Yuan Hongping had been in charge of production at Leshui Distillery since its early days, and he was still there when Han Songlin took over. Han Songlin wanted to replace him, but there was simply no one else he could get his hands on.
The Han family had a lot of people, but Han Songlin really didn't dare to install his relatives in key positions.
If he puts his relatives in charge of the winery today, he will have a headache tomorrow trying to get rid of them.
By then, Han Songlin will be in a difficult position.
So why not avoid this situation in the first place?
Besides, there really aren't that many twists and turns in a private enterprise.
You are the boss, you pay the wages, and the people in the enterprise recognise you.
As for the management and so on, they are all working for you, so if you are not satisfied, just replace them.
'Are there any problems with production?'
Yuan Hongping shook his head with a smile: 'There are no problems at the moment. The workers are working in three shifts.'
Han Songlin pointed at the blank wall: 'We need to set a unified time for mixing the bran, adding the yeast, covering the tray, and removing the yeast. We need to standardise the production process to control the quality of the wine. You need to work on this and write it down on paper and post it.'
'There's also the hygiene issue, which also needs attention, to keep the workshop tidy. And there's the safety issue. I see that our cellar is quite deep, so will people go down there and run out of oxygen? All of this needs to be sorted out.'
Will there be a lack of oxygen in the cellar?
This is no joke.
The depth of the cellar basically reaches three to four metres. When the lees are just taken out, there is not enough oxygen inside, and to be honest, this is possible.
'You can't drive a crane in this old factory building!'
Yuan Hongping laughed, 'In our new workshop, there is a crane!'
Having a crane will greatly improve production efficiency.
'When can production start in the new workshop?'
'As soon as you return, we can start loading materials.'
The new workshop has now been completed.
It was previously not completed purely because there was no money.
After Han Songlin took over, he continued with the construction.
As for money, Han Songlin transferred some from Han's Luwei.
Han's Luwei is now also encountering problems with development. After entering the north, Han's Luwei has had difficulty adapting.
What does this mean?
It means that the northern region is not a traditional consumer of Luwei.
This is embarrassing.
Han Songlin then called a halt to development in the northern region, and instead focused on developing in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Yuexi, Sichuan, and Hunan.
Han Songlin looked at Yuan Hongping with a smile, as if to say, do I have to wait for you to come back before I can start the production?
Forget it, everyone is like this nowadays.
'Go and tell them that the team leaders and above will meet in the conference room at 11 o'clock!'
The team leader is the person in charge of each department.
Each department has five workers, one of whom is the team leader. For a workshop, there is a workshop director, and at the top is Yuan Hongping, the factory manager in charge of production.
'Uh, got it!'
As he watched Han Songlin leave, Yuan Hongping knew that Han Songlin had been to the capital some time ago.
He just didn't know how good Han Songlin really was!
He hoped that Han Songlin would not turn out like Yang Yixiang, who had caused the factory to go bankrupt.
Yuan Hongping had heard from the sales department that the latest product made by the factory, Jinliufu wine, was not selling well because it was too expensive.
In fact, Han Songlin was also aware of this situation.
Previously, the sales channels for Leshui Distillery's wine were, to be honest, what Han Songlin would call standard low-end sales channels.
They were in a few nearby urban areas, and the wine was not expensive.
In terms of future sales targets for Jinliufu, they should aim at hotels and high-end restaurants.
Don't go to the small street restaurants.
What spending power can the small street restaurants have? It's not like the 1920s, when the whole of China had a huge consumer base.
Han Songlin did not go straight back to the office to wait for the meeting to begin; instead, he went to the factory canteen.
At the time, Han Songlin was in charge of the canteen, mainly the procurement.
The canteen was a temporary building with brick pillars and a shed on top.
When Han Songlin first came here, he didn't know what it was, and he was slightly surprised when he found out it was a canteen.
Next to the canteen was a row of low brick houses, which were for the workers.
The ground wasn't even cemented, and the only thing you could say about the houses was that they could shelter you from the wind and rain.
Han Songlin stood in front of these low houses, not quite knowing what to say.
The roofs of these houses were covered with asbestos shingles, but what were asbestos shingles?
A kind of building material that had been phased out.
Asbestos fibres are very small, almost invisible to the naked eye. These fibres float in the air, are inhaled into the body, attach to and deposit in the lungs, causing lung disease; the most uncomfortable thing is that this material cannot be metabolised by the body.
In other words, once this enters the body, it is there forever.
This row of houses has to be demolished!
Han Songlin thought to himself, and then rebuild a special canteen and staff quarters.
Like this, it really doesn't work.
It's a bit too low-rent.
Well, it's not exactly low-rent, but in this day and age, there are people who can't even afford to live in this kind of house.
In the countryside, there are still many houses with mud walls.
In fact, mud-walled houses can last a long time.
I heard that they are warm in winter and cool in summer, but I don't know for sure.
'Songlin, when did you get back?' Han Songqing happened to be coming out of the house and saw Han Songlin standing outside.
Han Songlin came back to his senses and smiled, 'I just got back yesterday!'
'Are you adapting well to the work at the factory?'
Han Songqing said, 'Quite well!'
Han Songlin wasn't sure whether Han Songqing was lying or not, and he also felt that Han Songqing seemed to be a little distant from him.
Why?
Han Songlin looked at Han Songqing carefully, and then walked into the canteen, which looked a little strange.
Normally, the workers don't eat in the canteen.
They come in groups from the workshops, use the enamel basins to get their food, and then take it back to the workshops. Everyone brings their own bowls and chopsticks from home, and that's it.
They just find a place to sit or squat and start eating.
What's the main dish in the canteen?
Seasonal vegetables that are cheap and in high demand.
For example, at the moment, the canteen is serving a lot of winter melon.
This is because winter melon is in season right now.
Winter melon is not in season in winter, so the name has nothing to do with winter; it is called winter melon because the white powdery substance on the surface of the melon is quite similar to winter frost.
Winter melon is a vegetable harvested in autumn.
Han Songlin was at a loss for words when he saw a room full of winter melons.
Naturally, the canteen does not cook sliced winter melon, as it is too difficult to cut.
They are served whole.
There is also winter melon soup.
This soup is not bad.
At least pork bones are used, the kind of bones that have no meat on them.
I think they are called pork ribs.
Restaurants and canteens like to use these bones to make free-range soup.