Du Guangquan tapped his fingers on the table several times and whispered, "Caoyao Heavy Industry Group is a department-level unit, while Qinhuai Heavy Industry is just a medium-sized enterprise under a municipal unit."
Fang Zhicheng smiled helplessly and patiently persuaded: "Chairman Du, you should understand better than me that in this era, the strength of a company is no longer measured by the number of people. A team of ten people with an innovative project with great appeal can easily raise hundreds of millions of venture capital, which is gradually becoming the norm. What's more, the biggest problem of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group now is that it is too large. If it wants to survive, it must streamline its staff and make its operations lighter and more flexible."
Chapter 0955: The Magic Water Rejuvenates and Shows Its True Power
Du Guangquan looked at the young man in front of him. He had to say that today's meeting surprised him a little. Fang Zhicheng knocked on his door with a very low status and spoke sincerely, which made people feel no disgust at all.
Over the years, for the survival of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group, he had come into contact with officials of the Caoyao Municipal Government. However, those people were arrogant in their bones and believed that since Caoyao Heavy Industry Group was no longer viable, it had to change its appearance and lay off employees and adjust its business as needed.
Du Guangquan has been fighting hard. He has mobilized resources for decades in order to protect the iron rice bowls of nearly 10,000 employees from becoming scrap metal.
As Fang Zhicheng said, Caoyao Heavy Industry Group may look glamorous on the outside, but in fact it is deceiving itself. There are a lot of products piled up in the warehouse that cannot be sold. The competitive environment is also extremely harsh. Even if a product is sold, the profit is often meager. After deducting personnel costs and depreciation, it may even be in a loss.
Du Guangquan also thought about changing his mindset, but the restructuring in the past few years was not only unsuccessful, but also severely damaged the company's vitality. Under the intervention of the provincial and municipal governments, Caoyao Heavy Industry Group once divested its negative assets, which resulted in a continuous decline in its main business. Many people made a lot of money by using some methods when divesting negative assets.
Fang Zhicheng observed Du Guangquan and saw that he was uncertain, so he knew that he had made up his mind. In the past few days, Fang Zhicheng often came to Caogongxiang Road, not only to get familiar with the old street in the center of Caoyao, but also to inquire about Du Guangquan. As his own analysis showed, Du Guangquan was a rare good man. He worked hard and diligently in Caoyao Heavy Industry Group, struggled all his life, and won the love of employees with his fair and rigorous style.
But a leader with a conscience is not necessarily a good leader.
The times are constantly changing, and Du Guangquan can no longer keep up with the trend. He wants to lead Caoyao Heavy Industry Group to continuous progress, but he is unable to do so. The failure of the previous reforms made Du Guangquan lose confidence, so he became complacent and became terrified when he heard the word "reform".
In order to solve the problems of Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group, the key is to resolve Du Guangquan's psychological knot. If he cannot get him to agree with his ideas, even if the plan is launched forcefully, it will be difficult to move forward. But from another perspective, if Du Guangquan can be convinced, then the reform problem of Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group will be solved, and at the same time, it will also loosen the forces of several other difficult localities.
Du Guangquan stood up and said calmly, "Mayor Fang, I understand what you mean. As you said, the development of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group in recent years is indeed disappointing. But I still say that I must be responsible for those employees."
Fang Zhicheng smiled faintly, took out a document from his briefcase, put it on his desk, and said softly: "Chairman Du, I hope you can take the time to take a closer look at the plan I made for Caoyao Heavy Industry Group. Although I can't guarantee that those employees will not face the problem of layoffs after the restructuring, I am sure that Caoyao Heavy Industry Group will be able to survive because of this change. Although there will be pain, as long as the employees stay, they will live a better life."
Du Guangquan glanced at the materials wrapped in the book clip without saying much. Fang Zhicheng knew that Du Guangquan was very stubborn and that he would not easily agree to his request in such a short time. He had already prepared himself mentally and left with a smile.
After seeing Fang Zhicheng off, his wife handed Du Guangquan a bowl of Tremella soup and asked tentatively, "Is that young man really the mayor?"
Du Guangquan nodded and said, "The deputy mayor who just came down from the central government is a very capable young man."
His wife said with emotion: "The Caoyao Municipal Government is now completely new. In the past, there were many old faces. Now not only the municipal party secretary has been replaced, but also a group of municipal government officials. I hope this will bring new vitality to Caoyao."
Du Guangquan was a little surprised. He didn't expect his wife to say that. He asked, "Do you also think Cao Yao's situation needs to be changed?"
