African Nationhood

Chapter 655 State Council-Industry and Commerce

Shi Jinyong looked at Wang Zhongyi, "Minister Wang, please tell me."

Wang Zhongyi stood up with a smile, nodded to Chairman Shi and Vice Premier Shi Jinyong, and then began to speak.

“During the European War, domestic light and heavy industries developed by leaps and bounds.

In the three years before the war, our light industry had maintained an output value of about 200 billion yuan. Last year, it broke the record and reached 341 billion yuan. The output value of the tobacco, food and pharmaceutical industries was the highest.

The number of domestic light industry enterprises has increased to more than 8300, and many small and medium-sized enterprises have achieved profits that have doubled several times, and the scale of enterprises has continued to expand. "

The tobacco industry grew explosively during the war. Before the war, we could roll 25 billion cigarettes a year. But after the war, our annual cigarette volume exploded to 100 billion.

Now I am a little worried. What will happen to the skyrocketing cigarette production capacity after the war? "

Shi Jintang chuckled, "Although post-war economic contraction is the norm, you can ask cigarette factory staff to go to European countries to negotiate and contract outsourcing services for their brand of cigarettes at low prices.

Make money not by quality but by quantity. Think about it, a box contains 20 cigarettes, 100 billion cigarettes, that is 5 million boxes.

A pack of low-end cigarettes earns 0.5 pence, a pack of mid-range cigarettes earns 1.5 pence, a pack of high-end cigarettes earns 2 pence, and the average pack earns 1.3 pence. How much money can one earn in a year? "

After doing some calculations, Wang Zhongyi immediately smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I will arrange for someone to do it."

“During the war, the output value of our food industry, including cola, canned fruit and canned fish, doubled.

In the early days of the war, Chairman General, you gave away 5 million bottles of Coca-Cola for free, which made both Britain and France think they had taken a big advantage.

After their soldiers all fell in love with the sweet drink Coca-Cola, our sales increased.

As Britain, France, Italy and other countries continued to purchase Coca-Cola, our sales increased steadily. Before the war, our Coca-Cola sales in Europe were only 5-6 million bottles a year. During the war, our annual sales soared to the 20 billion bottle mark.

As these soldiers who are used to drinking Coke return home, their taste will drive more people to buy our Coke.

This marketing is great!

In addition, the war in Europe caused a surge in the sales of our medical kits. Not only were all the previously accumulated medical kits sold, but we also worked overtime to produce them.

Our domestic textile industry used about 1200 million spindles before the war, and the number skyrocketed to 3100 million during the war.

Cotton consumption was only 144.7 million bales before the war. During the war, it soared to four times the pre-war level.

In addition to making gauze to wrap wounds, the rest of the cotton was made into explosives. "

In fact, not only Nanhua, but also Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals in the United States has experienced a surge in performance due to this war, and its stocks have been booming.

Kelly smiled from ear to ear after seeing the performance of the stock market.

She kept whispering in front of Shi Zhao that she wanted her son to go to the United States to pick up her grandfather's class and manage Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals.

Shi Zhao and his wife Ouyang Keying were also somewhat interested, but they were afraid that Shi Jintang would not allow it, so they never made the trip.

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Because of the war, our sisal, cotton, and chemical raw materials such as sulfuric acid and nitric acid have all become bulk products for our foreign trade.

Among them, the annual output of nitric acid has skyrocketed to 1000 million tons, and the output of sulfuric acid has increased to 780 million tons. These two skyrocketing industrial acids have received many orders from Britain, France, and Italy.

“It was also because of the war that our stainless steel knives became a special necessity on the battlefield.

After all, surgery often requires surgical knives and even saws.

In the past, steel knives were prone to rust and harbor bacteria, but stainless steel utensils can avoid these drawbacks.

At the same time, it was kept bright and reassuring to look at, and our sales quadrupled from pre-war levels.

Europeans have been exploring our patent authorization situation and want to ask for our confidential formula. Our department believes that we can wait another two years before opening the patent authorization.

