After finishing coffee with Song Qing, Yu Zhou returned home.
Frankly speaking, this five percent share wasn't of much use to Yu Zhou.
After all, this was a private club, and it hadn't even been established yet.
It would take at least another year or so to build it, and this kind of share couldn't be sold. Therefore, at most, he would only nominally own a part of this asset.
The actual practical benefit, aside from connections, was indeed not much.
Moreover, he didn't even have this in his hands yet.
Yu Zhou called Qin Siyue and explained the entire matter, then he didn't pay any further attention to it.
Whether to agree or not was Qin Siyue's decision to make. Moreover, she knew Song Qing, so if she agreed, going directly to Song Qing would be the best option.
Yu Zhou was merely a messenger, a collaborator that both Qin Siyue and Song Qing couldn't bypass.
On Monday, Yu Zhou didn't continue to rest and headed to the dried fruit factory.
This place was now the starting point of his future career. Regardless of whether he wanted to develop it into something immensely large or not, the first step in the physical realm had to be taken well.
Fortunately, at present, whether it was the ordinary employees or the management at the dried fruit factory, they might still be somewhat unconvinced of the new boss, but they wouldn't openly cause any more trouble.
This was exactly the effect Yu Zhou wanted. To win their hearts, the most important thing was to let them gain corresponding benefits.
The transition from permanent staff to contract workers, and the significant increase in wages involved, was definitely not small.
As a result, many of the older workers were filled with enthusiasm, and when Yu Zhou arrived at the workshop, they became even more diligent in their work.
"The management system needs to be implemented as soon as possible, exactly as I said before. Absenteeism and frequent late arrivals or early departures will absolutely not be tolerated."
"Once it happens, there must be a fine. It can be a small fine, but it absolutely cannot be waived."
"Also, the attendance system needs to be implemented quickly, especially the amount of the full attendance bonus; this amount cannot be too little."
Yu Zhou said sternly to Liang Xiaohai behind him regarding the factory's current management system.
Before taking over the dried fruit factory, he had already understood its condition.
In a factory with over two hundred employees, more than half of them were late or left early.
This wasn't the most frightening part. The most frightening thing was that some of these people would disappear for several days, simply not showing up for work.
Then, after a few days, they would reappear, without any deduction in their salary, and nobody would manage it.
Such lax management was something Yu Zhou absolutely could not tolerate.
Especially after he took over, he didn't even want to do other things. The most urgent task was to tighten up the management of the factory.
If everyone had this attitude towards work, then even with his immense abilities, he would absolutely not be able to develop the dried fruit factory.
There was no way to manage it strictly.
"Isn't this a bit too strict? I suggest we first set up a full attendance bonus and slow down on other systems."
"After everyone starts to get enthusiastic, then we can implement strict management and finalize all the rules and regulations. This will also give everyone time to adjust."
Liang Xiaohai, standing behind him, had some differing opinions.
It wasn't that his heart was leaning towards the workers, but he felt that starting like this from the outset might cause trouble.
The first time President Yu entered the factory, there was already such a big uproar. If another uproar occurred due to management issues, the boss's prestige in the dried fruit factory would likely be greatly diminished.
He was considering it from the employees' perspective, and as a link between superiors and subordinates, he also needed to consider it for the boss.
And now, Yu Zhou's urgency in setting rules made him feel, to some extent, that Yu Zhou was very anxious, and there seemed to be some further moves ahead.
As expected, Yu Zhou picked up his tea mug, walked into the deputy director's office, and stated directly, "We don't have time."
"If we want this dried fruit factory to be profitable continuously, we can't just do dried fruit as the only business."
"After all, most of the dried fruit now is only wholesaled on a large scale by businesses during the Chinese New Year."
"If it continues like this, will we do nothing during the off-season?"
"Moreover, since we are setting rules, they must be set once and for all when I first take over. Only then can the employees feel that after my arrival, they will become different."
Yu Zhou said calmly. He was now very anxious to solve the seasonal operation problem of the dried fruit factory.
Why was the factory's management so lax?
Yu Zhou understood it clearly. For a factory that was inherently seasonal, it would be strange if the management wasn't lax.
"Even with such management, our factory doesn't have any work for them to do right now."
"If this continues, it will truly cause trouble."
Clearly, Liang Xiaohai also knew the importance of this matter.
Especially at such a critical juncture, it wasn't as if everyone would be grateful and idly come to the factory just because they were paid.
After a few days, it was fine, but if you were made to be idle at the factory for a long time, even a worker who was very passionate about the factory would absolutely not be able to stand it.
"It's very simple, just mobilize them, wouldn't that be enough?"
"The most pressing direction for new product development is to get rid of the dried fruit factory's attribute as a seasonal factory. Only by getting rid of this can we make money, and the workers will have something to do."
Yu Zhou spoke very firmly.
However, in Liang Xiaohai's view, this matter was no less difficult than getting the workers to accept the reality of being contract workers.
After all, if it were so easy to solve the seasonal problem of the dried fruit factory, they wouldn't have had the entire factory only achieve preliminary profits each year before.
Dried fruit is not a staple product for ordinary families; you have no idea where to start.
If it weren't for this reason, with the operating capacity of the dried fruit factory, even if the scale was not large, it would be unlikely to become the first factory to be reformed.
Yu Zhou knew all these things, but not mentioning them didn't mean Yu Zhou truly had no way.
The main reason he took over the dried fruit factory was precisely because he had a way to turn it into a money-making machine.
If he didn't even have this confidence, why would he take over the dried fruit factory? To lose money?
"Difficult doesn't mean impossible. This matter might be difficult for you."
"But change your way of thinking, and you will have an epiphany."
Yu Zhou didn't continue to keep him in suspense, took a sip of his tea, and said.
"You have a way?"
Liang Xiaohai's eyes lit up. He couldn't imagine what Yu Zhou meant by changing his way of thinking.