Chapter 187 Employee Benefits

Chapter 187 Employee Benefits

Chapter 187 Employee Benefits (Medium Cup)
10 month 14 day.

The low-key convoy slowly passed through the county seat of Jiayuan County and then turned north.

Many of the farmlands on both sides are already bare, with only the stubble left after the harvest, still stubbornly entrenched in this vast expanse of the southern desert grassland.

In the pastures outside the farmland, the grass began to wither and turn yellow. Many herdsmen drove tractors to collect the last crop of hay and prepare to store it in preparation for the winter for their cattle and sheep.

However, this year, the local herdsmen looked more calm.

Because they don't have to worry too much about the supply of winter pasture and feed in the future, the impact of falling beef and mutton prices is only a temporary pain.

This is reflected in the market, that is, while the prices of beef and mutton have plummeted, the prices of lambs and calves have increased by 8-12% compared with previous years.

The emergence of this phenomenon can only indicate one thing, that is, cattle and sheep farmers are optimistic about the future of the domestic breeding industry. Even if the prices of beef and mutton have plummeted, it has not lowered farmers' expectations for the future.

The convoy passed the highway bridge over the Livestock River.

From the pickup truck, through the window glass, I could see that there were many more residential buildings in Shangyang Livestock Village. Among the many one-story small buildings, there were now more than a dozen five- or six-story self-built houses that had not existed before.

These self-built houses are newly renovated, with big red signs hanging on the top of the buildings.

There are restaurants such as "Grassland Family", "Sichuan and Chongqing Hot Pot Restaurant", "Shaxian Snacks", and "Ajie Grilled Skewers".

There are accommodation and bathing facilities such as "Taminchagan B&B", "Yinshawan Hotel", "Yanghe Bathhouse", and "Health Bathing Center".

There are also grocery stores, hardware stores, small supermarkets, vegetable and fruit stores, beef and mutton stores, barber shops, etc.

When Jiang Miao came here in March, Shangyang Livestock Village was still an ordinary village on the edge of the grassland. Deserted, empty and lonely were the main themes here.

Coming back after half a year, the city atmosphere is even stronger than that of Jiayuan County.

The total population of Jiayuan County is only 15.11, including to in the county seat and to in the villages.

Shangyang Livestock Village is the headquarters of the Mo'nan Branch of Hailufeng Company and the core of the Taminchagan Base. It not only has a branch office building, but also supporting employee communities, employee training centers, agricultural machinery stations, soybean seed processing plants, forage processing plants, forage storage warehouses, and grain storage warehouses.

To the west of Shangyang Livestock Village, next to the Yinsha Bay Scenic Area is the Taminchagan Breeding Base, which raises more than 100,000 cattle and sheep.

The Taminchagan breeding base also has many facilities, including breeding farms, veterinary stations, silage warehouses, organic fertilizer plants, slaughterhouses, cold storage warehouses and logistics centers.

In the sand about 12 kilometers east of Shangyang Livestock Village, supporting facilities such as the Taminchagan Bee Farm and Honey Processing Plant are under construction.

At this time, there are about 2700 employees in the Mo Nan branch alone, and the number of employees is still increasing rapidly.

The convoy entered the gate of the Taminchagan base.

The branch office has been moved from the previous temporary container house to the office area next to the employee community.

Jiang Miao's motorcade was in the office area at this time.

There are a total of 12 office buildings in the entire office area, all of which are 9-story buildings. The template for these office buildings is residential buildings.

Since residential properties were not considered, these office buildings were put into use in September and the decoration inside was very simple.

The branch managers Liu Zhiben and Wu Song did not inform too many people about Jiang Miao's arrival. They just went to the parking lot with their assistants to greet him.

"Boss! Welcome to our guidance."

Jiang Miao nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go in and talk about tomorrow's arrangements."

Liu Zhiben led the way: "Boss, this way please."

Arrived at one of the new office buildings.

The office building is not large, with a base area of ​​only 10 square meters, but it is enough to accommodate office buildings combined. In addition, the large number of container houses have not been demolished, providing sufficient accommodation space for the more than people passing through the base.

Taking the elevator outside the building, everyone arrived at the top floor of the office building.

The chairman's office had already turned on the fresh air system in advance, and the temperature and humidity were relatively comfortable at this time.

