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Chapter 162 A new beginning, remember to always spread your wings and fly high [Request full order]

Refrigerators, washing machines and televisions will soon become the new three big appliances in Longguo families.

These three major items are constantly changing with the times.

The three big items in the 70s were watches, bicycles, and sewing machines.

By the 1980s, they had become refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines.

Refrigerators will become more and more important in the future.

Strictly speaking, the earliest refrigerator factory in Longguo was the Modu Refrigerator Factory, which started producing Shuanglu brand refrigerators as early as the 70s.

However, the refrigerators it produced were not yet mature at that time and were only in the piecemeal stage.

Its products are also immature, and even fewer are sold on the market.

Nowadays, ordinary people hardly have refrigerators in their homes.

The refrigerator and freezer production line built by Pingu Machinery Factory is truly the first production line in China!

Its production design scale is an annual production capacity of 20 units.

This is a remarkable achievement.

You know, even in the late 80s, the most famous refrigerator in Dragon Country, Shuanglu, produced only 20 units a year.

Wang Haoran gladly accepted Yuan Longfei's invitation and arrived at the event venue at 8 a.m. on the day of the ceremony at Pingu Machinery Factory.

This is a new factory area built in Pingu County.

The new factory covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, and the factory buildings, warehouses, etc. have been fully built.

The building area has reached more than 10 square meters.

It is truly remarkable that such a large factory was built within half a year.

Mainly with the help of Wang Haoran, the higher authorities allocated 50 million yuan to Pingu County, and with bank loans, a total of 100 million yuan was raised.

With sufficient funds, we can launch a large-scale campaign. As long as we deploy more people and use more machinery and equipment, the construction progress can be accelerated.

As soon as the car that took Wang Haoran to the gate of the new factory arrived, they saw the sound of gongs and drums and a red carpet laying on the ground. Guo Qing, the main person in charge of Pingu County, Dai Hongtao, the general manager of the Benma Agricultural Vehicle Company of Mafang Commune, and others had all arrived.

As soon as Wang Haoran got off the car, Guo Qing and a group of people surrounded him.

"Comrade Haoran, thank you for coming!" Guo Qing shook hands with Wang Haoran and said with a smile.

Wang Haoran shook hands with everyone one by one and said some words of congratulations.

Dai Hongtao, the current general manager of Mafang Commune Benma Agricultural Vehicle Company, is completely different from his image a few years ago.

In Wang Haoran's memory, Dai Hongtao often wore old blue cloth work clothes, which were often stained with oil.

Dai Hongtao now wears a suit and tie, and his leather shoes are polished to a shine.

In 1980, in order to meet the needs of reform and opening up, the country began to advocate the wearing of suits. It was at this time that leaders at all levels began to wear suits in various public occasions.

This is a trend. Since the 80s, western suits have gradually become popular in Dragon Country.

This style of clothing was once the most formal wear, without a doubt, and various suit brands began to emerge.

However, by the late 2010s, fewer and fewer people were wearing suits.

Dai Hongtao shook hands with Wang Haoran and said with a smile: "Haoran, when will you come to visit our factory?"

"All the comrades in the factory are eagerly waiting for you!"

Although Wang Haoran has not been to Benma Company in the past two years, he is still paying attention to its development.

Today, this company has become a super large enterprise in Longguo.

Annual sales of agricultural tricycles reached more than 20 units.

Of course, many of these are exported.

In 1979, the annual profit and tax of Benma Company exceeded 2 million, even exceeding the vast majority of large and major state-level enterprises.

Today, Benma Company not only produces agricultural tricycles, but also begins to try to produce bulldozers and excavators.

Dai Hongtao was filled with gratitude to Wang Haoran.

If it weren’t for Wang Haoran, how could the Mafang Commune Machinery Factory have developed so well in such a short period of time?

As the main person in charge of Pingu County, Guo Qing was also very grateful to Wang Haoran.

Pingu County’s industrial development is so good now, with several super large enterprises, all of which are inseparable from the support of Wang Haoran.

