Reborn in 1977

Yang Kangnian hurried back to the office, pushed open the door, and saw Chen Fan sitting leisurely on the sofa, reading the newspaper with his legs crossed.

This office was only accessible to Chen Fan when he was away.

He took a couple of breaths, closed the door behind him, glanced at Chen Fan, and walked towards the corner, "Where did you come from this time?"

Chen Fan got up to greet him, picked up the thermos and refilled his teacup, and then said, "Lujiawan, where else would I be from?"

Yang Kangnian wiped his face with a towel, threw the towel into the basin, rolled up his sleeves and walked over, his face quite surprised, "You stayed for more than a month this time without going out?"

Chen Fan hummed in agreement, returned to the sofa and sat down, "There are too many things to do at work, so I came back to escape the peace and quiet."

This wasn't a lie. As long as he was at work, Chairman He, Secretary-General Xu, and the others could always find something for him to do.

Either they would ask him to give lectures at the correspondence center, or they would urge him to write books.

Or they would pull him into discussions about whether or not to go abroad for exchange visits.

Chairman He made it sound so good at the time, saying he could just lend his name and wouldn't have to do anything else, but what happened? It was this and that, they should just give him a raise!

Yang Kangnian sat on the other sofa, looking at him curiously, threw a cigarette over, "Then didn't you do anything else?"

Chen Fan caught the cigarette, lit it, and smiled, "Yes. I ran all over the village during the day, first helping with the autumn harvest, and then starting a sideline company. There were a lot of things to do."

He wrote a news report during the autumn harvest and spent all his time at the sideline company. That should count, right?

Yang Kangnian smiled, obviously not very convinced, but he didn't say much. Instead, he asked, "Then haven't you written any new novels recently?"

Chen Fan curled his lips, "Why does everyone ask this question?"

Yang Kangnian sighed, and said unhappily, "Who told you to write so slowly? I've finished reading all the ones you wrote before, and you haven't written two more."

Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly, and he said, "I am writing, but this one is more difficult to chew, and it may not be published until next year or the year after."

He could write a few hundred words a day for this realistic novel that hadn't been named yet.

Most of the time, he was writing "The Legend of the Dragon Knight", which could make a lot of money. In more than a month, the second book had been completed, and the third book had been started.

When Zhou Yali goes on winter vacation, she will definitely come over to play, and I can have her take it back with her.

When Yang Kangnian heard Chen Fan say that it wouldn't be published until next year or the year after, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, "Why is it taking so long this time?"

Chen Fan, "It's not that long. I used to serialize it in magazines, but this time I plan to finish writing it before publishing it as a book. And besides writing this book, I haven't stopped publishing articles in magazines. There's always something here and there, right?"

After finishing this cigarette and chatting for a while, Chen Fan finally got down to business.

He looked at Yang Kangnian with a serious face, "Uncle Yang, last time we talked about which direction you plan to develop in, have you thought about it yet?"

Currently, Yang Kangnian is still the secretary and factory director of both Yunhu Machinery Factory and Yunhu Automobile Factory. But when the meeting is held at the end of the year, these concurrent positions will be separated, and he can only manage one unit.

Moreover, it is not appropriate for him to hold the positions of secretary and factory director at the same time.

The reason it was like this before was to facilitate his management of the unit after he returned from being demoted. Now that everything that needs to be clarified has been clarified, he can no longer take care of both administration and production.

He can either serve as the secretary, in charge of administration, and take the political path in the future. Or he can be a good factory director, focusing on production, and develop in the direction of a state-owned enterprise leader in the future.

If it were 20 years later, there would be no need to think about it, of course, he would choose the former, and the future would be brighter.

But in this era, and even until the mid-1990s, the benefits and future prospects of well-performing production units were better than the former.

Because during this period, the emphasis was on "everything centered on production", and all aspects of resources were tilted towards production units.

The policy of grasping the class struggle on the one hand and production on the other hand was the reality at that time.

Yang Kangnian was a little puzzled when he heard Chen Fan's words.

Didn't he mention this question when he came last time? Why is he talking about it again today?

And looking at his posture, it seems that he came specifically for this?

He looked at Chen Fan and pondered for two seconds, vaguely guessing in his heart, "Did something happen?"

Chen Fan smiled, took out a cigarette and handed it over, lit one himself, and then smiled, "That's right, this time I came here to ask the machinery factory to develop a machine."

Yang Kangnian's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at him intently, "Is this machine very important?"

