Chapter 289: The Industrial Age (3)
"Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant, with an annual output of 300,000 tons and a construction period of four years, of which 50,000 tons are special steel for cannon tubes; Lianyuan Iron and Steel Plant, with an annual output of 300,000 tons and a construction period of four years; Shilu Iron and Steel Plant has an annual output of 400,000 tons, all of which are steel for the navy, and the construction period is three years. Due to the unstable situation in our country, Bethlehem is only willing to cooperate with us on the project on Hainan Island. Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Plant, with an annual output of one million tons, this project is our cooperation with Luxembourg, half of which is military steel. The cycle is only five years, and the production speed of 200,000 tons per year is guaranteed. Hubei Wuhan Iron and Steel Plant, our Jihua is expanding to 1 million tons, which is expected to take three and a half years to complete, mainly because there are a lot of old equipment to be replaced. In the conference room of the Ministry of Armaments, Wang Zhenkun personally explained the jihua of the steel plant: "This construction cycle is mainly the construction of power plants, originally we all cooperated with Siemens of Germany, and now because of the war, the introduction of these equipment has become difficult, we can find the Americans, but these damn Yankees offer very high prices, and we lack channels in this regard." ”
Wang Zhenyu nodded and said: "When I returned to the customs, I heard Minister Wang Zhengting come back and say that the US government seems to be interested in cooperating with us in the navy, but as you know, our navy shadow is gone, and this matter will stop in mid-air." Bray, when you go back, send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, asking them to invite the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai to send some representatives to come and take a walk around Wuhan and have a look. ”
Ma Xicheng got up at this time and said: "The arsenal project is now clueless, Britain and France are likely to be unreliable, these foreign devils are not kind, they prefer to give us weapons instead of giving us military factories." We've been annoyed about this for a month, but they always say that Europe is at war, and it's not a matter of delaying it like this. ”
Wang Zhenyu touched his chin and thought: "Could it be that this matter has to be solved with the Yankees?" Could it be that his own army was all American-style equipment earlier than the Kuomintang army in history? ”
Wang Zhenyu thought about it and shook his head, the equipment of the Americans is not a good thing in this era, if possible, he might as well seek to get more things from Germany after the war, after all, you are the army power, as for the US Army, do you have this combat unit?
Just thinking about it, the secretary Chen Bui stepped forward and said: "Chairman, it's about to be lunch time, according to the schedule, you will meet with the comrades of the propaganda system after lunch, do you think you can move?" ”
Wang Zhenyu sighed and said: "Then let's talk about it today, the development of industry is indeed to seize the day, but it is not to put aside the objective law and be barbaric to engage in haode, you have to think more, if you have questions, you have to ask more, there are so many jishu talents?" There are always more solutions than difficulties? As for the two questions just now, I will try to figure it out as soon as possible. As for cement, automobiles, and airplanes, you have to get a good grasp of the implementation of these projects, and some of the current work is related to the national fortune in the next few decades, work hard, my brothers! ”
It was already too late to return home, and Wang Chunling, director of the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, the editor-in-chief of the "Yuanjiang Daily," the editor-in-chief of the "Youth Army Daily," the editor-in-chief of the "National Socialist Party Daily," and the editors-in-chief of the five major public newspapers of the "Nanjing Daily" and "Wuhan Daily," were all in place.
Wang Zhenyu is not a person who likes to treat himself badly, he is more accustomed to playing a show of not eating, and he casually let these six comrades have lunch with him.
Although Wang Zhenyu is almost the most powerful person in the country, he is not particularly particular about what he eats, every meal is a meat, a vegetarian and a soup, and because of his work, he basically does not eat with his family.
The official residence of Wang Zhenyu in Wuhan is also still under construction, and this time the official residence is different from the Anjiang period, and the office is separated, and it is placed near the East Lake, and the scenery is very beautiful. In addition to Wang Zhenyu's house, more than 30 villas have been built in this area, and all members of the military committee who have reached the level can live in them.
In terms of treatment, Wang Zhenyu has always been expensive.
"If the propaganda work is done well, it can be worth an army, and it is an army that determines victory or defeat. Therefore, we must firmly grasp the position of propaganda, "When the food is average, Wang Zhenyu ignores the ancient precept of eating without saying a word, and starts his lecture with no cultivation." Everyone had no choice but to stop eating and take out a small notebook to record: "We need to make the people realize their importance to this country through newspapers and various media, so that they can wake up from their drowsiness and spontaneously devote themselves to the period of industrial construction that is about to begin." ”
Wang Chunling and others nodded their heads one after another, and after a while, Wang Chunling raised several topics of common concern. As for this group of royal literati, Wang Zhenyu is still very polite, and basically answers all questions.
