Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Fang Wei will recruit a large number of knowledgeable and cultured professionals. After evaluation, these people will gradually take over most of the company's key positions.

Shareholders can just wait for their dividends.

The latest personnel arrangements have caused a stir, and only now do people realize the real reason why Fang Wei established the company.

However, it's too late to say anything now. Fortunately, Fang Wei didn't completely give up on them, and they can still contribute their remaining energy in grassroots management positions.

"Third brother, aren't you afraid that people will turn against you by doing this?"

"Don't worry! They'll understand. I'm not doing this to kill my meritorious employees, but for the better development of the company. They won't go against me. After all, the better the company does, the more bonuses they will receive."

Even Sun Daoren mentioned this matter to Fang Wei during dinner that evening.

His approach will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some, but most people still support Fang Wei's methods. In fact, without Fang Wei's support, the cooperative would likely have had difficulty managing such a large economic scale.

The die is cast; the company is now officially operational and has taken over everything.

Even the most dissatisfied person has to be mindful of the impact, unless they don't want to work locally at all.

Before the Spring Festival.

All production bases [including the breeding center and two farms] have completed the competitive selection process for their positions. Now, everyone is no longer called a member, but an employee.

Zheng Bao, along with Wang Songlin, Tian Bingyi, and others, joined the company's board of directors, and the decision-making committee was subsequently dissolved.

The committee was originally a transitional body, and now it has retired and been replaced by the company's board of directors.

After the holiday, the company and its major production bases completed the cleanup and reorganization work, which reduced the number of employees on the one hand, and provided a large number of personnel to departments that lacked labor on the other.

At the same time, the first batch of agricultural technicians recruited by the company began to be stationed in various production units.

A new round of adjustment has begun, with clashes of ideas arising one after another, making everything seem somewhat chaotic. Fang Wei knows that this painful process is inevitable, and everything will be alright once things are sorted out.

This morning.

Fang Wei arrived at Cui Yiming's office.

"Secretary Fang, what are you after?"

Cui Yiming couldn't understand Fang Wei's actions during this period. If it weren't for Fang Wei's high prestige, the agricultural company might have already fallen apart with such radical methods.

"I had no choice. Our future competitors are international giants, and we can't compete with them on our own. The company needs management talent, marketing talent, technical talent, and so on. We can't do without surgery!"

Fang Wei felt that the cooperative had developed to the point where it was no longer suited to the needs of the current situation.

As the company grows larger, he can't handle everything alone. That's why he needs to bring in more talent. If he doesn't free up some positions, how will he accommodate the new talent?

For a company to grow, it must move beyond extensive management practices; he had no choice but to do so.

"I can't argue with you, so you're right. To be honest, I still admire you. Despite all that trouble, the company hasn't collapsed. Secretary Fang, you've taken away a huge chunk of tax revenue all at once; that's not fair."

Cui Yiming didn't talk much about the company's internal affairs. He changed the subject, and the other party only expressed dissatisfaction with registering the company in the provincial capital.

“Secretary Cui, I have no choice. In the future, we will not only operate across counties and cities, but also across provinces. It is really not appropriate to keep the company headquarters in a small county.”

Fang Wei offered a defense, immediately silencing Cui Yiming.

He was telling the truth. For example, Yangshan Farm is located in a neighboring county, and such situations will become more and more common rather than less so in the future.

"I'm not going to argue with you. Just tell me one thing: with your internal situation in such disarray, are you really confident that you can cultivate a large quantity of 'Nanguang No. 5' rice seeds this season?"

Cui Yiming waved his hand and got to the most crucial issue.

"Of course I'm confident! Also, there's no chaos within us, just the growing pains of reform. Everything will be back to normal soon."

Fang Wei made a pledge and then left Cui Yiming's office.

March.

Yaoling Agricultural Group held a spring planting work conference and issued production instructions to all production units.

Five of the cooperative's former directors volunteered to go to the front lines of production, including two farms and a breeding center, and two others were willing to serve as Zhao Jinsheng's deputies.

The general manager is Wang Xuecheng, who is the most educated among all the directors and also the one who loves learning the most.

