The third update is here, seeking red tickets and collection.

  Shen Hua spent the whole day going through each workshop with Xu Xiting, Zhao Dong and several deputy factory directors.

  Others kill chickens to scare monkeys, Shen Hua kills monkeys to scare chickens - when the news of Vice Factory Director Guo being publicly ordered to resign for not wearing labor protection shoes in the production area spread, at least in the workshops below, you can't see people wearing slippers to work, smoking openly in the workshop or hiding in the warehouse to gamble, and workers are nowhere to be seen.

  Although high pressure can improve production conditions, it cannot fundamentally improve the situation of steel mills, and the root cause is too different.

  The workers in the steel plant, the vast majority come from various villages in Mei Xi Town. The proportion of workers with high school or higher education is not high, and most have a junior high school education or lower, and there are even a considerable number of workers who did not graduate from elementary school.

  Shen Hua can clear out all the management levels, but there is no way to clear out all the front-line workers with low education.

  "Training, no matter how much resources are invested, must be fully provided to frontline workers,"

  Shen Hua took advantage of the dinner break in the cafeteria to gather Xu Xiting, Zhao Dong, Hu Zhigang and several deputy factory directors, department heads and workshop leaders to discuss matters.

  "Production cannot be stopped, so take advantage of the night to conduct training. Xu Gong and Zhao Dong will prepare some training materials tomorrow, and we can also use the city steel factory's training materials for now. We'll start with labor discipline and production safety first, and postpone post skills training. Within two months, those who pass the assessment will be officially on duty. All employees who participate in night training and pass the assessment will have their training time calculated as double overtime pay, and their wages will be increased by two levels. Those who fail the assessment will be removed from their posts. The factory area and town also need cleaning workers, I think sweeping work is always manageable..."

  For ordinary workers, use a big stick and sugar fruit to mobilize their enthusiasm.

  By the end of working hours, ordinary employees and grassroots team leaders are almost back to their normal commute.

  Those who plan to leave the steel plant and have a way to return to the county's functional departments, as well as those who think they are Du Jian's loyal confidants and will inevitably be purged, have the idea of "this place is not for me, there is another place for me". They don't dare to conflict with Shen Hua, but they also won't be particularly afraid of him. When the working hours are over, they will leave normally.

  Those who are not willing to be cleaned up or even if they are kicked out of the steel factory, can only return to the town government to see Shen Hua's face. They can only stay behind with a hard heart. Also, at this time, they can still hope that Shen Hua will show some mercy and leave them some face when cleaning them up.

  Including the original management team that can still persist in gnashing their teeth, plus Hu Zhigang and other special assistants who have been recommended from the class group and various departments, as well as Xu Wen and Pan Cheng, two engineers who were formally summoned to take office in the afternoon through Zhao Dong and Xu Xiting's recommendations, the entire temporary management team has 26 people.

  After dinner, Shen Hua gathered everyone in the factory's conference room, sitting at one end of the conference table, looking at the crowd seated in two circles, and said:

  "What happened yesterday and today, many of which I didn't want to happen, but everyone also knows that my heart is not ruthless and my hands are not sharp. What's the point of talking about rectification or salvation?"

  Xu Xiting and Zhao Dong sat at the conference table, both staring at the record book in front of them. They were very familiar with the intricate problems of Meixi Steel Plant, and the more they understood, the more they knew the importance of ruling the factory with an iron fist.

  Without a sharp knife cutting through the tangled mess, Meixi Steel Factory would have little chance of turning things around.

  It is precisely because of this that they also know that the iron-fisted management style of Shen Hua is something they do not possess, which is why they admire him even more.

  "I said a lot of harsh words yesterday and today, everyone will worry: my ability is lacking, what to do?" Shen Hui continued, "Among the people present, some only have junior high school education, I'm afraid they are worried that they will be kicked out by me. In fact, everyone doesn't need to worry so much, now I only have two requirements for everyone: one is to work seriously and the other is to be willing to learn. As long as you do these two things, even if you can't handle your current position, I think there will always be something for you to do in the steel plant or in town. After all, as the saying goes, if all else fails, just become an official..."

  Many people's tense nerves also relaxed a bit at this time, and when they heard that Shen Hua could also tell jokes, they couldn't help but laugh.

  In the face of a company with chaotic management, tough iron-fisted policies often have direct effects, but rigidly adhering to high-pressure tactics without any flexibility is clearly not suitable.

  If it were a purely private enterprise, it would not need to bear so much social responsibility and just pay taxes according to the regulations. However, Meixi Steel Factory is a collectively-owned township enterprise, which directly occupied a large amount of public resources at almost no cost in its early development, so some indispensable social responsibilities cannot be shirked.

  Management personnel with some deficiencies in ability and front-line workers with lower education and skills are problems that the steel plant must digest, and cannot push all these problems to the town.

