Chapter 1153: Airline

In one of the Four Great Classical Novels, *Water Margin*, there is a passage describing the concept of a "pledge of allegiance" (toumingzhuang).

Lin Chong said, "I have committed a capital crime, which is why I have come to join your ranks. Why do you doubt me?"

Wang Lun replied, "Since that is the case, if you truly wish to join us, bring me a 'pledge of allegiance'."

Lin Chong then said, "I am somewhat literate; please provide paper and brush, and I shall write it."

Zhu Gui laughed and said, "Instructor, you are mistaken. Whenever a hero joins our ranks, they must provide a pledge of allegiance. This means you must go down the mountain, kill a person, and bring back their head as an offering. Only then will he have no doubts. This is what is called a pledge of allegiance."

Lin Chong said, "This is not difficult. I shall go down the mountain and wait; I only fear no one will pass by."

Wang Lun said, "I give you a three-day limit. If you bring a pledge of allegiance within three days, I will allow you to join; if you fail to do so within three days, do not blame me for what follows."

Lin Chong agreed, returned to his room to rest, and felt deeply troubled.

Do you understand now?

Lin Chong had to provide a pledge of allegiance to join Liangshan, and that pledge was the head of a passerby from below the mountain.

In order to join Liangshan, he was not worried about the passerby losing their head, but rather anxious that no one would pass by.

And he was still deeply troubled!

Zhuang Cangshu was also very depressed; when the Kings of Hell fight, the little ghosts suffer—why should he have to endure this?

What was the purpose of coming to the Tianjin Trade Management Center from the position of Deputy Division Chief at the Sales Division?

Wasn't it just to avoid the core competition within the factory and seek opportunities in a newly established unit?

During the reforms, the Red Star Factory's organizational relationships can actually be clarified into several layers.

These organizational relationships are considered conventional, and can also be seen as a kind of tacit stratification.

That is, the factory leadership layer, the Division Chief layer, the Deputy Division Chief layer, and the Li Kezhang and Deputy Li Kezhang layer.

In other words, even with future promotions and group consolidation, this organizational hierarchy will basically remain unchanged.

Do not think that just because of promotions and group consolidation, there will be more positions at the top.

That is completely wrong; management has always been a pyramid structure, and the positions at the top will only become fewer.

I have never heard of a unit with one hundred and eighty general managers and one salesman.

Of course, twenty years from now there might be, but currently, there absolutely are not.

In the process of promotion and group consolidation, the Red Star Factory will produce more job ranks and positions.

However, the length of the hierarchy will also stretch; it will no longer be the current "Hall to Section" structure, but "Ministry to Section."

Unit promotion does not mean all cadres are promoted; a stretched hierarchy only means there are more leaders in the offices, not more people doing the actual work.

Moreover, in the Red Star Factory's situation, anyone can see that the higher-ups intend to fill positions.

It is just that the timing is not yet ripe; perhaps a small mistake or a small achievement by the Red Star Factory will lead the higher-ups to transfer people in.

Even if the higher-ups do not transfer people, the cadres integrated from the sixteen factories will have already filled the positions.

There will be many people competing for the extra positions; he is only a Deputy Division Chief, and wanting to advance in place within the Red Star Factory's administration is truly not easy.

Therefore, he can only go out, advance along with the branch organizations, work for five or eight years, build a solid foundation, and then seek a transfer back to the main headquarters.

Cannot compete for positions in the factory administration?

That is a competitive feast that only factory leaders and senior division-level cadres can participate in.

Or, you must have Li Xuewu's excellent work ability, deep mass foundation, and work achievements and medals that make people shut their mouths.

Zhuang Cangshu had no doubt that Li Xuewu would make great strides and rise rapidly within the Red Star Factory in the next three years, during the two rounds of opportunities.

By that time, Li Xuewu's age would not be a disadvantage, but an advantage.

Like a great roc rising with the wind, soaring ninety thousand *li* into the sky.

He naturally envied Li Xuewu and was willing to borrow his momentum to advance and take flight together.

However, in the early stages of the roc spreading its wings to fly, as the wings flap, who knows how many people will suffer.

Every time the factory makes a big move, there will be people rising and people falling, people ascending to heaven and people suffering.

