Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....

Chapter 1978: Be prepared for danger in times of peace

Wan Chongyang has been in this world for three months. Although he cannot walk on his own yet, he is qualified to sit or squat and make trouble, and naturally he needs the support of Wan Shuichang.

This guy was very interested in the flames in the stove, and the fire stick in his hand was emitting smoke.

"Come on, son. Let your grandpa rest for a while. Let daddy hug you."

Since Wan Feng and his wife go to work, Wan Shuichang naturally takes care of the child. The child never has a minute to spare except for sleeping, which is enough for Wan Shuichang to bear.

Wan Chongyang's greatest advantage is that he doesn't know how to cry. You rarely hear him crying, but you often hear his laughter echoing around the room, which can be considered as a little compensation for his mischievous behavior.

There is a little person in the family, which adds a lot of vitality.

Zhang Xuan came every five or six days, using the excuse of looking after her children. Of course, who she came to see was a secret.

Anyway, every time I come here the day before, I leave with a happy face the next day.

On January 10th, all of Wan Feng's external investments were gathered in his hands.

Xiwan Motorcycle generated a total profit of 800 million yuan this year, half of which was naturally distributed as dividends to him. This profit has decreased to a certain extent compared to last year.

This year, Shanghai Huaguang Electronics achieved profitability by joining the production of mobile phones and pagers.

As long as the military's electronic components can guarantee the wages and benefits of corporate employees, the 200 million yuan in profits generated by mobile phones and pagers are pure profit.

The profits generated by Huaguang Electronics were invested by Wan Feng into scientific research. Huaguang Electronics now needs 400 to 500 million yuan in scientific research funds a year.

This is mainly because the research and development of some chemical materials consumes a lot of funds.

The main diesel engine factory and the branch factory in the development zone produced 230,000 diesel engines of three models for Nanwan Automobile alone this year.

The net profit of each engine is 800 yuan, and the total profit is more than 180 million yuan, so naturally Wanfeng also gets half of the dividend.

Wanfeng owns a quarter of the shares of Qiandong Construction. Last year, Qiandong generated a profit of 200 million yuan, and Wanfeng made another 50 million yuan without doing anything.

The instant noodle company now has five factories, namely Hongya Nanwan, Tianjing Master Kong, Shanghai Master Kong, Xiwan Factory and Sichuan Branch.

Master Kong instant noodles now occupy about 60% of the market share in China, with an annual output of 1 billion packs of instant noodles and a profit of 120 million yuan.

As one of the six shareholders, Wan Feng picked up 20 million yuan without doing anything.

Among the companies invested by Wanfeng, Jingdongfang deserves special mention.

Last year, Jingdongfang produced 9,000 monitors for Huaguang Technology and sold about 1,800 of them on the market.

The profit of monitors is still very gratifying. The cost is 2,100 yuan, plus various miscellaneous expenses, the total cost of a monitor is about 2,400 yuan.

This is still due to the low production volume. The lower the production volume, the higher the cost of the product. If the production volume of monitors is larger, the cost will be further reduced.

Jingdongfang generated a profit of about 16 million last year. Although they themselves only made a profit of 8 million, it at least ensured that their employees no longer had to pick up vegetable stalks in the market.

Wan Feng did not take a penny of the 8 million dividends he received, and invested all of it in Jingdongfang. Not only did he invest all the profits, but he also invested an additional 10 million.

Jingdongfang is now developing LCDs, and it would be impossible without money.

The little profit that Jingdongfang made last year was barely enough to pay employees' salaries and pensions, so there was no money left for scientific research.

If Wanfeng doesn’t invest this money, who will?

LCD is not only developed by Jingdongfang itself, but also by Gu Hongzhong.

Wan Feng's plan is to transfer Jingdongfang's R&D personnel to Nanwan this year to work with Gu Hongzhong on research and development. It is expected that the research and development results will be ready by the end of this year. When 2G mobile phones are produced next year, these LCDs will be used in new mobile phones, and there will be no need to buy Japanese ones like the current mobile phones.

There was also an unexpected investment profit point this year.

The Juhua newspaper jointly founded by Wan Feng and Lin Lairong actually made him a profit of 300,000 yuan.

Although the money is not much, in addition to having its own mouthpiece in Hunan and Hong Kong, it is actually profitable.

Another unexpected profit was from switches. Yin Zhenfei's switches generated dividends of 150 million this year, nearly 90 million yuan more than last year's dividends.

In the previous life, Warwick achieved sales of 1.5 billion in 1995, but no one knew how much profit it made.

Last year, Warwick achieved sales of 1 billion, which means that Warwick will be able to exceed 1.5 billion in sales this year.

Is it time for Huawei to build communication base stations?

Since Huawei has the right to supply mobile phones in its own hands, it is unlikely to achieve a monopoly in base station construction. After all, there are state-owned enterprises such as China Telecom and China Star. However, it should be no problem to get a share of the pie.

I will contact Minister Wu about this matter before the New Year. If we can't take more, we can at least take it from the three northeastern provinces.

With its own mobile phone parameters, it should not be a problem for Warwick to become a communication base station.

Overall, this year's external investments are basically not much different from last year, and even if there is growth, the extent is limited.

This year, Huaguang Electronics brought back 200 million in profits, and Huawei also made nearly 100 million more in profits. So what profits were reduced?

Motorcycle!

The motorcycle industry in Xiwan has seen a loss of more than 200 million yuan in profits this year.

Last year, Nanwan Motorcycle had a profit of 1.6 billion, and Xiwan had a profit of 1.5 billion.

However, this year, Xiwan only made a profit of a little over 800 million, a decrease of 250 million.

It was this loss of 250 million in profit that offset the increase in profits from other projects.

It seems that the shift from a seller's market to a buyer's market for motorcycles has arrived a year earlier than in the previous life.

In the previous life, this day arrived in 1995, mainly due to the chaos of 90CC motorcycles.

If no changes are made to the 90CC motorcycle business, the company may end up making little or no money next year.

Thinking of this, Wan Feng picked up the phone and called Chen Dao's office.

Chen Dao is not here.

Wan Feng stood up, walked out of the office and went into the motorcycle workshop.

Someone told Wan Feng that Chen Dao was in the R&D room.

Originally, there was a motorcycle research department in the research building, but Chen Dao didn't like to stay there. Instead, he stayed in the R&D department of the old factory.

His reasoning was that this was where he could find inspiration.

At this time, Chen Dao and a group of people were studying models on the computer. They were calculating the various working principles of the electronic fuel injection engine.

Although Chen Dao is not very good at using computers, their department has assigned many college students who know how to use them.

Wan Feng leaned over to take a few more glances, feeling completely confused.

Since you don’t understand, don’t pretend to be an expert. Wan Feng called Chen Dao out from the crowd.