Jiang Miao did not take a seat, but stood in front of the French window, looking down at the entire staff quarters and office area through the one-way transparent glass: "To cure the root cause, the temperature here will start to drop significantly next month. Have you arranged the heating for the staff quarters?"

"It has been arranged. In July, we ordered several heating systems from a company specializing in molten salt thermal storage systems. All of them will be installed and debugged by the end of the month."

Jiang Miao had read the briefing on this matter from the Mo Nan branch.

The molten salt heat storage heating system is not widely used in the north. Compared with the traditional coal-fired hot water heating system, the advantage of this system is that it can stagger electricity consumption and achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

Liu Zhiben talked about the arrangement of electricity use: "In terms of electricity use, we have signed a special line cooperation agreement with the branch of Beijing Energy International in Zhelimu City. Their wind power station will supply us with electricity exclusively, using the valley electricity of their wind power station. The contract price is 0.145 yuan per kilowatt-hour."

For Beijing Energy International and Hailufeng Mo'nan Branch, this is a win-win cooperation.

Currently, wind power stations around the world are facing a difficult problem, that is the instability of wind power, which brings huge pressure to the power grid. State Grid has very high requirements for wind power access to the grid. Even if it can be connected to the grid, it does not mean that all wind power can be effectively input into the grid.

This has led to a high rate of wind power abandonment, especially in the three northern regions, where the abandonment rate has always been higher than that of coastal wind power projects. The reason is that these three northern wind power projects are relatively far away from the core electricity consumption market.

For example, in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, the proportion of abandoned wind power to local power generation is relatively high, with Heilongjiang Province accounting for 17.70%, Jilin Province accounting for 16.20%, and Liaoning Province accounting for 12.00%.

Although Jirim City belongs to Mobei Province in terms of administrative divisions, it actually belongs to the Northeast region from a geographical perspective. The proportion of wind power abandonment here is similar to that of Liaoning Province, at around 13.2%.

Beijing Energy International has three wind power projects in Zhelimu City, with installed capacities of 238 million kilowatts, 138 million kilowatts, and 100 million kilowatts, totaling 476 million kilowatts.

Judging from the availability of wind energy in Zhelimu City, the average annual power generation time is about 3500 hours, which means that with an installed capacity of 476 million kilowatts, theoretically 166 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity can be generated each year.

According to the 13.2% power abandonment rate, Beijing Energy International's three power generation projects in Zhelimu City will abandon at least 21.9 billion kWh of electricity each year.

What is the concept of 21.9 billion kWh?
Last year, residents in Zhelimu City consumed only 22.7 billion kWh of electricity.

In other words, the scale of wind power abandonment in Beijing Energy International's three local projects alone is equivalent to the local residents' electricity consumption.

Now Hailufeng Company is willing to take over their abandoned electricity, which is a good thing for Beijing Energy International.

The Mo'nan Branch built a molten salt heat storage system to provide heating for the entire employee community, livestock village residents, breeding bases and factories.

These lava salt heat storage systems are also supporting facilities for the Taminchagan Thermal Power Plant, but the thermal power plant is still in the planning stage.

The abandoned electricity from wind power and photovoltaic power is stored in molten salt heat storage, which keeps the entire thermal power generation system in a stable operating state. After the steam turbine of the thermal power plant generates electricity, a huge amount of waste heat remains in the steam, which can be used for centralized heating in the surrounding area.

In winter, it is used for heating residents and businesses; in the non-heating season, it can provide heat to hay processing plants for quick drying of hay, or supply heat to canneries and oil processing plants.

At present, the Taminchagan Heating Company under the Mo'nan Branch has signed a heating contract with nearby residents. The heating fee is 3 yuan per square meter per month, and company employees pay half price.

Taking an indoor area of ​​100 square meters as an example, the monthly heating fee for ordinary residents is 300 yuan, and for company employees it is 150 yuan.

As for why Beijing Energy International does not build its own molten salt heat storage power plant.

The reason is also very simple.

Molten salt heat storage power plants must produce cogeneration to be profitable, but the cogeneration model is often only possible for large-scale industrial enterprises.

Otherwise, the waste heat from the thermal power plant will be wasted, which will reduce the operating income of the entire system, extend the investment payback period, and increase the risk of the project.

If companies want to utilize the low-cost abandoned electricity from wind power and photovoltaic power, but there is no corresponding industry to accommodate it, ordinary companies do not have the capital and ability to do so.

