SFS Chapter 464: Hot Discussion in the Water Room
Chapter 464: Hot Discussion in the Water Room
Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.
"Okay, since everyone has no questions, let's adjourn the meeting." Wang Changshuan announced immediately.
With the end of this meeting.
The housing allocation issue that the employees of the third factory were most concerned about finally had an answer.
The vast majority of employees have different opinions on this direct buyout approach, and everyone has different views.
Some people have a long-term vision and think that allowing buyouts is a good thing. In their opinion, living in a factory house is not as safe as living in one's own house.
As the saying goes, it is better to have something yourself than to have it from your parents.
The house is your own, so you can sleep more peacefully.
However, some employees believe that the factory is shirking its responsibilities. In the past, the factory paid for the construction of houses, and the built houses were distributed to employees with sufficient length of service and contributions.
But now the previous rules have been changed, and employees are now required to buy them with their own money. With so much money, no employee can afford it. This method is simply cheating people.
For a while, the whole factory was talking about this matter.
In his spare time, Lu Ye carried two thermoses from his office, walked into the yard of the third factory through the back door, and went directly to the water room.
As soon as he reached the door, Lu Ye saw a lot of people gathered in the bathroom, smoking and chatting.
Lu Ye took a quick look and found that they were all familiar faces.
These people are from various offices. They often take advantage of the break to fetch water to chat and slack off at work.
"What do you think? Is this buyout a good thing or a bad thing? Some say it's good, some say it's not. I've heard so many opinions now that I'm completely confused."
One person was smoking a cigarette and asking questions to others around him.
"If you ask me, this might not be a good thing. Think about it, a house costs several thousand yuan. Who can afford that much? Even if the house belonged to the factory before, at least we can live in it if we get it."
"Look at what's happening now. Okay, just sell it directly. The factory is doing this and it's ruining people's morale." An older employee said with a sneer.
However, his words contradicted the other person's idea.
"I don't see it that way. I actually think it's a good thing to be allowed to buy out. Think about it, what is a house? It's the root of a family! We used to live in a factory house, and they would take it away if they wanted to, and they would give it to us if they wanted to."
"But what if we buy it? Then the house will be ours, and we can live in it however we want. After I'm done living in it, I can give it to my son, and after my son's done living in it, I can give it to my grandson. The key is that we have our own house, and we can register our household registration there, so we don't have to live in a collective household with the factory anymore."
"I think it's better to buy it out."
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Lu Ye walked into the water room carrying a thermos and started boiling water in front of the boiler.
The old man in charge of the water room was quite familiar with Lu Ye. When he saw Lu Ye coming to fetch water, he suddenly smiled and said to the people around him who were talking:
"Please stop speculating. I think there are already people who understand the situation. Let's ask Mr. Lu from the sales station to explain it. That would be much better than figuring it out on our own."
Although the salesmen could not match the scale of their Third Factory, a group of educated youth who returned to their hometown managed to make a lot of money and do a great job. Everyone in their Third Factory had heard about this.
They were quite impressed by Lu Ye, the great man.
"Yes, we are the ones involved in this, but Mr. Lu is the one who sees things clearly from the sidelines. Let Mr. Lu explain it to us."
"Boss Lu, have you heard that our factory has been selected as a pilot to build a building?"
Someone asked on the spot.
"The renovation of your factory housing is such a big thing that the whole factory is talking about it now. I think it would be hard not to hear about it." Lu Ye said with a smile.
Lu Ye put down the thermos he had just filled, turned around, took out cigarettes from his pocket, and distributed them to a few people.
As soon as the big red cigarette box came out, it immediately attracted the attention of these old smokers.
"Hey, Zhonghua! This is the first time I've smoked such good cigarettes. Thank you, Mr. Lu."
"Boss Lu is really generous. We've been following him and have been able to get a lot of his good cigarettes."
After Lu Ye walked around, he took the light offered to him, lit a cigarette, and slowly started smoking.
"Mr. Lu, do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"
Lu Ye looked at everyone, a smile on his face as he said, "If you ask me, this is a good thing. Only a fool wouldn't buy it."
Lu Ye gave a very affirmative answer.
"What do you mean? Mr. Lu, you are knowledgeable and experienced, so just explain it to us in detail." Someone asked doubtfully.
"Okay, I have nothing to do right now, so I'll just talk about it."
Lu Ye smoked a cigarette and didn't rush to talk about the house. Instead, he asked, "Have you noticed that the prices now are different from before? Many things have started to go up in price?"
When Lu Ye asked this, someone immediately chimed in: "It's true. Soap, towels, even soy sauce and vinegar are more expensive than before."
"Yes, it really is..."
Upon hearing this, several people nodded and realized the problem of rising prices.
"What does this have to do with the house?" someone asked.
"Of course it's related." Lu Ye smiled and said, "Rising prices represent inflation and currency depreciation."
"Think about it, one dollar used to buy ten bars of soap, but now it only buys seven. If you keep the money, isn't that just a disguised reduction?"
"That's true." Someone nodded in response.
Lu Ye smiled and continued, "Let's talk about the house again. The houses you lived in before belonged to the factory and could not be bought or sold. Therefore, they had no market value and could not be considered your assets."
"But things are different now. The government builds the building for you and allows you to buy it outright at cost price. After you buy it, the house is yours. It's no longer just a house, it's your asset."
"What is an asset? It's something that can be circulated and has market value."
"Take the cigarette in my hand as an example. It costs 2.20 yuan in the supply and marketing cooperative, but you need a permit to buy it."
"If you buy it from a cigarette vendor outside, you don't need a receipt, but the price will be double."
"For the person who holds this pack of cigarettes, these cigarettes are assets. Selling them is capital. Buying at a low price and selling at a high price, the profit in the process is income."
"It's the same with houses. You're buying them at cost now. If house prices rise in the future, it means your assets will increase. Whether you sell the house or not, your net worth will remain."
"Mr. Lu, do you mean that the price of these buildings will increase in the future?" Someone keenly understood the meaning of Lu Ye's words and asked hurriedly.
"That's for sure."
Lu Ye laughed and said, "Think about it, where else in the city can you legally buy and sell houses, besides these unbuilt buildings?"
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"Scarcity makes things valuable. If they can't be bought anywhere else, what do people who want to buy a house do? Do they have to come here to buy? If there are more buyers than sellers, does that mean the highest bidder wins?"
"Like me, I came from another place and don't have a house in Binjiang. If I want to buy a house, I have to buy it from you, right?"
"You buy a house now at cost price, which might cost you a few thousand dollars, but when you want to sell it, it might cost over ten thousand dollars."
"That's true! We were all just guessing, but it was Mr. Lu's words that really woke us up! He's absolutely right."