"I'm back? I heard that you are very glorious in Mingzhou. You have brought down an old factory manager who has been working for more than ten years!"

In the office of the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Coal, Meng Fanze sat on the sofa and joked with Feng Xiaochen, who had just returned from Tangfu. He already knew what happened in the Xinmin Factory. After Li Huidong returned, he called Meng Fanze a long phone call and praised the Xinmin Factory's comprehensive quality management plan led by Feng Xiaochen, and also talked about He Yongxin and Xu Xinkun.

"This matter has nothing to do with me." Feng Xiaochen pretended to be wronged, "In fact, our original intention was not to overthrow the Director He. He just wanted to use the power of the provincial and department to force Director He to accept our comprehensive quality management plan and promote management reform in the Xinmin Factory. Who knew that he was not willing to accept it, but also wanted to use this opportunity to drag down the secretary who was interested in reforming. In the end, this result was only like this. This result was actually beyond our expectations."

Feng Xiaochen's words were not lies. When he first discussed with Xu Xinkun, he just wanted to set up a plan to put He Yongxin in. When the provincial department recognized the plan and required it to be implemented in the Xinmin Factory, He Yongxin had nothing to say and could only do it. Unexpectedly, He Yongxin's attitude was so stubborn that he ended up being sent to the School of Administration to study.

"Yes, if we want to learn from the advanced Western technology and advanced management experience, there will inevitably be some old comrades who cannot keep up or are unwilling to keep up. The central government proposed that the cadre team should be younger and more knowledgeable, which is also due to this situation. Some old comrades have made a lot of contributions in the construction of the past, and they have made great contributions and worked hard, but if they rely on their old capital on the credit book, they will inevitably be abandoned by the trend of the times. This is a natural law."

Meng Fanze said in a heavy tone. He did not know He Yongxin, but he had come into contact with some corporate cadres of the same age and had deep feelings for them. He Yongxin left the curtain call in a sad way, which made Meng Fanze somewhat sad.

Feng Xiaochen didn't know how to respond. He knew that the entire 1980s would be an era of fierce collisions in China's various ideas. Many people would stand out in this torrent, and many people would be eliminated. He Yongxin was just the first one he saw. In front of Meng Fanze, he was inconvenient to talk about his shortcomings to these older generation corporate leaders, so he could only choose to remain silent.

Meng Fanze saw Feng Xiaochen's thoughts, he smiled, changed the topic, and said, "Your work in Xinmin Factory, Director Li of Mingzhou Machinery Department reported to me a little, but he didn't understand it on the phone. Now that you are back, tell me in detail how you did it."

Feng Xiaochen returned to the capital and first came to the Ministry of Coal to meet Meng Fanze with the idea of ​​reporting his work. When he heard Meng Fanze ask, he talked about his actions at Xinmin Factory from beginning to end. He not only talked about how he inspected Xinmin Factory, but also emphasized that Xinmin Factory has Yu Chun'an, He Guihua and other groups of capable and responsible technicians and ordinary workers, pointing out that the existence of these people is a solid foundation for carrying out overall quality management.

He also presented a manual they prepared in Xinmin Factory to Meng Fanze. Meng Fanze took the manual, carefully looked through some of it, nodded gently, and said, "It is well written, which not only reflects the modern management ideas, but also can be combined with the practice of the enterprise. There is no such problem of not being able to eat foreign countries. Xiao Feng, it seems that I have read the wrong person."

"Minister Meng has been too much." Feng Xiaochen said modestly, "In fact, this information is the collective wisdom of our QC group. Specifically, the parts combined with the Xinmin Factory are all the contributions of Section Chief Yu and Master He and others I just mentioned. What I do is very limited."

"If the Xinmin Factory plan is fully implemented, implemented, and then you can see some results, how long will it take?" Meng Fanze asked.

Feng Xiaochen said: "It will be at least half a year. The establishment of a system requires the adaptation of the entire system, especially all personnel in the system. The running-in period is relatively long. There are some young workers who have entered the factory in Xinmin Factory. The technical level of the new factory does not meet the requirements at all and requires surprise training. This also requires a certain period of time. Before I left Xinmin Factory, I discussed with Secretary Xu and Section Chief Yu. It is estimated that it will take more than half a year to make the entire quality management system of Xinmin Factory mature."

"Half a year..." Meng Fanze frowned, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

Feng Xiaochen smiled and said, "Minister Meng, are you too impatient? It is already very fast to be able to complete the construction and running-in of a company's quality management system in half a year. This means that our requirements are not strict enough. If it is stricter, it will be normal to spend one or two years."

