Taking advantage of the absence of newly recruited migrant workers from Wangshawan and Zhaomagou, Shi Yong and Shi Fang devoted themselves to making tables and chairs for the supply and marketing cooperative canteen. Because of their experience in making tables and chairs in the canteen of a furniture factory, they did not need to make samples this time. They directly cut the boards to make the noodles according to the standard, and cut the wooden squares to make the legs. With the help of four porters, they made 40 tables in half a day. The material came out. Then the two of them divided the work. Shi Fang processed the details of the already cut table, and then demonstrated to the porters how to combine the table top and table legs. After a few sets, the two porters were able to assemble a whole table by themselves. The dining table. They have been collaborating like this recently. As the saying goes, if you can learn 300 Tang poems, you can also steal them if you can't compose them. The four porters have been observing for a long time, and they also followed Shi Yong and Shi Fang to the city to assemble furniture, and they gradually became familiar with each other. They can handle some assembly processes and simple furniture assembly independently.
The two movers who worked with Shi Yong got started faster because their office furniture was all made of panels, and there was no need to open mortises and tenon joints or cut bevels, so Shi Yong only needed to measure the dimensions and mark them. You can even start the machine to cut the boards yourself. Therefore, Shi Fang's two tables had just been made, and Shi Yong's had already nailed four chairs.
With the help of woodworking table saws and other machines and movers, Shi Yong and Shi Fang are efficient and fast, and the dining tables and chairs are continuously sent to the spraying and baking workshop. This was a hard time for the polishing workers. Originally, there were only two workers responsible for polishing. Later, because it involved putting putty after polishing, the two applied and brought their aunts back to help. Now they are all experienced, but they still cannot handle such a big job. quantity. The four of us are the first to come in and the last to leave every day. After eating, we can't wait to get back to work as soon as the plates are put down. We are still busy. While eating in the cafeteria at noon, he saw Yang Liufang and told him the situation. Yang Liufang suddenly realized that as the workload increased, the number of personnel did need to be increased. He asked him to call Shi Fang over and eat at a table with three people.
"Shi Fang, as a manager, you need to have an overall view. You have to pay attention to whether the project volume matches the workers. Dajun (the workers responsible for polishing) has already exceeded the workload. You have to help them solve it quickly. Contact your Uncle Shi Fang first. , ask him if he has one that is suitable, and you should also ask yourselves if there is one that is suitable, and also tell your Uncle Shitou to show respect."
"Master, I have written it down."
"As for how many people are needed, you discuss it with the army."
"Okay Master, do we need to increase manpower in the spraying and painting workshops?"
"You discuss this with Da Ga and Xiao Ga. Since Master has decided that you will be the manager of the factory, you must be brave enough to take on the heavy responsibility."
"Thank you, Master, for trusting me. I will do my best."
After dinner, Shi Fang went to discuss with Secretary Shi Shi. Secretary Shi Shi thought over and over again and felt that long-term work in a factory is better than temporary work on a construction site. Although the daily wages on the construction site are now very high, it is not as good as a long-term job. Of course, priority is given to own villagers. Therefore, two skilled putty-scraping and plastering workers and two paint-pushing workers were forcibly removed from the construction site, and they were asked to return to the factory and explained to them that they were temporary workers on the construction site and that they would be fine once they entered the factory. In the long run, if one person works hard, he can lead the whole family to become well-off.
Under the personal supervision of Deputy Director Yan, the profiles of Xizhou Aluminum Plant were delivered to the factory on May 7. Four porters, plus four new workers, spent an afternoon unloading the two trucks of profiles. New workshop. The new workshop was fully operational on May 8. Shi Yong and Shi Fang were responsible for patrol supervision. The four cutting machines were working non-stop. Four porters in the factory who were familiar with the assembly process, as well as the first few women in Shige Village who were responsible for the assembly, With dozens of newly recruited workers from Wangshawan and Zhaomagou working hard to put into production, the factory was steaming with steam in May, and even though the windows were opened, it was still uncontrollably hot. Yang Liufang went to the industrial and trade company. When Shi Fang saw the situation, he called Boss Li from the Xizhou Supply and Marketing Cooperative and asked for instructions to install some fans in the new workshop. The supply and marketing cooperative happened to have a new batch of diamond brand ceiling fans, and they were given six of them. When Yang Liufang came back and saw it, he was even more impressed with Shi Fang's initiative and responsibility.
After three consecutive days of tutoring on processing belts, the workers were able to assemble office partitions independently. Shi Yong and Shi Fang began to study the production of Simmons. There was no problem with the bed body. Whether it was painting or cutting and customizing it with ecological boards, they could complete it. They just couldn't design the style. Fortunately, they had photos taken at the exhibition. Choose a few crafts that are easy to get started with. The most difficult thing is the mattress. They have experience in manually assembling springs, but they have never made such a large one, and they don't know how to weld the steel frame.
Shi Fang first asked Secretary Shi Shi for instructions on personnel arrangements as instructed by his master, saying that he needed a worker who knew how to weld to weld the bed frame. Sure enough, Secretary Shitou had an idea. He went to Zhaomagou to find Yinhua’s elder (father). The next day, a welder who knew how to repair cars came. After listening to their description, he also made improvements to the bed frame and fixed the four corners of the bed. Make the corners rounded to avoid bumping. After hearing this, Shi Fang and Shi Yong felt as if they had found a treasure and had really met a good talent. When the other party asked for a welding machine, welding rods, etc., Shi Fang did not hesitate to contact Boss Li of the supply and marketing cooperative, and a welding machine and a box of welding rods were delivered in the afternoon.
