employees who work overtime. Please say thank you for their hard work!" Zhang Heping agreed without any hesitation. "Do you want me to arrange for someone to buy New Year's goods from Hong Kong Island and send them to you?"

"That's great!" Sha Zhixiang said with a smile, "Although Shenzhen is piloting the elimination of food coupons, other commodities are still not easy to buy without coupons."

Zhang Heping was just asking casually, but Sha Zhixiang agreed with a thick face, which made him a little confused. "What New Year's goods do you want to buy?"

"Hey, how about one CD player and three records for each person?" Sha Zhixiang did not look embarrassed when he made this request. "I have contacted the CD player factory, and their orders are scheduled until next year. The key is that Tang Lie must agree."

Zhang Heping didn't waste any words. He took the mobile phone from Chen Shuting and called his nephew Tang Lie.

After a few words, Zhang Heping said to Sha Zhixiang: "You can count the quantity and pick up the goods today. The payment will be made later."

"Okay! I'll do it right away!" Sha Zhixiang said, then stood up and walked away quickly.

The other three factory managers looked at each other and said nothing. Zhang Heping ended the brief meeting and went back home.

...

As soon as Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting returned to the top of Victoria Peak, they saw a group of people blocking the entrance of Renheyi Community.

"We want to see the boss!"

"We have worked hard over the years, even if we have not made any contributions! We just spent tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars from the account, and we can make up for it. Do you really want to send us to the property department to guard the gate?"

"Wei Chunqiao is using public power to take revenge on his personal grudges. He must be taking revenge on me! After he was suspended last year, he wanted me to plead with the boss for him. I didn't agree at the time, so he must have held a grudge against me!"

"The boss' car is coming! What should I do?"

"Get out of the way!" After seeing the license plate clearly, the guard hurriedly asked the security personnel who were maintaining order at the door to disperse the crowd.

A person’s name is like a tree’s shadow!

Zhang Heping's notoriety was earned by sacrificing the lives of his enemies. Outsiders may not know this, but these corrupt old soldiers must know it.

Therefore, when the security guards at the gate dispersed them, the first reaction of this group of troublemaking veterans was to step aside and not dare to do anything rash.

When the black Land Cruiser bulletproof car drove to the gate of the community, the window was lowered and Zhang Heping's voice sounded faintly, "Let them come in and talk!"

Wei Chunqiao has been playing the villain these days, following the information given to him by Zhang Heping and the Umbrella Company system without any ambiguity.

After experiencing many ups and downs, Wei Chunqiao realized that only when he worked for Zhang Heping would Tang Hu from the Security Department cooperate with him to arrest people and take away dirty tricks.

Like last year when the hard drive was stolen, he ran back privately to deal with it, but Tang Hu ignored him.

Wei Chunqiao had already been informed about the car being sent to pick up Zhang Heping in the afternoon.

At this time, he was standing in the community, waiting to open the car door for Zhang Heping.

Then, he discovered that the group of veterans who were causing trouble outside the community gate were now allowed in.

Wei Chunqiao did not disperse these people because he actually had an ulterior motive. He wanted Zhang Heping to know how much pressure he was under and how much he had done in the past few days.

After a while, Zhang Heping sat on a plastic chair on the flat ground and looked at the group of veterans in front of him with indifference.

"Liang Chunwang, Marketing Manager, how many kickbacks have you taken over the years? How many discounts have you given to outsiders? How much loss did you cause to the company? Tell me!" Zhang Heping stared at the veteran in the lead and said coldly, "If you can't tell me, you don't have to speak for the rest of your life!"

Pfft!

The former manager of the marketing department was so frightened by Zhang Heping's last words that he knelt on the stone floor.

"I, I..." Liang Chunwang didn't dare to look directly into Zhang Heping's cold eyes. When he looked at Wei Chunqiao, Wei Chunqiao just looked at him with a sullen face, without any pity.

Liang Chunwang looked at the black-clad security guards around him, who were usually friendly and casual with him, but now each of them had their right hand on the handle of the gun under their left ribs inside their clothes, fearing that if something went wrong, they would shoot at these troublemakers.

After waiting for a few breaths, Zhang Heping waved his left hand to the side, and two bodyguards in black came forward, picked up Liang Chunwang, and took him to an unknown place.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" Liang Chunwang was frightened by the two bodyguards' actions. He quickly broke free from them, then used his left and right hands to slap his cheeks a few times...

"Boss, I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!" Liang Chunwang was so scared that he knelt on the ground again and quickly confessed that he took kickbacks, sold security equipment to outsiders at a discount, and provided security services at a low price.

The amount of money involved in the case that he confessed this time was more than what was recorded in the information Zhang Heping gave to Wei Chunqiao. It was obvious that he was really scared.

"Kick him out!"

Zhang Heping waved his hand again, but gave clear instructions, unlike before, which was filled with unknown terror in silence.

"Lü Jun, the person in charge of the weapons manufacturing department..." Speaking of this person, Zhang Heping did not look at Lü Jun hiding behind the crowd, but turned to look at Wei Chunqiao and asked, "Have those weapons that were stolen been recovered?"

"A total of 3 laser guns, 5 sniper rifles, and 9 assault rifles have been recovered!" Wei Chunqiao answered and explained, "Because these guns were secretly sold to people in our community, the system only punishes those who sell them to outsiders, not..."

"What are outsiders?" Zhang Heping stared at the middle-aged man behind the crowd and asked coldly, "Are those people who bought guns from the Security Department? Are they from the Umbrella Company? You dare to play word games in front of me, you are courting death!"

By the way, there are many family members living in Renheyi Community and Baosuan Community, and many of them are doing business in the city.

After all, not everyone likes to work for others.

No matter how high the salary Zhang Heping offers, it cannot stop the family members from striving for progress.

That is to say, if one person in the family has a high salary as a retreat, the other person can boldly open a store and do business.

And the people who buy guns are these businessmen, or their children!

Zhang Heping didn't care about those guns. What made him angry was that the man surnamed Lu actually sold three laser guns to a kid of eleven or twelve years old. This posed a huge hidden danger to Zhang Heping's family.

In addition, the weapons manufacturing department of Umbrella Corporation hides many secrets, and Zhang Heping will not allow the person in charge to leak secrets to other departments.

As Zhang Heping explained the definition of outsiders in the system, Wei Chunqiao had already asked two bodyguards to bring Lu Jun to the front of the crowd.

"Lv Jun, according to the rules of the weapons manufacturing department, if you secretly sell a gun to an outsider and break a limb, you... are not good!"

"Protect the boss!"

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