Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 334 Closing Meeting, Xianyang Returns to the Village

There were many people in the meeting room. After Zhou Fengnian entered, he was invited by Zheng Weifeng to sit in the main seat. He asked, "Comrade Weifeng, is everyone here?"

"Everyone is here. Today is our city's industrial development conference, and the provincial one will be held in a few days."

After Zheng Weifeng finished speaking, he waited for Zhou Fengnian to sit down and then leaned over to whisper in his ear, "Comrade Fengnian, the province asked me to ask when you are free. Do you think five days later would be ok?"

The reform of state-owned factories in the city has achieved considerable success. Even if it is not as successful as FAW Auto Factory, the reform effects of other factories have improved visibly.

The reform started in the middle of the year, and now it is near the end of the year. More than half a year has passed, and the factory with the best results has increased its monthly revenue sixfold year-on-year.

How could the province not learn from such great reform results and then promote them throughout the province?

"It should be fine in five days. I'll just communicate with the province then."

Zhou Fengnian thought about it and agreed, then continued: "Everyone is almost here, so let's talk about the factory reform. You have all worked hard recently and have achieved considerable results.

The reform of state-owned factories basically covers the entire city, with nearly 80% of factories participating. Some factories participated relatively late and have not yet seen any results, but some factories have achieved very good results.
Next, I will focus on the issues.”

Although their series of actions achieved considerable results, many problems also arose because their efficiency and momentum were too fast and too fierce.

The reform plans of many factories will not appear until several years later, but Zhou Fengnian brought them out in advance and delegated a lot of power.

This also resulted in insufficient human supervision and gave rise to many problems; although the working group corrected each problem as it was discovered, there were still some impacts.

However, in the eyes of Zheng Weifeng and the people from the city's Industrial Bureau, these problems are completely acceptable and have little impact.

After all, there are gains and losses. There is no such thing as a perfect reform. Isn't it enough to correct the problems when they are discovered?

What's more, there is such a major success story of a car factory. If all those letters of intent are finalized, this car factory alone will generate US$750 million in foreign exchange earnings from exports.

Converted into RMB, it is more than 6 billion.

And this is only part of FAW's grand plan for export. They still have many markets to develop and can sell domestically.

The output value of FAW Automobile Factory may not be very obvious this year, but by next year it may be able to catch up with Shenzhou Computer Factory and rank first or second in the country.

“.It is never too late to prevent the loss of factory assets, even the next second is not too late to focus on this issue.

I just have one point of view, the contracting system can be implemented, but it must not be handed over to the person who caused the loss in the previous term, even if he is related to him;

First they make losses that the city can't bear, and then they come out to take over the business in a fake manner to guarantee profits. People like this should be watched out for and even investigated!"

"I even hope that if there are any problems, the person in charge will also conduct a thorough investigation. It would not be too much to arrest those who do not take the interests of state-owned factories and workers seriously."

Zhou Fengnian said with a serious face that although there were only two factories in CC City that implemented the contract system, both of which he had personally managed, the problems he mentioned would definitely occur in the future.

Zheng Weifeng also spoke up: "On this point, I support Comrade Fengnian's opinion. The Industrial Bureau should shoulder the responsibility in this regard. I hope that in the future reform process, no such case will occur!"

With such a great political achievement, even a fly would be a stain; as the local top leader, he is naturally aiming for political achievements, and does not want his subordinates to mix shit into his achievements.

Relevant officials from the Industry Bureau and the Municipal Reform Office immediately expressed their views, saying that they would definitely fulfill their relevant supervisory obligations.

Zhou Fengnian's tone was very serious, but he could not stay in the local area for long. However, he asked Zheng Weifeng to express his position, so this matter must be taken seriously.

"There is one more thing, let's talk about something other than reform. Regarding public security, many people have been laid off recently due to discipline and various other issues, but when these people return to society, they become a big problem."

Zhou Fengnian paused for a few seconds before saying, "I have been with my family for the past few days and have visited many interesting places in our area. It is really relaxing.
However, we have also encountered many incidents where people with bad behavior have caused trouble. As our industry develops, public security must also follow suit. Otherwise, the streets will be full of chaos. Even if the workers earn money, will they dare to come out? "

"In five days, I encountered four incidents, almost one a day. On the last day, my family didn't feel like shopping."