Take the newly built refrigerator factory for example. It is such an advanced factory, the only one of its kind in the country. If Wang Haoran hadn’t given them the production line technology, how would they have been able to pull it off?

During the construction of the production line of this refrigerator factory, although Wang Haoran had never been to the site, Yuan Longfei often consulted him.

Wang Haoran also gave a lot of work guidance.

Guo Qing has made outstanding achievements in his work in Pingu County over the past few years, and there is a high probability that he will be transferred to the Jingcheng government to serve as a deputy.

He is only in his early forties and holds a deputy position in the capital, so he has a bright future.

Everyone surrounded Wang Haoran and talked to him like the moon surrounded by stars.

Wang Haoran also responded calmly and chatted and laughed with them.

"Comrade Haoran, the senior leader of the First Ministry of Machine Building, Comrade Wang Mingshan, will also be here later."

"In addition, our city's elder comrade Lin Chaojie will also be here."

Guo Qing said to Wang Haoran with a smile.

Wang Haoran often deals with Wang Mingshan, but he has only met Lin Chaojie once or twice and is not very familiar with him.

However, Lin Chaojie is also considered to be of the older generation, a very friendly old man.

Wang Haoran said: "It seems that the higher-ups attach great importance to our refrigerator factory!"

Guo Qing said: "It is mainly because you developed and designed the production line, and the leaders attach great importance to our new factory."

"In fact, the main responsible comrades from the city and the ministry have come here several times."

"A few days ago, we had a trial production and the leaders came. They experienced the refrigeration capacity of our products and praised them highly."

Although it is already late August, the temperature is still a little hot during the sunny day. It feels good to drink some ice-cold beer at this time.

In addition, with a refrigerator, you can also freeze popsicles at home, which is a very advanced way of playing in this era.

As everyone was talking, Wang Mingshan, head of the First Ministry of Machine Building, arrived.

As soon as he saw Wang Haoran, his eyes lit up.

"Comrade Haoran, hello! I thought you couldn't come!" Wang Mingshan laughed and shook hands with Wang Haoran.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "This is such a significant event, of course I have to come and participate."

"Of course, I also want to come over to meet the leader and report my work to him in person, haha!"

Wang Mingshan patted Wang Haoran on the shoulder and said, "You are still so talkative, kid."

"By the way, I really didn't expect this! In the 1979 economic development scale evaluation of various regions in Beijing, Pingu actually ranked second!"

“This is a little too incredible!”

“Comrade Haoran, you didn’t stay in Pingu for long, but you did a lot of good things!”

After a few pleasantries, Guo Qing asked someone to invite Wang Haoran and Wang Mingshan to sit in the lounge first.

We can't let the head of the First Ministry of Machine Building stay here and wait for Lin Chaojie's arrival, can we?

Not long after Wang Haoran and Wang Mingshan left, Lin Chaojie's car drove over.

As soon as he got off the car, he smiled and said to Guo Qing: "Sorry, something happened and delayed me for a few minutes, so I'm a little late."

Guo Qing smiled and said, "Leader, work comes first. Thank you for taking the time to come and participate in our event."

Lin Chaojie said: "I came late this time, it has something to do with you guys too"

Guo Qing asked: "Oh? Is there any important instruction?"

Lin Chaojie said: "Modu is competing fiercely with us in industrial development. Did you know that?"

"They have also recently expanded production of refrigerators."

"They think that our construction of this refrigerator factory is a bit of duplication of construction."

Guo Qing shrugged and said, "It seems that they are a little anxious."

Lin Chaojie lit a cigarette and said, "Indeed! They claim to be the most important industrial center city and always want to surpass us in industrial development."

"How can this be done?"

"We have to abide by the market rules. Don't resort to such tricks!"

Lin Chaojie was obviously a little angry.

In recent years, the capital city has indeed developed quite rapidly.

The capital's industrial machine tools, color televisions, electronics industry, machinery industry, etc. have all made great progress.

