In the eyes of many people who have a vague impression of that era, it seems that the country's economic opening up is mainly a matter of a few key junctures.

For example, 79 began to legalize a large number of self-employed people, 84 years of township enterprises to correct the name, 92 years of pure domestic limited companies blowout three important nodes.

But in fact, people who really have a deep understanding and experience of that era can still feel the rhythm changes of more small stages - of course, if you are already a businessman with a head and face in the 80s, you can feel this. If you're just a part-time worker, you might not be able to understand it.

In this life, Gu Biao is obviously standing on a high place and seeing far away.

After experiencing the domestic business environment in 86 years, he understands very well why the Americans, especially the American business delegation organized by the Times Group, chose to further release their goodwill for cooperation with China after September this year.

From June to August of '86, the domestic economic environment ushered in another wave of additional opening-up. {Of course, it was a little overheated later}

First, on August 3, a state-owned enterprise factory in a provincial capital outside the Guanxi Province, under the organization of the industrial and commercial system of Shenzhou, announced that because it had been losing money for 10 consecutive years and the situation had not improved one year after the "bankruptcy warning notice" was issued, the city and industry and commerce officially decided to let the factory go bankrupt and close down.

At that time, China did not have a "Bankruptcy Law", and the domestic bankruptcy law was not established until 06 and 07 at the beginning of the 21st century. Moreover, it was completely unthinkable for a state-owned enterprise to be allowed to completely go bankrupt and shut down in the society.

So although it was only the bankruptcy of a city explosion-proof equipment factory, the impact of this news was huge.

Take the American media giant Times Group as an example, at that time, this matter was on the cover news of Time magazine, and became one of the most eye-catching news in the world in August 86, with the title "China's 'Iron Rice Bowl' is Really about to be broken", and it took several pages to render this "the world's major social attention to the country, the first state-owned enterprise bankruptcy case".

"Thousands of workers have been warned that their companies are in a desperate situation and that their jobs will be lost – a phenomenon that is not uncommon in the West, and if it had happened in Detroit or Manchester, it would have been commonplace for a hundred or two years," Time magazine commented. But this time, it happened in Shenzhou, China. ”

Half a month later, another chief inspected the Tianjin Economic Development Zone -- the first time that a Chinese chief executive had inspected an economic development zone in the north, which had previously been in places like the Special Economic Zone, Guangdong, or Hujiang. So this is also interpreted by Americans as a trend of deepening reform.

American media people represented by Times Group were very excited and rushed to organize a delegation of entrepreneurs to "teach business experience to Chinese who have adopted a more open attitude and lack market experience."

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It was against this background that Gu Biao came to the capital.

Of course, his main purpose is to prevent Wang Lie from brushing his face, and to do some outside work to lower the stock price of Wang An's computer. Gu Biao is not a person who likes to meddle in affairs, and he doesn't want to talk about national affairs.

When he arrived, it was only mid-August, and it was still a while before the American delegation came.

It's not easy for him to come to the door directly, and he took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in these symposiums, so he can only take some time to invite guests to dinner with acquaintances in the circle and slowly look for opportunities.

After all, the current situation is different from that in March and April in the first half of the year. In March, Gu was invited by the relevant departments to provide some strategic planning advice on the topics of electronics and communications in the 863 Plan. And the Wang father and son were also invited as foreign guest experts, and it was natural for Gu Biao to fight in the ring with the other party.

Now this matter is different from the 863 Plan, this time the organizer is the American Times Group, and the discussion is about the problems in the transformation of the market economy.

The other party didn't invite Gu Biao, so it's not good for you to be cheeky and come up.

You can only create your own presence opportunities.

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But don't say it, after all, Gu Biao was mixed up by the Ministry of Electronics Industry, and there are many relationships in the circle.

After having a few meals with his old colleagues, Gu Biao inquired about some of the things that the electronic port planned to do in the near future.

For example, on the third day after Gu Biao arrived in the capital, he invited Chen Sicong to chat about things, and then had a meal to inquire about the news.

It's not a good dish, it's just a takeaway eaten in the courtyard of Gu Biao's house, and the takeaway ordered at the Diào Yú Tái State Guesthouse next door.

At the dinner, Chen Sicong talked about a matter, which could be regarded as asking him for his opinion and getting to the bottom of it, and then gave Gu Biao some ideas:

"Xiao Gu, the ministry has been applying for something recently, do you think it is reliable? The country originally planned, and at this time next year, it will officially complete the initial deployment of the network and put into mobile phones in the country. Moreover, the first city was originally scheduled to be Yuezhou, which will be used for the Canton Fair in the autumn of next year.

But recently, many people in the capital are also pushing, unwilling to let the first city with a 'big brother' in China be snatched away by the people of Guangdong. In the past two months, the foreign affairs activities in Beijing have been very intensive, and many delegations of big American capitalists have to be gathered.

