Suddenly being given such a pat on the shoulder by Director Li, Cao Zhiqiang didn't know what to do.

Originally we were just talking about the issue of superiority and inferiority, why did the intention suddenly rise to such a high level?

"Director Li." Cao Zhiqiang quickly laughed and said, "Your hat is too high. I can't bear it. It's so scary."

Director Li smiled slightly, and then said earnestly: "Xiao Cao, I have great expectations for you.

But what I expect from you is not just as simple as a publishing house.

I actually regard you as the hope of the entire Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In the future, this Hongguang Machinery Factory will probably be led by you!"

"Ah?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "No, Director Li, you..."

"Hey!" Director Li waved his hand to Cao Zhiqiang, "Listen to what I have to say!"

After stopping Cao Zhiqiang, Factory Director Li continued: "You may think that what I said is to make things worse for you? No, what I said was from the bottom of my heart, not a joke."

After letting out a long sigh, Factory Director Li said: "Forget it, now that things have come to this, I won't hide some things from you.

In fact, our Hongguang Machinery Factory may not be able to survive for long if there is no accident."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "What do you mean? What do you mean it won't last long?"

Director Li shook his head slightly and then said: "Last time, Secretary Dong and I had a meeting, and it was about our machinery factory.

At that meeting, the leaders above felt that our machinery factory’s technology was backward and its products were uncompetitive, resulting in the factory losing money year after year and needing financial subsidies year after year. They felt that it was not possible to continue, and they wanted us to transform our company.

The plan they discussed was that although our factory has poor technology and poor products, its location is very good, very close to the main city, and it occupies a large area.

Therefore, they hope that we can take the initiative to apply for transformation and require us to cooperate with Shougang.

It's called cooperation, but in fact it means letting Shougang annex us.

Not only that, they also want us to split ourselves up, so that only the main workshop part will cooperate with Shougang, and other tertiary industry personnel such as hospitals, schools, canteens, etc. will be assigned to other related units nearby.

To put it bluntly, our entire factory area is to be split up and moved. The original factory area will be taken back by the government and converted into commercial buildings and residential buildings, under the unified responsibility of the Unified Construction Office.

Once this plan is passed, our Hongguang Machinery Factory will be completely dismembered and will no longer exist."

"Really?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "When did it happen?"

"Just the day before yesterday." Director Li said, "The day before yesterday, I went to a meeting with the old director, a joint meeting jointly held by the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Municipal Government.

Not only did we go to the meeting, there were also many nearby factories, such as the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, which is also included in the renovation plan."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Did you say when this transformation plan, or split plan, will start?"

Director Li sighed: "Now is just the demonstration period, but it seems that they are very determined. It may take three to five years at the earliest, or one or two years at the earliest. It is estimated that it will be implemented.

But this time, with the participation of the city government, it is expected to be done very quickly.

Worst case scenario, there will be news within a year."

Cao Zhiqiang blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Also, in Cao Zhiqiang's memory, in the era when he lived, there was indeed no Hongguang Machinery Factory in the capital, and the current location of the Hongguang Machinery Factory was indeed a high-end commercial and residential area in later generations.

, there are many high-rise buildings.

Think about it, Hongguang Machinery Factory is just outside the second ring road and within the third ring road. This location may be okay now, but in the 21st century, it will be a prime location.

It is really inappropriate to place a highly polluting machinery factory in such a good location instead of turning it into commercial and residential buildings.

But in Cao Zhiqiang’s opinion, if Hongguang Machinery Factory is so awesome, why should it survive until the 1990s?

Generally speaking, didn’t the wave of factory closures only begin in the 1990s?

Why is it that it’s only 1983 and we are starting to take action?

Wait, that's not right either.

When it comes to the wave of factory closures in the 1990s, it was on a large scale.

In fact, strictly speaking, after the reform, many factories have been rectified one after another.

It's just that there is no such thing as bankruptcy during this period. There is only so-called transformation and rectification, which is actually annexation of each other.

As Director Li just said, it is a kind of big fish eating small fish, or a group of fish eating one fish at a time.

To put it simply, this is not complicated.

Because Hongguang Machinery Factory is not profitable and the land is good, the city government has taken a fancy to this piece of land and wants to take back this industrial land and convert it into commercial and residential land to build new buildings and houses.

Accommodate more residents.

There must be a reason to get the land for the factory. After all, this is not the 1990s yet. State-owned factories have great power, especially those directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy, which are independent from the jurisdiction of the government to a certain extent.

Therefore, the best way is to use the excuse of poor performance and excessive losses to engage in corporate transformation, or rectification.

Specifically, the Hongguang Machinery Factory was relocated as a whole, and during this period, various industries were divided.

Major departments such as production workshops will be eaten up by the giant Shougang Group, while factory-run hospitals will probably be taken over by the government and converted into public hospitals or hospitals affiliated with medical universities.

