Fang Hanmin laughed off the discussions in person and the rumors behind his back. After all, how could he, a temporary worker, compare with the workshop technicians? When Lao Wu came to him to discuss technical issues, he was looking down upon him.
However, for some unknown reason, from then on, Lao Wu stopped going to the "acylation" position to discuss technical issues with Fang Hanmin.
Because several key technical issues in the second workshop were solved, the quality and cost of paracetamol raw materials produced by Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory were well controlled. Half a year later, the market responded. Not only old customers took the initiative to sign long-term contracts with Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory. In terms of supply contracts, even those users who had a very bad impression of the products of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory came to buy them.
Of course, the factory leaders were overjoyed by the influx of customers, but the original equipment of the second workshop could not meet the market demand even under full production capacity. The Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory naturally made the decision to expand production. They expanded the production capacity of acetaminophen. Doubled, the total output ranked among the top three in the country.
The paracetamol raw material introduced with great hope has now completely bid farewell to the dilemma of being useless and has truly become the pillar product of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory.
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One morning in early March, with a cold spring and overcast clouds, dozens of strangers poured in through the gate of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. These people did not look like gangsters in society. Although they were aggressive, their words and deeds were not out of line. The guard tried to stop them. They said, "Who are you? What are you doing?"
"We want to see your factory director!"
"Is our factory director someone you can just meet? Tell me anything you want here!"
"You gatekeepers can't handle our affairs. Let us go see your factory director!"
It turned out that these people were farmers from villages near the factory. The guard quickly reported the situation to the superiors, and the factory sent the director of the factory office to come out to understand the situation and communicate with the villagers. According to villagers, when spring began, the villagers prepared to pump water for irrigation, but found that the small river next to the village was extremely polluted by wastewater discharged by the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory.
"How are you sure that the river water is polluted by the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory?" The director of the factory office felt that everything had been peaceful for so many years, and he suspected that the villagers were causing trouble.
"We have sent people to investigate. So much smelly red sewage flows out of the drainage pipes of your factory every day. You can't deny it! If you don't believe it, send someone to go to the site with us to check." Leading the team The villagers were a little excited.
The director of the factory office felt that the situation was not good. He reassured the villagers and promised to find out the cause and give the villagers an explanation.
The director of the factory office may not know it, but in fact, everyone from the leader of the second workshop to the technical department of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory, to the general engineering office, to the deputy director of production, and even the top leader Lao Yuan is well aware of this matter. Since the production process of the second workshop was improved according to a series of suggestions and measures by Fang Hanmin, the acetaminophen produced by Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory not only has stable quality, but also has a reasonable price. It has been widely welcomed in the national pharmaceutical market, and there has been a boom in both production and sales. situation.
Last winter, the factory doubled its production scale, and the wastewater generated during the production process naturally doubled. A large amount of wastewater polluted the river, and it was not surprising that villagers came to visit.
The matter was serious, so the director of the factory office turned around and reported the situation to the main leaders, "Director Yuan, should we send someone to check on the spot? To prevent farmers in the suburbs from lying about military information."
"The reason is there, what are you checking? Inform the team members to have a meeting in the conference room immediately to discuss countermeasures."
Putting down the work at hand, members of the factory leadership team gathered in the conference room at nine o'clock in the morning. First, the office director reported on the morning's situation. Then, the top leader, Factory Director Yuan, asked everyone for their opinions, "The villagers from the suburbs came to the door. Please tell me what should be done." How to deal with it?”
The conference room was silent, and no one spoke for a long time. Lao Yuan urged again: "Silence cannot solve the problem. Everyone should use their brains and actively think of ways to deal with it."
It would be unreasonable to say nothing. Deputy Director Wang, who was in charge of production, thought of a way. He suggested that some financial compensation should be given to the villagers in the suburbs.
Deputy Director Xing, who is in charge of finance, believes that this method is not feasible. He has three reasons. First, it is difficult to determine the scope of compensation. Who should enjoy the compensation? Who should not receive compensation? If the village committee is allowed to determine the scope of compensation, it will definitely include those villagers who should not receive compensation. Not only will the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory suffer a loss, but there will also be an imbalance among the villagers who should receive compensation.
"Why should the village committee determine the scope of compensation? Can't our factory send people to verify the damage to the villagers?" Lao Wang thinks the matter is not that complicated.
"We really can't do this kind of thing. Even if the factory sends people to verify the situation, we have to ask the village committee to cooperate. Otherwise, where do Zhang San and Li Si live? Where is the farmland they contracted? The people we sent can't even find the door. "Relationships in the village are complicated and intertwined, and it is almost impossible to grasp the real situation." The deputy director in charge of logistics felt that things were not simple.
"Yes, we can only rely on the village committee, but they will not tell us the real situation. In addition, facing the complex interpersonal relationships in the village, the village committee's work is not easy to do." Lao Yuan paused and looked at Xing Deputy Director, "Where's your second reason?"
"Secondly, even if villagers are compensated, will they be compensated per capita? Or based on the acres of land affected by irrigation? What is the compensation standard? What is the basis? It is very troublesome to figure out these issues, which involve many departments."
Director Yuan nodded in agreement, "Well, tell me your third reason."
"Thirdly, I feel that once this hole is opened, it will be out of control, and the villagers' appetite will become bigger and bigger, even to the point where the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory cannot bear it. Therefore, I do not agree to compensation."
