Chapter 407 The First Steelmaking Plant in Northeast China (8 days and 2 shifts) "Uncle Li." Do you have any worries over there? Speak up, maybe I can help? Mu Fei looked at Li Guangxing, who was full of sorrow, and said.

"Alas~ Xiaofei, even if you have the ability, you are still a child. It's enough for you to have this heart, and you can't help me with this......" Li Guangxing just smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, with a helpless face.

In fact, Mu Fei and the old man have similar thoughts, and his son Li Donggang naturally knows about his worries. And he can't do anything about a gang brother, what can he do?

However, he also knows that it is easy for a person to block his worries in his heart. Especially for an old man like him, it is not good for his health to be overburdened psychologically, maybe he will feel more relaxed when he says it. Moreover, Mu Fei was also more curious about the old man's sorrows.

"You can't say that, Uncle Li......" Mu Fei also raised his glass and took a sip, and persuaded him, "Three stinkers, and one Zhuge Liang." Even if we can't help directly, we can at least help find a way...... Besides, even if you can't help, you can feel better if you say it, don't you think that's the truth? ”

"Hehe, Xiaofei, you kid, you are really sensible......" Li Guangxing smiled bitterly twice, and when he looked at it again, Yu Song also had an expectant expression. He slapped his thigh, "Since you all know the Tao, well, I'll tell you a story." As for the old man, I am now the director of a steel mill, and my worries have something to do with this factory. It all started many years ago......"

Then, Li Guangxing began to tell.

It turned out that when Binnan was only developed a few decades ago, because of the remote geography, inconvenient transportation, and the lack of steel in all parts of the country.

Compared with the remote small city of Binnan, it is obvious that coastal cities are more valued, and even if there is steel, it must be used first in those cities, so the urban development and construction of Binnan is in trouble because of the lack of steel.

The country has no choice, and the city cannot help but develop, what can be done? As a result, the city leader of Binnan at that time was also a very courageous person, he saw that there was no way, and made a decision on the spot, so as not to add difficulties to the country, and solved his own problems, Binnan built his own steel mill.

As a result, Binnan had a metal processing plant named "the first steel mill in Northeast China". And this factory, as soon as it was completed, played a great role. It not only solves the development problem of Binnan itself, but also alleviates the steel application problem of the surrounding Ji Province and Liao Province.

At that time, it was the era of eating big pot rice, and everyone was proud of having a good unit and a good job.

Li Guangxing is a regular worker in the "No. 1 Steelmaking Plant in Northeast China" and the director of a workshop. In those days, when it came to being the workshop director of the "East Iron and Steel Plant", everyone had to take a high look.

It is precisely because of his good job that not only makes his family's life rich, but also allows him to earn enough face among relatives and friends, and also find a beautiful daughter-in-law.

And when the unit gave Li Guangxing these, Li Guangxing was also proud of the unit. We put all our efforts into the construction and production of the factory. After more than ten years of conscientious work, it can be said that Li Guangxing's life has been marked by this "East Iron and Steel Plant".

As for Li Donggang's name, the word "Donggang" is also taken from the "No. 1 Steelmaking Plant in Northeast China".

However, everything started to be good, with the development of random society, the progress of science and technology, the demand for people's lives and the demand for architecture became higher and higher. Naturally, the quality of the steel required is getting higher and higher, and the "East Iron and Steel Plant" was only a temporary second- and third-rate small factory to solve the construction problem. Because of technical reasons and equipment limitations, the steel it produces can no longer meet the needs of society.

So the output of the factory is getting less and less, and the efficiency is getting worse and worse. More than five years ago, the factory was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the director of the big factory ran away with a lot of money. The remaining thousands of employees in the factory are facing the crisis of being laid off.

Later, it was a wealthy businessman who went to the sea to do business in the early years injected nearly 100 million yuan to save the half-dead factory. It was precisely because of this opportunity that Li Guangxing, who was the deputy director at the time, was promoted to the position of factory director.

But the matter is not over yet, whether it is this wealthy businessman or Li Guangxing, they are trying to change the predicament of this factory, wanting him to be "prosperous" again.

But the ending is often not as good as imagined, three or four years later, the factory not only did not improve in the slightest, but the sales of the steel smelted did not rise but fell, most of them were smashed into their hands. I can only rely on my own small metal processing factory to process it into kitchenware, and sell daily necessities to barely survive.

The situation of the factory is still getting worse and worse, not only is the salary getting smaller and smaller, but then there is no work to do, and naturally, the salary cannot be paid.

Therefore, many workers have given up, those who can change careers have changed careers, and those who can have left have left. And the remaining 800 or so people are either 'living dead' whose names are in the factory and no longer there, or "old men" like Li Guangxing who have thrown their whole lives in this "Donggang Plant" and are reluctant to leave.

