Chapter 58: Laid-off wave

This year, from the end of the New Year, one factory after another, most of the workers in the state-owned factories have been laid off. In just four months, most of the factories in Pucheng have become empty factories, and there is no worker left in the factory. Next, I heard that the city knitting factory where he used to work was sold just last month, and these empty factories are not far from being sold.

In his previous life, he had seen some cases of factories being sold for system reforms. Most of the factories that were sold couldn't last for a few years after they changed from state-owned to privately owned, and they went bankrupt one after another.

Take his city's knitting factory as an example. When he was still working in the factory, the fabric woven by the machine could not meet the orderer's requirements, which meant that the machine was not good and needed to be eliminated.

Few people have the funds to replace all the machines after buying a factory. If he has the money, he will start a new factory by himself, and he will not buy a bankrupt factory for cheap and worry-free.

Why did Wang Licheng agree to Luo Zhongyong's purchase of the garment factory at that time, because the garment factory's requirements for the machine are not so high. Motorized sewing machines and cloth cutting machines are mostly used in garment factories. The requirements for these two types of machines are not particularly high, and it mainly depends on the workers' techniques.

Moreover, Luo Zhongyong has a father who is in the National Development and Reform Commission, no matter how hard he cheats, he can't cheat his son. Regarding the performance problem of the machine, he also mentioned it to Luo Zhongyong, and asked him to find an expert to have a look, and he agreed to buy it when he felt that there was no problem.

As I just mentioned, buying a bankrupt factory is no less than buying a mess. If you want to fix the mess, there are many areas that need to be reformed, otherwise it will be difficult to get up.

Therefore, most of the factories that came up later were new factories, and most of these transformed factories disappeared in the long river of history.

Because of his daughter's going to kindergarten, Wang Licheng approached Xue Zhiyong, and he said that he was crazy busy during that time. Those workers couldn't find the person in charge in the factory, so they went to the gate of their city hall to demonstrate together. They came every day in those few days, and the superior issued a document, which could not be suppressed by force, but could only be appeased.

They were all emotional and couldn't be appeased. All they could do was to leave them alone and ignore them.

The factory gave compensation, bought out the working years, and the workers have already received the money, so no matter how much they make trouble, it will not help.

This group of people had been arguing for half a month before slowly dispersing. He heard from Luo Zhongyong that the situation in Jiangcheng was even more serious. In July and August, the workers all took to the streets to demonstrate.

It is said that there are nearly 20 million laid-off workers across the country this time. Many people did not expect such a huge number.

After everyone knew that there were so many laid-off workers, a kind of herd mentality, they gradually accepted the fact that they were laid off and stopped making trouble.

It was July and August when the workers all over the country were in trouble. Xiao Hongyan didn't go to school, Wang Licheng didn't go to Jiangcheng, and hid at home with her daughter.

It was hot outside, and Wang Licheng didn't allow his daughter to go out to play, so he bought a DVD player and went home. He called Luo Zhongyong and asked him to buy some learning DVDs for children in Jiangcheng, and bring them to the delivery driver of the food factory Jiangcheng. return.

The father and daughter hide at home every day to watch DVDs and study, or Wang Licheng plays games with his daughter.

This weekend, Xiao Hongyan studied the party constitution in the study in the afternoon. When she went downstairs to drink water, she saw her daughter fell asleep lying on Wang Licheng's stomach. Her saliva flowed all over Wang Licheng's stomach, even on the straw mat under her body. Wang Licheng didn't feel it at all. No, she slept soundly and snored lightly.

Xiao Hongyan picked up her daughter and laid her down beside Wang Licheng, and let her head sleep tightly next to Wang Licheng's. After finishing it, she drank water contentedly and went upstairs to read the party constitution.

Although Wang Licheng is quite free at home with his daughter, in fact he is also worried about the operating conditions of the two factories. He is a little worried that he will not be able to survive this year. He already has debts that have not been paid off, and he does not want to burden himself again. But there are some things you can't help yourself, and you can't do it if you don't do it.

In this general environment, it would be very difficult to change the sales of the food factory. He could only trust Luo Zhongyong in the clothing factory, because he had no good way to deal with the clothing factory.

Fortunately, both factories survived, and the one that surprised him most was the garment factory. However, the performance of the food factory is also good. Compared with last year, the sales volume has hardly dropped.

Years ago, Wang Licheng invited his eldest brother-in-law and uncle to his home for dinner, and the three of them drank all afternoon. This year's achievements are due to the big brother-in-law Wu Li'an and brother-in-law Xiao Jianjun. One of them is in charge of production and the other is in charge of sales.

In fact, the orders of garment factories this year are not many, and the volume is not large, mainly because the sales of their own brands are very good.

Luo Zhongyong learned the sales model of a food factory, bought a storefront in a better location in the clothing wholesale market, and did factory direct wholesale. He even made a big billboard at the entrance of the clothing wholesale market.

While taking orders to make clothes, the factory produced its own brand clothes for sale. It also recruited two salesmen with sales experience in clothing factories with high salaries.