To be honest, Zhuang Cangshu was a bit scared; he knew very well how much he was worth.

Back in the Sales Division, it was also a "clean temple" (a place with little power or profit), without such great responsibilities, let alone so much business.

Who would have thought that the Sales Division would have its day of prosperity, becoming a hot unit in the factory.

The units that connections most wanted to go to in the past were inevitably Organization, Personnel, and so on.

Now everyone knows that the Sales Division holds the factory's largest distribution resources; people inviting them to dinner are endless, and even if one is strict with oneself, there are still "oily" benefits.

Zhuang Cangshu worked conscientiously, fearing that participating in disputes would lead to losing his position and losing the opportunity to advance.

He feared even more that not participating would lead to losing trust, and he wouldn't even be able to keep his current position.

If Li Xuewu were an ordinary leader, even one with some harshness and ambition, that would be fine.

He was not afraid of those old guys in the factory, and even less afraid of those people in the division-level hierarchy.

Zhuang Cangshu knew too well what kind of character those people had; it had nothing to do with money, only with human hearts.

What does that mean?

It means they are a bit nepotistic; as long as personal relations are good and work is done passably, they can be used.

He liked such leaders the most; with a little effort and slow progress, there would always be opportunities.

But Li Xuewu was not like that; he used anyone and cared about no personal favors.

For such an important position as the Trade Management Center, the people who campaigned for it back then were much more impressive than him.

And the result? Li Xuewu said he was doing okay in the Sales Division, so he named him.

To say he had no gratitude at all would be impossible; that would make him a beast.

But after working, the longer he worked under him, the more he could feel the pressure.

It was that the leader's ability was far stronger than yours, and even when the reports you were proud of were considered mediocre in his eyes, the sense of loss was indescribable.

You want to brag about how well you did this year, but you can't; in your heart, you always think that the leader's casual achievements crushed yours.

Ordinary leaders would have some private feelings or selfishness when interacting with their subordinates.

During holidays, even if you didn't send valuable gifts, you had to go to their home to sit for a while.

But this didn't work with Li Xuewu; you could only stand out and gain more opportunities in front of him by working your life away.

You want to visit his home?

You have to find his door first, and you have to dare to visit.

Li Xuewu was famously averse to people meeting privately to talk about work; the whole factory knew it.

People in the administration would always organize gatherings to socialize after work, or get together to have fun.

Li Xuewu rarely, or rather, almost never participated in such dinners; only Director Li could call him.

Relying on personal relationships to maintain him was a dead end; one could only work hard.

The result of this was that the Red Star Factory administration became more and more "rolled" (intensely competitive).

Li Xuewu was young and held certain personnel and discourse power; under his recommendations and investigations, young cadres rose like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Director Li trusted him deeply; cadres recommended by him were almost never questioned or reconsidered.

Just seeing Li Xuewu work openly and honestly, and being strict with himself, made it impossible to refuse his proposals.

In the past year, the organizational structure of the Red Star Factory had changed significantly, and the progress of cadre rejuvenation had been very fast.

Even the Municipal Industry and the Ministry of Industry had specifically praised the factory's organizational management work.

The result of cadre rejuvenation was that those young people, like little calves, really didn't care about the lives of these "old guys."

Especially the few cadres who came out of the Security Division; whether in security positions or other positions, they were inevitably capable of fighting and carrying the load.

Xu Ning, Director of the Frontier Office under the Trade Management Center, came from the Security Division.

He was a cadre cultivated by Li Xuewu; going to the frontier was what Director Li wanted, specifically to clean up the mess left by Jin Yaohui.

In three months, the report card submitted by the Frontier Office made even him feel envious.

It was the first office institution, and it occupied rich resource environments; that there was no such achievement before could only mean Jin Yaohui was truly "mud that couldn't be plastered onto a wall," trash among trash.

Director Li might have seen this situation and also started to become keen on cultivating young people.

The fact that there were more than a dozen cadres around 25 years old in the sub-section level hierarchy below was proof.

It wasn't enough for Li Xuewu to be "rolling" alone; he had to lead all the young people in the factory to "roll" together.

If these old guys didn't work hard, they would sooner or later be kicked out.

With so many university students entering the factory this year, more high school graduates appearing at the grassroots level, and ordinary workers being junior high graduates, just think about this intensity.

