Chapter 336

One day's time quickly passed, Ge Lixi had inspected the factory situation; that evening he began writing reform proposals, only going to sleep at twelve o'clock. The next day, at dawn, he got up again, early, standing at the factory gate.

Qin Jianhua (Qin Jianhua) - from glossary.

"The factory is supposed to start work at eight o'clock; as the Factory Director, I must arrive earlier than the workers, I want to see each person with my own eyes..."

Ge Lixi (Ge Lixi) - from glossary.

Factory Director (factory director) - from glossary.

He also wanted to see if there were any cases of lateness or early departure; in state-owned enterprises, this situation is too common; here, in his own...

Qingshan (Qingshan) - from glossary.

"Not bad, everyone can arrive on time, but relying on consciousness alone is not enough; we need a strict sign-in system." Ge Lixi began designing again.

In later times, the clock-in systems of various companies are very strict, making many workers complain; but in fact, people are inherently lazy, hoping for conscientiousness... how enjoyable it is to slack off, who wants to work!

Some so-called experts say that when a company begins to enforce strict attendance, it indicates that the company is going downhill; that is as arbitrary as saying there are no bad students, only teachers who cannot teach.

Qin Miao supports strict attendance; the start and end times of work must be clear; of course, if employees are required to work overtime, overtime pay must be given in full! What employees complain about has never been strict attendance, but rather being exploited for free labor—having their work hours locked in and then having to work unpaid overtime after shift.

Qingshan Benz Factory (Qingshan Benz Factory) - new.

Seeing Ge Lixi enter, Zhao Siba and the others felt a little nervous.

Seeing Ge Lixi start to inspect the assembled axle, they became even more nervous.

"This axle shows signs of having been welded and then ground down; is it the one from yesterday?"

Ge Lixi's voice was icy.

Qin Jianhua also furrowed his brow: "Old Zhao, what's going on?"

"Factory Director Qin, we feel it's a shame to scrap it, so after work we few of us repaired it; it's still usable, and one axle costs several thousand to make..."

"Master Zhao, violating work discipline by privately grinding and reusing scrapped parts, you receive one demerit and a fine of two hundred!"

"'San Shui, you...' Zhao Siba was stunned on the spot."

"What do you mean by this?"

"I meant well, stayed after work to fix this axle, and you want to discipline me and fine me instead?"

Qin Jianhua was also stunned: "San Shui, this... Old Zhao meant well; why not let it go this time?"

"'Dad, this is why I asked Ge Lixi to come be factory director! Our Dongfang is a society of personal connections; we always talk about feelings in whatever we do, but machines don't care about feelings! German quality standards have their reasons; what should be scrapped must be scrapped! Absolutely no good intentions leading to bad outcomes!'"

Qin Miao's attitude was firm; he looked at Ge Lixi beside him and said, "Factory Director Ge, what do you think of my handling?"

"'Qin, thank you.'"

Ge Lixi naturally knew that Qin Miao was doing this to establish his authority!

"'Workers, quality is the company's lifeblood; you can't lower standards just to save money. Your seemingly cost-saving measures will harm the company. If a customer receives a truck and finds the axle housing has been patch-welded, in Europe the company would face heavy fines and compensation!'"

Ge Lixi looked at the others; he knew they didn't understand his actions. After all, reform inevitably meets great resistance, but he firmly believed that with Qin Miao's support, his reform would surely succeed!

"'In Dongfang, although there is no such rule, if we want to improve product quality we must follow European standards! Today we saved money by patch-welding the axle housing; tomorrow we'll save money by wrapping broken cables with tape; the day after we'll glue leaking radiators. Such products will be substandard and can never reach first-rate quality!'"

Everyone fell silent, because Ge Lixi was right.

"'Everyone, Mr. Ge Lixi has retired; he could have enjoyed family bliss at home, but he accepted our invitation, came to Dongfang, endured hardship. What is he after? Like Bai Qiu'en, he came with a great internationalist spirit! Mr. Ge Lixi's high standards and strict demands are also for our benefit, after all, the trucks we produce will eventually be exported!'"

Qin Miao added: "If, because you privately repaired parts to save the factory money and then installed them, our exported trucks get fined, this will cause the factory huge losses—not just a few hundred, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions in fines!"

"'San Shui, I was wrong!'"

Now Zhao Siba sincerely admitted his mistake, and Qin Miao was also... helpless. These workers still cared about the factory in their hearts, but... anyway, at least the reasoning has been explained to them, their thoughts are clear, all matters understood; such mistakes probably won't happen again, right?

"'From now on, Factory Director Ge's words must be obeyed unconditionally; anyone who pretends to comply while actually defying will get a demerit and have two hundred deducted from wages! If someone makes mistakes more than three times in a row, they shouldn't work in the factory!'"

Beside him, Qin Jianhua's facial muscles twitched; this condition is too harsh—will these workers rebel?

However... the scene he feared did not appear; everyone's faces were solemn, looking as if they were promising never to make such a mistake again!

"'San Shui, rest assured, we will definitely follow Factory Director Ge from now on.'"

"'Factory Director Ge came all the way to our Dongfang for our factory's development; if we don't listen to him, are we still human?'"

Everyone expressed their stance one after another.

Qin Jianhua let out a sigh of relief.

"'Factory Director Ge, please impose the strictest management on our factory so that our quality reaches world-class level!'"

Ge Lixi nodded: "'With such leadership and such workers, I believe we can surely create top-quality products!'"

The Qingshan Benz plant is finally getting back on track! Qin Miao can already sense how bright this factory's future will be!

After accompanying Ge Lixi in the factory for another day's work, Qin Miao dragged his weary body to the factory gate, when just then a voice came from outside.

"'San Shui, I've finally caught you! This gatekeeper is really stubborn, just won't let me through!'"

"'Director Lu?' Qin Miao exclaimed in surprise: 'How did you come here?'"

"'It's naturally about the missile launcher truck. Our factory in Ha Cheng lacks mass-production capacity, and hand-made performance is low, so could we produce it at our Qingshan Benz plant?' At this moment, Director Lu felt a bit embarrassed."

The missiles have already been delivered to someone named Sha, but the matching launcher vehicles haven't arrived in sync, so they're still being towed; Ha Gong Da's mechanical department has actually built them, but they're limited by production capacity and quality!