The leather factory's business and production were in full swing. In addition to supervising the aluminum factory and plastic factory to produce seat accessories and plastic base plates according to the drawings provided by Shaanxi, Li Tongfu also started the production of leather clothing. Their leather jackets are genuine leather with sufficient materials, coupled with the sewing technology of Wangqingchuan that has been passed down for hundreds of years, the stitches of the stitched leather jackets are delicate, strong and durable, and the ancient method of adding cashmere lining to the leather jackets has an excellent thermal insulation effect. It’s just that in Yang Liufang’s opinion, the style of leather jackets they produce is rather old-fashioned. Compared with the Western-style windbreakers, woolen coats, down jackets and jackets on the market, the styles are much different.
But after Li Tongfu invited Lao Zhou from the wholesale market to look at it, he felt that there was a market for this kind of leather jacket, especially among middle-aged and elderly people, and asked Li Tongfu to focus on this customer group. As for young people, they are instilled in them the concept of filial piety and giving warm leather jackets to the elderly. The two of them also creatively thought of an advertising slogan: "If you care for the elderly, send the most considerate warmth." Perhaps out of guilt compensation for having withdrawn the equity capital during their most difficult time, he placed the order at once With 3,000 pieces of leather clothing, he had been immersed in the wholesale market for many years and also suggested that Li Tongfu produce large leather shoes. This kind of shoes, which are derived from military boots and are made of rough cowhide and canvas, is a must-have warm weapon for people in cold regions such as northwest and northeastern my country.
Li Tongfu worked behind closed doors and purchased ten pairs of large-toe shoes from Lao Zhou. After the workers in Wangqingchuan dismantled them, they made identical uppers. He happened to be watching the Xizhou Plastic Factory producing Shaanxi passenger seat bases, so he asked the plastic factory to make ten pairs of shoe sole samples for him. Of course, the plastic factory did its best. At present, in addition to producing plastic basins and buckets, the entire factory also produces large ones. The orders all come from their Liufang Industrial Group Company, so it’s usually too late to fawn over them. The plastic factory adopted the most advanced plastic synthesis technology and soon produced a sole called beef tendon sole based on the sole of the big-toe shoes provided by Li Tongfu.
After receiving the sample, Li Tongfu was very happy. He felt that the sole was much better than the original shoe in terms of appearance, durability and warmth. He asked workers to combine sewing and gluing techniques, and ten pairs of imitation big-toe shoe samples were quickly produced. At that time, no one had any concept of copyright protection. After Lao Zhou got the sample, based on his many years of market wholesale experience, he felt that as long as the price was reasonable, there would be a broad market for these shoes, so he ordered 3,000 pairs of them like coats. Based on his previous experience in selling leather shoes, Li Tongfu ordered an additional 2,000 pairs when setting the production plan. He thought that Boss Zhou could sell 3,000 pairs in the wholesale market, and it shouldn't be a problem for Wangshan's sales department to sell these 2,000 pairs.
Tanneries began operating at full capacity. Things are not going well for the supply and marketing cooperative. It has been more than a month since it opened, and the sales are less than one-tenth of the original. They are still sold by some old customers of the decoration company to purchase building materials. Office furniture and Simmons are in demand due to the demand from some enterprises, hotels, and newlyweds getting married. There are still some sales, but others are almost at a standstill. The supply and marketing cooperative's sales are not good, and the furniture factory is also affected. Currently, in addition to producing office furniture and Simmons to maintain the basic operation of the factory, it is assembling car seats. In addition to Simmons beds, the wooden furniture production they relied on started. Daily furniture for civilian use is no longer produced, especially antique furniture. According to Shi Fang, everyone's craftsmanship is rusty. Their hardware store is the largest supply and marketing cooperative in the north of the city, has the best decoration, and has a wide range of product categories. The sales situation is like this, and other stores are operating even more dismal. Some merchants who cannot resist and see no hope have begun to transfer their shops and counters at low prices, and some whose leases are about to expire have not paid to renew their leases.
The more vacant a supply and marketing cooperative's shop is, the more bleak the business will appear, and vacancy means that state-owned fixed assets are idle, which to some extent violates the "On Cleaning up Fixed Asset Investment Projects and Strictly Implementing Indicator Control and Assessment" issued by the Provincial People's Government Notice》Spiritual. In particular, it involves the performance appraisal of administrative personnel of supply and marketing cooperatives such as presidents and office directors, and it is linked to wages. The president and office director of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative were anxious at first. They invited Yanhua to attend a meeting and wanted them to take over the lease of the idle shops of the supply and marketing cooperative. After Yanhua made clear her leadership intentions, she went back and reported to Li Tongfu.
Li Tongfu received a call from Yanhua and thought about it again and again. He felt that under the current situation, it is difficult to operate the 3,000 square meters, and no sales every day means losses. They currently have nearly 20 stores with counters. As long as there are no sales, they will lose more than 50 yuan in space fees every day. In addition to the daily loss of nearly 200 yuan in personnel wages, electricity bills, and other miscellaneous expenses, if the lease is expanded, it will be throwing money into the sea without even a sound. But after all, the person in charge of the group was his younger brother Yang Liufang, and the final decision rested with him, so he asked Xinye to convene a group management meeting.