Cadre rejuvenation is the foundation; business specialization is the goal.

Independent office for the Trade Management Center is proof; in the announced group organizational structure, the Management Center will establish a branch-level unit.

Economic business is managed by Deputy Director Jing; his future work direction will tilt toward Deputy Director Jing.

This does not mean he can stay away from Li Xuewu's management scope; he might even be demoted in management.

He fully believed that one day Li Xuewu would manage him through Jing Yunong.

He was not unaware of the trends in the factory; Deputy Director Cheng was gradually taking over comprehensive production work.

Including tertiary industry and joint industry, as well as other manufacturing production industries.

While managing logistics and services, Deputy Director Xue was also mastering engineering construction work.

Existing investment and construction projects were all signed and reviewed by Deputy Director Xue.

Deputy Director Gu was still responsible for organization, propaganda, and personnel work.

The Red Star Factory was implementing personnel reforms, with the first stage lasting three years.

That is, in the process of the Red Star Factory's group consolidation, completing the construction of the education system and the reform of the employee recruitment and training system was a key project.

Compared to the situation where Deputy Director Xue and Deputy Director Gu's business management scope remained unchanged, the expansion of Deputy Director Cheng's management scope caused changes in the work division of Deputy Director Jing and Deputy Director Dong.

The most direct ones were tertiary industry and joint industry, which indirectly affected the Trade Management Center.

Deputy Director Dong was responsible for the Red Star Factory's overall industrial work in Liaodong, including Yingcheng Shipping, Steel City Industry, and the soon-to-be-acquired Fengcheng Industry.

In industrial production management, there was a management overlap with Deputy Director Cheng.

If Deputy Director Cheng was inside and Deputy Director Dong was outside, and the two's business could be considered cooperative.

Deputy Director Jing, who was responsible for scheduling, sales, and finance, had to transfer the tertiary industry and joint industry he was originally responsible for to Deputy Director Cheng.

This could be considered a clear conflict.

Although Li Xuewu would hand over the Trade Management Center and the newly established Joint Savings Bank to Deputy Director Jing, raising one's own child and then giving it to someone else to be their son—this matter, when spoken of, was...

Especially since many of the layouts for tertiary industry and joint industry were work done by Deputy Director Jing, and it was about to be time to show results.

Including motorcycle manufacturing, textile industry, etc., even the Fengcheng Industry currently under negotiation was being handled by Deputy Director Jing for acquisition business.

The automotive supply chain conference was held during the critical stage of the Red Star Factory's leadership division adjustment, and also during a period when the organizational structure was undergoing changes.

Zhuang Cangshu was not a fool; Li Xuewu had already told him to "sing the hall show," so he had to provide a pledge of allegiance.

The Trade Management Center located in Tianjin was currently a sub-division-level branch, with many branches below it, mainly offices in various places.

Managing the factory's currently largest profit-making institution, one could imagine how great his pressure and influence were.

But he knew his own situation well; he was like "donkey dung, shiny on the outside"—he was not the one calling the shots in this management center.

Li Xuewu and Jing Yunong had influence, and Director Li also had influence.

How to steadily and accurately complete the new division of labor, he had no bottom in his heart.

One wrong step, while not necessarily "ten thousand calamities," meant losing a few years of struggle was possible.

Life is only a few decades; where is there so much time to waste.

The dealer had already called "place your bets," and he either had to leave the table or go all-in.

It wasn't that Zhuang Cangshu was being difficult; there were no winners in this round, only these "little ghosts" like them waiting to be adjusted.

Li Xuewu and Deputy Director Jing's cooperation was very tacit; Director Li was supporting Deputy Director Cheng's work; Li Xuewu and Director Li's relationship was very close.

Everyone knew the relationship between Deputy Director Dong and Deputy Director Gu, and everyone knew they stood on Li Xuewu's side; Deputy Director Xue and Li Xuewu were former partners.

Deputy Director Gu wanted to fight for Director Li's personnel power, Deputy Director Dong wanted to fight for the dominance of Liaodong industry, Deputy Director Jing wanted to fight for economic work management authority, Deputy Director Cheng wanted to fight for industrial management power...