"Chairman, what troubles us now is that our friends, including your friend Mr. Shao, and Mr. Shi, who applied for the expedition, are constantly writing articles criticizing the Nationalist Government and you, and they are very opposed to the export of laborers and the dispatch of expeditionary forces. I wonder what to do with such media? ”
Wang Zhenyu looked at the six people and said with a smile: "They are all their own people, I hope my words will not be published in the newspaper, after all, I also want an image." ”
Wang Zhenyu's easy-going behavior caused everyone to laugh happily, and Wang Zhenyu smiled: "This way to deal with the news media is actually very simple, that is, to kill the head, whoever says it is not good, kill whom?" Whoever says I'm good, I'll reward you, this is a royal literati, you're not, and I don't need you to be. Your value is to use positive, correct, and mainstream thinking to guide everyone, especially young people whose outlook on life and shijie outlook has not yet matured, to participate in the construction of our great motherland and contribute to the prosperity and stability of the motherland under the condition that the dark side of society cannot be completely overcome and solved. But we have to realize that no matter how we toss, as long as the dark side of society still exists, the idea of longing for light will be uninhibited, even if you tell the people that it is shameful to pursue ** and freedom, he agrees, but he will still pursue ** and freedom, because this is human nature, you are suppressed for a while, you can't suppress it for a lifetime. Killing heads can't kill the mind, so we can't engage in the method of killing heads. Not only will it not solve the problem, but it will intensify the contradiction, do you think that if you kill a person with a conscience, you will be great? It's impossible, it can only make you more obscene. ”
Wang Zhenyu ripped off the napkin and said: "As the mainstream media, including the government, my requirements are to accept the existence of different ideas and different views, but there must be a degree. For example, when you are fighting, you can criticize me, but you can't sing the praises of my enemies. For example, if the policy is introduced, you can criticize the policy for being imperfect, but you can't praise foreigners and suppress our determination to pursue prosperity and strength. We must be calm about different voices, don't fight for right and wrong at every turn, don't engage in party unity and disagreement, history has proved that many arguments to zuihou are wrong, all in Lang Fei's expression. On the contrary, allowing different opinions to exist and be raised is also a haode to solve the dark side of social existence, at least he reminds us that those in power have problems, don't be high, and bend down to solve the problem. Our media also need someone who has the courage to uphold justice and to speak out on behalf of the vulnerable. ”
Everyone applauded, and Wang Zhenyu also felt very useful, he became more and more of a politician, and he didn't blush when he lied.
Wang Chunling didn't plan to let Wang Zhenyu go: "Chairman, I still have a question?" ”
"It's okay, if you have any questions, just say them, I can answer them as much as I can." Unconsciously made this work report Wang Chunling in the style of a press conference.
For example, in the process of requisitioning military land in Hubei and Hunan, a large number of farmers lost their land and even their homes, and in many places, the government even violently evicted local farmers. This is illegal, and if it is not handled well, it will provoke civil unrest. ”
Wang Zhenyu had long known this, otherwise he would not have hoarded heavy troops in Hunan and Hubei.
"Minister Wang Chunling, we still have to adapt to this job in whatever we do. To your question, I can only answer it this way, first of all, our national government is not a perfect government, it is only a regional self-government, it is a product of the times, it is not all composed of saints. At work, I think it's normal for problems of one kind or another. In this regard, the focus of your propaganda should be to emphasize the great significance of military reclamation and labor export for the next economic construction, and urge the government to care about the lives of these landless peasants, and even help the government guide these landless peasants to leave their homeland, enter the city, and participate in the construction of the city. As for some heinous atrocities in the process of demolition and requisition, it is because our legal system is not perfect, what we can do is to standardize these behaviors, let the evil deeds be punished through the law, let the good deeds be served, and then everything can be regulated. Instead of stopping this policy, because our country and our nation need it now. The re-emergence of our country and nation in the East is destined for many people, especially young people, to pay a price, not only in terms of property, but also in terms of lives, and what your propaganda department has to do is to give them courage, to give them a sense of sacred mission so that they will no longer be afraid of difficulties and injustices......"