When Zhao Yuandong interrupted, Mayor Tao also realized that the identity of the young man in front of him was not simple.
How easy would it be for a company like this to organize a tour to Europe?
How can the manager of such a company be simple?
Mayor Tao began to take Zhang Junping seriously.
Zhang Junping did not pay attention to Mayor Tao's thoughts. After Niu Wensheng comforted Zhao Yuandong, he looked at Scarface again.
Scarface noticed Zhang Junping's eyes and quickly took out a thick document from his briefcase and handed it to Mayor Tao.
"Mayor Tao, this is my reform plan for the Porcelain Group. Please take a look at it."
"Chou is indeed a man of action. He came up with a reform plan so quickly." Mayor Tao took the document and complimented him casually.
"Mayor Tao, although the New Porcelain Group has promised not to fire any worker at will, in order to better stimulate the enthusiasm of the worker brothers, we have come up with a series of incentives and punishments.
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The first thing that needs to be broken is the current technical grade assessment system, which abolishes the seniority limit. Any worker who believes that his or her skills have reached the corresponding level can apply for assessment.
Assessments are conducted every three months.
Application for assessment requires the signature of the shift supervisor and workshop director.
In order to avoid retaliation from the workshop director, you can submit an assessment application directly to the technical department. Once the assessment is passed, the corresponding workshop director will deduct three months' salary and a full-year bonus.
If the worker fails the assessment, the worker will not be allowed to participate in the promotion assessment for three years...
In addition, the level of the original skilled workers will be reviewed, and relevant treatment will be implemented according to the reviewed technical level."
"Mr. Zhou, isn't your reform a bit too big? You said there is no problem with abolishing the seniority limit.
However, the technical review of workers is a bit big, and it can easily arouse workers' agitation and affect production." Mayor Tao looked at the reform plan and raised questions.
"Mayor Tao also knows that there are some people whose skills are not up to standard, but they occupy important positions and earn the salary of an eighth-level worker, but their real level is not as good as that of a fifth-level worker.
If such people are not eliminated, it would be unfair to the vast number of worker brothers.
As for the impact on production, I think sharpening the sword will not waste time cutting wood." Scarface insisted.
"I know that this is caused by historical reasons. They are not the same person. Every eighth-level worker and seventh-level worker has many apprentices and grandchildren, a long list of people.
Abruptly canceling their technical level now will only cause confusion among people and may even trigger a collective incident.
And those eighth-level workers you mentioned are about to retire, why can’t we just leave it to time and let time eliminate them?” Mayor Tao also refused to give in.
"Mayor Tao, according to your approach, I'm afraid the impact on production will be greater! How many years will it take to wait for them to retire?
You also said that they have a long list of apprentices and grandsons. They themselves are not doing their jobs properly and their skills are not good, but they also accept a lot of apprentices.
Isn’t this misleading?”
Scarface and Mayor Tao got into an argument. No one would give in, no matter what they said.
In fact, both of them are right. One considers stability and the other considers interests.
It's just that one is really worried about factors that may cause instability, and the other is just acting.
"Ahem! Let me interject this!
Both of your considerations are reasonable, so can we each take a step back?" Zhang Junping interjected.
"Mr. Zhang, tell me!" Scarface looked at Zhang Junping and said.
"Mr. Zhang, do you have any good suggestions?" Mayor Tao also looked at Zhang Junping.
"Actually, the current ceramics group has a total of three factories. Why not select the best talents and set up a fine porcelain factory specifically to produce fine collection-grade porcelain.
One of the remaining two factories can continue to produce ordinary civilian porcelain, and the other will undergo a comprehensive reform and no longer produce household porcelain, but ceramic tiles."
"ceramic tile?"
"Yes! Ceramic tiles! This is a new type of building material. The future market prospects are very broad, and the profit is much higher than the production of ordinary civilian porcelain.
We must cultivate intensively and carefully, and make good use of existing workers. Each worker has his own strengths.
