Chapter 801 Things That Will Change Eventually

On the afternoon before the wedding. In addition to discussing things with his brother Fan Kang, Fan Wubing also met with a senior manager of a state-owned enterprise newly recruited by the company. He now works at the headquarters of Fan's Investment Group and is responsible for auditing the operations of its companies. The special supervisor of the event is Lu Yunxiang.

6 Yunxiang was chosen by Fan Wubing and specially transferred to work at the headquarters.

At the job fair of Fan Investment Group, Lu Yunxiang, who was already in his forties, submitted his resume because Fan Wubing once said that the door should not be completely closed to older job seekers. Because of this, people at the headquarters studied his resume in detail and made the decision to try it out.

Later, Fan Wubing saw Lu Yunxiang's resume and expressed his concern. This time, Lu Yunxiang came to express his gratitude to him, and to make comments to Fan Wubing regarding some bad situations in the company. reported.

"I grew up in the countryside. When I was a child, I had a dream to work as a worker in a state-owned enterprise." Lu Yunxiang is a talkative person. He said to Fan Wubing, "My father is Lao Balu joined the army at the age of fifteen. Later, he was injured by a bullet in his head and left the army before liberation to go home and work in farming. "

6 Yunxiang's hometown is an old revolutionary area at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, which is still very poor. More than ten years ago, some land could be irrigated by reservoirs for agricultural harvests. Today, more than ten years later, due to the disrepair of water conservancy facilities and climate change, we have to rely on the weather.

However, when he grew up, he was not able to work in a factory in his hometown. However, 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 dormitory with ordinary workers. Opportunities for direct contact with workers.

Many years later, Lu Yunxiang was transferred to a provincial government agency and worked in state-owned enterprises as an assistant to the inspectorate commissioner and a full-time supervisor of the provincial state-owned enterprise board of supervisors. In recent years, he has still done some government-level policy guidance and research work around state-owned enterprises. He does have a feeling of both pain, love and hatred towards state-owned enterprises.

"I remember that in the countryside of my hometown in the 1970s, a farmer braved the wind, rain, heat and cold, but he couldn't have enough to eat after a year's work. A strong rural laborer worked hard for one work a day, and the labor value of each work was only 10 to 20 cents. Money. There is also a production team whose harvest is not very good, and each worker only pays 6 cents. In the 1960s and 1970s, prices basically did not fluctuate much. An egg could be sold on the black market for 5 or 6 cents, and a pound of pork cost 8. "Nine cents." Lu Yunxiang said to Fan Wubing, "On the contrary, the minimum wage for apprentices working in factories is fifteen yuan a month, and government cadres can earn thirty to fifty yuan." There is a huge gap in the lives of urban workers. My childhood dream was to be a worker in a state-owned enterprise. That way, I would not have to be exposed to the elements or go hungry in bad harvest years. I could work in a factory and earn wages easily. Marrying a wife and living a stable life is an elusive dream for too many ordinary farmers.”

Fan Wubing quietly listened to Lu Yunxiang talking about his affairs.

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 overseas to apply for a job. At this time, when he heard Lu Yunxiang pouring out history to him here, he could bear it. Come and listen carefully.

"I often reflect on why there is such a big gap between workers in urban factories and farmers working in the fields? Even now, living conditions in rural areas are better and people no longer have to worry about food, but the difference between urban and rural areas is greater than seven , even more so in the 1980s. While working as a full-time supervisor on the board of supervisors of state-owned enterprises, I have a deeper understanding of the loose management of state-owned enterprises, and the state provides so much funds to support state-owned enterprises. In the end, many state-owned enterprises suffered serious losses or even went bankrupt and still received subsidies from the state. Even if the workers of state-owned enterprises were laid off, the government still had to resettle them or provide them with hardship subsidies, and their living conditions were better than those of many farmers in my hometown.” 6 Yun Xiang said to Fan Wubing, "Before liberation, China was an agricultural country, and state-owned enterprises were accumulated bit by bit by relying on the vast rural areas to save money and support national construction. Today, so many state-owned enterprises have lost money and gone bankrupt, and the farmers in my hometown are still hardworking and poor. , they know little about enjoyment other than working. If they get a minor illness, they rely on their own resistance. If they get a serious illness, they can only wait for death. Farmers from rural areas often work in construction, road construction, underground or in the field. For dangerous and hard work such as homework, the working hours are much more than eight hours a day and there are few holidays, but there is a big gap in income with urban residents. Compared with farmers, many among China's social elites are dissatisfied with state-owned enterprises. The laid-off and unemployed people are not very sympathetic, including many people like me who came from rural areas and passed the college entrance examination and entered the city. They always think that workers in state-owned enterprises are lazy. In my opinion, being a worker in a state-owned enterprise in China is luckier than rural farmers. Much more. Like the Chinese farmers in my hometown in the old revolutionary areas, I can’t imagine anyone in the world who can be as hard-working as them?”