In 1979, Shanghai’s GDP was close to 300 billion, which was a very good development.

Logically speaking, the Magic City has always been the most developed industrial region in Dragon Country, accounting for one-third of the industrial output value at one time, and should have been the most economically powerful city in 1979. However, in 1979, the title of the most economically powerful city in Dragon Country changed hands.

The GDP of Beijing reached 309 billion, surpassing Shanghai and taking the first place.

This obviously made the Magic City feel a little uncomfortable.

So Guo Qing accompanied Lin Chaojie into the new factory.

As they walked, Lin Chaojie said with emotion: "It's not easy! We must not relax this year. We must strive to maintain the first place in economic scale. It would be even better if we can leave Shanghai behind by a larger gap."

"So, your refrigerator factory is very important. Of course, Comrade Haoran's Pangu Company is more important."

"The computer products produced by Pangu are now very strong. With the opportunity of national centralized procurement and the promotion of office automation, the sales of their computers and related products are expected to exceed 10 units this year."

Guo Qing said: "In fact, the rapid development of industry in Beijing in recent years is all thanks to Comrade Haoran."

Lin Chaojie smiled and nodded, "Yes!"

"Comrade Haoran has been a great help."

"The Magic City actually took a lot of advantage. It was with the support of Comrade Haoran that the largest chip industry chain in China was formed around the Magic City."

Guo Qing smiled and said, "It's mainly about Wu Xicheng. Magic City didn't actually get too many benefits this time."

Lin Chaojie said: "In fact, none of us should be parochial or localist. Isn't it better if everything is coordinated by the state?"

"By the way, is Comrade Haoran coming over today?"

Guo Qing smiled and said, "Comrade Haoran has arrived and is now in the lounge talking with Comrade Wang Mingshan."

Lin Chaojie nodded and said, "We must maintain a good relationship with Comrade Haoran! This is a great treasure!"

The two of them went to the lounge while talking.

When Wang Haoran and Wang Mingshan met Lin Chaojie, they naturally had to exchange pleasantries.

The mass production ceremony will be held at 10 a.m., which is actually a ceremony held at the main gate of the factory. The leader will give a speech, cut the ribbon, and then the production line will be started and mass production of refrigerator products will begin.

Although Lin Chaojie is from the older generation, he has a very straightforward personality.

He told Wang Haoran that Shanghai was planning to use small moves to limit the production scale of Pingu's new refrigerator factory.

"Fortunately, the top leaders are still relatively sober. They believe that competition should be fair and that we should stop allocating production capacity," said Lin Chaojie.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "It's indeed a bit wrong for them to do that."

Wang Haoran didn't want to comment too much on the competition between the two powerful cities.

After all, our common goal is to enhance Dragon Country's industrial strength.

The industrial capacity of Shanghai is indeed very good, and the country has invested a considerable amount of resources in it.

But the capital also has its own unique advantages, that is, it has more administrative resources.

In the future, there will be a subversive change in the industrial strength of the north and the south. The south will become stronger and stronger, while the north will only have a few strong industrial players left.

This situation where the south is strong and the north is weak is not right.

Wang Haoran felt that it was right for him to provide more help to the North.

However, this is not something that should be said out loud.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's get back to the happy stuff."

"Comrade Haoran, we haven't decided on the brand name for our new refrigerator factory yet. What name do you think would be better?"

Lin Chaojie asked Wang Haoran with a smile.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "I am just a bad namer. I can't think of any good names at all."

"In fact, the name of the product is not that important. What is important is to consistently improve product quality and performance, and provide good service. Only in this way can we become a century-old famous company!"

"This is also my expectation for our Pingu Jingcheng Refrigerator Factory."

In the past, the reason why Haier has been able to remain popular and recommended by a large number of users was mainly because of its excellent quality and service.

It is precisely because they have done these two things well that Haier's white goods have become the mainstream of the market.

Wang Haoran couldn't help but think of the Xinfei refrigerator located in the Central Plains. It started earlier than Haier, was more famous than Haier, and its sales volume was once ranked first in the country.

