Chapter 2: The trend

Another day is New Year's Eve, and the atmosphere of the rock is already a bit like the New Year.

Compared with other cities in China, the living conditions of Panshi people are still better, because several large enterprises in the city are not as sluggish as other state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises are constantly expanding production scale and seizing external markets. Combined, the economic income of the people of Panshi has increased significantly. In addition, the local supply of daily necessities is sufficient, and the impact of rising prices has been minimized.

Fan Wubing naturally knew that there were three pillar industries under his own Panshi Heavy Industry, Panshi Glass Factory, and Meat Processing Factory that provided economic guarantees. Otherwise, Panshi's economy would not be much better than other places.

Zhang Mei was at home, and their education system had already come to an end, so she was a little more relaxed. After Fan Wubing came back, she grabbed him and sat there and looked, and then asked a lot about him in school, such as his usual study, exams, etc.

"Actually, mom, you should have this awareness. How could your son be so genius, be stumped by those small exams?" Fan Wubing bragged to his mother Zhang Mei with a haha.

"Your mom, I'm just worried that you will be caught by the school because of cheating in the exam and then drive you back. That would be a shame." Zhang Mei responded bluntly.

"Can't you think about it well?" Fan Wubing said speechlessly.

It’s not that Zhang Mei looked down on her son, but that she felt that the courses in college could never be as easy to fool in middle school. And it should be a limit to what she was born to know, right? Does it mean that since her son was born, he has understood calculus and political economy?

Fan Wubing, who has no advantage, wants to pass the exam in college, probably has no other way but cheating?

Of course, Zhang Mei could not have imagined that her son was so capable. A small golden needle made many teachers give him a green light, and even the exam was just a formality.

If Fan Wubing would leave Fudan angrily because he failed the exam, there would definitely be a teacher crying and saying, "There was a miracle doctor who was my student, but I didn't cherish it. I regretted it after he was driven home because he failed my exam. If God could give me a chance to start over, I would like to say to the student before the exam, come to my house tonight, and I will give you the answer!"

People are utilitarian, and the most fundamental thing is fear of death. A miraculous doctor is willing to be close to each other. Even if they cannot be close to each other, they cannot be offended. Who knows if they will have a headache or fever one day?

After a while, Fan Heng finally came back from the construction site. The navy blue tweed was covered with snowflakes.

"Just this short section of the road from the gate to the yard, I made people covered in snowflakes. The snow fell so hard this year!" After Fan Heng came in, he was busy taking off his coat. The house was hotter, and he was still a little uncomfortable when he suddenly came in from the cold outside.

Fan Wubing ran over, slapped the snowflakes on Fan Heng twice, tidied them up, and then sat down together.

Fan Heng took a sip of hot tea and said, "Have you passed the exam?"

"Why are you all asking this question?" Fan Wubing suddenly felt a little depressed.

"What do we ask? Didn't pass the exam?" Fan Heng waved his hand.

Fan Wudian groaned and flipped over from behind the sofa.

Zhang Mei said, "Okay, okay. I asked for a long time just now, but I don't know what he had done, and I've passed it."

The meal had been prepared long ago. At this time, the three of them, Fan Heng's guards and chef, all gathered together and had a lively dinner. Then Zhang Mei went to see her documents. Fan Heng and Fan Wubing and his son sat aside, watching TV and chatting.

"I watched the "Same Song" a while ago and I felt good. I heard that it was you who did it?" Fan Heng asked.

"Well, the newly established column, I worked with CCTV, and the effect was OK." Fan Wubing replied.

"If you have time, you should have a special performance of revolutionary songs and make some old songs to sing. It will probably have a good response. Older people like this tune. You can do some popular songs that talk about love, but it is not of high quality." Fan Heng suggested.

Fan Wubing nodded and agreed, "I have had this kind of consideration, but I haven't had the time to implement it. If you want to sing revolutionary songs, there are too many older singers who need to invite, and your health and everyone's temper are a little inconsisting, so you need to be more cautious. In fact, we are also considering holding some special programs, such as when Panshi Airport is completed, I will organize a "Same Song" program on Panshi to hype the popularity here at once."

"It's rare that you care so much about things in your hometown!" Fan Heng nodded and expressed some approval to his son.

