Chapter 928 Are you from Qianshan?
Having said that, the leader of the Defense Work Committee wrote something in his notebook and then looked up.

"Then tell me, which types of industries do you think can be moved to the third-tier cities?"

Unexpectedly, Gao Zhendong shook his head and said, "Industries can be moved, factories can be moved, but people cannot! At least not all of them can be moved."

"We can't have people? How can we produce without people?" The leader of the Defense Work Committee thought that this kid's brain was overheated because he was working too fast.

Gao Zhendong was confident: "Let me first explain why people cannot be relocated. If people are relocated, it will actually mean clearing out the mature workers in the developed eastern regions. This will be a major blow to the developed eastern regions and will also reduce the economic vitality of the east."

A planned economy is also an economy and it also has vitality issues.

"Well...it seems...there is some truth to that..." The leader of the Defense Work Committee was not very good at this, but he was able to follow the conversation.

"Apart from the economic vitality, this group of mature workers just changed their jobs, which is actually equivalent to robbing Peter to pay Paul. The people in the third-tier provinces still cannot get much benefit from this huge national policy project."

The comrades in the third line are still doing the same things as before, and the factories are still run by the same people, they just spent money and moved to a new location.

"Hiss~~~~~~", the leaders of the Defense Work Committee also realized this problem, it seems so.

"Moreover, there is another biggest reason. It is a serious waste to move these workers to the third line. If they stay in the first and second lines, they can play a more important role than they do in the third line."

This is a new idea, and the leaders of the Defense Work Committee listened attentively.

"These workers can stay in the first and second lines to produce the urgently needed and important products that are not suitable for the third line. The comrades in the third line can produce industrial products suitable for the third line."

"Ah, I see. What you mean is that the factory should be moved there or newly built to provide blood for the third-line, and then the first and second lines can do other things."

"Yes, that's what I mean." Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

"But where do so many workers come from in the Third Front? These are not the cabbages in the fields that can be easily pulled out." Mature workers are not something that can be easily found.

"Build schools! Construction projects always take time, right? Depending on the scale, two to five years is normal, right? We can use this time to open a large number of technical schools in the third-tier cities, and transfer teachers from the first and second-tier cities to teach there. Junior high school graduates can start studying there, and in three years, we can definitely train skilled junior workers. With the guidance of some of the first and second-tier masters, we can take on production tasks."

Gao Zhendong heard from the older generation that in the 80s, technical secondary schools and specialized secondary schools were also very popular schools. You could take the exam after graduating from junior high school. The course lasted three years, and graduates in three years would be qualified technical workers or professional and technical talents, and they also had great potential to develop into senior technical personnel.

"Hey, interesting. You are taking advantage of the time difference, haha." The leader of the Defense Work Committee felt that this was a possibility.

Gao Zhendong added: "After more than ten years of construction, the third-tier cities may not be good at other things, but their basic education should be basically systematic and able to provide a large number of junior high school graduates. Moreover, these schools can accept qualified graduates from previous years at the beginning. Generally speaking, there should not be any gaps. The backwardness of the third-tier cities is not because of stupid people, but because of the environment. As long as the conditions are met, I believe the people there can do this well."

I can only say that we really have a lot of invisible and intangible foundation. When the chaotic times were just beginning to settle, one of the first things we did was to develop education. This is a very normal thing in our view, but more than 80% of the countries in the world cannot think of it, or even if they do, they cannot do it.

"Well, that makes sense. Then what should be done in the third-tier cities and what should be done in the first and second-tier cities?" This is the crux of the problem.

Gao Zhendong stroked his chin and wrote and drew on his notebook. As he wrote and drew, he said, "High-value products such as military and electronic products should be placed in third-tier cities. The higher the value, the better!"

If military industry was given over, it would be normal, as it was originally one of the starting points of the Third Front construction. However, even high-value products such as electronics were given over, which shocked the leaders of the National Defense Committee. Why were these precious products given over?
"You also put high-value items like electronics in there? Isn't that the wrong way around?"

Gao Zhendong shook his head. "My consideration is this: only high-value products can support the high transportation costs in these places. On the other hand, first- and second-tier cities have relatively convenient transportation and are more suitable for producing ordinary export-oriented products and bulk products. These products are not of high value, and only if the transportation is convenient enough can... production be facilitated..."

Gao Zhendong swallowed the words "profitable" that were about to come out of his mouth and changed his way of saying it.

However, the leader of the National Defence Committee understood what he meant: "Haha, that makes sense, but there is a problem. These high-value products have high technical requirements and even higher environmental requirements."

Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "Leader, high-value products are often new products to us. In this respect, both new and old workers are the same. Old workers have to learn on the spot, and new workers also have to learn on the spot. We are all starting from the same starting line."

"Ah... that seems to be true..." The leader then remembered that the person who was most relevant to high-value products was the smiling young man in front of him.

He can really see things that ordinary people can't see. "And from the environmental point of view, these places actually have better conditions to some extent."

"Ah? Tell me more about it." How can this be superior? It's not prejudice, but the natural conditions in these places are there, which can be seen and touched.

"Take Qianshan Province as an example. It is actually quite suitable for electronic production." Gao Zhendong gave an example. Sichuan Province cannot be used because the development there is already good.

In fact, during the construction of the Third Front, Qianshan undertook many industries in optoelectronics, electronics, and cutting-edge weapons. The improved missile imitating the S-75 was originally called "Kaishan-1". Kaishan was actually the name of the factory, which was located in Qianshan Province.

Later, the engine of one of our two fifth-generation aircraft was also developed and produced in Qianshan. Unfortunately, the heyday of this fifth-generation aircraft was ridiculously short, not even as long as the S2 Gauls lasted before surrendering.

"Ah? That place where the sky is never clear for three days and the ground is never flat for three feet? Can electronics be developed in that place?" The leader felt that he had been enlightened today.

"Oh, you don't know this." Gao Zhendong laughed.

"When it comes to the production of high-value electronic components, the most important thing is electricity, because the transportation of raw materials for these things is actually a very easy job. Let's put it this way, now including integrated circuits and optoelectronic materials, the most important thing is electricity. Now 1274 and 1218 are already seriously restricted by electricity. After all, there are too many factories in Beijing that need electricity, and there are also a large number of ordinary people and government agencies, which consume a lot of electricity."

"But there's no electricity in Qianshan?" The leader thought, no, you're kidding me, right? Tell me, do you have a relative in Qianshan? That's why you're trying so hard to get this lucrative job there.

If the leader didn’t know that Gao Zhendong was not from Qianshan, he would even think that he was from Qianshan.

Gao Zhendong's suggestion seems to indicate that he may be from Qianshan, but it is impossible for Gao Zhendong to be from Qianshan.

Jokes aside, he still looked at Gao Zhendong curiously, wanting to know how he would solve the problem.

"Yes, Qianshan has no electricity now, but it has two things, coal and water! There are many coal mines in the Meishan area of ​​Qianshan, and their terrain is special and has rich water resources. You can find any valley and seal it up to make a hydroelectric power plant. The combination of water and coal does not require too much investment, and there is absolutely no shortage of electricity."

At that time, several special zones in the Meishan area had not yet been established, but the coal mines had been discovered.

It is impossible to be casual, but the conditions are very good. The total installed capacity of each of the hydropower resources in Qianshan may not be large, but it is convenient and requires little investment, which is more suitable for the current situation than the super projects on the rivers and lakes later.

In later generations, a considerable portion of the electricity in eastern Guangdong was generated and transmitted from Qianshan, such as the Xiangshui Thermal Power Station in Meishan Special Zone.

"Ah, you mean to build a power plant? Then can't we transport the coal? Water... forget about water, that's also hard to transport."

"Leader, if we build a pit-mouth thermal power station directly near the coal mine, we can generate electricity at a price close to the pit-mouth coal price. In the long run, this is much cheaper. As long as the transmission lines are well built, transporting electricity is much more convenient than transporting coal." The pit-mouth coal price refers to the coal that has just been dug out of the coal mine, without the cost of long-distance transportation.

How come this guy knows everything? I don't know these things.

"This... is interesting. But taking Qianshan as an example, the scientific research strength there may not be an advantage, and the scientific research environment is indeed not good. Over time, it will not develop."

"Hey, it's not a big deal. Production, learning and research can be separated geographically but combined in work. It's no problem for those doing learning and research to go on business trips from time to time."

The leader was really excited after listening to this. The issue of electricity is indeed a big problem. Places like Qianshan have the ability to generate electricity, but ultra-long-distance power transmission is also difficult. At that time, our power grid is not the super behemoth that will be the best in the world in the future.

On the one hand, there is a lack of electricity and it is difficult to expand, and on the other hand, it is somewhat useless. However, according to Gao Zhendong's approach, this problem can indeed be greatly alleviated.

"And there is an advantage in working with electronics there." Gao Zhendong smiled happily.

"What's the benefit?"

"The production of electronic components has certain requirements for ambient temperature and cleanliness. With the development of technology, a large amount of electricity is needed to maintain ambient temperature and cleanliness. Qianshan has a natural advantage: there are many caves! It is much cheaper to maintain these in the caves."

(End of this chapter)