“The business is insufficient, and there is no salary in the factory.”

Feng Fei said to Feng Xiaochen in a sighing tone.

Originally, Feng Fei is located in the Dongxiang Machinery Factory is a three-line military enterprises, and like many third-tier enterprises at present, they are facing a significant reduction in military orders and unsustainable business operations.

Since the 1950s, China has implemented a path of industrialization and development that is first heavy and lighter, first military and then civilian.The so-called first heavy and then light, is to give priority to the development of heavy industry, contempt for the development of light industry; and the so-called first military and then the people, is to give priority to the military industry, civil industry is often to make way for the military industry.

In the 1950s and 1970s, such a strategic choice certainly made sense.The new China was built on a poor and white background, and as a large country, it must have an independent heavy industrial system and a military-industrial system, so as to avoid importing bullets from abroad, as our South Asian neighbors, as in the future generations of our South Asian neighbors.

However, the impact of the road, first light and then military and then civilian, the impact is also very large.Light industry not only has the function of meeting the daily needs of the people, but also an important department for accumulating funds.Ignoring the development of light industry, China's industrial accumulation has to rely on the "scissors" of agriculture for a long time, and the support that agriculture can provide is limited, and the development of heavy industry is becoming more and more unsustainable.

The influence of the military and the civilian population is even greater, and the military industry is a pure consumer-oriented industry, which is difficult to create profits.The state invested a lot of money into the military industry and established a strong military foundation, including two bombs and one star, but the corresponding civilian industry failed to develop, resulting in a deformity of industrial structure.

China's strategic model of the year was largely learned from the Soviet Union.As a teacher of the Soviet Union, because of the long-term neglect of light industry and civilian industry, the people were resentful of the country's economic development, and eventually led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

China's reform and opening up, in addition to the reform of the economic system, has another important aspect, that is, the adjustment of industrial strategy.At the end of the 1970s, the state resolutely gave up the "ten saddle steel ten Daqing" heavy industry priority development idea, disembastood a large number of heavy industry enterprises, to support the development of light industry, to provide the people with a wealth of necessities, but also increased the country's financial resources.

By the mid-1980s, the state had made another decision, based on the strategic judgment that "a large-scale war is unlikely to occur in the near future", and proposed that the army should be subject to some grievances, abandon the traditional idea of the army and the second, and turn the funds originally used for the development of military industry to civilians.During this time, many military projects have been put on hold, and some third-tier enterprises are in business difficulties, and Dongxiang Machinery Factory is one of them.

There are many evaluations in the future about the army's way for economic construction.Some people believe that this move has greatly affected China's military development, which has led to the further expansion of the military gap between China and the West, which is a short-sighted move.Some people give the example of two bombs and one star, saying that as long as everyone tightens their pants and saves a little money, they can guarantee the continuation of a certain project, then China can master the technology of a certain country a few years in advance and achieve the goal of killing Japan and slaughtering the United States.

In fact, this is just a complaint from military fans.Without the accumulation of the economy, the development of military industry cannot be sustained.Tightening belts can create two bombs and one star, but it is impossible to explode the sea of tanks and aircraft, and it is impossible to support the construction of warships in the general of the following dumplings.It's like playing with the Red Police, you don't build ten mining cars, just know a little money to build a tank, and in the end it can only be finished.

Feng Xiaochen is a person with two world experiences, and before crossing, he has witnessed the revival of China's military industry, so there is no resistance to the current policy of letting the military industry give way.However, he also knew that there were many stifling things during this time, and that if there were a prophetic and necessary remedy, the result might be better.

Feng Fei did not know Feng Xiaochen's idea, he also said: "The first two years, the state implemented the policy, added wages to everyone, but also allowed the factory to build a house with production profits, everyone felt that the days are better than the past."Who knows, not long, since last year, the country's orders have been reduced, and the number of tasks is less than half of the past.In the first half of this year, the order was further reduced, and the original annual new equipment development allocation was also interrupted, and the days of the factory were suddenly sad.At present, it is still reluctant to be able to pay wages, and then a few months, it is estimated that even the wages are enough.”

“No, no?You’re a third-tier company, and wages are always guaranteed.”Feng Xiaochen asked.

Feng Fei said: "At present, it can be guaranteed, but the higher authorities said that now the state calls on our third-tier enterprises to engage in a variety of operations and generate their own income."Our superiors have given us the task of generating revenue to account for 30% of the factory's expenditure every year, and the state has reduced the allocation by 30% accordingly.But what can we do in the big mountain?”

