Receiving such a "royal sword" with the old man's personal approval was something Lin Huowang had always dreamed of.
From the moment he was reborn, he thought about how to change the decline of Northeast China.
Therefore, he had just brought his sister and mother to the capital, but he did not stay in the capital for long.
He even had Liao Gong use his connections to postpone his enrollment at Peking University until he had settled things in Northeast China.
Early the next morning, before dawn, he and the work group sent by Liao Gong braved the biting cold wind and boarded a train heading north to Kunming, the capital of Jilin Province.
This time, Lin Huowang wasn't returning home in triumph to visit relatives; he was preparing to fight a war without gunfire.
Northeast China, this fertile black soil region, has long been hailed as the "eldest son of the Republic".
The "Crossing the Guandong" movement at the end of the Qing Dynasty shows that when people inside the Great Wall could not survive, they would often choose to risk their lives and travel long distances to the Northeast, a land where people could live.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the strong support of the Soviet Union, this place has the most robust industrial base, the most skilled technical workers, and the most complete industrial chain in all aspects.
During the Third Front construction period, which city across the country did not receive aid from Northeast China for development? The foundations of many well-known factories and industrial cities in China were actually laid by the aid from Northeast China at that time.
However, as a native of Northeast China, Lin Huowang knew better than anyone else how many heartbreaking problems had arisen beneath the glamorous facade of being the "eldest son" over the past few decades.
Moreover, if we don't take strong medicine and treat the illness now while it's still mild, it will become incurable once the catalyst of reform and opening up arrives.
Bureaucracy is rampant, the "iron rice bowl" system breeds laziness, there is overstaffing, and outdated ideas prevail...
In its past, the decline of the old industrial base in Northeast China was due to these deep-seated problems, which is why it gradually fell behind in the tide of the market economy and eventually became the subject of the lamentable saying, "Investment does not cross the Shanhaiguan Pass."
This life will be very different.
Now that Lin Huowang has been reborn with his memories intact, and now that he holds such a coveted "imperial sword" in his hand, he will never allow such a tragedy to repeat itself!
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In the meeting room of the provincial party committee guesthouse in Kunming, the air was thick with smoke, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
This was a very high-level "Northeast Industrial Coordination Meeting".
Those sitting below were all factory directors and secretaries of major state-owned factories in the three northeastern provinces, as well as leaders from relevant industrial departments.
For a meeting convened by a young man like Lin Huowang, they all held teacups in their hands, their eyes almost unanimously filled with scrutiny, disdain, and even a hint of resistance.
In the eyes of these older generations, Lin Huowang, a mere lad not even twenty years old, even with the title of "provincial champion" and the highest-level approval from the central government, was probably just a kid who came to "gild his resume."
Do you think you can command these veterans who have been working in the Northeast industrial circle for more than ten years, just because you have no qualifications or experience and rely on some connections in the central government?
This is a complete joke!
Many of them have children much older than Lin Huowang.
Of course, the subconscious notion that "a young man is unreliable" led them to look down on Lin Huowang, the special advisor who was fully in charge of the industrial reform in Northeast China.
"Advisor Lin."
The first to speak out was a burly factory manager who slammed his teacup heavily on the table. "Your idea of 'piece-rate wages' and 'last-place elimination' is absolutely unacceptable in our factory! We are a state-owned enterprise! Workers are the masters of the country! How can we fire our masters? If this causes a commotion, will you take responsibility?"
"that is!"
Someone fired the first shot, and those around immediately echoed 812, "And what about that 'not only building trucks, but also cars,' and 'bringing in British technology'? Our FAW has been making Jiefang trucks for so many years, that's a national achievement! You want to change the production line with just one sentence? Do you know how much that will cost?"
Facing a room full of seasoned veterans, Lin Huowang sat in the chairman's seat, his face quite calm, neither angry nor annoyed nor anxious.
He didn't immediately defend himself, but turned to look at Liao Gong, who was standing by his side, and a highly respected veteran revolutionary whom Liao Gong had specially invited from the province.
That senior figure was someone Lin Huowang specifically asked Liao Gong to visit and invite out of retirement. Back then, he had truly fought in battles and shed blood. When the Japanese surrendered and tried to sabotage the country, he was shot three times while protecting the industrial achievements of Northeast China. In the Northeast industrial world, he was a "pillar of stability."
Listening to the complaints and grumbles of his subordinates, the old man closed his eyes and remained silent. But this in itself was a form of support, a demonstration to these people that he was putting Lin Huowang on his back.
There's no way around it; not only in China, but in any country in the world, seniority and prestige never arise out of thin air.
Lin Huowang himself had no qualifications or say in the Northeast industry. Now that he wanted to take charge of such a mess, he had to "borrow a chicken to lay an egg"—first borrowing and using the power of this senior figure, and finally, by leveraging the results of the reform measures, he could transform that authority into his own.
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