I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 195 High-End Vinegar Sales
The industry and the cultural sector hear different things. The industry needs to follow the direction of decision-making in order to seize the opportunity. Since Zhang Da'an is now talking about the "world's factory," it is undoubtedly true that manufacturing will be the main industry for a long time to come. So, whether it is upstream or downstream, there are different opinions.

But the cultural and even intellectual circles can't stand hearing this...

Even some philosophy experts in the Jiangning university cluster, even if they took money from Zhang Da'an, still preferred to quote foreign theories in most situations.

The characteristic of highly educated intellectuals is that they "do not want their ideals to be shattered," and some of them have a "defeated nation mentality," believing that Europe and America have won, and won big. The entire Europe and America, and even the great powers, are broadly summarized as the "ideal country" in their minds.

People like Zhang Da'an, who use numbers to prove that the war is not over and that victory will eventually be achieved, are dangerous, terrifying, and unforgivable.

However, there was a small problem: they had to swallow their anger and write articles in response to Zhang Da'an, and they couldn't be sarcastic or sarcastic.

It was foolish to play with words on a "three-time champion". In fact, Zhang Da'an might not have been able to see through their tricks, but the title of "three-time champion" was too great and intimidated these top-notch contemporary "scholars".

The bizarre reality is that they had to use all their knowledge to build a theoretical framework for Zhang Da'an's outrageous theories, just like the flattery Jiangning University used to say: "Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth."

A sentence that leaves science and engineering students speechless.

Now the tables have turned. What was used to be filmed is now being heavily promoted as part of the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy." If we don't film it, Zhang Da'an will throw a tantrum.

Is it because they look down on Zhang for coming from Shazhou Township?
The reason why the collaboration with Zhang Da'an was so awkward was that during the "scientific cold snap," those who studied philosophy had, to a certain extent, "kissed him when he was down," and now they were paying back the debt.

By the time it became clear that Zhang Da'an was one of the top henchmen of the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy," it was already too late. Just a few months ago, I thought that bastard Zhang was just there to get a photo opportunity.

Looking at it now, this "old factory director" was truly farsighted, thinking ten steps ahead for every one he took.

It was actually quite by chance. If it weren't for Hu Xianda's help, Zhang Da'an would have just been there to get a photo taken, and he would never have been able to participate in social activities that provided such empty talk.

Last year, he didn't give many companies any face; when discussing cooperation, they would first ask for money, and then talk about other things.

After roasting Hu Xianda, in order to eliminate the Hu family, Chief Instructor Zhang activated the "Rampage Acceleration" mode, accelerating the expansion of his industry, his personal reputation, and the downward spread of his social influence. To a certain extent, he can be considered a human megaphone for the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy," and the loudest one at that.

Logically, it shouldn't be the biggest one, but as the saying goes, "there are all sorts of imperial ideas, and all sorts of strange things." There are people who hope that the J-10 test flight will fail, let alone the dissemination and construction of abstract theories.

If it were that easy, the people in the Policy Research Office wouldn't have hosted a dinner party in Luzhou, hoping he would increase his efforts.

Let them swing freely and let Coach Zhang set up the stick.

Is there any explanation for this concept of "world factory"?

"Aren't they going to keep a low profile anymore?"

"No, this should be part of the strategy of keeping a low profile, and the key lies in the explanation of 'world factory'."

"Look at what this son of a bitch is saying! He's practically making 'world factory' a necessary condition for world hegemony. Is that appropriate?"

"This is a unified understanding that needs to be achieved in internal communication. We must understand the importance of being the 'world's factory' and avoid excessively belittling it."

"Internal publicity? Does that mean there's also external publicity?"

"External propaganda is about how to talk about being the 'world's factory' internationally. It's about showing the world that we just want to be blue-collar workers, and white-collar workers are something that developed countries can do. We just earn our money through hard work."

"That son of a bitch hasn't been to the capital lately. Does he have some private communication channels? It feels like he's working together, leaving a lot of people speechless."

"Someone from USTC wrote a letter a few years ago, saying that we should pay more attention to vocational education and training, but then vocational education declined for several years in a row. Look at what he proposed at this year's conference, and the numbers he's planning now..."

