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Railway station, station square.

The head of a large radio factory under the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building came out with several entourage members, preparing to take a bus to the Northern Machinery Company for a meeting.

"Lao Pang, what are you doing?"

The head of the radio factory had just arrived at the station and immediately ran into an old acquaintance.

"I say, Li Guozhong, what do you mean by that? Your radio factory can come, but why can't I come to the local area?"

After saying that, Director Pang took out a cigarette and handed it to his old friend.

"That's not what I meant. What on earth is Lin Kaifeng up to? Why did he invite your aviation engine factory, which belongs to the Third Ministry of Machine Building?"

Before coming, Li Guozhong spoke over the phone with other invited business leaders.

Everyone guessed that Lin Kaifeng might be preparing to acquire shares in various factories.

The state has just issued a document agreeing that enterprises can acquire a certain number of shares in other factories and enterprises by investing capital.

Not long after the document was issued, Lin Kaifeng invited the heads of more than 20 large companies to a meeting.

The purpose is obvious.

Nine out of ten people want to buy shares.

However, all the companies that received the invitation were subordinate to the First and Fourth Ministry of Machine Building.

Lao Pang’s factory is a military engine enterprise under the Third Ministry of Machine Building.

The Fourth Ministry of Machine Building was responsible for the electronics industry.

The Third Ministry of Machine Building was responsible for the military and civil aviation industries.

No matter what type of aircraft, electronic components are indispensable.

Therefore, the Third Ministry of Machine Building often had contacts with its enterprises.

Director Pang lit a cigarette and said slowly, "I took the initiative to call Lin Kaifeng and asked for a place at the meeting for myself."

"You asked for a place for yourself?"

Li Guozhong looked confused.

"Could it be... your engine factory also..."

"It's not just our engine factory. All the enterprises under the Third, Fifth and Sixth Ministry of Machine Building are worried about the lack of funds."

The enterprises under the major industrial ministries are closely connected and there are no secrets at all.

It was no secret that Lin Kaifeng had invited the First and Fourth Ministries of Machine Building and some of their subordinate enterprises to a meeting.

In order to change his situation, Director Pang decided to take the initiative.

Lin Kaifeng did not invite companies from other systems, so it doesn’t count at all.

As long as you are thick-skinned enough, Director Pang can come to the meeting.

"As long as Lin Kaifeng can provide funds to help our aviation engine factory, I will not hesitate to let him become a shareholder or even the director."

"It's a good time to step back and get rid of this mess."

Director Pang joked half jokingly, but seriously.

Ever since the state cut funding for state-owned enterprises, enterprises in all sectors have been struggling to make ends meet.

Tens of thousands of workers at the aviation engine factory went to Director Pang every day to complain.

They believed that the suspension of funding was due to the incompetence of the factory leaders.

In order to avoid having their ancestral graves dug up by others, they cursed their ancestors for eighteen generations.

Director Pang gritted his teeth, took out his last bit of money, and prepared to plunge into the business world and try to transition from military to civilian use.

Get some civilian goods in exchange for emergency funds.

Organize the factory's technical staff to try to produce washing machines.

"So that's how it is. It's hard for you."

Li Guozhong sighed.

Every family has its own problems, no matter how glorious these factory leaders seem to be.

Once there is a problem in the factory.

The employees didn't look for anyone else but them.

"Let's go to the meeting at Northern Machinery Company."

Adhering to the principle of taking care of each other when in trouble, Li Guozhong decided to stand together with Director Pang.

Change to the past.

Not to mention collective joint-stock enterprises, even for large-scale state-owned enterprises, it is impossible to call all the heads of large enterprises together for a meeting.

Today, all state-owned enterprises are in a miserable situation where they are at the end of their rope and have no money left.

It was analyzed that Lin Kaifeng wanted to invest in various companies.

Instead of having any dissatisfaction, the crowd went there enthusiastically.

The reason is simple: money.

Dozens of minutes later, the participants took various means of transportation and arrived at the conference room of Northern Machinery Company one after another.

The conference room, which could accommodate two hundred people at the same time, soon became full.

Seeing that all the participants had arrived, Lin Kaifeng, who was presiding over the meeting, walked to the podium in front.

Express gratitude to everyone with a smile on your face.

Just as everyone guessed.

Lin Kaifeng does want to invest in the factory.

The companies that can call Lin Kaifeng for a meeting will all have their own fortunes in the future.

It's a matter of selecting the best from the best.

"Comrades, if you have any ideas or opinions, you can all speak out. Since this is a meeting, any issue can be discussed openly."

After expressing his opinion, Lin Kaifeng handed the right to speak to the participants.

Director Pang, who was sitting in the front row, was the first to stand up and said hurriedly, "Comrade Lin Kaifeng, the difficulties our factory is facing now mainly come from two aspects. One is the shortage of funds, and the second is the lack of technology to develop washing machines."

Director Pang is a retired soldier and is used to speaking directly.

After some investigation.

Director Pang believes that the technology used to manufacture aircraft engines is similar to that used to manufacture washing machines.

Only when I started trying did I realize that it was not a little bit difficult.

The aircraft engine factory will not switch its business to produce washing machines.

In the past, it would definitely cause everyone to burst into laughter.

At this moment, no one could laugh.

A poor man has little ambition, and a thin horse has long hair.

If they were Director Pang, they would also consider other aspects.

Director Pang is not the first head of a military-industrial enterprise to change careers.

Before him, military factories had already tried to produce civilian goods.

In the 60s, Longguo broke completely with the Soviet Union.

Before long, the Soviet Union deployed a million troops on the northern border of Longguo.

They tried to force Longguo to compromise and surrender through the use of force and other means.

The Long Kingdom refused to give in and stationed a large army in response.

They were worried that one day the Soviet Union would lose its mind and launch an attack on Longguo.

The weapons and equipment production tasks of the military factories under the Third, Fifth and Sixth Ministries of Machine Building became heavier year by year.

In accordance with the idea of ​​fighting three world wars, military-industrial enterprises launched a protracted weapons production.

If the border area cannot be defended, Longguo will immediately mobilize all its citizens to become soldiers.

Based on a population of 900 million, the wartime standard is five grenades, one automatic rifle, and one hundred rounds of ammunition per person.

The military-industrial system has stockpiled a large amount of weapons and equipment.

More than a decade later, the Soviet Union was showing signs of fatigue.

Every citizen is mobilized as a soldier, and preparations for famine and war are declared over.

The continuous advancement of economic reform has led to a sudden reduction in the tasks of military-industrial enterprises.

The country no longer implemented the policy of preparing for famine and war, and the performance of military-industrial enterprises plummeted.

Director Pang needs money, but more importantly, he needs relevant washing machine technology.

The aviation engine factory took out its last bit of money to transform the production line.

Once the washing machine project is cancelled, it will be a waste of a large amount of state-owned assets.

Lin Kaifeng smiled faintly and said, "Director Pang, you can rest assured. In addition to providing funds to various companies, I will also provide technical assistance."

"Your factory is developing washing machines while retaining its military product production capabilities. This is a very good idea. I believe that it won't be long before more military companies make the same choice as you."

"In the technology of automatic washing machines, we ..."