My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 845 Skilled warriors indeed do not boast of illustrious achievements.
Indeed, when Wei Dong arrived in Beijing a month later with everyone from the Shanghai area for the conference, the Shanghai Automobile Industrial Park was already a bustling scene with colorful flags flying everywhere.

Even though only a few factory buildings and dormitory buildings were started, only the first batch of two hundred containers arrived.

Thanks to the large number of large-scale projects starting construction simultaneously in Shanghai, bulldozers, excavators, and other heavy construction machinery, which were still quite valuable at the time, were temporarily mobilized from various places, along with a higher density of tower cranes and construction sheds.

The construction atmosphere is still bustling along the riverbank in Pudong, Shanghai.

Almost all of Shanghai's leaders attended and participated in the launch ceremony of the 100-day campaign!

They claim they will launch the first domestically produced Dodge 600 sedan before next year's Spring Festival.

Actually, it can be done right now by assembling it with the original parts.

Previously, Santana organized veteran workers and engineers from the Shanghai Automobile Factory to work for several weeks to assemble the first car.

Now, Lao Cheng has a complete technical team under his command, brought from the joint venture plant of Pingqi, and they are already familiar with the assembly mode of Citibank's production line.

It's not difficult at all.

Having experienced the later era of word research, Rang Weidong was all too familiar with this kind of expression that delved into the nuances of words.

He initially didn't quite understand why they had to hold this 100-day campaign. Wouldn't it have been enough to just cut the ribbon to launch the project and start construction? With so many reporters taking photos and videos, they could have just brought them to Beijing to report on it.

The result surprised Volkswagen, and the pace of technology transfer and supporting production in Shanghai accelerated dramatically.

How could the Santana model, which has already begun assembly and production, possibly hand over half of the huge mainland market?

The city is also in a dilemma. This is a complete industrial chain that private car companies have brought in themselves. You can only compete fairly. The Shanghai Municipal Government will definitely provide impartial and simultaneous support.

When they flew to Beijing, the person from the Economic Commission mentioned this on the flight, which made Wei Dong and the others laugh quite happily.

Is this strategy killing two birds with one stone or killing three warriors with two peaches?

In any case, the scale of Shanghai's automobile industry has indeed seen a leap forward.

Everyone was very excited and said that Xiao Rang had made a great contribution.

This left Wei Dong scratching his head, unsure of what to say.

He was convinced that as long as he made these preparations before the meeting and solidified his work in Shanghai, he could go to the south.

After all, this is a Party meeting, and it has nothing to do with him.

He is on the list that has been sent, but he doesn't belong to any province or city. He is considered a non-partisan patriotic democrat attending the meeting.

Three years ago, he also attended the conference with Jiangzhou, but that was only as a representative of private enterprises in the economic work session during the entire conference.

Now it's for official attendance, and there are only a few dozen slots available nationwide.

Moreover, these people from Shanghai all instructed him to do a good job in developing the state-owned assets-private partnership model.

Wei Dong was almost in tears, and he patiently explained that it really wasn't me.

People weren't surprised at all. It's normal for someone to summarize the theoretical models of your work; otherwise, it would be too extraordinary for someone in their twenties to be doing theory.

This forces Wei Dong to only talk about the many problems with state-owned assets being privately owned, making it easy for unscrupulous individuals to siphon off state-owned assets.

He said the same thing even after attending the meeting.

These conferences typically include a series of breakout sessions.

The opening ceremony will begin, followed by separate discussions, and finally a closing summary.

It will take several days to open.

Make sure Wei Dong explains things clearly on the first day.

This made everyone in the group discussion smile. This was clearly the benchmark and model for the initiation of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, yet they were leading the way in saying that this model was bad.

Let's go over the specific problems in detail.

Wei Dong naturally answered all questions without reservation.

It's not some secret from later generations; the contract system in China is already very popular, with numerous cases across the country.

There were even more of the same old contracting tricks in the third-tier factories.

In order to complete the transformation and keep up with the pace of reform as soon as possible, many former factory leaders in various places have transformed into contractors.

With minimal or even no cost, state-owned factories were transformed into their own enterprises. Some patiently transferred and hollowed them out, while others squandered them recklessly. This has happened in many places already.

This depends on the moral character of the factory leader who dares to take on the contract.

People with strong will and high moral character often lack competence in their work. Those who dare to take on responsibilities and break through chaotic situations must have a reckless and fearless temperament. Such people can easily lose control if tempted by huge assets.

When Wei Dong starts talking, he can talk on and on...

Especially now, the two most famous reformers from a few years ago, Qiao Feng in the North and Murong Fu in the South, have reached a turning point.

Let Wei Dong bring up these two cases publicly: "I'm not saying these two comrades have problems, I'm just saying their business models are bound to have big problems!"

It's important to understand that those attending these meetings are primarily local government officials, not business operators.

At this time, various regions either remain wary and indifferent towards these reform stars, or actively invite them to invest and cooperate.

In reality, most people don't know whether the specific methods or common approaches of these reform stars are correct.

Everyone will be surprised to hear this.