Chaotic, chaotic; Zhuang Cangshu's brain was buzzing—not because he couldn't sort it out, but because he saw it too clearly.

No matter what the final result was, it was the dynamic division of labor among factory leaders; perhaps this change would have to happen again early next year.

Every time there was a fight, every time it was their catastrophe; if they didn't sit at the meeting table of the Management Committee, they would always be cannon fodder.

"Congratulations, congratulations—"

Li Xuewu smiled and shook hands with Andrew, saying, "With four ships starting construction at the same time, Jilixing Shipping's monopoly on the Southeast Asian market is just around the corner."

"Should I say 'congratulations to us both'?"

Andrew was very attentive to the mainland business; for the past six months, except for a few times returning to Hong Kong, he had been staring at the shipyard in the mainland the rest of the time.

Li Xuewu had heard people say that Italians were very lazy and not proactive in their work.

This was entirely a stereotype; just looking at Andrew's enthusiasm for work, he didn't feel he was lazy at all.

He was responsible for purchasing imported shipbuilding machinery, all of which had to be installed and debugged under his attention.

The engineering team he brought also had no signs of "indulging in pleasure" or "filling the ranks with unqualified people"; they were very excellent.

The Chinese engineers at the Yingcheng Shipyard had a high evaluation of this technical team, even exceeding the "hairy ones" (Russians) of the past, because they were serious, kind, and proactive.

"Your Chinese is getting better and better—"

Li Xuewu smiled and praised, "Especially the Northeast dialect; it's even more authentic than mine."

Andrew not only gained a career and wealth in Yingcheng, but also learned a mouthful of Northeast dialect.

An important factor in why wealthy families can pass down their legacy is their learning ability and habits.

These "old money" families put a lot of effort into the education and cultivation of their children.

It is very likely that "wicked rich" bastards will appear in this group, but "prodigal sons" rarely appear.

This is true; the arrogant "rich second generation" you know in later generations are not descendants cultivated by families, but the offspring of "nouveau riche."

True families would never let their children be so arrogant, showing their faces in entertainment venues and living a dissolute life; they pay more attention to family image.

Andrew could be considered a standard template for descendants of old money families; he didn't have the stereotypical gentle elegance, but he had a graceful demeanor like a spring breeze.

He would take the initiative to analyze the secrets of success with you, but he would also haggle over every ounce in commercial negotiations.

Just such a capitalist who seemed very successful to many people in the mainland was actually a branch of the family.

His older brother took over the family business, while he was arranged to the Far East to be responsible for shipping business.

Now it's not hard to understand why a 50-year-old "old guy" would risk coming to the mainland to fight for a career.

Whenever there are many boys in a family, there will always be competition; the second prince wants to kill the first prince, and the prince is always holding back his thoughts of becoming the crown prince, becoming the emperor.

Even if he is 50 years old, he cannot avoid the custom; at least he has to have a "cool story of counterattack."

"Actually, what I want to say 'congratulations to us both' is not just about the shipyard yacht project starting construction."

Andrew was struggling to speak Chinese, but in the end, so as not to delay Li Xuewu's time, he could only speak French.

"I have already heard that your factory's motorcycle manufacturing plant in Steel City has officially started production."

He looked at Li Xuewu with envy and said, "I have never doubted your factory's development potential, but I still have to say I underestimated you."

"There is an old Chinese saying: 'It is not too late to mend the fold after the sheep are lost'."

Li Xuewu said meaningfully, "If we continue to deepen cooperation now, we can still make progress together."

"Watch over and help each other in business, cooperate happily, support each other in development, and achieve a win-win."

He pointed to Andrew's white yacht not far away and said, "In the future, I hope more Jilixing ships will sail out of Yingcheng Shipyard, walk out of China, and walk toward the world."

The motorcycle production situation Andrew just mentioned was true; this Tuesday, the first motorcycle officially produced on the assembly line of the motorcycle manufacturing plant rolled off the line, and Jing Yunong in Fengcheng specifically rushed to Steel City to participate in the celebration.

And the first motorcycle was officially collected by the Red Star Factory Industrial Exhibition Hall as soon as it rolled off the line.

This small unit, which was still working in a warehouse, would become a witness to the Red Star Factory's industrial development in the future.

