Chapter 70: Start building warships
At that time, Ma Weike became awesome. As long as he didn't make any fatal mistakes, almost no one dared to touch him. Even like Boss Ma, going to work in the United Nations is not impossible...
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After the North Defense Fleet had negotiated cooperation, Mawei drove directly to his Beihai Shipyard. The cost of 42 million US dollars made him the new chairman of Beihai Shipyard.
So this time when I went to the shipyard, Ma Wei wanted to show his face and held a mobilization meeting in front of the 1,900 employees of the factory. Let the working atmosphere of the entire factory not be as sluggish as before. Otherwise, this would affect his subsequent layout.
Just as Mavi was taking a convoy to the Beihai Shipyard, a Russian worker in uniform gathered from various places at the largest dry dock in the factory.
Among these 1,900 employees, about 300 are engineers. The remaining 1,600 are workers, responsible for all aspects of shipbuilding.
This time in 2000 was the most difficult period for Russian military industry. At that time, the per capita funding of Russian military scientific researchers was only 1/50 of that of the United States.
It is no exaggeration to say that rocket engineers earn less than those of cleaners in Moscow. Many workers and technicians have to rely on being security guards or driving taxis to support their families due to livelihoods.
So there is only 1,900 people left in the shipyard, which originally had 7,300 people, and there are reasons for this. No one would want to give up a decent job as an engineer and work as a security guard or a cleaner. It is all due to helplessness.
1,900 shipyard employees, under the command of the factory leaders, quickly gathered in the dry dock. The only thing they have to do now is wait for the new chairman Ma Wei to give a speech on stage. Say some high-sounding words, win people's hearts, and work hard for the shipyard.
In their eyes, capitalists are nothing more than this. They try hard to squeeze the workers' labor force in order to make money. The key is that the wages have not increased. Although the words are nice, most of them are empty words.
The workers had this view, not deliberately targeting Mavie alone. But the Russian environment at that time, which was the case. It would be great if the employees' monthly salary could be paid on time. If there was arrears, they didn't know when they would get the money.
Ten minutes later, Mawei drove to the dry dock in his military jeep.
His appearance immediately attracted the attention of all the employees. 1900 pairs of eyes looked at him in unison. Everyone looked at him differently.
The younger workers revealed envy and jealousy in their eyes, because they saw that the new chairman was actually about the same age as them.
The information in the eyes of some older workers was more complicated. Seeing that Ma Wei was so young, they definitely did not have rich experience. Their first reaction was to doubt whether he could manage the shipyard well and whether he could be competent for the position of chairman.
Among them, especially some old employees with very old qualifications. They are veteran workers of Beihai Shipyard and have witnessed the rise and fall and glory of the shipyard. They are very worried that Ma Wei will destroy the entire factory due to lack of experience.
"Hey! The new chairman is too young, right? I feel that he is not as old as my son. Is he reliable?" A Russian worker covered in oily clothes couldn't help but whispering to his companions.
"I don't know, I just hope to be able to pay my salary on time every month, otherwise I would have to go back to the countryside to farm." His colleague shook his head helplessly, not caring who the shipyard chairman changed, as long as the salary is paid as usual.
The two people's discussion was caused by an old employee standing in the front row, and they turned around and glared at each other. It means that they knew their immediate interests and did not know how to unite and overcome difficulties together.
Many of the above situations happened in the 1,900 team. The focus of most people's discussion was that the new chairman was too young and felt that he had no experience or experience. Compared with the original chairman, Liglov, Mavi looked more convincing. It was the ability to believe and convince.
"Ahem! Chairman Mavi, welcome to Beihai Shipyard for inspection! My name is Mikhail, and I am the director of Beihai Shipyard. The person beside me is..." Mikhail, who warmly welcomes Mavi, is a kind-looking Russian uncle.
He brought the factory leadership team to Mawei's jeep and enthusiastically introduced the leadership team of Beihai Shipyard to Mawei.
"Hello." Mawei shook hands with them one by one, and then came to the platform with the factory director Mikhail to prepare for the next speech.
Seeing the noisy scene in the stands, the factory manager had to say loudly to everyone, "Please be quiet! Let me introduce to you, this is the new chairman of our Beihai Shipyard, Mr. Ma Wei! Please welcome his arrival with warm applause!"
After Mikhail said that, he took the initiative to applaud, and the factory leaders in the audience also applauded and agreed. However, the 1,900 employees around him seemed not very enthusiastic. The applause was sparse and did not meet their actual number.
Mikhail looked at Mavie awkwardly. The current situation in the factory is that the overall morale is low. The employees cannot receive work for a long time and can only receive a meager salary, no bonus, and no motivation to go to work.
"Chairman Mavi." Mikhail gave the vertical microphone to Mavi, and he stood aside with tactfulness, waiting for Mavi to speak.
There were 1,900 pairs of eyes in the audience, all staring at Ma Wei. Even if no one spoke, the terrible momentum could make the timid people so nervous that they were so nervous that they were knotted.
Ma Wei has experienced so many things in his two lives. For him, he could get through this scene with a gritted teeth. He held the microphone with his hand and then said to everyone in the audience, "Hello everyone, I am the new chairman of Beihai Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and my name is Ma Wei."
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "I personally don't like to say it or I don't want to say it. So here, I want to tell you a very real news, that is, our Beihai Shipyard has two Grissa-V-class frigates recently, and the construction will be completed. In other words, we have work to do."
The loud voice had just fallen, and only the 1,900 employees standing in the audience suddenly had their eyes lit up and looked at Ma Wei again! The current situation of the shipyard is nothing that can activate morale more than a warship order!
"What? I heard it right now! Our factory has an order? Two Grisha-V-class frigates?"
"When the new chairman came, he brought us two Grisha-V-class frigates! It seems that he is quite capable!"
"Now the salary for the whole year will be guaranteed! And there are performance bonuses!"
Chapter completed!