The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Hengdian, a filming base.

Chen An'an and Erpiya from the Little Soldiers Company have been here for almost a month.

It has experienced a series of major historical events, including the eight-year War of Resistance against Japan, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and the educated youth going to the countryside.

To support their unprecedented educational program, Tencent Film Group mobilized nearly 3,000 extras.

They also built countless buildings closely related to that era to ensure that everyone could have an immersive experience.

Only when they have lived through that period of history will they truly understand the sacrifices and profound significance of their predecessors.

A month has passed, and they have moved from the era of war to the current era of reform and opening up.

It was also the reform and opening up that ushered in a great era for China. A series of major events, such as the return of educated youth to the cities in 78, the reopening of universities, the reform of state-owned enterprises, and the emergence of individual businesses, all took place during this era.

For this purpose, Tengying Group also specially contracted an old-fashioned factory.

The stories of state-owned enterprise workers during that era are told by thousands of people.

Erpiya had lost a little weight; now she was a third-level worker in this large state-owned factory.

As for Chen An'an, she is already at level five.

Chen Lu, the mistress, was assigned to clean the cafeteria, Hu Qilin was assigned to cook, and Song Chaoqun, the sister-in-law's son, and Chang Dalin, the chubby boy from Chang Fujia's family, were also there.

Their current task is to use their modern knowledge of time travel to help this state-owned enterprise, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, complete its market-oriented reforms.

When Chen Pingsheng arrived, he sat in the hall and watched the small soldiers' company's every move through a full-view camera.

His sister Chen Qi and his sister-in-law were also there; his sister-in-law was even holding her second son in her arms.

As for Song Yanxi, she has already played the factory director, while Liu Fen played the factory secretary.

This is a cannery that specializes in producing canned goods.

Chen Pingsheng sat there, also cracking sunflower seeds, and said, "Little sister, your Hu Qilin is just like you, all chubby and adorable."

“Unlike me, I was very clever when I was a child, not as stupid as him.”

Hu Qilin is quite something; he only cooked a simple dish, and before it was even served, he had already eaten almost half of it.

"Hey bro, didn't you say you'd be back in a few days? Why have you been gone so long?"

"You think everyone's like you, with nothing going on? I'm busy making money."

On the other side, Chen An'an had already found a way to sell canned goods. She was about to go and report to Director Song, but because she leaked the information in advance, someone else got there first.

The so-called backstabbing and intrigue is just that simple and unpretentious. People in the workplace will do everything they can to seize any opportunity to advance further.

Oh no... her research plan, developed by countless people, was stolen by someone else, who even received a large commendation from the factory and a factory announcement.

Chen An'an still needs to lead the squadron of soldiers to come up with another solution.

State-owned enterprise reform has gone through three phases, mainly to adapt state-owned enterprises to marketization in this era.

The mass layoffs of state-owned enterprise workers also began with the reform of state-owned enterprises.

This can be said to be the most important event of that era. Although Chen An'an and Er Pi Ya were still fighting wits and courage in it, the more important thing was to make them understand the influence of policies on a country and even on a company.

Along with the reform of state-owned enterprises came individual businesses. Private ownership had not yet emerged, and private factories in that era were all affiliated with various work units.

The true retreat of state-owned enterprises and advancement of private enterprises will only occur in the post-reform era of state-owned enterprises.

In other words, with the gradual relaxation of policies, private individuals are allowed to set up factories or acquire small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises.

This was actually one of the earliest opportunities to get rich quick in China.

State-owned enterprises in that era, heaven knows how cheap they were sold.

Even if the factory itself is not needed, the factory dormitory and the land it owns are extremely valuable assets.

And this is the path that the junior soldiers must take step by step.

It wasn't until after Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour in 1992 that they embarked on their entrepreneurial journey. And at that time, a particularly inspiring figure emerged.

Xu Banxia.

Xu Banxia encountered a major event that was very much in line with the times, including the collapse of the Soviet Union, when most Chinese people boarded trains to go there to buy and exchange goods.

The most famous example of the trade from the 1990s, trading canned goods for airplanes, happened during that era.

Xu Banxia hoarded steel, but encountered a poor market and a continuous decline in steel prices, which led to a series of crises for her.

Until the major real estate reform in 1998, steel prices suddenly soared overnight.

This is the influence of policy. In the exciting 1990s, Xiaobinglian would successively experience the 1992 wealth certificate, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and real estate reform.

And the next steel age.

The steel age was undoubtedly marked by large-scale real estate development.

It wasn't until after 2008, with the release of the iPhone 4, that the mobile internet era arrived.

It can be said that this summer, Chen Pingsheng spent 1 billion yuan to arrange a unique lesson on the great progress of the times for them.

The most crucial factor in this is policy; almost every major era has been driven by policy.

This is also what Chen Pingsheng wanted to tell them: the domestic economy is not a market-based economy, but a planned economy driven by policies.

Only by deeply understanding the role of policies can they further understand the differences between a market economy and a planned economy.

Whether it's Chen An'an, Er Pi Ya, or even Xiao San Chen Lu, none of them will have an ordinary future.

They must have an extremely high sense of awe, not towards the market, but towards the word "policy".

When the time is right, even pigs can take off.

When the tide turns, no matter how clever you are, you will be buried under that tide.

The domestic situation can always be summed up in two words: policy.

He believes that after the summer vacation, these soldiers will have a clear understanding of the policy's impact.

Chen Pingsheng stayed here for three days, during which he also participated in the research with them.

It wasn't until three days later, when the wave of layoffs hit state-owned enterprises, that this medium-sized cannery remained unscathed.

They have just entered the next stage, the great river under the collective system reform.

Old Chen's relatives were also dumbfounded, as if they had never thought that children could be raised in this way.

Even if you thought about it, there's absolutely no room for maneuver.

Because this involves human and material resources, including the effort to recreate the scenes and characters of that era.

Both require huge sums of money.

This is not something an ordinary person could do; it was merely a special coming-of-age ceremony that Chen Pingsheng prepared for his daughter.

After graduating from elementary school, Chen An'an's childhood was over, and it was time for her to grow up.

Even Erpiya, who's been fooling around until this age.

In September, she will be in second grade and will be transferred to a public school to be classmates with people from all walks of life. Perhaps only in this way can she erase the sense of distance that she can never understand about the poor.

The third child is different; he's already two and a half years old and about to start kindergarten.

Days passed by, and the child grew up day by day.

As a father, I may only be able to put down this heavy burden of being a father when they turn eighteen.

(End of this chapter)