Chapter 379: Mental and physical

'They also cooperate with local farmers to grow produce such as vegetables, fruits, and flower seedlings.' Han Songlin was a little surprised. There was no problem with growing vegetables and fruits; but flowers and seedlings were surprising.

You have to understand that the flower market is not very big right now.

Yes, it's not big.

When people are just managing to get by, do they care about things like flowers and plants?

Obviously not.

After a few years, when people stop worrying about getting by, they will start to pursue all kinds of things.

For example, the urban environment.

The demand for flowers in the market comes, to a large extent, from urban environment improvement.

Home gardening is actually quite rare.

As for the garden market, it has always existed.

In the future, as urban construction expands, urban green belts will increasingly need these things; it is quite promising to engage in these things now.

'Do people want flowers?'

Xu Lu pondered for a moment: 'I heard that sales are pretty good. Right now, we mainly sell Lechi and Yanghe. Our factory has also bought some back.'

Han Songlin suddenly realised that when he had previously walked into the factory, he had seen some flowers and plants inside.

'Compared to growing grain, farmers can make more money growing vegetables.'

Han Songlin: 'In terms of economic benefits, this is indeed the case!'

'Nowadays, the county government strongly supports growing vegetables and flowers near the brewery.'

The entire Lechi area now has a fairly high degree of planning in terms of agricultural planting; for example, growing glutinous rice, sorghum, corn and other grains used in brewing can offset a certain amount of agricultural taxes.

There are many breweries in the county, and Lechi is not really short of that little bit of agricultural tax.

Han Songlin: 'A few years ago, I was going to hold a senior management meeting of the Xinghai Group to sum up the past and look to the future.'

The whole of 1995 can definitely be considered a year of great development for the Xinghai Group. Everyone knows that the company made money in 1995, and made a lot of money, but no one knows exactly how much.

'After the senior management meeting, there will be a commendation meeting. Outstanding employees from the entire group will be commended, as well as outstanding R&D and technical personnel.'

Does the company's commendation meeting make you feel like a state-owned enterprise?

In fact, state-owned enterprises have many problems, but also many advantages; just because they fail to compete in the market economy, you shouldn't think that there is something wrong with their entire management model.

No matter what the management model is, at the beginning, when it is most effective, it is the most effective.

Why does it start to fail in the middle and late stages?

It's just like a machine. At first, it's highly productive and the quality of the product is good. But after a long time, it needs maintenance and parts need to be replaced. If you don't do this, the machine will wear out more and more severely, and then the whole machine will simply stop running.

If the whole machine is out of order, and then you want to repair it, it can't be fixed directly; the cost of repair is too high, so it's better not to repair it at all.

Of course, there are also many good things about the whole machine.

Han Songlin has never worried that Xinghai Group employees would become dissatisfied with their wages and leave the company.

This is because Xinghai Group's wages are higher than the average wage in society.

For ordinary employees, they just need to look at the average wage in society.

Ordinary employees are easily replaced, so their wages can be high, but not too high. If they can earn enough to get by and live a comfortable life, they won't have any other ambitions.

But what about those outstanding employees?

These employees are the core component of a company, and they determine whether a company's core combat effectiveness is strong or not.

Core employees must be treated preferentially, and preferential treatment is not only reflected in high wages and benefits.

It must also be reflected in honours.

Both material and spiritual rewards are necessary.

Having material rewards without spiritual rewards is not enough. It is fine in the short term, but in the long term, it will not work.

Humans pursue spiritual things very much, and they may even give up material enjoyment.

Han Songlin still doesn't feel very good about corporate management and operations.

So his choice is to meet the material and spiritual needs of his employees, as well as to keep the entire company's internal talent promotion channels open, and there is supervision.

If these four points are done well, Han Songlin personally feels that the company should not have too many problems.

Regarding the talent promotion channel, it is not just about getting a promotion and a pay rise in the usual sense; Han Songlin studied at Warwick and directly classified employees into different levels, so that employees at different levels can receive different treatment.

In this way, people don't have to compete for the few management positions.

The company is also able to retain a large number of talented people.

To be honest, this is a pretty good system.

In Xinghai Group, the people above the management positions, in terms of employee ranking, often have a lower ranking than the skilled workers.

Xu Lu is not surprised by the opening of the commendation meeting; this is just what should be done.

'Boss, when is it going to start, so I can arrange my schedule!'

Han Songlin: 'When is the Chinese New Year this year?'

Spring Festival is looked forward to every year, but if you don't look at the calendar, Han Songlin really doesn't know exactly when it is.

'February 19!'

'Then let's find a time to hold the meeting in early February. For a meeting, you always have to choose an auspicious day.'

Xu Lu opened her mouth, not knowing what to say!

Is Han Songlin superstitious?

Usually, it doesn't seem like it.

But can you say Han Songlin isn't superstitious?

Anyway, when building a factory, they will choose an auspicious day to start construction and they will also sacrifice a chicken to the gods and so on.

Han Songlin himself doesn't know if he is superstitious or not. In the past, when he saw those business owners posting yellow paper in the factory and talking about feng shui, he felt quite funny.

But now, he really understands them.

They all hold the mentality of 'it's better to believe in it than not', and since it can't hurt anything, they just want peace of mind.

Peace of mind, this is very important.

Isn't that what we're all looking for when we do anything?

'I'll let you know when the time comes!'

You can't just casually call someone over for a meeting.

Food and other things are minor matters; the factory canteen can take care of them.

The most important thing is accommodation!

It's not easy to find a good hotel these days.

So, I'll have to let someone else deal with the accommodation arrangements.

Back at the office building of Fule Wine Industry, Han Songlin patted his bicycle: 'Inside the factory, you also need to buy a sightseeing cart or something. If you want to take a stroll inside the factory, you can't just ride a bicycle.'

Xu Lu teased, 'Bicycles are pretty good, they're environmentally friendly!'

The location of the office building of Fule Wine Industry is relatively high, on top of a hill.

You can get a panoramic view of the entire Leshui town.

At this time, Leshui town is undergoing major construction, and the area of the town looks much larger.

Many new houses have been built.

Most are two-storey, but there are also three- and four-storey buildings.

Han Songlin looked on and couldn't help but sigh, Leshui town has really developed quite well.

The construction of the plant by Fule Liquor will inevitably take up land; most of the landless farmers will choose to rebuild their homes in Leshui Town.

People will also be absorbed into the factory by Fule Liquor.

In the winery, there really is no need for any special skills; ordinary workers do the hard work, and women can do it too.

In fact, there are now quite a few female workers on the production line in the winery.

Since Fule Wine Industry is constantly expanding production, most of the male labourers in the neighbourhood have already joined the factory. With a shortage of manpower, they can only absorb a large number of female workers.

After all, they are all farmers, and there is not much difference between working in the fields and in the factory.

In terms of income, working in the factory is definitely more profitable.

Many couples have joined Fule Wine Industry to work, and their families have moved directly into the dormitory building.