Chapter 801 Those who will eventually change
.On the afternoon before getting married, Fan Wubing was talking about things with his brother Fan Kang, and also met a newly recruited senior management of a state-owned enterprise from the company. He is now working at the headquarters of Fan's Investment Group and is specialized in inspecting the business activities of its enterprises. 6 Yunxiang.
6 Yun Xiang was attracted by Fan Wubing and was transferred to the headquarters to serve.
Previously, at the job fair of Fan's Investment Group, 6 Yunxiang, who was in his forties, submitted his resume. Because Fan Wubing once said that the door could not be completely blocked for older job seekers, the people at the headquarters studied his resume in detail and made a trial decision.
Later, Fan Wubing saw 6 Yunxiang's resume and expressed concern. This time, 6 Yunxiang came here to express his gratitude to him, and on the other hand, he reported to Fan Wubing on some bad situations in the company.
"I grew up in the countryside since I was a child. When I was a child, I had a dream in my heart, which was to work as a state-owned enterprise." 6 Yunxiang is a relatively good person. He said to Fan Wubing, "My father is from the Eighth Route Army. He joined the army at the age of 15. Later, he was injured in a head shot. Before liberation, he left the army and went home to farm."
6 Yunxiang’s hometown is an old revolutionary base at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, which is still very poor. More than ten years ago, part of the land could be irrigated by reservoirs. More than ten years later, due to disrepair of water conservancy facilities and climate change, it depends on the weather for food.
However, when he grew up, he was unable to work in his hometown factory, but he was lucky enough to catch up with the college entrance examination and was admitted to a science and engineering university. After graduating from university, he went to a state-owned coal mine and lived in a collective dormitory with ordinary workers, and had the opportunity to have direct contact with the workers.
Many years later, Yunxiang was transferred to a provincial government agency and went deep into state-owned enterprises to serve as an assistant to the inspection commissioner and a full-time supervisor of the provincial state-owned enterprise supervisory board. In recent years, he has been doing some government-level policy guidance and research work around state-owned enterprises. For state-owned enterprises, he does feel that he is both painful and love and hate.
"I remember in the 1970s, a farmer was living in the wind, rain, and the cold and cold, but he couldn't eat enough after working for a year. A rural laborer worked hard on a day, and the labor value of one work was only one or two cents. There was also a production team that didn't have a good harvest, and a worker only had six cents. In the 1960s and 1970s, prices basically did not fluctuate much. An egg could be sold on the black market for five or six cents, and a pound of pork costs eight or nine cents." 6 Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing,
"On the contrary, the minimum wage of apprentices working in a factory is 15 yuan per month, and the government officials can earn 30 yuan or 50 yuan. It is the huge gap between rural farmers and urban workers' lives. My childhood dream was to be a worker in a state-owned enterprise. In that way, you don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun, don't have to go hungry in the unpaid years, you can work in the factory to earn wages, and it can easily marry a wife and live a stable life. However, this kind of life is like a difficult dream for too many ordinary farmers."
Fan Wubing listened quietly to 6 Yunxiang talking about his affairs there. He was very interested in the fact that this deputy department-level cadre who was not young and had management and supervision experience in large state-owned enterprises went to work. At this time, he heard that 6 Yunxiang was talking about history to him here, and he could still listen carefully.
"I often reflect on why there is such a big gap between workers in urban factories and farmers working in fields? Even now, rural living conditions are better and people no longer have to worry about eating, but the difference between urban and rural areas is even worse than in the 1970s and 1980s. In the work of state-owned enterprises as full-time supervisors of the Supervisory Board on behalf of the government, I have a deeper understanding of state-owned enterprises. The management of state-owned enterprises is loose, and the workers of state-owned enterprises do not work hard. The state has put so much money to support state-owned enterprises, and in the end, many state-owned enterprises have suffered serious losses or even bankruptcy and have to enjoy state subsidies. Even if the workers of state-owned enterprises are off duty, the government still needs to resettle them or provide subsidies for difficulties, and their living conditions are better than the lives of many farmers in my hometown." 6 Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing, "Before liberation, China was an agricultural country, and state-owned enterprises accumulated little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little in rural areas. Today.
, So many state-owned enterprises went bankrupt, and the farmers in my hometown were still working hard and poor. They rarely knew how to enjoy themselves except working. They had minor illnesses, rely on their own resistance, and had to wait to die if they got serious illnesses. Farmers came to the city to work from the countryside. They worked too much in dangerous and hard work such as construction, road construction, underground or outdoor operations. Their daily working hours were much higher than eight hours and rarely holidays, but their income was very different from those of the city. Compared with farmers, many Chinese social elites did not sympathize with the laid-off and unemployed people in state-owned enterprises, including many people like me who entered the city through the college entrance examination in the country always felt that workers in state-owned enterprises were lazy. In my opinion, workers in China were much luckier than farmers in rural areas. Like the Chinese farmers in my hometown in my old revolutionary base, I can’t imagine anyone in the world who could be as hard-working as they were?”
