Chapter 209: Insights
To tell the truth, Shen Yiyi's experience from later generations proves that the reform in the 90s can be described as a battle of last resort. After experiencing the rapid growth of the national economy in the 80s after it was suddenly liberalized from planning and planning, all kinds of contradictions accumulated in the process also erupted in a concentrated manner in the early 90s, and even after the turmoil at the turn of the 80s and 90s, they were not resolved.
And the greatness of a leader lies in his vision. Faced with doubts about whether economic and social contradictions are caused by reform, leaders firmly believe that the contradictions that arise as a result of reform must and can only be resolved by deeper reforms. As a result, the development and opening up of Pudong and the reform of the old industrial base in Northeast China were put on the agenda.
The development of Pudong was a success and became a major driver of China's economic growth throughout the nineties. The revitalization of the old industrial base in Northeast China is relatively not so prominent. There are innate reasons for this. The development of Pudong is a pure construction that starts from scratch; The reform of the old industrial base in Northeast China is that it is necessary to transform the economic structure that suits the new situation on the basis of the old mechanism. Obviously, the latter is more complex and difficult than the former.
From a purely economic point of view, the reform in the Northeast has been successful at the very least. The entire history of China's reform and development is a history of success, otherwise there is no explanation why China's economy has been able to maintain rapid growth in the face of the global economic downturn. But as far as the reform of the Northeast is concerned, it is not all praise for the leaders who led the reform. The most controversial issue is the layoff and unemployment of a large number of workers in the reform of the old industrial base in Northeast China.
Of course, Shen Yiyi understands that, as she said, if you don't reform, you are waiting for death. With the original allocation of productive forces in those state-owned enterprises, they will not be able to cope with market competition. To carry out reforms, there must be people who have been laid off and diverted. But she believes that reforms should not come at the expense of ordinary people. Workers on the front lines of the general line have been laid off in large numbers, and those who should have been more responsible for the failure of the enterprise have continued to work in different units. He even colluded with others and used the power in his hands to embezzle state-owned assets in the name of reform. Reform was supposed to be for the benefit of the people, but in the end, the people became the sacrifice of "reform". Isn't such a reform a recipe for death?
It is precisely because of this idea that even though Shen Yiyi knows that selling some properties is a practical way to revitalize assets, she still wants to remind these university teachers and students who may provide advice on leadership decisions from the perspective of the employees of the most affected companies.
Wang Lushen obviously wanted to say something. But was stopped by the old man. Having experienced the ups and downs after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he obviously understood something from Shen Yiyi's words. We are a people's republic, and our party is also a people's party, which means that the interests of the people are the greatest political correctness of any political and economic activity. Any speech that dares to ignore the interests of the people, or even blatantly wants to sacrifice them, is likely to be liquidated at some point.
He looked at Shen Yiyi with blazing eyes, and Shen Yiyi glared back without fear. The old man, who found this little girl very interesting, smiled and asked, "Then this classmate, do you think that in order to pull these enterprises out of the predicament." What's the best way to do it? ”
As soon as he said this, the students around him all froze. You must know that the old man Lu Dao is one of the most prestigious scholars in the domestic economic field since the reform and opening up. Even the head of the Central Committee often asks him to ask questions, but now he asks a question to a high school girl who looks too young to meet on the train.
Shen Yidao knew that it was now his turn to say something. But she couldn't say too much. If you talk too much, you may wonder why an ordinary high school girl would study these economic problems that most people think are a bit profound. So she didn't answer directly, but went around in circles.
"Old professor, you are a researcher of economics. And I just heard from your students that you're working on this project. I think it would be more appropriate for you to study the specific method. As for me, I just want to remind you that while reforming the company, it is also necessary to find a way out for the original employees of the company. After all, the purpose of reform is to liberate and develop the productive forces, and making those workers lose their jobs actually means a huge waste of productivity, which is obviously not the optimal solution, right? ”
The answer is the most lucrative. Shen Yiyi still borrowed the concept from operations research, which seemed a little playful. And the old expert who heard this answer, looking at this little girl like a little fox, was a little crying and laughing in his heart. He was really ashamed to ask just now, but apparently this little girl made another false shot. Don't answer him anymore. But if people don't want to say anything, he, an old man, doesn't necessarily have to force others to say anything. So he just smiled, and decided in his heart that he would have to talk to this little girl again for a while, and maybe he could get some inspiration from her.
