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Lin Kaifeng's comments are truly thought-provoking and to the point.

Fang Boyan has worked in the city for a long time and is the head of the industrial department.

Naturally, you can understand the spirit of your superiors at the first time.

did not expect.

Lin Kaifeng also has such foresight.

Including county-level factories, four types of enterprises are congenitally malnourished and lack the ability to produce blood.

What to do if I can’t produce blood?

Their survival can only be maintained through external blood transfusions.

When eating from a big pot, many problems are hidden inside the pot.

Once the lid is lifted, all the problems come to the fore.

The large collectives set up in urban factories support a large group of workers' children.

These people are neither workers nor productive.

State-owned factories are facing problems of their own and have to provide transfusions to the collective enterprises below them.

Over time, you will be dragged to death.

Not to mention social enterprises.

If a strong wind blows, it will collapse in minutes.

As for the County Machinery Factory...

The situation has indeed changed a lot since Lin Kaifeng joined the factory.

Various new products were launched one after another, creating foreign exchange twice.

It looks like a cluster of flowers, a model of resurrection.

But once they are separated from the city’s material allocation, can they still maintain the status quo?

There are more than one hundred enterprises and factories of all sizes in the city.

That’s more than a hundred children with their mouths open waiting for food.

The country has no money, and the city has little funding either.

"Comrade Lin Kaifeng, get ready."

"Some things need to change."

Leaving this sentence, Fang Boyan walked out of the office.

Looking at Fang Boyan's departing back, Lin Kaifeng smiled.

I guessed it right.

The spirit from above has already reached the local level.

There are more than one hundred enterprises and factories in the city, and the industrial sector can no longer afford to support them.

It's time to let a group of them go and find their own food.

"Kaifeng, what did Director Fang tell you?"

"I saw that he looked a little strange when he left."

Lu Changshun walked into the office, feeling a little nervous.

"Uncle San, call everyone over for a meeting."

Lin Kaifeng said meaningfully: "The world is going to change."

"Change? What's changing?"

Lu Changshun said blankly.

"You'll know in a minute."

Half an hour later, factory leaders at all levels gathered in a small conference room.

"Kaifeng, you are all here, can you speak now?"

Lu Changshun asked first.

"Uncle San, fellow comrades, I think it won't be long before the superiors will pass down an order."

"This order may be bad news for other state-owned factories."

"But for our factory, this is definitely a once-in-a-century opportunity."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

No one understood what Lin Kaifeng meant.

For others, it is tragic news.

But for the county machinery factory, this is good news that only happens once in a century?

Why is it so weird?

Niu Yonggui said with a smile: "Kaifeng, don't keep us in suspense, tell us what the good news is. Has the leader agreed to the unified purchase and sale of our agricultural tricycles?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately smiled happily.

If you put it that way, it matches what Lin Kaifeng meant.

The county machinery factory independently developed an agricultural tricycle that uses a motorcycle engine.

Once the official sale is carried out.

For other state-owned factories, this is indeed bad news.

The impoverished county machinery factory did not wait or rely on others, but independently developed new products.

As life gets better, the pressure on other factories is bound to increase.

Lin Kaifeng said: "Everyone, the leader is likely to let us find a way to sell the agricultural tricycles ourselves."

"Try to sell it yourself?"

"This... this doesn't comply with the regulations."

Niu Yonggui was stunned and said, "All along, our superiors have issued production plans, and we, the factories and enterprises, are responsible for production, and the commercial departments purchase and sell at prices."

"The manufacturer is responsible for sales. Isn't this a joke?"

Lu Changshun's heart skipped a beat.

This was exactly the question Fang Boyan asked before he kicked him out.

If the county machinery factory were allowed to find a way to sell tricycles on its own.

Does Lin Kaifeng have any plan?

"Uncle Niu, I called everyone to this meeting to talk about this matter."

Lin Kaifeng raised his hand and pointed at the ceiling.

Everyone looked up.

"Could it be... could it be that the wind direction is changing again?!"

Niu Yonggui stood up suddenly.

Hearing this, many people looked surprised.

Lin Kaifeng pointed to the ceiling, obviously not asking everyone to look up.

It may mean that the situation is about to change.

After looking at everyone's reactions, Lin Kaifeng said slowly: "There are no outsiders here, let me talk about family matters."

“Do you think the current economic allocation method is reasonable?”

As soon as this sentence was uttered, no one dared to say the second sentence.

unreasonable.

Of course that's unreasonable.

From buttons to vehicles and machine tools, all need to be coordinated.

Niu Yonggui remembers it clearly.

The city's garment factory needed a batch of iron buttons, and the hardware factory was not far away.

It was only a matter of a few words to find out whether the hardware factory had the ability to manufacture this kind of button, but it took a whole year.

The reason is that factories cannot sign ordering contracts or engage in the sale of goods.

The city's garment factories need to first submit a report to inform the city of their needs.

The relevant departments of the city will then formulate the production tasks for buttons.

It took half a year to complete a series of research and formulation.

Then the button production task was given to the hardware factory.

After completion, the garment factory was not allowed to move at all.

The buttons from the hardware factory need to be sent to the materials department for registration and then purchased by the commercial department.

Allocate them uniformly to garment factories.

It would take at least ten months, if not a year, to complete the whole process.

Why did everyone in the factory agree with Lin Kaifeng’s crazy idea?

Widely publicizing the county machinery factory's ability to manufacture radios forced the higher authorities to speed up the review and allocation.

It can be summed up in one sentence.

I can't wait.

We really need to follow the normal process.

We were able to wait for the commercial department to come and acquire the company this summer, which was a great success.

As for going on sale, it may not be until the end of the year.

Although no one responded, the expressions on their faces had already answered Lin Kaifeng's question.

"Comrades, I heard from the leader that our factory may have to be a pilot."

“It became the first local enterprise to be semi-detached from the planned economy.”

"boom!"

Everyone's mind went blank.

Breaking away from the planned economy means relying on oneself for everything.

The shocking power of this news is no less than a magnitude 7 earthquake.

Even Lu Changshun and Niu Yonggui, who were mentally prepared to a certain extent, turned pale.

Lin Kaifeng nodded secretly.

Fortunately, there was previous preparation.

If I tell everyone directly, I'm sure a few of them will faint from shock on the spot.

It's like one day a parent tells their teenage child.

You've grown up now and you have to go out and find a living on your own.

Your family can no longer afford to support you.

Anyone would be struck by lightning.

Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Lin Kaifeng continued, "Comrades, this is a good thing. Why do you look like a disaster is about to happen?"

"With only our radio and farm tricycle, are you still worried about starving to death?"

The bitter atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed.

Yes.

The county machinery factory has products and technology, so how could it starve to death?