General Shen and Hou Haitao looked at each other and sighed at the same time. This kid does not have the intention to be a soldier.
General Shen had come to visit Feng Yu. He was here to talk to Hou Haitao about something important, and it was what Hou Haitao wanted to do.
The Aviation Factory was a military factory in the past and manufactured fighter jets. It was one of the earliest military factories in Hua Xia. During the last corporate reform, according to the requirements of the higher-ups, the military was converted to a civilian.
At that time, Bing City's Aviation Factory started their automobile project. They thought that with their aircraft engine technologies, it would be easy for them to produce automobile engines, and they will be able to make lots of money.
But they did not consider that the Aviation Factory was too close to First Automobile Works, and the automobiles they produced were nothing special. The sales were not good. Although they did not make any losses, they also did not make any profits.
The Aviation Factory started to produce small planes. They wanted to use this to make money, but it was still a dead end. As for the helicopter project, they had kept it, but there were no civilian orders.
If it were not for the humidifiers, the Aviation Factory would be the same as in Feng Yu's previous life. Even the helicopter project had to be converted to civilian production to ease the financial pressure.
This was because the factory was changing from a planned economy to a market economy. They did not know how to cater to the market and consumers. No matter how good your technologies were, if you do not know how to promote your products, you will not be able to make money.
But this was still considered good. Many companies that changed from a planned economy ended up bankrupt. If they did not go bankrupt, they might be a burden to the local government. There were many such examples in Feng Yu's previous life.
Feng Yu despised the leaders of this era. They had good military production capabilities, but they did not know how to make money from it.
Look at the US and the Soviet Union. They were the biggest exporter of firearms. They only needed to sell the obsolete products. This way, the technologies would not be leaked, and they could recover their costs.
Hua Xia's leaders insisted on not selling weapons. They felt that this was not a peaceful country. The surrounding smaller countries, especially Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, etc., had been threatening Hua Xia. If you do not sell weapons, they will not target you?
I'm talking about you, and I'm talking about you. If you want to frame someone, you can always find a pretext. Many people could not understand this. It was because of their different thinking.
If those countries were to do so, they would be able to hold back Hua Xia's economic development. They wouldn't even have to pay a single cent, so why not?
Two-thirds of the military enterprises had been transformed into private enterprises, but how many of them were successful? Not even one-tenth of it. They had no idea what the original military technology would do if it was converted to civilian use.
Therefore, a strange phenomenon emerged. Whenever a product became popular in the market, there would immediately be a wave of similar products from other brands. Then, no one would make money, and everyone would lose money together!
The Aviation Factory's restructuring was not very successful. Although they did not make any losses, they did not make any profits either. But from the year before last, the Aviation Factory's profits increased. It was because of the humidifier project. Later, they purchased an ultra-high-power electric furnace, which solved the problem that had been plaguing them for a long time, and reduced the production cost of the helicopter by a lot.
The higher-ups start to notice the Aviation Factory again. They felt that Hou Haitao was capable. But very quickly, Hou Haitao surprised them again. He got his hands on a lot of the Soviet Union's aircraft manufacturing technologies, especially the engines. These technologies were very important to the country.
But the Aviation Factory no longer had such advanced laboratories. So, the Shenyang Government ordered them to take away all the aircraft engine technologies, including the prototype.
But Hou Haitao got his hands on the helicopter manufacturing technologies. This was the Aviation Factory's expertise, and the higher-ups had no reason to take it away.
The development and production of helicopters required a lot of funds, and the Aviation Factory's funds were not enough. The higher-ups could only report to the higher-ups and hope that they would give them the funds.
Actually, Hou Haitao's ultimate goal was to turn the Aviation Factory into a military enterprise. Although the Aviation Factory was in a special position now, it was still incomparable to before the restructuring.
In the past, even the Provincial Government could not control the Aviation Factory, let alone the City. But now, because of some land, the City can interfere. What made Hou Haitao unhappy was that the Aviation Factory had to pay taxes, and the taxes were quite high. But the City only collected taxes and did not give any support to the Aviation Factory's operations. Compared to the City's enterprises, the Aviation Factory was like a stepmother.
Now, the opportunity was here. Hou Haitao had used Feng Yu's hands to get the MiG series of technologies. This made the higher-ups take this seriously. Hou Haitao wanted to turn the Aviation Factory into a military enterprise, and the higher-ups were considering it.
General Shen was here to represent the military to talk to Hou Haitao. He wanted to see if the Aviation Factory could be used for the military and civilian purposes, like those military enterprises in Japan, Europe, and the US.
Of course, the Aviation Factory would not need to pay taxes anymore, and it would also get some preferential policies. At the same time, Hou Haitao's Major General treatment would also become a real Major General.
The higher-ups had confirmed this. Hou Haitao wanted to get the military and civilian benefits. He wanted the military's name and policies, and at the same time, he wanted the civilian's support.
Hou Haitao remembered talking to Feng Yu. Japan's Mitsubishi, Fuji, Nikon, etc. were all military enterprises in the past. Although they were converted to civilian products, they did not give up on military research. They could still use the profits from civilian products to subsidize their military research. Once there was a war, they would be able to produce military products in the shortest time!
Mitsubishi manufactured tanks, Fuji manufactured airplanes, and Nikon manufactured scopes. Their trucks, cars, cameras, etc. were popular all over the world, and they made lots of money.
Combining the military and civilian industries was one of Feng Yu's ideas. He said that this was what the developed countries in Europe and the US were using, and it was very successful. In Hua Xia, there was no precedent of this. Feng Yu said that if Hou Haitao could succeed, then Hou Haitao would leave a mark in Hua Xia's history.
At that time, Feng Yu had only said it casually, but Hou Haitao remembered it. He had been working hard to achieve this goal.
Now, he had seen the light, and he will not give up. But the higher-ups were troubled. There was no precedent of this.
Military enterprises were military enterprises, and civilian enterprises were civilian enterprises. How can they be mixed? Although there were examples overseas, those were overseas, and it might not be suitable for Hua Xia!
Hou Haitao wanted the military's name and benefits, and he also wanted to produce civilian products. This was not a small investment, and the higher-ups were arguing about it.
In the end, the higher-ups decided to use the Aviation Factory as a pilot project. If this project was successful, it would prevent those military enterprises from failing in their transformation. It could also relieve the financial pressure on the military enterprises and create more profits.
Feng Yu did not know that his casual words had brought so many changes to the Aviation Factory and Hua Xia's military enterprises. When Hou Haitao was reporting to General Shen, Feng Yu was watching the news. The great man was on a tour to the south!
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