Zheng Weifeng, who was standing by, blushed a little. Why did it sound like these words were spoken to him?
However, Zheng Weifeng had dealt with Zhou Fengnian a lot during this period and knew that he was a man who spoke his mind and rarely beat around the bush.

I say this purely because I think this phenomenon is bad, and I have no intention of targeting him.

Zheng Weifeng thought secretly in his heart that he should have called more people to share this inexplicable pressure with him.

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, Zheng Weifeng wiped his sweat and said, "Comrade Fengnian also needs to pay attention to this point. After the meeting, I will go to the government and the Public Security Bureau to talk about this matter."

Rapid economic development is bound to bring about many problems, which are also what the special working group needs to solve.

In short, if CC, as a pilot city, is well managed, it can basically be regarded as a benchmark for the entire Northeast.

That is why Zhou Fengnian mentioned many things that need attention. The benchmark cannot be wrong, at least not seriously wrong. Some minor problems can be corrected, but if serious mistakes are learned by other places, the impact will be far-reaching.

Then the first FAW car factory was praised for setting a good example.

Next, we can take advantage of this trend to build our city into China's automobile capital, establish an automobile parts association, continuously carry out technological innovation, and so on.

This technical issue alone was pointed out three times by Zhou Fengnian and was also recorded three times by the person taking the meeting minutes.

FAW's car manufacturing plants have many outdated equipment, not to mention other parts factories, where the production lines are extremely backward.

The next production task is very heavy, and a portion must be allocated to supply the domestic market. All that cannot be produced must be sold abroad. There are many reasons, but if you don't want to be criticized, it's best to do this.

Every year, Shenzhou Computer allocates part of its products to the domestic market and even provides subsidized sales.

Zhou Fengnian had discussed this matter with Yang Tianbing in private, and he brought it up again at the meeting this time.

The meeting lasted a long time and there were quite a lot of meeting minutes alone, which will need to be dealt with next.

After the meeting, Zhou Fengnian chatted with Zheng Weifeng for a while, mainly to remind him to pay attention to the problems that arise during the reform.

".Comrade Fengnian, you are amazing. You helped us solve such a big problem right after you arrived. Although we are ranked among the top three provinces, our industrial output value is the lowest. Next year and even in the future, we will be able to hold our heads high!"

Zheng Weifeng smiled and said that, not to mention the reforms of other municipal factories, the efficiency of those with more profits has increased several times, and those with less profits have turned losses into profits.

There is also the FAW Automobile Manufacturing Plant. Those three car models can drive hundreds of factories to make profits, and this can last for several years. Perhaps it can make their industrial output value the first in Northeast China.

Last year it was only over 4 billion, and this year it is estimated to exceed 10 billion, but it still cannot catch up with the top cities in the other two provinces.

But next year FAW's auto factory will make great efforts, and the industrial output value may exceed 10 billion next year, as long as the production efficiency can keep up.

Production efficiency may be what Yang Tianbing is most concerned about now. There are more orders now, but they may not be able to handle them all. After the meeting, Yang Tianbing went to find supporting parts factories, intending to ask these factory managers to borrow money and replace production equipment.

We can't delay production next year. If we produce one less vehicle, we'll earn less money. The meat is right in front of us. If we don't eat it all because our mouth is small, we will regret it so much.

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In Sijiu City, Zhou Xianyang rode a bicycle with a pile of gifts on the back seat, heading towards Hongjia Village.

When passing the village intersection, Zhou Xianyang was stunned for a moment. The previous loess road had turned into a concrete road, and there was a pavilion at the intersection.

"Hey, what do you do? Are you Zhou Xianyang from the wealthy family?"

The militiaman on duty in the pavilion came out and shouted to Zhou Xianyang, but before he finished speaking, he recognized who Zhou Xianyang was.

During the Chinese New Year, the younger generation of Hongjia Village sat together, and Zhou Xianyang was the focus of the younger generation of Hongjia Village at that time.

Zhou Fengnian was assigned to the middle-aged generation.

