Chapter 704: A prosperous era unprecedented in the forty years since the founding of the society
On January 5, the State Press and Publication Administration announced that Yanda Founder Group had successfully developed a high-end color publishing system.
This system marks the beginning of a color printing revolution and also announces the end of the history of foreign companies dominating the Chinese color printing market.
The press release sounded very impressive, but unfortunately it could not change the fact that the new equipment was not well received by the market.
Before the Yanda Founder Group held its product launch conference, the agency called several large domestic printing factories and publishing houses to a meeting. Needless to say, everyone knew what the meeting meant, but these old foxes just kept humming and humming and refused to express their opinions.
After all, it is a newly developed product, and its quality and after-sales service are unknown. Although foreign equipment is expensive, at least it is safe to use.
"We would like to order some equipment, but unfortunately, the production capacity is now saturated. Buying more equipment will just be a waste of time."
"The equipment in our factory is all made of mud. We suddenly bought several sets of these things, and they are not matched. Repair and maintenance are a hassle, and the workers need to be retrained."
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Several leaders looked unhappy. The people sitting in the conference room were all powerful figures in the publishing industry. Although the agency was a superior unit, it was impossible to force them to buy things, and the excuses these people made were not unreasonable.
Lin Weimin was sitting among a group of colleagues. Today's meeting was supposed to be held by Lao Cheng, but he had "something urgent to do", so Lin Weimin had to hold the meeting.
Old Cheng is now increasingly developing into Old Tan. Old Tan was probably in this state before he retired.
Everyone present knew the purpose of the office calling everyone to a meeting today, but no one expressed their opinion.
Lin Weimin felt that this was an opportunity. In the first half of the year, the printing capacity of the National Literature Press was seriously insufficient, so the National Literature Printing Factory in Daxing was expanded.
In the second half of the year, the printing plant's new production capacity was put into production, but most of the equipment is still old-fashioned lead printing equipment. When it comes to thrift and housekeeping, Lao Cheng is a master.
It would be a good thing for the National Literature Printing Factory if we could introduce some computer color printing equipment.
The most important thing is that these old foxes are all watching right now, isn’t this an opportunity?
What is opportunity?
When others abandon me, it is an opportunity; when I take it, giving face to the leader is an opportunity!
As soon as the unsuccessful meeting ended, Lin Weimin went to see his leader.
After a few words, the leader's originally serious expression became lively and cheerful.
Looking at Lin Weimin again, how can he still be the unorganized and undisciplined troublemaker? He is clearly a good subordinate who sticks to principles and is brave enough to take responsibility!
Director Song praised Lin Weimin with a smile on his face, without any trace of the cold attitude he had shown a few days ago.
After returning to the community, Lin Weimin told Cheng Zaochun what happened today, and Old Cheng became anxious again.
"I live frugally all day, but I'm still not as good as you! I just went to a meeting and spent two or three million?"
"Pattern, pattern, you have to open up the pattern!"
"I have no vision. I just know that you have wasted all the money I saved for several months in just one meeting." Cheng Zaochun said angrily.
Lin Weimin said slowly, "Let me ask you, how many more years do you think the lead printing equipment in our printing factory can last?"
"Three to five years will definitely not be a problem." Cheng Zaochun answered stubbornly.
"That's the ideal state you're talking about. It was originally the equipment discarded by Xinhua Printing Factory. In the past few years, the factory has been using it almost day and night. It has been plagued by minor problems. You know that."
“Three years new, three years old, and three years of mending. Whose life is not like this…” Old Cheng talked endlessly about the theory of thrift and diligence.
"You can do it now. It's already 1994, and the newspaper has been using laser typesetting for several years. We are still guarding this pile of lead printing equipment. What are you planning to do in the new century?"
"You don't manage the household, so you don't know how to cook rice and feed the people..."
Lin Weimin interrupted Cheng Zaochun, "Alright, alright, stop nagging. Buy a domestic product. At least it doesn't require foreign exchange, and it can also show off in front of the leaders. Wouldn't it be easier to negotiate the land issue?"
Cheng Zaochun was just stingy out of habit, and after hearing what Lin Weimin said, he didn't feel so distressed anymore.
"Then I will quickly file a report tomorrow."
"The fight should have been started long ago. My veteran cadre action team has been on high alert and ready to go for several days."
After hearing what Lin Weimin said, Cheng Zaochun felt a little embarrassed. Weimin was really efficient.
If I use these three methods together, I don’t believe that I won’t be able to get a piece of land!
Two weeks later, Lin Weimin received a package from Italy. When he opened it, he found that it was the first draft of the script of "Life is Beautiful Anyway".
He only handed over the adaptation rights of the script to Roberto Benigni in October, and the first draft of the script was completed in three months, which was quite efficient.
Lin Weimin called Roberto Benigni and told him that he had received the script.
At the beginning, Lin Weimin said that the script must be approved by him. Roberto Benigni sent the first draft of the script this time to seek Lin Weimin's opinion and asked Lin Weimin to write down his opinions on the script so that he could make revisions.
This approach is a bit slow, but Roberto Benigni happened to be filming a movie, so it didn't affect anything.
January 19th was Laba Festival. Sister Sun got up early and cooked some Laba porridge. After breakfast, Lin Weimin was about to drive to work and Tao Huimin got into his car.
"Please give me a ride."
"Where's your car?"
"It won't start. I don't know if it's because of the cold weather."
Lin Weimin started the car and said, "This car is almost ten years old, so it's a good time to buy you a new one."
"What's the point of changing it? It's running fine."
As the couple was talking, Lin Weimin sent Tao Huimin to the entrance of the People's Art Theatre.