Officially started construction on Tuesday; on Wednesday, the day Li Xuewu came to Tianjin, he received detailed information about production capacity.

Under the conditions of a sufficient supply chain and warehouse, a good result of 260 units per day was achieved.

Don't look down on this small production capacity; this was just the first day the assembly line started.

If there is hope to stabilize this production capacity, then by this time next year, there is hope to realize the hope of an annual production of 100,000 motorcycles.

The Comet motorcycle sells for 499 yuan, with an annual sales volume of nearly 50 million yuan.

The East City Credit Union only invested 5 million yuan; this deal can be considered a huge profit for them.

Can't say they will recover costs in three years, but this project is absolutely the most profitable project in their hands within at least ten years.

No one can refuse a motorcycle under 500 yuan; even if everyone is poor at this time, transportation tools are solid.

Andrew certainly doesn't envy the motorcycles produced by the Red Star Factory; he is too lazy to ride such small gadgets.

However, this kind of industrial production ability that says "do it and do it," and can actually get it done, as well as the broad market and profitability, made him envious.

At this time, there are 745 million people in the mainland; just a little bit of reduction, even if one million people can afford a motorcycle, it is enough for the Red Star Factory to make a huge profit on this project.

Capitalists will never envy how much money others have made; they will only envy others' ability to make money.

This kind of immediate industrial ability of the Red Star Factory has truly hit Andrew's heart.

Especially seeing that the supply chain plus assembly line can realize industrial production in the mainland, it makes him more certain that the mainland will definitely become the world's production base in the future.

Chinese people do not lose to Germans in work attitude; they are diligent, simple, enthusiastic, and eager to learn.

The longer he stays here, the more he can feel this point.

Therefore, he didn't want to go around in circles with Cheng Kaiyuan anymore and talked directly to Li Xuewu.

The two were on the top floor of the Trade Management Center, in the office rented by Jilixing Shipping.

Looking at the Haihe River not far away, there was no tension, no serious negotiations; there was only discussion, supplementing and negotiating under the premise that the cooperation agreement had already been finalized.

Andrew was very concerned about the cooperation in the mainland, and even had a bit of the flavor of a "transportation captain."

"Move the artillery position forward 50 meters!"

He went down to the project with the technical team, stepping into calf-deep mud to survey the site.

If technical workers installed shipbuilding machinery incorrectly or operated equipment in violation of regulations, he had to manage it, even more seriously and responsibly than Xu Si.

It made Old Xu call Li Xuewu to complain, saying he had invited a "Secretary" for the shipyard.

Li Xuewu scolded him for being a "lazy donkey that won't get into the harness"; if he lost face in front of the foreigners, he wouldn't need to do this job anymore and should return to the second line early.

Listen to this—40-something and retiring to the second line; could Old Xu do that?

Xu Si scolded him for being a capitalist while demanding that the shipyard's technical team and workers "roll" (work harder).

Zhuang Cangshu complained in his heart that the Trade Management Center's work was "rolling"; he hadn't seen the Yingcheng Shipyard.

The Management Center was internal rolling; the shipyard had already gone crazy to the point of internal and external mixed rolling.

In his conversation with Li Xuewu, Andrew's attitude was very earnest and proactive, entirely aimed at implementing the project and producing as soon as possible.

Light-duty cargo ships, mainly from 100 tons to 1,000 tons, sailing in inland rivers and along the coast, mainly used for bulk cargo transportation and scheduling; actually, the market is still very broad.

In this meeting, Li Xuewu proposed world-advanced fishing boat manufacturing technology to him, that is, the 100-ton to 500-ton class, used to supply the Tianjin Aquatic Products Company, as well as other aquatic companies along the coast.

This thing is absolutely a best-seller; in an era without a fishing ban, there is almost no inventory.

The fishing boat customized by the Tianjin Aquatic Products Company at the Yingcheng Shipyard sailed away as soon as the sea trial was completed; they didn't intend to lose even a day.

It was precisely because of the support of the Yingcheng Shipyard that the production capacity of the Tianjin Aquatic Products Company was improving.

Without suitable tools, how to increase the catch, and how to carry out deep cooperation with the Red Star Factory.

Whether it is a food factory or a food supply chain, seafood is a hot-selling item.