"I understand." Meng Fanze said, and he smiled mockingly and added: "Actually, I understand this principle too. But at my age, I can't help but become a little impatient and have no forgiveness for age."

"Haha, Minister Meng was joking." Feng Xiaochen said complimentingly, "Looking at how strong Minister Meng is, I guess you will be fine if you work for another 20 years."

Meng Fanze also smiled: "Thank you for your blessing, but I can't work for another 20 years. The central government's policies have been set, and old comrades like me will gradually retreat to the second line and let young comrades come up. The time I can work in this position is calculated based on days. I originally wanted to build up the typical Xinmin Factory and promote the experience while I was still in my position. Now it seems that it is not realistic. I will not do such a thing as pulling seedlings to promote growth."

Feng Xiaochen knew that what Meng Fanze said was true. In the next few years, there will be a large-scale situation where veteran cadres will retreat to the second line. He smiled and said to Meng Fanze: "I think that maybe you are not in this position, but it will be more conducive to promoting this experience."

"Why?" Meng Fanze asked in surprise.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Minister Meng, in Western countries, management consulting is a big industry. If the work I did for Xinmin Factory is put into a market economy country, at least tens of thousands of dollars in consultation fees will be charged. How can I not only work, but also bring my own dry food."

"Haha, I heard that Xinmin Factory has treated you well. I found that you have been there for half a month and people have gained weight." Meng Fanze revealed with a smile.

"Uh, that's right." Feng Xiaochen quickly changed his words. Meng Fanze couldn't understand the trick of bringing his own dry food, and Feng Xiaochen could not explain it to him, so he could only continue: "I think we can set up a special consulting agency to provide comprehensive quality management consulting services for enterprises for a fee. If you retreat to the second line, you can serve as the head of this consulting agency. Wouldn't this be more conducive to the promotion of experience?"

"I just praised you for a few words and started talking nonsense again." Meng Fanze said pretending to be annoyed, "Just just to guide enterprises to do a good job in overall quality management. You still want to provide paid services. Isn't this aversion to money? Our country wants to carry out economic system reform, but it doesn't mean that everything is measured by money like Western countries. How can such experience exchanges become commercial behaviors?"

"Minister Meng, I don't agree with your point of view." Feng Xiaochen raised his mind to Meng Fanze again, and he said: "Experience is also a kind of wealth, and it is a wealth that is more valuable than tangible products. Our previous mistake was that we did not respect the value of knowledge, which made people unwilling to develop and impart knowledge.

If you can’t charge any fees for helping other companies in management consulting, then who is willing to do this? Even if you can ask companies to do it with administrative orders, will the company send out the best experts? Will these experts work hard? Will they work hard to improve their business level? This all requires a question mark."

"I think you need to draw a question mark on your character!" Meng Fanze scolded, "We have done this for so many years. Enterprises have taught each other's experience and have never thought about paid issues. Why do you think paid services are natural when you come to you?"

"This is reform." Feng Xiaochen replied with a smile. He didn't want to argue with Meng Fanze about this issue. After all, it would take some time for the older generation to change their concepts. When "everything is to look at money" is popular in society, Meng Fanze will understand Feng Xiaochen's words today.

"Minister Meng, I will continue to pay attention to the Xinmin Factory. If Section Chief Yu and his team have any situation, they will write me a letter... Don't worry, I bring my own dry food." Feng Xiaochen smiled and joked, and then said: "Next, where are you going? I will obey the command at any time."

"You have done a good job in Xinmin Factory. I will praise you to the leaders of the Economic Commission." Meng Fanze said, "There is indeed a lot of things to do with the 12 mlm excavator project, but it is not suitable to arrange for you now. Your Director Luo has asked me for someone and ask you to go back to the Metallurgical Bureau to report immediately."

"What? Is there something wrong there?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Meng Fanze said: "About the project of the hot rolling mill introduced by the Nanjiang Steel Plant, the Metallurgical Bureau has found several consulting companies in the Federal Germany. By the way, it is the kind of company you said that it provides paid consulting services. Luo Xiangfei wants to lead the team to contact the other party in person, and he said he must take you together. This is a good opportunity to go abroad to learn the experience of developed countries, open your eyes, and it will be very beneficial to you. I will not stop you in such a thing."

"Thank you Minister Meng!" Feng Xiaochen said.
Chapter completed!