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Hu Juewen, the owner of Xinmin Machinery Factory, is not very old, only 30 years old this year.Their chief technician Li Chengqian is not very old, he is 37 years old this year.

The two were also very surprised.

I don't understand why Duan Xun put his factory as the first stop of the inspection.

"Go, let's take a look."

Duan Xun walked ahead, Hu Juewen and Li Chengqian stepped back a little, and followed Duan Xun closely.Duan Xun looked at this not-so-large factory, and said to Hu Juewen, "Boss Hu, how is the business?"

"Prime Minister, it's been much better recently."

"Boss Hu, don't be restrained, come to me. I heard that your factory is the largest textile machinery factory in Shanghai, and also the largest color ink machine factory."

Duan Xun stopped and asked Hu Juewen to stand side by side with him.

Hu Juewen was a little stunned.

Because Duan Xun suddenly wanted to inspect Xinmin Machinery Factory, the person who came to inform him didn't say what it was.He just said that Duan Xun was coming, and then strengthened the security of the factory.

As for why Duan Xun came and what he wanted to ask, he had no idea.Hu Juewen didn't want to cling to the powerful, but he still attached great importance to Duan Xun's arrival.Because as Hu Juewen who believed in "serving the country with industry", Duan Xun was definitely the most competent cabinet minister in the ten years since the founding of the Republic of China.

Duan Xun launched a series of policies after he became the prime minister of the cabinet, which has greatly promoted the development of China's industry and commerce.Including the nationwide abolition of the Lijin Bureau, the unification of national tax standards, the reduction of industrial and commercial tax rates, the end of domestic warlord melee, the increase of tariff rates, the collection of foreign product taxes, and the support of financing for national industries and commerce, all of which have brought great development to the development of domestic national industries.

Therefore, Hu Juewen is still very sure of Duan Xun, the cabinet premier.And if he offends Duan Xun during today's inspection, then there is no need for Duan Xun to say anything, other pressures will make his factory unable to continue.So he is still very cautious.

"Premier, it's too much."

"Boss Hu, I want to ask, how did you build a machine manufacturing company. I am very interested in the establishment and development of your factory, and I am very interested in the things before and after you founded this factory."

"This--"

Hu Juewen was surprised.

When a big man like Duan Xun came to Shanghai, the first stop he came to was his factory, and what he asked was such an ordinary thing.Fortunately, Hu Juewen responded quickly, and immediately said: "Prime Minister, I was admitted to the Beijing Higher Technical College, which is now the China University of Technology. It was the third year of the Republic of China (1914). It happened that Yuan Shikai and the Japanese government signed the '21 "Article 21", many students participated in the demonstration against 'Article [-]', and I also participated. At that time, I felt that the reason why we signed such an agreement of humiliating power and humiliating the country was because our weapons and equipment were not as good as others, and our industry was not as good as others. And the foundation of industry is steel. So after graduating in the seventh year of the Republic of China, I joined Hanyeping Company. I hope to fulfill my dream here and create the best steel in China.”

After Hu Juewen opened his chatter box, he talked about his own affairs incessantly.

Some of the officials behind were frowning.Duan Xun came to this small factory in person, where did you, the boss, go.He even told me what he studied and where he worked later.But Duan Xun listened with gusto.

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"At that time, it was the Prime Minister who served as the supervisor of the border defense. We were all very happy to take back Hanyeping Company from the Japanese. After that, Hanyeping Company developed rapidly, and the steel output also increased rapidly. We were all very encouraged. But the company used All the machinery and equipment in the factory were purchased from abroad, starting from the blast furnace for ironmaking, the mining machines, and the locomotives for transportation. I made up my mind at that time to build our own machinery and equipment.”

"Yes, yes, with ambition."

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly.

He said to Hu Juewen: "Boss Hu, you are right. If the equipment manufacturing industry in a country does not develop and all machinery and equipment depend on imports, then it is not a real industrial country. Only we have the ability in the equipment manufacturing industry. Independence, all the machinery and equipment we need can be produced independently, so that our country can become an industrial country. You continue to say."

"Yes."

Hearing Duan Xun's affirmation, Hu Juewen was even happier.

Because Duan Xun's thoughts coincided with his own.So I immediately said: "Later I came to Shanghai. At first I wanted to manufacture some large-scale machinery and equipment, but after the real investigation, I immediately gave up such ambitious ideas. Because with my financial strength and technical ability, I simply cannot Get involved in this field. Not only me, but the machine factories in our country do not have the strength to set foot in this field. So I look for some fields related to daily necessities, which can raise funds and accumulate technology. Shanghai textile factories, flour mills, There are many paper mills and printing factories, but most of the machinery and equipment they use are imported from Chongqing, except for a small part. So I chose to build Xinmin Machinery Factory, from the production of machine parts of the spinning mill to the supply of spinning mill machines It started with maintenance and slowly developed into a machine factory producing spinning mill machines, flour machines, and color ink machines.”

