Chapter 208

First Auto Liberation

Second Auto East Wind

East Wind EQ240 Truck

Third Auto

First Machine Department

Minister Rao

Third Auto Preparation Group

First Auto, Second Auto, and First Machine Department Automobile Bureau

Third Auto Manufacturing Factory

Old Feng

Factory Director Ruan

Yellow River Factory

Red Rock Factory

Old Area Factory

Central and South Sea

Now also "Ha Gong Da" and "Ha Cheng" already in glossary.

Now also "Steyr" is a real-world brand, exclude.

Now also "Mercedes-Benz" and "Scania" exclude.

Now also "Third Auto" appears many times; we list once.

Now also "First Auto Liberation" maybe we should also include "First Auto" as separate? But we already have "First Auto Liberation". The line 【1】 uses "First Auto Liberation". That's the full name. So we keep that.

Now also "Second Auto East Wind" from line 【2】 "Second Auto East Wind". Good.

Now also "East Wind EQ240 Truck" from line 【2】 "East Wind EQ240 Truck". Good.

Now also "Third Auto" appears many times.

Now also "First Machine Department" appears lines 【7】, 【9】, 【43】, 【44】.

Now also "Minister Rao" appears lines 【7】, 【9】, 【20】.

Now also "Third Auto Preparation Group" line 【9】.

Now also "First Auto", "Second Auto", "First Machine Department Automobile Bureau" line 【9】 "First Auto, Second Auto, First Machine Department Automobile Bureau". We'll list each.

Now also "Third Auto Manufacturing Factory" line 【22】.

Now also "Old Feng" lines 【29】, 【33】.

Now also "Factory Director Ruan" line 【34】.

Now also "Yellow River Factory", "Red Rock Factory", "Old Area Factory" line 【27】.

Now also "Central and South Sea" line 【37】.

Now also "Ha Gong Da" line 【30】, 【48】.

Now also "Ha Cheng" line 【48】.

Now also "Truck Cannon" line 【30】, 【34】.

Now also "Capital" lines 【21】, 【29】, 【37】, 【38】? Actually line 【38】 is about Secretary Wang, not Capital. But Capital appears in lines 【21】, 【29】, 【37】.

Now also "Factory Director" appears as title in lines? Actually "Factory Director" appears in line 【34】 as Factory Director Ruan, but we already have Factory Director Ruan. The generic term "Factory Director" appears maybe elsewhere? Not as a standalone named entity. So we don't need to add generic Factory Director unless it's a named entity (like a specific person's title). The glossary includes Factory Director → Factory Director as a term to use when translating the word Factory Director. So we will use "Factory Director" when translating that word, but we don't need to list it in glossary as a named entity unless it's attached to a name. The glossary list is for named entities / coined terms. So we should not include generic titles unless they are part of a name. So we will not list "Factory Director" alone.

Similarly "Secretary Wang" is a named entity (person). We'll list "Secretary Wang". Already in glossary.

Now we need to output glossary list as JSON array of objects with raw_term and original_term. Use exact English forms from glossary for terms already listed. For others, we need to provide the English translation we decided.

Make sure to output each term only once.

Let's compile list:

Qin Miao

Factory Director

Thus we will include the glossary terms as entries.

Capital, Ha Gong Da, Ha Cheng, Truck Cannon

Now also include other named entities we identified.

Let's list all:

Qin Miao

Factory Director

Secretary Wang

Capital

Ha Gong Da

Ha Cheng

Truck Cannon

First Auto Liberation

Second Auto East Wind

East Wind EQ240 Truck

Third Auto

First Machine Department

Minister Rao

Third Auto Preparation Group

First Auto

This two billion isn't to be taken out all at once; we just need to take out a few billion first...

First Machine Department Automobile Bureau

Old Feng was stunned; although he worked in the automobile industry, he had also heard about the demands of other industrial systems—almost every sector wanted to introduce things, apply for funding, and it often amounted to several billion.

Old Feng

Minister Rao rallied his energy to prepare for the Third Automobile Factory; if it really succeeded, perhaps it could truly become a large automobile plant—but… the country didn't have that much money! Because of the import surge, every industry nationwide was filing reports to request imports, and the nation's foreign exchange was all spent; in one year the foreign‑exchange reserves even turned negative.

