Chapter 11 Military to Civilian Transformation

After returning from the town, Xu Qiang went home to prepare to report to the factory tomorrow.

Household registration book, certificate issued by the unit, new clothes, and money given to him by his mother, these are the things he needs to prepare when he goes to the factory tomorrow.

When Xu Qiang's father was alive, he lived most of the time at the factory, where there were staff dormitories, a canteen, a bathhouse, and a club. The conditions there were much better than in the village. When his mother was not busy, she would go to the factory to cook for his father.

The sudden disaster caused Xu Qiang's family to lose their original warmth, but it gave Xu Qiang, who traveled through time, a new opportunity.

Living in the countryside, although Xu Qiang discovered the opportunity to extract humic acid, as a farmer, if he wanted to access more social resources and greater opportunities, working in a state-owned enterprise was a very good choice.

After all, doing business in the past two years is considered speculation, but it would be much better if you have the identity of a worker as a cover. Moreover, the Shengli Machinery Factory itself belongs to the third-line arsenal. It is a very large enterprise in Fuzhou and even in the whole of Jiangxi. Generally, if something happens to the employees, the factory will come forward to protect them. As long as it is not a major criminal offense, the factory’s public security bureau will handle it internally.

Also, after you have the identity of a worker at Shengli Machinery Factory, the locals will look up to you, including the director of the town supply and marketing cooperative whom you met before. If it weren't for Xu Qiang's identity as a "college student" and an employee of Shengli Machinery Factory, he probably wouldn't have met him at all, let alone talked about business. This is the reality.

Finally, the factory pays good wages, and living conditions are much better than in the village. The factory itself is a small society of its own, and the food, drink, and entertainment are much better than in the local area. This is very important for Xu Qiang, who was used to a comfortable life in his previous life. Only in this way can he do many things relatively comfortably.

Lying in bed after dinner, Xu Qiang kept thinking about what would happen after he joined the factory, and didn't fall asleep until very late...

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The sound of the military bugle in the early morning resounded throughout the entire factory area, and Xu Qiang had already arrived at the factory gate with his certificate.

Shengli Machinery Factory is located in the mountains called Liangshan. Xinyu Liangshan is located in the central area of ​​Jiangxi. It has undulating hills, lush vegetation and strong concealment. The 9304 factory area is built on the mountain. It has complete supporting facilities such as office buildings, dormitories, hospitals, schools, cinemas, auditoriums, radio stations, and bathhouses. The entire factory area stretches for more than ten miles and is known as the "Ten-mile Cannon City."

From 1964 to 1980, during the 16 years spanning three five-year plans, the state invested a huge amount of 13 billion yuan in the central and western parts of the 2052.68 provinces and autonomous regions that belonged to the third-line areas; 400 million workers, cadres, intellectuals, PLA officers and soldiers, and tens of millions of migrant workers, under the call of the times to "prepare for war and famine for the people" and "good people and good horses go to the third line", packed their bags, traveled through mountains and rivers, came to the deep mountains and valleys, and deserts of the southwest and northwest of the motherland, slept in the open air, carried things on their shoulders, and built more than 1100 large and medium-sized industrial and mining enterprises, scientific research institutions, and colleges and universities, which were called "third-line factories" with hard work, blood, sweat, and their lives.

Shengli Machinery Factory is a local military enterprise in JX Province, affiliated to the JX Provincial Defense Science and Technology Office. In the 69s, Shanghai Radio Factory No. 57 was the main contractor for the factory, which mainly produces Type 9324 rocket launchers and Type anti-aircraft gun fuses. The factory's external code name is .

"You are Xu Qiang, right?"

After receiving the call from the gatekeeper, a young man with neat short hair, wearing a white Dacron shirt and a gentle appearance appeared in front of Xu Qiang shortly and asked with a smile.

"Yes." Xu Qiang nodded and asked, "What's your name?"

"I'm the factory director's secretary. My name is Wang Bo."

"Hello, Secretary Wang."

"Did you bring the certificate and household registration book?" "Here they are." As Xu Qiang spoke, he took out the certificate that the factory had issued to his family and his own household registration book from his pocket.

There were no ID cards back then, so the only way to verify your identity was to use your household register.

After taking a careful look at the certificate and the household registration booklet, he said to Xu Qiang: "Put your things away. I will take you to see the factory director first, and then we will go to complete the employment procedures."

"Thank you, Secretary Wang."

"You're welcome. We'll all be colleagues in the same factory from now on." Wang Bo smiled and said, "When you meet the factory director, tell him the truth when he asks you questions. Don't bring up other things."

"Got it." Xu Qiang responded, and then the two of them walked towards the factory office building together.

At the same time, in the director's office in the factory office building, several key leaders of the factory sat around the desk of Director Liu Biao, and the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

"...Starting from this year, our company's military orders will gradually shrink. I have received relevant documents requiring us to transition from military to civilian use. This is also a trend in the country." At his desk, the factory director Liu Biao, who was wearing a Zhongshan suit, looked serious. He continued, "We must have a sense of urgency and be prepared for danger in times of peace. As grassroots leaders in the factory, you must also treat the development of civilian products as a priority. At least by the end of this month, each of your workshops must come up with a practical design plan for me..."

"Director Liu, hasn't the research institute always been responsible for the development of civilian products? The radios they make are very good. I tried them before and they are no worse than the imported ones." Wang Zhenbo, the director of a workshop, interjected.

"Yes, our institute has a wealth of talent and economy, and we can definitely produce good products that can adapt to the market." Han Wei, director of the third workshop, also interjected.

"The institute's radios are really good, but we can't just rely on one thing. Let me remind you that if the orders for military products drop significantly next year, it will be a disaster for us!" Liu Biao said in a serious tone, "So we must mobilize all our strength, brainstorm, and mobilize the wisdom of all departments and units to avoid future difficulties."

"Then let's go down and prepare..."

"I'm not asking you to prepare, but each of your workshops must bring me preliminary civilian product design plans before this Sunday. You must treat this as a serious matter! Mobilize the strength and wisdom of all our workshops. Also, I must see samples before the end of the month!" Liu Biao said seriously.

Liu Biao knew that the factory was currently performing well, orders for military products had been coming in continuously, and employee welfare benefits had been stable, so apart from normal production, no one would take the "military-to-civilian" issue seriously. Having held the iron rice bowl for so long did make people less motivated and more lazy.

However, for the factory director Liu Biao, his policy sense is still very keen. He knows that some of the policies of his superiors are not groundless. Being prepared for danger in times of peace is the way for the company to maintain long-term healthy and stable development. In order to gain the upper hand in the company's military-to-civilian development in the future, it is necessary to plan ahead.

A few years ago, Shengli Machinery Factory did develop civilian radio products, but these products mainly relied on the technical support provided by the aid-building Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3, and key components were also provided by Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3. Because the products conflicted with Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3, very few core parts were available in recent years, and less than 13,000 units were produced last year.

This output is not bad for some domestic electronics factories, but for a large factory like Shengli Machinery Factory with 10,000 employees, it can't support many people. If they want to truly realize "military to civilian", they need more powerful products...

(End of this chapter)