Zheng Juan tried to persuade her for a long time, but the old lady didn't agree to live in the south with them. She kept saying the same thing over and over again: The older this person gets, the harder it is to move out. He has lived in Guangzipi for more than 20 years, and he can still talk to the neighbors when he has nothing to do. Chat, if she goes to the south, she will have to adapt to the environment again, which will be a big problem for her. Besides, the eldest son is still in Jichun and comes back to see her every day, so there is no need to worry about her.
She also said that she believed that the third child could repay the millions he owed to the bank and could be admitted to Tsinghua University. This setback was nothing.
Since it didn't make sense, the two stopped forcing it. On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, they got on the train to the south. The two children traveled across half of China to Shenzhen, the experimental field of reform and opening up.
Five months later.
Inside Tiancheng Electronics Factory.
Lin Yue glanced at the colored paper in the corner of the factory building and frowned slightly. .
"Mr. Zhou, this was left behind when the city leaders came to cut the ribbon the day before yesterday. We haven't had time to clean it up yet. I'm going to find someone to clean it up right now."
Lin Yue waved his hand: "There's no rush, tell me about the production situation first."
Director He was someone he hired from the Nanjing Radio Factory. He had been the head of the production department and was naturally familiar with production matters.
"The double-sided printed board production line has been assembled, as well as electronic materials. It has been fully stocked during the Spring Festival and can be put into production at any time. The problem now is that the quality of the newly recruited workers is not high, and we need some masters with industry experience to teach them step by step. , the technical requirements for etching and solder mask processes are relatively high, so the training cycle will be relatively long, and the actual production time may be 1-2 weeks later than planned."
Lin Yue nodded lightly. In the 1980s, domestic PCB printing technology was still relatively backward and could not be automated at all. It was difficult for technicians in some state-owned factories to fully understand the production lines and related technologies introduced from outside, let alone Those migrant workers from the mainland who have never attended junior high school.
"You can recruit more experienced technicians, such as your former colleagues or from your fraternal units. Money is not an issue."
"Mr. Zhou, this... the price we offered is already very high, starting at at least three times the unit salary, but you also know that this is not a question of money, they don't want to lose their staff."
"Understandable."
It is very difficult for a person who has been living in a big pot for 20 to 30 years to suddenly give up his job and invest in a privately-founded electronics factory. It is very difficult for old workers, especially, to change their outdated ideas.
"In this way, there is no problem in starting work later, but we must ensure the quality and effectiveness of training, as well as production safety, and we must not slack off in any way."
"Mr. Zhou, don't worry about this."
“Has the problem of workers’ food and accommodation been resolved?”
"A room for six people, with public toilets and bathing rooms, and 24-hour hot water service, free staff activity rooms, and libraries. According to your instructions, we also purchased a set of projection equipment from HK, which will be played regularly every week Movies are for employees to relieve stress. In the canteen, two southern chefs and one northern chef were hired to take care of the tastes of workers from different regions." He paused at this point: "Mr. Zhou, actually..."
"Speak directly if you have anything to say."
"There is no need to do this. I asked many workers who came to our factory to apply for jobs. They only have one idea, and that is to make money. As long as they can support themselves and save some money every month, no matter how hard the environment is or how tiring the work is, no problem."
Lin Yue shook his head and did not explain to him the reason for doing this.
Director He smiled coquettishly and further believed that there was an essential difference between Mr. Zhou and those TW businessmen who swarmed in like wolves smelling blood.
"Two things." Lin Yue said: "First, yesterday I reached an agreement with the Japanese on the purchase of multi-layer printed board production lines and the introduction of multi-chip module packaging technology. They agreed to invest in shares by converting shares. Second, , you and I will go to Furi TV Co., Ltd. to sign a supply agreement next weekend."
"Okay." Director He smiled broadly as if he had just taken a sip of honey. He really admired Mr. Zhou's vigorous and resolute work ability from the bottom of his heart.
"Okay, take me to the cafeteria and dormitory building."
"Mr. Zhou, please come this way."
Director He quickly led the way and led Lin Yue towards the canteen.
…
Fall 1983.
There is an industrial building across the street from Gu Yan and China Merchants Group.
The young and beautiful secretary knocked on the door with the sign of the vice president's office. When she heard "come in" from inside, she opened the door and walked in.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Yao is here."
"oh."
He turned his seat, put his hand on the desk and stood up. He walked over and shook hands with the man behind the female secretary: "Hello, Mr. Yao."
"Oh, Mr. Zhou, I've admired you for a long time. I've admired you for a long time. Thank you so much for brother Wei Hong's work." Yao Lisong shook his hand and said, "That kid has made a lot of money in the past two years. See He's doing well, and he's put aside the worry that Wei Hong and I had."
Yao Lisong is just such a person, with a bit of a familiar personality.
"Sit down." Lin Yue asked him to sit down on the sofa in the reception area, and gestured to the secretary to let her go down and serve herself.
Yao Lisong sat down on the sofa and looked at the environment of the office with an envious look on his face: "The decoration is very good, much better than our place. You don't know that the old house of more than 20 years ago was used for several years. Isn't that right?" , this summer a typhoon blew off the roof of the warehouse. The leaders saw that there was really nothing they could do, so they asked the city for instructions and planned to build a decent office building, but they didn’t want to spend more money, alas... "
He waved his hands and said, "It's difficult."
Lin Yue made tea and poured him a cup: "That will be much better than your previous working environment in Jiangliao Construction Corps."
Yao Lisong was not surprised that he could say this, because according to Dong Weihong, she knew this pen pal before she agreed to marry him. She did not expect that they would be transferred to the south after 1979, and he would also take advantage of the spring breeze of reform and opening up to come to Shenzhen. And the business is going well.
Now it looks more than good, it’s really amazing.
"It's been more than a year. In fact, I have wanted to meet you for a long time, but either you are busy with work and have no time, or I am busy with work and have no chance. If it weren't for the project bidding this time, I don't know what the delay would be. It’s time.”
It is true that Lin Yue is busy and so is Yao Lisong, but it would be a bit too much to say that these words are sincere and are just for the occasion.
"Yes." Lin Yue pointed to the huge slogan outside the window: "Time is money."
"Yes, yes, time is money."
Yao Lisong responded with a smile, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea: "This is... West Lake Longjing, right? Good tea, oh by the way... business, how could I forget business."
He unzipped his handbag, took out a document and handed it over: "The leaders of the unit held a meeting to study it. Everyone is very satisfied with the construction plan proposed by your company. I came here this time to let me communicate with you again and confirm some details." If there are no problems with the details, you can sign the contract."
Lin Yue took the document and flipped it through: "Okay, I will notify the people from the engineering department to come over for a meeting."
"By the way, can I take the liberty to ask, is the author of that design drawing... someone from your group or someone invited from outside?"
"What? If I tell you that the author of the drawing is from Shencheng Group, are you going to poach me?"
Yao Lisong smiled, waved his hand and said, "Who can recruit your people? It's the infrastructure engineering soldiers. I heard that many of them joined your company after being discharged from the army."
Lin Yue picked up the teapot and filled it for him: "Oh, you investigated carefully enough."
Yao Lisong said: "For our unit, this is a first-class event, so of course we can't be careless."
Lin Yue stood up and walked to his desk, called his secretary and told her to summon people from the engineering department to prepare for a meeting. After hanging up the phone, he turned to look at the guest and said, "The author of the design drawings you are looking for is far away. In front of you."
Yao Lisong blinked and took a while to react. He swallowed the tea in his mouth and said vaguely: "You?"
"That's right!"
