Chapter 1491 Food, clothing, housing and transportation
Chapter 1493 Food, clothing, housing and transportation
Although Du Fei was not too surprised to learn about the situation in Siam, he would not remain indifferent.
In fact, he has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
Just like dog training, warning in advance and education afterwards are never as good as catching the action.
After you catch him, don't hesitate to give him a "soothing" meal plus three "dragon fruits", and his memory will last a lifetime.
It's just that Gu Dan has been too obedient all this time, and the tricks Du Fei had been preparing for a long time didn't come into use.
But what is supposed to come will always come.
No matter who is sitting on that chair, it is impossible for him to remain content for the rest of his life. Power is like a virus, constantly eroding people's hearts.
Du Fei had a thought in his mind and directly gave an order to Eagle: "Act according to the original plan."
Eagle made a promise and immediately broke off the contact.
Du Fei put this matter down. Firstly, he believed in Eagle's ability, and secondly, he had already prepared for it. There was no need to worry about such a trivial matter.
Eagle's expression was serious. Although he had long been on his own, the situation this time was different from the past. After all, Gu Dan was the king of a country, and the resources he could use were huge, which were not comparable to those of Eagle's original enemies.
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Du Fei put aside the situation in Siam and stayed in Nanyang for a few more days to see what would happen next.
The situation was generally not beyond his expectation, so he didn't stay any longer and took a flight back to his country.
It was the second half of 1979 when I came back again.
National Day is coming soon, and the capital is in full swing preparing for the celebrations.
This year marks the 30th anniversary. The commemoration is of great significance. Coupled with the abundant economy, the celebration must not be ambiguous.
Tiananmen Square was repaired and the towers were repainted with cinnabar red paint.
Looking east from the square, to the east of Dongdan, the scaffolding of a newly built skyscraper is being removed.
The construction of this building started the year before last and took two and a half years. It was finally completed. It has a total of 110 floors and a height of more than 400 meters. It is the tallest building in Asia, second only to the Twin Towers of America and the West Tower.
The third tallest building in the world.
Most of the construction projects are carried out by construction companies affiliated with fire equipment companies.
Cutting the ribbon before National Day is to give a gift to the 30th anniversary.
When Du Fei came out of the airport, he happened to see it when he passed by Chang'an Avenue.
Although it is a skyscraper, like the high-rise residential buildings built before, this building also retains some elements of traditional architecture.
There are cornices and brackets on the roof, and blue glazed tiles on the top.
Du Fei looked at the building through the car window, with a smile on his lips.
In the world before he traveled, this distinctive skyscraper did not exist at that location.
As the car arrived at its destination, Du Fei averted his eyes and got out of the car, going straight to Dad Zhu's office as always.
"You're back~" Dad Zhu asked with a smile when he saw Du Fei.
"Dad~" Du Fei called with a smile, first asking about Dad Zhu's health and how he was resting recently.
After a simple greeting, Du Fei quickly got to the point, and Du Fei reported on Yue Guo's situation.
In fact, Dad Zhu knew the general situation, and Du Fei only chose some details.
Dad Zhu nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face and did not interrupt Du Fei from beginning to end.
There is a saying that this time Du Fei let Zhu's father show his face.
Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng, including Shan Guo's Li Yuanchao, have always been outstanding in recent years.
But this time the meaning is unusual.
With the re-division of Huaguo from north to south, coupled with Hanoi's surrender, it means that the safety hazards on the land border in the south of Huaguo have been completely eliminated.
The most iconic one is that Lebanese ordered the troops to withdraw from the border.
You must know that before this, in order to prepare for emergencies, Huaguo set up military districts in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces and maintained nearly 200,000 front-line troops all year round.
These arrangements will become a thing of the past with the death of Le and the bowing of power in Hanoi.
Furthermore, with the pacification of Yueguo, the entire Nanyang region will open up a new pattern. Du Fei single-handedly promoted all of this and turned it into reality.
What’s even more amazing is that to achieve the current situation, it didn’t receive much support from the country from beginning to end.
But while the situation is excellent, we are also encountering many new problems.
Dad Zhu had a headache. After talking about the situation in Nanyang, he picked up a pile of documents on his desk and said with a wry smile: "These are all ministries and commissions asking me for people. Originally, there were people who had no jobs, but now it's better.
Complete transfer, there is a shortage of workers all over the country."
Du Fei couldn't help but think of the word 'labor shortage'.
He really didn't expect that this era would encounter such a problem.