Fang Wei felt that the other party was capable of shouldering great responsibilities, which is why he entrusted him with such an important task, and the other party's performance did not disappoint him. Some other original members of the cooperative, who had outstanding work abilities, were also transferred to the provincial capital to take up positions in various departments of the company.

The company's first production season after its official operation arrived as scheduled, and spring planting began.

Apart from those who remained on duty, all the company's management personnel went down to various production units to supervise the spring planting.

After a short period of adjustment, the newly hired technicians and local experts began to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, working together to ensure the smooth progress of spring planting. In short, whoever is right is listened to; arguments may still occur, but they are all for the sake of work and will not escalate into personal grudges.

morning.

Fang Wei arrived at the experimental field of the first brigade and saw two technicians surrounding the members of the breeding team, asking them questions.

"Why do the crops in your experimental fields have such short growth cycles? This is not scientifically sound."

"Science my ass! How can our soil and water be the same? Our crops have always grown faster than elsewhere. The facts are right in front of us, what else is there to say?"

"But."

Hearing their conversation, Fang Wei secretly chuckled, then coughed.

"Secretary Fang, you've arrived?"

"Hello, Chairman!"

The two different titles represent different identities. Only the native villagers call Fang Wei "Party Secretary," while the company employees only call him "Chairman."

Fang Wei responded and said, "Stop arguing and get to work. The growth cycle of crops is never fixed; existence is the truth. Don't overthink it."

He toured the experimental field and then went to the various production brigades.

The farmlands of each brigade were bustling with activity, the roar of agricultural machinery mingling as patches of land were turned over.

Except for the Yao village, all production units in the company have achieved mechanized production. Even the Yao village has achieved semi-mechanization, mainly due to the influence of the local terrain.

The demand for manpower in various production units is gradually decreasing. After this cleanup and rectification, the number of agricultural workers has decreased by another 10%. Those laid off can take up other jobs; for example, forestry brigades need more manpower, and various factories also require a large workforce. Unless one is unwilling to work hard, it is impossible to become unemployed locally.

The company's outsourced staff were all greatly shocked when they saw the local level of productivity for the first time.

Before coming here, some people may have had a sense of superiority, but after seeing other people's production methods and lifestyles, especially the fact that housing is allocated, their sense of superiority has vanished.

This is a strong foundation for the integration of various personnel in the company. Only through equal dialogue and communication can we understand each other and cooperate to do a good job.

Many of the cooperative's former veterans harbored resentment, but through their interactions with these external hires, they came to realize the importance of knowledge.

For example, among people of similar age, outsourced staff have more experience and learn things faster, while those from a professional background are much less so.

The locals have extensive experience in agricultural production and strong problem-solving skills, which greatly impressed the external hires.

After the spring planting season ended, most of the company's internal problems were resolved, and the company's operations gradually began to get back on track.

After spring plowing comes the stages of sowing, seedling raising, and transplanting. The modern seedling raising base amazed the company's new employees. After transplanting, the company's dispatched personnel will return to the provincial capital, and this will become a regular dispatch system.

After all, it's an agricultural company, so managers can't just sit in the office all day; they have to go down to the grassroots level regularly.

This season, the company cultivated 80,000 mu of the "Nanguang No. 4" rice variety at its production base in Yaoling Township, and 40,000 mu of the "Nongyou 82" rice variety at its breeding center.

The Yao village continues to cultivate the "Nanguang No. 5" rice variety, while the Tianjia production base continues to cultivate vegetable seeds as before.

Xinlin Farm has revised its production plan, aiming to cultivate 40,000 mu of "Nanguang No. 5" rice this season, while Yangshan Farm has planted 60,000 mu of "Nanguang No. 5" rice.

The company has also made arrangements for the cultivation of other cash crop seeds; everyone just needs to produce according to the plan.

Spring planting is proceeding smoothly, and the experimental fields in the Yao village have produced a considerable amount of the [Yu Xiang 083] mutant seeds. As spring planting approaches, all the dry fields on the mountain are being used to cultivate this new variety of corn, which has gone largely unnoticed by others.

