Chapter 328 Two Grasshoppers
Zhao Shiming has been quite ambitious lately.

He was the former head of Sennheiser Motor and is now the head of Sennheiser Group.

Originally, Sennheiser Motor's business performance had not been good over the years, with an asset-liability ratio of nearly 100% and numerous difficulties. He had long been exhausted and had been thinking about how to get out of this mess. However, there is always a way out. Just when Sennheiser Motor was on the verge of bankruptcy, the city set its sights on the 88 acres of land at the Sennheiser Motor factory site.

In order to build the key municipal project "New Era Commercial Lane" on this prime land, the city promoted the overall reorganization of the electrical industry in Jiangchuan City with Senhai Motor as the main body. Senhai Motor not only revived, but also controlled Jiangchuan Red Star, Jiangchuan Electric Factory, Jiangchuan Rectifier Factory and Jiangchuan Micromotor General Factory, and established Jiangchuan Senhai Electric Group.

What is this called?
Good luck!

However, this is not enough. Zhao Shiming's inner thought is to take advantage of the bankruptcy and reorganization momentum to promote the property rights reform of Sennheiser Group!

Just yesterday, he submitted the initial proposal of property rights reform to the Mechanical and Electrical Bureau. The general idea is to adopt a shareholding cooperative system, with the group's management and employees investing to buy out all of Sennheiser. However, the more thorny issue at the moment is that the city has now established Jiangchuan State-owned Assets Investment Holding Co., Ltd. to coordinate the property rights reform of all state-owned enterprises in the city. Naturally, Sennheiser Group has been included in it, which means that Sennheiser Group is under dual leadership. It is not an easy task for him to promote the privatization of Sennheiser Group at the moment.

When Zhao Shiming was thinking about this matter in the office, it was snowing outside. Not long after, there was a sudden noisy sound. He didn't pay attention to it at first, but the noise became louder and louder, which was a bit puzzling. So he got up and opened the curtains. He immediately saw a sea of ​​people gathered outside the office building of Sennheiser Group.

Zhao Shiming frowned and took a closer look. There were probably three or four hundred people, all wearing work clothes from the Red Star Electronics Factory. He was very familiar with the person standing in the front, it was Liu Dongsheng. The workers behind him blocked the road in front of the door, but the order was not chaotic, and there were no radical actions. They lined up neatly in the wind and snow, with about ten people on each side, holding red banners. The slogans coming out of the loudspeaker were even louder: "Give me back the Red Star!", "Resume production!", "No layoffs without resettlement fees!", "Zhao Shiming, come out to negotiate!"

Zhao Shiming's face was as black as coal ash.

He knew clearly what the consequences would be if these employees did this! What made him even more angry was that Liu Dongsheng actually took the lead in going against him.

This is fucking ridiculous!
As the director of a state-owned enterprise, he has no organizational discipline or principles at all!

Legally, Red Star had already been merged into Senhai, and Liu Dongsheng was his subordinate. He really wanted to twist off Liu Dongsheng's head and kick it like a ball! However, at such a time, Zhao Shiming, who was full of anger, really couldn't personally come forward and negotiate with the angry employees face to face.

Time seemed to grow longer.

Hundreds of people were outside the building in the snow and ice, but Zhao Shiming felt very uncomfortable in his warm office.

The big trouble of Red Star has been going on for more than half a year. The last fire at Red Star caused the big boss Jiangchuan to come out in person to take command. The big boss was so angry that he almost fired him on the spot. Now, if the demands of these employees are not responded to, their emotions will become more extreme. They may do something extreme. It is inevitable that it will be reported to the city, and some people will make a big fuss about it again.

Zhao Shiming pondered over it for a long time. His assistant came in several times to ask for instructions, saying that there were more and more passers-by outside, and it would have a bad impact if the news got out. How should this matter be handled? Zhao Shiming had to suppress his anger and asked his assistant to "invite" Liu Dongsheng into his office in a nice tone.

Liu Dongsheng came to negotiate with Zhao Shiming on behalf of all Red Star employees. Originally, the employees wanted to send representatives to accompany him, but Zhao Shiming's assistant firmly disagreed. Liu Dongsheng felt that it would not have any impact, so he appeased the employees and went to the meeting alone with Zhao Shiming's assistant.

