Chapter 44 An inexplicable sense of familiarity

Time flies to late June, and the summer sun begins to shine on the entire three northeastern provinces.

All things are growing, and the crops in the fields are absorbing sunlight crazily, making their final contribution to the next production.

At this time, in the Jichun City Wireless Factory, the summer sunshine did not seem to shine into the factory. Everyone felt that the winter chill did not leave, but instead deepened.

At this time, a conference room was filled with dozens of people, and everyone had their heads lowered, not daring to look at the person sitting at the front.

Secretary Wang from the Wireless General Factory was furious at this moment, cursing at the group of people below.

Secretary Wang, who used to be very well-educated, has now become a scolding shrew, which also shows that the other party is extremely angry at the moment.

Secretary Wang couldn't help but be angry. Just this morning, he was pointed at his nose and yelled at by his superiors.

As for the reason for scolding, he had already used all his strength to scream at the group of losers below.

Since last month, the sales of Jinpeng radios produced by the Wireless General Factory have declined at an unimaginable decline.

Sales volume in March was 270,000 units, April was 360,000 units, and May was 210,000 units. However, this month, there are only two days before the end of the month, and the sales data that can be received is only 120,000 units.

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This is no longer called falling, but flying three thousand feet. It seems that the Milky Way has fallen for nine days, and even the footbrake is useless.

Secretary Wang has been very proud of himself in the past few months, and he has spent almost all of his time surrounded by compliments from all parties.

He was originally the secretary of Wireless Factory No. 1, and he was the main contributor in instigating the merger of Wireless Factory No. 2. Of course, he succeeded!

The merger of the original Wireless Factory No. 2 gave the already half-dead Wireless Factory No. 1 a new lease of life. With a profit of two to three million per month, it can be said that the main wireless factory has sufficient funds.

Not only did he expand the factory area, he also completed a feat that he had never had the opportunity to complete before, which was to build a new staff building, which solved the housing problem that had been troubled by Wireless Factory No. 1 for a long time.

He built three tube buildings in one go, each with a large single room, totaling 240 households.

With these houses, the conflicts that have been squeezed for a long time will be quickly resolved, and the doubts I have about the wireless factory will no longer exist.

But the building was only halfway through construction when I realized that I had no money!

Yes, no money!

The profits in these few months amounted to several million, part of which was turned over to the city finance, and part of which was purchased for raw materials, expansion of factories and construction of tube buildings.

There are also things like paying wages to current employees, reimbursing previously owed medical expenses and pensions, etc.

After the merger of the four factories, it cost millions to clean up the previous mess.

You must know that the current Wireless General Factory, after merging four factories, has almost 3,000 employees. Although wages are low in this era, they cannot support so many mouths!

Moreover, these factories are all old factories, and more than 30% of them are retired or sick, and they all have to rely on money to support them.

If the factory can maintain the previous sales volume, then all these conflicts will be nothing, but once the sales plummet, all the conflicts will break out.

Moreover, in order to support the merger of several wireless manufacturers, how much support is given from above?

Once a thunderstorm breaks out, Secretary Wang doesn't need to think about what the leaders at the top will bear. He also knows his own end.

He was so furious at the moment, like a scolding shrew, that he wanted to vent all his anger.

After scolding for half an hour, Secretary Wang also felt a little tired. He took a few deep breaths to calm down, and then growled in a low voice.

"I'll give you two days to find out the problem and then come up with a solution. Otherwise, all of you, go and burn the boiler!"

After saying this, he slapped his palm on the conference table, stood up, and strode away.

The secretary quickly stood up and followed him out.

A middle-aged man with glasses sitting at the end of the conference table stood up without saying a word with a stern face.

This person was none other than Zhong Zhihua from the Technical Department of the Wireless General Factory. With a sullen face, he put away his notebook on the conference table and followed the flow of people out of the conference room without saying a word.

Zhong Zhihua, the chief of the technical department, is not a waste, but a top wireless expert, but at this time, his heart is filled with despair.

He has already thought about leaving the Wireless Factory, but he is very melancholy now. He doesn't know if he can return to the original 4044 Factory after he leaves.

It has been four and a half months since the merger of the wireless factory.

During this period of time, it only took four and a half months to go from full of confidence to discouragement!

Zhong Zhihua is not inactive, but his technical department is very active.

In the first month, he proposed a research direction, which was to upgrade the current "Jinpeng brand" portable radio.

And we have developed a variety of radio models and styles to provide people with more diversified choices.

This idea almost coincides with Chen Can's original idea in Ningjiang.

From this we can see that Zhong Zhihua is a talent.