But then I thought about it, and it seemed that it was not unusual. When SULIN assisted 156 projects, there was no labor shortage.
Otherwise, there would not have been a large number of agricultural people moving into cities, resulting in the subsequent urban overpopulation in the late 1960s.
Nowadays, as large-scale industrial investment continues, industrial and mining enterprises in various places are expanding, and it is not surprising that there is a shortage of employees.
Moreover, the labor gap this time is different from last time.
Last time, we directly turned young and middle-aged farmers into workers, but this time it is not that simple.
In addition to ordinary workers, what is more prominent in this labor shortage is the lack of cultured, qualified, and educated people.
This is why in the past two years, young people who went to the countryside to join the team were so popular. Some Shanghai-based companies even went directly to farms in the northeast and northwest. Officials contacted the local authorities to urge young people to return to the city, even if they didn't want to leave.
If you get married locally, your partner's children will go with you, work arrangements will be made, and your household registration will be finalized.
For young people who have attended junior high school and high school, the overall cost of learning and mastering work skills is far lower than hiring an ordinary farmer.
It is a pity that as early as two years ago, the more than 20 million young people who jumped in line were divided up.
This makes the labor shortage in the past two years particularly prominent.
Du Fei couldn't help but smile after hearing Dad Zhu's troubles.
This can be considered a happy trouble, and its root cause is not a labor problem, but an education problem.
Currently there are nearly one billion people in Huaguo, so there is no real shortage of people.
What the factory needs are qualified workers who are highly organized, disciplined, capable of learning, and able to get started quickly.
Organization and discipline are no problem at all in Huaguo.
The militia companies drawn from any village have better organizational discipline than foreign regular armies.
However, learning ability requires several years, or even more than ten years of basic education to cultivate and screen out.
There is no shortcut to this, it can only develop slowly over time.
In addition, another problem that Zhu’s father encountered, which he had never dared to think about before, was excess capital.
Because prices and exchange rates are fixed, it cannot be reflected in the lives of ordinary people, but from the government level, there is a real surplus.
Since cooperating with America to establish a textile and apparel group, Huaguo's rapid economic growth has continued for several years.
Especially in the past four or five years, after conquering Nanyang, the country's industrial manufacturing capabilities have been fully stimulated, and industrial products have been exchanged for a large amount of foreign exchange.
Coupled with the gold treasure previously obtained from Indu, even with continuous additional industrial investment in recent years, there is still a large balance in the annual final accounts.
If you are living at home and your balance is increasing, it means you are earning more, which is definitely a good thing.
But as far as the country is concerned, having a surplus is a good thing, but too much is not necessarily the case.
How to use the money has also become a problem.
Facing Dad Zhu's inquiry, Du Fei thought for a while and said seriously: "Dad, let me tell you, this matter can be big or small."
Dad Zhu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? How can it be big or small?"
Du Fei said: "Although we have some surplus, it is an exaggeration to say that there is excess capital. After all, there are too many places in the country that need money. Just pull it out and it can accommodate a huge amount of funds, railways, kilometers, power grids, and urban infrastructure.
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Dad Zhu nodded and continued.
Du Fei said: "But some things are afraid of the beginning, and we must guard against the slightest mistake! I just heard you say that someone proposed to make financial investment?"
Dad Zhu smiled and nodded secretly. As expected of Du Fei, he caught the key point right away.
Dad Zhu said: "From your tone, it seems that you are very repelled by finance?"
Du Fei explained: "Dad, I am not against finance. Of course we can do finance, but we must do it ourselves. To put it bluntly, the so-called financial market is just a big casino. Throughout the ages, the only people who want to make money in this industry are those who open casinos.
I’ve never heard of someone being able to take money away from someone else’s casino.”
At this point, Du Fei sneered: "I want to know who is the person who proposed financial investment. This person must be carefully investigated. He is either stupid, bad, or both stupid and bad."
Dad Zhu said calmly: "You don't need to worry about this."
Du Fei knew it in his heart and was afraid that someone had already checked it out.
But there must be no results. Anyone who dares to say such things must be a loser.
Du Fei's mind returned to the original question and continued: "What's more, people have been playing finance on Wall Street for many years. We have only a little money and are just starting out. Why should we take money out of other people's pockets? Let me tell you, don't think about it at all.
If you have more money, invest in infrastructure, and it is best to invest in projects that can make people feel happy and convenient."