The old scholar who was engaged in theoretical construction was still first-rate at accounting; he held up five fingers and shook them.

The old man, who also studied philosophy at Jiangning University, was stunned for a moment: "Five hundred million?"

"Tsk."

"Fifty billion? That can't be right. How much is the total funding for top universities? Where will this money come from?"

"I can tell you this, but there's one thing: from now on, we're all in the same boat, both dedicated to handling the execution."

"..."

Upon hearing this, the old man adjusted his glasses and swallowed hard. "Five hundred billion? How is that possible?!"

"What he promised in Luzhou was 500 million plus 5 billion plus 50 billion."

"What do you mean?!"

"In the next five years, we will invest 500 million; in the next ten years, the total investment will reach 5 billion; and in the next twenty years, the total scale of the education industry will reach 50 billion."

"..."

"Not many people know about this. Since I've told you, you have to be one of us. Otherwise, don't blame me for not warning you about Hu Xianda and Zhao Xiaobing's fate. He's not some clueless kid; he's capable of killing people."

"..."

You scoundrel!
Two-thirds of the old scholars who came to help Zhang Da'an with his writing today had received US dollars, Japanese yen, and British pounds. Some of them had even received French francs and German marks in earlier years, but now they receive euros.

Now it's not possible. It would have been better if we hadn't known. Now that we know, we have no choice but to get on the ship. Otherwise, we'll be going against Zhang Da'an, and he'll be our mortal enemy. The outcome will be death.

Zhang Da'an is no good guy. He's too lazy to be kind and unite everyone he can. He can't even be bothered to unite the majority of people.

If he can kill Hu Xianda, he can kill Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, and other virtuous men, and he doesn't even need to do it himself. These days, a human life is worth a million. If the outlaw Zhang San doesn't want to do it, there are plenty of other "Zhang Sans" who want to.

What's even more troublesome is that Zhang Da'an is different from ordinary capitalists. He has many "cousins," and the fathers of these "cousins" are countless in number who want to fight tooth and nail for a fortune.

"Pineapple Boy's" father wanted to have great luck and do great things more than once, but "Big An Boy" wouldn't give him the chance.

The things people hear and see in different circles are completely different. The industry is enjoying peace and tranquility, but now it's the cultural and even intellectual circles' turn to "carry the burden forward."

You can talk to the twelve wheels of the Wenquxing (a star in Chinese mythology) without bearing any burden.

That one has a high load-bearing capacity.

At this moment, looking at Zhang Da'an on the podium, everyone had a complicated expression.

The foreigners listened with great interest, after all, it was the way they came from. Although the British were despicable, at least at this time they were considered part of "Europe".

Yan You Yourong.

"After World War II, Japan's economy developed rapidly, especially due to the Korean War. As a major rear area for one side in the war, Japan's economic growth reached an astonishing 7.5%. Even after the financial crisis of 1946-1970, Japan's economic development still far exceeded that of other industrialized countries."

"During this period, Japan maintained strong competitiveness in many products, such as electronics, electromechanical products, automobiles, and motorcycles, and its shipbuilding tonnage accounted for half of the world's total."

"However, Japan is not the 'world's factory'; it is merely an important part of the 'world's factory,' the United States."

"The same applies to Germany and Italy. Before the birth of the Eurozone, their industrial capacity was primarily dependent on the United States, the 'world's factory.' That is, Japan, Germany, Italy, and now South Korea, are all components of the United States, the 'world's factory.'"

"What they want to produce, what they are capable of producing, where they sell their products, how much tariffs they pay, the percentage of shareholder dividends, and so on, are all determined by the United States."

"Their common characteristic is that they lack independent sovereign will, and are de facto defeated countries and modern colonies."

"Take the Volkswagen Group as an example. Almost every few years, it has to go through a fine or tax increase, and the amount is quite staggering, ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of US dollars. I believe that it is not far away for it to be fined hundreds of billions of US dollars in the future."

"Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the Soviet Union at that time had an industrialized population of about 300 million against an industrialized population three times that of the Soviet Union. In terms of scale, they were not even on the same level. In the contest of industrial power, there may be a technological leapfrog, but in the strategic decisive battle, the total amount is the equivalent."

