The woman had heavy makeup on. She knew that apart from the money for the midnight snack, the rest was today's expenses, so she pushed the door open happily and walked out.
Sitting on Chang Mengyuan's right was a middle-aged man with a short crew cut. He joked, "Wu Tietou, Secretary Chang doesn't seem to be interested in the girl you arranged today."
Wu Fazhong said with a smile: "Secretary Chang, you have always had very high standards for women. How about Lao Mao pick out one or two ace players from your company's public relations team and present them to Secretary Chang?"
Chang Mengyuan smiled faintly and said, "Just play cards, why are you talking so much? You keep calling me Secretary Chang, are you trying to curse me as General Changshu?"
The people at the card table were all high-ranking people in Caoyao. Wu Fazhong was the director of Caoyao 6412 Factory. The other two were Mao Jianxin and Qiao Renhe.
Wu Fazhong smiled at the short-haired guy and said, "Lao Mao, you've been very busy these days. I've been asking you to play cards, but you're busy!"
Mao Jianxin sighed, "It's Du Guangquan. He's been like a madman these past few days. He has to hold a two-hour meeting every day after get off work. I also found an excuse to get out today."
Chang Mengyuan took two puffs of his cigarette and asked, "Is Caoyao Heavy Industry Group planning a restructuring recently?"
Mao Jianxin smiled bitterly and said, "Old Du, I don't know where he got a document from, and he asked the board members to study it every day. It was a plan for Caoyao Heavy Industry Group to transform into Industrial Manufacturing 4.0. Many of the contents were too advanced and difficult to implement."
Chang Mengyuan blew out a smoke ring and said, "That's the gift Fang Zhicheng gave to Du Guangquan!"
Mao Jianxin nodded and said, "Yes, Du Guangquan is preparing to reach a strategic cooperation with a smart manufacturing company in Hanzhou."
Chang Mengyuan frowned and seemed to be talking to himself, "I didn't expect Fang Zhicheng to make Du Guangquan move. Haven't you thought that as long as the system is changed, it will inevitably require surgery at the management level, which will in turn affect the jobs of all employees?"
Mao Jianxin smiled helplessly and said, "It's mainly because Du Guangquan's prestige is too high. I have great trust in him and think that no matter what Du Guangquan does, he will always stand from the perspective of the employees."
Chang Mengyuan asked back: "What about you, do you think so too?"
Mao Jianxin sneered and said, "Du Guangquan, I am not the only one who opposes using Caoyao Heavy Industry Group as a test product."
Chang Mengyuan smiled and said, "It seems you are ready."
Mao Jianxin waved his hand, changed the subject, and said, "Why hasn't the midnight snack arrived yet? I'm so damn hungry!"
The card game ended at three in the morning. Chang Mengyuan got into Wu Fazhong's car. Wu Fazhong and the driver instructed, "Send Secretary Chang home first."
Chang Mengyuan's home is a little further away than Wu Fazhong's, so this trip is a bit of a detour. The driver answered and started the car.
Wu Fazhong lowered his voice and said, "Secretary Chang, I'm afraid today's card game is not that simple, right?"
Chang Mengyuan smiled faintly and said, "Old Wu, the situation in Cao Yao has completely changed now. The officialdom has always been a weather vane for all walks of life. Haven't you smelled anything yet?"
Wu Fazhong gritted his teeth and nodded, saying, "The new cadres are too chaotic. Do we locals have to resist before they will stop?"
Chang Mengyuan sighed and said, "Once Caoyao Heavy Industry Group is restructured, it will be your turn next."
Wu Fazhong snorted and said, "We have to teach them a lesson."
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Chapter 0957: A Preliminary Study on Intelligent Manufacturing
After a series of investigations and understandings, Fang Zhicheng discovered a coincidence that the company in Hanzhou that researched intelligent manufacturing systems was closely related to his own network. Qinhuai Heavy Industry established this company by injecting capital three years ago. In fact, this company is also Qinhuai Heavy Machinery's layout in the new strategy.
Qinhuai Heavy Machinery was a state-owned enterprise reform issue that Song Wendi focused on solving during his tenure as Secretary of the Yinzhou Municipal Party Committee, and it was a huge success.
The conference room of Caoyao Guest House is more luxurious than that of Hanzhou Guest House. The floor is covered with brightly colored carpets and several carefully framed landscape paintings are hung on the walls. Although the signatures are not from famous artists from the National Academy of Painting, they can be vaguely recognized as works by local Caoyao calligraphy and painting masters.
