boyutpedia Chapter 887 Spring of Literary and Art Workers
Chapter 887 Spring of Literary and Art Workers
A few days later, the Walkmans produced by the automobile factory appeared in major shopping malls.
It is almost one-third smaller than the Sony Walkman and weighs much less.
As for the sound quality, most people can't hear it at all. Compared with the price of Sony Walkman at $150, the price of Auto Factory Walkman at $130 is also cheap.
The $20 you save can buy a few more tapes.
"This is a real Walkman. The ones produced by Sony are almost as big as bricks and can hardly fit in your pocket.
This is my idea of a Walkman, hanging on a belt or in a trouser pocket, no problem. "
This statement won the approval of many people, and then the car factory's Walkman began to sell well.
In the office of the director of the automobile factory, Chen Changan looked at the report in his hand and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The entire piece of paper only had one meaning, except for praising the various advantages of the car factory's Walkman.
We need goods, lots of goods, and no upper limit. It would be best to expand the production line.
Chen Changan looked up at Mr. Huang.
"How much can we produce Walkmans now?"
“Not very good, the output is only a few dozen units a day.
The main reason is that we are short of people. Without knowing how the sales volume will be, we dare not recruit workers on a large scale.”
Chen Changan thought for a moment and said.
"Then let's recruit workers."
“It’s not just a matter of recruiting workers, our factory’s premises are also somewhat insufficient.
The production lines for rice cookers and color TVs take up too much space, so our factory may have to make some sacrifices.”
"Let's recruit workers first. I'll go to Uncle Nie's place and let other factories produce the rice cookers."
After so many years of sales, rice cookers have become saturated in the overseas market.
It’s not that sales are not going away, but compared to the hot sales when it was first launched on the market, it is indeed quite far behind.
In order not to damage the company's reputation, an electric rice cooker should be used for at least several years.
There are definitely sales, but they are lukewarm.
"Okay, I'll prepare for the recruitment later. Since we already have the rice cooker workers, we don't need to hire many people."
As soon as Mr. Huang left, Chen Changan also set out to look for Uncle Nie.
"I heard that the Walkmans you produced are very popular in Hong Kong Island, and companies like Sony are losing ground?"
"What's the use? With Sony's strength, the next generation of Walkman will probably start to get smaller in size.
This time we just caught the other party off guard, but it’s hard to say what will happen next.
Regarding the patent, they are still wrangling with each other, and I don’t know when we will get the result.”
"After all, it was you who intercepted them. It's already good enough that you can snatch a piece of meat from them.
Are you here to talk to me about recruiting workers for the large-scale production of Walkmans?"
“There are reasons for this, but the main reason is that the factory does not have many vacant workshops.
You also know that the production of color televisions occupies a lot of factory buildings.
I plan to outsource the production of rice cookers to other factories, and our automobile factory will no longer produce rice cookers in the future.
Although the sales of rice cookers in the international market are not as good as before.
But there are still some, and the domestic market can be opened up later. In short, as long as people still eat rice, the rice cooker industry can continue to produce. "
Uncle Nie asked in surprise.
"Is your factory willing to give up the rice cooker production line?"
Although this rice cooker is indeed not as good as before, it is still easy to sell several thousand units every month.
When sales are good, there are cases where the sales volume reaches tens of thousands of units.
This year's sales will be at the level of one million units, not to mention the domestic market.
If this were placed somewhere else, it would definitely be a key unit.
Seeing Chen Changan nodded, Uncle Nie sighed.
Nowadays, automobile factories don’t even care about the rice cooker business, and some units are not enterprising.
They don't even have a decent product, and every time when it comes to paying salaries, they just want to ask their superiors for money.
They are both businesses. Chen Changan started from a honeycomb coal factory and has worked his way up to where he is today.
This comparison shows how important a qualified factory leader is.
"Okay, I have to thank you. With the start of the reform, many factories are on the verge of going out of business.
You have solved my urgent problem. I have agreed to the recruitment issue, and your factory can solve it by yourselves.
I also have one more thing to tell you. The higher authorities are about to hold a symposium for literary and art workers.
You are said to be a factory manager, which seems to have nothing to do with literary and artistic work.
But the songs you wrote, including the ones for the Spring Festival Gala, were all recognized by your superiors.
Therefore, the higher-ups also hope that you can attend this symposium for literary and art workers.
Even if it is just to talk about the future development of the Spring Festival Gala, it would be good.”
Chen Changan did not refuse. As the leader of the Broadcasting Bureau, Zhu Ling would definitely participate in this meeting.
Then we can see what she looks like when she attends the meeting.
The news that the automobile factory was recruiting again spread throughout the city and surrounding areas overnight.
It has been a long time since the car factory last recruited workers.
In order to avoid enemy spies, the automobile factory recruited veterans on several occasions arranged by Uncle Nie.
Now that we were about to enter the 1980s, Walkmans were civilian products and there was no such thing as confidentiality. So they decided to recruit ordinary people.
As the reform began, workers' wages and rewards and punishments were decided by their respective companies.
The wages of workers in automobile factories also saw a significant leap.
Since the factory makes money, it is natural to give bonuses to the workers.
How much to send depends mainly on the factory's monthly flow. If the task is completed and there is no problem with the quality, there is no need to worry about sales.
In this case, workers receive generous bonuses.
Nowadays, the vegetable market at the gate of the automobile factory’s residential area is crowded every day.
In addition to the families of the automobile factory workers who came to buy vegetables, there were also farmers from surrounding rural areas who came to sell vegetables.
Under the management of Liu Guangfu, the vegetable market here is well organized and no one bullies them.
Every time, no matter how much vegetables they bring, they can buy them all. They are also naturally willing to buy vegetables at the vegetable market near the car factory.
The TV watching area at the entrance of the residential area is still crowded, but unfortunately there are fewer and fewer workers from the car factory here.
The reason is simple: most workers have a TV at home.
More and more people from the surrounding areas came to watch TV.
As the owner of a TV, many people know Wu Wentao and know that he is the squad leader of the security team of the automobile factory’s security department.
"Captain Wu, I heard the car factory is hiring?"
Wu Wentao took a look at the other person and could only say that he looked familiar, but he didn't know him.
Seeing the cigarette handed to him by the other party, Wu Wentao took it, lit it up, nodded and said.
"Do you know what a Walkman is? Even if I tell you, you still don't know.
Anyway, Director Chen and Engineer Huang from our automobile factory have developed a new product.
It caused a huge sensation abroad and people all over the world rushed to buy it.
Isn't it that the production is too much? So we have to start hiring people.
Although the recruitment notice has not been posted yet, this matter is a foregone conclusion.
If you have unemployed young people in your family, make preparations early."
"If I were to apply for a job, would I be able to get it?"
"You? Forget it. The Walkman may look simple, but it is a delicate work.
At the same time, it is an assembly line, which requires young people with nimble hands and feet.
Do you know what an assembly line is? If you are slow, the whole production line will be slow too.
If this affects others' ability to complete their tasks and causes everyone to lose their bonuses, do you think you can still stay here?"
As Wu Wentao continued his explanation, everyone at the scene's attention was no longer on the TV.