Moreover, Zhong Zhihua also mentioned a point of view that is almost exactly the same as Chen Can's, which is to introduce a tape production line as soon as possible.

In 1978 or 1978, not many people had the idea of ​​introducing a tape production line. In China at this time, tapes were not yet popular. Only a few cities in the south had just begun to have smuggled cassette players. In this corner of the Northeast, there were really no tape recorders.

People have that kind of forward thinking.

But ideas are ideas. In actual situations, everything depends on the decision-maker's ideas.

In the first month, Zhong Zhihua, together with more than a dozen colleagues from the technical department, worked overtime and produced six models of radios of different sizes.

Yes, not three, but six, Zhong Zhihua did it to eliminate the cheap feeling of Jinpeng's previous portable radio.

This time, an all-aluminum shell is used, and the overall internal structure has been redesigned. Although the cost is slightly higher, the overall texture, as well as the appearance quality, have been upgraded to a higher level.

Six models, ranging from portable radios to the largest handheld radios.

When Zhong Zhihua excitedly showed these six models to his leaders, he received a very cold reply.

"The cost is so high, who are you selling to?"

Zhong Zhihua was furious on the spot and quarreled with the other party on the spot, and finally the quarrel reached Secretary Wang.

In fact, the overall cost of his six radios is not too high. The size of the smallest pocket radio is a little smaller than the previous Jinpeng brand portable radios.

It even uses an all-aluminum casing, but the cost is still only 11% faster.

This is Zhong Zhihua's proud work, and he will never allow others to insult it!

This matter finally came to Secretary Wang. Finally, after Secretary Wang learned about it, he frowned and said to Zhong Zhihua.

"We already have a portable radio, why do we need another one? In addition to the lower cost of this smaller radio, the other five models all cost at least 20 yuan. How do we set the price?"

Secretary Wang's words chilled Zhong Zhihua's heart.

If Chen Can had been present at that time, he would have praised Zhong Zhihua greatly, because his radio technology was no worse than his, and the overall quality was even better than the three models designed by Chen Can.

Others pursue real materials, while Chen Can pursues the lowest cost. The two results are naturally different.

If Chen Can knew about this, he would definitely set up another high-end brand. As long as the appearance is slightly changed and everything else remains intact, it can be put on the market. By then, the high-end brand will sell for more than ten or twenty yuan, and there will be a certain market.

It is a pity that the leaders of the wireless factory cannot see this.

For the leaders of the wireless factory, they have already reaped the benefits of low-priced products and naturally hope that the cost price will be as low as possible.

So for them, except for the cheapest one, which is of some value, the cost of the other five radio models is too high and does not meet their requirements at all.

Even if the cheapest model has the same cost price as the previous Jinpeng brand, what is the difference between it and the model you are currently selling?

Since there is no difference, there is no need to use it!

As for the imported tape production line, that is a far-fetched idea. You must know that import requires foreign exchange. Who has nothing to do to get precious foreign exchange? What kind of tape production line should be imported?

Isn’t this nonsense?

In short, none of Zhong Zhihua's ideas and plans were approved, and the technical department of the Wireless General Factory was in name only.

In fact, many state-owned factories in this era have technical departments in name only. Many products have not changed for decades. What is the use of technical departments?

Many ceramic factories and towel factories started producing products with one color and pattern in the 1960s, and in the 1980s they were still producing products with the same pattern.

This kind of state-owned factory is almost everywhere in this era.

The reason why Zhong Zhihua was invited to join the wireless factory was the idea of ​​some far-sighted leaders in the province.

After all, Zhong Zhihua is really capable. Before the merger, many leaders had very high expectations for this wireless factory.

In the past, a small second wireless factory could create such a big miracle. Now, the main wireless factory that has gathered all its resources cannot be too stretched, right?

But the result has been seen.

Perhaps without the existence of Ningjiang Wireless Factory, Jichun Wireless General Factory could survive for a while longer.

But this time will definitely not be too long, no more than two years at most.

Its final result is still to die slowly, but the rate of death now is too fast, which many people cannot accept.

Because with the reform and opening up, a large number of goods from the south will flow into the northeast on a large scale, which can be said to be a devastating blow to many local industries.

Just like the soy sauce factory where Zhou Bingkun worked before, in another year at most, the soy sauce from the south will appear in the supply and marketing cooperatives.

It has been transported thousands of miles from Zhaozhao, and the price is actually cheaper than your local soy sauce. Who can explain this?

Secretary Wang asked for two days to know the reasons and results of the decline in sales.

In this situation where their positions are not guaranteed, the people below will naturally become active.
To be continued...