Then the two of them talked about the current domestic economic situation. After all, this is what they pay attention to every day. In contrast, running a program is just a casual act.

"Boss Zhu is very strong, but the matter of sorting out the triangle debt is very effective. This step is the right step." Fan Heng said to his son.

After Boss Zhu went from Shanghai to Beijing to serve as the vice premier in charge of economy, his first battle was to clear up triangular debts.

At that time, the accumulated triangular debts owed by enterprises had reached more than 300 billion, of which 80% were owed by large state-owned enterprises across the country. Over the past few years, the debts were cleared every year, but the more they were cleared.

After taking office, Boss Zhu personally rushed to the three eastern provinces where the triangle debt was most tangled, and personally took the stage to clear the debts on the spot. He proposed a complete set of iron-fist solutions such as injecting funds, linking goods to the goods, adjusting the structure, stalking the source, and reclaiming the debts. It took less than a month to basically solve the Northeast problem.

After returning to Beijing, he held a national conference on clearing triangular debt the next day. He issued military orders to governments across the country by long-distance telephone, fax and telegram, and asked the media to provide supervision to disclose in detail the progress of debt clearance in various places. In the next six months, the debt clearance was closed for a limited time and orders were made, so that officials from all over the country could not escape.

By the middle of 1992, the triangular debt chain that had plagued the central government and local governments for several years was finally untied. After this battle, Boss Zhu established his authority in the State Council with unprecedented pragmatism and tough style.

"The next step is very important, and we need to implement a tax sharing system." Fan Wubing said.

Over the years, the development of local economy and state-owned enterprises have been relying on the investment of the central government. The central government has become very tight and has to rely on the issuance of a large amount of currency to solve the problem. Therefore, the inflation problem caused is very serious.

Last year, the national fiscal revenue was 350 billion yuan, of which the central revenue was 100 billion yuan and the local revenue was 250 billion yuan, while the central fiscal expenditure was 200 billion yuan, and the deficit reached 100 billion yuan.

"I held a meeting a few days ago. Now I am going to solve the problem of illegal fundraising. I guess someone will be in trouble again." Fan Heng said.

"Reform must be at the expense of the interests of some people." Fan Wubing replied.

"State-owned enterprises that are poorly managed and have no future in development may be released." Fan Heng said, "Of course this is only in the experimental stage. In economically developed areas, enterprises can completely terminate labor relations with employees through the buyout of their seniority. The starting point is to reduce the burden on enterprises and go into battle lightly."

"Oh——" Fan Wubing nodded, thinking that this is what is called laid-off, and there is probably no way out except this step.

If you hold on, it is probably true that the company and the employees will survive and die together. If they are separated, everyone will have the opportunity to see the bright future, or they can keep the clouds clear and the moon bright.

Although Fan Wubing knew that this was the general trend, under the current situation in the country, the same method would have different effects.

In the coastal areas of the south, workers generally accept this way of buying out of their work experience, because in these places, many workers have long had second jobs, and the resettlement fee for buying out of their work experience can become the start-up capital for them to do small businesses or start their own businesses, which is relatively cost-effective for them.

In the north, especially in old industrial bases, people have become accustomed to binding their lives with enterprises. After all, for many years, everyone has received education to regard factories as their homes. The work and lifestyle passed down from generation to generation have almost lost their courage and ability to be independent.

What is particularly terrible is that the northern industrial bases basically do not have any atmosphere of doing business or entrepreneurship, so buying out the service life often means the disappearance of a low-level stable life. As the last little compensation is used up, huge survival pressure will spread in these places in a terrifying way.

"Oh, the rich and poor are about to start to differentiate again." Fan Wubing said to his father Fan Heng.

"At least we should be able to get better here. We went earlier this step. Now you have basically solved several companies with larger problems. The city's financial situation is pretty good. We recently held a seminar on the development direction of small and medium-sized enterprises, and initially formulated the development goals of Panshi's small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, and strived to solve these problems within two years." Fan Heng said to his son, "And several markets in the city have also been built. During the Spring Festival, they were very prosperous and brought a lot of economic income to the city. I believe that by this time next year, Panshi's overall economic situation will be twice as good as this year."
Chapter completed!