Chapter 107 Justifiable Money (Today’s Fifth Update, 15,000 Words)
"How do you plan to help the technical department solve the problem of drawing boards?"
After the factory affairs meeting, Zhou Heng called Tang Zifeng to his office and asked him.
At the meeting just now, Tang Zifeng said with certainty that this matter was all his fault, which shocked all the factory leaders and dropped their glasses.
According to Qin Zhongnian, the technical department would need to spend two to three million yuan to complete the "off the drawing board", which is money that Linyi Machine cannot afford at least for now. Although Linyiji had made some money by selling balers before, the money would be used to cover the factory's expenses in the next few months. If Linyiji cannot find new business opportunities within a few months, Linyiji will inevitably fall into the dilemma of being unable to pay wages once the profits of the baler are used up. Under such circumstances, how could the factory spend millions to purchase CAD equipment?
If anyone else had said this, everyone would have scoffed at it. But it was Tang Zifeng who said this, and everyone felt a little more hopeful. After all, Tang Zifeng has created too many miracles in the past few months. This is a person who never follows common sense. What if he really has something to do?
Qin Zhongnian asked Tang Zifeng about his plan immediately, but Tang Zifeng smiled and said nothing, saying that the secret must not be leaked, otherwise it would not work. Everyone understood this, so they didn’t ask any more questions, but continued to discuss the reboring matter.
Regarding the design cycle of reboring, two sets of plans were ultimately formed. One is to follow the current pace and do our best to complete the design within three months. The second is based on the premise that Tang Zifeng can really get 50 sets of equipment. At that time, the entire technical department will start learning CAD design. Including the learning time, it will take two months to complete the design of heavy boring.
Zhou Heng did not ask Tang Zifeng's plans in detail during the meeting. As soon as the meeting ended, he couldn't wait to find Tang Zifeng. 50 sets of CAD equipment, including hardware and software, is really not a small sum of money. It is impossible for Zhou Heng not to pay attention to it.
"Director Zhou, I think our factory must complete the drawing board work as soon as possible and turn to computer-aided design. This is the key to whether our factory can gain long-term competitiveness." Tang Zifeng said.
Zhou Heng nodded: "I have also considered this matter. Now design units across the country are talking about throwing away the drawing board, and we cannot fall behind. However, I originally thought about waiting for the factory's financial situation to get better. Grit your teeth and spend one or two million to do this. But now, what do you mean, do you plan to solve it immediately? "
Tang Zifeng said: "That's right. I didn't think of this before, but when Chief Engineer Qin mentioned it today, I realized that I had ignored it. If we can develop computer design earlier, we can speed up our response to the market. This can grab a lot of business opportunities. In addition, a company has a different impression in the minds of customers if it has CAD and does not have CAD. Think about it, if our technical office can have 50 computers, and everyone in the office has a mouse. , I take customers here to visit and see what it feels like.”
Zhou Heng was not fooled by Tang Zifeng's deception. He looked at Tang Zifeng, sneered and said, "Xiao Tang, why do I feel that you were bragging at the factory affairs meeting just now? Do you think you were bragging too much?" Da, you can’t step down, so you are trying to trick me.”
"Haha, I knew I couldn't hide it from the wise and wise Director Zhou." Tang Zifeng smiled dryly, but admitted Zhou Heng's guess.
Zhou Heng glared at Tang Zifeng fiercely and said, "When will you change your habit of talking too much about things? Did you not study hard all day long in college, so you were bragging?"
"Actually, our teacher occasionally teaches us to brag, and I'm the one with the worse grades." Tang Zifeng said with a shy face.
Zhou Heng really had nothing to do with this subordinate. As the old saying goes, people without moral integrity don't know what to do. Tang Zifeng is the kind of person who doesn't care about other people's gossip. Zhou Heng occasionally wants to make fun of him in order to arouse his sense of shame, but he always fails. He gave up his efforts to grind his teeth with Tang Zifeng and got back to business and asked:
"Tell me, what were your original plans, and what difficulties have you encountered now?"
Tang Zifeng also put away his joking expression and said: "Actually, there is no difficulty, but there are some things that require Factory Director Zhou to come forward. My hat is not big enough, and people may not buy my fault."
Zhou Heng said: "Please tell me specifically."
Tang Zifeng said: "When Chief Engineer Qin mentioned the drawing board just now, I remembered that last year, the Planning Commission, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Science and Technology Commission and the Ministry of Machinery jointly issued a document calling on industrial and mining enterprises and designers across the country to The unit went off the drawing board, and several ministries and commissions even jointly set up a fund, do you remember?"
Zhou Heng's eyes lit up: "When you said that, I really remembered it. At that time, several ministries and commissions pooled together 50 million or so to fund various units to carry out the board dumping campaign. What, you want to use this money? ?”
"Of course!" Tang Zifeng said, "This is justifiable money. Why can't we make up our mind? With our status as an opportunity, applying for 1,000 to 8 million is not a problem, right? Take this money and allocate 2 million I’m going to buy computers and software for Lao Qin, and I have 8 million left. Can’t we have something to eat?”