Feng Xiaochen thought about it and said, “Uncle, I have heard of this as well.”The state encourages some third-tier enterprises to engage in military-to-civilian transformation and development of civilian products.

Feng Fei said, “That’s why I came to you.”The factory leader also said that the state wants military industry to give way, and the military transfer is our only way out.Going somewhere is a big problem.We went to the system to inquire, the brother unit engaged in everything, some do motorcycles, there are refrigerators.The radar factory in the mountain city, to play their own expertise, engaged in the TV, heard that the benefits are good.There are also some hungry food, to the local children's toys, gas stove what, you say what?We are also a key military enterprise in the country, and our technology is not worse than the Soviet Big Brother, can we go to the township enterprises to grab food and eat?"

“But I still don’t understand, how can I help you?”Feng Xiaochen asked, in fact, he vaguely guessed Feng Fei's intention, but it was not convenient to say it himself.

Feng Fei said: "Now the factory decided to engage in civilian products, but what is specifically engaged in, can not be determined."The factory leader proposed brainstorming, let everyone go out to find the market, see what good products in the market.I think you have worked in the reinstallation office and are familiar with domestic enterprises, so I volunteered to come to Beijing to ask you, and see if you can give us a job."

Looking for me is looking for the right person, Feng Xiaochen thought in his heart.In fact, whether he is in the reinstallation work is not his biggest advantage, his advantage lies in his understanding of the future market.In the 1980s, it was difficult to come up with what products were needed in the future, and most people could only run around like headless flies based on their performance in the market, paying a lot of tuition.Feng Xiaochen is different, he knows the market trend, if necessary, he can also put forward some new products that appear in the future, so that Feng Fei their factory to seize the opportunity.However, before that, he still needs to understand one thing, that is, what is the Dongxiang Machinery Factory and what kind of advantages it has.

"Uncle, I said half a day, I don't know what your factory is doing, is this thing secret?"Feng Xiaochen asked with a smile.

Feng Fei shook his head and said, "This is not confidential, our factory is made of artillery, specifically howitzers, other guns can also be made."

"Howitzer ..." Feng Xiaochen was speechless, which seemed to be a little out of the side with the civilian product.

“Uncle, what kind of technology is this gun... mainly needed?”What advantages do you have?”

“That’s more.”Feng Fei came to the momentum, "Wowling, I tell you, artillery is the god of the battlefield, all countries attach special importance to artillery, and the development of artillery technology is also changing rapidly."To build a good gun, specifically, when it comes to artillery design, materials, precision machining, large casting and forging manufacturing, our technology in these aspects are very good.You did not come to our workshop to see, in recent years to change a water of imported machine tools, machining accuracy in the country is second to the second.

“Is that so?”Feng Xiaochen grumbled to himself.Precision machining, large-scale casting forgings, he is no stranger to those equipment companies that are contacted by reinstallation office all need such technology.Since the national artillery orders have been reduced, it seems possible for professional artillery factories to help those equipment companies do some precision parts.

However, it is really difficult to contact such a business, because the mass-produced parts, the companies themselves will be able to solve, and the number of parts produced in a single piece is too small, which means that many customers need to be contacted.Feng Xiaochen and many equipment companies have contact, help Dongxiang machinery factory lead, is also possible.But troublesome effort, each enterprise is just a few sporadic small orders, the input-output ratio is too low, to be honest, Feng Xiaochen is really not willing to do such a job.

"Our factory now, but also some ideas."Feng Feine said that he was not a good person at words, coupled with asking for his nephew's help, his face could not hang, and it was even more embarrassing to speak.

"Now the market motorcycles are more tight, our system also has a company engaged in motorcycles."Our director said we can try it too."Feng Fei said.

"I don't think I'll try."Feng Xiaochen shook his head, "Once, the motorcycle itself is not without a threshold, and the precision manufacturing requirements of the gun are not the same thing as the motorcycle."In addition, motorcycles pay attention to beautiful, comfortable, easy to operate, safe, you have no advantage in these aspects, do not make a motorcycle can not make any name.In both, the motorcycle market will soon be saturated, and now motorcycles are being engaged everywhere, large factories and small factories, and some are protected by local governments, and you may not be able to compete with local enterprises."