Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 72 New Year's Day Summary (asking for monthly recommendation tickets)
Throughout December, Wang Jiankun spent most of his energy on establishing this route, and by New Year's Day, he finally achieved some phased results.

The route was basically full on the day it opened. Because of the reputation built up during the trial run, many people bought tickets for New Year's Day in advance, with some even buying return tickets for the following week, fearing they would miss out if they were too late.

Currently, the C200 transport vehicle has 60 berths and 50 seat tickets. If you are willing to stand for a few hours or bring your own stool, you can also buy standing tickets at a 8% discount. The standing tickets depend on the situation, and a maximum of 30 standing tickets can be sold.

The freight currently mainly transports Wang Jiankun's lighters and Du Weiqiao's copper, zinc, manganese and other metals. Other sporadic freight needs to be transported by his ship.

Because there are still few small private workshops in Anqing and Nanjing, state-owned factories currently do not ask Wang's Transport Team for transportation. The main reason is that Wang's Transport Team is unwilling to keep accounts.

Currently, state-owned enterprises record their transportation expenses first and rarely pay in cash. They usually settle accounts every six months or a year. Funds between state-owned enterprises are usually transferred directly by banks.

Of course Wang Jiankun was unwilling to accept such a long payment period, and there would be great risks involved.

If an enterprise is not managed well, pseudo-collective enterprises like Wang Jiankun's that are affiliated with it cannot expect to seek compensation. Other state-owned enterprises have their own superiors to uphold justice. The compensation can be recovered through asset replacement or directly exempted through certain methods. After all, they all belong to the state.

So after a period of trial operation and finding it difficult to cooperate with those state-owned enterprises, Wang Jiankun asked ticket sellers in several places not to consider such customers anymore, and to focus on those private enterprises. Although the individual cargoes are not much, when concentrated together, each place can still utilize about 70% of the remaining cargo space.

Moreover, as the attitude from above becomes gradually clear, local policies will become more and more open. After all, after more than two years of observation, the central and some local leaders have strengthened their ideas of reform and opening up, and the increasing number of business licenses issued to individual businesses is proof of this.

So far, Wang Jiankun has only built two C200-type ships. The previous one was changed to C201, and the later one was marked with the hull number C202.

It’s not that we don’t want to build more, but it takes time to train qualified personnel. Currently, on the two ships sailing on the Yangtze River, in addition to the six people trained personally by Wang Jiankun at the beginning, my father also selected six people from other production teams.

The six people were led by Cheng Biao from Shibao Production Team and Pan Xingliang from Zhankeng Production Team as captains, and two people from other production teams as first mates and waiters.

Six people were assigned to two ships and trained one-on-one in the hope that they would be able to become independent within two months. By then, Wang Jiankun would use his superpowers to build two more ships, one for the Shanghai to Hukou route and the other for the Wuhan to Hukou section.

After that, we will train a group of personnel every two months, and strive to have 82 groups of qualified captains and crew members in 10, and put them into eight C8 ships for Yangtze River shipping. The two extra groups are to facilitate the captains and crew members to take turns to rest, otherwise these people will not be able to go home to rest for several months, which will affect their enthusiasm.

After that, we can consider developing towards the Pearl River and manufacturing transport ships with larger tonnage, and then consider building a shipyard there. Wang Jiankun will provide equipment and drawings to build seagoing ships for sea transportation.

By mid-December, Wang Jiankun had transported the precision parts and equipment needed by the electronic watch factory to Guangzhou by rail, using a total of two railway cars.

Two sets of 20-micron precision lithography machines and etching machines were shipped over, two sets of 10-micron precision machines were shipped over, and two high-speed placement machines were also shipped over, in addition to some equipment for manufacturing PCB boards, ultra-thin glass, liquid crystals, solder, etc.

These devices have been tried out by Fang Guihua and other two people, and Wang Jiankun made more automated adjustments based on their usage, so that anyone with a high school education can be fully capable of operating equipment of this precision.

After a month of renovation by Wang Jiankun, most of the yard of the scrap recycling station has been converted into production workshops and laboratories. He also agreed with the original landlord to sell the house to Wang Jiankun privately, and would pay taxes and transfer the ownership when he could go to the Housing Authority. So Wang Jiankun can now renovate this place with confidence.

Every month, Wang Jiankun asked the owner of the rare earth mine, Mr. Zhu, to deliver more than 70 tons of rare earth ore directly to the warehouse rented by Dexing Copper Mine. Every month, Wang Jiankun made two trips to refine the ore. Things that needed to be transported back to the production team, such as glass, were transported back to the production team, and the rest were stored in the warehouse of Dexing Copper Mine and transported little by little to the underground base there as reserves.

The current warehouse manager is doing a pretty good job, so Wang Jiankun has no plans to replace him. Otherwise, he would definitely send someone more trustworthy to guard it.