After listening to Liu Zhiben's vivid description, Jiang Miao already knew the heating situation of the Tamin Chagan base. "Zhiben, how are you arranging the housing for the staff community?"

"At present, all 1800 houses in the first phase have been completed, 600 houses have completed simple decoration, and the remaining 1200 houses will be completed before the end of the year." Liu Zhiben, who was standing behind Jiang Miao, paused for a while, and seeing that the boss didn't say anything, he continued:
"Considering that most of the employees of the Mo Nan branch have worked for less than one year, we have not opened the reservation channel. At present, the entire employee community and office area are managed by the Tamin Chagan Property Management Company under the branch. The 600 simply decorated houses are used as temporary dormitories for employees, with six employees living in each house, and each employee has an independent small room."

"We also provide low-cost rental services, with a monthly rent of 2 yuan per square meter. The standard room is 120 square meters. Currently, there are dozens of employees who are couples living here and they have chosen to rent a house."

Jiang Miao turned around and said, "When I came here just now, I looked around and found that the supporting facilities near the base are not enough. For example, to see a doctor, you need to go to the county town, which is more than ten kilometers away. This is inconvenient."

"Boss, how about we open a hospital?" Liu Zhiben asked uncertainly.

Jiang Miao shook his head: "It's not cost-effective to open a hospital. We can just open an internal diagnosis and treatment station to solve some problems of employees such as colds, fevers, and injuries, plus the functions of emergency rescue and hospitalization. If you want to treat serious and difficult diseases, it's better to go to a tertiary hospital."

"I understand." Liu Zhiben quickly wrote this down in a small notebook.

Jiang Miao continued, "In addition, we need to open a small kindergarten. Many employees will definitely live here for a long time. When they get married and have children, the children will definitely need to be taken care of."

"Boss, is there anything else you need to add?"

"That's it for now. From now on, you should talk to employees regularly and ask them about their difficulties. Any problems that the company can solve centrally can be summarized and reported to the head office."

"it is good."

Only by paying attention to employee welfare can you retain people.

In a bitterly cold place like Mo Nan, with freezing cold in winter and flying sand and rocks in spring, as well as sandstorms, if the employee benefits and supporting facilities are not good, then after working for a while, the employees will feel that this place is not suitable for long-term stay.

You should know that the contracted area of ​​Korqin Desert of Mo Nan Branch is as large as 30 million mu, and it will need at least hundreds of thousands of employees in the future. The number of employees may be more than the population of Jirim City.

In this case, we cannot expect all supporting facilities to be undertaken by the government. After all, the government has to coordinate the overall situation. Even if the corresponding supporting facilities are planned, it will take time to build and improve them.

In the early stage, Hailufeng Company could only rely on itself to provide various services to its employees.

Currently, the supporting facilities for employees in the Taminchagan base include a canteen, bathrooms, and toilets, as well as a small park, a small stadium, and an indoor activity center.

Liu Zhiben introduced to him the specific operation of these facilities.

Jiang Miao listened for a while, frowned, and then ordered: "Indoor activity centers must be managed well, such as chess and card rooms, billiard rooms, KTVs, etc. Employees must be strictly prohibited from gambling and engaging in illegal activities in them. I will have the Supervision Department send people to monitor the use of these facilities."

"Okay, I will also seriously warn everyone." Liu Zhiben quickly expressed his opinion.

"This matter cannot be just a verbal warning, it must be implemented in the system. You should communicate with the legal department and issue a more detailed set of regulations for the management of employees' lifestyle. If an employee does not repent after repeated warnings, then he should be fired directly and the police should be called."

"Yes, I'll arrange it as soon as possible."

In Jiang Miao's opinion, employees' lifestyle is a key issue that deserves attention. If left unchecked, it will easily breed a lot of problems.

For example, in gambling, if someone loses too much money, extreme incidents can easily occur. Such incidents can be big or small. If it is just an employee committing suicide by jumping off a building, it is easy to deal with. The only thing to worry about is sabotage during the production process or indiscriminate revenge on other employees.

The reason why he brought up this matter specifically was because a vicious incident occurred some time ago in the construction team that contracted the renovation project of the headquarters employee community.

The cause was that several decoration workers gathered together to gamble, and one of them lost more than 100,000 yuan. After that man went back, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that those workers had conspired to cheat him. The next day, a fight broke out on the construction site. One of the decoration workers had his arm broken by a shovel, and the worker who lost the money broke three ribs.

