This period, Su Xiaotian had been considering these matters.
Although, for the time being, the factories in the village could still operate normally.
However, the situation of the Nanling Village factory was different from the other two.
From the very beginning of their establishment, the other two factories had recruited people with good educational backgrounds.
At the very least, they were junior high school graduates, with fewer university students but a considerable number of high school graduates.
This had already laid the foundation for the development of the factories.
Nanling Village, however, was different. Whether it was the breeding farm or the food factory, when they first recruited staff, they mainly hired people from the village.
Among these people, the majority had only attended literacy classes, and a small portion had attended middle school.
But considering those years, what they had learned in school was still a debatable issue.
Su Xiaotian did not believe that these people could truly solve the problems in the factories.
Putting aside other issues, just from the perspective of research and development, the Nanling Village factories were far behind the other two.
Up to now, they had not even managed to develop a single new flavor that could be considered qualified.
Overall, to put it in a single sentence, the educational level of these people was too low, which had already caused a noticeable lag in the factories' development.
It was just that Nanling Village was located in a remote area, so this problem was not very apparent at the moment, and no one had realized it.
But once the problem appeared, it could be managed for a short period, but over time, with insufficient internal momentum, it would lead to the factories lacking sustained power.
It was even possible that due to these reasons, the factories might eventually go bankrupt.
After a period of consideration, Su Xiaotian planned for the brand "Lu Xiang Xiang" to be a sub-brand under the Nanling Village brand in the future. Therefore, she needed to resolve the problem at the very beginning of its emergence and lay a solid foundation.
Talent had become a problem that needed to be solved immediately.
Su Xiaotian had originally thought that Su Changjiu would agree to her request without hesitation.
However, to her surprise, Su Changjiu showed a look of difficulty.
"Xiaotian, but those university students might not be willing to come to our village. After all, our village has nothing, and it's also remote."
Why would a good university student be willing to come to a factory in the countryside?
Su Xiaotian frowned. It was indeed a problem, but she didn't have a good solution for it at the moment.
Just as Su Xiaotian was pondering how to solve the problem, she heard Su Changjiu speak again.
"Moreover, Xiaotian, if the village factories recruit people from outside, I'm afraid the villagers won't be happy. Even now, although some people from outside the village have been hired, most of them are related to Nanling Village."
When Su Xiaotian heard this, she felt that things seemed to have gone astray.
The Nanling Village factory used the name Nanling Village, but in reality, it did not solely belong to Nanling Village. Su Dan Novel Network.
How could the villagers be unhappy about the factory recruiting people?
Could it be that they thought the Nanling Village factory should remain within the village and not allow others to share in its profits?
"Uncle Changjiu, although the factory is built in the village, whether it truly belongs to everyone in the village is still a matter worth discussing!"
Su Xiaotian finally decided to remind Su Changjiu, the spokesperson.
Su Xiaotian knew very well how this factory was built, and Su Changjiu also knew it clearly.
There was government investment, as well as Su Xiaotian's shareholding. If one were to be precise, it had little to do with other people in Nanling Village.
Upon hearing Su Xiaotian raise this issue, Su Changjiu immediately realized his mistake.
Besides the government's investment, Su Xiaotian had also provided the funds and the recipes for the factory to be built.
In other words, Su Xiaotian alone had much more say than all the villagers.
As long as she agreed to recruit people from outside, even if the entire village disagreed, they probably couldn't stop it.
"Xiaotian, I was shortsighted!"
Su Changjiu felt deeply embarrassed by what he had said earlier. Although Su Xiaotian was a junior, he promptly admitted his mistake.
"Uncle Changjiu, you're not entirely wrong. Perhaps, many people in the village think this way."
A faint smile flickered across Su Xiaotian's lips.
Because the Nanling Village factory was not solely owned by her family, she had invested less energy in it.
In the current Nanling Village, quite a few people probably thought this way, didn't they?