  "Yesterday, I said that I was very young and had no experience," Shen Hua continued, "Of course, this is a humble statement. I thought everyone appreciated humility more, but after visiting various workshops today, I feel that one cannot be too humble. Being too humble will only lead people to think that my requirements and standards are low..."

  Everyone laughed again, yesterday everyone was sitting in the office, Shen Hua just showed his tough attitude. How much management experience and level, the vast majority of people, do not think so.

  Today everyone followed Shen Hua on various work shifts, running until their calves were sore. Even if they had never eaten pork before, they had seen pigs run.

  Shen Hua's ability to manage a steel plant can be seen from the details of his communication with front-line workers and cadres.

  Xu Xiting had to admit that Shen Huai's mastery of the steel-making process and industrial management was even better than Zhao Dong's. In just two days, Xu Xiting was able to confirm that with Shen Huai's iron-fisted approach and expertise in managing the steel plant, it was entirely possible for Meixi Steel Factory to get out of its predicament and take off on a trajectory of success.

  What puzzled Xuxiting was: Is there really such a thing as genius in this world?

  Others felt more at ease when they knew Shen Hua had overseas studying experience: Returnees are really different!

  The conference room has no advanced equipment such as a projector, just a block of hanging board on the wall.

  Shen Hua stood up and picked up a piece of chalk to write "58" on the blackboard.

  "This figure, I believe everyone present is familiar with. This is the average annual steel production per capita of our factory. In other words, Meixi Steel Factory, averaged to each cadre and worker, produces only 58 tons of steel per person per year, which is the most direct indicator for measuring a steel plant's production efficiency," Shen Hua turned around, looking at the crowd in the conference room, and asked, "Is this figure high or not?"

  Shen Huai turned back and continued writing a few numbers on the blackboard in a neat and tidy manner.

  "The second figure, 149, is the per capita annual output of steel in tons for the municipal steel mill last year..."

  "The third digit, 238, is the best data in the history of municipal steel plants; this number is also the average value of the top ten domestic steel enterprises last year..."

  "The fourth digit, 262, is the global steel industry's per capita annual output of tons of steel; as for the per capita annual output of tons of steel for a world-class steel enterprise, it's better not to write that out, that goal is still a bit too far away..."

  After writing down these numbers, Shen Hua quickly used colored chalk to connect the four digits and drew a standard ton-steel number curve graph on the blackboard.

  "The board is just this big, and the indicators such as steel consumption per ton and slab yield are not enough to be drawn, but how big is the gap, everyone should have a number in mind," Shen Hua said. "Even if some people don't have a number in mind, it doesn't matter; my requirement is that from today on, everyone must work diligently and study hard."

  Xu Xiting and others' faces were burning hot.

  The production line introduced by Meixi Steel Plant can be said to be a technology that was only matured in the early 1980s abroad, and at least not lagging behind in terms of technical level. However, the actual production efficiency is even less than one-fourth of the average level of domestic first-class steel enterprises and international steel enterprises.

  The situation leading to this is multifaceted:

  The number of people floating on top of things is almost equal to that of front-line workers, which directly pulls down the per capita steel output by nearly half.

  Serious problems in procurement links, poor quality of furnace materials.

  Industrial supporting environment is poor, power and transportation supply are insufficient.

  The technical force is extremely weak, and there are more than 800 employees in the factory. Even including those with primary titles, there are less than 30 qualified professionals.

  Production management is seriously lagging behind, workers' professional quality is poor, labor discipline is lax, resulting in frequent occurrence of major and minor production accidents, and serious phenomenon of production waste.

  Serious bureaucratic style of management, complex relationships within the steel plant, from top to bottom almost every link has someone taking advantage of their position for personal gain...

  Almost all kinds of drawbacks that can be found in domestic state-owned enterprises are concentratedly reflected in Meixi Steel Plant.

  Although there are all sorts of excuses, as the actual person in charge of the factory's technology, he will formally appoint Shen Hua as the overall head of the factory's technology, and Xu Xiting feels guilty in his heart.

  Including those former management personnel who still have a sense of shame, they are all ashamed and cannot face Shen Hua directly.

  "I will put my main energy in the steel plant, but also take charge of some work in the town," Shen Hua said. "How far Meixi Steel Plant can go actually depends on all of you present here. I have informed the union and prepared dormitories for each of you who do not live near the factory. Everyone, the task is heavy and the road is long..."

  In the problems that arise throughout the production process, Shen Hua believes that Zhao Dong, Xu Xiting, and Xu Wenda, Pan Cheng can all discover them, propose corresponding rectification plans, and perhaps more importantly, let them better integrate with the existing administrators.

  Shen Hua glanced at his watch, it was already past 9 o'clock, he still had to meet with He Qing She, so he left the remaining time for Zhao Dong and Xu Xi Ting. Before leaving, he specifically instructed: "Don't be too late, try not to exceed 12 o'clock; tomorrow morning at 7:30, I will meet everyone here on time..."