The meeting was held in the conference room on the second floor of the supply and marketing cooperative. Now Yang Liufang of the group company is the chairman and directly manages the construction and decoration engineering company. Among the people who initially helped Yang Liufang work hard, Li Tongfu was the general manager and was responsible for the overall operations of the companies under the group. Yanhua is the director of the financial department of the group and the general manager of the hardware store department of the supply and marketing cooperative. Xinye is the cashier and also the financial officer of the leather factory and furniture factory. Qin Jiajun, Minister of Transportation, is responsible for the cargo transportation, porter deployment and management of each group company. The team captain is Zhang Feng, who also serves as Yang Liufang's driver. Wang Shan is the sales director and purchasing director, but he is still in Guangzhou. According to his report and Yinhua’s understanding of his personal itinerary, the CCTV equipment, goods and signal cables have been prepared, and the logistics company is being contacted to prepare for shipment soon. Will be back. He summoned the deputy minister from the industrial and trade company to attend the meeting instead. Li Wei, the Minister of Technology, who is also the manager of the leather factory, is going to Guangzhou with Wang Shan to purchase CCTV equipment, and also asked the Deputy Minister to attend the meeting. Because it was a meeting of the supply and marketing cooperative, the director of the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative was also invited to attend the meeting.
The meeting mainly discussed the issue of expanding the leasing of supply and marketing cooperative venues, and the president of Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative was specially invited to attend the meeting. The president of Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative knew that Yang Liufang was the last line of defense. As long as he did not agree, there would be no possibility of advancing the matter. Apart from Yang Liufang, there was no other person in Xizhou City who could pay for this hopeless thing. At that time, it means that these fixed assets will be idle, and he and his subordinates, the managers of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative, will have their monthly performance wages and year-end bonuses reduced. He is fine, but his subordinates will definitely not do it. This star supply and marketing cooperative has been a leader in the system for so many years and cannot be destroyed in his hands. So he invited President Li from the head office to take charge. He knew that President Li and Yang Liufang had an extraordinary relationship. At the critical moment, Yang Liufang did not dare not listen to what President Li said.
Meetings of all management personnel of the group have rarely been held since the establishment of the group company. The daily work reporting of each company currently has no special management mechanism and is relatively loose. Fortunately, they all have telephones. When encountering problems and the production and operation conditions of the factories and departments they are responsible for, everyone calls to report. This is the first time for such a face-to-face meeting. Each department and factory reported their own situation. Because outsiders were present, Yanhua's financial department's profit report was conducted privately. However, we can also know from the production and operation situation that their profit situation is very good, but the specific amount is Everyone doesn't know.
Positive profits were not reported, but Yanhua did report the supply and marketing cooperative's losses in detail. She implored the cooperative to see if they could help restore the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative as soon as possible. Now that the explosion in the steel plant has been found out, could they issue a notice to let the public know that it was not they who were selling counterfeit goods, but the steel plant itself that was corrupt? Shoddy goods lead to production accidents. In this way, shops and counters don’t have to worry about renting, and they can stop losses immediately.
As the leader of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative of Northwest Province, President Li has never thought of doing this and making decisions for subordinate departments. However, Xizhou Iron and Steel is a central enterprise, and the province cannot interfere in other people's management affairs. In addition, the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress passed the "Resolution on the Institutional Reform of the State Council." After the Ministry of Commerce was merged with the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and the Ministry of Food to form a new Ministry of Commerce, the headquarters only retained the brand of the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and established the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives Council, while those at the provincial level The independent organizational system of the supply and marketing cooperatives is operating independently, which means that currently the supply and marketing cooperatives do not have a specific general person in charge at the central level. He didn't know who to turn to for help, and he took over from President Gong during this period of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
Unlike the old president, who can report directly to his old leader, the founder of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing, the former national leader who is still on the Central Consulting Committee, no one knows about his unspeakable secrets. There are also hardships to be said. But as the general person in charge of an organization, he has to take responsibility for his subordinates and the branches he manages, so he has to play the emotional card. He asked Yang Liufang's group company to persist and there would be a solution. However, within the scope of financial resources, the idle space of the supply and marketing cooperative must be rented first, and Yang Liufang and the others must not suffer a loss. He suggested that Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative waive Liu Fang Industrial Group's heating bills at the supply and marketing cooperative this winter, and that the electricity bills for all venues rented by Liu Fang Industrial Group be waived before the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative improves.
Now that President Li, the top leader of the supply and marketing cooperative in the province, has spoken, Yang Liufang can no longer refuse, whether it is out of friendship or in response to the leadership's call. He responded at the meeting and solemnly announced that he would work with the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative to tide over the difficulties. But he also put forward some conditions, such as requiring the group company to rent shops and counters, and asking the company leaders to help coordinate the living supplies store adjacent to the hardware store, so that he can no longer recruit new salespersons and reduce some costs. . At this difficult time, these requests are completely reasonable. The president of Chengbei Supply and Marketing promised at the meeting that he would try his best and coordinate them as soon as possible. After the meeting, everyone had a working meal in the supply and marketing cooperative canteen before leaving.