Each of them has a list of previously accumulated customers in their hands. The two of them ran outside for a month, and their performance gradually increased.

The impact of the laid-off wave on clothing is relatively less. If you don’t have money, you don’t have to buy snacks. You must wear clothes! Now is no longer the era of sewing and mending for three years, not to mention that most of the clothes produced by the factory's own brand are young women.

It is an unchanging fact that women love beauty.

When Wang Licheng was hiding at home, something happened in the factory. Isn't the whole people laid off? The relatives on the other side of the relatives have also been laid off. Knowing that the relatives of the relatives have a food factory, they all want to come to work.

On the side of the elder brother-in-law, he had already agreed with the elder brother-in-law that he could accept those who were serious about things, but absolutely not if they were incompetent, and those who refused would use him as a shield.

The sales volume of the food factory will definitely not be high this year. He is now hiring more people to increase the burden on the factory. If he does not invite any relatives, it will seem too impersonal.

He thought that this matter had been said in advance, so it should be fine.

When Xiao Hongyan was busy training, her second sister and third sister-in-law came to the house to look for her, and they were talking about arranging people in the factory.

The aunt and sister-in-law of the second aunt's mother-in-law's family wanted to enter the food factory, and the sister-in-law of Xiao Jiandang's wife's natal family also wanted to enter the food factory. Before they came to Xiao Hongyan, they had contacted Wu Li'an, and he said that the factory had difficulty recruiting people this year, which was also what the factory director Wang Licheng said. Being rejected in the factory, they thought of Xiao Hongyan.

The Wu family also had relatives who wanted to enter the factory, but Wu Li'an refused them all. Now he is in charge of the factory, and he has to think about the factory. Since last year, the factory's production capacity has long been excessive. For the sake of the factory, it should actually lay off workers, let alone recruit people.

Xiao Jiandang's wife joined the food factory this year. During the Chinese New Year, Xiao Hongyan told his brothers and sisters about the dividend.

In fact, his wife was laid off a year earlier and has been taking care of the children at home. His father told him not to bother Wang Licheng with anything because he came to the non-staple food store. So he didn't say anything about his wife being laid off. He only said that the child was still young and she wanted to take care of the child at home.

In order to allow his wife to work in a food factory, he chose the food factory's dividend.

After Xiao Hongyan told him about the second aunt and the others, Wang Licheng called Wu Li'an to discuss how to arrange for those relatives. It is definitely not enough to have all of them. This is the first of its kind. In the future, anyone who has a little relationship can come in.

What Wang Licheng meant was that there should be an exam, those who pass the exam should be accepted, and those who fail should be resolutely rejected. From now on, the factory will recruit workers according to this method.

Originally, the food factory was not supposed to recruit workers this year. Because of this policy, the factory recruited 50 workers in half a year.

When his daughter started school in September, he heard that a husband and wife were both laid off. The two adults handed over their two children to the elderly, and then committed suicide together. And this kind of thing happened more than once or twice this year.

As long as they have strong working ability, Wang Licheng is willing to give them a chance to help each other, as long as the factory can not lose money.

There are too many tragedies this year, the New Year is not as lively as last year, and the whole city is filled with a heavy smell, a bit depressing.

A few years ago, a factory’s compensation was stolen, and 500 workers were laid off without receiving a penny.

These workers are the last batch of laid-off workers this year. Some of them suggested going to the city government to discuss the matter. Some said they didn't see the demonstration in July? It's useless.

This group of people lost their jobs and had no money. Two of them committed suicide by jumping off the building. Just on New Year's Eve.

The New Year is not stable at all, Wang Licheng went alone to pay New Year's greetings, he asked Xiao Hongyan and his daughter to stay at home and not to go out.

Because of the layoffs, there are a lot of homeless people outside, and some are still in groups, and even fight when they disagree.

Feeling that Pucheng was in a mess, he called Luo Zhongyong, and Luo Zhongyong said that Jiangcheng was the same.

Luo Zhongyong's father said that this kind of turmoil won't last long, Hong Kong will return to the motherland soon, and the country will maintain stability before then.

The New Year has begun, and the government has made great efforts to attract investment and sell factories. The prices are low, and several factories have been sold. Empty factories were sold to recruit people, and those workers who had just been laid off received hope again, and there was a long queue at the recruitment office of each factory.

After the Chinese New Year, Pucheng also has a new atmosphere. Recruitment is a good thing for workers. Last year, when everyone was under the shadow of unemployment, the sudden availability of work gave them hope.

For Wang Licheng who knows the future direction, this is not a good thing. The machines are outdated, and the business model is conservative and does not know how to adapt and innovate. What is waiting is another bankruptcy.

In fact, he is more optimistic about those small vendors who find their way of making a living through their own hard work. As long as you work hard and work hard, you will definitely not be hungry, and maybe there will be great development in the future.

"Laid-off brand marinated eggs" sold in the streets and alleys, barbecue stalls on the side of the road, and eight-treasure porridge sold at stalls on the street.

All this shows that people have new hope, the economy is slowly recovering, and everyone's life will get better and better.

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