Official career: From director to secretary, I want to improve myself

Chapter 169 Warning to the Factory Director!

"The Jingcheng motorcycles produced by the Jingcheng Factory were once all the rage throughout Handong Province, commanding 80 percent of the market share! But in just a few years, they've fallen to the point where they now rely on government subsidies to stay afloat. I'd like to ask, what's the reason?"

"The county government can't keep subsidizing the factory forever. I came here to inspect this time and can tell you clearly that the government subsidies Jingcheng Factory receives will gradually decrease in the future. The county government can't keep giving money to fill your hole. The same goes for the other factories!"

Jiang Yuan said without any expression.

"Ah?! Secretary Jiang, without government subsidies, what are we factory workers going to do?!"

When Pan Jiang heard this, he stood up. The millions of dollars in deficit were the workers' wages! Where would the money come from?

"Sit down. I'm telling you, I'm not stopping the factory subsidies right now. I'm telling you to prepare in advance. The factory can't just rely on subsidies from the county government to survive. We have to change—change is the way to success!"

"Reform is imperative! We must stimulate the factory's own ability to generate income, otherwise, no one can save it."

"The county government can save you temporarily, but not forever! Furthermore, you'll be assigned to the development zone from now on, and the development zone won't have the money to subsidize you. If necessary, the factory will be bankrupted and liquidated. Don't think you have a secure job and rely on financial support to get by."

Jiang Yuan's tone softened a bit, but the content of his words made Pan Jiang feel even colder.

This person is not the previous deputy county magistrate. Secretary Jiang is the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission and also the secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Development Zone. He is the man who has the final say in Pingkang County!

He said that if he could make Jingcheng Factory go bankrupt and liquidate, then it would definitely be possible!

But, this is a factory that has been here for more than ten years! He has been here since he started working, and has come this far step by step. He has long regarded the factory as his home.

My home is gone, how can this be?!

"Secretary Jiang, we must change! We must transform! Our R&D center is about to develop a new motorcycle that will definitely recapture the market!"

Pan Jiang spoke excitedly, and revealed the factory's confidential matters.

"A new motorcycle? Tell me honestly, how much more money do you need to invest, and how long will it take? I remember one of the reasons that brought down the factory was that they invested a lot of working capital in research and development, right? After all these years, research and development, and still research and development?"

"Uh, this..."

Pan Jiang was stuck for a moment. He didn't expect Secretary Jiang to know them so well!

I wanted to use this excuse to fool people, but this time it didn't work.

"Director Pan, I've researched your information. You used to be a good director, devoted to your work, never flattering or lying. Unfortunately, I can't imagine what you've been up to these past few years."

"Secretary Jiang, I..."

"Alright, that's all I have to say. I will transfer your Party Secretary, Ren Jie, and the factory will not send another Party Secretary here in the future. What you need to do next is to stabilize the morale of the entire factory and have the engineers start learning the design and production model of electric bicycles now."

"The official changes will take place after the New Year. I will reform the entire factory according to my will! The Pingkang County Enterprise Reform Plan will be announced before the New Year, and a New Year bonus will be distributed to everyone at that time. I hope you will be ready when the official reforms begin next year."

This conversation between Jiang Yuan and Director Pan may not seem to be going smoothly.

When we first met, he was still carrying the lives of so many people in the factory on his shoulders, so he couldn't open up and talk. What he wanted was continued subsidies from the government, and perhaps he was still dreaming of making a comeback with his newly researched motorcycle models.

However, Pingkang County will no longer continue to invest.

The new county magistrate, the new secretary, and the new county party committee team are full of vigor and vitality, and everyone is thinking about making some political achievements!

Therefore, money will no longer be invested without limit in these loss-making factories and enterprises.

"...Yes, Secretary, I understand."

After a moment of silence, Pan Jiang nodded.

He could feel the secretary's determination and skill. He could not refuse, nor could he stop Jiang Yuan's determination.

Jiang Yuan was escorted out of the office. Pan Jiang watched the young secretary disappear into the distance. No one knew what the future held.

"Then let's see if it works!"

.........

Then Jiang Yuan and his team inspected the remaining two factories.

"The technology of the batteries produced by Factory 504 is top-notch. We have our own R&D team and have invested a lot of time and money. Our technology is leading the industry!"

At Factory 504, Director Jiang Defu introduced it this way.

Several other people from Factory 504 around them were also a little proud. Their Factory 504 was a small factory and an insignificant link in the entire military supply chain, but with everyone's efforts in recent years, they have successfully improved their technology to the top level in the industry.

This is something to be proud of!

"But your factory can't sell its products, and now you have no income at all. How can you do this?"

Cao Ruiyang, director of the Development Planning Commission, spoke directly to the heart of the matter.

Director Jiang's smile suddenly froze.

Don't hit people in the face, don't expose their weaknesses when scolding them, how can this be a stab in the heart?

Why are people in Pingkang County so rude?

"Director Jiang, I'm very happy that you never gave up on your pursuit of technological improvement despite the difficult circumstances. Your spirit is worthy of learning for all of us!"

Jiang Yuan smiled and changed the subject.

Thank you, Secretary!"

Director Jiang accepted Jiang Yuan's kindness with a smile and snorted at Director Cao.

Jiang Yuan smiled.

In his opinion, there were no internal problems at Factory 504. It was just that after the military-to-civilian transition, they were unable to adapt to the role of a market-oriented economy and could not keep up with market trends.

Including this group of people, Jiang Yuan took a look around and it was obvious that the entire factory was basically full of technical geeks!

In the military-industrial system, it is very good for them to delve into technology in this way, but now, they must have the ability to sell their products.

But, obviously, Factory 504 does not have this capability.

"Secretary Jiang, our team has achieved the localization of cathode materials for small lithium-ion batteries. We are the first in the industry in this regard! However, we haven't announced this news yet. It seems useless to do so."

Director Jiang was a little pessimistic. He was really hit by the huge gap between reality and ideal!

I originally thought that their technical level would definitely be able to dominate the civilian market, but I didn't expect that when I went to negotiate with them, I would first have to dominate the dinner table and serve the purchasing manager well.

Then, kickbacks were required, which made everyone at Factory 504 very dissatisfied, so they stopped cooperating.

They have the simplest sense of morality among military workers!