Chapter 1084: Industrial Trap and Poison (Third update, please subscribe)
A modern industrial miracle!
Just those few small factories?
For industrialized countries, these may be insignificant, but for a backward agricultural country, this is a remarkable industrial achievement.
Moreover, the industrialization prospects described by Zhao Peiqi are very wonderful.
With the fertilizer plant, Iran's agricultural production will increase. With the cement factory, the construction of cities and factories can be accelerated. With the machinery factory, urban and rural transportation will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Of course, this also means that Iran no longer needs to spend foreign exchange to import these industrial products from abroad.
After forming these industrial capabilities, although Iran is still an agricultural country, it has a basic industrial foundation. For Iran, this is the most important thing!
And what is the total investment in the seven-year plan?
It’s 1.2 billion US dollars!
If one billion U.S. dollars were taken out, and according to this plan, five sets were directly organized in Tehran, Isfahan and other places, it would only take a few years to present a miraculous miracle to the world. Iran!
An industrialized Iran!
As soon as he thought of this, Hassan was so excited that his eyes sparkled.
While Hassan was excited, what he didn't know was that what was even more exciting were the equipment manufacturers in Nanyang. When they knew the contents of this large order totaling more than 200 million US dollars.
There is only one word left in my heart - black!
So damn dark!
A set of 20,000-ton small fertilizer equipment can actually be quoted at a sky-high price of US$3 million. Isn’t this selling cabbage as white powder?
But the problem is...the buyer thinks it is cheap, and the seller thinks it is expensive. This is the legendary win-win situation.
“Sir, a 100,000-ton ammonia synthesis equipment costs 17 million, while a 20,000-ton ammonia equipment only costs 3 million US dollars. They all bought small equipment. Who will buy our large equipment in the future? !”
On the lawn of the official residence, Zuo Xiaohan, the director-general of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, looked a little confused when he raised this question.
"After all, small equipment has lower technical requirements, simpler operation, and lower cost."
Li Yian walked and said with a smile:
"Then let them buy five sets! Anyway, let them buy five sets. In this way, the company's profits will be higher."
Although chemical companies in Nanyang have always been engaged in large-scale equipment, they are also familiar with small ammonia synthesis equipment. Unlike large-scale equipment, small equipment has higher profit margins. , even as high as more than 40%, compared with only about 30% for 100,000-ton equipment.
"And isn't this exactly what we need? In itself, those small devices are meant to make money, or... to form consumption habits, but in the end, they will still be eliminated by the market."
In fact, for those small enterprises, Li Yi'an borrowed the concept of "Five Small Industries" from another world, Dongda University. It was basically a plan proposed during the Fourth Five-Year Plan. The specific content was to allocate 80 million yuan from the central finance. Special funds of 100 million yuan will be used to support the development of five types of industrial projects in various provinces and regions: small coal mines, small steel plants, small fertilizer plants, small cement plants and small machinery plants.
Since the central government provides financial support, provinces, cities and localities also provide matching funds. Therefore, with the efforts of all parties, the "Five Small Industries" were finally implemented in each county. Almost every county in the country has established the above-mentioned Five projects have formed a relatively basic local industrial system that can meet the most basic needs in industrial and agricultural production.
Regarding the construction of the "Five Small Industries", later generations have different opinions. Some people say that it successfully promoted the industrialization process across the country and cultivated a large number of small industrial enterprises. Some of these enterprises became the later East Asian enterprises. The seeds of large-scale industrial development.
Some people say that there are many problems in the construction of the "Five Small Industries". Because the county is very small, most of the five small industrial projects cannot meet the requirements of economies of scale, which is a problem of low-level duplication of construction.
But in any case, there is a reality that cannot be ignored - almost all the "five small industries" eventually disappeared under the market environment. One of the core problems is that production costs remain high.
"Elimination?"
Zuo Xiaohan frowned and said,
"Sir, do you mean the production cost?"
As a member of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry As the general manager, he naturally understood the details of the plan when formulating it. He knew that the biggest problem of these small factories is the high production cost, which is also determined by their characteristics - the factory is small, so naturally it cannot form a scale advantage. Due to the advantage of scale, production costs will naturally not come down.
“It’s just the cost,”
Li Yian nodded.
“In terms of production cost, 20,000 tons of fertilizer equipment is 140% of 100,000 tons, 160% of 300,000 tons, or even higher. This seems to be no problem in the short term, because these The country's fertilizers are all imported, and their prices are relatively high, so profits are guaranteed. However, with the increasing number of large merchant ships and large-scale equipment, the country will inevitably face the impact of cheap products. Eventually, the market will eliminate these high-priced products. ”
When Li Yi’an was born in a small county town, some of his classmates’ parents worked in the local fertilizer factory. In the early years, the fertilizer factory was still very prosperous. However, later, because of the high production costs of the fertilizer factory, he lost his bank. After receiving the loan subsidy, the fertilizer factory quickly went bankrupt. In the end, the equipment was dismantled and sold for scrap, and the factory was turned into a community. "From the perspective of the development direction of industry, scale and large-scale are the key to reducing costs. Small and scattered industries have no future."
