Chapter 347: Shocked the entire capital

The benefits of the Agricultural Machinery Factory spread like a wind throughout Jingcheng.

It immediately caused a huge uproar.

The benefits were truly excellent, outshining all of Jingcheng.

At the same time, it also attracted a great deal of criticism.

The welfare policy with a huge disparity drew much dissatisfaction.

"Why? Why do those in R&D get thousands while ordinary workers get only a dozen yuan?"

Several thousand is equivalent to hundreds of thousands today; could such wealth not provoke jealousy?

"Our factory only gets half a catty of meat; why does the Agricultural Machinery Factory give so much?"

Moreover, many factories have no benefits.

Compared to the stove factory whose stove business suffered a major blow this year.

"Why don't we have any benefits? Are they all being taken by you?"

The controversy and public opinion grew ever larger, naturally affecting the superiors.

Wang Dechao smashed his beloved teapot to pieces.

"Yang Qing, you bastard, I just suppressed an attack against him, and you immediately handed a knife to someone else."

Director Wang was also caught off guard by Yang Qing's sudden attack.

The agreed-upon plan was instantly shelved, and those hoping to seize the chance to take down Yang Qing became even more frenzied.

Yang Qing was soon brought under control.

He only had time to comfort Chen Hong.

He forced a smile and assured Chen Hong.

"Nothing's wrong, don't worry."

Chen Hong was badly frightened and cried hysterically at the old lady.

The old lady repeatedly offered comfort.

"He already said not to worry, right?"

"You little brat, you're acting too crazy."

She had also heard about the Agricultural Machinery Factory's benefits and was shocked.

Lou Xiao'e patted her on the back.

"Yang Qing is so smart; he wouldn't act without certainty; let's wait and see."

The old lady also said.

"I still have some face; they should at least give me some respect."

Chen Hong didn't understand why Yang Qing would do this.

Her mother had told him that before.

"Don't stand out, don't stand out, why won't you listen?"

When Yang Qing ran into trouble, many people chose to wait and see.

Only people from the Agricultural Machinery Factory came to comfort Chen Hong.

Yang Qing's promises were too grand; some workers who offered a suggestion during machine R&D received bonuses of over a hundred.

No one wants to fall behind; everyone could become a beneficiary.

Therefore they supported Yang Qing.

Even the deaf old lady, because of Yang Qing's influence, used her connections.

But the reply was simply, 'wait.'

Indeed, it was to wait.

Regarding Yang Qing, the superiors were torn: on one hand his ability to create miracles, on the other his ability to cause trouble.

The public-private partnership was nearing its end, and he came up with something unconventional.

Public sentiment was tumultuous, and the investigation into Yang Qing was swift.

Yang Qing's life story, newspaper articles, and his past deeds and words were all laid out before everyone.

"Was it his proposal to monetize intellectual property?"

Because the Six Flavor Rehmannia Pill and insecticide now bring a large amount of foreign exchange to the domestic market.

Especially the Six Flavor Rehmannia Pill, under the banner of kidney-strengthening health, has gained great reputation abroad.

Currently, a large amount of domestic exclusive technology, after being packaged via Gangdao, is being sold worldwide.

Although this money cannot return domestically in the short term, it also gives the domestic side great autonomy.

With this as a premise, Yang Qing's broadcast remarks forced them to take notice.

At the very least we should take a look and understand, not just kill them with a stick without giving them a chance.

After hearing Yang Qing's broadcast remarks, the impact on people was even greater.

Irreplaceability, weight, technical workers, taking R&D as the lead, and other ideas gave them a great impact.

After researching, the information was organized and then passed up to a higher level.

"It's profoundly meaningful, but untimely."

This is the conclusion.

"Can the superiors not know the importance of R&D? But R&D costs are too high; we are only just starting the process from scratch, putting it bluntly, it's just learning from counterfeits."

This is the method with the lowest cost and greatest benefit.

It is also a necessary stage for rapid catch-up.

Yingjiang didn't initially have strong R&D capability either; he also started from counterfeiting, they counterfeited Yinglian's entire industrial industry, then earned great wealth by selling cheap goods.

They used wealth and the industrial base to support R&D.

Now we face two giants being blockaded, and industrial evolution has been interrupted.

If we now shift the whole into an R&D‑led model, it would be disastrous.

This is untimely.

We can only focus our efforts on key R&D breakthroughs.

Yang Qing's self‑righteousness, frankly speaking, does some harm to the whole environment.

One step ahead of the predecessors is genius; two steps ahead is stupidity.

Not everything in the world is better the more advanced it is; you must suit the present circumstances.

When Yang Qing was being examined by a crowd, he still hadn't grasped this principle.

Faced with the crowd's reproach, he objected.

"The Agricultural Machinery Factory's development depends entirely on our own efforts. We are not like a steel‑mill enterprise that is fed with national resources; naturally we must treat the nation as a whole chessboard, giving it priority."

"We are a Jiedao industry; we have no funding, we develop via loans."

"As self‑reliant ones, we naturally must prioritize Benefit."

"We should do whatever enables us to survive better."

"We represent the interests of the Jiedao neighbors."

Someone rebuked.

"You are practicing sectarianism, you are destroying the entire enterprise order."

Yang Qing shook his head, disagreeing.

"We are composed of many small collectives; if the small collectives develop well, the whole naturally will be good."

"A large collective cannot deem the good development of small collectives a crime."

"Saying we have problems, we and the Qin Family formed a mutual‑aid body, mutually beneficial, developing together, granting both sides' industrial and agricultural development substantial progress."

"Then we exchanged supplies, giving us some off‑plan materials; what's the problem?"

"When everyone sees us receiving supplies, shouldn't they look at Qinjiacun's meat contribution to the state this year?"

"We have made the cake bigger, not breaking the state's unified purchase‑and‑sale policy; rather we have promoted livestock development."

Yang Qing's arguments come one after another, unceasing, showing the posture of one who would debate a crowd of scholars.

"Then tell us more about the bonus."

"Do you realize you are destroying the enterprise's management order?"

"Not every enterprise has the R&D efficiency of your Agricultural Machinery Factory."

"Many enterprises cannot produce a decent product even after several years."

"If everyone does it like you, each enterprise's R&D will swell rapidly, becoming a huge tumor."

Where there is Benefit, there is corruption.

Yang Qing, being rebutted, was stunned.

But he was quick‑witted.

"Then let's base the bonus on the profit of the new product; would that not work?"

"No R&D, no bonus."

"Then set a review standard: if a R&D department fails to produce a qualified product for a long time, cut its scale."

"What standard determines how large a scale can be?"

"For enterprises that long fail to produce a product, simply abolish their R&D department and have them only produce."

"If they can't even produce well, just merge them into other factories."

"Proper competition has no harm."