"So, do we want the title of 'world factory'? I think we do, and not only do we want it, but once we put it on, we shouldn't take it off. Even if one day the specific industrial division of labor of the 'world factory' really has to be outsourced, it must be controlled within the range that strategic forces can project."

"The truth of the past lies within the range of cannons."

"The truth of today is the same."

"The truth of the future is even more so."

"To grasp the truth, we must accelerate the process of industrialization and increase its intensity. The way to accelerate and increase industrialization is to liberate and improve productive forces. Specifically, in terms of the composition of productive forces, this means increasing the level of education of the total population and the number of people who have mastered science and technology..."

Good guy!
Your vinegar hasn't expired yet.

The old scholars in the Jiangning university cluster are completely dumbfounded. Those who study philosophy say that philosophy is dead, and they should have just made a few yen to spend instead.

In truth, the old scholars wanted to label Zhang Da'an as a "nationalist" and then as a "fascist," but Zhang Da'an's barbecue skills were truly excellent.

His personal nickname on the "Jinbang Blog" is "Li Mei Tokyo Barbecue".

So I could only swallow my anger. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, but the angrier I got, the more I thought about it. How could I not think about it?
Instead of thinking about themselves and their families, they think running away to Japan will make things better?
You can't just run away to Portugal.

Santos Jr., the son of the president of the University of Porto, was sitting next to Du Xiaoshuai, that old, useless math geek.

Zhang Da'an's knife... is probably a "ring-pommel knife," it's really effective at cutting down barbarians.

It doesn't matter what Zhang Da'an talks about on the stage anymore. Anyway, today's content has nothing to do with GPS navigation devices, nor does it have anything to do with the "world's factory".

However, if someone graduated from Peking University or Peking University, they would immediately recognize the difference.

Because during last year's school anniversary celebrations, which also involved theoretical research, everyone expressed their commitment to following the requirements put forward by the "old factory director" and his "four unifications" and "five hopes" for young students at the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Beijing University and the 90th anniversary of Beijing University. They pledged to establish a correct worldview, outlook on life, and values, focus on cultivating and continuously improving their philosophical and social science literacy, be rooted in China, face the world, be innovative, and strive to study hard for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

It's far superior to Jiangning University, but of course, it's still a bit inferior to Jiaotong University.

After all, Jiaotong University is not good at expressing itself and only knows how to "make a fortune in silence".

Isn't it a bit too much to suddenly come up with this kind of direction for internal and external propaganda at some ridiculous "world factory" themed symposium?

We weren't prepared.

The foreigners listened with great interest because they couldn't understand it at all. The translator was a specially chosen type who "always mentioned Greece and Rome," and the translator's accent was so strong that the foreigners, who didn't have a good sense of smell, just thought it sounded quite nice.

After the event ended, Zhang Da'an received the phone call he had received in the "Western Suburbs" last time. He put one hand in his pocket, smiled, and said, "I'm a man of my word. I don't care about anything else, as long as the benefits are right, I'll handle the rest. Don't worry about me."

"..."

If you say be bolder, be more unrestrained, then there's nothing to say, and I just went for it.

However, remember to settle the benefits.

The benefits given to Zhang Da'an certainly couldn't be something like tobacco monopoly; rather, they would be certain support for private vocational education within the existing "public-private partnership" framework.

Of course, outstanding companies should be given strong support.

First, there's the tax aspect. "Zhang An Education" doesn't have to pay a single penny for any vocational education school related to science and technology, and the projects carried out within it can also enjoy preferential treatment, allowing both people and projects to benefit simultaneously.

Secondly, there's the land cost. Previously, Zhang Da'an focused on the urban-rural fringe areas, but now things are different. He can easily acquire a plot of land in downtown Luzhou to build a vocational school, as long as the paperwork is complete. The land cost can't be compared to commercial real estate development; it's for a public welfare project.

Finally, there's the issue of personnel costs and talent development policies. Since both people and projects can benefit from taxation, personnel salaries can be included in R&D investment. After all, only a very small number of organizations worldwide separate labor costs from R&D investment.

It's fair to say that Chief Instructor Zhang made a fortune from helping sell vinegar, but it was the elderly philosophy students from the Jiangning university group who came to participate who suffered the most.

(End of this chapter)