In fact, Greenland Urban Construction Group's own workers are treated very well, and the work clothes are also very complete, from safety helmets to T-shirts, jackets, and trousers, at least two sets per person.
However, Greenland Urban Construction Group is now building more and more properties, and its own team is simply too busy, so it has given 80% of the project volume to outsourcing teams.
The outsourcing team is a direct cooperation between Greenland Urban Construction Group and the contractor, or the construction unit at the next level above the contractor. The construction unit's project will be inspected at regular intervals. After the acceptance meets the standards, how much should be paid, as for employee benefits , that is naturally the responsibility of the construction unit or contractor, and has nothing to do with Greenland Urban Construction Group.
However, most of the construction units and contractors are Zhou Papi. If they don't default on their employees' wages, they will be doing too much. It is basically impossible for them to give their employees better welfare packages.
The construction unit and the contractor did not care about this, and their workers were relatively frugal, so everyone wore worse clothes when working, and they had all kinds of clothes, and there was no uniformity at all.
As a senior executive of Greenland Urban Construction Group, Zhao Jianliang was naturally very dissatisfied with this situation out of concern for his group's image.
I happened to see Lu Sifang's team wearing the same camouflage uniforms, and I immediately felt refreshed, so I deliberately pulled him out to be a positive example.
Only then did Lu Sifang understand that the co-authorship was not to cause trouble for him or his workers, but to praise himself. He took a deep breath and said to himself: I feel very comfortable now...
Zhao Jianliang continued: "Look at Xiao Lu's team, how neat and neat they are. Standing here and looking over, although I can't see anyone's face clearly, they are all dressed in the same uniform. I feel comfortable after looking at them!"
"And look at it, how eye-catching are the camouflage work clothes I chose in the construction site? Even the tower crane driver can see it clearly. This not only has a good working appearance, but can also greatly improve construction site safety!"
Everyone nodded and looked down at the half-covered upstairs.
Indeed, this worker wearing camouflage can be seen at a glance.
However, if he is wearing a gray coat and standing on a construction site full of concrete, it is really difficult to recognize him.
It seems that what Zhao Jianliang said is true. Wearing such camouflage uniforms will inevitably greatly improve the safety of construction site workers.
At least the recognition is very high, even if you look down from the tower crane, you will never miss it.
Zhao Jianliang added: "Our Greenland Urban Construction Group is a highly self-disciplined enterprise, and the outsourcing parties we cooperate with must also be highly self-disciplined. Otherwise, everyone will have very different corporate spirits. How can we cooperate to make the project bigger?" better?"
All the managers around him nodded in agreement.
Zhao Jianliang added: "I think a scoring mechanism for outsourced parties will need to be established in the future. In addition to construction speed and quality, work appearance and safety awareness must also be included. Outsourced parties that are good in all aspects must be rated as excellent. In the future, there will be Priority is given to cooperation. As for those whose performance is unsatisfactory in all aspects, cooperation with them should be reduced or even terminated!"
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jianliang patted Lu Sifang on the shoulder and said to Mr. Zhao and others: "Xiao Lu's construction team is an example for everyone to learn from, and it is also the first choice for our Greenland Urban Construction Group to cooperate in depth in the future. You must learn from us." He should study more!”
The others nodded like garlic, and Lu Sifang felt happy.
Thinking of what Xu Yiyang had said to him before, in which he said that workers wearing uniforms would look better and more formal, and that camouflage would be safer on the construction site, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Brother Xu, don't lie to me!"
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Xu Yiyang had just delivered 5,000 sets of military training uniforms to several construction sites when Lu Sifang called.
As soon as he came up, Lu Sifang said excitedly: "Brother Xu, thank you so much!"
Xu Yiyang asked in surprise: "Brother Lu, which song are you singing?"
Lu Sifang said: "Oh, you don't know!"
As he spoke, he immediately recounted what had just happened in detail.
As he spoke, he laughed excitedly and couldn't stop himself.
Xu Yiyang was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Did Party A give you any actual benefits?"
Lu Sifang said with a smile: "The group boss gave me a moving red flag and a special safety award of 10,000 yuan. The most important thing is that I may become a high-quality partner of Greenland Urban Construction Group in the future. This is really a possibility." Big benefit!”
Xu Yiyang said hurriedly: "Congratulations to you, Brother Lu."
Lu Sifang smiled and said: "I still have to thank you! In addition, I have to congratulate you."
Xu Yiyang hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
Lu Sifang said: "As soon as this incident came out, other contractors at my construction site and some project managers from the construction units came to me to inquire about the camouflage uniforms. I have already told them that it costs twenty-five yuan a piece. There are as many sets as you want. As soon as they heard the price, they immediately decided to ask me to order a batch for them.”
Xu Yiyang hurriedly asked: "How much is it?"
Lu Sifang said: "The current statistics are around 50,000 sets."
Xu Yiyang exclaimed: "Fifty thousand sets? Two sets per person is enough for 25,000 workers. Are there so many people at your construction site?"
