Chapter 103: Milton's Arrival (Part II)
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"Isn't the property rights system the most important?" Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but be a little surprised. It was the first time he had heard someone say that. And he himself has been worried about how to change the property rights system of the Huaxia Railway.
"That's right, fundamentally, the implementation of the company's system and the people who implement it. is the most critical factor!" Milton waved his hand, "people, that is, talents, and the ability to execute the company's system, are the most critical." If an imperfect system can be thoroughly implemented, in many cases, it is even more effective than a system that has been formulated perfectly, but cannot really be implemented! And if there are capable personnel who can gradually improve it, then a system that can be thoroughly implemented will gradually become a perfect system, at least it has this possibility!"
Fang Mingyuan closed his eyes in silence and pondered. I have to admit that Milton has a certain point. In his previous life, Fang Mingyuan had this feeling, Huaxia's laws, 2,000 years later, are also sprinkled with millions of words, covering all aspects of society, it seems that the construction of the legal system is very effective, but when it comes to the specific implementation, people will sadly find that Huaxia is still a society ruled by man. In many cases, the will of the leader is more decisive than anything. It's a gas!
Milton didn't speak, but looked at Fang Mingyuan with interest. Before he came to China, he had a meeting with Cameron. At that time, Cameron told him some things he knew about Fang Mingyuan in advance, and repeatedly reminded him not to treat Fang Mingyuan as a minor. Milton was also very surprised at first about Cameron and what he said about Fang Mingyuan, but in the United States, it is not uncommon for young entrepreneurs to be successful, so Milton didn't care very much.
But as Cameron mentioned, "Terminator Phenol's script has half of Fang Mingyuan's credit. And he could see that Cameron admired Fang Mingyuan's talent, which was what interested him the most. It is conceivable how difficult it is to be able to make a talented rookie director like Cameron so admired in the field he is good at. Therefore, for Fang Mingyuan, he was even more interested.
"It's like democracy and dictatorship, from the point of view of social development, we naturally think that a republic is more progressive than an empire, but in terms of efficiency, democracy to a large extent means inefficiency, and a dictatorial empire is a ban, so when a rotten republican government meets an imperial government led by a wise monarch. For example, if the technological level and economic power between the two are about the same, then who wins and who loses. I'm afraid it's self-evident!" Fang Mingyuan opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "People, in many cases, don't really care what the political system is, what they care about is whether their lives will be better, whether the whole society is fair, even if it is relatively fair, and whether the low-class people have a smooth way for them to progress and change their own situation, if all this is for sure, then there is nothing strange about choosing the imperial system." "Hehe, isn't next year's Soviet Union the best example of this? It was the people who chose the Soviets back then, but next year it was also the people who abandoned the Soviets. A former superpower has almost disintegrated uneventfully.
Milton tilted his head for a moment, then smiled knowingly. This young man is really a little interesting, and he actually thought of the advantages and disadvantages of the republic and the imperial system from his own words.
In Milton's view, from the perspective of jishu versus comparative returns, China's transportation infrastructure investment reform will be first and foremost roads rather than railways. Although the operation of the latter can greatly reduce transaction costs, the natural monopoly characteristics and low returns of the road network are difficult to attract private investors. And today's railway industry, in the whole shijie, has gradually declined, although the railway is a more environmentally friendly, more economical, safer and environment-friendly mode of transportation, can meet the large-scale passenger and freight transportation of the long trunk line, but after all, the road and the car represent greater utility, satisfaction, freedom and individuality, people for the car at any time parking, travel at any time, door-to-door transportation, protection ** and other characteristics are commonplace, but these can be transplanted to the railway industry? However, China's national conditions have determined that it is necessary to vigorously develop automobile transportation, but railways are still indispensable.
The development of railways was once regarded by Marx as an example of the socialization of capital, and the socialization of capital will inevitably lead to the inherent contradiction between the characteristics of capital's pursuit of profits and the pursuit of public welfare utility by society. In the first half of this century, this contradiction became increasingly apparent with the development of the economy. With the outbreak of the capital crisis and the need to adapt to the needs of the wartime economy, the nationalization of railways and the strengthening of government control became a trend that swept the capitalist countries, and Western countries nationalized their railways one after another. But after so many years, it has turned out that simple nationalization is not the best model for socialization. Problems such as declining capital efficiency, service quality problems caused by broken infrastructure, and inefficiency and huge losses caused by bureaucratic management have promoted further railway reforms in Shijie countries. That is, on the premise of adhering to government regulations to ensure public welfare, break the barriers, strengthen competition, clarify property rights and responsibilities, and improve the operational efficiency of railways."
Milton was talking, and the car went all the way to the hotel, and several people entered the room, still talking about their thoughts.
Fang Mingyuan turned his face and looked at his watch, it was almost dinner time, but looking at Milton's appearance. didn't seem to care, so he had to do whatever he wanted.
It wasn't until seven o'clock in the evening that Fang Mingyuan found an opportunity to propose that everyone go out to eat, and Milton couldn't help but say apologetically: "I'm sorry, as soon as I work, I often do this." ”
Fang Mingyuan naturally said that it had nothing to do with Xiao and his understanding of this. At the same time, I can't help but feel a little joy in my heart, maybe only such a person can really make the reform pilot work have hope of success.
Of course, the place to dine was Fangjia Restaurant. That exquisite and delicious dishes made Milton almost swallow his tongue, he was full of praise for eating, and repeatedly proposed that Fang Mingyuan should open the restaurant business to the United States!
After the meal, Fang Mingyuan sent him back to the hotel, and at the same time left a stack of relevant information, which were all looked at by Su Huandong and determined that some sensitive things would not be involved. ,!