Chen Fan nodded lightly, and said solemnly, "If the research and development is successful, and coupled with the breeding manual summarized by Lujiawan, it will help my country's poultry breeding to advance by leaps and bounds and generate income for farmers."

Yang Kangnian suddenly shook, and said with a serious face, "You can't just say this casually!"

Chen Fan smiled and explained, "What I want to develop is a live poultry incubator that can hatch thousands of poultry seedlings at the same time."

Hearing this, Yang Kangnian's eyes lit up, "Incubator? Hatching thousands of eggs at the same time?"

If this kind of machine can really be developed, it will indeed, as Chen Fan said, be of great help to rural poultry farming.

Before, they were not allowed to raise too many, and there were too few seedlings. The breeding stations often lacked seedlings. Instead, peddlers picking baskets and selling chicks became the main source of chicks in rural areas.

If the problem of scarce seedlings can be solved, coupled with the current lack of restrictions on rural family farming, and the collective farming model, then many places can start breeding sideline businesses.

It's just…

The next second, he frowned slightly, "As far as I know, in addition to seedlings, the restrictions on rural family farming also include epidemic prevention and feed, especially the feed problem.

Yunhu is a land of fish and rice, and the feed it can provide may only be a small amount of rice bran and wheat bran, and most of it still depends on vegetable leaves and wild vegetables. Even Yunhu is like this, and other places with lower grain yields may find it difficult to provide enough feed. If you want to increase the number of breeding animals, you must first solve the feed problem.

In the face of feed, even epidemic prevention must be ranked behind."

Chen Fan laughed, "Didn't I just say that, with the incubator and the breeding manual provided by Lujiawan, most of the rural poultry breeding problems can be solved."

Yang Kangnian looked at him and asked, "Could it be that Lujiawan's breeding farm has some unique tricks?"

Chen Fan, "Yes, you don't think that the chickens in Lujiawan are all raised by eating grain feed, do you?!"

Yang Kangnian immediately became interested, "Tell me about it."

Chen Fan explained with a smile, "Chickens have a wide range of food, in addition to rice bran and wheat bran, insects, weeds, wild vegetables, vegetable leaves, and even small fish and shrimps can be used as feed.

In the beginning, Lujiawan advocated that every household raise earthworms, and then use earthworms and vegetable leaves and rice bran to make mixed feed for breeding after scientific treatment.

So, even in places where grain yields are not high, as long as earthworms can be raised and wild vegetables can be grown, you can try raising chickens.

Moreover, besides earthworms, the Agricultural University also has methods for raising insects. The Animal Husbandry Bureau can integrate these breeding methods. On one hand, they can use incubators to increase the supply of seedlings, and on the other hand, they can provide farmers with training on how to make mixed feed, which includes methods for raising earthworms and insects.

As long as they are raised according to scientific methods and the feed is properly processed, the problem of chicken feed is not difficult to solve.

After Chen Fan finished speaking, Yang Kangnian completely understood Chen Fan's meaning.

He held a cigarette in his right hand and gently tapped his fingers on his thigh with his left hand. After thinking for a long time, he exhaled a long breath, looked up, and smiled, "I understand what you mean. If I want to take the administrative route, this incubator is indeed more suitable for me than a car."

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you still want to be in charge of the automobile factory?"

Yang Kangnian nodded lightly, with a hint of melancholy on his face, and said with a smile, "For me, the incubator can indeed allow me to move up a level, or even several levels. However, for me, the car is an ideal of many years, and it also contains the hard work of your father.

So, compared to that, I would rather be in the automobile factory watching…"

Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed, "Besides, even if I hand over the incubator to the machinery factory, it doesn't mean I can't benefit from it."

Chen Fan's eyes rolled slightly, and he nodded and smiled, "That's right. Although you are no longer in charge of the specific affairs of the machinery factory, you are still the leader of the machinery factory. No matter when it is developed, whether you are still in the machinery factory or not, as long as this thing is initiated during your tenure, a share of the credit is indispensable."

Yang Kangnian looked up and laughed loudly, then patted his leg and stood up, "Let's go, I'll take you to find Lao Xue and give him a free credit."

…

Half an hour later, in the small conference room of the old factory area of the machinery factory.

All members of the leadership team of the machinery factory in Yunhu rushed back, without exception.

Yang Kangnian presided over the meeting, and Deputy Factory Director Xue, Chairman Zhao of the Labor Union, Secretary Zhang of the Youth League Committee, Director Qian of the Women's Federation, Section Chief Sun of the Finance Section, and Director Liu of the Office attended.

