Chapter 111 Old Problems New Problems

  "Now that the company has a formal name, we should put our rules and regulations on the agenda." At the beginning of Antianmin's establishment, Liang Sanping convened the first meeting under Ge Tai's support.

  The documents from the imperial capital did not make a comprehensive appointment to the management, only mentioning Ge Tai and Liang Sanping. As for the Guangdong side, it is even more impossible to intervene in this matter arbitrarily, everyone knows that they are being watched by their superiors. Those who intervene without reason are fools.

  "This is the preliminary work plan we have drafted, everyone can take a look first. If there are any problems, you can raise them and we will discuss them together..." Liang Sanping said as he handed out copies of the document to the attendees.

  Actually, there were not many participants. A deputy director from Jianghai Farm was arranged to come over. Xia Zhendong from the two hospitals in South China, and then Ge Tai. Now An Tianmin is only responsible for these few people.

  Although there was no formal document issued before, everyone tacitly took Liang Sanping's opinion as the main one. If others had any ideas or suggestions, they would find Liang Sanping privately to discuss them.

  After reaching a consensus, it will be proposed for discussion at the meeting. It's simple, if Liang Sanping opposes their opinions, even if they are barely proposed at the meeting, they won't get passed.

  "San Ping... isn't the punishment for absenteeism a bit too severe?! Directly firing them, isn't that a bit too much?!" Yu Jianghai Farm's former deputy director Mao Deye said with some hesitation: "After all, we are a state-owned enterprise, directly firing them isn't good..."

  "There's also the matter of salary and bonus deductions, which seems excessive. It's hard to deal with, I'm afraid someone will spread rumors."

  "What Deputy Director Mao said makes sense, but we also need to consider the practical issues." Liang Sanping said with a smile to this former deputy director of Jianghai Farm, now vice president of Antian Min Company.

  "The era of the big pot of rice is over, but how to develop now, no one has a complete concept. Everything is being explored. But obviously, the way of the big pot of rice is no longer suitable. Those who work hard will get more, and those who slack off will definitely be punished."

  Mao De heard Liang Sanping say this, but he didn't say anything else. The conversation had reached this point and was almost over. They were now able to position themselves properly, with Liang Sanping being the one in charge. They were all assisting Liang Sanping with his work.

  Next, Ge Tai and Xia Zhendong also expressed a few opinions, but they were not related to the main framework. They were all some minor issues, and Liang Sanping did listen to their opinions and made some modifications to the already drafted regulations.

  Li Sanping and the others began discussing how to arrange the management of Antianmin Company after integration. Now, Antianmin is no longer just a company that mainly plants and sells vegetables.

  More is a new type of company that integrates breeding, joint ventures with local people, technical support and so on. Such companies are rare even in later generations.

  "On the Wen's side, I think it would be better to arrange for an old employee from the farm and a new employee to go together. It is more convenient to take charge of the overall situation. Of course, we also need to collaborate with both parties on technical aspects."

  But then Liang Sanping smiled and said: "Of course! We are not taking the technology for nothing, we will provide bonuses to the two academies, especially the project personnel who have made breakthroughs and the technical providers."

  "Now the company is still small, so we can only allocate 20% of our profits to fund research on specialized topics in the two institutes..." As he spoke, Liang Sanping handed a document to Xia Zhendong.

  "This is..." Xia Zhendong took it with a puzzled expression and looked at it: "Research Report on Dragon Eye Planting in Qiong Island", "Study on Tropical Fruit Planting Species and Their Feasibility"...

  "For each topic, we will provide 20,000 yuan in research funding! If results are achieved, an additional 50,000 yuan will be awarded!" Liang Sanping waved his hand grandly, startling everyone present.

  Wow! This is 1980, workers could earn at most 50-60 yuan a month. This kid spent 2000 yuan in one breath and still got 5000 more after achieving results!

  This comes out to be 8,000 yuan. What a concept! It's equivalent to the savings of several years for an ordinary dual-income family who doesn't eat or drink.

  Holding the documents handed over by Liang Sanping, Xia Zhendong couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Sanping, you little devil, your hands are ruthless enough. If the bonus is smashed out, I estimate that not many people will smash their heads to drill here..."

  "Knowledge is power, right? I think we should popularize this concept to everyone's mind." Liang Sanping chuckled and said: "Moreover, the research results of these experts will bring us profits that are not just a few thousand yuan. So this money is well spent!"

