Lin Sanqi knew that he had to change the fixed mindset of these old people.
Because his Bao'an County Industrial Park follows the market economy route, if the management of the industrial zone and the technical backbone of the enterprises all have old thinking in the future, then this industrial zone will have a hard time moving forward.
Collective and private, public ownership and private ownership, marketization and planning must be made clear and explicit from the very beginning.
The thing that entrepreneurs fear most is unclear property rights, because this concerns the final say.
"Professor Chai, don't worry. Although I am a state cadre, our internship in Bao'an County is managed in an enterprise-style manner. All expenses will be borne by me, the major shareholder, and not a single cent will be spent from the national treasury.
Our Baoan Industrial Zone is exclusively invested by my family's Lingnan Hall, and I will bear all development costs.
So professors, rest assured that I will not harm the collective interests. I am also a citizen of the country, and I have a bottom line."
Professor Ren Rubing also felt sorry for Lin Sanqi's money:
"Comrade Xiaolin, even if you paid for it yourself, you can't spoil these kids like this, giving them free clothes and eating fatty meat every day. We should invest our limited funds in scientific research and strive to invent more medicines."
Lin Sanqi laughed and looked at the old lady and said:
"Professor Ren, do you know what Hong Kong workers eat? This is their daily work meal. Of course, my place might be better. But I promised my superiors before that we should have the same standards for mainlanders and Hong Kong people.
Unified wages, unified benefits, and we will be more advanced than Hong Kong because we are socialist. So I will provide free clothes, free food and accommodation, free medical care to future employees, and free education for their children in the future.
Isn't this what reflects the superiority of our system?
If the money I earn as a major shareholder is earned through exploiting workers, withholding their wages and benefits, and demanding overtime every day, then I think I have truly become a black-hearted capitalist and deserve to be brought down."
Professor Ren was deeply moved, but still had some concerns:
"But if we spend money like this, the cost will be high from the beginning. Can we guarantee the factory's profit?"
Not to mention anything else, the labor cost is about 8 times that of the mainland. Which factory in the country is so arrogant?
Lin Sanqi thought that in the future, if the medicines or other industrial products were sold domestically, it would definitely be a loss. After all, the national conditions had to be taken into consideration, and they also had certain welfare attributes.
Making money still depends on foreign trade.
"Professor Ren, whether it's profitable or not depends on the specific situation. If it's a drug, I can choose not to make money, or the state can subsidize the pharmaceutical factory. This is a national obligation.
If we can't provide free medical care, we can at least provide low-priced medicine, right?
Of course, if we sell drugs abroad, the price can be multiplied several times. After all, foreigners are rich, and they are just cheap.
If I sell medicine for a few cents per pill, people will doubt its quality. But if I sell medicine for a few dollars per pill, people will buy it like a treasure.
Besides, my industrial zone is not just a pharmaceutical factory. There will be a large number of other factories in the future.
For example, machine tool factories, home appliance factories, electronics factories, etc. If the pharmaceutical factory loses money, we can just let other factories make up for it.”
Old Mrs. Ren's thinking is still a little confused.
In her view, all means of production and products belong to the state, and no one can suffer losses but the state itself cannot.
But from Lin Sanqi's point of view, what do you, an intellectual nerd, know about economics? You just need to focus on production.
Professor Chai is smart. He knows that he is just a technical talent and he just needs to take care of his own business. As for how Commissioner Lin operates, that is other people's business, so don't ask too much.
"Alright, Old Ren, it's rare for us to see meat in school. Here we have food and drink, and we get paid. Let's work hard and not let Commissioner Lin down. Haha. By the way, Commissioner Lin, we get paid too, right?"
Lin Sanqi smiled and said:
"Of course. You will not only teach students pharmaceutical knowledge, but also serve as technical experts and provide guidance to the pharmaceutical company. Therefore, your salary is based on the level of engineers in Hong Kong.
So, I will give you guys 2,000 Hong Kong dollars every month. Please note that these 2,000 Hong Kong dollars are for you personally. Now that your personnel relations have been transferred to the Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory, this money no longer needs to be handed over to your school."
After hearing this, several professors including Chai Guoli, Guo Wenhao, Sun Yecong, Ren Rubing, and Shi Longchang almost vomited out all the kelp soup.