My wife nodded and lowered her voice and said, "Old Du, now everyone knows that Caoyao Heavy Industry Group is in trouble, and everyone is very panicked. Although we can still get a salary every month, no one knows when we will lose our job."
If Du Guangquan didn't know his wife's character, he would have thought that she had been bribed by Fang Zhicheng.
He remained silent for a long time, then he exhaled slowly and said, "I need to think about it carefully."
After drinking the Tremella soup, Du Guangquan returned to the study, took the material from the table, and just turned to the first page. His expression became extremely solemn, and then he sank deeply into it.
Although Du Guangquan's thinking is rigid, his research on heavy industry is still very insightful. Judging from the rigor of the materials, Fang Zhicheng has conducted in-depth investigations and analyses of this industry. At the same time, his perspective is very high, standing on the global development of the industry.
The materials mainly revolve around the global trend of "Industry 4.0", attempting to allow Cao Yao Heavy Industries Group to develop in this field.
In 2010, the scale of China's manufacturing industry surpassed that of the United States, ranking first in the world. However, behind the glory is a heavy price to pay. The manufacturing industry consumes a lot of resources, has poor independent innovation capabilities, and has a high degree of dependence on foreign core components. In recent years, the "low-cost advantage" that the manufacturing industry has long relied on for survival has gradually been lost.
"In low-end manufacturing, we have overcapacity and cannot compete with Southeast Asian countries. In high-end manufacturing, although it is developing rapidly, there is still a gap compared with developed countries such as Europe and the United States. China's industry is now in the middle and is squeezed from both ends."
This passage simply and profoundly analyzes the current embarrassment of Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group.
Industrial Manufacturing 4.0 is the main goal of achieving intelligent manufacturing. For example, in the era before Industrial Manufacturing 3.0, it took 21 days to produce a Harley motorcycle, because its production process was all fixed and mechanized.
But in the era of Industry 4.0, a customer can place an order for a customized motorcycle at nine o'clock in the morning. He can find the raw materials according to his own needs and find a factory to repackage and reassemble the products. The customized motorcycle can be delivered to the customer within six hours.
This not only shortens the time, but also reduces the cost by 40%!
Now Caoyao Heavy Industry Group has greatly reduced its profits. If its competitors reduce costs by another 40%, they will have no chance of competing.
Fang Zhicheng has already stated in the plan the direction of Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group's transformation into intelligent manufacturing. There is an enterprise in Hanzhou that mainly studies the technical systems of intelligent manufacturing. This enterprise is located in the Internet Information Industry Base in Xiaguang District of Hanzhou. It has a team of dozens of people and mainly provides software support for industrial manufacturing companies. Many of its technologies have been patented.
With the rise of the Internet, e-commerce, the Internet of Things and smart manufacturing have become economic buzzwords, so Fang Zhicheng thought that he could introduce smart manufacturing into Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group, which would not only solve the problem of transformation but also enable Cao Yao's industry to upgrade.
"Fang Zhicheng has put in a lot of effort!" Du Guangquan closed the plan and looked straight ahead with a twinkling gaze.
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After three rounds of screening, five companies entered the final bidding phase for the new commercial center. This time, the semi-open bidding method was adopted, which not only competed with the bidding project book, but also demonstrated the strength of the company.
The bidder of Hongda Group was a female, tall, about 1.75 meters, with only light makeup on her face. She wore a light-colored professional women's suit, flesh-colored stockings, and black high heels. She looked graceful and charming. After she finished explaining Hongda's bidding project, she aroused applause from everyone in the venue.
Although the other four companies also made careful preparations, they were vulnerable in the face of the powerful strength of the Hongda Group.
Wang Guoyue sat in his office, watching the live broadcast of Cao Yao TV, and said with emotion: "Fang Zhicheng, this move was very beautiful."
Guan Ruofei nodded and said, "Everyone thought Fang Zhicheng would secretly manipulate the bidding, but he did the opposite. Not only did he conduct an open bidding, but he also broadcast the entire process live, which indirectly created momentum for the new project."
Wang Guoyue said: "The main reason is that Fang Zhicheng is confident enough in the strength of Hongda Group. In terms of strength, Hongda Group is indeed more advantageous than other companies, and even Mike Consortium is at a disadvantage."
Guan Ruofei thought for a moment and asked, "Secretary Wang, did you intend to let Hongda Group get involved in this project from the beginning?"
Wang Guoyue did not answer directly, but smiled and said: "Some things are just a matter of following the flow. Since Fang Zhicheng wants to make achievements in the new city district, it's okay to give it to him."
Guan Ruofei reminded: "I heard that Fang Zhicheng recently visited Du Guangquan of Caoyao Heavy Industry!"