The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 106: Surprise on Return to Beijing

Twelve o'clock in the evening.

The courtyard is filled with the joy of reunion.

It would naturally be inappropriate for so many people to live at home. In the past, they had no other place to live so they had to squeeze in. But now that there is such a big courtyard house, they naturally live in it. This year, the whole family also plans to celebrate the New Year in the courtyard house.

This is the first time that Liu Honglei has spent the New Year at home in more than ten years.

Liu Zhenbang, Chen Weimin and Liu Tao were making tea, while Chen Fang, Liu Honglei and Liu Ziyu were preparing hot pot. The three children had already gone to bed so late.

"Dad, why did you and Mom buy so many New Year's goods today?" Liu Tao drank some tea. This kind of long-distance flight was not very comfortable.

Liu Zhenbang smiled and said, "These are New Year's goods distributed by the company. Your mother and I didn't buy them."

"New Year's goods distributed by the company?" Chen Weimin was surprised.

"To be honest, it's all thanks to you that our company has done a great job this year. The leaders have praised us a lot and the company has money. It's the New Year, so the company is giving New Year's goods to every employee." Liu Zhenbang became proud.

There were New Year goods in the past, but they were very little and better than nothing.

But this year is different, there are many New Year’s goods.

"In the past, our Fifth Ministry of Machine Building had a weak presence and was easily ignored. Now, various ministries are trying to curry favor with us and want to exchange some dollars with us." Liu Zhenbang was very proud. If we were to say which ministry had been the most prosperous in the past year, it would be the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

This also allows the employees of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to go out with their heads held high.

In the past year, the Ministry of Machine Building had the most foreign exchange among all the ministries.

For the orders negotiated by Liu Tao, the foreign exchange remained in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building paid in RMB.

"Dad, are you going to work tomorrow? I'm returning to Beijing not just for the New Year, but also to settle some accounts. There's no money left in our factory account, and we're just waiting to settle this money to live!" Liu Tao said.

Liu Zhenbang's eyes widened: "Didn't I settle 400 million RMB with you guys last time? It's only been over a month and you're out of money?"

After the deposit of Iraq's 500 million US dollar order to Panshan Machinery Factory was paid, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building settled the deposit to Panshan Machinery Factory, plus the remaining half of the payment to Jordan, which was exactly 400 million RMB.

Four hundred million RMB is a huge sum of money.

"We can't help it. We earn a lot, but we also spend a lot!" Liu Tao spread his hands. "We and the provincial government want to build a large reservoir to ensure the safety of water and electricity for the factory. We have invested 100 million yuan. This 100 million yuan has been deposited into a special account for the construction of the large reservoir."

"We still have to build three more factories. The first phase of the construction of these three factories alone will cost 100 million yuan, and there is also the construction of our current factory area." Liu Tao shrugged, "The account has run out of money."

Liu Zhenbang took a breath of cold air.

Liu Tao made a rough calculation and found that the amount was more than 500 million.

"Are you crazy? You've invested so much money, what if the funds run out?" Liu Zhenbang couldn't sit still.

"We still have the balance for the Syria batch of goods, which is 33 million RMB. In two months or so, the Iraq batch of goods can also be delivered, which is another 375 million RMB!" Liu Tao smiled faintly.

This is Liu Tao’s confidence.

This is a huge sum of money exceeding 400 million RMB. Even after deducting payments to other units and wages, Panshan Machinery Factory can still earn more than 250 million RMB!
"What if you don't have any orders from outside?" Liu Zhenbang felt terrible just thinking about it.

Without orders from outside, such a large factory and so many people would have to starve.

"Even if there are no orders from outside, we still have procurement for the army!" Liu Tao smiled.

Liu Zhenbang said unhappily, "The army's purchases will leave your factory with very little profit. How much money can you make?"

Liu Tao smiled. Liu Zhenbang and others believed that the firearms produced by Panshan Machinery Factory had a very high manufacturing cost, and the purchase price of the troops was higher than the production cost.

But in fact, the cost of Panshan Machinery Factory is much lower than Liu Zhenbang and his team know. In fact, Panshan Machinery Factory can make a lot of money from military procurement.

"You, as a factory director, cannot be careless. Your Panshan Machinery Factory has been upgraded to a large military factory. How can the leaders above be assured if you act like this!" Liu Zhenbang said.

Liu Tao's eyes lit up, "Is this settled? A large military factory?"

There has been no further news since the working group left. Liu Tao has not received any documents or heard any rumors. He thought the matter was over.

"Well, after the working group came back, they submitted a research report to the leadership." Liu Zhenbang said with a smile, "Your Panshan Machinery Factory is now larger than the 617 Factory, and you are continuing to expand your production capacity. How can we not upgrade you to a large military factory!"

"This time you come back, you can go to pick up the documents tomorrow, and the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office will also receive the documents by then." Liu Zhenbang said.

Liu Tao showed his delight.

I didn’t expect it to be so fast, even the documents are out.

Upgrading to a large-scale military factory also means that Panshan Machinery Factory will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building in the future.

Large military factories will not be under the jurisdiction of the Provincial National Defense Management Office.

"According to the situation of your Panshan Machinery Factory, maybe in a few years, it will be upgraded to a super-large military factory." Liu Zhenbang said, "As the director of such a large factory, you have to think twice before doing anything. You are responsible for the jobs of so many people."

Liu Tao nodded.

Chen Weimin was secretly shocked.

Previously, Panshan Machinery Factory was a third-line factory and a small and medium-sized military factory, but now it has been upgraded to a large military factory.

"Dad, has your administrative level been promoted?" Liu Tao asked.

When it comes to being well-informed, Liu Zhenbang is definitely the most well-informed.

"Promoted to deputy director level." Liu Zhenbang said: "Your administrative level has been raised from level 13 to level 12."

Liu Tao nodded slightly. The administrative level of large military factories is at least deputy department level, and some even reach full department level.

In a deputy-department-level unit, the factory director’s administrative level is at least level 12 and can reach level 11.

Liu Tao was promoted to a higher rank.

This level is a huge leap, which means he is only one step away from becoming a senior cadre.

This improvement is far beyond what can be reflected by an 18 yuan increase in salary.

Liu Zhenbang's eyes were quite complicated. He, as a father, had just enjoyed the treatment of a deputy department-level official, but his son was already a deputy department-level official.

In terms of administrative level, Liu Tao is above him as a father.

You have to know that Liu Tao is only 25 years old now, or to be exact, he is not even 25 years old. This means that even if Liu Tao accumulates experience, he can at least be promoted three levels.

Maybe, I can even reach Wang Baoguo's level in the future.

The higher you go, the harder it is to ascend.

This is a pure pyramid structure.

And looking at him again, he can only advance two more levels at most, and that’s it.

Liu Zhenbang sometimes found it incredible that his somewhat nerdy son had such a big change and displayed such amazing talent after going to Panshan Machinery Factory.

(End of this chapter)