novelweb Chapter 648: Go to France to Shake People
Chapter 648: Go to France to Shake People
Do foreign monks know how to chant scriptures? Zhao Jinshan hesitated for a few seconds before asking, Are you planning to hire technicians from abroad?
If you can't find suitable talents in China, why don't you look for them from abroad! Besides, it's not just us Chinese who can dig coal, and it's not that there are no coal mines in foreign countries, so foreigners can dig coal too! Li Weidong said. replied.
That's right, foreign countries also have coal mines. Zhao Jinshan then asked, Which country do you plan to invite people from?
I want to hire people in Europe, mainly France! Li Weidong replied.
Europe? The wages there are higher, right? Zhao Jinshan asked.
Even if the salary is high, tens of thousands of euros a year is enough, it's better than us giving up 20% of the shares! Li Weidong said.
It's true. Zhao Jinshan pondered for a moment, and then said: But Europe is a developed country after all. Would European coal mine engineers want to work in China?
I don't know about other countries, but French coal mine engineers are definitely willing. Li Weidong continued with a smile: You just wait for my good news! Besides, don't be idle these days, and then look for someone in China.
Are you planning to put smoke bombs to confuse others? Zhao Jinshan asked immediately.
Li Weidong nodded: That's right, in case someone gets in your way, we still have to pretend to continue looking for people in the country. In fact, we are going through the warehouses secretly by repairing plank roads!
In a bar in the northern suburbs of Paris, Herbert was sitting at a small table with a depressed face, drinking alone.
As a senior coal mine engineer, Hurlbert has been unemployed for a year. During the day, he went to interview another company, and the result was the same as before, and he failed again.
In France now, no company needs a coal mine engineer. .
Although Herbert is unemployed, his life is quite good. The unemployment benefits in France are still very generous. Not only can people live comfortably, but they can also have some spare money to drink.
And as a former coal miner, in addition to the normal unemployment benefits, Hurlbert also has some additional subsidies, so even if he doesn't look for a job, he can still eat, drink, and have fun at home every day.
However, after all, Herbert is the kind of lazy guy who waits for government relief money. For a senior engineer, he is not used to a life of getting something for nothing. He still prefers to use his labor in exchange for remuneration, and then live with dignity.
This is the case in this world. Getting something for nothing is often inversely proportional to dignity. When a person is willing to give up more dignity, he will have more opportunities to get something for nothing.
Are you really going to apply for retirement like everyone else did? Herbert muttered to himself.
According to the French policy at the time, front-line coal mine workers could apply for retirement at the age of 45, and logistics managers could also apply for retirement at the age of 50, and their pensions were higher than those of other occupations.
Just as Herbert was considering whether to retire, his cell phone rang suddenly.
Hurlbert took out his mobile phone and glanced at the caller ID. It was the personnel supervisor of the coal mine where he worked before.
The two greeted each other briefly, and the personnel director asked, Herbert, have you applied for retirement?
No, I'm still looking for a job. Helbert sighed, and continued: But it's not going well, no company needs a coal mine engineer.
That's right, the coal mines in France have all been shut down, so naturally there is no need for coal mine engineers. The personnel manager paused, and then asked, Then are you interested in developing abroad?
Where are you going? Eastern Europe? It's too cold there, I can't stand it, Herbert said.
It's not Eastern Europe, it's China! the former personnel director said.
China? That's farther than Eastern Europe! Herbert shook his head: I don't even want to go to Eastern Europe,
It is even more impossible to go to China!
If it's the UK, or Spain, I'll consider it. But China is too far away! And it's still a third world country, maybe I can't even have a full meal, I don't want to die in another country.
The other party offered you an annual salary of 50,000 euros, reimbursement for round-trip air tickets, and two months of vacation every year. So I suggest you think about it. The former personnel director said.
Fifty thousand euros? Herbert suddenly showed a surprised expression.
In 2002, the per capita annual income in France was about 30,000 euros. As a high-income class, engineers' income was about two to three times the per capita income, which was about 20,000 to 30,000 euros.