These people had truly forgotten that apart from the village holding a certain percentage of shares, others had not invested a single cent in the factory.
On what basis did they believe that the factory belonged to them?
If such thinking were allowed to spread, perhaps in a short period, the factory would completely fail due to poor management.
No matter when, a clan-based management style is the most undesirable.
For an enterprise to develop sustainably, it must operate according to its business model.
Although the Nanling Village brand was created to benefit the local area, for long-term operation, it could not be managed in a clan-like or village-like manner.
It still needed talented people who understood management to ensure its longevity.
Su Changjiu engaged in deep self-reflection.
Indeed, many people in the village openly claimed that this was their factory and that everyone in the village was a master of the factory.
Even people in the village looked down on workers from outside the village, displaying an air of superiority.
Previously, he hadn't thought there was anything wrong with such thinking.
But after Su Xiaotian's reminder today, Su Changjiu realized how profoundly wrong he had been.
He had managed an enterprise in the same way he managed a village, which might have been wrong from the start.
In essence, according to the operational methods of an enterprise, even if the people of Nanling Village received dividends at the end of the year, they were no different from others.
Once they entered the factory, everyone was a worker in the factory, with the same status.
Su Changjiu quickly understood the key point.
"Xiaotian, after I return, I will resolve these ideological issues."
Su Changjiu might not be able to guarantee other things, but he felt he was quite adept at handling ideological issues.
"Uncle Changjiu, I know you've put a lot of effort into the factory. You also hope that the factory can develop better and better."
"After all, only when the factory develops can the people of Nanling Village live better lives."
Su Xiaotian spoke in a very gentle tone.
As a junior, she naturally couldn't speak to Su Changjiu in a commanding manner.
However, if this matter wasn't clarified this time, the problem would become even more difficult to solve if it dragged on.
"Uncle Changjiu, you should also know that in the past two years, factories have been built everywhere. But how many of them can truly be established and then become profitable?"
Su Changjiu couldn't help but consider Su Xiaotian's words.
In the past two years, due to the country's advocacy for establishing new township enterprises and developing the local economy.
Riding this wave, there were at least eighty to ninety factories, big and small, built in the county.
However, very few of them were truly profitable.
Several factories had declared bankruptcy even before their factory buildings were completed.
It was said that many of these were caused by human factors.
"Uncle Changjiu, for an enterprise to develop, it needs a fixed operational model. To put it bluntly, if everyone in the village considers themselves the owner of the factory and acts superior, looking down on other workers, the factory might not last long."
Su Changjiu felt as if he had been awakened by a heavy hammer after hearing Su Xiaotian's words.
It was indeed true!
The Nanling Village factory could operate smoothly for two reasons: firstly, the plan provided by Su Xiaotian was very thorough.
Secondly, Su Xiaotian had also set strict requirements for their factory management, and they had executed them reasonably well.
Thirdly, they had no worries about the future. With a strong backing, the Nanling Village factory did not have to worry about sales.
Su Xiaotian's proposed solution this time was indeed very accurate. Fortunately, Su Xiaotian had raised it in advance.
If time had passed, who knew how many problems would have arisen.
Su Changjiu was well aware that even he had the thought that he was the owner of the factory!
"Xiaotian, I understand. When I go back this time, I will find a way to recruit highly educated people to manage the factory. However, it might be difficult to attract university students."
Su Changjiu was determined to solve the ideological issues, but he felt he couldn't accomplish the task of recruiting university students.
Su Changjiu was certainly well aware of the advantages that highly educated people possessed.
In this era, if a family produced a university student, they would walk with much greater confidence than others.
Putting aside other things, wasn't the Su family living better and better today precisely because their children were good students?
Those in the village who were willing to send their children to school might have had a slightly harder time in the past two years, but everyone said that once their children became successful in a few years, their lives would improve.
In this regard, the people of Nanling Village, with the precedent of the Su family, had a very clear understanding.
