The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 66 Wang Tiezhu's calculations are clanging

Queensland, airport!
A plane landed and passengers lined up to get off the plane with their luggage.

Liu Tao was holding his luggage, his ears still buzzing.

Aircraft of this era are quite noisy and not comfortable at all.

But compared to having to take a train for three days and three nights, this discomfort is not unacceptable.

After getting off the plane, I took a deep breath and calmed myself down.

Afterwards, he met up with his driver and went to the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office.

In the office, Wang Tiezhu was drinking water from an enamel cup.

"Comrade Liu Tao made such a big deal after just one trip to Beijing. Heroes emerge from young people. A huge order worth nearly 100 million US dollars!" Wang Tiezhu exclaimed.

Yesterday he received a call from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, informing him of the relevant situation and asking him to fully cooperate with Panshan Machinery Factory to complete the order in a timely manner.

When Wang Tiezhu heard the news, he was shocked beyond words.

After all, it was a huge order worth nearly 100 million US dollars, even more astonishing than the last time.

And all this was done by Liu Tao.

"Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer orders for military products, and other military factories are having a hard time. Panshan Machinery Factory can find a unique way and open up a path for export trade, which can also alleviate the province's difficulties." Wang Tiezhu thought.

He had been to the capital for a meeting before and knew that military-to-civilian conversion was the general trend.

After all, if the production target is reduced, the factory's revenue will decrease.

After the three third-line factories were transferred to Panshan Machinery Factory, Wang Tiezhu's life became a little better. After all, the three third-line factories were taken over by Panshan Machinery Factory, and his wages were naturally paid by Panshan Machinery Factory. They would no longer call him every day to complain about production targets and funding allocations.

But you have to know that there are more than just these three military factories in Yun Province, there are many more!
As the situation eased, these factories had a harder time due to reduced production targets.

After all, of the supplies prepared before the launch of 'Red Dragon's Roar', only one-sixth of them were consumed in just one month of 'Red Dragon's Roar', and the rest have not been used yet. Even if there are further operations, not that much will be used.

Naturally, there will not be as many production indicators as last year.

Except for Panshan Machinery Factory, no specific production targets were given, but there was no upper limit.

The last order we completed was completed on the premise of ensuring delivery to the troops.

It can be said that among all the military factories in the entire Yunnan Province, or the entire southwest region, Panshan Machinery Factory is the one that thrives the most.

"According to the current situation, I think Panshan Machinery Factory will be able to absorb three third-line factories this year. Let's see if we can take over a few more factories." Wang Tiezhu thought to himself.

He doesn't feel ashamed at all. Those who are capable should do more work.

He is already old and will have to retire after working for one or two more years at most. His body is becoming less and less responsive and it is difficult for him to make use of his remaining energy.

He only hopes to resolve the difficulties as much as possible so that his successor can go into battle with ease.

Suddenly, seeing Liu Tao coming over, Wang Tiezhu smiled.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you launched another large satellite when you returned to Beijing this time. Comrade Baoguo called me, and I couldn't believe it!" Wang Tiezhu walked over and shook Liu Tao's hand vigorously.

An order worth nearly 100 million US dollars is incredible to think about.

Although converted into RMB, it is almost 150 million, which is the amount that Panshan Machinery Factory produces and delivers to the troops every year, but the accounts are not calculated that way. You have to know that it is US dollars!

Dollars, US dollars!
The entire Yunnan Province National Defense Management Office wants to apply for US$100,000 in foreign exchange a year, but is unable to do so.

Although all foreign exchange was settled by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, it did not flow to Yunnan Province, let alone the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office.

But the settlement will be in RMB. With extra money, Panshan Machinery Factory can take over more third-tier factories.

"Director, we are lucky this time, otherwise we wouldn't have so many orders." Liu Tao said with a smile, "Next, we will need your help in coordinating the materials so that our sister companies can supply our factory in time."

It is a good thing to have orders, but we also need materials to ensure production.

Without raw materials, Liu Tao had to grope around in the dark.

Production is a system that cannot be completed by a single factory. It requires related supporting factories.

For example, steel mills, copper mills, etc.

"We've already had a meeting this morning on this matter, and the planning targets have been listed out and given to each factory. There will be absolutely no delays. Whoever dares to delay, I'll shoot him." Wang Tiezhu said in a resounding voice.

After receiving the call, Wang Tiezhu convened a meeting immediately and reported to the leadership. After making a list, the directors of each factory held a meeting in the morning and directly issued the plan indicators.

This is the current planned economy. Once the plan targets are issued, we will start production and it must be completed within the specified time. It's a chess game.

Especially for enterprises in the military industry, it is like a military order.

In many factories, the militia companies and battalions have not been disbanded until now.

Wang Tiezhu said to Liu Tao, "Don't go back today. Stay here for two days. The provincial leaders will meet you in person and commend you."

As one of the 33 national advanced science and technology workers this year, and the only one in Yunnan Province, Liu Tao can be said to have won honor for the province.

After the award ceremony, Wang Tiezhu received a call from his leader.

"The provincial leader wants to meet me in person? And also wants to commend me?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.

Although he has met provincial leaders before, the times were very rare. He has only met them twice so far.

Such a leader is not something you can find just by wanting to see him.

After all, at this level, one is very busy and has a lot of things to deal with every day.

"You have won honor for the province this time. The leader is very happy and will reward you with 10,000 yuan." Wang Tiezhu said, "If you have any difficulties in the future, you can also mention it to the leader. Maybe the leader will help you solve it!"

"You have won another large order worth nearly 100 million US dollars this time. The leaders will be very happy when they know about it. As long as your request is not too excessive, the leaders will probably agree to it." Wang Tiezhu was very clear that the leaders attached great importance to this matter.

Other third-line factories fell into operational crisis, but Panshan Machinery Factory was developing better and better.

It can be said that Panshan Machinery Factory is not short of money at all now!

Among all the state-owned factories in Yunnan Province, Panshan Machinery Factory is the richest and is extremely wealthy.

Now the province is even studying Panshan Machinery Factory to see if it can come up with useful strategies to help other third-line factories out of their predicament.

Wang Tiezhu received no less than ten calls from his superiors in the past two days, and even reported personally three times.

"Okay, then I'll stay in Kun City for two more days." Liu Tao nodded.

Afterwards, Liu Tao formally reported to Wang Tiezhu the relevant work report of this trip to Beijing. After all, Wang Tiezhu was Liu Tao's immediate superior.

Even when the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building was going to send workers to Panshan Machinery Factory at the end of the year, Liu Tao did not hide it from Wang Tiezhu.

Once the Panshan Machinery Factory is upgraded to a large military factory, it will definitely no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office, but will be directly under the management of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

Wang Tiezhu had to be aware of all these.

(End of this chapter)