Siheyuan: Heavy Industry Revitalizes the Country

After leaving the gate of the Ministry of Machine Building, Fang Xiang sat in the car and fell into deep thought.

Is this era more open than I thought?

Go out if you want.

The reason they don’t go out is actually because the big guys find it troublesome or they just don’t want to go out.

This aroused Fang Xiang's strong curiosity.

He subconsciously took out a cigarette, took a puff, and thought of Liu Shuying again.

Oh... Well, for the sake of having a child, let's just forget it.

Throwing away the cigarette he had only taken a puff of, Fang wanted to start the car.

He stepped on the accelerator and drove to the south of Zhongbei River and knocked on the door of Liu's father's office.

"Why did you suddenly think of looking for me?"

Mr. Liu, who was reviewing documents, saw that it was Fang Xiang, pointed to the position in front of him with his pen, lowered his head and continued working.

"There's something I haven't asked you before."

After Fang Xiang sat down, he took the hot tea handed to him by Secretary Li.

Touching the scalding hot teacup, it must be that Mr. Liu likes to drink hot tea, otherwise, it would be much better to drink something cool in such a hot day.

"Tell me what's going on."

Father Liu quickly signed his name on the document before putting it aside and looking up at Fang Xiang.

"Regarding those new prototypes I designed this time, do you still remember this?"

Fang Xiang put the teacup on the table before speaking slowly.

“Well, I heard it’s been quite lively recently.

Even here, many cadres went to see it.

When I came back, someone told me that the car I designed was very beautiful and asked me if I wanted to buy a few.”

Father Liu smiled and spoke words of praise, but his eyes were full of doubt.

It seems to be saying, you came here just to tell me this?

“The First Ministry of Machine Building has a Foreign Affairs Bureau, and they can set up an office in Hong Kong Island.

Small batches . . . "

As soon as Fang Xiang said this, Father Liu understood what he meant.

She immediately stretched out her hand and interrupted him.

"I know. Didn't I tell you to be patient and wait for Second Automobile?"

Father Liu's eyes were already beginning to show signs of impatience.

As expected, young people have no self-control at all.

“That’s right, those models, if launched now, are extremely competitive in the international market.

If in a few years, it is said that this product is outdated, it may be an exaggeration.

But it is certainly not as attractive as it is now.

Just like last year you saw SH760 and thought it was great.

But this year you saw this BMW and thought it was better, so you started to look down on the SH760.

In China, once something is made, it can be used for many years without being modified.

But it’s different in foreign countries. They have to upgrade every few years.

If we miss this time, we will have to wait until Second Automobile Works is ready for production.

I will design a new style soon.”

Fang naturally understood Liu's father's expression and meaning.

I know that those of them who are in administration don't know much about technology.

Just explain it patiently.

“So you want to go to Hong Kong Island to sell cars?”

Father Liu listened carefully to Fang Xiang's words, although he still had some doubts in his heart.

But I have begun to believe what Fang Xiang says.

Through the context just mentioned, Fang Xiang's thoughts were immediately understood.

"right!

Moreover, you can get access to products from other countries in Hong Kong, especially those for daily necessities.

The car I designed is for daily living.

But the question now is whether I can go to Hong Kong Island.”

After Fang Xiang finished speaking, he stopped talking and looked at Father Liu.

For this kind of thing, asking Professor Xu is almost the same as asking Mr. Liu.

“It’s nothing to want to go and have a look.

It depends on how long you want to stay. You can’t delay your work.”

Mr. Liu's reaction was the same as Director Jiang's. He didn't say anything about not being able to go.

This answer made Fang Xiang understand immediately.

The management in this era was indeed much looser than in later generations.

I guess it’s because we haven’t experienced the lesson of the 80s wave of going abroad, where a large number of international students were stranded overseas.

Therefore, the country still holds a very open attitude towards going abroad.

After all, these days, the number of people returning to China is many times greater than the number of people going abroad.

Fang Xiang was a little surprised that the country was so confident.

“I really want to go and see it.

But I won't stay for too long. One reason is to see how the automobile industry in other countries in the world has developed.

The other was to help the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the First Ministry of Machine Building to build a local sales network.

This way, we will have a complete channel for exporting cars in the future.”

Fang Xiang hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts.

“Sales network?”

When Mr. Liu heard this word for the first time, he chewed it in his mouth.

"Then when do you plan to go?"

Before Fang wanted to explain, Father Liu asked again.

“I haven’t thought about it yet.

I have to go back to the factory first and communicate with other upstream and downstream parts factories.

See how much goods they can provide me in a month.

Then take a look at how many surplus workers and time the factory has, and how many cars it can produce in a month.

I have to determine the production capacity first before I can make a plan to sell the cars.

In addition, the export price has not yet been determined by the First Ministry of Machine Building.”

Fang Xiang looked at the question asked by Liu's father and suddenly understood something.

It seems that if you want to go and have a look, it's just a matter of opening your mouth. It's an easy thing to do.

But Fang Xiang's mind worked quickly.

If you go there without any preparation, it would just be a waste of time.

Since you are going, you must make good preparations.

Including the price, it is just a proposal from the Ministry of First Machine Building.

No clear pricing.

Regarding the price, Fang Xiang felt that he had little say.

It’s better to leave it to them.

“As for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I heard that they have already started working on a plan.

We would like to first invite ambassadors from some friendly countries to come and have a look at our cars on a small scale.

Why don’t you wait and see in the capital first?

I don’t think this matter will be delayed for long.”

After listening to this, Mr. Liu nodded and told another piece of news.

"This... bypassing foreign trade, is it possible?"

Fang Xiang was a little surprised. Didn’t he just tell me to be patient?

Why is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs taking action now?

“Just put some pressure on it.

This matter should be handled through cooperation among multiple departments.

If everyone else follows the normal pace.

Isn't the person who is holding back particularly outstanding?"

Father Liu smiled and took out a cigarette and handed one to Fang Xiang.

"No, smoking affects fertility, so I'm not going to smoke for the time being."

Fang Xiang looked at the cigarette box handed to him and shook his head.

"Who told you that smoking affects childbearing?"

Father Liu was surprised and asked curiously.

"Anyway, it's not good, so try to smoke less in the future.

If you smoke too much of this stuff, you are more likely to get lung cancer."

Thinking about the fact that there was no conclusion yet that smoking was harmful to health, I couldn't make any irresponsible remarks.

I can only be vague and muddle through.

"You are the only one who has a lot of new words in your mouth."

Mr. Liu doesn't bother with these things. If he doesn't want to smoke, then don't smoke.

He took out a cigarette, lit it, and took a puff with great relish.

"Okay, stop wasting your time here.

It would be better to go home and spend more time with Xiaoying."

Father Liu saw that Fang Xiang had almost said everything he wanted to say.

He pointed at the documents piled up on the table like a mountain and started to drive people away.