This incident made Jiang Miao very angry, and he scolded the contractor harshly.

This matter also attracted Jiang Miao's attention, and he has ordered the Legal Department to formulate regulations on the lifestyle management of employees.

At the same time, enterprises that have contracted related projects of Hailufeng Company are required to sign additional clauses on employee lifestyle management. If similar malicious incidents occur, the corresponding contracting payment of the contracting company will be deducted. In serious cases, the contract will be terminated directly.

The companies that contracted the related projects were also shocked and quickly conducted internal investigations.

Within Hailufeng Company, Jiang Miao also ordered the Supervision Department to investigate employees' lifestyle issues, and issued an internal announcement to encourage employees to report anonymously.

As expected, you don’t know until you check, and you’ll be shocked when you do.

The headquarters, Gannan Branch and Qiongzhou Branch have all found a number of problematic employees, including 17 people who participated in gambling. Some of them gambled among internal employees, some participated in online gambling, and some gambled with their friends outside.

The company fired five people, issued severe warnings to 5 people, and informed the matter internally.

Although the Mo Nan branch has not discovered such a thing yet, Jiang Miao is very clear that many people like to find something to do when they are bored, and gambling is a way for many people to pass the time.

The Mo'nan Branch has been very busy in the past few months, and many employees have just gotten to know each other, so there has been no obvious gambling phenomenon. However, with the arrival of winter, a lot of work at the Mo'nan Branch will stop, and when there is more free time, problems will emerge.

That's why Jiang Miao reminded Liu Zhiben to pay attention to this matter, so as to avoid any problems and then try to remedy the situation.

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At noon, Jiang Miao, Liu Zhiben and others ate in the cafeteria together and inspected the management of the cafeteria.

Regarding the requirements for the canteen, Jiang Miao's first concern was food safety. He carefully observed the cooking oil, seasonings, vegetables, fruits, and various meat products used in the canteen kitchen.

As an agricultural company, and the southern part of the desert is a major cattle and sheep producing area, the beef and mutton here are all supplied by its own slaughterhouse, and fish products are transported from the headquarters through the cold chain, so this part is not a big problem.

As for vegetables and fruits, Jiang Miao discovered that many of them were not stored properly.

"The canteen's cold storage needs to be arranged as soon as possible. It's autumn now, and these fruits and vegetables are fine, but they will easily go bad in the summer."

"Okay, boss, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Liu Zhiben was like a chick pecking at rice, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

One lap down.

Jiang Miao is quite satisfied overall.

This is also related to the fact that the purchasing department is independent of the branch company. The branch company and the canteen are not responsible for purchasing, and the purchasing department is strictly managed by the head office, so naturally they will not use bad ingredients.

After lunch, he, led by Wu Song, came to the Taminchagan breeding base.

First, I took a look at the breeding situation.

With proper care, local yellow cattle, hybrid Simmental cattle and hybrid Angus cattle all performed well.

The local yellow cattle are trained for flavor and growth rate, and their products are mainly supplied to Chaoshan beef hotpot.

The breeding direction of hybrid Simmental cattle is to increase growth rate and ensure lean meat content, mainly as an affordable beef product.

Hybrid Angus cattle are bred for growth rate, flavor, and marbling, and are supplied to western restaurants and barbecue shops.

Jiang Miao saw that the marble patterns of more than 100 hybrid Angus cattle were basically the same as those of Wagyu cattle. Obviously, these hybrid Angus cattle could be used as breeding cattle to cultivate the next generation of domestic Frosted cattle.

Then he took a car from the north gate of the breeding base and headed to the organic fertilizer factory located in the heart of the farm, five kilometers north.

In order to facilitate transportation, a simple track was laid between the breeding base and the organic fertilizer factory, and cattle and sheep manure and organic fertilizer were transported in and out of the two places by trams.

The reason why the organic fertilizer factory is set up five kilometers away is mainly to reduce the odor produced during the fermentation process of cattle and sheep manure, which affects nearby residents and the Yinsha Bay Scenic Area.

In addition to conventional fermentation facilities, this organic fertilizer processing plant also has a earthworm farm and a black soldier fly farm.

The earthworm farms and black soldier fly farms are semi-experimental attempts and are currently only being tried on a small scale.

(End of this chapter)