However, coal mine engineers are occupations that are not needed by enterprises, and their salaries are naturally not that high. With the current Herbert, if he can find a salaried job in France, it will be considered very good.
The annual salary of 50,000 euros was definitely considered a high salary in France at the time. Even engineers in those popular fields could hardly get such a high salary.
France's welfare is still very good. Generally, the better the welfare of the country, the smaller the income gap between workers. If you go to the Nordic countries, the construction workers who move bricks on the construction site earn no less than the bald programmers who program in front of the computer.
So the annual salary of 50,000 euros is indeed a shocking bomb for Herbert.
Herbert suddenly became excited.
50,000 euros! It's higher than my previous salary! Anyway, I can't find a job now, so why don't you go to China and try your best?
At the same time, many French coal mine engineers have received invitations to work in China.
Before the 21st century, France had the best coal mine engineers in the world.
France was the first country to be affected by the Industrial Revolution, and it already has a long history of coal mining. Moreover, as the former largest land power in Europe, France also has very rich coal resources, and its coal reserves are also among the best in Western Europe.
Before World War I, France had always been the largest coal producer in Europe. At that time, although Eastern Europe had more coal reserves, its mining capacity was not as good as that of France. It was not until after the establishment of the Soviet Union that heavy industry began to be vigorously developed that the amount of coal produced surpassed that of France.
Since it was the first country to start the industrial revolution, the few open-pit coal mines in France were quickly collected, and then coal could only be dug from the ground, and coal mine engineers were indispensable.
As early as the Louis XVIII era, France established a special coal mining school, the Saint-Etienne Higher School of Mines, to train talents for coal mines.
In other words, the French training system for coal mine professionals has existed for two hundred years. No wonder, then, that France has some of the best coal mining engineers in the world.
However, by the 1980s, France's coal resources were almost exhausted. In addition, coal is easy to cause pollution, and France has the world's most advanced nuclear power technology, so France began to gradually phase out coal.
This is a long process. Since the 1980s, it took more than 20 years for France to completely phase out coal.
According to French policy, since 1985, all coal mines have stopped recruiting new employees, and coal mines in France will gradually close down.
For the placement of coal miners, France also offers a lot of preferential policies, such as more unemployment subsidies, such as the age of 45 can apply for retirement, and the pension will be relatively high, such as up to hundreds of thousands of francs in entrepreneurial subsidies.
According to these preferential policies, after the coal mines are closed, those unemployed coal miners can rely on unemployment benefits until they are 45 years old, and then directly apply for retirement. This is tantamount to supporting these unemployed coal workers with state benefits.
Naturally, the coal workers were very happy to sit at home and get money without having to work hard in mining. So the coal workers in France at that time wished that the coal mine they worked in would be shut down by the government as soon as possible. Whenever a coal mine is shut down, the faces of those unemployed workers are all full of smiles.
By 2002, only the last three coal mines were still operating in France, and in April 2004, the last coal mine in France was also closed.
At the same time, France is vigorously developing nuclear energy. When coal mines are shut down, more than 80% of France's electricity is supplied by nuclear energy.
Moreover, these nuclear power generation is not only used by France itself, but also sold to neighboring countries such as Germany.
In contrast, Germany, which shouts about environmental protection every day, is really inferior to France in terms of coal reduction.
Germany’s welfare for coal miners is not as generous as France’s, so the resistance to closing coal mines will be much greater. It was not until 2018 that Germany closed its last coal mine, a full fourteen years later than France.
At that time, France had the best coal engineers in the world, but closed all the coal mines, and these coal engineers became unemployed in an instant.
Moreover, it is not easy for these people to find employment again.
The coal mines in mainland France are all closed, and there is definitely no living space for coal mine engineers. Countries around France are also gradually phasing out coal and switching to nuclear energy and natural gas.
Eastern European countries such as Poland, Ukraine, and Russia do have a coal industry, but there is no shortage of coal mining engineers in those places.
Although the economies of these countries are underdeveloped, they all have the heavy industry foundation left by the Soviet Union, and the technical level of coal mining is not bad.