"You are Hong Sanqiang, right? Are the militiamen on duty here?" Zhou Xianyang stopped his bicycle and said to Hong Sanqiang with a smile, "When was the road built in the village? It's such a big road, it should be big enough for three cars to pass through, right?"

"Brother Xianyang, the road was repaired at the beginning of the year. Recently, there have been trucks, ox carts and donkey carts carrying fertilizers every once in a while. Now that the road has been repaired, it is much easier to travel than before."

Hong Sanqiang said to Zhou Xianyang with a smile. In terms of age, he was a few years older than Zhou Xianyang.

However, as Hong Changshan's nephew, he knew Zhou Fengnian's status, so he was not embarrassed at all to call him Brother Xianyang.

The village has become better now, with water and electricity. Almost every family has three children and even has several televisions.

Although Zhou Fugui became the factory director, few people in the village called him by his title. They either called him Uncle Fugui or Grandpa Fugui, which seemed more friendly.

Zhou Xianyang asked, "Is my grandfather in the factory?"

Hong Sanqiang said, "They should be here during the day, but Mr. Fugui went home at five or six o'clock, so the lady should be here now."

"Okay, you guys smoke, I'll go back first, thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Xianyang casually took out a pack of good cigarettes from his pocket, handed it over and said; like Zhou Fengnian, he didn't smoke himself, but sometimes he would keep a pack of cigarettes.

After saying hello, Zhou Xianyang rode his bike back to Zhou’s home in the village.

At this time, Zhou's mother was resting at home. Although she often went to the fertilizer factory, it was not because she was short of money. She just went to take a look when she had nothing to do.

Zhou Xianyang's return made his mother happy for a long time. Although she treated her three grandsons equally, her mother still liked Zhou Xianyang the most.

It’s not just because Zhou Xianyang looks like Zhou Fengnian and is the youngest of three grandsons. Zhou Xianyang is also a college student and can speak.

Zhou's mother wanted to kill a chicken to cook for Zhou Xianyang immediately, but was stopped by Zhou Xianyang, who took over the job of killing the chicken.

He came back not only to ask Zhou Fugui for help, but also to bring back the health-preserving medicine his father had prescribed in the Northeast.

In fact, compared to the Electrical Appliance Factory, when Zhou Xianyang was in college, he thought more about selling the health medicine prescribed by Zhou Fengnian.

After eating it, not only do they feel energetic during the day, but they also sleep well at night. Their whole family is eating it.

However, as soon as he finished this thought, he was slapped in the face by Zhou Fengnian; instead of going to college, he just wanted to make money by being a trafficker.

There will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future, so there is no need to rush!
This time, Zhou Fengnian agreed to let his son try to take over the No. 1 Electrical Appliance Factory because he would graduate in less than a year and had no intention of continuing to pursue academic research.

Today’s college students are still guaranteed jobs after graduation, but they can refuse. However, their refusal will be recorded in their files, and they will be cut off from public institutions in the future.

Ordinary people wouldn't do this. Jobs are still valuable these days, and being self-employed is something that only the brave and the helpless are willing to do.

However, Zhou Xianyang often stayed with Zhou Fengnian, and through what he saw and heard, he also understood the future direction of economic development.

The future has only one goal, which is a strong country and prosperous people, which can actually be generally summarized as economic development.

There was nothing wrong with the public sector. Zhou Xianyang didn't want to go there in the first place. If he went there, he might have to rely on Zhou Fengnian's help. In addition, what Zhou Fengnian said to him that night made Zhou Xianyang plan to start from the individual economy.
As it was getting close to evening, Zhou Xianyang and his mother had prepared dinner, but they hadn't started eating yet. They were waiting for Zhou Fugui to come back for dinner.

Mother Zhou glanced out the window, then said to her grandson, "Xianyang, you eat first, don't wait for the old man. He gets busy and forgets about time. Bring Qing'an back next time. Our village has plenty of fresh vegetables."

"It's okay grandma, I'm not that hungry, let's wait for grandpa."

Zhou Xianyang smiled and then asked, "Grandma, is there anyone still growing vegetables in the greenhouse in our village?"

"Of course there were. After the dividends were distributed, some people were too lazy to go, but then the secretary and your grandfather got angry and drove them back to farming."

Zhou's mother explained that at that time they still had to pay public grain, and after they received their dividends, many people became too lazy to even work on the farm.