Zuo Xiaohan thought After thinking about it, he said.
"It can't be said that this can help them lay a certain industrial foundation and train a group of skilled workers, which is very beneficial to them."
"That's true, but..."
Taking a puff of cigar, Li Yian sighed,
“Such an enterprise Industry is a waste of money..."
However, this is also what Li Yian needs - in fact, those small businesses are "debt traps". It seems that in the short term, those countries have gained certain industrial capabilities, but Because of production costs, they need to continuously provide financial subsidies to maintain production.
In the end, Li Yian didn't know how much those factories promoted industry, but they were like blood pumps, draining precious construction funds bit by bit. This is also the biggest problem of the five small industries. In the short term, it seems Brilliant, but behind the brilliance, only time can tell the taste.
After all, even in Dongda, only a handful of small factories have completed the final transformation. Not every country has that kind of potential for industrial upgrading, but it is obvious that those countries definitely don't have it.
So this is a trap for them.
"This..."
Zuo Xiaohan said.
"We have already reminded them about this in production cost accounting."
"Yes, since we have reminded them, it has nothing to do with us. In these countries, when they develop industry, they are either greedy for success or greed for success. Seeking perfection and not combining reality, or they are eager for quick success and only care about the present. In short, we only need to give them a plan so that they can see the short-term effects. The biggest effect of their short-term effects is to help us develop consumption habits. With chemical fertilizers, After the consumption habits of machinery and other industrial products, the market further expanded, and our market also emerged. When his company is overwhelmed in the future, our products will naturally take its place... So, this is a real win-win! "
Looking into the distance, Li Yian said.
“We won the market, and they are living a modern life.”
As for a modern industrial country, there is no need to think about it, let alone now, even in the second half of the year In the eleventh century, there were only a few industrialized countries in the world. However, in the world of the 1950s, every new country had such a dream.
They always think that their country is a plantation today, and tomorrow it is Birmingham and the Ruhr...
Those new national leaders who are ambitious, talented, ignorant, eager for success and quick profit And the political elites have no self-awareness at all, and they are fantasizing and dreaming.
But this is fine. For Nanyang, their fantasy is business, wealth, and countless resources.
Zuo Xiaohan, who has been following Your Excellency, thought for a while and then said from the side:
"Your Excellency, this seems to be the industrial trap you once said."< br>
"Yes, industrialization, this term seems very beautiful and desirable, but sometimes, many people will be intoxicated by the dream of industrialization, so that they forget about it, but they forget one thing - industrialization is not achieved overnight. Spend money to buy it. If they don't modernize, they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. They always think that as long as they build a factory, they have achieved industrialization. If it were really that simple..." Li Yian pursed his lips and said.
“There are countless industrialized countries in the world. In fact, we in Nanyang...if we had not introduced intellectual resources from Germany, Japan and other countries, we would very likely have fallen into an industrial trap. , we can build factories, but factories need technicians and skilled workers, which we did not have at the time. Fortunately, it was after the war, and countries such as Germany and Japan were in ruins. Not only did we We can hire professionals from all walks of life, and an unprecedentedly huge market has also opened the door to us. We have people and a market, and then we have the miracle of Nanyang and subsequent development. If we continue A few years later..."
Li Yian did not continue. In fact, he has always been very clear that the development opportunities in Nanyang are extremely rare. It can be said that he has just seized a few key points in time. , the shortage of private goods after World War II allowed Nanyang products to easily open up the markets of various countries. With engineers, factories, workers, and markets... With these four in place, it would be impossible for Nanyang not to develop. ,
The question is, do other countries have this period of opportunity?
“Yes, sometimes when I recall my experiences in the past few years, I really feel a sense of trance, as if I have always thought that there is God’s will in the dark. God seems to have always taken care of Nanyang, allowing us to be successful every step of the way. Everything goes so smoothly, every time..."
As he spoke, Zuo Xiaohan turned his eyes to Your Excellency,
It is not God who takes care of you, but you... It is you who are guiding Nanyang.
"Perhaps, this is God's will..."
Li Yian smiled, what kind of God's will is there, what God!
It is clearly me, I dominate everything!
I am God!
When this idea emerged, Li Yian held his cigar in his mouth with some pride, then took a sip silently, and then just looked into the distance...
(End of this chapter)
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