My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 957 Everyone has family members on their mother's side.
Looking at it from thirty or forty years from now.

This made Wei Dong very clear about how these fourth, fifth, and sixth-tier cities survive.

At least in the Shangzhou area, the tax authorities have a very clear understanding of this.

During the era of the Third Front factories, the state made overall arrangements by breaking them down; some factories went to one place, and others went to another.

The basic consideration was whether the scattered factories could stimulate the local economy and absorb workers.

In addition, each county has wineries, meat processing plants, food factories, agricultural machinery factories, and so on, so the region still has some pillar industry productivity.

When reform and opening up are implemented, one wave will fall first.

With the help of television advertising and reselling goods, people began to enjoy products across regions.

Locally overpriced, low-quality products have completely lost their market.

Another wave has collapsed.

Slowly, when the whole country drinks only a few types of beer, dozens of types of liquor, and even supermarkets start to become nationwide chains, only large manufacturers can survive in the market for all daily necessities.

Fewer and fewer industries can survive in small places.

During the period of large-scale infrastructure construction, the area could prosper by building roads and houses. However, after the coal and metal mines lost their market value and the real estate boom subsided, there was basically no output in the county towns of Shangzhou.

Due to geological reasons, the primary industries of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline production, and fishery cannot meet the needs of local towns.

Secondary industries such as industrial production, infrastructure and real estate, and mining have disappeared;
Tourism and service industries, these tertiary sectors, have not achieved a nationally renowned reputation.

In small county towns, in the end, only those who are paid by the government are truly favored.

So from the very beginning, Wei Dong was thinking about developing oral liquids and similar industries that could be established solely through branding, allowing Shangzhou to thrive for many years.

Now, corn bioengineering is following this approach.

By purchasing corn to support farmers, and then continuing to produce industrial goods, the harvest can be guaranteed continuously.

It didn't seem like much from the ship, but driving up close was quite astonishing: "Holy crap, is it that big? The chimney is so thick, was it really necessary?"

What Wei Dong remembered most was the successive explosions that brought down chimneys in various places.

Damn it, this place is still under construction. It feels like the Nationalist army was invading in 49.

Li Erfeng was also bewildered: "We all came up with this by looking at the experts' blueprints. The Second Battalion Commander said that we would definitely complete it while ensuring quality and quantity and saving costs, right?"

Wei Dong has no right to know, but research institutes at Jiangda University and several universities in the north are involved in this project.

There are 40-50 meter chimneys and 30-40 meter cooling towers over the power plant, but here there are ten metal fermentation tanks, each 10-20 meters high, connected in series!
Wei Dong finally asked, "How many loads of corn stalks could you fill with the 70,000 tons you bought before?"

Li Erfeng glanced at the scene, completely oblivious, as the Princess, who was looking up, was utterly stunned.

These silvery-white metal canisters truly exude the imposing presence of a massive ship, and their row of containers is simply breathtaking.

Fortunately, the research and technology team also rushed out to greet the boss. The investment has already exceeded 300 million yuan, and this is the first time the big boss has come to the construction site, which makes Wei Dong very confident.

"The corn deep-processing production line with an annual capacity of 800,000 tons has successfully absorbed cutting-edge corn processing technology and the latest technological transformation experience, and has produced high-value-added products such as starch, functional sugars, and amino acids. It is absolutely the most advanced in the country!"

Wei Dong wasn't so easily fooled: "Things that are too advanced are easy to become cannon fodder. I said that's enough for now, and we can upgrade them step by step in the future."

Experts always want to get their research projects done, and naturally hope to invest as much as possible.

现在对私人资本家也不太习惯谄媚，义正言辞的讲解：“这本来就是一期项目，年生产玉米淀粉56万吨、纤维9.6万吨、蛋白5万吨、胚芽6万吨，预计年可实现产值10.3亿元、利税1.7亿。”

Let Wei Dong do a quick mental calculation: 800,000 tons of corn go in, and more than 760,000 tons come out. This is turning the original broth into the original food; every corn kernel is transformed into an industrial product without any waste!

He quickly nodded calmly, pretending to know a lot.

The expert continued, "Producing one ton of corn starch requires nearly one ton of steam. Steam accounts for 30% of the cost in the production process. Therefore, by putting this medium-sized thermal power plant into operation, and utilizing the water source near the Yangtze River for industrial purification, we can also provide Shangzhou City with over one billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and 500,000 tons of tap water. This is also the much-needed electricity and water supply for the Beijiaochang New City..."

That's right, even knowing that the Three Gorges Dam will be built in the future, generating even stronger hydropower, and gradually eliminating various thermal power plants in the vicinity.

But now there are frequent power outages.

My childhood memories of the 1980s are mostly accompanied by power outages, with some areas experiencing outages for two hours every night.

