The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 26 Astronomical Figures
On this day, Liu Tao came to the factory director's office with the drawings.

"Comrade Liu Tao, what are you doing?" Wang Tiezhu was stunned.

Although Liu Tao also serves as the factory director's assistant, he may not come to the director's office once a week.

"Director, didn't I suggest re-planning our factory before? Now the plan and design have come out." Liu Tao said with a smile.

"So fast?" Wang Tiezhu looked incredulous.

During this period, Liu Tao was busy assembling the bullet production line and testing the products. Wang Tiezhu knew how busy he was.

Liu Tao didn't even attend some meetings.

What appeared in front of everyone during this period was that Wang Tiezhu held a commendation meeting and announced to all the workers in the factory that Liu Tao had won two honors: "Advanced Cadre Who Learns from Lei Feng" and "Model of Advanced Scientific and Technological Worker of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense".

Now that the third bullet production line has just been debugged and started trial production, Liu Tao actually said that the planning and design have been completed.

"Director, I am familiar with the terrain in our area, so planning will be easy." Liu Tao spread out the master plan on the table.

The A0 drawings directly covered the entire table.

Wang Tiezhu was wearing reading glasses and looking at it.

Liu Tao explained it personally, and the rivers, mountains and other terrains were clearly described.

"Director, this is the master plan I have planned. The total planned area is 100 square kilometers. I will set up sentries in these places as a warning." Liu Tao pointed to the imaginary red line. 100 square kilometers is almost the area of ​​a town.

"Comrade Liu Tao, is it necessary to plan so large?" Wang Tiezhu frowned. The Panshan Machinery Factory was very small, with a total staff of less than 4,000 people.

"Director, there are two purposes for such a large plan. One is for future development, and the other is for safety. Our factory is not an ordinary factory, but a military factory. Safety is the top priority. This area can ensure confidentiality and security." Liu Tao explained.

Wang Tiezhu nodded.

In a military factory, safety is of utmost importance.

The principle of the Third Line Construction is "relying on mountains, dispersing, and concealing"!
"When our factory becomes a large-scale military factory, we will have to set up air defense positions in these places to ensure that they will not be bombed by the enemy's air force." Liu Tao knew that in order to convince Wang Tiezhu, he had to emphasize safety: "Our factory is different now. We can produce hundreds of thousands of guns and hundreds of millions of bullets a year. Safety must be given priority consideration."

Wang Tiezhu was shocked and agreed with Liu Tao's opinion.

"This is the factory area I planned. These two narrow places will serve as the entrance and exit gates of the factory. Including our current factory area, the total area is 2350 acres. The left bank of Panshan River is planned to be used as the living area and office area, and dormitories, schools, hospitals, cinemas, canteens, etc. will be built. The right bank will be used as the production area," Liu Tao introduced one by one.

The floor plan designs of each district were also taken out and introduced together.

Wang Tiezhu's eyes lit up. If built according to the plan, Panshan Machinery Factory would undoubtedly become the largest military factory in the entire Yun Province.

Moreover, the factory introduced by Liu Tao is clean, tidy and well-organized.

Even air-raid shelters were taken into consideration, and mountains would be hollowed out and transformed into air-raid shelters and production areas.

It can be said that it is far superior to the current Panshan Machinery Factory.

"But without fields and farms, how can we grow crops and raise chickens, ducks and pigs?" Wang Tiezhu frowned.

The fields and farms of Panshan Machinery Factory ensure that the factory can be self-sufficient. Everyone can survive not by buying food from towns, but by growing their own food and raising chickens, ducks and pigs.

"Director, what we want to build is a large military factory, a modern large military factory. We can buy grain, and we can cooperate with nearby villages for the breeding farm." Liu Tao talked freely.

The conference that just concluded has completely opened the great prelude to reform and opening up. The next 40 years will be a new era. A magnificent and great era has begun.

"Your plan is so big, it will probably cost two or three million!" Wang Tiezhu touched his sparse hair and felt embarrassed.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "I calculated that if we want to build the whole factory, it will cost 4000 million in total."

What! ?

4000! ?
Wang Tiezhu was dumbfounded.

Since its establishment, the cumulative output value of Panshan Machinery Factory has been far less than 4000 million. In the past, the factory could only barely maintain its operation, and he had to constantly complain to the higher-ups for alms in order to survive until now.

Liu Tao, on the other hand, had to spend 4000 million to re-plan the factory.

“Even if we sell our entire factory, we can’t get 400 million, let alone 4000 million!” Wang Tiezhu was angry and amused.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Director, we can definitely come up with 4000 million."

"Bullshit, it's nonsense, where do we get so much money?" Wang Tiezhu couldn't help but swear.

"Director, let me do the math for you. This month, we've delivered 3500 Type 78 pistols, 13600 Type 78 automatic rifles, 25000 rounds of pistol bullets, and 600 million rounds of rifle bullets, not counting other weapons and ammunition. Even with these, the total revenue is 934 million yuan, the cost is 463 million yuan, and the profit is 471 million yuan." Liu Tao was doing the math for Wang Tiezhu.

Although Wang Tiezhu is the factory director, he is not clear about the financial situation of the factory because he has not received much education.

On the contrary, Liu Tao, the factory director's assistant, knew this very well.

"Adding the 200 million yuan allocated by our superiors for the construction of the production line, our factory now has more than 700 million yuan available to us." Liu Tao said that the money for these weapons and elixirs was given in a very timely manner.

According to the planned unit price, a 'Type 78' pistol costs 200 yuan, a 'Type 78' automatic rifle costs 600 yuan, a pistol bullet costs 4 cents, and a rifle bullet costs 8 cents.

Liu Tao is familiar with these data.

"Oh my goodness, our factory is so rich now?" Wang Tiezhu's eyes widened, still unable to believe it.

In his memory, the Panshan Machinery Factory was extremely poor, and sometimes he had to take the factory's soldiers into the mountains to hunt in order to survive.

However, Liu Tao told him that the factory now had more than 700 million yuan available.

700 million yuan, that's an astronomical figure.

"Director, think about it. Our production this year is not much. We only produced 12 Type 78 automatic rifles, 2 Type 78 pistols, 20 rifle bullets, and 5000 million rifle bullets. This means a revenue of 8000 million yuan and a profit of 4000 million yuan. We only need the money we earn in one year to rebuild the entire factory." Liu Tao's eyes flashed.

4000 million yuan is indeed an astronomical figure in this era.

After all, everyone's salary is generally around 30 or 40 yuan.

But Liu Tao knew that the sooner the construction was started, the better. It would not only expand the scale of Panshan Machinery Factory, but also save investment.

The current investment only requires 4000 million yuan, but if it is put into 40 years, not to mention the cumbersome procedures and approvals required, the investment alone will be at least a hundred times larger.

Panshan Machinery Factory is making money now. If it doesn't spend the money, the superiors will know about it and can take away most of the money with just one document.

(End of this chapter)