Why did it suddenly stop working in the end?
The main reason is that the companies are not enterprising enough, and their product upgrades and services have not kept up, resulting in them gradually falling behind.

Guo Qing glanced at Yuan Longfei and said, "Comrade Longfei, please write down Comrade Haoran's words."

Yuan Longfei hurriedly wrote in his little notebook.

In fact, it is a buyer's market now, and basically no matter how much is produced, it can be sold.

Moreover, consumers are rushing to buy it.

This is also the main reason why no one pays attention to service and R&D nowadays.

Wang Haoran said: "Although we are ahead of the times and many factories are doing very well, we really can't be complacent."

"Once you are proud, you will easily become complacent! The era of fierce market competition will soon arrive. If you don't develop, you will regress."

"Companies in Beijing must keep a cool head."

"I am giving this advice to all businesses in Pingu County."

Wang Mingshan nodded approvingly: "Comrade Haoran is young, but his thoughts are very mature!"

"Next, the reform will probably develop in depth. The state's unified purchase and sales will basically be cancelled soon. We must be prepared as soon as possible."

"If we are not well prepared, there will definitely be a crisis in the development of our business."

The unified purchase and sales system has been in place for many years, which has caused almost all companies to lose their awareness of market competition and the motivation to develop and upgrade products.

This is quite bad.

The unified purchase and marketing system was implemented in the early 50s and was not completely abolished until 1992.

It was the abolition of this system that triggered a wave of bankruptcies of state-owned enterprises in the 90s and the layoffs of tens of millions of workers.

Wang Haoran has discussed this issue with designers many times.

The leaders also feel that unified purchasing and marketing is indeed a bottleneck for market development.

If it is not abolished early, it will be very detrimental to the rapid economic development of Longguo.

However, if you have been doing unified purchase and sales for decades and you suddenly relax it, that will definitely not work.

Today's enterprises are all giant babies that are cared for by the state in every possible way. If we let go of them all, people will die.

It can only be released little by little, and in the process, a market operation system must be improved and built.

Wang Haoran nodded and said, "Minister Wang is right!"

"I would like to make a suggestion to enterprises in Pingu County and Beijing. If you can go it alone, you might as well do it."

"Only by meeting consumers face to face can we better understand their needs and develop better products."

"In addition, we must also actively expand overseas export markets."

"We will participate in any product exhibitions abroad that we can."

"Increasing exports and occupying foreign markets can earn more foreign exchange, and also increase the popularity of the company's products. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

"Take our Pangu company as an example. Although we were established relatively late, our export earnings in the first half of this year reached US$5 million. We also became a strategic partner with IBM, a world-renowned computer company."

Wang Haoran is speaking from his own experience.

Lin Chaojie praised: "I think it's mainly because of Comrade Haoran's good leadership!"

“The country should establish Pangu as a model company and call on domestic companies to learn from you.”

There are quite a lot of Pingu enterprise leaders present today, almost all the enterprises are present.

These factory managers were either sitting or standing, each holding a small notebook in their hands, writing furiously on it.

Yuan Longfei said respectfully at this time: "Comrade Haoran, can you give our refrigerator factory a name?"

“I think this is also a very meaningful thing!”

Wang Haoran pondered for a moment and said, "How about you just call him Xinfei?"

“This is a new beginning, and I hope you can always spread your wings and fly high!”

There's nothing we can do about it, Wang Haoran is just bad at naming.

What he thought was, since Xin Fei in his previous life was extremely powerful in the early stage but became unknown in the later stage, he might as well borrow this name.

Hopefully, this brand can continue to spread its wings and not make the same mistakes as before.

Guo Qing nodded repeatedly and said, "This name has a good meaning!"

"Then Comrade Long Fei, you can use this name to name your products in the future!"

Yuan Longfei quickly smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Comrade Haoran!"

"I will keep your words in mind."

In this way, the newly built Pingu Refrigerator Factory got its own name: Xinfei.

(End of this chapter)