In addition, because of the war, our heavy industry was greatly developed. During the war, we exported 2 armored vehicles, 3.8 biplanes, Maxim heavy machine guns, Type 06 heavy machine guns, and other military products, all of which had large military sales. . In addition, because of our European Expeditionary Force, the victorious countries such as Britain, France, the United States, Italy, and Japan have all placed orders for landing ships for us. It seems that they are very coveted for our landing ships.

In addition, our submarines have also received arms sales orders, and the number is quite large. France, the United States, Italy, and Japan are also very covetous of our active sonar technology.

Minister Tan also said before that our agricultural tractors are very popular in the United States, South Asian kingdoms and South American countries, and they want to import large quantities from us.

In order to prepare for the surge in immigration in the next two years, the Ministry of Human Resources has proposed a plan to suspend the exchange of military supplies for immigrants. So how do we maintain relations with the Far East?

How to maintain the huge military industry orders? "

South China and the Far East used to rely on military industrial orders to balance the immigration trade. If it stopped, what would happen to the huge production capacity of the military industry sector?
Shi Jintang chuckled when he heard this, "You don't need to worry about this. Our military industry department does not need to reduce production. There will still be wars to fight next year."

Next year, Britain and France will gather their allies to implement an arms embargo against the Beiyang government. At that time, Nanhua will directly notify the warlords, big and small, in advance to transport the arms there, and the immigrants will be owed first.

We all have a long-term cooperative relationship, so there is still some trust.

Besides, Turkey's Kemal also had to fight bloody battles with France, Greece and other countries for national independence.

Talk to them. It's okay to support a batch of arms and make friends. But in the future, you can't buy arms from Nanhua?

As for going to Russia to hunt red geese, Nanhua definitely can't participate. He has to establish a good relationship with the red geese first.

After the establishment of Red Goose, everything is waiting for improvement. We must seize this big market and not let the Americans get rich alone.

In addition, Germany, Hungary, and Austria, the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Balkan countries all have to contact each other frequently, so that South China's huge military production capacity can always be absorbed.

Qu Sangqian has been in Central and Southern Europe for so long, so he has to make a few connections, and he will be a customer of Nanhua.

Hearing Chairman Shi's calmness, Wang Zhongyi immediately understood.

"Okay, Chairman, I will cooperate with Director Qi Lin."

"Well, you go ahead."

"After this war, the main force of our technology exports has increased a lot. Armored vehicles, aircraft, active sonar, these high-precision technology licensing revenue will account for the majority of our licensing revenue in the future.

Through this European war, our light and heavy industries in South China have achieved industrial integration and upgrading, from an ordinary industrialized country to a large industrialized country.

This is something no one in our department could have imagined, and we did it.

It is only through your guidance and wise leadership, Chairman, that we in Nanhua have achieved the remarkable achievements we have today. "

After Wang Zhongyi finished speaking, all the ministers present stood up and applauded.

Seeing the joy and pride on everyone's faces, Shi Jintang couldn't help but feel a little moved.

He waved his hand and said, "The achievements are only temporary. There is still a long way to go. Let's all encourage each other!"

Shi Jinyong smiled and nodded, "The chairman of the committee is right, we can't relax, the road ahead is long and we have to overcome all obstacles and endure hardships!

Next, the Chairman will announce the next medium- and long-term planning goals. "

Hearing what Shi Jinyong said, Shi Jintang was stunned for a moment. After the Paris Peace Conference, South China should become independent.

By then, Nanhua's political system will have to change, and officials will also make major adjustments. He is not yet sure about specific development goals.

Seeing many senior officials looking at him, he smiled and said, "In the next five years, everyone should continue as usual. When there are specific difficulties, we will analyze them in detail."

Although the country is about to become independent, there will definitely be many changes, but if the chairman does not disclose it, they naturally do not have the courage to ask.

The Chairman said so, they could only wait.

"Yes!"

"Okay, everyone has worked hard today. Let's go back and rest first. This state meeting ends here."

(End of this chapter)