How am I still alive?

Chapter 1576: Big Stride

No one really likes war.

Except for the arms dealers.

Perhaps, we also need to add the ambitious people, grain dealers, extremists, bankers, heavy equipment manufacturing industry, mercenaries, mine owners, steel industry, and industrial workers. Well, although I don't want to admit it, this war will bring countless misfortunes and it can really bring wages to certain groups, certain people, and even people around you.

War is not worth praising. If possible, everyone should despise war. However, if war is unavoidable, we must change our thinking and take the initiative to consider the changes and impacts brought about by the war to make sure everything is on the "rails".

"The price of food, represented by pork, has dropped by more than 30%. Has the East Kingdom started to release strategic materials?"

"Fifty-three commonly used steel products have seen a general price increase, and seventeen of them have been directly ordered to reduce production?!"

The statement that war is a catalyst for social evolution is actually not accurate. It is more like a disease that forces you to actively adapt and evolve. Those who cannot adapt are doomed. It can definitely not be called a so-called "gift". It is just a more stringent forced change that eliminates the losers who cannot adapt.

The interests of the Steel Industry Federation and the Workers' Union are actually different, but when most outsiders thought they would be happy to welcome the surge in income.
"Help us, the price of raw materials has risen too much, and many product lines have been shut down, and a large number of workers are going to be laid off."

The war brought a large number of orders, which directly led to the prosperity of the military industry, but it also forced them to upgrade, especially after the "Mechanical Enlightenment Master" of this world was released from the taboo list, a large number of inventory technologies were also directly unlocked. People are almost finished, and the war is about to reach the homeland, so there is no need to think too far.

However, the military industries received new orders and naturally launched new products with better performance, which directly caused a huge shock to the domestic steel industry.

New weapons and equipment, new technologies and even epoch-making products from foreign countries naturally put forward new requirements for raw materials.

The original stupid and rough low-end steel is naturally useless because its lack of strength is a fatal flaw. The more advanced the weapon, the more stringent the requirements for materials are.

In fact, most of the steel industry in the East is low-end. They have not experienced the pain of another world, and their main production capacity is an extension of the old production capacity from the 1970s and 1980s. However, the order demand at the beginning of the 20th century has increased again due to the improvement of foreign technology, and the materials are completely incompatible.

Even if the East Country uses the corresponding technology, it still needs to be localized, locally industrialized, and production lines need to be laid. There is no problem in listing a series of special steel materials directly in the national industrial planning, but listing another part as backward production capacity will inevitably lead to a large number of unemployment and personnel replacement.

There are capable people in Gucheng’s steel industry. They had already seen this and found Lu Ping’an in advance.

". Lieutenant General Lu, you are also from Gucheng. Even if you have not experienced the glory of our Gucheng steel city in the last century, your elders have. Our furnaces and production lines are adapted to the needs of the industry at that time. Now we have to change them and shut them all down within three years."

Don't get me wrong, they are not resisting change, because rational people know that the market does not believe in "resistance". If you forcibly resist the changes of the times, you will naturally be crushed by the wheel of the times.

New products will use better cost-effectiveness to directly crush local protectionism, which is destined to be effective only in the short term, and the pressure valve of war will not give you the opportunity to resist or protect yourself.

".I can invest some of it, but that's not what you want."

"Yes, the Gucheng government and relevant departments such as our industry association spoke extensively during the ten-day internal democratic life meeting and finally reached a consensus that what we need most is industrial upgrading and getting out of the current status of low-end manufacturing and raw material primary processing industries."

".Did you find the wrong person? You want to tell such a grand story to a young man like me who is not even thirty years old? I have only graduated for a few years!!"

Lu Ping'an was really a little confused. He had just started to make plans when new troubles came.

With the escalation of the front line, the East Country officials began to adjust domestic policies from daily status to war status, which needed to be gradually initiated.

But a grain of sand of the times, when it falls into a specific industry, may bring huge profits or the blood and tears of countless people.

The ancient city is an old industrial city, and backwardness is not its characteristic. More than 30 years ago, it was at the forefront of the times and was a darling, but its past success made it difficult to turn around, and more than 70% of its steel production was included in the "elimination list".

New technology is not difficult to acquire. At this point in time, the country has directly bought out the technology and "announced" it. However, purchasing technology and industrial chains require money and production areas. At the same time, employees also need training and even re-education.

Can't learn? Unemployment happens every year, and you are no exception. But what is frustrating is that many old employees cannot learn and do not want to learn no matter how much training they receive.

Even if everything goes well and the adjustment and integration are completed, the human resources required for the new production line will be far lower than in the past, and there will still be a large number of unemployed people.

The government and the local workers' union hope to upgrade technology and restructure the industry, add three or four development zones, and fundamentally change the current situation of the ancient city.

This was not a sudden idea, but a plan that was gradually implemented along with the Nirvana plan, but the upcoming war accelerated everything.

They approached Lu Ping'an not only because he had the ability to attract resources from across the world, but also because he was "trustworthy." This treatment was extremely rare, especially for extraordinary people who would sooner or later lose control.

".You think too highly of me."

This is equivalent to entrusting the city's development and security in recent years to others. Even though Lu Ping'an is very confident and even a little fearless, he still does not want to take responsibility.

I am not, I don't have it, I am not very skilled in the use of the three links, but the organization has decided that it is you, you can do it, you can do it
"We are preparing to build preferential zones and direct ports, hoping to expand and strengthen foreign trade and technology introduction."

At this time, the official suddenly started talking about policies with Lu Ping'an. After listening for a long time, Lu Ping'an didn't understand. Finally, he got anxious and the other party directly told him the truth.

".We plan to directly demarcate an independent special zone, bypassing the restrictions of Changping and Wanjing, and directly open the entrance to foreign races and foreign regions, allowing them to enjoy preferential policies here. We plan to double the city's output value and population within a year!"

The official became angry. Lu Ping'an thought about it for a while before he suddenly understood. Even he showed a surprised expression.

Under normal circumstances, the only way to solve unemployment and economic problems is to gradually shift industries and continue to expand, but in today's era, there is obviously no time for this.

The war may break out in full swing within three months, so any policy that takes more than three months must consider feasibility. The officials of the ancient city won the previous gamble on development, so this time they went all in and pushed the plan to the final chapter.

They plan to directly demarcate an area, just like the special economic zones they developed in the past, and directly invite outsiders to settle in, hoping to expand the overall development pie through industries from foreign races and foreign regions, and to solve the employment problem. When that time really comes, employment will not be a problem.

The bigger problem is the safety of foreigners coming here, as well as various political and security issues.

Moreover, many of these outsiders came here "smuggled in". The ancient city officials intend to bypass the current policies and the review procedures of Wanjing and Changping and go alone.

As for the villages, mountains and rivers around the land they need, they can all be used. By utilizing the technology of outsiders, they can directly turn these wastelands into new remote urban areas.

Right in front of Lu Ping'an, the officials spoke passionately about their plan to let the visitors from Mercury live in the Yangtze River, on the one hand to utilize its resources, and on the other hand to establish a defense line.

"You asked me to think about it, but I can't do it."

Let Lu Ping'an identify the conditions for those outsiders to enter? He can't do it either. An ambitious person or a bastard won't be written on his face.

"No, no, no, we mainly need you as a threat of force. If possible, we hope to promote your courtyard. Your reality of 'paying five years of life to become a transcendent without danger' may not be tempting enough for our citizens, but in the multiverse, it is a very tempting bargaining chip. By the way, as a threat, it would be even better if you could really become an eighth-level person as the legend says."