On New Year's Day, Wang Jiankun did not set sail on the ship. After the ceremony, he took his grandfather and father on the Experimental No. 2 driven by Wang Huawei to Sizhou Town.

Then we went home together in my father's truck.

It has been one and a half months since Wang Jiankun returned home in November to help the commune debug the spring factory equipment. After returning home, he has not been idle because the ceremony of moving into the new house will be held tomorrow.

The house was built according to Wang Jiankun's drawings. It has two and a half floors in total and a small platform on the top. Wang Jiankun asked his father to install a water tower and dig a deep well behind the house.

An electric motor can be used to pump water into a water tower, and then the water is led from the water tower to the bathroom downstairs. In this way, there is an indoor bathroom on each floor, and there is running water in the kitchen. There is no need to wash vegetables and dishes in a small wooden basin, and my father and grandfather also save the trouble of fetching water from the river every day.

After arriving home, his two sisters dragged him to the backyard of the old house. Wang Jiankun didn't understand what was going on until he saw a small shed and realized that this was where he had raised the four little rabbits he had caught for his sisters.

The two sisters worked together to lift the lid of the straw hut, revealing four holes.

"Brother, look, there is a big rabbit in each of these four holes. They are so fat. Grandpa said that we should go into the new house tomorrow and catch two to eat. Brother, do you want to eat some?"

"Really? You're not lying to me. Why can't I see any rabbits?"

"Oh, they are not familiar with your voice so they are scared and hid in the hole. You wait here, I will get some leaves."

Then she asked her sister to watch the rabbit and make sure it didn't jump out and run away.

My cousin looks a little fatter recently, her face is rosy and her hands are round. She is holding a small stick and is ready to hit any rabbits that pop out to prevent them from running away.

"Yueyue, you're not going back home for the New Year, right? How about spending the New Year here?"

"My parents said they would go back to Sikou's home to celebrate the New Year, and then come to my grandparents' home after the New Year."

"Have you been happy here during this time?"

"I'm so happy! I can feed the rabbits by myself now. After my sister goes to school, I can feed the rabbits by myself!"

"You are so powerful, aren't you afraid that the rabbit will bite you?"

"Don't be afraid, I have a stick, rabbits are afraid of it." He waved the stick a few times.

At this time Chunxiang took more than 10 pieces of green leaves and threw a few pieces into each hole. After a while, the rabbits popped out to eat the leaves. Two brave ones ate at the hole, looking at the three people while eating. The other two were less timid and dragged the leaves into the hole to eat.

Looking at the fat rabbits and thinking about his sister's braised rabbit meat, Wang Jiankun was drooling.

In December, Wang Jiankun spent most of his time traveling back and forth with the ship, and often ate on the ship. The several grown men completely wasted the ingredients Wang Jiankun bought, and he couldn't always leave them behind to eat the delicious food, so he could only eat the barely edible food they cooked.

After watching the rabbit, Wang Jiankun asked his two sisters to take him around the team and talk about the changes in the team during this period.

There was a moderate snowfall two days ago, and some snow could still be seen in the shaded areas on the roadside. The road in the team has become much smoother.

According to my sister, at the beginning of last month, people from other production teams were invited to pick up a lot of pebbles and sand to pave the road, and they were also asked to smash the ground with big stones.

So now you won’t step into mud when you walk on the road, otherwise the roads in the team will be impassable after it snows. Last winter, basically every household stayed at home, with only adults occasionally coming out to fetch water and empty the toilet.

This year is different. Someone in every family has to go out to work in the factory every day. Before, the weather was good and the temperature was high, so we didn't think about repairing the road. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it rained a few times and the road became muddy. Workers have to walk several trips to and from get off work every day. Some people have changed their shoes and have no shoes to go to work.

At that time, only a few cadres in the team had a pair of rain boots that were distributed, and no other family had any. The team realized that this was not a good idea, as the weather would be even worse after the snow, and the ground would be even more difficult to dry, so they quickly found someone to pave the road with sand and pebbles.

According to what my sister heard, before the beginning of next spring, the team will buy cement to repave the road, and then the road will be as smooth as those in big cities.

Walking along the team's main road all the way to the hydropower station, Wang Jiankun looked at the water level. It was almost the same as the last time he came. It might be because of a few autumn rains and the moderate snow in the past two days, which replenished some water in the river. Otherwise, there would not be two generators working at the same time.

Wang Jiankun walked up to the dam and found that there were many groupers gathered under the dam. His two sisters followed him up the dam and said excitedly, "Brother, brother, let's catch some fish. We haven't eaten this kind of fish since the last time you caught it." "Didn't father occasionally buy grass carp and carp? You must have eaten a lot of fish, right?"

"Brother, this fish tastes different. This fish is more delicious. I want to eat this fish. Can you catch it?"

