The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

The current Kyoto Fifth Machinery Factory has begun to take shape.

The number of employees has exceeded 100, most of them are young people, and a small number of them are skilled workers.

Most of these skilled workers are diverted from subordinate enterprises of the First Machinery Department.

Yan Jiefang also started working and originally wanted to join the technical department.

Considering the impact, he was assigned to the mold workshop.

Liu Guangtian was assigned to the assembly workshop.

The current machinery factory has canceled bicycle maintenance and assembly and is fully engaged in the production of wrenches.

Under the guidance of Li Yuan, Chen Bing designed a screwdriver with a bit set and a bit socket wrench.

These will be another selling point of the Spring Canton Fair.

The news came back from Xiangjiang China Resources Company that many Western developed countries are applying for patents to purchase universal wrenches.

In this regard, Li Yuan suggested not to transfer for the time being. The first thing to consider is to build the "Dragon City" brand first.

The second concern is that after technology transfer, the West's huge industrial production capacity will quickly seize the market.

In the end, superiors decided: first, not to transfer technology for the time being; second, to expand the production capacity of the Fifth Machinery Factory; third, to approve eight domestic factories to produce various types of wrenches.

Originally, the superiors wanted everyone to use the brand "Dragon City".

Unfortunately, local governments at all levels are firmly opposed and have stamped their own brands on it.

Starting from this spring Canton Fair, 9 brands of set wrenches will appear.

In the conference room of the Fifth Machinery Factory, the leaders of various departments gathered together.

Lu Xingyu announced the decision of his superiors and discussed the candidates to participate in the Spring Canton Fair this time.

"Why? Why can they use the products we develop ourselves for free?

Foreigners who want to use our patents have to pay a transfer fee, which is at least 50W US dollars! "

Nie Yongjun from the Production Planning Department slammed the table angrily and shouted.

"It's just that, as soon as we made some achievements, someone picked the fruit. This is so annoying," Office Director Ren Jia also said angrily.

"Hey, this year's results may not be as good as last year's. The Canton Fair only has such a big pie. Nine families can't get enough to eat," said Wang Hongxia, head of the Finance Section, worriedly.

"Don't worry, this year we will think of a trick to attract as many people as possible to our booth." Wan Biao, a member of the Materials Science and Technology Department, looked at Li Yuandao.

"Yes, yes, Chief Li, it's up to you this year," Ren Jia agreed with a smile.

Lu Xingyu frowned and whispered to the table. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him.

"Everyone, please stop complaining. The whole country is in a game of chess. This is the consideration from above.

They all serve the country's construction, so don't say these words that undermine unity outside.

And in order to regulate the order of the Canton Fair, the use of gifts to attract customers is not allowed this year."

"Hmph, it must be some incompetent factories. They are jealous of us, so they resort to such despicable methods," Cheng Wanbiao said angrily.

"That's right, there are so many artists across the country. If you can't make any small gifts, you have to restrict them," Nie Yongjun said.

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"Okay, don't think too much. The superiors have considered that if everyone gives out gifts, it will affect the sales of the goods.

At the same time, Li Yuan is a special guest this time and will continue to perform carvings for merchants."

There was a burst of applause in the conference room.

Lu Xingyu took out a photo from his bag and handed it to Li Yuan.

"These are the gifts that the organizing committee asked you to carve, three in total."

Li Yuan took it, and the people around him also gathered around and stretched their heads to watch.

The three patterns are dragon, phoenix and unicorn, which are all Chinese mythical beasts and auspiciousness.

The required size should not be less than one foot.

"Li Yuan's main task next is to practice the carving of these three gifts to ensure that they will shine at the Spring Canton Fair."

"Ah, Section Chief Li was invited again, which shows that the carving skills are quite good."

Ren Jia was the first to congratulate, and others echoed in agreement.

"At last year's Canton Fair, I saw a photo in the newspaper. Section Chief Li was very elegant and elegant," Wang Hongxia continued to joke.

Li Yuan repeatedly handed over his hand and said, "It's comrade reporters who are praising me incorrectly."

"Hehe, you may not know that the latest news is that Jiangsu Fubi Auction House just sold an exhibit, which was carved by Section Chief Li last year.

It is a pig with the zodiac sign, and the auction price is as high as 1 US dollars.

It is said that the bidder is a wealthy British man and an art collector."

Ren Jia, who was sitting next to Li Yuan, let out a wow sound.

"Li Yuan, you can carve piglets from now on. Five pieces a day is 5 U.S. dollars, 6 U.S. dollars in 10 days, 60 million U.S. dollars in 100 days, and 600 million U.S. dollars a year.

This is too scary. You alone could hold up the last Canton Fair.

Li Yuan, how kind I am to you, just give me a few, no, ten piglets, okay?"

Ren Jia had already adopted the tone of coaxing a child.

Wang Hongxia also had a flushed face, staring at Li Yuan closely and nodding her head, obviously having the same idea.

The men were okay and didn't lose their composure like the two ladies, but their eyes were full of desire.

Lu Xingyu and Li Yuan looked at each other and said with a bitter smile:

"What are you thinking about? Things are rare and expensive. If 1000 pieces of Li Yuan's works appear on the market, they will all be priced at a bargain price!"

At this time, Li Yuan had to stand up and say a few words.

“Everyone, the value of this artwork is sometimes not measured by the quality of the work.

Many famous artists were poor when they were alive, and their works slowly became valuable after their death.

Have you ever thought about why this is so? "

When Li Yuan said this, everyone thought about it and realized that this was really the case. They all looked at Li Yuan with their clear and stupid eyes, waiting for the answer.

"In Marx's political economy, it is mentioned that there is a very wonderful relationship between the price and supply of commodities.

Generally speaking, the market price of a commodity is negatively correlated with market supply and positively correlated with demand.

Simply put, the more supply of a commodity, the lower the price will be. The lower the supply, the higher the price.

In a capitalist society, sometimes artworks are artificially assigned value.

It has become a symbol of wealth, and it is no longer important whether it has actual artistic value.

Therefore, many works of art are not valuable when the artist is alive, but they are valuable after death.

Otherwise, all the money will be earned by the artist, and in the eyes of capital, it will have no investment value.

Of course, I don’t deny that there are still many works that have their own artistic value, but the beholder has a different opinion.”

"Hey, don't say anything, what Section Chief Li said makes sense.

A piece of tattered paper, with a few strokes on it, is worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and it’s not worth eating, right?

Only evil capitalists would use such means to plunder the people," Cheng Wanbiao agreed.

Others echoed.

Lu Xingyu knocked on the table, "Okay, don't go off topic, Section Chief Cheng, you can go to the construction site this afternoon to monitor the progress."

"OK".

"According to the instructions from superiors, the Jiuxianqiao factory will be opened on May 5.1, and now two engineering teams are working at the same time to ensure the progress of the project.

Through discussions, superiors instructed that Jiuxianqiao mainly produces engines.

Wrenches are temporarily produced here, but they will have to be moved out in the future. Some people say that our small blast furnace is polluting the environment."

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