Fan Wubing touched his forehead, asked his secretary to pour a cup of coffee for Lu Yunxiang, and then said to her, "This is probably the reason why you left the state-owned enterprises, or even the officialdom?"

"My concerns about state-owned enterprises and my disapproval of many issues in the current restructuring of state-owned enterprises forced me to leave." Lu Yunxiang told Fan Wubing, "The original intention of joining Fan's Investment Group was to learn more about it. , Why can private companies do so well in China? What is the difference? "

"Oh, that's right -" Fan Wubing nodded, and then he understood Lu Yunxiang's original intention of joining Fan's Investment Group.

In recent years, products made in China have taken the world by storm. These products are known for their reliable quality and low prices. Wherever the products are sold, factories will face bankruptcy and factory workers will lose their jobs.

Such products not only crowd out foreign factories, but of course also crowd out China's original state-owned enterprises. The enterprises that produce such products are often private companies and foreign companies. They use migrant workers and can pay a Western worker's salary. The wages of thirty to fifty Chinese migrant workers. Natural costs are extremely low, and there is no need to pay for various social benefits and labor protections.

According to relevant data, in a newly developed city in the south, tens of thousands of fingers and arms of migrant workers are cut off every year. This phenomenon has led to the development of local surgical limb surgery. The level of limb grafting there is not only the highest in China. It's the best, best in the world, and the surgery is cheap.

6 Yunxiang said when talking about these things, “Some domestic economists have praised this type of enterprises and then accused the original state-owned enterprises of being inefficient and lazy workers. State-owned enterprises must be restructured so that workers in state-owned enterprises can no longer To live a leisurely and comfortable life relying on the country, one should work as hard as the migrant workers in the south. I came from the countryside, and I know what hard work is. At first, I took it for granted that inefficiency and wasteful consumption of society should be eliminated. State-owned enterprises that use resources will be eliminated.”

"Oh -" Fan Wubing nodded, eager to hear what Lu Yunxiang meant, and seemed to have a different understanding of this.

"Because I have a deep affection for and understanding of state-owned enterprises, I understand that although the welfare of workers in state-owned enterprises in our country is better than that of migrant workers in private enterprises, there is still a big gap with Western countries. We should not change state-owned enterprises in order to We should improve the welfare of farmers based on the welfare of workers, and let private companies improve the working conditions and welfare benefits of migrant workers based on the welfare of state-owned enterprise employees," Lu Yunxiang told Fan Wubing. "Although our rural brothers are suffering, we cannot expect people in the cities to suffer like them. We should maintain the living standards of the urban population, and then the cities can feed back the rural areas to help the rural areas improve their current conditions. Otherwise, sacrifice some When one person's interests advance the interests of another group of people, it is very likely that one class will revolutionize another class, leading to social unrest and bloody conflicts."

Then Lu Yunxiang said, "Since joining Fanshi Investment Group, I have not seen the sweatshops that I imagined like other private companies, nor have I seen extremely squeezed low wages, nor have I seen labor violations. The emergence of various private systems under the law. On the contrary, the conditions of Fan Investment Group are much better than those of the best state-owned enterprise workers. This is what makes me most confused. "

"Oh? What kind of confusion?" Fan Wubing felt that Lu Yunxiang was secretly praising him, but he was used to being praised by others, and what Lu Yunxiang said was indeed true, so he wouldn't think so. There was nothing embarrassing about it, but he was more interested in Lu Yunxiang and wanted to find out what he really thought.

"The success of Fan's Investment Group has made me realize that the reform of state-owned enterprises that is currently being promoted is unsuccessful and is likely to fail because I don't see fairness in it." 6 Yunxiang said Fan Wubing said.

After hearing this answer, Fan Wubing seemed a little surprised, but he still felt a little relieved by Lu Yunxiang's blunt words. In fact, as a reborn figure, Fan Wubing could clearly see the social problems and problems existing in the restructuring of state-owned enterprises. It may bring huge social risks. For China, a country with a large population and very few resources per capita, fairness may be more critical than efficiency. Ignoring fairness means that a considerable number of people live in poverty. He is very clear that China's current state-owned enterprises have various problems. These problems cannot be solved through simple state-owned enterprise restructuring, which may cause greater social problems.

Large state-owned enterprises with tens of thousands of people were restructured. As a result, only a few thousand or even fewer people remained in the restructured enterprises, and more people were laid off and unemployed. China used to have a planned economy, and a large amount of production means were concentrated in the hands of the state, that is, they existed in large and small state-owned enterprises. After the state-owned enterprises were restructured, these laid-off and unemployed people received more or less compensation, or even little compensation. They lost the means of production they relied on for survival, and also lost the right to work. This is the greatest injustice.

Domestic employment pressure is originally very high. A large number of farmers' unemployment problems need to be transferred to cities and towns. However, there are a large number of laid-off and unemployed workers in cities. Domestic farmers are already very poor. Potential social problems in rural areas will take a longer period of time to resolve. Solve it step by step. However, the means of production, mainly land, are still in the hands of farmers, and rural society can basically remain stable at present.

