Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 359 The situation is excellent! You, Zhao Ruilong, certainly deserve to be at the table!

Zhao Ruilong turned around in surprise.

Mr. Shen wore a calm and composed smile.

But that chilling killing intent could no longer be concealed.

Turning back, Zhao Ruilong looked ahead and drove steadily.

"Why did you suddenly make such a painful decision to go on a killing spree?"

President Shen gave a cold smile.

"The external environment has improved significantly, so it's time to address the internal issues."

"Taking advantage of Handong's high-quality economy, we should make a great and fruitful effort."

"We can also take advantage of foreign trade exports to significantly boost economic growth without causing major trouble."

"If we don't make vigorous rectifications now, when will we? We can't always rely on crises to force reforms, can we?"

"Of course, your ability to bring back over 300 billion US dollars from abroad and invest heavily in high technology is also the biggest reason why I dare to make this tough decision!"

Without sufficient income, a family cannot even cover normal expenses, making it difficult for the family to be happy.

A large country with over a billion people cannot be said to be peaceful and prosperous if its economy is not functioning properly.

Over the past decade or so, China's economy has encountered many problems.

Among them, the one involving the largest number of people and having the greatest impact is the wave of layoffs triggered by the large-scale reform of state-owned enterprises.

Due to various reasons, many state-owned enterprises suffer from problems such as bloated organizations, redundant personnel, heavy burdens, low efficiency, and high debt, making reform imperative.

However, the sweeping reforms led to the loss of a large amount of state-owned assets, allowing some powerful and wealthy individuals to make a fortune, while tens of millions of laid-off workers lost their livelihoods.

While curbing the loss of state-owned assets can be achieved through various means such as intensifying anti-corruption efforts and strengthening audit supervision, the proper resettlement of tens of millions of laid-off workers is not so simple.

Without solving the employment problem, society cannot be at peace.

If people can't even afford to eat, how can they possibly abide by the law?

Against this backdrop.

Zhao Ruilong kept bringing money back from abroad.

The trillions of yuan invested in various high-tech projects have created numerous jobs and contributed significantly to tax revenue.

Moreover, the rise of chain internet cafes, the popularity of electronic products, and the widespread use of social software and video games have not only greatly boosted consumer spending but also driven the development of the electronic information industry.

In the past, many state-owned enterprises in traditional heavy industries such as metallurgy, chemicals, textiles, and machinery declined, but emerging industries such as semiconductors, the Internet, network communications, and advanced manufacturing have seen the emergence of a large number of high-tech enterprises.

With this shift in sentiment, the problem of layoffs has not become particularly severe; on the contrary, the employment situation has become much better.

Talented individuals specializing in computer science, software programming, game development, network communication, and other related fields are already in high demand and short supply.

Even ordinary people with little education and skills can easily find jobs thanks to the large-scale infrastructure projects and the export benefits brought about by joining the WTO.

now.

Zhao Ruilong is not only continuously raising money to invest.

The high-tech projects we invested in earlier have also begun to yield results.

In addition to MP3 players, 3G mobile phones, computers, servers, various software, anime games, and so on.

The first fully domestically produced new energy vehicle has already achieved pre-sales of over 10,000 units and is about to be officially launched.

Further developments include wind power, solar power, high-speed rail, ultra-high voltage power transmission, large aircraft, biopharmaceuticals, and medical devices…

Every successful high-tech project can stimulate investment and consumption, create a large number of jobs, and contribute a significant amount of tax revenue.

Therefore, given the favorable situation, there was naturally the courage to carry out sweeping reforms.

"After hearing what you said, I feel that now is indeed the best time for reform. If we miss this opportunity, we will never have another chance like this!"

"Moreover, in order to successfully complete the reform of state-owned enterprises and ensure high-quality economic development, a vigorous and thorough reform that digs out the rotten parts is indeed needed!"

At this point, Zhao Ruilong turned his head and glanced back.

