Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 389 Planning Committee

After dinner, Chen Changan went to the workshop where the new engine was being tested.

Shi Heping found several level 6 and level 7 workers and started trial-making parts for the new engine.

Shi Heping was quite good at this kind of thing. After all, he was able to prototype an engine even in such a simple place as a honeycomb coal factory.

Now he is surrounded by a group of senior workers and has many better mechanical equipment.

After watching for a while, Chen Changan left.

It is obvious that Shi Heping is much more reliable than Hou Mingjun.

Compared with the technical aspect, Shi Heping is obviously much better. Chen Changan is also more confident in Shi Heping.

The two people have different personalities and tend to lean in different directions.

Shi Heping is the kind of person who focuses entirely on technology and production.

Hou Mingjun is the type who knows a little bit about technology, but is more inclined towards administration.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for Shi Heping, the deputy factory director, to move up in his career.

The best you can do is be transferred to the department and serve as a technical consultant.

Hou Mingjun obviously has a brighter future.

These are all things for the future. No one can predict what the situation will be like in a few years.

After several days of drawing, Chen Changan planned to take a few days off and wait until the engine samples were made and there were no problems before working on the car engine.

But then I received a call from Mr. Nie in the office.

"Changan, there are some things in the ministry that need your opinion.

Remember to come to the department early tomorrow morning, it may take a long time.

You should arrange the factory affairs today."

Chen Changan was also helpless. Uncle Nie really knew how to pick the right time.

I don’t know if someone was arranged around me. Just when I was about to take a break, the phone rang.

Seeing that the time to get off work was almost up, Chen Changan directly told Hou Mingjun and Shi Heping that he would be attending a meeting in the department tomorrow.

If there is anything, the two of us can discuss it together. If something serious happens, just call the department directly.

The next morning, Chen Changan rode a motorcycle to the department and, led by Uncle Nie's secretary, came to the meeting room.

There were quite a few people in the conference room, all of them were leaders of the department.

When he saw Uncle Nie's secretary and Chen Changan walking in, he just looked at them.

Whether it's Uncle Nie, Aunt Feng, or the senior leaders above.

Basically there is no one who doesn’t know Chen Changan.

There may be some leaders who are away from home all year round and don't know Chen Changan, but they must have heard of him.

After all, the foreign exchange quota that they have to fight for every month is earned by Chen Changan.

Even if you have never seen the God of Wealth, you must have heard of him.

At the beginning of the meeting, Uncle Nie explained the content of this meeting.

“Our superiors require each of our departments to make a five- to ten-year technology development plan.

After all, the country’s funding is limited and some things have to be done.

Some things can be done later. The same is true for our department's planning.

What are the issues that need to be resolved urgently? That is what we need to discuss at today's meeting.

Everyone can speak freely. There is no hierarchy in the meeting room today, and no wrong speech is allowed.”

After Uncle Nie finished speaking, everyone fell silent. After all, this was related to the development direction of the department in the next five to ten years, and it definitely required careful consideration before speaking.

Chen Changan sat in a corner with his head down, as if it had nothing to do with him and he was just a supporting role.

Needless to say, everyone in this conference room must be the heads of various departments in the ministry.

When you talk about developing military industry, there will definitely be people who are happy and people who are unhappy.

If you say to develop cars but not tractors, you will undoubtedly offend people as well.

Even if two people have different ideas, they may label you.

Some people have no skills at all, but they are very good at fighting.

Chen Changan made up his mind that he would attend today's meeting with ears but not a mouth.

“I think our focus in the future should still be on exports.

When the motorcycle factory was exporting motorcycles, look how prosperous our department was.

How many national projects have been helped by the foreign exchange earned? Even the Northwest project was completed several years ahead of schedule because of the foreign exchange.

He even helped the country by paying off the North’s debts ahead of schedule.

With the end of natural disasters, I think the period of reducing the number of workers should be over.

We should vigorously develop industry throughout the country so that we can become an industrial power as soon as possible."

"I agree. This year we have a bumper grain harvest, and the total number of workers in the country cannot be reduced any further.

However, the added value of agricultural exports is too low, far lower than that of industrial products.

Vigorously developing industrial products for export, and then feeding back to projects in other areas, can enable our country to develop comprehensively.”

Chen Changan curled his lips. Want to export industrial products? Is it that easy?

The overall industrial base is at least 20 to 30 years behind, and this is still a conservative statement.

Want to earn foreign exchange by exporting industrial products? You are overthinking.

However, Chen Changan would not be so foolish as to stand up and object at this time.

Chen Changan knew in his heart that no one was stupid, and sometimes you thought what the other person said was stupid.

In fact, in such a meeting, everyone speaks with a purpose.

If this idea is really followed, the final beneficiary will definitely be him or some of his subordinates.

“I disagree. This year’s grain production can only be said to have recovered to the level before the natural disaster. It is not a so-called bumper harvest at all.

As the saying goes, there are unexpected events in the weather. Who knows if there will be natural disasters next year?

Only sustained high grain production can stabilize the country. Therefore, in the next five to ten years, we should vigorously develop industrial products that can increase grain production.

Only if grain production continues to increase can the number of workers continue to increase.

Blindly increasing the number of workers has led to continued food shortages in the country and industrial products cannot be sold.

Isn’t our industrial system just a castle in the air? "

"That's right, food is the foundation. Without food, nothing you say will work.

No matter how much steel you produce, it can’t be eaten.”

“Why can’t we eat it? In the past few years, when the grain harvest was poor, wasn’t it through artificial rainfall that the yield was increased?

Isn’t it the motorcycles produced by the motorcycle factories using steel and exported in exchange for food?

We should increase the number of artificial rainfall equipment and improve their efficiency.

This way, we will have ways to deal with natural disasters. If necessary, we can even arrange for aircraft to carry out artificial rainfall.

Steel can be exchanged for food, and even more food.

After all, foreign countries have smaller populations, more arable land, and cheaper food.

Including shipping costs, it’s cheaper than growing it ourselves.

Don't you know how to do the math? No matter how you calculate it, we're the winners.

I think it is possible to reduce the rural population, increase the urban population, and the total number of workers in the country."