In the past two to three years, the enrollment rate in Nanling Village was the highest in the county.
Except for one child with a mental disability, all other children of school age were enrolled. No family had the idea of not enrolling their daughters or letting them roam around like sheep.
For this reason, he, as the village head, had even been praised by the county.
But he knew that this was not his own merit.
It was the immense benefits brought by the Su family's children's education that made the villagers deeply understand the advantages of studying.
"Do your best, Uncle Changjiu. Perhaps, someone might be willing to come. Of course, even if no university or junior college students are willing to come to our factory, at least we can find some high school graduates."
Even decades later, when graduating meant unemployment, university students were still unwilling to condescend to work in small factories.
Let alone this era where university students were highly valued?
In these years, as long as one graduated from university, or even a vocational school, the state would arrange employment.
Generally, units that were included in the state's allocation plan were not bad.
It could be said that graduates from universities and vocational schools, as long as they persisted until graduation, would secure a good job.
They might not get rich, but they would have a stable income and never worry about food and clothing for a lifetime.
Of course, some students voluntarily went to enterprises after graduation, but that was because the salaries offered by enterprises were high at that time.
However, the ones they were willing to go to were not township enterprises built in villages, but large factories in cities, or at least state-owned factories.
In terms of talent introduction, the Nanling Village factory indeed faced certain constraints.
There are always more solutions than problems!
Su Xiaotian firmly believed in this saying.
Although the problem was difficult to solve, thinking from a different perspective, it might not be too difficult.
If direct recruitment didn't yield results, cultivating talent internally was still feasible.
Just like the food factory in Licheng, they cultivated their own talent, training a team of highly educated individuals from among the high school graduates through night school.
The Licheng Food Factory now had several students attending night school.
Even the food factory in Beijing had two students attending night school.
This model could also be promoted in Nanling Village.
But the prerequisite was that the Nanling Village factory must have high school graduates, or at least good junior high school graduates.
No one had ever heard of someone who had only attended literacy classes being able to get into university, right?
"I understand, Xiaotian. This year, there are three or four high school graduates in our village, and there are also some in the neighboring villages. Only a few of these children can get into university."
Su Changjiu's spirits immediately lifted upon hearing that hiring high school graduates was acceptable.
He didn't have the ability to recruit university students.
However, he had the ability to mobilize high school graduates from surrounding villages to come to the factory.
For the children in the village who graduated from high school but couldn't get into university, most of them could only choose to farm or go to the city to do jobs that city dwellers didn't want.
If they could offer some preferential treatment in terms of salary, who would be willing to leave their homes and go to the city?
Su Xiaotian felt a bit regretful, but she also knew that this was the reality.
In fact, she also knew very well that her requirements were too high.
A high school graduate from this era could be considered highly educated.
If a family had connections or money, it wouldn't be difficult to find a respectable job in the city.
It wasn't even difficult to get a job in government agencies.
But Su Xiaotian knew the situation in Nanling Village herself.
There were almost no families who could find a way to solve their children's employment.
As for families who could scrape together money to find jobs for their children, they were also very few.
More people hoped that their children would change their family's fortunes after studying.
If they couldn't get into university, their path to changing their family's fortunes would essentially be cut off.
"Uncle Changjiu, for such individuals, their salaries can be appropriately increased, and necessary conveniences can be provided. When recruiting for night school, encourage these students to continue taking the exams."
"I've heard of night school, but after graduating from night school, the state doesn't arrange jobs. What's the point?"
Su Changjiu had indeed heard of night school and had inquired about it. The qualifications from night school were recognized by the state, but since there were no job assignments or salary increases, what was the point?
"The knowledge learned is your own. Besides, as long as our factory operates well, the workers' income will not be much lower than that of urban workers. Why insist on demanding job assignments from the state?"
Su Changjiu thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.
Whether the state assigned jobs or not was not a significant issue for someone who already had a job.
"Xiaotian, I understand. Don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter well!"