"As we all know, private enterprises contribute a large number of jobs and taxes, and are directly related to the prosperity and stability of society."

"But as far as I know, there are still many places where the business environment is far from ideal, making it very difficult for private enterprises to develop."

Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and took a puff of his cigarette.

Tell me more details!

Zhao Ruilong turned around and said while driving:

"In theory, as long as a company has good products and good services, it can win the competition, gain customers, and make profits."

"Therefore, it seems that companies only need to invest enough in product development, personnel training, and after-sales service."

"But in reality, hard work in research and development does not necessarily yield results, and the talents carefully cultivated are also prone to leaving to start their own businesses or seek better opportunities elsewhere."

"Even if there are talented people and products, the difficulty of financing and obtaining loans will seriously trouble private enterprises if they want to purchase equipment and raw materials, recruit more employees and organize production."

"In order to make money and survive, what do you think they will do? Those without connections will naturally have to entertain and give gifts, acting like a servant. In order to get a loan, they must return the favors to the person in charge."

"Even if they have a certain strength and scale, they will often try to find people to help them in order to win the competition, as if they risk losing business if they do not engage in power and money transactions or bid rigging."

Upon hearing Zhao Ruilong's words, President Shen said indignantly:

"This is the disastrous consequence of rampant corruption!"

"Essentially, it's a lack of trust that ordinary people have in government agencies and public officials."

"The root cause of this image lies in the fact that there are quite a few bad apples in our team."

“They have strayed from their original intentions and are blinded by greed. As long as they have even the slightest bit of power, they want to act arrogantly and seek personal gain.”

"It is because of their bad deeds that ordinary people feel that all units are difficult to enter, have unfriendly faces, and are difficult to get things done, and that you can't get anything done without connections."

"Moreover, they colluded with each other, forming impenetrable interest groups where power was passed on privately and nepotism was rampant."

"These gangs, through the exchange of power and money, not only embezzled social wealth on a large scale, leading to a widening gap between the rich and the poor and the solidification of social classes, but also seriously affected the improvement of productivity and social development."

"When there are more and more corrupt officials who ride roughshod over ordinary people and seize the fruits of reform and opening up, how can ordinary people have a good life? Where is there any hope for the future?"

"Therefore, I support your father in carrying out a vigorous anti-corruption campaign, actively changing work styles, and continuously deepening reforms in Handong. In particular, making it mandatory for all public officials to take exams upon entry is the greatest way to limit nepotism in the power structure!"

Zhao Ruilong nodded silently.

Without President Shen's strong support, how could Father Zhao Lichun have dared to make such bold moves?

but……

Dealing with those corrupt individuals is relatively easy.

Implementing mandatory examinations for all new hires is not too difficult.

Improving the legal system is not particularly difficult.

The most difficult thing is changing the bureaucratic mindset that is deeply ingrained in some people.

Many people, though not greedy or corrupt, act superior and aloof when they have a little power.

How easy is it to get them to lower their status, stop using their power to make things difficult for people, and instead serve the people with enthusiasm?

Many people are subservient to their superiors, only interested in currying favor with them for advancement, and completely disregard the lives of ordinary people.

After a while.

Suddenly, President Shen said in a high-pitched voice:

"I suddenly remembered something you said before."

"To ensure social stability and promote economic development, we only need to do three things well."

"Fair! Fair! It's all about fairness! The words may be a bit crude, but that's the truth!"

After taking a deep drag on his cigarette, President Shen flicked off the ash.

How can fairness be ensured?

"Clearly, rule by man is not enough; we must rely on laws and regulations and rule of law."

"Only by ensuring that law-abiding citizens are not disadvantaged and that lawbreakers are punished can we achieve fairness!"

"Otherwise, if people commit crimes without paying a heavy price, it will be endless suffering for ordinary people!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ruilong said solemnly:

"If you don't need to give gifts or kickbacks, you can win government procurement projects based on your own merits."