Some people who didn't know Wei Dong had to quietly inquire which department this young man belonged to, since he only had the title of a patriotic Hong Kong businessman. Was he a member of some Hong Kong family?

Some people even frowned in disdain.

Nan Murong is alright; he's already been detained for investigation, and his entire company is insolvent. Wei Dong's comments are somewhat of an afterthought.

Qiao Feng of the North was at the height of his fame. It was said that he had signed contracts with more than 20 factories and claimed that he would reach the scale of a super group with 100 factories as soon as possible!

To those unaware of Rang Weidong's actual asset size, he is probably the number one private entrepreneur in mainland China.

So let Wei Dong speak first: "Three years ago at the Olympics, I joined forces with the Sunshine Daily and Jicheng Triumph Film Factory to launch a nationwide campaign to promote and sell X cameras and Triumph film. In the past three years, we have sold more than five million simple cameras and more than 140 million rolls of domestically produced color film..."

He was also a skilled master, a true expert. Simply listing his achievements was enough to command the respect of everyone in the group discussion.

"Can you see that? At our scale, our products are already quite well-known brands. I also visited a paper mill in northern Hebei at that time. He was very ambitious and capable, and an excellent leader. But what products did he launch that were worthy of his scale?"

Immediately someone raised their hand: "A good strategist doesn't need to achieve great feats. If paper mills can produce famous products that the general public can use, that's a merit. I don't agree with your view."

Someone lacking depth and competence would likely panic if directly confronted like this at a meeting of this caliber.

Anyone here is a master who commands a region, and they all have a certain air about them.

Wei Dong, still feeling a bit overwhelmed, nodded calmly: "I agree with your point, but please note that if you're making a product and don't have a reputation to back it up, it will crumble as soon as there's a competitor. Use this principle to understand the term you just mentioned: one general is very famous and has outstanding military achievements, while another general is unknown, content to play a supporting role, and adept at dissolving everything into something that can only be achieved through fighting and killing. If a wise leader were to choose, he might choose the latter, but if all the common people were to choose, which one do you think they would choose?"

The entire room fell silent for a moment, and then someone couldn't wait to applaud: "That makes sense! That makes sense!"

This is actually a common tactic in the era of internet celebrities. There are stars like this in the NBA and football. Their actual record is not that good, but they keep hyping themselves up and desperately pursue and boast about being number one in the world in various statistics. They just add qualifiers, such as having scored the most goals from a certain angle in a certain number of seasons.

After hearing this so many times, many netizens believe that this person is truly amazing and is the best in the world.

If companies choose spokespeople solely based on fame, money will flow in, and business will naturally succeed.

Rang Weidong countered: "I saw his products back then. It's all because our market is protected by the state and foreign investment is not allowed to enter. Once the market is opened and international paper companies enter, they can easily crush him. So, can this trend of introducing foreign investment in paper products be stopped?"

He spread his fingers: "Back three years ago, at the Guangdong Fair, I saw Southeast Asian paper companies. They had advanced, high-quality toilet paper production lines and wanted to set up production lines in the mainland. If your localities were to introduce such a modern enterprise that could bring huge employment and tax revenue, would you disagree?"

Some people still wonder: "With such a large market, he must be able to survive in different markets. Comrades should understand that we have several different markets, and there is a big difference between urban areas and the vast rural areas."

Wei Dong applauded this man, who was clearly also a big shot: "You're absolutely right. If it were just his own factory, it wouldn't be difficult for him to survive in this market change. But he now has more than twenty factories, and I've heard he plans to have over a hundred. Let me put it this way: the factories this guy has taken over are almost all losing money. If he just had a bunch of factories sharing some business, he could quickly turn a profit and see immediate results. But this feeling of having so many factories linked together is like Cao Cao's warships at the Battle of Red Cliffs. They seem to be moving smoothly, but as soon as there's an external fire attack..."

This description is so vivid; many people can imagine it: "If one factory malfunctions, it can drag the others down with it?"

"That's right. When I read the report, I felt it was a bit too ambitious. A few factories would have been enough. Why go through dozens or even hundreds? Do you have the energy to manage them all? Everyone is doing management work. Managing a hundred units at the same time, it would be very clever to be able to recognize all the factory managers in a short period of time."

"What about the South? This guy from the South, it seems he has some economic problems, right? He's already in trouble."

Wei Dong shook his head: "When I said the problem with the one in the south, I meant the management of him was problematic. I've been working on industrial parks in Shanghai lately. The problem with the one in the north is that we're too lenient with him. It's rare to find a capable person, so we just let him run wild. How can we not supervise him? The south, on the other hand, is too meticulous and shrewd. We keep a close watch on him, afraid he'll make a mistake, or that too many smart people will want to follow him and profit. So these two precisely represent the different situations in the north and south..."

By this point, applause had spontaneously erupted, as many places hadn't even figured out the reforms and restructuring.

Have you evolved to the point where different reform models in different regions should be treated differently?

The group members exchanged smiles, thinking, "Let's hear as much as we can..."

The fact that Wei Dong didn't recognize him finally made people from all over the country understand that this is what it means to be a good warrior without making a name for yourself.

(End of this chapter)