And Andrew also clearly realized that with the blessing of the Red Star Factory's supply chain and assembly line, the shipbuilding ability is astonishing.

The production of many parts in the shipbuilding industry has been handed over to machine processing enterprises far away in Fengcheng.

The technical research of Yingcheng Shipping has also achieved linkage and interoperability with Bincheng Shipping.

That is to say, Yingcheng Shipping is gradually transforming from an original complete industry to a professional production factory.

Except for special core parts, Yingcheng Shipyard will shed those bloated production workshops.

Dry docks are built one after another, but there is no increase in machine processing production workshops.

Warehouses have increased, and railway tracks directly connect to the scheduling workshop; the Northeast industrial line truly meets the production needs of Yingcheng Shipping.

If it weren't for the Red Star Factory having its own machine processing enterprise, perhaps this line would have been a few years later.

But the situation is different now; a shipbuilding industry that is only responsible for core parts processing and fully realizes supply chain industrialization assembly production—how terrifying is its manufacturing ability.

Andrew is very suspicious that according to the Red Star Factory's shipbuilding speed, the Southeast Asian yacht market will sooner or later be ruined by him.

When a yacht becomes a game prop for civilian players, it means it is no longer valuable.

No matter how much stars are tossed by capital, they are valuable because ordinary people cannot afford them.

If ordinary people can afford them, then they are "outdated stars."

Therefore, crisis awareness urged Andrew to invest in multiple lines; after the heavy-duty cargo ship technology was confirmed to be cooperated with by French businessmen, he aimed at light-duty cargo ships, taking the path of "small profits but quick turnover."

Moreover, even a thousand-ton cargo ship is still the mainstream freight tool at this time.

After the conversation ended, the two came out of the office and headed to the canteen accompanied by their respective secretaries.

Originally, Li Xuewu wanted to invite him out to eat; Tianjin's restaurants have a unique flavor.

But Andrew knew very well that the current situation in the mainland is not very good; although it doesn't delay his business, personal safety still needs to be paid attention to.

Even the Jilixing personnel working here don't go out; if they go out, they go to the ship across the street and return to Hong Kong to enjoy themselves.

Capitalists know best how to please useful employees; his yacht can send these people back to Hong Kong at any time; as long as they work hard, they can play however they want.

In Tianjin, Andrew warned his subordinates not to "play with their lives," the kind he couldn't protect.

The reason why Li Xuewu is willing to be friends with Andrew is very direct: his wisdom.

Knows propriety, knows politeness, respects people very much.

Just from the fact that employees of the Trade Management Center greeted him as soon as they went downstairs, it could be seen that he was actually very popular here.

This foreigner is not simple.

"Are you used to the food here?"

Li Xuewu looked at Andrew, who was sitting opposite him with a tray, and asked with a smile, "Do you want me to arrange for them to prepare Western food for you?"

"Absolutely not, please don't—"

The recognition Andrew received from the employees here was not out of his status.

Li Xuewu queued up to get food with a tray himself, and he was the same; it looked like it was definitely not the first time.

"I've had enough of Western food; in Hong Kong, I eat Chinese food."

He pointed to the vegetables on the plate and said, "In the mainland, I think these dishes are more authentic and have more flavor; I like this canteen culture, the food is fragrant!"

He said the last sentence in Northeast dialect, which was very humorous; the surrounding employees laughed when they heard it, and he didn't care, laughing along.

Such a capitalist is actually quite fun, isn't he.

"Xu told me that your factory has many employees," Andrew looked at Li Xuewu curiously and asked, "Can you tell me how many?"

"I asked him, and he said he didn't know."

He spread his hands in confusion and said, "A near-top-level manager doesn't even know how many employees his enterprise has."

"It's not his fault; it's just that our speed of development is too fast."

Li Xuewu explained with a smile, "If you asked me at the beginning of the year, I would say 27,000; if you asked me last month, I would say 31,000; now if you ask me, I would say 40,000; if it's next month, half a year later, I'll have to tell you the number 90,000."

"OhmioDio—!"

Andrew was shocked beyond measure, and even started speaking Italian.

He widened his eyes, looked at Li Xuewu, and confirmed, "You mean, by the end of the year, your factory will have 90,000 workers?"