Since the new variety has not yet been named, it is still called [Yu Xiang 083].

Only one technician dispatched by the company, Sun Jianguo, discovered the special characteristics of this corn variety. This was because the new corn variety had very high resistance, and its emergence pattern was slightly different from that of [Yuxiang 083].

It was these subtle differences that made Sun Jianguo realize that the breeding variety being cultivated in the Yao village was likely not [Yuxiang 083].

So he went to find Wang Songlin, who was in charge of the Yao village production base and was his superior. Who else could he go to?

After listening, Wang Songlin did not express his opinion, but only told Sun Jianguo not to spread the news, and that he would talk to the company leaders.

"You mean Sun Jianguo can identify the new variety of corn with just the naked eye? That's amazing! Here, you and Sun Jianguo wait for me on the mountain, I'll go and take care of this right away."

Fang Wei was surprised; this Sun Jianguo was no ordinary person, and he wanted to have a chat with him.

So he drove to the Yao village and met Sun Jianguo.

This is a thin, unassuming man, around 30 years old. He used to be a teacher at an agricultural school, and later went to work at an agricultural technology station in a certain place.

He was treated unfairly at the agricultural technology station, and in a fit of anger, he resigned and went to the provincial capital, where he eventually got a job as an agricultural technician for the company.

"Chairman, hello. I've discovered that the corn variety being cultivated in the village is not [Yuxiang 083], but a new, unknown variety."

Sun Jianguo was overjoyed to see Fang Wei and quickly reported his discovery.

Fang Wei nodded noncommittally and asked, "You reported this to Director Wang, but who else did you talk to?"

"No, I haven't told anyone else about this except Director Wang and you."

Sun Jianguo quickly replied that he had indeed not told anyone, because he had only just confirmed that the corn being cultivated in the experimental field was not [Yuxiang083].

“You’re right. The corn seeds being cultivated in the village are not [Yu Xiang 083], but a mutated variety.”

This matter needs to be kept secret; it's a secret weapon for the company in its competition with rivals, and we can't let anyone know about it for now.

Fang Wei smiled slightly and gave Sun Jianguo a simple explanation.

Although Sun Jianguo was stubborn about some things, he was not a naive person who didn't understand human relationships, and he immediately realized that he had made a mistake.

"I'm sorry, Chairman, I didn't mean to pry into the company's secrets. I can write a guarantee that I won't disclose this matter. Is that alright with you?"

Sun Jianguo was very nervous. He valued this job because the income was considered high at the time.

He tried his best to salvage the situation, constantly praising Fang Wei.

"In that case, you will first serve as the head of the breeding team at the Yao village production base, mainly responsible for breeding-related work. If you can keep it a secret, your position will be even higher."

There was no need to scare the other party, so Fang Wei directly gave Sun Jianguo some benefits.

He hoped that the other party could truly commit, believing that as long as they were given a suitable platform, they would definitely shine in breeding.

That's his feeling, and it shouldn't be wrong.

"Thank you, Chairman. I will definitely keep this a secret and do my job well."

Sun Jianguo was overjoyed. He was afraid of being fired, which would only make his already struggling family situation worse.

Now the chairman has not only given him an opportunity, but also promoted him, which completely exceeded his expectations.

Because, while expressing his determination, he bowed to Fang Wei.

Fang Wei waved his hand, called Wang Songlin in, and told him his decision.

Wang Songlin naturally had no objections and immediately complied.

Fang Wei then returned to his office, which was still the same one he had been in.

The company's staff will temporarily work here. All the cooperative's assets belong to the company, so there is no need for further construction.

Nowadays, the cooperative has only a handful of members left, and there's not much going on except for company board meetings, where they send someone to attend.

When it's time to distribute profits, they simply step forward and give the money to the members; that's all.

"Secretary, there are some things I'd like to report to you."

Not long after Fang Wei sat down, Zhao Jinsheng, as usual, barged in.

Fang Wei was speechless and said, "Old Zhao, you can just report work-related matters directly to the company. There's a vice president who specifically handles these things; he lives next door." (End of Chapter)