Maybe they can't produce collection-grade porcelain, but there should be no problem in producing ordinary household porcelain, right?" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
This was the reform plan he had discussed with Scarface in advance.
If he rashly proposed to transfer key technical workers from various factories, he would definitely encounter various objections, so he and Scarface discussed such a roundabout strategy.
On the surface, the review of technical levels is actually paving the way for the recruitment of key elites.
"Mr. Zhang is right. Nowadays, the sales of ceramic tiles are very large internationally. We also have factories that produce ceramic tiles in China, and the benefits are very good." An expert from the Porcelain Research Institute was the first to speak in support.
"I agree with Mr. Zhang's approach. Elites can be mobilized to set up high-quality ceramics factories, and others can produce ordinary household ceramics, and then set up ceramic tile production factories." Mayor Tao also quickly agreed.
Although it is troublesome to transfer personnel, it has less impact than reviewing skill levels.
It will not cause people's hearts to fluctuate, and there is no need to worry about triggering collective incidents.
"Since everyone agrees with Mr. Zhang's plan, let's follow this." Scarface agreed readily.
After this article was settled, other reform provisions were discussed.
"Next step, we will significantly increase the proportion of job subsidies, attendance bonuses, etc. in wages.
On the premise that the original wage standards set by the country remain unchanged, workers' labor income will be increased.
At the same time, for the sake of fairness, in line with the principle that the capable will be promoted and the mediocre will be demoted, the capable will work more, and the more work will get more, we will adjust some existing management positions and use open competition and open elections to select them.
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"Mr. Zhou is indeed a patriotic businessman and a conscientious capitalist. Your proposal is very good!" Mayor Tao hesitated for a while, but finally agreed happily.
Mayor Tao naturally saw what was hidden in this, but the general direction was correct and it was beneficial to the majority of workers, so he had to support it.
There is another method, which is to pull out the radish and bring out the mud.
Kang Fang's descendants were arrested, along with the No. 1 Ceramics Factory, and many leaders were implicated.
This also provides space for open competition for employment.
The reform plan was quickly approved by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and began to be implemented.
Personnel adjustments, job competitions, etc. are proceeding in an orderly manner.
Zhang Junping did not pay attention to this. He summoned the original team of 7501 porcelain and started firing new porcelain.
"It's time, start the furnace!" Zhang Junping stood outside the kiln entrance, looked at the time, and shouted the order.
"Open the furnace!" The workers also shouted excitedly and opened the bricks blocking the kiln door.
Although the fire has ceased, the temperature in the kiln is still very high at this time. The master kiln maker and the experts from the Ceramics Research Institute can't wait to run into the kiln, take out the saggers one by one, open the saggers,
Take out the blue and white porcelain inside.
The porcelain fired in this kiln led by Zhang Junping is blue and white porcelain. It does not imitate the blue and white porcelain of any dynasty. Instead, Zhang Junping combines the firing techniques of blue and white porcelain of various dynasties to form the most perfect firing technique at present.
For this set of techniques, Zhang Junping was involved in the whole process, starting from kneading the clay, to drawing the embryo, glazing, painting the embryo, and mixing water. He not only guided others to make, but also made it himself. The blue and white porcelain of this kiln,
There are hundreds of porcelain pieces, all made by Zhang Junping himself.
"Flawless level!"
"There is also a flawless one here!"
"I have one here too!"
"Me too!"
Good news keeps coming.
In the past official kilns, if one-tenth of a kiln's porcelain reached the flawless level, it was considered extremely successful.
Only flawless porcelain can be sent to the palace as tribute to the emperor. All other porcelain, even the slightly flawless ones, can be smashed and cannot be left behind.
It is precisely because of this strict production process that the selected porcelain can shine in the long history and become an indispensable cultural inheritance among historical relics.
In later generations, it was not that flawless high-quality porcelain could not be fired, but that managers were eager for quick success and lost the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds, which made the porcelain firing process seem to have deteriorated.