Fan Wubing touched his forehead, asked the secretary to pour a cup of coffee for 6 Yunxiang, and then said to her, "This is probably the reason why you left the state-owned enterprise or even the officialdom?"
"My concerns about state-owned enterprises and my disagreement with many issues in the current state-owned enterprise reform forced me to leave." 6 Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing, "The original intention of joining Fan's Investment Group is to understand why private enterprises can do so well in China? What is the difference?"
"Oh, that's it--" Fan Wubing nodded, and only then did he understand 6 Yunxiang's original intention of joining Fan's Investment Group.
In recent years, Chinese-made products have swept the world. These products are known for their reliable quality and low prices. Wherever the products are sold, factories will face bankruptcy and workers at factories will be unemployed.
This type of product not only squeezes out foreign factories, but also in China's original state-owned enterprises. The enterprises that produce such products are often private enterprises and foreign enterprises. They use migrant workers. Paying a Western worker can pay the wages of 30 or 50 Chinese migrant workers. Naturally, the cost is extremely low, and there is no need to pay various social welfare and labor protection.
According to relevant information, a new city in the south has to cut off tens of thousands of migrant workers' fingers and thousands of arms a year. This phenomenon has led to the local surgical limb retrieval surgery. The limb retrieval level is not only the best in China, but also the first-class in the world, and the operation cost is low.
6 When talking about these things, Yunxiang said, "Some domestic economists praised this type of enterprise, and then accused the original state-owned enterprises of being inefficient and lazy. They must reform state-owned enterprises so that workers in state-owned enterprises can no longer live a leisurely and comfortable life on the country. They should work hard like migrant workers in the south. I came from the countryside. I knew what hard work is. At first, I took it for granted that state-owned enterprises that were inefficient and consumed social resources should be eliminated."
"Oh——" Fan Wubing nodded, wanting to hear what 6 Yunxiang meant, as if he had a different understanding of this.
"Because I have a deep relationship with state-owned enterprises and have a deep understanding, I understand that although the welfare of workers in state-owned enterprises in my country is better than that of migrant workers in private enterprises, there is still a big gap with Western countries. We should not improve farmers' welfare by changing the welfare of workers in state-owned enterprises, but should use the welfare of workers in state-owned enterprises as the standard to help private enterprises improve the working conditions and welfare benefits of migrant workers." 6 Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing. "Although rural brothers are very hard, they cannot hope that people in towns will suffer like them. They should maintain the living standards of urban population, and then feed back to the countryside by the city to help rural areas improve the current situation. Without this, sacrificing the interests of some people to improve the interests of another group of people is very likely to lead to revolutions from one class to another, causing social unrest and bloody conflicts."
Then 6 Yunxiang said, "Since entering Fan's Investment Group, I have not seen the sweatshops I imagined like other private enterprises, nor have I seen the very severe low-paying treatment, nor have I seen the emergence of various private systems that violate labor law. On the contrary, the various situations of Fan's Investment Group are much better than the best state-owned enterprise workers, which is what makes me most confused."
"Oh? What kind of confusion?" Fan Wubing felt that 6 Yunxiang's words were considered to be a secret praise of him, but he was used to being praised by others. What 6 Yunxiang said is indeed true, so he would not feel embarrassed. Instead, he was more interested in 6 Yunxiang and wanted to figure out what his real thoughts were.
"The success of Fan's Investment Group made me realize that one thing, or the state-owned enterprise reform that is being promoted now is unsuccessful, and it is likely to be a failure, because I can't see fairness in it." 6 Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing.
After hearing this answer, Fan Wubing seemed a little surprised, but he was still a little relieved about 6 Yunxiang's blunt statement. In fact, as a reborn person, Fan Wubing can clearly see the social problems existing in the restructuring of state-owned enterprises and the huge social hidden dangers that may be brought about. For China, a country with a large population, the per capita resources are very small, and fairness may be more critical than efficiency. Ignoring fairness means that a considerable number of people have no choice in life. He is very clear that there are problems in China's current state-owned enterprises, and these problems cannot be solved through simple restructuring of state-owned enterprises, which may lead to greater social problems.
Large state-owned enterprises with tens of thousands of people have been reorganized, but as a result, only a few thousand or even fewer people have remained in the reorganized enterprises, and more people have been laid off and unemployed. It turned out that the domestic economy was planned, and a large number of means of production were concentrated in the hands of the state, that is, in state-owned enterprises of all sizes. When state-owned enterprises have been reorganized, these laid-off and unemployed people have received more or less or even less compensation, and they have lost the means of production on which they rely for their survival and the power to work. This is the greatest unfairness.
The employment pressure in China was originally very high, and a large number of farmers' unemployment problems needed to be transferred to towns, but there were a large number of laid-off and unemployed workers in the city. Domestic farmers were originally poor, and potential social problems in rural areas would need to be solved step by step for a longer period of time. However, the means of production mainly based on land is still in the hands of farmers, and rural society can basically remain stable at present.