As a result of this conversation, along the way, the compartment where Shen Yiyi was located suddenly became crowded. The old professor made up his mind, squeezed into this compartment, and asked Shen Yiyi about this and that. And since the professor is here, his students naturally can't seem indifferent, and naturally they all sit in a heap. Shen Yiyi was overwhelmed. Originally, she was going to come down for a walk and then go back to the bunk to sleep again, so that the idea of sleeping would be over. However, Shen Yiyi felt that it was over, and he should say something more or less. Anyway, that's what I said, and it's better to leave the specific conclusions to these experts and professors to think about for themselves.
So, along the way, Shen Yiyi intermittently took out some topics of subsequent reforms that he had an impression of the future generations to the 21st century and communicated with the team of old experts. After a series of concepts such as the separation of property rights, the modern enterprise system, and equity incentives came out of Shen Yiyi's small mouth, they really amazed the senior in the theoretical field of China's economic reform. These seem so bold in this era, even in the West, they are also cutting-edge research topics, listening to the ears of this old expert, it really makes his eyes light up, and the perspective of Shen Yiyi is different. It's hard to believe that such a rather professional topic came from the mouth of a little girl who seemed to be just a high school student. Like his students, the old professor at this moment also began to speculate that he didn't know which domestic scholar's child this child was.
Later, as the topic deepened, the desire to communicate with the experts behind the little girl became stronger and stronger, and the old professor raised this question again and asked about Shen Yiyi's family background.
exchanged glances with Peng Weining, who had a serious face but a smile in the corner of his eyes, Shen Yiyi warned him with his eyes not to reveal his origin, and then played Tai Chi with the old man.
The old and young often carried out such offenses and defenses in the future, and Peng Weining was very interested.
After arriving at the end, Shen Yiyi saw that Beijing seemed to be running out of places, so he simply said to the old professor: "Old professor, you just think that we are the one who is destined to meet each other this time, and we will meet in Pingshui." I just hope that when you work on this subject, you will think more about how hard it will be for the families of ordinary workers who are facing unemployment if the slogan of reform is carried out. Even if those are evil, I hope that the higher-ups will be able to solve the problems of ordinary people's lives by controlling the pace and pace of reform when making decisions. The ultimate goal of reform should be to make people's lives better, not worse. Only reforms that benefit the vast majority of people are successful. Reform and development should be able to coordinate the relationship between all quarters and pursue scientific development. ”
Yes, this little girl took out the "Scientific Outlook on Development" again. These piles of esoteric and rich political and economic concepts make the old professor in front of him have stars in his eyes. What kind of girl is this, how much I want to snatch her to be my student!
But this idea did not materialize until they got out of the car. Every time he mentions Shen Yiyi's family background, this little girl always has a way to divert the topic. And this kind of cleverness made the old professor feel more pity and pity for talents. The game of cat and mouse made the old and young people have a lot of fun. This made the students of these old men and Peng Weining around all watch the drama with a lot of taste.
It's just that Wang Lushen has some bad feelings in his heart. He found that his limelight as an old professor was completely stolen by this little girl who came out of nowhere. Although the little girl is beautiful, he often thinks that good men don't fight with women, but this is still inevitably jealous of each other in his heart.
Dong Laxi worked hard for most of the day, and with the station of the train, Shen Yiyi suddenly realized that there was still one station where everyone was about to separate, but he forgot a very important thing and did not tell the old professor.
"Ah, by the way, old professor, I remember something I didn't tell you." Under the professor's curious and encouraging eyes, Shen Yiyi added, "I suggest that if you have any economic model or analysis research in the future, the most important thing is to be able to study it together with the Department of Mathematics." I hope that the economic papers I will see in the future will be able to speak with data, rather than the kind of qualitative conclusions that talk about good or good. Without data analysis, economics wouldn't be a science at all, you say? (To be continued......)