You know, our country was still able to produce flawless Jun porcelain in the 1960s and 1970s, and used Jun porcelain as national gifts to international friends.
7501 porcelain refers to a batch of porcelain fired specifically for Mao Zu in 1975, all of which are flawless pastel porcelain.
Can we say that our craftsmanship has been lost?
Therefore, the craftsmanship has never been lost, but the attitude of the managers determines the quality of the porcelain.
In ancient times, if you dared to send slightly defective porcelain into the palace, you would be executed.
In the 1960s, in order to select the national gift, all ten kilns of Jun porcelain were smashed, just to select one flawless Jun porcelain.
Only with this spirit can craftsmanship be passed on forever.
Instead of feeling distressed and worrying about waste, just hold on to it and it will be fine. I think it is good and not bad. With this kind of attitude, all kinds of craftsmanship will be lost.
"Mr. Zhang, out of 4,800 pieces of porcelain, we finally selected 730 flawless pieces."
"This kind of record is broken, we broke the historical record!"
"History has never seen so many flawless porcelains produced from one kiln."
Everyone came forward to report the good news to Zhang Junping.
It is no exaggeration to say that one kiln out of ten kilns can produce high-quality porcelain. One kiln can produce one-tenth of the high-quality flawless porcelain, which is already a high-quality product.
Zhang Junping personally participated in the firing of 4,800 pieces of porcelain in this kiln, of which 730 were flawless, which definitely broke the highest record on record.
"Very good! I smashed all the other porcelain!" Zhang Junping nodded and said with a smile.
"All smashed?"
Zhang Junping's words pulled everyone out of their joy.
"I have said that the masters of our boutique factory are elites selected from three factories. They receive the highest job subsidies, the highest bonuses and benefits. Every piece of porcelain fired by our hands must be flawless.
Top quality porcelain." Zhang Junping said loudly.
"Mr. Zhang, although other porcelain cannot reach the flawless level, it is still very good. There is no problem at all if it is said to be high-quality.
As long as it is slightly repaired, it can be regarded as flawless." Sun Jianguo, an expert from the Ceramics Research Institute, argued with some distress.
"You also said that after repairing it, it can be regarded as a success.
Lao Sun, we cannot deceive ourselves!
Did you also repair the 7501 porcelain back then to make it flawless and hand it over?" Zhang Junping's words made Sun Jianguo speechless.
7501 porcelain, who dares to repair the slight flaws until it is flawless and hand it over?
I don't even dare to think about such a thing.
Let alone do it.
In the spirit of those days, anyone who dared to propose repairing minor flaws until they were flawless and handing them over would not be beheaded, but would be nailed to the pillar of shame.
"But, we are not firing 7501 porcelain now!" Sun Jianguo held it in for a long time before he choked out a sentence.
"Yes! We are not firing 7501 porcelain.
However, can we relax our requirements on ourselves just because of this?
Previously, Secretary Tie and Mayor Tao both consulted me on a question, that is, why our porcelain, which has been around for more than a thousand years, cannot be sold as porcelain from Western countries.
Their bone china is only a few hundred years old, but it actually exceeds our development history of more than a thousand years.
Are we modern people not as smart or as hard-working as the ancients?
No, because we are missing a spirit.
Craftsman spirit!
That's pretty much it. Why are you being so serious about it? I think it's good.
How can it be possible to produce exquisite and flawless porcelain with this thought?
Why is the spirit of craftsmanship lost?
It’s because you no longer have the pressure to survive!
In the past, if the porcelain presented as a tribute to the official kiln was found to be slightly defective, the person would be beheaded and the family would be confiscated.
Therefore, they must strive for excellence and do their jobs well.
And what about you? Just treat this as a job!
You don’t have that kind of pressure, so you will relax your requirements on yourself and your pursuit of excellence.
Is it difficult to do these four words?
Not difficult!
7501 porcelain, it has just been four years, and you are all masters and experts who have participated in the firing of 7501 porcelain.
Take out the spirit of firing 7501 porcelain, and step on the European and American bone china and small book porcelain under your feet.