The crops in the field almost turned yellow. In the end, it was a group of fifty or sixty people who worked and watered the crops, and finally saved them.

Then the village formulated several rules, and those who disobeyed were severely punished. If they disobeyed too many times, their dividends would be cut off to make them behave themselves.

"Indeed, how can we not work? And if we feel tired, we can get some more farm machinery. It should be much easier now than before, right?"

"Of course. More than a decade ago, people in our village pulled the plows and harrows. Now it's much easier. We have three tractors alone."

While Zhou's mother was giving Zhou Xianyang some juice, she was talking about things in the village. In her opinion, the children who work in the fields are much happier now. When she goes to work in the fields, she has no other farm tools except a hoe and a shoulder pole.

It’s not like now, when even threshers are installed.

Just as the grandfather and grandson were chatting, there was a sound of the door opening outside, and then Zhou Fugui shouted: "Old woman, I can smell the aroma of stewed chicken before I even enter the house. Why did you kill a chicken today? Xianyang!?"

As soon as he saw his grandson, Zhou Fugui's expression immediately became the same as Zhou's mother's. He smiled and said, "Xianyang, are you back to see grandpa? Old woman, why did you kill only one chicken? Why don't you steam a fish when your grandson comes?"

Before grandma could speak, Zhou Xianyang quickly said, "Grandpa, there's no need to make so much. We can't finish it. These are good enough."

"In addition to giving you the health-preserving medicine that Dad prescribed, I also came back to ask for your help, Grandpa."

Zhou Xianyang first poured a glass of wine for Zhou Fugui, then smiled and said, "Grandpa, I want to borrow some money to build a factory, and then bring someone from the village to be the factory director, because the country has regulations that the wives and children of cadres cannot engage in business."

Although Zhou Fugui is also the factory director, the interests of the fertilizer factory are different. This is a collective economic industry, and the factory director is elected by referendum.

After hearing what Zhou Xianyang said, Zhou Fugui couldn't help but ask: "Xianyang, aren't you college students guaranteed jobs? Why don't you want this job? Why are you doing self-employed business like your uncles?"

"Sir, I'm not a self-employed person. I just want to make some achievements in this area."

Zhou Xianyang pretended to whisper, "I overheard the conversation between my father and the leader. The individual economy will definitely be an important part of the national economy in the future, so it is better to develop it now so that it can get better sooner."

In fact, this did not happen, but in order to make Zhou Fugui believe it, Zhou Xianyang had to make up a story.

"Master, I want to try it myself. I'm sure I won't fail."

Zhou Fugui took a puff of his cigarette and began to think.

Zhou's mother couldn't help but slap Zhou Fugui when she saw this, and said angrily: "It's not easy for the child to beg for help from a grandfather like you, why are you still trying to be stingy? It's just three years of dividends."

"Who said I won't pay you? What's the fuss? I'm just considering who in the village is suitable for Xianyang!"

After being slapped, Zhou Fugui immediately choked and said, how could he be stingy with money? The money at home is nothing.
After Zhou's mother was speechless, Zhou Fugui turned to Zhou Xianyang and said, "Xianyang, there are still 560,000 yuan in the house. You can take it all later. We don't have the opportunity to spend money in the village. These color TVs have been bought."

"Thank you, Grandpa. I will pay you back as soon as I make money."

Zhou Fugui glared and said, "My money is all yours, why should I return it? We are a family and you are still talking about this!"

Strictly speaking, they haven't split up yet, and he, as the head of the family, can still distribute all the money in the family. It's just that the family has never been short of money, and he hasn't managed the money of his sons for more than ten years.

"If you're taking someone out, take Hong Sanqiang with you. He's a down-to-earth kid. In the past, many people were lazy and didn't want to farm, but Hong Sanqiang was one of the few people in the village who took the initiative to go to the fields."

Zhou Xianyang thought for a moment and said, "Hong Sanqiang? Is he in the village militia now?"

"Yes, the village is different from before. There are militiamen on duty at the intersection, so it's safe to leave him to him. But if you take him away, Hong Changshan will definitely agree."

Zhou Fugui continued, "I'll take you to Changshan's house to talk tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)