Chapter 163 (1/2)

They went to the iron factory together.

The factory is located in the suburb of Taiqing city. It is also a collective enterprise, belonging to a local town.

It is said that it was a capitalist factory before liberation and was nationalized after liberation.

However, because the small products of the factory were single, and Taiqing later gradually became a big industrial city, this small industrial product was gradually ignored by the state and returned to the local town government.

However, after the difficult period of the 1960s and 1970s, this kind of iron had almost no market. It was just kept alive and maintained the wages of several workers. Now even this salary can hardly be maintained.

When they went to the iron factory, they found that the factory was still large, with thousands of square meters. However, the factory was old, but it was a brick house, so it was still solid, and the inside was clean.

It is said that there are more than 30 people, but only a few are seen, basically in the state of shutdown.

There are still two production lines and some sporadic materials in the factory.

They asked the workers and went to the office to find Zou Zhengxing, the current director of the iron factory.

”What can I do for you?” Zou Zhengxing asked.

”Hello, Director Zou!” Guo Xiang walked over and smiled and stretched out his hand. ”Well, we want to run a factory. We are looking for a suitable factory. We think it's good. I don't know what's going on in your factory now?”

Zou Zhengxing shook hands with Guo Xiang and Lin Guangrong, ”sit down!”

”Our factory is dead.” Zou Zhengxing shook his head. ”I'm afraid I can't drive.”

”So what? Just close it? ” Asked Guo Xiang.

”Aren't they all beginning to reform now? Don't you have a factory? ” Lin Guangrong asked.

”We want to change it, but no one wants it.” Zou Zhengxing looked sad.

”What did the government say?” Asked Guo Xiang.

”Our factory is a collective enterprise. There are two main ways to restructure. One is to convert the enterprise assets into individual shares of employees and reorganize and transform it into a joint-stock cooperative company. The second is to sell them all to individuals and turn them into private enterprises. ”

”But no matter which one, it won't work, because no one wants it. Our staff and workers dare not invest. They are afraid that the money will be sold to individuals, and no one will buy it. Now they are neither dead nor alive, and I don't know what to do. ” Zou Zhengxing sighed.

Guo Xiang's eyes are bright. He can sell it. That's better. Let alone others. The plant land alone will be worth a lot of money in the future.

”If it is sold, how much does the government intend to sell?” Asked Guo Xiang.

”I really don't know that.” Zou Zhengxing shook his head. ”Why don't I call the government's Structural Reform Commission? Do you want to buy? ”

”If you have this intention, of course, it depends on how much you sell. If the price is not appropriate, we don't want it.” Guo Xiang smiled. Of course, he can't show eagerness. It will only make people raise the price.

”OK, I'll call first.” Zou Zhengxing said.

On the phone, Guo Xiang only heard Zou Zhengxing's vague hum answer. He didn't seem to say anything specific.

”That's right...” Zou Zhengxing hung up. ”The people over there said they wanted to talk to you specifically. Do you have time?”

”OK.” Guo Xiang nodded. Enterprise restructuring is not a small matter. Of course, it needs to be discussed.