Tell them that we are the ancestors of porcelain!"
Zhang Junping stood on a high platform and shouted angrily to everyone.
“As long as I work as the technical director of the Ceramics Group, I will never allow any piece of porcelain below the flawless grade to leave the ceramics factory, let alone the existence of repaired flawless grade porcelain.
You can accept my point of view and let's work together.
If you can't do it, it doesn't matter, I'll replace you.
There is no one, so I train them myself and teach them step by step!
Okay, that’s all I have to say!
If you agree with my point of view, smash all the porcelain with minor flaws or less." After Zhang Junping said this, he stopped talking and looked at everyone quietly.
"Smash it!" An old master turned around, picked up a piece of porcelain he made, and threw it to the ground.
"Smash it!" A senior chef picked up the porcelain and threw it to the ground.
Porcelain masters continued to join the team of smashing porcelain.
Sun Jianguo's face turned green and red for a while, and after a while, he shouted: "Smash it!"
Join the porcelain smashing team and start smashing the porcelain you made with your own hands.
Zhang Junping looked at everyone calmly, gritting his teeth, staring, and smashed the porcelain he made with his own hands.
Zhang Junping understands their feelings. After all, the porcelain is made by himself, just like his own children. Smashing the porcelain made by himself is like sending his own children to the battlefield. The kind of reluctance to give up cannot be used.
language to describe.
But, it won’t work without smashing it!
Zhang Junping could only harden his heart and force them to smash the Weixia porcelain.
He doesn't want to see or hear a group of Chinese people showing off their wealth twenty years later: "Oh, the tableware I use at home is all from Royal Doulton in England."
“What I use at home is bone china from Wedgwood in the UK.”
Even in the TV series, there is a grand performance: "I am the Royal Worcester's plate, can you afford to pay for it?"
The porcelain firing process spread from China. Decades later, none of the world's top porcelain brands are Chinese brands.
This is a very sad story.
In comparison, Zhang Junping would rather bear the heartache he feels now.
Zhang Junping kept watching until all the porcelain was smashed, then turned and left.
"Manager..." Niu Wensheng followed behind Zhang Junping, but stopped talking.
"Old Niu, what do you want to say?" Zhang Junping stopped and looked at Niu Wensheng and asked.
"Manager, minor repairs are inherited from the past and are allowed." Niu Wensheng explained in a low voice.
"Old Niu, let me ask you two questions. Can slightly repaired porcelain be used as a tribute? Can 7501 porcelain be repaired?"
"But·····"
"It's nothing but, if we can't do this, then our quality plan will not be implemented! Sooner or later, one day, there will be no Chinese porcelain among the world's top porcelain brands.
At that time, will you, the quality director, be scolded, or will I, the technical director, be scolded?
Or, we simply pretend to be dead and don’t know!
Anyway, China is so big and has so many porcelain factories. If Chinese porcelain is not on the top porcelain rankings, what does it matter to us?
Lao Niu, I solemnly tell you, if you hold this idea, then you should stop working as quality director." Zhang Junping scolded.
The next day, Zhang Junping held a technical seminar for porcelain masters above level seven.
"Yesterday, the first kiln of blue and white porcelain we fired performed very well and broke the historical record. This is inseparable from everyone's efforts.
I have reported to the group company to give each worker who participated in the porcelain firing an extra month's salary as a reward." Zhang Junping came up and announced good news first.
There was an uproar in the audience. One month's salary, a small hundred and ten yuan, was enough to keep them excited for a long time.
"In addition, with the approval of the group company, in the future, as long as the flawless porcelain in each kiln of our porcelain exceeds 15%, all workers involved in the firing will receive 50% of their wages as bonuses.
All of you here are master craftsmen, and the worst ones are seventh-level workers. We can bake three to five kilns of porcelain a month, so there should be no problem, right?
According to the calculation of Sanyao Porcelain, you will receive salary plus basic bonus and welfare plus 150% production bonus.