Since Lin Weimin returned from the United States last month, Tao Huimin has returned to work at the People's Art Theatre.
She hasn't worked for such a long time since Xiao Doubao was born, and has been taking care of the child at home.
After staying here for more than a year, I'm almost going crazy.
Now the drama market is not as hot as before, drama actors’ income is not high, and the workload is not as heavy as before. Tao Huimin goes to work and rehearses every day, goes home to take care of her children at night, and lives an easy and comfortable life.
After seeing off Tao Huimin, Lin Weimin came to the Guowen Publishing House. After staying in the office for a while, Cheng Zaochun rushed in.
"Approved! Approved!" Cheng Zaochun shouted excitedly as soon as he came in.
"What did you approve?"
"Allow the land! The Second Printing Factory has a warehouse outside the East Third Ring Road, which can be used to build a house for the commune."
It's outside the East Third Ring Road, the location is pretty good.
"How big is the place?" Lin Weimin asked.
"More than 7,000 square meters."
Lin Weimin picked up his coat and said, "Let's go and take a look."
He left the house in a swift and decisive manner, drove to the warehouse near Balizhuang, drove around twice, and then parked the car in front of the warehouse gate. He felt happy in his heart, because wasn't the future CBD right next to it?
"It looks good, right? It should be enough." Cheng Zaochun asked.
"Yeah, it's quite square." Lin Weimin answered casually, but what he was thinking about in his mind was the planning of the future family housing complex.
Living in Yanjing is not easy.
In the future, every inch of land in Yanjing City will be valuable, so now that we have such a piece of land, we cannot waste it.
The land of the second printing factory warehouse is square, long from east to west and short from north to south. Lin Weimin measured it with his feet and found it to be about 150*50. The houses are built on the sides, so it is just right to build four multi-story houses, with a park in the middle. If they squeeze a little, they can also build a west-facing building, which means there will be five buildings.
Lin Weimin told Cheng Zaochun about his idea, but he didn't expect that Cheng was more calculating than him and planned to build a circle of houses in the shape of a U around the land.
"At least leave room for the door!"
"Just leave a door opening for any gate you want."
Cheng Zaochun fully demonstrated his meticulous spirit and strived to squeeze out the value of every inch of land.
Lin Weimin thought about it, isn’t this the same as the layout of the Guowen Society?
Nowadays people don’t care about house type, orientation or park environment. The most important thing is to have a house to live in, and it is most cost-effective to utilize every inch of space as much as possible.
Lao Cheng's method is only possible thanks to the fact that there are bungalows all around.
"The office has finally taken care of some personnel matters this time," said Lin Weimin.
"Well." Cheng Zaochun coughed, "The land is not given for free."
"What do you mean?"
"The agency means that we have to provide housing for some of the employees of the Second Printing Factory as well."
"How much do they want?"
"One flat on top of another."
“Why don’t they just rob?”
"After all, it's someone else's land." Cheng Zaochun said helplessly.
"How about I ask Lao Yan, Lao Meng and the others to come to the office and sit for a while?" Lin Weimin suggested.
Cheng Zaochun smiled bitterly and said, "Don't sit down. If you sit on it any longer, the land will be taken back. If we coordinate it ourselves, it won't be so smooth. We can't go too far."
Lin Weimin smacked his lips, he also knew that there was no free lunch in the world.
After a moment's silence, he said to Cheng Zaochun, "Then give them one million and let them solve their housing problem themselves."
Cheng Zaochun hesitated and said, "It's a little less, right?"
Even with his stingy personality, he said it was too little, which proves that what Lin Weimin gave was really too little.
"The Third Ring Road is considered a suburb, and it's almost the Fourth Ring Road. Look at the surrounding environment... One million and a half million, no more. 200 yuan per square meter, a bit higher than the standard for a tenth-level plot of land."
"In fact, it's OK to give them houses. I calculated that if we really want to build on this piece of land, 20,000 square meters can accommodate it. If we give them 7,000 square meters, it will be enough for the commune to share."
This area near the Fourth Ring Road will be the CBD in the future. A 7,000 square meter house will cost at least 500 to 600 million yuan in 30 years.
Lin Weimin glared at Lao Cheng. He seemed stingy at ordinary times, but when he squandered his money he was much more happy than Lao Cheng.
"Why give them a house? Leave it empty and don't give it to them. When our Chinese Literature Society has more members in the future, won't we be able to get a house?"
Cheng Zaochun thought about it and felt that Lin Weimin was thinking long-term. "Then I'll listen to you!"
With the land, there is no obstacle for JZ to build a house.
Upon hearing the news, the entire Guowen Society was in an uproar.
We just announced on New Year’s Day that JZ would build a house, and the new year hasn’t even passed yet, but the cooperative has already secured the land. This efficiency is so high.
Talking about this matter, many people in the commune knew the inside story. It was said that the commune took the lead in purchasing some color printing equipment recommended by the agency, and organized a group of retired comrades to talk to the leaders of the agency, so that the land could be obtained at such a fast speed.
When everyone talked about this matter, they couldn't help but sigh that this leadership really gets things done!
Everyone subconsciously ignores the efforts made by the veteran cadre action team formed by previous leaders. This is a mistake of heroic historical view and must be criticized!
The land has been acquired, and the Guowen Society is not short of money, so construction can begin after the New Year. Maybe everyone will be able to move into the new house by the end of the year.
When thinking of this, all the staff members of Guowen Publishing House were excited. This was truly a prosperous moment unprecedented in the 40 years since the founding of the publishing house!
(End of this chapter)
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