"How much? 2,000 Hong Kong dollars a month? Doesn't that mean an annual income of 30,000 RMB?"
Lin Sanqi nodded: "Yes, converted into RMB, it is about 2,400 yuan a month."
At this time, Professor Ren's female frugal thinking broke out again:
"No, Commissioner Xiaolin, isn't 30,000 yuan a year too much? My salary as a second-level professor is 302 yuan. The government gives me a high enough salary. We can't take any more."
Professor Chai was also shocked at this time and quickly stopped him:
"Yes, Comrade Sanqi, even as a first-level professor at Peking University, my salary is only 345 yuan, which is already the highest standard salary in the country. Any more, any more would only make people jealous."
Lin Sanqi thought to himself, you intellectuals are really cunning and know that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
But Lin Sanqi also had his own way of speaking, so while serving food to the professors, he advised:
"Professor Chai, Professor Ren, and several other professors, don't worry. I have my reasons for paying you such high salaries.
The first thing is to give you a high salary. This is the result of your knowledge and labor, not something you get for free.
You have to do mental labor, including production guidance and education and training, and the workload is very heavy.
Secondly, my workers are all paid 200 yuan, but professors are paid 300 yuan? Where is the embodiment of knowledge then?
If the treatment is the same regardless of how much you study or how much you work, such egalitarianism is terrible and will have adverse consequences.
For example, when parents of students see that they have worked so hard, almost selling their blood, to send their children to high school, technical secondary school, and university, but in the end their children’s salary is the same as that of ordinary workers who have not received any education, why should they bother sending their children to school?
The same goes for children. They studied hard for ten years, waking up at midnight every day and putting down their books at midnight. After going through so much hardship and suffering, they finally went to college. But now, they earn about the same as their elementary school classmates. What's the point of studying?
For a country to be strong, its foundation lies in education. Only when everyone is literate, everyone has culture, and everyone learns professional knowledge, can our work efficiency be increased exponentially and the country prosper.
For a country as big as ours with a population of hundreds of millions, there are only less than 500 college students majoring in pharmacy every year.
There isn't even one pharmacist in a county across the country. Do you think this is normal? Or is it because there are too few educated people?
We are now an agricultural country, and farming does not require any diploma or education.
We will definitely have to develop our own science and technology and industry in the future, which requires a large number of high-quality professional talents. Without talents, even the machines cannot work.
Just like the drug production line I have introduced now, from the production of raw materials, to the production formula, and then to the drug production and processing process, can an illiterate old farmer get started?
That’s why I asked my superiors to give me all the pharmaceutical students this year.”
Wei Miaomiao, Xu Yajuan, Zhu Yizhuo and Wu Jian, who were eating not far away, all pricked up their ears and listened.
After hearing Lin Sanqi's remarks, Zhu Yizhou was somewhat dissatisfied:
"Commissioner Lin is looking down on farmers. Why should workers receive higher wages? There's something wrong with his ideology."
Wei Miaomiao rolled her eyes at her classmate and retorted:
"Respecting intellectuals is different from looking down on farmers. We shouldn't be hostile to each other over everything. Commissioner Lin is running a factory, not a farm, so of course he has to give priority to the interests of the workers."
Xu Yajuan also agreed:
"That's right. Commissioner Lin clearly meant to popularize education and ensure that everyone goes to school. This way, everyone can become highly qualified professionals, and only then can our country achieve success in industry and technology. He didn't mean to look down on our fellow farmers."
Another male classmate, Wu Jian, also retorted:
"Even farming requires knowledge. I've heard from Professor Li that farmers abroad use mechanized farming, even spraying pesticides with airplanes; one person can cultivate thousands of acres of land.
On the other hand, our farmers use hoes, and each person can only cultivate one or two acres of land.
Don't say our country is backward. Even if we produce tractors, planters, and harvesters, will our farmers know how to operate them? Can they fly a plane? Can they repair them? So knowledge is still necessary."
Wei Miaomiao and Xu Yajuan both nodded heavily:
"Wu Jian is right. There's no distinction between high and low jobs, but knowledge can improve work efficiency. We can't just work hard on the land with our brute force. We need to learn how to use our brains to do the work."
Zhu Yizhou still refused to accept this. (End of this chapter)
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