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly.

Because Hu Juewen's development model is a normal industrial development model.First develop the light industry that produces daily necessities, and then develop the equipment manufacturing industry that supports the light industry because of the development needs of the light industry.That is to say, the current textile machines, flour machines, ink machines, etc. are all like this.

After these light industries develop, they need water and electricity, transportation, and better machinery and equipment.At that time, some people will develop waterworks, power plants, railways, highways, and even trains and automobiles, as well as upgrade the equipment manufacturing industry.

This is a normal procedure.

It's just that China has run out of time. Like the United Kingdom and the United States, it has followed the capitalist development path for hundreds of years and developed according to economic laws.That's why the country invested a large amount of money to develop transportation, infrastructure, and even equipment manufacturing.However, there is no demand, but these are developed abruptly, and there will be no sales within a period of time.

"How is the sales? Are there any difficulties? How are the machines in the factory and their foreign counterparts? Advantages and disadvantages?"

"Prime Minister, the company's sales in the past two years are not bad. The machinery and equipment in our factory are not much worse than the same foreign machinery and equipment. Of course, there must be a little gap in technology, but it will not be too obvious. This is our disadvantage. We The advantage is that the price is much cheaper.”

"price advantage."

"Yes."

Hu Juewen nodded.But he quickly said: "Actually, the ex-factory prices of our machinery and equipment are similar to those produced abroad, and we don't even have an advantage. In the past, their machines were better than ours, and the tariffs were lower at that time. Our tax burden in China It is heavier, so we do not have the slightest advantage in price, and we are not as good as others in technology, so it is difficult to compete with them. However, in recent years, the government has reduced taxes for us, coupled with the increase in tariff rates, and foreign machine tolls plus tariffs. It will be nearly twice as expensive as our machinery and equipment. Therefore, in terms of price, we have an absolute advantage."

"So the company is doing well."

"Xinmin Machinery Factory has opened four branches. At present, Shanghai's textile mills, flour mills, and printing factories need new equipment. Our Xinmin Machinery Factory and some other domestic machinery factories account for more than 70.00% of the share."

"Not bad."

Shanghai's economy is very dynamic, and Duan Xun is really satisfied.

Although all large-scale machines in China have to be imported, the technical gold content of this kind of machinery and equipment related to the daily necessities industry is not very high, and many of them can be localized.

"Are these machines imitating foreign products?"

"Yes."

"Our country is a late-developing country, and it lags behind the great powers in many fields. So don't feel embarrassed, don't be afraid of losing face, and don't be afraid of what others say. We must boldly learn from the technologies of the great powers and introduce their technologies to improve our technical level. We The road the industry must take is to introduce, digest, manufacture independently, and finally surpass them. Therefore, you must boldly introduce the technology of the great powers and train our own technical personnel.”

"Prime Minister, our factory responds to the government's call for eradicating illiteracy, and organizes an evening school for workers. And the factory also has technical classes. As long as they are willing to learn technology, Engineer Li will give them lectures every day."

"This model is good. When I led the troops, I told our officers that an uneducated army is stupid. This is especially true in factories like yours. Only educated workers can make the factories run better."

Duan Xun said to Ren Hongjun behind him: "Minister Ren, what do you think?"

Ren Hongjun stepped forward quickly, came to Duan Xun's side and said, "Very suitable."

"it is good."

Duan Xun nodded and said, "Boss Hu, can you call the technicians from your factory and let's have a meeting together."

"Yes."

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"Minister Ren means that the Ministry of Heavy Industry will cooperate with our Xinmin Machine Factory to establish a machine tool factory."

"Correct."

Although Xinmin Machinery Factory has only been around for five years, its technical strength is really good.Duan Xun chose Xinmin Machinery Factory as his first stop for inspection, but he didn't choose it randomly.The Ministry of Heavy Industry has conducted investigations and demonstrations on these machine factories in Shanghai.

Xinmin Machinery Factory has the best technical strength, the most technical talents, and the most capable technical leaders.Both Hu Juewen and Li Chengqian are excellent mechanical talents and are very capable in mechanical manufacturing.Moreover, since the two of them established Xinmin Machinery Factory, they have never relaxed the training of the technical team.

They not only cooperated with universities and technical secondary schools in Shanghai, but also set up technical schools in factories to train their own technical talents.This model has allowed Xinmin Machinery Factory to train many technical experts within a few years, and its technical reserves are getting better and better.If not, the Ministry of Heavy Industry would not have chosen Xinmin Machinery Factory, and Duan Xun would not have visited here himself.