"I will when the time comes. It's winter now. Can I wait until I get home and make the tools before I do it?"

"Okay, let's go back quickly. If we cook now, we can still have it for dinner. Otherwise, you won't have time to catch it tomorrow."

"Okay, don't worry, take your sister and walk slowly. The dam is dangerous. Don't come here without permission in the future, okay?"

"I see. This is my first time at the dam, too. Otherwise, I would have known there were so many fish here."

After arriving home, Wang Jiankun took the electrical wires, then went to the place where the boxes were piled, took some copper and zinc blocks, used his superpowers to turn them into copper wires, and then coated them with a layer of insulating paint to make enameled wire.

I went back to the old house, found some tools I had prepared earlier, and started making transformers and relays.

Wang Jiankun was preparing to make an electric fishing machine. The structure was very simple, with two sets of coils, one large and one small, and two capacitors. He then used a lock and soldered two pieces of tin on it, and the main part of the electric fishing machine was ready.

The two sisters watched Wang Jiankun quickly wind the coil, then assemble the capacitor with metal sheets, put the small components into the wooden box, and then took two electric wires and tied them to bamboo poles, installed a small fishing net on one bamboo pole, and installed a small section of steel wire on the other bamboo pole.

If an ordinary person were to do it, it would definitely take a long time, and many materials might not be available during that time. But Wang Jiankun used some super powers to help him, so the two sisters watched Wang Jiankun quickly make the electric fish machine.

After finishing, Wang Jiankun went to get more than 1 meters of electric wire and wrapped it around a wooden frame, then called Wang Liping to go to the dam to fish with electric current.

The two younger sisters were still too young, and he was worried about asking them for help, so he called Wang Liping and asked him to help get the electrical wires.

When they arrived at the dam, Wang Jiankun connected the wires to the 220 socket on the transformer, and then laid the wires all the way onto the dam. He asked Wang Liping to take care of the wires and hold the iron bucket. He asked the two sisters to watch from the shore and not to go up to the dam, for fear that they would be too busy watching the fish and accidentally slip into the water.

I connected the electric fishing machine to the neutral wire and the live wire of the electrical wire and tried it remotely. There was spark between the two tin blocks of the relay, and the two tin blocks were attracted and released.

He carried the electric fish collector to the rock below and put two bamboo poles into the water. At this time, because Wang Jiankun was walking around, most of the groupers hid in the cracks of the rocks.

The fishing net and steel wire were placed about half a meter close together, extended down along the stones of the dam, and the switch was pressed. After the circuit was connected, several large groupers jumped out instantly, standing upright and motionless under the continuous shock of the electric current. Wang Jiankun released the switch and fished out the fish and asked Wang Liping, who was waiting on the side, to catch them with a bucket.

By shocking the fish with electricity and then releasing it, the groupers in the cracks of the rocks came out and were caught by Wang Jiankun with a fishing net.

In less than half an hour, 8 or 9 kilograms of fish were electrocuted. Wang Jiankun only picked up the big ones and put the smaller ones in the water above the dam to let them swim away.

At the end, Wang Liping was taught how to disassemble and assemble electrical wires, and how to use the electric fish machine. When he went back, he was asked to take 3 kilograms of fish and the electric fish machine home, while he took his two sisters and more than 5 kilograms of fish back to the old house.

It’s better not to keep the electric fishing machine at home, for fear that the naughty sister would use it to try it out and get into danger. Wang Liping can use the electric fishing machine to catch fish without leaving the car. He will also share the fish he gets with Wang Jiankun’s family, so that his sister can eat some fresh river fish from time to time when she is greedy.

After I got home, my mother had also finished get off work. Today was supposed to be a holiday, and the team didn't want anyone to work, but the team members felt that they would get double pay if they worked today, and most of them who didn't have urgent matters at home wanted to earn more so they could buy some nice things for the New Year, so my mother had to work overtime with us until now.

The two younger sisters carried the tin buckets towards the kitchen as if they were presenting a treasure. It was so heavy that they had a hard time lifting them and a lot of water splashed around. When they got to the kitchen, they chattered with their grandmother, eldest aunt and mother about how Wang Jiankun made the electric fish machine and how he caught so many fish.

The three of them looked at the large amount of fish in the bucket and decided to eat two pounds of fish tonight and save the remaining three pounds for a dinner party tomorrow.

The two younger sisters naturally had no objection. As long as the adults said they would cook fish tonight, it would be fine, so they would eat it first.

Wang Jiankun ignored the issue of cooking dinner and helped his father and grandfather tidy up the new house. Then he went back to the old house to check everything needed for the new house.

The dinner that day was very sumptuous. Wang Jiankun also drank some wine with his grandfather, father and uncle. After the meal, the family sat together and chatted.

After New Year's Day, my father will go to the commune to work as a clerk. Although the position is not high, it is a formal position and the work is relatively leisurely. He can also take into account the training of reserve forces for the transport fleet and the fleet.