The bed frame problem was solved, and the next step was the tension springs. They used handmade tension springs when making sofas. Now the four temporary workers responsible for the tension springs have become masters in the new workshop, knowing that the workers are assembling office furniture, and the new The tension spring personnel could not be found for a while, so the two brothers had to try it themselves. It took the two of them two days to assemble a bed surface. Since there is no poundage standard, the entire bed surface is uneven in softness and hardness. Of course, non-professional customers will definitely not be able to experience it. After the steel structure and springs of the mattress were assembled, they asked four workers who were originally responsible for moving them to come over and take a look. The movers used to pull the springs for the sofa, and they knew how to assemble it at a glance. Shi Fang and Shi Yong told them that they would do it next time. Tension spring.
Next, I asked Secretary Shitou to go to Wangqingchuan and ask the workers who make sofa covers to make bed covers. These needs to be done in a clean place, but not too far away from the new workshop, so as not to waste time moving the steel frame spring mattress here and there. , Increase the workload for no reason. As a last resort, Shifang asked the master to set aside a 200-square-meter space in the new workshop specifically for the production and laying of mattress veneers. Only then did Yang Liufang realize that there was still a lack of relevant planning, resulting in a cramped venue.
Since the new office furniture was used by the aluminum factory, the Second Lighting Bureau and the bank, the factories affiliated to the Second Lighting Bureau came to purchase it one after another. Yang Liufang and the others put all their efforts into production and still the supply exceeded the demand. More and more units are calling to hand over notes, and some even go directly to Director Yan of the aluminum factory and President Li of the supply and marketing cooperative. The 100 new sets of chair accessories were quickly consumed, so we had to contact Yiwu to send another 1,000 sets. The plastic factory that originally relied on the production of plastic basins and plastic barrels to make a living was on the verge of bankruptcy. Because Yang Liufang's factory's orders for chair bases and chair backs were also revived, the aluminum factory even set up a special production line for office furniture, doors and windows. .
In just one month, two products from a factory in Yangliufang were able to revitalize two large state-owned enterprises, which made them famous in Xizhou City. There were just too many notes, and Yang Liufang couldn't cope with them, so he simply hid in the industrial and trade company and let Shi Fang take charge of all production in the factory. All customers who submitted notes and made purchases were required to pay a deposit in advance and pay the full amount when picking up the goods. Can. Even so, more than 600,000 IOUs were generated. When Li Tongfu heard Yanhua's report, he looked through it in the office and found that Xizhou Steel Plant, Xizhou Chemical Plant, etc. were units that he and Yang Liufang could not afford to offend. Some of these IOUs were not recovered until the factory closed down and the workers were laid off three years later, leaving them dead debts without owners.
In the midst of busyness and anticipation, the first Simmons mattress was produced at the Hanwangchuan Wood Processing Factory. Yang Liufang received a call and rode his motorcycle back in the evening after the workers got off work and the factory closed. When he came out of the finishing workshop, he saw this mattress. He jumped on it and felt it from the front first, and then fell on his back because he had slept on better ones, this one produced by his factory, and he could still feel the springs somewhat. The force is uneven, but it is handmade after all, and Yang Liufang is very satisfied. He also asked Shi Fang and Shi Yong to take off their shoes and jump on it with him. There was no problem in terms of load-bearing and abnormal sound control. After the test, Yang Liufang asked them to put together another one, then made two matching beds and took them to the furniture hall of the supply and marketing cooperative for exhibition and sale.
Half a month later, the canteen of Xizhou Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative was completed. Yang Liufang chose a good day and invited President Li and colleagues in the Xizhou catering industry to experience their new canteen. Of course, the two villages where his factory is located The secretary was also invited. As a superior leader, President Li was invited to be the ribbon-cutting guest. He also raised the event to a higher level in the name of his attempt at market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises, and successfully invited the general manager of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Commerce and the Wolongshan Hotel to come together.
"President, our supply and marketing cooperative canteen has opened. Why did you invite the general manager of a hotel to come? Their hotel does not eat at our place." Yang Liufang asked President Li in confusion.
"You old man, Wolongshan Hotel is known as the State Guesthouse of Northwest Province. It is responsible for receiving party and state leaders, as well as heads of state and distinguished guests from all over the world who come to Xizhou, as well as central and state agencies, ministries, commissions, provinces and cities who come to Northwest for inspections. and work groups, meetings, and reception services for important meetings and large-scale events in the province. Although this general manager is at the director level, he has more energy than me. He can’t invite many people, and he can’t even see him. Woolen cloth."
"Oh, so that's it."
Soon the day came for the opening and ribbon-cutting of the supply and marketing cooperative's cafeteria. Before the ceremony, President Li, as the old leader of the Northwest Supply and Marketing Cooperative, did his best to accompany the leaders who came to the ceremony to visit the supply and marketing cooperative. He led them all the way and talked about his time as president of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative. How to respond to the province’s spirit of cleaning up fixed assets and intensifying reform efforts, and how to conduct market-oriented operations of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative under the guidance of the old leader, President Gong, and take the lead in turning losses into profits in the province’s supply and marketing system. . After hearing this, all the leaders and guests nodded in approval.