"Actually, it might not reach 90,000," Li Xuewu thought for a while and said, "The target is 89,000, but some people will be assessed and adjusted."

"In the end, it might be maintained between 70,000 and 80,000."

"Oh—what's the difference?" Andrew said speechlessly, "Our army only has this many people; your one factory is..."

"Are you not afraid of management problems?"

He reminded him with a frown, "I have never heard of any enterprise expanding to such an urgent degree."

Andrew shook his head and said, "This is not industrial progress, but regression."

"Do you remember what I said to you last time we met?"

Li Xuewu looked at him confidently and reminded him, "I said, our enterprise belongs to the organization, to the people, and also to the workers."

"No matter how many people join, they are working for themselves, for their own organization, and for their own country."

He put down his chopsticks, pressed his hands, and said, "Our enterprise is developing, and welfare is fed back directly to the workers; they can share the joy of success with the enterprise at the first time."

"So we will never have management problems, only worry about welfare treatment problems."

"What is the number adjustment you just mentioned?"

Andrew asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say you wouldn't lay off workers?"

"I didn't say lay off workers—"

Li Xuewu picked up his chopsticks and continued, "Still the same sentence, we are workers, we obey adjustments."

"From the perspective of the Red Star Factory, how many positions to create, how many people to use, and how to put the right people in the right positions."

He tapped the table and said, "And in the process of our development, there will be rapid mergers and resource integration."

"But the placement and arrangement of workers will be placed in the first place; that is to say, they will always have things to do and will not lose their jobs."

"This sounds like a fantasy to me," Andrew saw Li Xuewu speaking mysteriously, couldn't even care about eating, and didn't care about the surrounding employees listening to their conversation, asking directly, "You just said 90,000 people, and at least 70,000 after optimization and adjustment; where did these 20,000 people go?"

"It's not just 20,000 people; it could be 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 people."

Li Xuewu explained, "In the process of mergers and resource integration, we will create new enterprises and help other enterprises create job opportunities."

"This batch of workers will be adjusted to corresponding job positions according to work needs."

He listed several factories currently undergoing mergers and talked about the tertiary industry currently being formed.

"Joint-stock system" is not accurate; "joint operation" is more appropriate; these workers are still within the management scope of the Municipal Industry labor department and belong to the nature of "secondment."

And while creating positions, the Red Star Factory became the using party, greatly saving personnel costs and also bringing economic vitality to the Municipal Industry.

In personnel reforms, the Red Star Factory absorbs excellent workers, replaces workers with backward technology, realizes position adjustment, and distributes according to needs.

A large number of workers will flow to the industrial workshops of Steel City and Yingcheng along with position adjustments.

The Red Star Factory's overall industrial development is rapidly generating job positions; even if there is a situation of position saturation later, the engineering team is not saturated.

Projects invested in by the Red Star Factory, as well as industrial projects undertaken in the future, will give these workers whose positions have been adjusted infinite room for their talents.

Moreover, the Red Star Factory also has to support the Municipal Industry in building a new steel rolling mill in the future.

Old equipment, new factories; in the process of replacement, there will inevitably be industrial iteration and adjustment.

The Municipal Industry's management team is already discussing and researching where to choose a site to build a factory.

At the same time, at the invitation and assistance of the Red Star Factory, the Municipal Industry is preparing to build a batch of light industrial supporting industries, led by the Red Star Factory, organizing key industries to build a new industrial city around the ecological industrial zone.

The Red Star Factory did not hesitate to adjust some supporting industries in the tertiary industry and participated in this new large-scale tertiary industrial zone in the form of joint-stock holding.

Saying 90,000 employees now, it would be considered a victory if 50,000 remain in three years.

With such an excellent enterprise and such mature technology, workers naturally have to have mobility.

And in three years, the Red Star Factory will have a steady stream of professional technical workers graduating from school.

These old workers are also willing to be adjusted to other brother enterprises; just keep core technical workers and engineers to ensure the enterprise's competitiveness.

Originally, the group development of an enterprise is a process from development to expansion, then to compression, and then to expansion.

Every expansion is for development, and every compression is to accumulate strength for further development.

The Red Star Factory wants to be an incubator for projects and enterprises, and also an incubator for technical workers.