  Xia Zhendong thought about it, and indeed it was the case. Didn't others know that Xia Zhendong didn't know either?! The profit from just vegetables alone was enough for Liang Sanping to splurge like this. If you add up the profits from exporting poultry and livestock products to Xiangjiang this time, these sums of money are simply not a problem.

  "Now the discussion is about the procurement, quarantine and transportation of live poultry. Liang Sanping paused for a moment before moving on to the next topic: "Xiang Jiang has expressed that in order to keep the meat fresh, they plan to adopt live transportation of poultry. They will transport these poultry to Xiang Jiang..."

  "But for the transportation of live poultry, first and foremost is to pass the inspection and quarantine. The Hong Kong side will request the local inspection and quarantine institution to send their personnel to our place to conduct inspections and quarantines together with us."

  "At the same time, we also need to self-inspect. My suggestion is that this inspection and quarantine should be carried out jointly with Japanese experts here. Implementing tripartite joint inspection and quarantine, striving for perfection."

  "Isn't this too troublesome?!" Ge Tai furrowed his brow and said: "All three parties are conducting inspections and quarantines, how long will it take to turn things around?! Will it cause any trouble for transportation and sales...?"

  "Trouble will definitely arise. But this way, we can ensure that our poultry products won't have any problems." Liang Sanping said to himself, adding another sentence in his heart: In fact, I'd like to add such a checkpoint to the food we sell to Chinese people in the future!

  But at this time, Liang Sanping knew that he was powerless to do so. Ge Tai's proposal was also the idea of many people. Why bother? Just sell it directly and be done with it!

  Why bother with self-inspection if they can just inspect and quarantine? And then they go and find the Japanese to come and check, isn't that just asking for trouble?!

  "A brand, to keep going, must ensure that its quality does not decline. And in the early stages of a company's development, this is even more crucial." Liang Sanping looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Xiangjiang and Japan are different from us, they have more choices."

  "From the US to South America, from Europe to Australia. Countless poultry companies are trying every means to enter the Japanese and Hong Kong markets. Now that we have this opportunity, we must seize it. Once these poultry products encounter problems and are exposed in the Hong Kong market, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to us!"

  "An Tianmin, we've taken on this name and must live up to it. The country is based on its people, the people are based on food, and food is based on safety first! This idea, we must instill in them."

  But then Liang Sanping took a deep breath and said to the crowd: "It's not just employees, I hope we all remember this idea firmly in our hearts. Never dare to forget it!!"

  "I agree!" Ge Tai fell silent for a moment, then stood up and said: "Don't forget the original intention, only then can we achieve our goals. Since we have this name, we must live up to it."

  "My suggestion is that outside our vegetable and breeding bases, we should write this sentence in a prominent place. This is to remind our employees, but also to remind ourselves. We are not just doing vegetables and poultry for the sake of making money!"

  Everyone was solemn and took note of this matter in their notebooks. After returning, they were to implement the matter. As for Liang Sanping, he continued to hold a meeting.

  The rest of the content is actually not much, it's about the transportation of live poultry. Now Huang is transforming his small boats to transport these live poultry to Xiangjiang.

  And on the other hand, in Quemoy, some vehicles need to be modified to transport these live animals to the port for shipment. All this takes time and requires a lot of manpower and resources.

  Liang Sanping and others have already made a report and are submitting it to the Guangdong Provincial Government. It is believed that it will be approved soon.

  "There's also the issue of highways, this problem has reached a point where it can't be avoided... Liang Sanping sighed and said to the crowd: "It's very clear that once we develop, highways will become a major obstacle hindering our development."

  "We're not unwilling to fix it, but how much money does it take to fix the road...?" Ge Tai smiled wryly: "Fixing roads is just a waste of money. The country is so poor now, where would they allocate funds for us to fix the road?!"

  Xia Zhendong and others fell silent. They all knew that what Liang Sanping said was true. Now Wen Chang, Wan Cheng and other places, if it's not the rainy season, it's fine. Once the rainy season comes, the road will be completely ruined.

  People can still walk out, but cars wanting to enter and exit are basically a fool's dream. The rotten yellow mud road, whatever car goes in will sink into it. And now this problem has to be solved again.

  We have already signed an agreement with Xiangjiang, if we fail to deliver due to transportation issues, it will be a big trouble.

  The Xiangjiang side also saw this problem and raised it with Liang Sanping. If this problem is not solved, resulting in losses, the problem will be big.

  "We still have to think of a way, at least fix some difficult sections of the road first." Liang Sanping sighed helplessly. Not to mention now, even in the future, repairing roads is an expensive business, every section of road is piled up with banknotes.