At that time, the priority was to ensure electricity supply for industrial production, while residential electricity supply would be postponed. "The second phase of the 500,000-ton functional sugar project will be completed in February next year, and the third phase of the amino acid and SOD project is planned to start construction in February next year. By the end of next year, the second and third phases of the project will increase the corn deep processing capacity to 2 million tons. Currently, corn starch and various products are industrial raw materials that are in short supply in the market!"

Wei Dong scratched his head: "Two million tons, but we've only acquired 100,000 tons from last year to this year. Why can't we operate at full capacity and have such a large production capacity?"

He wasn't doing it for money; his goal was to alleviate poverty.

Damn, there are only eight million people in total. If you remove one million towns, that's only 0.3 tons of corn per person.

This is the mountainous area of ​​the Sichuan Basin, not the Northeast Plain, and certainly not the scale of mechanized farming in North America. People here grow corn on the edges of the mountains to improve their lives. A family is lucky if they can produce a few hundred kilograms, and that includes the elderly and children.

They might have to buy corn from outside, which would mean they wouldn't be able to enjoy the local subsidized purchase price of three or four cents per kilogram.

The factory area, covering more than 30,000 square meters, was built like a Red Alert base, leaving Wei Dong completely bewildered from beginning to end.

However, the current trial production is being led by professors and graduate students at Jiangzhou University, and various industrial products have indeed been produced, including SOD and amino acids, which can be further processed.

What impressed Wei Dong the most was actually the extensive use of steam cooling water.

Even a high school student would understand that this stuff is just condensed purified water, right?

Finally, after the tour was over, he took a glass to try.

Embodying the attitude of the most powerful post-80s generation, they instructed that this condensed purified water be collected, bottled, and sold using sterile pipes.

Therefore, another drinking water bottling line imported from Hong Kong can be added.

The professors and students were all completely baffled. It was just plain boiled water, so why would anyone spend money to buy something like that to drink?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
When Wei Dong was sent to the city to report to his old leader, the old man's face was filled with disbelief: "How could anyone buy this? How much does it cost?"

Wei Dong speculated: "It's about 50 cents to a dollar. You have to understand that government agencies have boilers for boiling water and people are specifically responsible for fetching water. Most people don't have that kind of opportunity. Of course, students and farmers can bring their own water bottles, but there are still many people who go out without water bottles. What do they do when they get thirsty? They buy a bottle of water at a convenience store."

The old leader looked at his enamel mug, which was covered in tea stains, and couldn't understand it at all.

Of course, he placed the greatest trust in Wei Dong: "Let the young man go out and make his own way. This year, I have been gradually increasing the responsibilities of Fan Wenchen to see if he can bear the pressure and benefits of being a leader in housing reform. So far, it seems that he is still fully understanding and cooperating with the advancement of housing reform."

That was the county leader of Kuizhou County who, in the face of the development of the tourism industry and the county town, took the initiative to pay attention to the possibility of reservoir area resettlement.

Compared to Director Zi, Comrade Fan certainly has a much stronger sense of the big picture.

Wei Dong also recommended talented people without favoritism: "Beijiaochang has been developing for three and a half years. I think the cadres who took the lead in joining the development zone at that time were quite good and could provide a lot of help to Comrade Fan."

After working hard in the Beijiaochang Development Zone for more than three years, I have now been promoted at least three levels.

This inevitably led to a situation where everyone within the system was eager to get a position at the North Parade Ground.

Not to mention that the North Parade Ground was already a thriving and successful venue.

The old leader was still a master at these things.

Of course, the main reason is that all the authority was given to Rang Weidong, so he could choose people based on their abilities.

Wei Dong, who had originally planned to leave the next day, could only calmly nod and say okay.

In his eyes, he never felt that he was dealing with big shots in Beijing and Shanghai, so he thought he could do whatever he wanted with a prefecture-level city like Shangzhou.

The old leader didn't become obsequious or fawning just because he had powerful connections; he still taught him step by step like his own child.

Even though Li Erfeng was holding Xiaodie and had half of her bottom sticking out of her seat on the leader's artificial leather sofa, she was still a little nervous.

The old leader observed that Xiao Die's expression had improved considerably, mainly because Li Erfeng clearly looked like a local young woman: "Is this your husband? I see that he has done a very good job leading the sanitary napkin factory and other aspects of work these past two years."

Wei Dong felt that calling her an assistant was inappropriate, so he carefully considered his words and said, "She's my partner..."

Li Erfeng chimed in loudly, "Yes, it's my lover! I'll do my best to take care of the villagers and the business in Shangzhou!"

I was practically begging for justice from the highest officials to intervene.

Wei Dong was so shocked that he almost covered her mouth.

The eldest princess was so surprised that she turned around to look at this auntie and wondered how she could have such a strong voice.

It had a comedic feel to it, like a family of three, and made the old leader laugh heartily.

(End of this chapter)