Li Guangxing was smoking a cigarette as he spoke, a pair of old eyes looked out the window, but he didn't know what Lu Dao was looking at. And he's still talking.

"Who knows that Lu Dao, it was quite good at that time, and in the last year, this 'Donggang Plant' has really entered a desperate situation......"

Although in the past three years, Li Guangxing has broken his heart and become full of fire for this factory, and his hair, which was originally half black and half white, has turned completely white at this time, but the predicament of this factory has not improved in the slightest.

And the "big boss" of this factory, the wealthy businessman, saw that not only did he not make any profit in the past three years, but also lost a lot of money. He also lost faith in the factory.

A year ago, he left the factory and handed it over to Li Guangxing. And put it down, after a year and a half, if there is no obvious improvement, the factory can only announce its closure.

Now, it is the second half of the year and a half.

The phone call just now was from the secretary of the real owner of the factory. It is said that from now on, all the equipment and equipment that can be sold in the factory will be sold, and the surplus products will be sold, and the employees will be dismissed with the money, and the compensation will be given. Half a year later at the latest, it was announced that it would go out of business.

In fact, this wealthy businessman is already benevolent, at least before going bankrupt, he still wants to solve the living problems of the employees in the factory. If it is put on some other merchants, I am afraid that they will all be sold out, take the money and leave.

As for the employees? Does it matter to them whether they live or die?

And Li Guangxing, as the head of the first factory, is worried, which is naturally this matter.

Speaking of which, Li Guangxing finished talking about this matter, and Mu Fei also knew from his words that he had any questions before.

It turned out that the old man lived in this harsh Pingshan District because of this "No. 1 Steel Mill in Northeast China" - this factory was not far from the location of the old man's home. Looking through the window, you can see the small factory yard surrounded by red bricks and the dilapidated factory buildings in the courtyard.

"Alas......" After saying this, Li Guangxing sighed, "This factory is the hard work of our life." Okay, even if it's yellow, it's yellow...... But we are old men, and we have children to support us. However, there are still those young men in our factory who are only in their thirties, and there are wives and children at home waiting for food and school, and there are many old cadres in their fifties who are about to retire. If this factory is gone, what will they do......"

"You said that as the head of this factory, there are still hundreds of people in the factory pointing at me for dinner. I don't worry about myself, but can I not worry about them? ......," Li Guangxing said, touching his white hair.

"Alas......" he said, but he sighed, but then looked up at Mu Fei, "Forget it, Xiaofei, Uncle told you this, you can listen to the story." But what you said is really right, after I finished talking to you, this heart, it is somewhat better......"

Li Guangxing didn't point at Mu Fei to find a way at all.

"Uncle Li, don't worry, although things are man-made, we just need to do our best, right?" At this time, Mu Fei was comforting with a smile on his face, and after Li Guangxing finished speaking, he asked, "However, I have some questions I want to ask......

"Uncle Li, I don't know what the specific situation of our factory is, what is the scale? There is also the degree of newness of the equipment, whether it can be produced normally, and the situation of the following supporting branches, etc. Can you tell me everything? Mu Fei asked with a smile.

And hearing this, Li Guangxing didn't care, he didn't think that Mu Fei, a half-grown child, could have any solution to the problem.

However, when it comes to the factory, he is still very willing to talk about it, and then introduces the situation of the factory.

"Although the equipment in our factory belongs to the old model, it is definitely not old because of the low workload and not much use over the years. And there is no injury at all, and there is absolutely no problem with general steel smelting. In addition, there is a small supporting small steel processing plant under our factory, which can process kitchen utensils, knives and the like. In addition, the factory has its own transportation team, not too far away, we also have our own transportation capacity......" Li Guangxing explained in an authentic manner.

After listening to Li Guangxing's words, Mu Fei also had a general understanding of the situation of this factory.

Basically, it is a small factory, but it is a one-stop steel smelting and processing plant that has all departments from production, processing, transportation, sales, etc.

But its problem is also in this "small" word.

Because of the small processing volume, the corresponding cost is higher than that of large factories. In addition, there is no iron ore near Binnan, so the factory's production needs to purchase raw materials from Liao Province and then transport them to Binnan, so that the cost will increase again.

In the end, the steel processed by this factory still belongs to the kind of ordinary old standard old steel, and the quality has no advantage in competition, so it has caused the current embarrassing situation.

In short, the processing volume is small, the cost is high, and the steel quality is ordinary and uncompetitive. It is the three problems of the decay of the "No. 1 steel mill in Northeast China", and it is also fatal.

But after listening to Li Guangxing's introduction to the situation, Mu Fei smiled.

His smile not only made Li Guangxing puzzled, but even Li Donggang and Yu Song were stunned.

"Hehe, Uncle Li, perhaps, I have thought of a way to solve the problem of your factory......" Mu Fei said with a chuckle.

Disclaimer: This factory is fictitious, and if there is, it is a coincidence.