And 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 foundation of governance. Without the support of farmers and workers, governance will lose its legitimacy. Therefore, we must face up to the problems of farmers and laid-off workers. It can be said that the restructuring of state-owned enterprises represents a major change in the social and economic system and will definitely have an impact on everyone's life.

On this issue, a small number of economists have played a very bad role. Although they are not government officials, they are public figures. They often lobby with theories that seem reasonable but are actually nonsense. On the surface, it seems to be guiding government officials to emancipate their minds, but in fact they are serving themselves and their own interest groups.

Thinking of this, Fan Wubing couldn't help but said to Lu Yunxiang, "The mainstream scholars in China today only see highways, the Internet, high-rise buildings and stock markets in developed Western countries, but they do not see too much poverty in the country or even in the world." The population is still struggling to survive. The limitations of the vision of some mainstream economists and their influence 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 continue to lack social conscience, Then they will definitely become the spokesperson of minority interest groups.”

6 Yunxiang nodded and said, "After the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the original leaders became emerging capitalists. They laid off a large number of workers for the sake of efficiency and replaced them with migrant workers with lower wages or college students with higher quality. After the restructuring, state-owned enterprises lacked Without government-level supervision, it is difficult to effectively supervise the company even though some employees participate in it. The result may be that a few people in the company's leadership make a fortune, but there is no guarantee that the company will continue to develop healthily after the restructuring. The layoff of redundant employees will inevitably lead to social problems under the current imperfect social security system in our country. In foreign countries, even capitalist countries will not allow a company to lay off workers casually and cause a large number of workers to become unemployed. Consider social employment rates and basic social stability.”

Fan Wubing nodded. At this time, Lu Yunxiang's words made him very worried about the state-owned enterprise restructuring work accepted by his father Fan Heng. After all, the current theoretical research and protective policies on the state-owned economy The introduction was seriously delayed, but on the contrary, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises with a focus on privatization was advanced so rapidly.

In today’s life, the state does not yet have a very accurate and scientific understanding of the social status of state-owned enterprises and their profound impact on Chinese society and has formulated relevant policies and regulations. However, a large number of innovations to promote the reform of state-owned enterprises have been hastily implemented.

Under such circumstances, it is conceivable what results the reform of state-owned enterprises will have.

"Oh - I can't control it -" Fan Wubing said to Lu Yunxiang, "When I come back from my honeymoon, we will have a good discussion, but now I can recommend you to my father Fan Heng. He is very interested in you." It will definitely be of great interest.”

Since I feel a bit headache about this, but I don't want to sit back and watch the problems of state-owned enterprise restructuring, the best way is to recommend Lu Yunxiang to his father Fan Heng. Presumably both of them also have deep feelings for state-owned enterprises. When people come together, maybe they can come up with some helpful solutions? It's hard to say.

But Fan Wubing himself knows very well that no matter what, state-owned enterprises must be restructured. This is destined to be changed. No one can stop this process. The only thing that can be changed is to make this process as reasonable as possible. Some, fair.

After sending Lu Yunxiang away, Fan Wubing cursed secretly, should I worry about the country and the people here? I am neither a national leader, nor a social sage, nor am I a beast in the family. At best, I am just a yamen official. What does such a national event have to do with me? Once you have earned enough money, you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life. You can eat whatever you want, play with whatever you want, tease any girl you like, and give a slap to any guy you don't like. How comfortable it is. In these days, do you have to live with yourself and worry about those who live at the bottom?

But this is just a thought. Fan Wubing has lived a serious life. Apart from occasionally using his power to bully evil people, he has never used his power to do evil. On the contrary, he has also done a lot of charity. This is certainly It has a lot to do with his change from atheism to theism, and it can also be seen as a change in a person's mentality from the bottom to the top.

No matter who he is, as long as he is not a treacherous, evil and heartless person, as long as he stands in the position of commanding the overall situation, he will always try his best to think about the people at the bottom. Even the idiot emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty still knows Let the hungry people eat meat porridge instead of letting them die directly.

Sometimes Fan Wubing would also think about why he was given this opportunity to be reborn. Of course, it was not to satisfy his own personal desires, but to hope that through his own rebirth, this country that was riddled with problems would be better. Be angry and have more revival power.

Just like now, aren't you doing a good job? At least in terms of chip manufacturing technology, mobile phone communications, LCD panel technology, satellite communications, and even some weapons research and development, I have made very important contributions. As for other things that have a profound impact on The actions of senior leaders in thinking about people are even more numerous.

It seems that I have done a lot, but my conversation with Lu Yunxiang made me feel that it was still not enough.

Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day. If you want to change those things that are destined to be changed, you still need to work hard.

But no matter what, I am getting married tomorrow, which is always something to be happy about.