If a large number of laid-off and unemployed workers do not have basic means of production, social problems will quickly arise in the face of huge social employment pressure.
Farmers and workers are the basis of ruling. Without the support of the vast majority of farmers and workers, ruling loses its legitimacy. Therefore, it is necessary to face up to the problems of farmers and the problems of laid-off and unemployed workers. It can be said that the reform of state-owned enterprises represents a major change in the social and economic system and will inevitably have a different impact on everyone's life.
On this issue, a few economists play a very bad role. Although they are not government officials, they are public figures. They often use some theories that seem to make sense, but they are actually lobbying everywhere in nonsense. On the surface, it seems to be guiding government officials to liberate their minds, but in fact they are serving themselves and their interest groups.
Thinking of this, Fan Wubing couldn't help but say to 6 Yunxiang, "The mainstream scholars in China only have high roads, Internet, high-rise buildings and stock markets in Western countries, but they don't see that too many poor people in China and even the world are still struggling to survive. The limitations of the vision of some mainstream economists and their impact on government officials determine that they will inevitably introduce policies that are not conducive to the long-term harmonious development of China's economy. If these people lack social conscience, they will definitely become spokespersons of a few interest groups."
6 Yunxiang nodded and said, "After the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the original leaders became emerging capitalists. They used migrant workers with lower wages or higher-quality college students to replace them for the sake of large-scale cuts of workers. The restructuring state-owned enterprises lack government-level supervision. Although some employees participate in shares, it is difficult to effectively supervise the enterprises. The result may be that a few people in the leadership of the enterprise have made a fortune, but it cannot guarantee that the enterprises will continue to develop healthily. The restructuring enterprises will lay off excess redundant employees and push them to society. In the current situation of my country's social security system incomplete, it will inevitably bring social problems. In foreign countries, even capitalist countries will not allow a company to lay off employees at will to cause a large number of workers to be unemployed. Social employment rate and basic social stability must also be considered."
Fan Wubing nodded. At this time, after 6 Yunxiang's words, he became very worried about the state-owned enterprise reform work accepted by his father Fan Heng. After all, the theoretical research and protection policies for the state-owned economy are now lagging behind. On the contrary, the state-owned enterprise reform, which focuses on privatization, is advancing so quickly.
In life now, the state has not yet had a very accurate and scientific understanding of the social status of state-owned enterprises and its far-reaching impact on Chinese society and has formed relevant policies and regulations, but a large number of innovations in promoting the reform of state-owned enterprises have been promptly implemented.
In this case, it is conceivable what results will be the reform of state-owned enterprises.
"Oh--I can't help it--" Fan Wubing said to 6 Yunxiang, "Let's discuss it carefully when I come back from my honeymoon, but now I can recommend you to my father Fan Heng, who will definitely be very interested in your opinion."
Since I feel a little headache about this, but I am unwilling to sit back and see the problem of state-owned enterprise reform, the best way is to recommend 6 Yunxiang to my father Fan Heng. I believe that both of them, who also have deep feelings for state-owned enterprises, may come up with some useful solutions? This is hard to say.
But Fan Wubing himself is also very clear that no matter what, state-owned enterprises must be restructured. This is destined to be changed, and no one can stop this process. The only thing that can be changed is to try to make this process more reasonable and fair.
After seeing off Yunxiang, Fan Wubing cursed secretly, "Do I have to worry about the country and the people here?" I am neither a national leader nor a social wise man, nor a beast. At best, I am just a yamen. What does such a national affairs have to do with me? I have earned enough money and have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime. I eat whatever I want, play whatever I want, tease anyone who likes him, and beat him up when he sees him dislike him. What a comfortable life. Do you have to worry about those who live at the bottom?
But this is just thinking about it. Fan Wubing lived a life of serious life. In addition to occasionally bullying evil people, he had never used the power in his hands to do evil. On the contrary, he also did a lot of charity. This is certainly related to his transformation from atheism to theism, but it can also be regarded as a change in his mentality from the bottom to the highest level.
No matter who he is, as long as he is not a traitor and evil, as long as he stands in this position of commanding the overall situation, he will always try his best to imagine the people at the bottom. Even the idiot emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty still knows to let the hungry people drink meat porridge instead of letting them die and fall down.
Sometimes Fan Wubing would think about why he got the chance to be reborn this time. Of course, it was not to satisfy his personal life, but to hope that through his rebirth, this country full of holes would be more angry and more powerful to revive.
Just like now, haven’t I done a good job? At least in terms of chip manufacturing technology, mobile phone communication, LCD panel technology, satellite communication, and even some weapons research, I have made very important contributions. As for other actions that deeply affect the thinking modes of senior leaders, there are even more countless.
It seems that I have done a lot, but what I said to 6 Yunxiang made me feel that I was still a little insufficient.
It takes three feet of ice to freeze, and it takes more effort to change those things that are destined to be changed.
Chapter completed!