mtl008 Chapter 184: Three more places
Chapter 184: Three more places
"Comrade Ji's ideas are still as unexpected as ever. What is this?"
County Magistrate Wei turned his attention to the beef jerky again. The packaging bag said "air-dried beef jerky", but inside it were thin slices of meat. They didn't look like meat slices, but they were.
Director Yan stood up and handed the beef jerky to County Magistrate Wei, "This is a new product from the factory, beef jerky? Right, Sisi."
"Yes, this beef is minced into puree, then flattened and baked in the oven into thin slices. Honey is brushed on both sides while baking, and the taste is sweet. County Magistrate Wei can try it."
When introducing the dish, Ji Sisi described the cooking method and taste in one breath.
As soon as County Magistrate Wei opened the bag, he smelled a sweet fragrance. He picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth. His pupils suddenly shrank as he savored the beef jerky in his mouth.
While he was eating, he did not forget Secretary Lin beside him and held out the bag, "Try it too."
Secretary Lin took it and ate a small piece as well.
County Magistrate Wei asked, "How is it?"
"It tastes good, sweet and salty, and it's easy to eat. It tastes good compared to beef jerky, but both have their own advantages." Secretary Lin praised generously, "Comrade Ji, you have a really good brain."
"The comrades from the machinery factory delivered the oven this morning. I quickly baked a box of honey sauce while I had time. We will gradually add new flavors after the staff is stable. The ones planned for now are cumin and spicy."
Ji Sisi explained and also mentioned the direction behind.
County Magistrate Wei nodded and said, "Take Director Yan to get the information I told you about last time."
County Magistrate Wei wanted to talk to Ji Sisi alone. Director Yan looked at Ji Sisi, and finally got up and followed Secretary Lin out of the office.
"Comrade Ji, you should have heard what Director Yan told you about the recent situation in several other communes, right?"
Ji Sisi nodded, "I heard about it, but I really can't spare the time recently..."
Before she could finish her words, County Magistrate Wei interrupted her by drinking tea, "I know this, don't worry, I didn't ask you to come here today to talk about this matter."
"The Huaihua Food Factory is getting better and better, which makes everyone happy. It is reasonable for other communes to want to follow suit. Don't worry too much about this. I will take care of it."
If they weren't looking for her because of the plan and factory construction, then what could it be? Ji Sisi couldn't help but get even more nervous.
"Excuse me, County Magistrate Wei. Why did you come to me today?"
"I want to discuss with you about increasing the number of jobs. Your factory is now on the right track, but I see that your factory still has fewer employees than other factories. I also heard that you have already started to export to the provincial capital and several neighboring counties."
Ji Sisi's heart skipped a beat and she added more jobs.
Is the thing she was worried about going to happen?
"It's like this, County Magistrate Wei, our factory does intend to recruit people. This time we plan to recruit 15 to 20 people at a time, and we have already added jobs."
County Magistrate Wei was silent for a while. "Twenty. Including you now, can forty handle it?"
"What does the county magistrate mean?"
Seeing that County Magistrate Wei refused to give up, Ji Sisi had to take a step back to find out how many more the other party wanted to add.
"Sophora japonica is now considered a key project in the county. The higher-ups are very optimistic about Luxian's specialty and are very satisfied with your development speed."
The more County Magistrate Wei praised people, the more uneasy Ji Sisi felt.
"We have done a good job at the beginning. We need to keep working hard to add another thirty. What do you think, Comrade Ji?"
Ji Sisi: I can’t bear to watch it.
It is now 75 years, which means in another five years, the economy will be open to self-employed individuals. Along with the wave of people going into business, there will also be a wave of layoffs and bankruptcies.
The first to go bankrupt are the large factories, which are unable to make ends meet, have outdated thinking, and stick to the old-fashioned way of doing business. They are easily defeated by individual businesses and cannot even get up.
The key issue is that there are too many employees and salaries account for a large proportion of the total, which makes it difficult for the factory to make a profit in the long run.
Ji Sisi takes this factor into consideration every time she recruits people with caution.
In her opinion, there are only three production lines in the factory, and with the current orders, it can be operated with at most 50 people.
"County Magistrate Wei, this is the current situation of the factory. Due to limited funds at the beginning, the staff dormitory was not built. There are even several other empty rooms that are made of adobe and have not been renovated. There are even some areas that were allocated to the factory but have not been reclaimed."
"If we hire another 30 people, plus the original 20, plus the 20 people in the factory, 70 people will only work on three lines, and we may not be able to copy that many positions."
Ji Sisi thought about rejecting County Magistrate Wei by playing the victim.
She also subconsciously concealed the beef sauce production line that she originally wanted to talk about.
County Magistrate Wei also heard the refusal. "So, it's a bit too much to recruit so many people at once. Let's wait for Comrade Ji to make the arrangements."
Although County Magistrate Wei's expression did not change, Ji Sisi always felt that the atmosphere was beginning to become strange.
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After leaving the county party committee compound, Director Yan asked about the content of the private conversation between Ji Sisi and County Mayor Wei.
Ji Sisi told the truth, "Director, I don't want to hire so many people for the time being. My initial plan was to keep the number of employees under 50 this year. I will consider expanding the factory and hiring more people when the performance starts to grow steadily."
Business is good and the staff in the factory are too busy to handle it, so Ji Sisi will naturally recruit people.
But recruiting so many people at once, it is not as easy to fire them as in the previous workplace. It is not like giving a month's compensation or giving old employees N+1 to get them to leave.
"County Magistrate Wei must have his reasons for doing this, but since he has agreed to let you do it, you still have the final say over the factory."
Director Yan couldn't help but worry that after Ji Sisi left, he was afraid that County Mayor Wei would transfer someone over to take over the management of the food factory.
Ji Sisi was also worried. She didn’t want to give birth to a child and bring back a drastic change in the food factory.
"Forget it. I don't want to think about it anymore. We'll talk about the future later. Director, I'm going to the printing factory first. Do you want to come with me?"
The beef jerky is now made, but I haven’t had time to order the bags yet. I wasn’t sure about the size last time, so now I’ve tentatively decided on a rectangular beef jerky the size of half a palm.
"I'll go with you and take a look."
The two then went to the printing factory, and the packaging bags were not much different from those for beef jerky.
The printing factory made a sample bag, and after Ji Sisi confirmed it, they started printing more bags. This time, they ordered two thousand bags at one time.
After leaving the printing factory, Ji Sisi took Director Yan to find Zhang Zhizhi again. Last time she said her mother worked in a glass factory.
In a blink of an eye, beef sauce will start production and glass jars should be put on the agenda.
Glass factory.
Zhang Zhizhi took Ji Sisi and Director Yan to meet the head of the sales department smoothly.
"Manager Ji from Huaihua Food Factory, I've heard of you. Are you coming to the glass factory today? Is it finally our turn to cooperate with yours?"