County Magistrate Xue swallowed his saliva, wanting to speak but not daring to. After all, among so many leaders present, his rank was the lowest, and it was not his rank to question them.
Leader Liu was a big shot with two flowers on his shoulder badge. Even if he was heartless, he hesitated at this moment:
"Comrade Sanqi, I don't quite understand this. I know there's a shortage of doctors and medicines in the country, but building a pharmaceutical factory involves so many aspects. For example, you need talent, right? A large number of pharmaceutical and medical talents.
But you have seen the situation in Bao'an County. There are not even many farmers here who can grow crops. Where will the professors and college students come from to help you build a factory?
If it were me, you could build the pharmaceutical factory in the capital, Shanghai, Wuhan, or even our Huadu. But you chose Bao'an County. Shatoujiao doesn't even have a proper road."
The followers who followed behind also nodded repeatedly. The environment in Sha Tau Kok can only be described as terrible. There is nothing there. It is only suitable for shooting horror movies.
Lin Sanqi explained with a smile:
"Intellectuals, engineers, and the like are the easiest group to deal with. If we can gain support from our superiors, then with a single order from them, I can choose any talent from any of the major universities and hospitals in the country."
Although the country was very poor in the 1960s, the people were still very united and the government was very efficient.
As long as the country has a need and the superiors issue orders, there are many intellectuals willing to go to the frontiers of the motherland to build our country, just like how many intellectuals from all over the country went to Lop Nur in the 1950s.
The environment in Sha Tau Kok is definitely better than that in Lop Nur, right?
This is the superiority of our system.
Leader Liu, however, was not optimistic. Instead, he pointed to the nearby Zhongying Street with some concern:
"Comrade Sanqi, you're too optimistic. You've seen that thousands of people from a commune in Sha Tau Kok can move to the other side overnight. Even if you summoned the intellectuals and workers needed by the pharmaceutical factory, what would happen?
Then can you guarantee that these people will stay in the factory honestly and have no other thoughts? The border is right in front of us. It only takes a few minutes to run there from where we are standing now. We can't stop them.
If you call a thousand people, they'll all run away. Comrade Sanqi, have you ever thought about this? It will be a serious accident. Everyone, including you, me, and everyone else who made the final decision to support this project, will be in trouble.
County Magistrate Xue also nodded repeatedly and murmured in a low voice:
"Yeah, yeah. If one or two of them run away, we can still hold on. But if everyone runs away, we're doomed."
Lin Sanqi retorted confidently:
"Leader Liu, County Magistrate Xue, why should our people take the risk of traveling to Hong Kong, a place they are unfamiliar with?"
Leader Liu looked at everyone without saying anything, and signaled with his eyes to County Magistrate Xue, the youngest person present.
County Magistrate Xue coughed lightly a few times:
"This and that, that's all been bewitched by capitalism, inciting those ignorant people to betray their country and their people..."
Lin Sanqi smiled and said:
"Let me give you an example. County Magistrate Xue should know that there's a Luofang Village in Bao'an County, and there's also a Luofang Village in the New Territories across the river. They were originally one village, but were later artificially divided into two places. But they share the same roots."
County Magistrate Xue was a little surprised:
"President Lin, you know Bao'an County better than I, the county magistrate, do. You even know Luofang Village."
Lin Sanqi thought to himself that he knew all this by looking up information on computers in another era, so of course he was a know-it-all.
"Right now, in Luofang Village, Bao'an County, the average annual income is 104 yuan, less than 10 yuan a month. I'm skeptical of even this data. After all, from what I know, farmers consider 10 yuan a high income when they receive a New Year's dividend.
The average annual income of Luofang Village in the New Territories, however, is 5,000 RMB. In other words, a Baoan farmer earns only a few cents a day, while a Hong Kong farmer earns over ten yuan a day.
So in the final analysis, it's all about money. The people are not stupid. Of course they will go to where they can have food and drink and get a high salary.
Although in my opinion the wages of ordinary citizens in Hong Kong are extremely low, they are still very high compared to those in the mainland. Ordinary people vote with their feet. They don’t care about this or that ideology. The most important thing is to have a meal.”
This honest statement made the leaders on the scene look up at the sky and dare not respond.
Lin Sanqi was not afraid. As a modern college student, he was fearless and lacked the so-called "brains". He would not think too much before speaking.
"So, to solve the problem of fleeing to Hong Kong that several leaders are worried about, it is actually easy to solve. That is, our pharmaceutical factory will implement the same salary and remuneration as Hong Kong. The average worker in Hong Kong earns 200 to 300 yuan a month, and we will pay the same amount.