"If there is no need to cheat or sell inferior goods, good products and good services can win the market competition."

"With such a large population and no shortage of smart people, why shouldn't China have many top-notch companies that focus on products and services?"

"Under the premise of fair competition, countless people will inevitably use their intelligence to continuously develop good products and optimize and improve services."

"Of course, human nature is complex, and absolute fairness is difficult to achieve, but the larger the scope of fairness, the greater the development potential that will be stimulated and released!"

"Just like how investment and consumption have become more active and public security has continued to improve in Handong in the past two years, this is not only because of the vigorous development of a high-quality economy, but also because the business environment is getting better and better."

"We strictly manage public funds spending, strictly prohibit illegal dining and drinking, severely punish power-for-money transactions, and strictly investigate shirking responsibility and procrastination. We dare not say that we have completely eliminated the bad elements, but we have greatly improved the business environment."

"For example, in various government procurement projects and municipal engineering projects, it is inevitable that there will be people offering gifts and engaging in underhanded dealings. However, when investing and doing business, you basically don't have to worry about being extorted or forced to do things without having connections."

"Moreover, legal and compliant companies that operate normally do not need to worry about being harassed or fined for not 'bribing' any shady characters. On the contrary, those that actively transform, upgrade, and improve their technology will receive various rewards and subsidies."

"In addition, while we are vigorously implementing the Labor Law to give people higher incomes and more holidays to spend, we are also cracking down on counterfeit and shoddy goods, fraud and deception to encourage people to spend money."

"In addition, we have also vigorously regulated the real estate market, taking various measures to curb land hoarding and speculation, and suppress soaring housing prices, so that people will not have to empty their family's savings and become mortgage slaves in order to buy a house."

"Thousands of years of history have proven that we Chinese are the most hardworking, kind, and resilient people. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will strive to live on. If we have a good living environment, we can unleash amazing vitality!"

President Shen nodded, and said with great satisfaction:

"Handong's current development is inseparable from your suggestions and advice, and even more so from your father's dedication to serving the people and promoting development!"

"If all provinces and cities can actively learn from and emulate this, then our Dragon Country will surely be able to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects at a much faster pace!"

"Unfortunately, some people's mindsets are already deeply ingrained. How easy is it to get them to abandon bureaucratic thinking and fulfill their promises to serve the public?"

“They can even make the laws and regulations that are clearly stipulated in different places have different standards of enforcement. They especially like to enforce the law for profit and add layers of restrictions.”

At this point, President Shen asked with a cold laugh:

"Your Huilong chain of internet cafes has spread to major cities across the country and even covered towns and villages. You must feel this very deeply, right?"

Zhao Ruilong smiled awkwardly but politely.

"It's probably because our Huilong Group is well-known, and many places don't take internet cafes too seriously."

"So even without a unified market system, government behavior standards, market supervision and law enforcement, etc., it is still possible to open a chain of internet cafes by spending more time and money."

"But for the long term, we need to complete the construction of a unified national market as soon as possible. We cannot allow the same stores to be opened in different parts of the country but have to go through different procedures and pay different taxes and fees because of different places."

"Moreover, in order to protect employment and tax revenue, some localities turn a blind eye to the illegal and irregular activities of local enterprises, which is equivalent to greatly reducing costs. This is obviously unfair to law-abiding enterprises from other places."

“For many years, we have had too much local protectionism, which has led to many state-owned enterprises in various places becoming complacent and just waiting to die. They figured that even if they couldn’t continue operating, the government would bail them out and wouldn’t just stand by and watch them die.”

Since there were only two people in the car.

President Shen is also particularly willing to listen to my political commentary.

Zhao Ruilong's words were naturally less tactful.

Such frankness pleased President Shen greatly.

“I always learn a lot from chatting with you.”

"Well, yesterday I had a private meeting with Steve Jobson that lasted almost twenty minutes."