Therefore, the state adopted an eight‑character policy of adjustment, reform, rectification, and increase for various import items; this Third Automobile Factory, because of its large investment, was among the first listed for adjustment, and in 1981 it was completely scrapped.

One can see from some officials' résumés that they held a certain position at the Third Automobile Manufacturing Plant from 1979 to 1981, after which they acquired new entries.

Old Area Factory

Moreover, Three Auto's goal is an annual output of 150,000 vehicles, whereas in the 1980s, Mercedes-Benz's heavy-duty truck annual output was only 80,000 vehicles!

Of course, these are not the fundamental reason Qin Miao despises them; the most important thing is that, although everyone says they want to pursue a market economy, they still plan to concentrate the nation's strength as before and create a large state-owned enterprise?

What you say makes sense, but... if we don't create Three Auto, how are we supposed to build heavy-duty trucks?

How we build them now is how we'll build them next! Our domestic old factories—Yellow River Factory, Red Rock Factory, Old Area Factory—these factories can digest and absorb the introduced technology to build heavy-duty trucks, and moreover, the three factories could still compete...

If Three Auto really gets established, a single dominant player isn't necessarily a good thing; on the contrary, having several factories compete is what can drive industrial progress!

Old Feng nodded: 'You're absolutely right; once I return to the Capital, I'll submit your suggestion…'

No, I'm just talking nonsense; I'm a Ha Gong Da student, only a freshman, and I have no connection to the automobile industry whatsoever. Even if it's about modifying truck cannons, that's just directly importing complete vehicles, so please don't report this up the chain—you said it, I won't admit I said it.

Countless senior leaders in the automobile industry were eagerly building Three Auto, and with my remarks pouring cold water on them, they could hardly be happy—it would be damned if they were!

Throughout history, the sole fate of those prophets who sought truth has been to be tied to a stake and burned to death!

Old Feng froze for a moment, then understood something, his expression complex.

Factory Director Ruan, can we free up the workshop? Find a place; we should start work. During this time I'll stay here, and we'll modify the truck cannons together.

All right, I'll take care of it right away.

Qin Miao threw himself back into work; modifying vehicles actually gave him a sense of accomplishment.

Capital, Middle and South Sea.

Old leader, this is the new budget approval; there are some headaches below, so I've brought it up for you. Secretary Wang walked in holding a thick stack of documents, his face full of difficulty.

Huh? What's wrong? Is the budget overrun serious?

Yeah, we tallied it up, and just this year, the foreign exchange budget approval reaches... over a hundred billion dollars.

How can it be so much? Our country's foundation is weak; it can't withstand this kind of tossing! The old leader took the documents, furrowed his brow: "Just as the nation's doors have opened, everyone's rushing to import foreign technology…"

On the side, Secretary Wang's expression was complex; it's your saying that we need to take bigger steps.

The documents were arranged in order, and the first one was from the First Machinery Ministry.

The First Machinery Ministry's most important project is the preparation of Three Auto; this is an important project for changing our domestic situation of lacking light industry and heavy industry. Currently, several bidding manufacturers' cars have been sent over, undergoing testing; once results are in, we will formally sign the cooperation agreement. They are applying for five hundred million dollars in foreign exchange to import technology, and domestically we still need to invest five hundred million yuan to build the factories.

The old leader furrowed his brows: 'No, that's too much; we indeed lack heavy-duty trucks, but we lack funds even more. This project... is there a better way to solve it?'

Well...

Go ahead.

Over in Ha Cheng, Qin Miao actually put forward an idea. Secretary Wang said: "He thinks that now we're pursuing a market economy, the previous method of concentrating national strength to run enterprises is no longer appropriate; we need to compete. Having introduced the technology this time, we should hand it over to the few factories that originally produced heavy trucks..."

In the old leader's eyes, bright and lively: 'Not bad, keep going!'

When he came back last time, he rode a plane with the people from Steyr, and he also suggested to Steyr that, to open the Eastern market, they could provide us with a loan to ease the funding shortage in our import process...

Great, this Qin Miao truly is a talent for reform; these ideas are exactly what suits our national conditions!

Then we...

We need to conduct a national economic adjustment, taking some low-cost solutions and changing their approach, just like this heavy truck project, following Qin Miao's suggestion! Other projects also need to expand their thinking, find ways to solve them, instead of always clinging to the old almanac.

Yes.