In fact, Liu Dongsheng used to come to Zhao Shiming's office often, even every few days, and he would come whenever he had the chance. Every time he came, he would bend over with a smile and beg Zhao Shiming to give Red Star a little bit of grace. However, this time was different. This time, Liu Dongsheng was not afraid of wearing shoes even though he was barefoot. He had the mentality that if you want to force me into a desperate situation, then I will also drag you down with me!
Therefore, he went straight to the point and put the demands of the Red Star employees on the table. The most important point was that the condition for the sale of 133 acres of land in the Red Star factory area recognized by the employees was a unit price of 25 yuan per acre. No matter how much money Senhai got from Huangcheng, and no matter whether the "land sale agreement" was agreed by Red Star, the employees' laid-off resettlement expenses must be fully compensated under this premise. Secondly, the huge cost of changing industrial land to commercial land cannot be included and must be borne by Senhai itself.

Zhao Shiming stared at Liu Dongsheng for a long time, as if he didn't know him. "Director Liu, you weren't like this before. Is there someone behind you telling you to do this?"

Liu Dongsheng did not deny: "Yes."

Zhao Shiming said, "Oh," and said, "Tell me about it." Liu Dongsheng said, "All Red Star employees."

Zhao Shiming slapped the table with his hand: "You are kidding your own future!"

Liu Dongsheng smiled and said, "Do you think I can appease these employees? If I can't appease them, then what future do I have?"

"But at least you shouldn't add fuel to the fire!"

"Boss Zhao, you overestimate me. It doesn't matter whether I add fuel to the fire or not. If the workers don't have enough money to make a living, the situation will only continue to deteriorate! Why do I say that? You should know. If you don't, please go to Red Star and see how many workers who have run out of food are relying on hard labor, street vendors, and picking up rotten vegetable stalks in the vegetable market to make a living! Please also go to the hospital to see what the inhumane fire has done to them. How are they going to live the rest of their lives? Of course, I have no evidence whether the fire was man-made, but I know it in my heart, and you know it too!"

Liu Dongsheng stood up and said excitedly: "Are these workers pitiful? Poor! But it is said that there is something hateful about pitiful people. So what did they do wrong to end up like this? These state-owned enterprise workers regard the factory as their home and have worked hard all their lives. Now their homes are sold without their consent. They have nothing overnight. What's wrong with asking for reasonable resettlement fees?"

Faced with Liu Dongsheng's aggressive words, Zhao Shiming didn't know how to respond for a moment. After a long time, he said: "Old Liu, I advise you that you are not a child. There is no need to say such impulsive words. Who can't speak righteously? The question is, can it solve practical problems? Yes, I admit that many things should not be like this, but it has always been like this. We have always lived in such a world!"

Liu Dong said angrily: "Is this your attitude?"

Zhao Shiming sighed, "You are not unaware of the land price standard given by Huangcheng. According to this standard, I can't meet the laid-off resettlement fees required by the Red Star employees! You have made such a fuss now, the city cannot have no reaction, plus the last big fire accident in Red Star, I am already sitting on the crater. The moment of the eruption, the first to turn into ashes will be me! Of course, you, Liu Dongsheng, can't be left out! Tell me, what else can I do? Pat my chest and guarantee to the employees outside that the laid-off resettlement fees will be paid in full? Can I come up with it? Will the employees believe it? What a joke!"

Liu Dongsheng was furious: "If you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? With such a huge bomb in front of you, why did you sell Red Star to the Phoenix City Group at such a low price?"

Zhao Shiming smiled sadly: "Liu Dongsheng, Director Liu, I know you feel wronged and angry. You feel like you are a pawn that is manipulated and humiliated. The problem is, am I not the same?!"

Liu Dongsheng was silent.

A feeling of frustration washed over him.

After a long while, he finally said, "How are you going to clean up this mess?"

Zhao Shiming took out a cigarette and handed it to Liu Dongsheng: "These employees only trust you. Only you can stabilize the situation. Persuade them to go back first. After two days..."

"Impossible!" Liu Dongsheng hated this round of empty rhetoric: "We must give the employees a result today!"

Zhao Shiming's expression turned cold, he stared at Liu Dongsheng and said, "Do you want to perish together with us?"

Liu Dongsheng picked up the lighter and lit a cigarette, his tone as hard as a diamond: "You are jade, I am stone. It seems that we are not at a disadvantage."

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(End of this chapter)