Caoyao has a long history and has produced many famous calligraphers and painters, forming a unique Caoyao local painting style. Take these landscape paintings as an example. The brushstrokes are full of strength, but the overall style is soft and beautiful.
The group pushed the door and walked into the Wisteria Pavilion box. A waiter came over quickly and led them to their seats. Du Guangquan sat in the chairman's seat, Fang Zhicheng sat on his left, and across the conference table sat the leadership of Qinhuai Heavy Machinery who came all the way from Yinzhou. This was a relatively formal meeting, the first time Qinhuai Heavy Machinery and Caoyao Heavy Industry met.
Sitting opposite Du Guangquan is the current general manager of Qinhuai Heavy Machinery, and Fang Zhicheng's old friend Xu Peng. As early as 2008, Xu Peng entered the core leadership with the restructuring of Qinhuai Heavy Machinery. Because of his outstanding ability and courage to think and act, he created the miracle of Qinhuai Heavy Machinery's rebirth, and relied on his own efforts to be successfully promoted from the position of director to the position of general manager.
Qinhuai Heavy Machinery used to be a state-owned enterprise, but after the restructuring, the management team introduced a large number of social employment mechanisms. However, these management teams did not have so-called establishment and were contract employees just like ordinary private enterprises.
Xu Peng is an old system employee, but in order to promote this system to be more reasonable, he took the initiative to give up his status in the system and signed an employment contract with the company like other open social employees. This means that Xu Peng needs to be responsible for the development of the company, and if he fails to meet the performance indicators, he will face the risk of being fired.
However, the crisis also brought pressure. The new management team demonstrated its courage to innovate. Qinhuai Heavy Machinery successfully took advantage of the advent of the Internet era and built the first vertical e-commerce website channel in China, which is also one of the few in the world.
Because the sales channels have been opened up, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery does not have the crisis of overcapacity. At the same time, it has also introduced customized business, collecting customer needs through information technology and tailoring mechanical equipment that is more suitable for the customer's business.
Qinhuai Heavy Machinery has attracted great attention from investors. Over the past few years, several large domestic venture capital firms have proactively approached the company to seek investment. With sufficient funds and a novel model, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery began to grow and expand rapidly.
In terms of corporate administrative level, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery may not be as good as Caoyao Heavy Industry Group, but in terms of industry status in the field of heavy industry, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery has surpassed Caoyao Heavy Industry, which has been hesitating.
Now, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery has replaced its internal staff with a new generation. Some of the older generation of production technicians have retired, and a large number of e-commerce operations and information technology R&D staff have been introduced to replace them. This change has made the overall atmosphere more benign and vibrant.
Therefore, Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group attached great importance to this meeting. Not only did Chairman Du Guangquan take the initiative to welcome the meeting, but Fang Zhicheng from the municipal government also attended. In addition, leaders from relevant departments such as the Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission also attended.
Du Guangquan said with a smile: "First of all, on behalf of all the employees of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group, I welcome the guests from Qinhuai Heavy Machinery; secondly, I would like to explain the purpose of today's meeting, mainly hoping that Qinhuai Heavy Machinery can bring inspiration to the reform of Caoyao Heavy Industry; finally, I would like to express my position that no matter what the result of today's meeting is, the reform of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group is imperative."
The last sentence was for other employees of Caoyao Heavy Industry Group. Du Guangquan's idea of pushing for reform did not receive absolute support internally, and many people were eager to make a move. Du Guangquan also hoped that through today's meeting, some people would know his determination.
Xu Peng could see Du Guangquan's courage and spoke eloquently: "Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group has a great reputation in the international market. From the data provided by the marketing channels we have built, we can see that both domestic and international buyers are willing to buy products manufactured by Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group. However, Cao Yao Heavy Industry Group's product updates are too slow. Although the quality is excellent, the times are changing rapidly after all. If it cannot continue to develop more meaningful products, it will eventually be eliminated. After going public, Qinhuai Heavy Machinery shifted its business focus from production and manufacturing to R&D and design, and put more energy into product innovation and development. The brand and qualifications may not be as good as Cao Yao Heavy Industry, but our products are more humane."
Du Guangquan is no stranger to Qinhuai Heavy Machinery and has studied a lot of relevant information. Qinhuai Heavy Machinery has gradually grown from a dying enterprise to a leader in the domestic heavy industry, which makes this old man feel very sad.
Although Qinhuai Heavy Machinery's current focus is not on production, its sales channels are expanding, which is indeed worth pondering. The old generation of heavy industry enterprises emphasized quality, but the new generation of heavy industry enterprises emphasizes innovation. The old ideas are indeed out of date with the trend of the times.