Chapter 424: Great Stride Forward

The world's most hardworking nation is the Chinese nation.

If it were built abroad, starting from scratch, this construction site and factory would take at least a year to complete.

Three months may not seem like a short time, but it started in this barren farmland and hills. Moreover, although there were machines in this era, they were nothing compared to the past. There were only a few bulldozers and forklifts, plus a few Dongfeng trucks with a load capacity of about 5 tons.

The rest is entirely done by manpower, with people carrying things on their shoulders and hands, leveling the ground, digging ditches, erecting electric wires, and building factories.

It is worth mentioning that although Shekou is just a small place, it also has hardware factories and cement factories.

In 71, the Masses Daily reported that there were more than 3000 small cement factories in the country, and every city had a small hardware factory that could carry out small-scale production and repair of tractors.

The infrastructure mania did not emerge only after the reform and opening up. In 76, there were more than 8 reservoirs of various sizes across the country. Without these reservoirs, it would be impossible to increase production with only fertilizers and improved seeds.

It can be said that the accumulation of the first thirty years of New China was extremely rich, and once it broke out, it was unstoppable.

What Wang Deming needs to do is to mobilize this power more quickly than in his previous life, rather than letting it slowly sink to the bottom and be devoured by some people from inside and outside.

It is said that Chinese people hate the rich, but for wealthy people with real conscience, Chinese people may not necessarily hate the rich.
Wang Deming looked at the new factory building rising from the ground in front of him, and he felt proud. "Okay! I hope the leaders can quickly make arrangements for the customs clearance of the new equipment."

"The latest air braiding machine purchased from Italy is already at sea and is expected to arrive at the port within 5 days."

"In addition, relevant technical information also came with the ship."

Wang Deming turned to the Shekou leaders and said, "Technological development is the primary productive force. I specially paid more money to buy the equipment and technology patents of textile machinery from the Italian manufacturer. Next, please contact the corresponding technical research institute to make a connection."

"Our domestic textile industry now has a very good foundation. As long as we improve our technology, it will be easy to occupy the overseas market."

"With light industry as a breakthrough point, our economy can be restarted."

There is one thing Wang Deming did not say, which is that when he was in the former Ministry of Foreign Trade, he only did one thing, which was to implement all the petrochemical projects in the 43 Plan.

Among them, the thirteen large fertilizer projects are of course important, but the one Wang Deming chose at the beginning was petrochemical fiber.

The biggest reason for the shortage of fabrics in China is not the lack of pure cotton fabrics in China, but the fact that all the pure cotton embryos are exported for foreign exchange.
Domestic technology is limited, the market is limited, and we only have a place in the international market for raw materials.

Wang Deming played a very important role in this. This was the reason why he took over several major textile companies including Nan Fung Spinning Mill and Taiping Textile when he was in Hong Kong.

Now it’s finally time to use it.

The 10-ton cargo ship of Hong Kong Orient Overseas Container Line soon arrived at the Shenzhen Port. The only difference was that the Shenzhen Port was still the original old port and could dock, but most of the loading and unloading work at the port still relied on manpower.

Fortunately, there are only a lot of people in the country at this time.

In order to ensure a successful launch, Wang Deming personally went to the port with the leaders of Shekou District to receive the goods.

However, he pointed to a group of people who were doing the moving work and found that a few of them stood out in particular. They were wandering around in a sloppy manner and were not working.

"Comrade leader, what's the situation with these young comrades?"

"Ah, this." The leading comrade of Shekou also saw it and wanted to find an excuse to cover it up, but he knew Wang Deming's identity.

He waved to the port leader, a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing a washed-out work suit. He thought for a moment and then told the truth: "Comrade Deming, to be honest, you also worked in our government before."

"Although I am now the vice president of the association for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, I should also be aware that these people are children of educated youth who have just returned from the countryside." "In order to give them a job, our port has also recruited a lot of people."

The port leaders sighed repeatedly, "But there are only a handful of these educated youth children. Alas!"

"You've seen it, and there's nothing we can do about it. These few are still good. At least they can still hang around the port for a few rounds and show their faces. Some disappear as soon as they complete the employment procedures."

“I don’t know where he went.”

Wang Deming frowned. This is a common phenomenon nowadays.

To put it bluntly, most of these people come from wealthy families.

Just like in the previous life, do you dare to do this without any background?

They cannot be fired now, but they can only be paid basic salary, which is only 20 or 30 yuan a month. How can it be enough for these young people to spend money?
Only those with a strong family background and deep connections can get a job just as a formality. They may become leaders in the future.
This is how society works, both in the past and in this life.

In his previous life, Wang Deming didn't realize this truth until he was over 40 years old, but it was of no use. No one wanted to work for him like a cow or a horse.

Tens of millions of new cattle and horses a year are easier to handle than a middle-aged man like him, and they are willing to work hard without complaint.
"Okay, I know!" Wang Deming looked unhappy. "I don't care about other places, but don't let these people into the Shekou Industrial Zone."

"Don't let it embarrass everyone."

"You all know that I still have some room to speak in front of Sichuan leaders."

"Yes, yes. Comrade Deming, we all know." Both the leaders of the port and the leaders of Shekou hurriedly agreed.

The reason why they knew Wang Deming's identity was because they received guidance from the person behind the scenes.

They had fought hard to get the position in Shekou Industrial Zone.
A duck knows first when the river water warms in spring. Although many reinstated leaders are still conservative, many of them have already become passionate about their determination to overcome difficulties and obstacles and develop China's economy.

Shekou Industrial Zone is the vanguard!

Soon, this first batch of textile equipment to arrive at the port was transported into the factory.

Workers who had been trained for three months in advance entered this huge textile factory for trial production.

This large textile factory, covering an area of ​​more than 10 acres, is equipped with the latest Italian textile equipment. It not only produces textile fabrics, but also the most critical clothing.

Garment processing is the core of processing supplied materials, which is also called OEM.

Not only in this era, but also in the past, the domestic textile fabric technology is not world-class, and domestic garment factories are still mainly engaged in OEM.

In fact, the poor quality is the fabric craftsmanship.

By the way, there was a very famous fabric in this era, Dacron, which was made from raw materials produced by the newly built chemical fiber factories. Dacron was both washable and airtight, and it was the top brand of this era.

So the country cancelled cloth coupons two years later.

Another incident in 78 was the household contract responsibility system in Xiaogang Village, which was reported directly to the emperor.

(End of this chapter)