"Your previous deduction was absolutely correct. He was powerless to stop capital from transferring low- and mid-end industries to our Dragon Country in order to maximize profits."

"But he has shown great concern and vigilance towards our vigorous development of high-tech industries, fearing that we might overtake them."

Zhao Ruilong chuckled.

Without their technological advantage, how will they maintain their military hegemony?

"Without military hegemony, where would financial hegemony and media hegemony come from?"

"If we can't leech off the world, and we can't fool a lot of capital and talent, the entire hegemonic system will collapse!"

"Seeing that although we can't yet manufacture high-speed trains, large aircraft, or cutting-edge medical equipment, we've already started making our own chips and various electronic products, and our exported products are becoming increasingly technologically advanced, how could he not be anxious?"

"Moreover, if our enterprises and institutions all use domestically produced operating systems, software programs, and electronic devices, they will not only be unable to make huge profits, but they will also be unable to monitor, eavesdrop, or steal secrets. How could they not be vigilant?"

“They just want us to be sweatshops, providing them with cheap and inexpensive mid-to-low-end industrial products to satisfy their extravagant lifestyles. The hard-earned money we make is easily harvested by their high-value-added products and services.”

"So he's afraid that we'll stick to the principle of revitalizing the country through science and education, afraid that we'll vigorously develop high-tech industries, afraid that we'll no longer need to exchange 800 million shirts for a jet airliner, but instead export all kinds of more cost-effective high-tech products to compete with them for business!"

"But the more they oppose us, the more we must persist. The more vehement their opposition, the more it proves we're doing the right thing. If they resort to slander, defamation, suppression, and sanctions in a fit of rage, it only proves that we've already achieved results and have already threatened their vital interests!"

At this point, Zhao Ruilong slowly brought the car to a stop.

He turned back to look at President Shen with a deep gaze.

"We cannot forget the lessons learned through blood and tears just because of a temporary period of successful cooperation!"

"No matter when or where, we must always remember that imperialism will never give up its desire to destroy us!"

"Our goal is to enable over a billion people to live a stable and prosperous life. Those who can help us achieve this goal are our friends, and those who cannot are our enemies!"

"For example, our large-scale investment in infrastructure such as transportation, electricity, communications, and water conservancy can not only promote economic development but also allow the people to enjoy the fruits of development. Those who oppose it are obviously either stupid or malicious!"

"Just like building a comprehensive high-speed rail network, which can accelerate the flow of production factors, facilitate people's travel, drive the development of manufacturing, and promote balanced regional development, how many of those who oppose it with various reasons are truly well-intentioned?"

“And people like them often oppose improving rural infrastructure, feeling that it is unnecessary to knowingly lose money by gradually providing electricity, roads, the internet, and even water and gas, and that education, medical care, and elderly care should also be ignored.”

"So I think no matter what Steve Jobs says, or how some people try to stir up trouble, we just need to stick to one principle, which is equality and mutual benefit. They didn't even beat us on the battlefield, so why should we be forced to make money on our knees in business?"

Just as he finished speaking, Su Changli walked up to the car and gently knocked on the window.

Zhao Ruilong immediately rolled down the car window and exchanged a smile with Su Changli.

"President Shen, President Steve Jobs has finished his speech at Elite University. We should head back and prepare for his farewell banquet!"

"it is good!"

After responding, Mr. Shen suddenly smiled before getting out of the car:

"You really couldn't attend last night's state banquet because you had to entertain the VIPs who had pre-ordered tens of thousands of new cars."

"But you can't say you don't have time to attend the private luncheon at my house today to bid farewell to Steve Jobs, can you?"

Zhao Ruilong turned around and smiled.

"Do you think I'm qualified to sit at the table?"

President Shen sneered.

"Even your father isn't qualified, but you are different."

"Aren't there rumors circulating outside that I'm your godfather?"

"In that case, you certainly deserve to be at the table!!"