Speaking of this, Du Fei's eyes were particularly firm: "I still remember what you wrote at the end of your work report the year before last year: New China is not just about overthrowing three mountains, but a better life after overthrowing three mountains. The foundation of all work is
For the benefit of the people..."
Dad Zhu didn't expect that Du Fei would casually read out what he wrote two years ago.
When it comes to flattery, this kind of flattery is the most powerful. Even people like Dad Zhu can't help but be talked about to their heart's content.
To say he was elated is an exaggeration, but after hearing his son-in-law's words, Dad Zhu was definitely in a good mood.
Du Fei continued: "What can make people truly happy? In the final analysis, it is nothing more than four words: food, clothing, housing and transportation."
Dad Zhu nodded, took out the cigarettes from his pocket, took out one himself, and then threw it to Du Fei.
Du Fei caught it, chuckled and hurriedly took out a lighter to light it, then lit one himself, and continued: "Nowadays, we have basically solved the problem of food and clothing, from not being able to wear warm clothes to wearing warm clothes.
Warmth, from not having enough to having enough to eat, brings the greatest sense of happiness. The rest is 'living' and 'traveling', and in terms of physical things, they are houses and cars."
"Car?" Zhu's father was stunned, but he didn't expect Du Fei to directly mention the car.
Du Fei said: "Forty years ago, the 'Dusan' could propose that every household should own a car, and we can naturally do the same. And it is not a fantasy. With our technology, we can completely build a cheap car like the Beetle."
.I once asked the automobile manufacturer to do calculations. If a small-displacement engine is used, the cost is reduced as much as possible, and mass production is carried out, the cost of each car will not exceed 1,500 yuan."
"Fifteen hundred yuan!" Dad Zhu didn't expect that Du Fei had actually done cost accounting, and the price of fifteen hundred yuan was really low enough.
Du Fei continued: "This price makes it difficult for every household to own a car, but senior workers, engineers, and leading cadres in the factory still have the spending power."
Dad Zhu nodded. At one thousand and fifty, these people's wages are indeed affordable.
Du Fei said: "Dad, actually last year I had an idea to launch cheap cars for ordinary people. This is not only a purely economic act, but also a publicity to the world. Our social construction has achieved a landmark achievement.
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Dad Zhu's eyes lit up, he really wanted to get this thing done, it was indeed of great significance.
Du Fei, however, looked serious: "But after careful consideration, I still held back."
Dad Zhu's thoughts were racing and he had already thought of Du Fei's concerns.
The car is easy to get, but the difficult part is the subsequent use and matching.
Not to mention other cities, Beijing's infrastructure is already the best, and it does not have the ability to carry a large number of cars.
Furthermore, where can I park the car after buying it? There will definitely be no parking space in the alley of the courtyard.
Dad Zhu said in a deep voice: "Indeed, the word 'travel' should be placed after the word 'live'. Without solving the problem of living, if a car enters the home, it will only be a mirror image." He looked at Du Fei and said: "
After all, we still have to build the building first."
Du Fei said: "At least we can see things when we build a building. If we take it out to the Guoji Financial Market, we probably won't even hear the sound. And this time if we build a building again, we need to build a parking lot in advance.
Each home comes with a parking space to prepare for the next step of selling a car.”
Dad Zhu smiled and said: "You should take one step at a time and watch the next three steps."
Du Fei hehe, he had a lot of time to organize: "But for such a large-scale construction, I'm afraid it won't be possible to use the past method of building family buildings by enterprises."
Dad Zhu stopped his smile and raised his eyebrows: "What are your thoughts?"
Du Fei said: "Since the commodity economy is still an important part of the socialist economy..."
Dad Zhu frowned and said, "You want to let go of housing transactions?"
Du Fei said: "As long as it is reasonable and legal, in line with the market price, and there is no speculation, why can't we let it go? In the past, the conditions were not good, and people didn't care. They were content with a place to shelter from the wind and rain. But now, they have enough food and warm clothes.
Now, a big family, seven or eight people, squeezed into a house of more than ten square meters..."
Dad Zhu thought silently, after all, this is not a trivial matter.
House transactions involve land. Once land is involved, it must be particularly sensitive.
Of course Du Fei understood that in the world before he traveled, he faced the same problem and had already come up with a solution.
It is to separate the land ownership and the use rights of the buildings on the ground, thereby avoiding possible political risks.
But Dad Zhu still needs to think carefully whether to implement it or not.
At this point, it came to an end, and Du Feizhuan brought up another important matter that had been on his mind.