Lu Sifang said: "I'm afraid you are stupid, how can a construction site have 25,000 people? Do you think you are building the Three Gorges?"
As he spoke, he added: "The main reason is that these construction units and contractors are not limited to this one construction site. We have several project departments opened by Greenland Urban Construction Group, which are located in many places in China Overseas. They think that twenty-five The price is really cheap, and they might not be able to get it even if they pay twice as much elsewhere, so they wanted me to help them book it.”
Only then did Xu Yiyang suddenly realize.
Ordinary people just think that a set of 25 yuan is indeed very cheap, but they don’t know what this price means.
This price means that it is already lower than the cost price of this set of clothes. It is impossible to get new clothes at this price from any clothing factory in the country.
Clothing at this stage is no cheaper than it will be twenty years ago. Xu Yiyang realized this as early as when he acquired Guancheng Garment.
Twenty years later, the textile industry will be far more developed than it is now, with a high degree of mechanization and automation.
And, another important point, the raw materials are cheaper.
Before 2000, cotton production capacity was not high and was greatly affected by the bollworm.
It is reported that in 1992 alone, domestic losses due to cotton bollworm exceeded 6 billion yuan, and the indirect industrial chain reaction caused total losses of more than 10 billion yuan.
Since the late 1990s, Monsanto in the United States has developed genetically modified cotton plants, and we in China have also developed insect-resistant cotton. After 2000, the harm of cotton bollworms was greatly reduced, so cotton production began to increase.
So overall, today's clothes are not cheap in all aspects, and the selling price is naturally not low either.
This is similar to the automobile industry. Now a Poussin with poor performance can be exchanged for an apartment in a small city. Twenty years later, the performance of the Poussin has not only been greatly improved, but the price has also dropped lower and lower. It is the same as clothing. of.
The cost of cotton is very high nowadays. For a pair of cotton clothes, the raw materials and production costs cost 25 yuan.
Not to mention it comes with a hat and belt.
Therefore, in the eyes of other construction units, a complete set of camouflage uniforms costing 25 yuan is just like picking up on the ground.
However, they don't know that as long as they walk a few more steps, climb a few more walls, and come to the university campus, they can buy such clothes from students for only ten yuan.
This is information asymmetry.
Students don’t know that workers at construction sites will need their unused military training uniforms;
Workers at construction sites don't know that there are a lot of good camouflage uniforms lying idle in schools.
Whoever can discover the information asymmetry first and connect supply and demand will be able to make money first.
However, this situation generally does not last long.
Because once someone makes money by taking advantage of information asymmetry, someone will immediately follow up.
In the end, this business line will inevitably go in two directions:
Either, competition will get bigger and bigger and profits will get lower and lower;
Or, the degree of information asymmetry between supply and demand will gradually shrink until information is equal.
Xu Yiyang knew a billionaire in his previous life. This guy worked in Thailand many years ago. He worked hard for several years but didn't make much money.
After returning to China, he discovered that domestic durians were sold at sky-high prices, costing hundreds of dollars each. But he knew that these durians were extremely cheap in Thailand, so he took advantage of his poor information and the fact that he had spent some time in Thailand. With the convenience of certain network resources, I can sell durians from Thailand to China.
He was one of the first businessmen to import durians from Thailand into the country on a large scale. He brought the durians at almost cabbage prices and sold them at gold prices. This quickly allowed him to amass a large fortune.
However, this window period is very short. During the durian season the next year, there will be more competitors.
In the third year, many e-commerce platforms began to import durians from Thailand and sell them on their own platforms, further suppressing the profit margins of middlemen like him.
As a result, his business became increasingly difficult to do, and eventually it became useless, so he simply switched to other industries.
It can be seen that those who can seize information asymmetry will not worry about making money as long as they dare to do it.
When he thought that an order of 50,000 sets was delivered to his door, Xu Yiyang was not happy and said to Lu Sifang: "Brother Lu, please tell them that no matter how much they want, we can supply them, but they must Pay a 20% deposit first, whoever pays the deposit first will get the goods first.”
Lu Sifang said: "Okay, it's reasonable to collect a deposit. I'll tell them."
Xu Yiyang asked again: "There's one more thing, Brother Lu, tell them to tell their workers in advance that the unit will help them purchase camouflage uniforms, so that they don't buy any more by themselves."
"Why?"
"Because we are also doing retail these days. If the workers in these units don't know and buy it themselves, and then the unit buys it for them after they go back, it will cause them to spend twice. It is not easy for the workers to make money. If you can save, save. .”
Lu Sifang smiled and said: "Xiao Xu, are you trying to block the way of your competitors?"
Xu Yiyang did not hide it and said with a smile: "It seems that my little thoughts cannot be hidden from your eyes, Brother Lu."
The fourth update is here. The monthly ticket and the alliance leader’s additional update are temporarily owed. They will be paid tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Good night everyone!
(End of chapter)