Deputy Director Xing explained the truth very clearly. Even Wang, the deputy director of the production factory, could not argue with it, so the compensation method had to be abandoned.
The atmosphere at the venue fell into silence again. No one present at the meeting could think of a suitable solution. In order to prevent the villagers from coming to the factory to cause trouble again, Lao Yuan had no choice but to announce that until a solution was found, the second workshop would either temporarily suspend production or shut down some equipment. Reduce production.
Lao Yuan's words aroused a lot of opposition. The deputy director in charge of sales said: "If we reduce production or suspend production, how can we fulfill the supply contract signed with the user? When the user sues us for breach of contract and claims liquidated damages together, we are not allowed to use Red Star. The pharmaceutical factory went bankrupt?"
"It has been less than half a year since the second workshop has been operating at full capacity. Now reducing output or suspending production is not conducive to the maintenance of the production line." Lao Wang's concerns are not unreasonable.
"The market situation is so good now, it's a pity to shut out users!" Lao Xing is responsible for the entire factory's finances, and he knows best the losses caused by production reduction or suspension.
In fact, as the head of a factory, Lao Yuan doesn't know what it means to stop production and reduce production? Acetaminophen is already the leading product of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory. Even if production is suspended for one day, the losses to the factory will be staggering, but the consequences of continuing production will be more serious. "I understand everyone's concerns, but if we ignore the concerns of the villagers, We will face the result of the factory being locked down! Shutting down some equipment and reducing production by half is better than shutting down the factory, right?"
After weighing the situation, the team members finally agreed to shut down half of the production lines.
When half of the equipment is out of operation, half of the employees in the positions must have nothing to do. In order to reflect fairness and allow all employees to work, the workshop director Lao Yang can only adopt a compromise method and arrange for all employees to work for one day and have one day off.
The employees didn't think there was anything wrong with this at first. Bastards like Lai Qingyuan thought it was easy to work this way and even applauded it. But when the bonuses were paid next month, everyone came to their senses because the output had been reduced by half and the employees They actually only worked for half a month, so their bonuses will naturally be reduced by half!
The interests of the workers in the second workshop were affected, and of course they were very resentful. After figuring out the reasons for this situation, many workers began to insult the factory leaders for their incompetence! Are all the engineers in the Chief Engineer's Office of the Technical Section just losers?
While chatting, colleagues in this position thought of Fang Hanmin again, "Xiucai, your suggestion last time not only improved the yield and product quality of the acylation reaction, but also improved the operating environment. This time, in the face of the river water pollution incident, you Why don't you speak?"
Fang Hanmin said nonchalantly: "Isn't the smelly red sewage produced during the reduction process of iron powder? If we look back at the used iron powder and treat the wastewater, wouldn't the problem be solved?"
"Hey, you said it easily. How do you recycle the used iron powder? How do you treat the wastewater?" Although Fang Hanmin has made obvious contributions to the process improvement of the second workshop, perhaps because of his humble status as a temporary worker, he still has Some people didn't take his words seriously, and they spoke lightly, or some people wanted to use provocation to force Fang Hanmin to take action.
A young employee who admired Fang Hanmin said to him: "Xiucai, since you have such a good idea, why don't you propose it to the leader?"
Fang Hanmin said disapprovingly: "I'm just a temporary worker. We both joined the factory at about the same time, but my salary is much lower than that of you regular employees. The factory leaders have the final say on matters in the factory, so people like me are needed." Are you worried?"...
One day later, Fang Hanmin and Master Zhao were overhauling a piece of equipment during the shutdown. Attendance clerk Xiao Min came to inform him of a meeting. Fang Hanmin lazily washed his hands, then picked up the cup on the table and drank water slowly. Xiao Min urged anxiously: "The leader is waiting for you to have a meeting, hurry up!"
"Don't be so serious. There are only two or three people in the workshop office. What kind of meeting are we holding? The workshop leader came to me and has nothing else to do except to explain the tasks to me. There is no need to be too anxious."
"This time it's not the workshop leader who's looking for you, it's the factory technical department asking you to go to a meeting."
"What does the technical department of the factory want me to do?" Fang Hanmin stood there and calculated.
"You'll know if you go there, so go quickly!"
When Fang Hanmin appeared at the door of the technical department, he saw three people standing in the office. One of them was Lao Yang, the director of the second workshop, and the other was Lao Wu, the technician. He introduced to the man with slicked back hair in front of him: "Xue Ke Chief, this is Xiao Fang from our workshop, Fang Hanmin."
The leader known as Section Chief Xue could not have any interest in a young temporary worker. He did not say any pleasantries, but said directly: "Okay, let's go to the conference room on the second floor for a meeting. The factory leaders are waiting there."
Chief Xue and his entourage came to the conference room on the second floor. Several factory leaders were already sitting at the rectangular conference table. Because there were no introductions, what Fang Hanmin didn’t know was that the leader sitting at the head of the conference table was Yuan Factory of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory. On the right is Deputy Director Wang, who is in charge of production, and on the left is Chief Engineer Kang from the Chief Engineer's Office.
After a few people took their seats, Section Chief Xue gave a brief explanation of the sewage situation and the situation faced by the second workshop, and then asked: "Comrade Xiaofang, I heard that you have a way to treat sewage, tell us about your plan? "
