Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After M. Lide finished his call with Prime Minister Z, he thought for a while and decisively said to his secretary Zeng Zhengcang: "Xiao Zeng, call Comrade He Yuzhu from the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant and ask him to come to Yiniantang. I want to talk to him."

Zeng Zhengcang nodded, turned around and went out to call He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was reading the Masses Daily at this time. When he saw the Rabbit Country's aid to Albania in the newspaper, he couldn't help but frowned. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and read the report. After putting down the newspaper, he took a deep breath and suppressed his resentment. Although he was dissatisfied with the Rabbit Country's current foreign aid policy, his voice was insignificant and it would be useless even if he was dissatisfied.

He Yuzhu had just adjusted his mood when the phone on his desk rang. He picked up the phone and said calmly, "Hello, I'm He Yuzhu."

"Hello, Comrade He Yuzhu. I am Zeng Zhengcang, the secretary of M Lide. M Lide wants to see you for something."

"Okay, I'll go right away." After saying that, He Yuzhu hung up the phone. When he stood up from the chair and prepared to walk out, he took another look at the "Masses Daily" on the desk, and then secretly made a decision in his heart.

When He Yuzhu came to Yiniantang under the guidance of the guard, M Lide was sitting on the sofa reading a book. When he saw He Yuzhu, he said kindly, "Comrade Xiao He, you are here!"

He Yu smiled and nodded, and said respectfully: "M Lide, hello!"

"Okay, stop standing and sit down!" After He Yuzhu sat down, M. Lide continued, "I just heard from Prime Minister Z that 3 units of the Red Flag H-40 sedans produced by your factory were exported in one go! This is a very good result!"

He Yuzhu said modestly: "We only exported 40 Red Star H-3 cars. Compared with the Red Star cars and trucks produced by our factory, this export volume is still too small."

"Haha, Comrade Xiao He has very high standards for himself!"

"M. Lide, our country's total automobile production is not as high as America's in 1945. Our country has a larger population and a larger land area than America. Therefore, if we want to be as strong as America, we must produce at least 1000 million vehicles a year. There is still such a large production gap to be met, which shows that the development path of our domestic automobile industry is still very difficult."

"1000 million cars, does our country need so many cars?" M Lide asked in surprise after hearing He Yuzhu's words.

"M. Reed, before World War II, many families in America had their own cars. Now that our country has become prosperous, people need cars too! If we assume one car per family, we will need at least hundreds of millions of cars. If we assume that a car has a lifespan of 10 years, then to meet the needs of so many families, we must produce at least 1000 million cars a year."

"Comrade Xiao He, our country doesn't even have bicycles in every household, but you imagine that every household should buy a car. I have to say that your idea is very advanced! But you are right. We want the people to live a happy life. The people of America can afford cars, and our people should also be able to afford cars. Only in this way can we be responsible to the people and live up to the people's trust in our Workers' and Peasants' Party."

"However, there will be many difficulties on the road to national prosperity. It requires the people of the whole country to work together as one. Only in this way can all the people live a happy life."

"Chairman M Lide is right. We can definitely make all the people live a happy life." He Yuzhu said seriously.

"Comrade Xiao He, I heard from my secretary that your factory is not only producing cars, but also agricultural machinery, and has established a large farm in the Western Region Province. How did your factory come up with the idea of ​​getting involved in the agricultural field? I would like to hear your views on agricultural production."

"M Lide, without industry, a country cannot be strong, but without agriculture, the country cannot even be stable. Agriculture is the foundation of a country's stability. If agriculture wants to develop, it must rely on the power of industry. For example, tractors used in agricultural production, harvesters used to harvest wheat, fertilizers and pesticides that can increase grain yields, all require the help of industry."