"You're talking nonsense again!" Zhou Heng reprimanded, then frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "It's definitely no need to think about eight million for a thousand people. This is only 50 million nationwide. How can we get such a many?
"I remember that the document at the time said that this fund was used to subsidize various enterprises. To apply for this money, enterprises first need to invest a sum of money themselves, and then the state will provide subsidies according to certain policy standards and proportions. In other words, if we want to apply for 1 million, I'm afraid we have to invest 2 or 3 million first, otherwise the state will not invest in you in vain."
"It's the same in my impression." Tang Zifeng said that he had a good memory after traveling through time. He could remember many details of the documents he had read hastily, and there was indeed something about matching them in proportion. He said: "Regardless of how much we invest ourselves, Director Zhou, are you sure that we can apply for part of this fund from this fund? If you don't have eight million, you can have one million."
"One million... I think it's still somewhat certain." Zhou Heng said. He is a steady person, and if he can say that he is somewhat sure, he is actually very sure. Tang Zifeng is right. Linyiji is a large state-owned enterprise and has a certain status in the ministry. In addition, Linyiji's escape from difficulties is a major matter for the ministry. If he reports to the ministry and applies for a part of the "dumping plan" "Board" subsidy, the ministry should consider it.
Tang Zifeng said: "This matter can only be contacted by Factory Director Zhou. My intervention is useless."
"There are things you can't do!" Zhou Heng lost no time in hitting him. Tang Zifeng can make all the difference in the market, but he may not be as successful once he returns to the system. This matter involves selling face. Zhou Heng's face is barely enough. Tang Zifeng is purely transparent in this situation, and there is no face at all.
"Chief Engineer Qin said that it would cost 2 to 3 million yuan to create a drawing board. I feel a little pessimistic. Now, a Pentium compatible computer on the market costs less than 10,000 yuan, and 50 units cost 500,000 yuan. Coupled with printers and tapes, For computers and the like, 600,000 to 700,000 should be enough. As for software..." Tang Zifeng stopped.
Zhou Heng said: "In terms of software, I don't think it necessarily costs much. I heard that many units use pirated software, and the functions are no different from genuine ones."
Tang Zifeng looked at Zhou Heng, and after a long while he sighed and said, "Director Zhou, this kind of thinking is unacceptable. We are also a large state-owned factory, and we will participate in international competition in the future. The technical department uses pirated software. This matter It’s a bit unpleasant to spread the news. Look at Mr. Qin, a strict person, would he be willing to use pirated software?”
"I think...it doesn't matter, right?" Zhou Heng responded with some lack of confidence. There is no way, this is a poor person with short ambitions. He also knows the importance of protecting intellectual property rights, but a set of imported CAD software is worth more than 20,000 yuan, which makes him feel a little distressed.
Tang Zifeng said: "I think about it this way. We definitely can't afford to buy software. Using pirated copies can only be a last resort. I applied to go back to Beijing, and I went to find the office of Tuao Company. , see if we can persuade them to sponsor our factory. If this can be done, we will use the software they sponsor as our investment to account to several ministries."
The Tuo company he was talking about was the developer of the most popular CAD software in the world. Although Zhou Heng had never used CAD software, he had heard of Tuo company's name. After hearing Tang Zifeng's plan, Zhou Heng hesitated and asked, "How sure are you?"
"It all depends on people." Tang Zifeng said, "I will first choose Tuao Company as my target. If they are not willing to sponsor, at worst I will find other companies. I heard that there are dozens of companies doing CAD now. , we go from house to house and we can always find someone who is willing to sponsor us.”
"This is a way." Zhou Heng was persuaded by Tang Zifeng. He wasn't sure how capable Tang Zifeng was, but he thought it wouldn't hurt to let him try. It wouldn't cost much anyway, right? As for whether it would be embarrassing if something happened..., is Tang Zifeng someone who cares about face?
"It's okay for you to go back to the capital. It's been four months since you came out, and you haven't been back yet, have you? By the way, go back to school to see teachers and classmates. As for CAD, just do your best. If it doesn't work, let's spend some money. , buy three or five sets to use first, and they can also be used in emergencies, what do you think?" Zhou Heng said.
Tang Zifeng smiled and said: "Haha, with Director Zhou's words, I don't have any pressure anymore. I have thought about it, I will leave tomorrow and go back to the capital happily. It can be as short as half a month, as long as one or two months, I will came back."
Zhou Heng said angrily: "What about half a month? I'm not asking you to go back to the capital to have fun, let alone take care of your publishing company. There are still a lot of things in the factory. They all have to wait for you to come back and deal with it. For example, the employees who are transferred from various units will eventually be transferred to the labor service company. This matter cannot be done without you. "
"Subordinates... are scared!" Tang Zifeng bowed deeply to Zhou Heng and said.
Today’s five updates are all a full chapter of 3,000 words, which is equivalent to the seven and a half chapters of the KKK. If this is not full of integrity, who else in the world dares to claim to have integrity?