Therefore, these eliminated coal mine engineers in France, besides changing careers, have only one way to receive unemployment benefits.
For Li Weidong, this is of course a good opportunity to buy the bottom.
Although the salaries of French engineers will be relatively high, the money must be worth the money.
France, a traditional industrial power, has not missed any industrial revolution. They have spent two hundred years establishing a talent training system, and the level of engineers they have trained will certainly not be inferior to that of Chinese coal mine engineers, or even better. .
Moreover, these engineers all have more than ten or twenty years of work experience. If they are introduced to China, they can work directly on the job.
Li Weidong can be regarded as a good time to catch up. If it were a few years ago, these French engineers may not be willing to go to China even if they are given money.
With the character of the French, even if the salary is slightly lower, they are more willing to work in mainland France.
If you play for a few years, when these French coal mine engineers are old and retired, they will not be willing to leave France.
The beginning of the 21st century was just right, the coal mines in France had been shut down, and a group of French coal mine projects were still in their prime. If they wanted to find a job, they had to be abducted to China by Li Weidong.
With Li Weidong's high salary, there are indeed several French coal mine engineers who are unwilling to retire and are willing to work in China.
Zhao Jinshan looked at several French engineers and said with satisfaction: These engineers are quite reliable.
How did you find out? Li Weidong asked with a smile.
Look at the age. It is said that there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not fast. Look at these engineers. Their beards are so long, and some of them even have white beards. They must be skilled and experienced! Zhao Jinshan replied. .
Li Weidong smiled slightly, and replied: Foreigners are already old, and they may have a big beard at the age of eighteen or nineteen! But you are right, these engineers need skills and experience. experience.
French coal mines have stopped recruiting new employees since 1985, so these engineers have at least ten years of work experience. Moreover, Western technology is indeed more advanced than ours. The technical level of these French engineers is at least as good as the domestic level.
That's great, time doesn't wait, I will arrange for these engineers to go to the mine now! Zhao Jinshan said.
Don't worry. Li Weidong shook his head, and then said: If you want these French engineers to work hard for us, you have to give them some sweetness first.
Didn't they already pay them a salary in advance! Zhao Jinshan muttered.
European workers are different from our Chinese workers. Just paying money is not enough, we must pay attention to humanistic care! Only in this way can they stay and work in China with peace of mind. Li Weidong said.
What is humanistic care? Zhao Jinshan asked puzzled.
It is to let them eat well, drink well, and play well first, and then assign tasks to them after they feel that working in China will be a very happy thing. Li Weidong replied.
Then take them to visit the scenic spots and eat some delicious food? Zhao Jinshan asked.
Well, you can also take them to have a massage, do a horse kill a chicken or something, and relieve the hardship of the journey. Li Weidong said softly and muttered: The French are old-fashioned, and they should be able to eat this.
For Huiyuan Industry, Sun Chongxin hadn't received Zhao Jinshan's reply for many days, so he was inevitably a little anxious.
This Zhao Jinshan is also calm! I thought that after I showed him the meeting minutes, he would compromise with me soon and sell us 20% of the shares, but I didn't expect that he hasn't come yet. Find me! Sun Chongxin said.
I've inquired. Zhao Jinshan is still looking for coal mine engineers! Maybe he thinks that he can find technicians in this field from other places! said a vice president next to him.
Naive! Sun Zhonghui snorted coldly, and continued; It seems that we have to find a way to push him!
Chairman, do you have any good ideas? Another person next to him said.
Sun Chongxin smiled slightly and said, I heard that Director Du of the State Safety Production Office is going to inspect safety production work in several major coal-producing provinces in the west recently. Isn't Dongshan Mining a well-known private enterprise in the coal industry? A benchmarking company!
We can find a way to add fuel to the flames and ask Director Du to inspect the coal mines of Dongshan Mining. When the leaders see that Dongshan Mining's production efficiency is low, they will definitely ask them to increase production efficiency. At that time, it will be Zhao Jinshan's turn to come and beg me!
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