"If we want to promote the use of agricultural machinery and equipment, we must concentrate the land. Only when the planting area is large enough can we have enough profit to buy machinery and equipment. However, with the improvement of agricultural mechanization, the farmland that originally required 20 people to cultivate may only need 1-2 people with the help of agricultural machinery. This means that agricultural production does not need so many people, and the government needs to build factories to solve the employment problems of the vacant people."

"Therefore, I feel that rural development is not only about promoting mechanical equipment on farms, but more importantly, it is about solving the problem of resettling the idle population generated during agricultural mechanization. Only by solving the problem of these idle people can we build rural areas as good as cities."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, M Lide nodded appreciatively, indicating that he agreed with He Yuzhu's idea, and then asked: "Then how do you think the problem of abundant labor on the farm can be solved?"

"If we want to absorb it locally on the farm, there are two simple ways. The first is to promote vegetable greenhouses and grow off-season vegetables. Vegetable cultivation requires more manpower than grain, which can absorb some of the surplus labor force. The other way is to engage in breeding in rural areas, such as building large pig farms and chicken farms, which can also absorb some of the surplus labor force. These two measures can not only solve the problem of some of the surplus labor force in rural areas, but also provide cities with a rich supply of vegetables, meat and eggs."

"However, these two methods can only absorb part of the surplus labor force, but not all of it. If we want to completely solve the problem of surplus labor, we still have to build large modern factories. For example, our Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant requires more than 10 workers, which is more than the population of several communes."

"In the final analysis, we still have to achieve industrialization. Only industrialization can absorb so many people." M Lide said with a look of agreement, "Comrade Xiao He, you are the director of the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant. From a manager's perspective, how can we quickly build a large number of modern factories?"

"From the first industrial revolution started by John Bull to the second industrial revolution of electrification that began at the end of the 18th century, based on the experience of the two industrial revolutions, advanced technology is necessary to develop industry. Only when a breakthrough is achieved in a certain field can other industries be driven to develop little by little. For example, the steam engine that appeared in the first industrial revolution led to the development of the textile industry as the technology matured. Because the steam engine required a lot of coal, it promoted the development of the coal industry. Later, in order to solve the problem of coal transportation, the train was invented."

"Therefore, I feel that in order to quickly build a large number of modern factories, in addition to government investment, we also need to mobilize the initiative of enterprises. Take our Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant as an example. Because the current truck production cannot meet the domestic transportation needs, there are two solutions at this time. The first is that the government invests in a new automobile manufacturing plant. After the new automobile manufacturing plant is put into production, it can meet the domestic transportation demand for trucks. This method is government-led."

"The second method is that the state gives the money for building a new car factory to our Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant, and we build a new car factory in the area designated by the state. After the car factory is built, we can also expand the production of trucks to solve the problem of insufficient production capacity of domestic transport trucks."

"Then what are the advantages of the second method you mentioned? Isn't it the government that pays for it? Why does your factory have to be built?" asked M Lide.

"It is true that these factories are built with state funds. However, compared with the state directly investing in new factories, the advantages of having our factory build them are: first, our factory already has automobile production operations, and we can use our previous experience in the process of building the new automobile manufacturing plant; second, because it is our factory that builds the automobile manufacturing plant, the new automobile manufacturing plant is a branch of our factory. After the new automobile manufacturing plant is completed, our factory can directly transfer technical personnel and experienced workers from the main factory to the branch factory, which will help the new automobile manufacturing plant to quickly start production.

"The third and most crucial point is that the new automobile manufacturing plant is a branch of our factory, which means that it only needs to produce the existing trucks of our factory. Moreover, if the main factory develops a new truck in the future, the branch only needs to produce it directly according to the truck design drawings provided by the main factory, and the branch does not need to develop new trucks independently. In this way, all the technical personnel for truck development can be concentrated together, which is more conducive to the development of technology."

"Hearing what you said, the second method you mentioned is indeed more suitable than the government building a new automobile manufacturing plant from scratch. If we only need to let the best companies in all industries build branches, then we can quickly complete the production of the new plant."