Engineers and pharmacists in Hong Kong earn even more, up to HK$1,000 or more. We will also give this money to domestic intellectuals, and all in Hong Kong dollar foreign exchange, to them individually.
In addition, the logistics support of pharmaceutical factories can also form an industry in the future. For example, if workers want to eat, they have to farm. Look at how much vacant land there is in Bao'an County, and we can plant some land there.
Besides eating, workers also need vegetables and meat, right? Well, let's grow vegetables around here, and we can raise our own pigs to supply the pharmaceutical factory. Wouldn't that form a rudimentary logistics industry chain? How many farmers could that support?
Besides, workers and engineers have money, and they want to spend it. So where should they spend it? Can we imitate the Hong Kong model on Chung Ying Street and open our own clothing stores, jewelry stores, restaurants, and so on?
By then, let's not talk about anything else. Let's just say that Sha Tau Kok has formed its own circle. The workers there have money, food, and food. Do they want to enjoy this superior treatment in China, or do they want to run away to Hong Kong and become second-class citizens? "
County Magistrate Xue's face turned pale when he heard this:
"Dean Lin, this, this is not acceptable. Isn't this just like capitalism? It doesn't conform to our national conditions. This is a serious mistake."
Leader Liu was also scratching his head, thinking that Lin Sanqi was really damn brave.
If the pharmaceutical factory is built completely according to Lin Sanqi's idea, it would be equivalent to a country within a country, and the practices would be the same as those in Hong Kong or developed countries.
But that set of "rules of the game" is absolutely not allowed in China.
In fact, the pharmaceutical factory operation plan proposed by Lin Sanqi is a "mini version" of the special economic zone concept. Of course, he proposed it 20 years earlier.
If you are one step ahead, you are a prophet; if you are 20 years ahead, you may become a martyr.
Lin Sanqi also knew that it would not be easy to get the locals to accept his deception, and they would definitely have to weigh the "pros" and "cons".
People are all selfish, and you have to let them see the "benefits" before you drag them into it.
"Leader Liu, County Magistrate Xue, I'm afraid you don't know what I've been up to in the capital. You know our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital, right?"
Everyone present nodded. The Capital Infectious Disease Hospital is now very famous. It is the first hospital in the world to conquer the terminal disease of tuberculosis. It has been praised every day in the newspapers for a while. It is hard not to know about it.
"Do you know how our Capital Infectious Disease Hospital was established? When I founded the hospital, I didn't ask the government for a single cent. I simply asked my superiors for a policy, and I built one of the most advanced hospitals in the country."
"What policy?"
"I proposed the eight-character policy at the time: self-management and self-responsibility for profits and losses."
Leader Liu blinked, somewhat confused: "How do you understand these eight words?"
Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with Leader Liu's performance, and then he said slowly:
"That is to say, the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital does not need a single cent of funding from higher authorities. We will cover the construction and operating expenses ourselves, import the hospital equipment ourselves, and make the hospital's medicines ourselves.
But we don't have to hand over the money the hospital earns. If the profit is high, I pay more to the employees; if the profit is low, the employees' income will be low. If the hospital loses money, the hospital employees will not receive a penny. "
Brigade Commander Zhong couldn't help it at this time:
"Wow, Dean Lin, you're really bold. But your profit-taking and self-responsibility are still the capitalist way, isn't it? It's like you've contracted the entire hospital."
Lin Sanqi clapped his hands and said:
"Old Zhong, you used the word 'contract' well. Indeed, the Infectious Disease Hospital is like my personal contract.
I'm the boss, responsible for paying my employees. Furthermore, I break the archival wage standards and pay them as much as I want, no less than 200 yuan in cash and 100 kilograms of grain per month.
For example, during this year's Spring Festival, our infectious disease hospital distributed a piece of ham, half a fresh pork loin, a box of luncheon meat, 100 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of flour, 20 kilograms of rapeseed oil, a box of Yantai apples, a box of Hebei pears,
One small jar each of white wine and yellow wine; a package of sugar, salt, soy sauce, and other seasonings; a set of cotton-padded jackets and pants; 20 meters of cotton cloth; 10 kilograms each of melon seeds and peanuts; and a box of frozen hairtail. Oh, and I also gave each employee a bicycle.
When these words came out, not only County Chief Xue and other small leaders, but even the second-in-command of the military region, Leader Liu, opened his eyes wide:
"Oh my god, Comrade Sanqi, are you still hiring at the Infectious Diseases Hospital? My annual income and benefits as a deputy commander of the military region are not as high as your Infectious Diseases Hospital. I might as well go work for you." (End of this chapter)
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