After the National Day, on October 12th, a foreign queen was scheduled to visit China, which can be regarded as the official signing of the bill to return Xiangjiang at the beginning of the year. When the time comes, in addition to the capital, there will also be Hujiang and Yuezhou.

So many major reception activities, from the ministry to the local area in Beijing, all feel that it will be better for Beijing to get mobile communications first, and it will also give us Chinese people a face, and it seems that our science and technology have been modernized. Even if the country can't take out so much money to produce sustainable benefits for the time being, it can be expected to focus on the layout of base stations to solve the problem first-

We don't expect to cover the main urban areas of Beijing, Hujiang and Guangdong in one step. Let's first plan the route of the visit of foreign heads of state to China, and then make a base station.

Just make sure that there is a signal in the second ring road and a signal on the way from the airport. Hujiang, when the time comes, there must be a signal on the reserved Bund, especially the berth section that is planned for the Royal Yacht 'Brittana'. As for Guangdong, you can just make sure that there are signals at the White Swan Hotel, the Canton Fair venue and the surrounding hotel business districts, and the rest will be paved slowly - what do you think of this plan from an insider's point of view?"

"I don't think so, you and the local people want to do it, then do it, I'm just a layman. "Gu Biao is very measured.

Chen Sicong was so hung up and laughed angrily: "You say that you are a layman? You are the founder of 'Huaxing Communication'! You were the director of the preparatory committee back then! After the project was launched, you gave it a ride and became the director of the factory for two months?

Gu Biao took a sip of wine: "Isn't that all in the past, not in his position, not in his business." If this kind of thing loses money, no one will say that I am good, but if I make money, I talk too much and some people say that I use the influence I used to make benefits for myself. I'd better say less. What's more, even if I make money, it doesn't have much money, and I can't afford to ruin my reputation. ”

Of course, Gu Biao actually doesn't care about losing money, and he also needs a normal excuse to show his face at various relevant departments in the capital recently.

If he takes this matter, it can make his other actions more convenient, and on the small scale of the pilot project, Gu Biao is afraid that he can't afford to pay for it?

But all this must be squeezed out of Chen Sicong and become completely justified and unrealistic.

Of course, Gu Biao had to pretend not to care first, and wait for Chen Sicong to complain.

With a slight skill, Gu Biao skewed the topic to the feasibility level. He asked rhetorically in a radical tone: "Even if this thing is to be done, it is so urgent, it will be used in October, and now it is only two months, is it too late for construction and equipment?"

Chen Sicong saw that there was hope, and hurriedly Amway: "It's too late, didn't Huaxing Telecom talk about a big strategic cooperation with Motorola of the United States before you left? When you left, the localization of the equipment for pagers and paging base stations had already been realized, and it was nothing more than to give the Americans patent licensing fees, but there was no problem with production."

After the hard work of the past two years, even the big brother mobile phone and the supporting base station, Huaxing Communications has also achieved localization, and it is also the kind that draws the gourd and wants to pay the authorization fee. At present, don't say that some of the big brother phones sold by Motorola are OEM in China.

Alas, the young man you promoted from the wisdom of the infrastructure engineering corps back then was also a really capable person. After you left, it was more than a year and a half, and he was promoted from a middle-level cadre in the technical department and production department to a level in one year, and he became the deputy of the whole unit. This kid's ability to organize resources is very strong, and how many difficulties he has to concentrate on overcoming have been overcome by him.

It's far away, back to the schedule - I think that at present, the local government and the ministry just can't make up their minds to invest, and they don't have the money to make trouble. If you are really willing to spend money, from mobile phones to base stations, localization is no problem, direct supply construction, how can it be delayed? It is not to let you build within a certain range, just lay the core business district of two or three cities, at most 100 signal stations are enough, and the manpower is enough to be synchronous construction.

Anyway, if you decide to do this right away, the capital will do it before October 1, as a gift for the National Day, and it will be good to show your face in front of the delegation of American capitalists, let's count it for 45 days. The generation of the Hujiang Bund, the Canton Fair Business District in Guangdong, and the White Swan Hotel can be delayed until October 15, which will be two full months. Anyway, the 12th came, and I stayed in the capital for two days first, and I won't go to Hujiang and Yuezhou right away. ”

Hearing Chen Sicong say so sincerely, Gu Biao pretended to be silent for a while, and said: "Since it's just a matter of money, it's not that I can't help, but I can't leave a bad reputation - if you want me to interfere, I suggest you do this, and immediately hold an open bidding, just this week." Spread out the risk of the initial cost and sales revenue.

If no one bids, I will come again, then it will be considered for you to take over, as long as someone bids higher than me, I will leave immediately. I assure you, this project will not be able to return to its roots for the time being. It's just that I haven't paid attention to the small loss of millions of yuan. I don't want to be misunderstood for making money after losing money. ”