There are also factory-run primary schools, which can also be taken over by the municipal government and converted into public schools.

As for other tertiary industries such as canteens, theaters, guest houses, basketball courts, workers' cultural palaces, etc., it is expected that they will be converted into government ownership and turned into public institutions.

In my memory, it seems that in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, during the state-owned enterprise transformation process in the 1990s, this was how the company's tertiary industries were turned into public institutions.

By the way, there is also my own publishing house. If we continue to do this, it may be incorporated into a public institution.

On the surface, it seems good to turn your own publishing house into a public institution, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually not good.

Because of the current situation, Hongguang Publishing House is a subordinate unit of Hongguang Machinery Factory, and Cao Zhiqiang's affiliation contract is also with Hongguang Machinery Factory.

To put it more simply, when the publishing house was first established, Director Li and Secretary Dong mainly came forward. However, Cao Zhiqiang only needs Secretary Dong and Director Li to protect him, so he is the right number one in the publishing house, even if

He is now just the general manager and vice president.

As for Niu Shufen, she was just trying to jump over the wall. Apart from making Cao Zhiqiang look bad for a while, she was not an opponent of the same level at all.

In other words, as long as Secretary Dong and Director Li continue to protect Cao Zhiqiang, Hongguang Publishing House will still be Cao Zhiqiang's boss.

Even if Secretary Dong and Factory Director Li retire, the people they promote will definitely follow the rules and not dare to mess around at least in the first few years.

As for the affiliation contract, it is just to prevent villains, or to show it to outsiders and stop them from talking.

In fact, for the Hongguang Machinery Factory, the higher-level sponsoring department, they can tear up the affiliation agreement at any time. Of course, this is talking about the factory director level.

If calculated according to normal retirement, Director Li can still work for at least five years.

Cao Zhiqiang felt that in five years, he would be able to beat Hongguang Publishing House like a metal barrel, and he could definitely buy out the new director in advance, so that the new director would continue to form a community of interests with him.

As long as the new director, like Director Li, has personal interests tied to Hongguang Publishing House, then of course he will not overturn the original buyout-style affiliation agreement for his own benefit.

In this way, I can give the publishing house at least ten more years.

When the publishing house undergoes reform in the future, becomes an enterprise, and becomes a publishing group, I will be uniquely endowed and can definitely transform earlier and gain greater power and profits.

All in all, it is better to enjoy the cool weather with a large number at your back.

As long as Director Li and Secretary Dong are there to protect him, Cao Zhiqiang can still thrive in the publishing house even if there is no big leader.

However, if Hongguang Machinery Factory disappears within three years, no, within one year, it will be all over.

To put it more clearly, Cao Zhiqiang’s real backer now is actually Hongguang Machinery Factory.

With Hongguang Machinery Factory, a large state-owned enterprise, Cao Zhiqiang is confident in whatever he does.

But if Hongguang Machinery Factory disappears, its main body is merged, and the other three industries are split off to the municipal government and turned into public institutions, it will not be good.

When the time comes, let alone other units, the higher-level sponsoring unit of Hongguang Publishing House will inevitably become a municipal government and its nature will also become a public institution.

In this case, the original affiliation contract will be invalidated.

It's like if you take out the land deed from the previous dynasty, the current officials don't have to recognize it.

After becoming a public institution, it is not impossible to open up relationships again.

But at that time, everyone probably knew that Hongguang Publishing House could make money.

So at that time, I would have to sign a new affiliation agreement with my new superior. I guess it would be impossible to pay a fixed amount of money every year to buy it out. At least it would have to be a share, and a large share would be given to the government.

Although this can be regarded as a worry for the country, I am afraid that Shuo Shu is among them, and most of the money will go into Shuo Shu's pocket.

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Is there no way to resist? Aren't we an enterprise directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy? Don't we have a certain degree of independence? Can't we just say no?"

Director Li shook his head: "Of course you can say no, but if you want to say no, you have to be able to say it."

After a brief pause, Director Li added: "Actually, our biggest problem is that our machinery factory cannot support itself by its own ability, so every year we need some money from the state treasury to subsidize us.

The current situation of our machinery factory is that the central government provides a partial subsidy, and the Beiping Municipal Government provides a partial subsidy.

If we want to say no, it’s hard to say whether the central government’s subsidies will be stopped, but the subsidies from the Peking City Government will definitely be stopped.

Once that part of the subsidy is stopped, what will happen to the wages of so many employees in our factory?

If wages cannot be paid, how will everyone live? The consequences will be disastrous!"

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "So, if we can be responsible for our own profits and losses and make money to support ourselves, we can say no to those people and refuse to be rectified?"

Director Li looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "If our factory can be responsible for its own profits and losses, at least we can delay it for a few more years. At least for three to five years, the rectification will not be immediately on us. As for what will happen in the future, I don't dare
To be continued...