My mother has a lot of things to take care of now. She is in charge of the finances of the lighter factory. My mother showed Wang Jiankun the account book. As of yesterday, the team had produced a total of 80 lighters, and more than 28 yuan was distributed as processing fees. Some materials were also provided. The team earned a total of 30 yuan from lighters.

Wang Jiankun himself earned more than 800 million yuan from lighters, and he still had more than 10 lighters in inventory that had not been sold. Nearly 800 million of the 120 million yuan was in U.S. dollars, which he kept in a Hong Kong account. He then transferred more than 10 U.S. dollars to his uncle to purchase supplies for the base. The electronic watch factory invested more than 80 U.S. dollars in cash to purchase equipment that could be purchased abroad.

In addition, more than 200 million yuan was spent on purchasing raw materials and rare earth ores from Dexing and Raozhou, so there was only more than 3 million yuan in cash at home. One of the safes was full, and the other safe had several hundred thousand yuan in it.

Wang Jiankun is not so worried about making money now. He is still suppressing the development of the factory. Otherwise, if he puts all his efforts into production and distribution, with the northern market and the cheap iron in Yangzhou, he won't have to worry about making money. He is currently afraid of making too much money and being known to others, so he controls the food and clothing at home a little bit, and buys electrical appliances according to those stores with particularly good conditions.

The new house only had a washing machine and three electric fans. Wang Jiankun asked his father not to buy a TV. One reason was that he was worried that his sister would be affected in her studies by watching TV, and the other was that too many people would come to watch TV at home and many things in the house would no longer be hidden.

In addition to team work and helping Wang Jiankun with the accounts of lighter sales, my mother now has to take care of the accounts of the transport team. During the early trial run, Wang Jiankun asked my mother to find a few more smart girls to learn accounting skills. Currently, three of them have barely graduated and can help my mother with some simple accounting processing.

In a few days, Wang Jiankun plans to equip his mother with a computer and corresponding accounting software so that she can handle more and more accounting problems more effectively.

My uncle's construction team has been very prosperous in the past three months and has taken on many house-building jobs. After the roof and tiling of Wang Jiankun's house were completed, many people from our team and even Fengshan Commune came to see it. They thought that houses built in this way were good, practical and grand, and hoped to build similar ones.

Wang Jiankun also asked Zhizi to help make many design drawings, including two-room and three-room apartments, and two, three and even four-story apartments, giving customers a variety of choices.

Those people in the team who worked in factories and those who had some family wealth all asked my uncle to help with the construction. My aunt also often went to the construction site to help, keep accounts, and buy things. My aunt also learned to ride a bicycle recently, and often went to the commune or Qinghua Town to help buy things.

Grandpa also talked about the situation in the team. Because the lighter factory brought in a lot of income, the team bought tractors and corresponding accessories.

The agricultural machinery station decided to give the machinery to the Wangjia Production Team first, considering whether the team was willing to pay the full amount. It gave the machinery to other teams that had been previously reserved but had no money to pay the balance.

After New Year’s Day, people will be selected to learn how to drive a tractor. However, there are not many people competing for this job at the moment. Previously, I was worried that there were only three tractors and it would be difficult to distribute them.

But so far there are only three people who are interested in learning how to drive a tractor. There is almost no choice. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be the three people who have signed up.

Others think that it is better to work in the factory or wait for the factory to expand before entering the factory. Now, people can earn a lot of money doing some supporting work for the factory. There is no need to drive a rumbling tractor and smell of diesel every day.

Currently the team has about 20 yuan in cash. The team plans to distribute 10 yuan as dividends, and use the rest as development funds for some engineering projects.

At present, the team is arguing about how to distribute dividends. Some representatives think it should be divided per person, some think it should be divided per account, and some think it should be divided according to how much each person earns. Each plan has some supporters, and my grandfather is also having a headache. If the distribution makes everyone unhappy, next year's work will definitely be difficult.

Wang Jiankun did make a suggestion. This time, the dividends should be distributed based on the work points each person earned last year. This is because the team mainly did collective labor before September, and half of the labor in the next three months was also recorded in work points. For fairness, it would be fairest to distribute the dividends based on work points.

Then there was a proposal to let the team members buy shares in the lighter factory and several other factories. The team would first calculate how much each factory was worth and how many shares it was divided into. Then the team members would subscribe for shares. In order to be fair, there would be a maximum number of shares that each person or household could subscribe to. The profits earned by the factories would then be divided according to the shareholding ratio. Of course, the wages would remain unchanged or would be slightly adjusted.

Grandpa approved of this plan and asked Wang Jiankun to write it in more detail. He would then go to the team and talk about it, striving for fairness so that everyone could share the benefits brought by the development of productivity.

(End of this chapter)