Siheyuan: Heavy Industry Revitalizes the Country

"A few thousand, you dare to say that."

Fang Xiang almost laughed out loud, but he also knew that what Cao Tianwei said might not be nonsense.

There are only about 800 employees in the factory now.

However, even with these 800 people, the production of heavy trucks has reached nearly 100 units per month, far exceeding the original expectations.

And that’s not all, even Jeep’s production is approaching the 1,000-unit mark.

This basically means that the output of Luoqi, a medium-sized factory, is already the same as that of a medium-to-large-sized factory.

BAIC's current factory has only about 2,000 people, which makes it a medium-to-large factory.

Their monthly jeep production is less than 3,000.

Of course, the reason why Luoqi can have such a production volume.

One reason is that the workers were experienced people transferred from various places.

Another thing is that there is too much idle time in the early stages.

Fang Xiang and Cao Tianwei also organized large-scale exercises for the workers many times.

Therefore, basically during the capacity ramp-up phase, the rate of improvement is faster than that of other factories.

Today, production has already reached saturation point.

The last time Fang wanted to design a BMW, he could only produce it with limited production capacity.

If a production line is to be developed exclusively for BMW, recruiting workers is an essential and important step.

The factory area originally planned by Luoqi was relatively large.

In this regard, Fang Xiang's reasons accounted for the majority. That's why the factory had surplus land to accommodate these workshops and production.

However, by now, the extra land that was originally occupied has been almost used up.

If it weren't for Fang Xiang, this factory would probably have continued like this until the 90s without any changes.

"Hasn't the address of Second Automobile Works been chosen? Do you have a map?"

Thinking of this, Fang Xiang felt that Cao Tianwei was not making a point.

No one can say how long Luoqi will exist after Second Automobile Works starts construction.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Luoqi is the foundation of Second Automobile Works. If nothing unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time before it is merged into Second Automobile Works.

"Xiao Wang, go to my office downstairs and get a map."

Cao Tianwei turned his head and gave an order to the assistant Xiao Wang who was thinking about him.

"If we're looking for workers, what do you think?"

Although Fang Xiang was asking Cao Tianwei, he was actually asking himself.

They are recruiting workers now, saying that they are adding workers to expand Luoqi's production capacity.

But anyone who is not stupid will know that these workers are from Second Automobile Works, but they just worked in Luoqi Auto first.

It can be called training or it can be called working in advance.

As for the establishment, there is no problem with joining Luoqi.

If you were in other factories, the recruitment targets would be strictly controlled.

One person for one position, looking to recruit someone?

Okay, then one person from the factory has to leave.

However, for Fang Xiang, it was just a matter of a phone call.

"Do you mean to transfer people from all over the country, or recruit local people and train them ourselves?"

Of course Cao Tianwei also understood what Fang Xiang meant.

If we want to transfer from all over the country, we have to go through the approval of the Ministry of Machine Building, which is a slow and time-consuming process.

Recruiting locally is easy, it’s just a matter of making a phone call, and you can even complete the formalities slowly.

“Well, there are also issues regarding machinery and equipment, and factory expansion.

This is a matter that affects the entire body, and it cannot be simply explained by recruiting workers.

Oh, and there are a series of logistical issues such as accommodation and medical care.”

Fang Xiang nodded. The tacit understanding between him and Cao Tianwei was now well developed.

Basically, you can know what the other person means just by looking at him/her.

"So, what you're actually asking is whether to do it directly on a large scale or to do it secretly and on a small scale?"

Cao Tianwei took the last puff of his cigarette but did not put it out immediately. Instead, he took out another one from the box and started again.

"Yes, just in case, I mean just in case the new car doesn't sell.

We won’t be too passive.”

Originally, Fang Xiang would never consider such a conservative issue. According to his habitual thinking, he would definitely do it quickly.

However, this time I came back from the capital, and coupled with the current era background.

His thoughts now have changed unconsciously.

He didn't want to cause trouble for others, but he also didn't want others to catch him.

He told Liu’s father about what happened to his childhood friend Wei Shengli last time.

Mr. Li praised him for doing a good job at that time.

Now is the time when we are in a difficult situation. Although we are not afraid of trouble, we cannot cause trouble either.

There was also the incident when Professor Li fell out with me during our trip to the Northeast.

Fang Xiang has now changed his original idea.

Originally, he wanted to call Professor Xu to ask what was going on.

But after picking up the phone, he hesitated.

Professor Xu is not his father. Besides, even if he is his biological father, he cannot ask like that.

You can't even handle this? You want me to clean up your mess for you?

Do you have to feed the food into your mouth?

Today we live in a modern society, a society of human relationships, and even more so a society of mutual exploitation and profit-first.

Only when you bring value to others will they look up to you.

Only then can I help you.

But if you ask others for help whenever you have a problem, and it’s okay for big things, but you also ask for help for small things?

In the past, if a man wanted to take advantage of someone's youth, people would be more or less understanding.

But now, he has graduated for almost a year and has also achieved some success in running a factory.

If you keep asking questions about such trivial matters, people will start to consider whether you are capable of doing this.

Moreover, Professor Li’s relationship with Fang Xiang is not as close as Professor Xu’s.

But there shouldn't be any conflict caused by a few quarrels.

So, what if Professor Li did it on purpose?

This is worth pondering.

Either there is a problem with the project itself, or there is a problem with the people in the project.

But no matter what went wrong.

Professor Li’s meaning is probably very clear.

He deliberately used sarcastic words to make Fang Xiang stay away from him.

Thinking of this, and considering the current situation, Fang Xiang felt that this possibility was actually greater.

As for helping Professor Li?

Forget it. He is an academician and his resources are much better than mine.

It’s better to be obedient.

"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Cao Tianwei waved his hand in front of Fang Xiang.

"Oh oh oh, my mind was wandering just now."

Fang Xiang then remembered that he was chatting with Cao Tianwei.

"Do you know how many extra dormitories there are now?"

Fang thought about it and decided to first look at the previously built dormitories to see how many empty rooms there were.

Just go with that number.

"I remember that we built two more buildings. But... isn't it a little less?"

The number of dormitories is very clear. Originally, 240 units were built for management and technicians, 40 of which were allocated, leaving units surplus.

For the workers, Fang originally wanted to build a few more buildings, but in fact, they only built two more buildings. There were a total of 680 units, and 600 units were distributed according to the number of workers.

The extra two buildings have exactly 80 houses.

If we calculate based on one worker per position, that would be 80 workers.

This is ten times the number that Cao Tianwei wanted, which is about a thousand or eight hundred.

"Let's recruit this many people first, 80 workers, and pay them 18 yuan as apprentices.

However, the corresponding benefits of food and accommodation still follow normal standards.

18 yuan in the first year, 20 yuan in the second year, and 22 yuan in the third year.

In the fourth year, they will take exams and get jobs according to the level they get.

These workers are scattered across various workshops.

Then, 80 skilled workers were transferred from the workshop and several team leaders were promoted.

Go all out to assemble the new car.

You have to make an agreement with the upstream and downstream manufacturers to supply goods according to the previous standards.

As for the equipment, I will try to transfer it from other places.

If we can’t transfer them, let’s see if there is anyone in the Northeast who can jump in and produce machines for us.

It really doesn’t work...

Then when you sell the car, smuggle it in from abroad."

After pondering for a moment, Fang Xiang decided on the next work plan.

"Then how much can you estimate the output of these 80 skilled workers per month?"

After saying this, Fang Xiang asked another question.