As for Deputy Factory Director Li, unfortunately, he went to the Beijing Office to preside over the work. Chen Fan didn't ask what he was doing specifically.

He is now explaining to everyone what an incubator is, "Artificial incubation technology has existed for two thousand years, but the low efficiency has always been a very real problem. No matter what kind of incubation technology is used, one person can only incubate a few hundred chicks at most, which is almost the limit.

As early as 1918, Western countries invented large-scale incubators, and then in 1927, the first hatching machine appeared.

If you count from the beginning, this artificial incubation technology was first passed from our country to Little Japan, and then from Little Japan to Europe. As a result, they first came up with advanced machine incubation equipment, while we are still using the methods left by our ancestors two thousand years ago."

Deputy Factory Director Xue was already flushed with excitement at this time.

How could he not be excited about a pie falling from the sky?

After hearing Chen Fan's words, he immediately said with impassioned enthusiasm, "Consultant Chen, just tell us what to do?"

Chen Fan turned to look at him and said sternly, "There are two paths in front of us now. First, find a way to purchase the most advanced incubator from abroad, and the machinery factory will dismantle and imitate it. This way, it can be developed and put into production as quickly as possible."

After a pause, he glanced at everyone, "However, I do not recommend using this one."

Chairman Zhao looked at him in confusion, "Why?"

In the field of agricultural machinery, buying it back and dismantling it has almost become a consensus in China.

Many agricultural machines came about this way.

Why doesn't it work when it comes to incubators?

Chen Fan lit a cigarette and explained earnestly, "First of all, this involves the issue of international intellectual property rights. Our country does not have a patent law yet. A set of design drawings is used by the entire industry, which has almost become a common practice.

However, this kind of practice is not feasible in foreign countries, especially in Western countries.

If we imitate the machines of Western countries, then it is destined that this machine will never be able to go abroad. What if…"

After a pause of two seconds, he glanced around at everyone and smiled, "The newspapers have also been talking about it these past two days. The top leaders are holding working conferences. According to the news that has been published in the newspapers this year, combined with various information,

For example, the use of foreign capital and the old political commissar's visits to multiple countries, it is not difficult to judge that major changes have taken place in the current situation. It cannot be ruled out that one day, we will go out and invite foreign companies in.

If this kind of situation really happens, then our country will definitely align with international standards in terms of intellectual property rights.

Otherwise, before the exchange and cooperation even begins, the lawsuit will be filed first, wouldn't that be ridiculous?"

After listening to his words, almost everyone looked at each other.

It's still the same sentence, people now know that it is common sense to abide by patents, and the common sense of that year was that everyone uses everyone's things.

Well, in the 1980s, many units that came up with new products were brought down in this way.

Therefore, if it were any other person, including Yang Kangnian, they would not care about these words.

But Chen Fan is different. Without him, there would be no Yunqi Factory.

Including the "Five Principles of Factory Management" that are currently being promoted throughout the province of Jiangnan, which he also proposed, and was first tested in the machinery factory with surprisingly good results.

After Yang Kangnian reported it to the factory, it immediately attracted the attention of the Light Industry Bureau. After summarizing the relevant experience, it was decided to promote it throughout the province.

If this management method has universality, they will report it to the ministry and promote it nationwide.

In addition, Chen Fan's foreign relative also accounts for a large part of the factor.

They had long heard that Consultant Chen's uncle was a big shot in the United States. Maybe the words he just said were heard from his uncle.

As a result, the credibility is naturally very high.

In comparison, it is the most important judgment of the current situation that they all feel is not worth mentioning.

Because the change of direction has basically become a foregone conclusion, it is nothing more than how to change and when to change. Anyone with discerning eyes can see this, and Chen Fan doesn't need to waste his breath.

After a brief silence, Yang Kangnian asked, "The second method is independent research and development?"

Chen Fan nodded lightly and smiled, "In fact, it is not difficult to develop it ourselves. The machinery factory has an industrial foundation. If you want to achieve results quickly, you can invite the Agricultural University, Jiangnan University, and Jiangnan University of Technology to join in. With their talent support, coupled with the machinery factory's innate conditions, I believe that this incubator can be developed successfully very quickly."

After he finished speaking, Yang Kangnian turned to look at Deputy Factory Director Xue and smiled, "Lao Xue, this task is yours. The final decision is still up to you."

Deputy Factory Director Xue pondered for a few seconds, looked around, and finally patted the table, "Then we will develop it independently."

After a pause, he suddenly laughed, "Maybe we can also participate in the Canton Fair and earn foreign exchange through exports."