Not afraid of projects being divided, just afraid of workers staying in the Red Star Factory to retire; can't afford to support them, and can't afford to hurt them.

Young workers represent the enterprise's youthful vitality and motivation, and also represent advancement.

Other enterprises lack development ability; while sharing the dividends of the Red Star Factory's development, they can only accept more advanced workers and bear their retirement pressure.

This set of theories is beneficial to both the enterprise and the workers.

Only when the enterprise develops healthily can workers keep a stable rice bowl and not be pushed into society to fend for themselves.

After Li Xuewu finished speaking, Andrew was in deep thought after his surprise.

He is no stranger to the pyramid-style industrial development model; it is actually the same set in the Western European industrial system, but without systematic allocation, relying entirely on the autonomous mobility adjustment of workers.

Actually, he didn't know that it is rare for Red Star Factory industry to engage in a pyramid structure and workers to engage in mobility adjustment.

The reason why the situation of "sticking to the old ways" appeared in later generations is precisely the lack of this kind of communication between enterprises and stable mobility channels for workers.

Just after Andrew finished thinking, Li Xuewu thought he could give him some suggestions, but he jokingly suggested that Red Star should build passenger ships.

"Passenger ships? Why?"

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "Our domestic commercial passenger ship market is currently not very broad."

"No, no, no—"

Andrew waved his hand and corrected, "Not for sale, but for your own use."

He pointed to Li Xuewu and reminded, "Just for the Yingcheng Shipyard, how many Beijing-registered workers do you already have?"

"What about Steel City? Fengcheng? Tianjin?"

Andrew pursed his lips and said, "You need at least one thousand-ton passenger ship for worker commuting and transportation."

"Otherwise, just relying on the railway, I think the travel expenses for a year will be enough to give you a headache."

"Are you serious?"

Li Xuewu looked at his expression, which didn't look like he was completely joking, tilted his head and thought about it; he didn't have a precise concept of finance in this area yet.

"Believe me, I have enough management experience."

Andrew pointed to the port opposite and said with a smile, "Every month I have to point out a large sum of money for the technical team to return to Hong Kong for rest."

"If you are willing to let my plane land, I will definitely not choose a yacht."

He deliberately leaned close to Li Xuewu and whispered, "You don't know how cheap air transport is."

"Thank you, Mr. Andrew."

Li Xuewu thanked him solemnly; without him having to explain, Peng Xiaoli, who was sitting on the side, was already taking notes.

After returning, he would arrange for a financial investigation and assessment of this expense; if it really exceeded imagination, then building a self-use commuting passenger ship would be nothing impossible.

A thousand-ton passenger ship is actually not very expensive, and maintenance costs are average; the important thing is that management is troublesome.

Of course, this project will be reported to Li Huai, and he will definitely approve it.

Starting from the Liangma River, can you take a boat all the way to Steel City? Is this temptation big?

Don't say that the Red Star Factory has its own shipyard; even if the aircraft factory produces in the future, if you let Old Li approve the flight team, he will agree.

Old Li doesn't care about spending money; he is a "face man," would he be afraid of Li Xuewu starting a fleet?

The more face he has, the happier he is; he is going to go up sooner or later, would he care about this little money?

"You can operate commercially; it won't lose money, and it can even make a profit."

Andrew smiled and finished his meal, nodding, "If this route is opened, I will be the first to buy a ticket to support it."

Damn, Li Xuewu just said "a wolf giving..."—bah, this metaphor is inappropriate.

But the other party's purpose was very "damn"; it was actually for his own convenience.

Once the Red Star Factory operates passenger ships, besides the fixed Beijing to Yingcheng and Steel City routes every month, the most suitable operating route is to run a few trips to Yangcheng, then he can save money.

Everyone says "foreign devils"; it turns out it comes from this; these people are truly "ghostly."

"Thank you for your support, Mr. Andrew; we will consider it seriously."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and asked again, "I hope one day we can form an airline and open an air transport channel from Beijing to Hong Kong."

He said meaningfully, "That way, Mr. Andrew won't have to travel long distances."

"I infinitely hope this day will come sooner."

Andrew heard the meaning in his words and smiled without caring, "And I also believe your factory has this ability and strength." ===== CHAPTER 1154 =====