Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....

Chapter 1937 Buying an Aircraft Carrier (Fifth Update Completed)

Today's mobile phone and pager shells are simple, and the material they are made of is plastic.

Lin Lairong now runs a business like this with a mold blow molding machine and some simple equipment.

From today's mobile phones to the next generation of 2G feature phones, almost all of them have this configuration.

This is mainly because mobile phones at this stage support battery replacement, and only plastic has the property of being able to be broken open at will, while other materials cannot.

Another reason is that it is cheap and easy to manufacture.

But in the era of smartphones, does she have the patience and money to invest in the research and development of new casings?

The battery does not need to be replaced, and other materials can be used.

One-piece tempered glass plus metal molded frame, and then to ceramic.

That's not something that can be developed with a small amount of money.

I'll ask her about this later. If she doesn't want to do it, I'll find a company in Shanghai to do the processing temporarily.

Wan Feng was just thinking about it when the phone rang.

"Boy! What are you doing?" Zhu Guoxiong's energetic voice came from the phone.

"Happy New Year, Grandpa!"

"By the way, you little bastard, you didn't even give me a New Year's greeting this year. Now I remember it's almost half a month late. You should show your appreciation to me."

Wan Feng secretly groaned, why am I bringing this up after the New Year has already passed?

"Grandpa, although I forgot to wish you a happy new year, I still did express my gratitude."

Before the New Year, Wan Feng sent people to deliver a lot of things to his brother, including dried sea cucumbers and abalone, the famous East China Sea hairtail, and dog claw conch, a whole bag.

Of course, my brother didn’t eat all these things alone.

"The ones that live in the water? They don't taste good at all!"

Wan Feng was furious when he heard this: "What? Not tasty? Do you know them all? Do you know that dog-claw snail?"

"Is it the thing that looks like a chicken claw?"

The dog-claw snail is also called sea chicken foot, and it does look a bit like a chicken claw.

"Yes, that's it. Do you know how much it costs per pound? I'm telling you, it's over a hundred, almost two hundred yuan per pound, and you actually tell me it doesn't taste good? Then spit it out!"

"Ah? That's so expensive! I can't spit it out."

"Hmph! Next time, I'll just give you some dried fish and shrimp to get rid of you. Don't even think about making anything good."

"Hehehe! Study these things later, kid. The people you brought back from the Russians this time are pretty good. We have a factory that's researching the Su-27 and they're just trying to figure it out, and you sent me a few experts. It's really timely! But you're being dishonest. You clearly don't work on tanks, and you tell me there are people working on them? How can anyone build tanks when they only work on airplanes and submarines?"

Wan Feng was confused: "When did I tell you that there are tanks?"

"It was before the New Year! You told me that besides making airplanes, we also make tanks."

Wan Feng carefully recalled the content of his conversation with Zhu Guoxiong years ago.

Fortunately, it was only more than ten days later, and he could still remember the content of their conversation that day.

"Grandpa, you won't be seventy by this year?"

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"You're really getting old and confused. I clearly told you that we were building airplanes and submarines, so how did you hear us building tanks?"

Zhu Guoxiong hesitated for a moment: "Nonsense! You clearly said you were talking about building planes and tanks!"

The old guy was so shameless. He probably remembered his hesitation just now, but he refused to admit it because of his seniority and started to act shamelessly.

"Alright, I won't argue with you. Have you taken care of the household registration, jobs, and salaries for those people?"

"We're working on it, don't worry! I guarantee they'll be satisfied."

"What else?"

"Are there any more talented people like this? If there are, just pick as many as you can get."

"I don't know about this. I'm just asking."

"Also, see if there's anything good over there and bring it over."

"What are you going to do? You definitely can't have an AK47, and there's no point in having a cannon either. What else is there to do? Do you want an aircraft carrier?"

"Ah! Can you get it? Yes! Yes!"

Wan Feng really wanted to give himself a slap in the face. Why did I mention an aircraft carrier?

Isn’t this like looking for eggplant without eggs?

In his previous life, Wan Feng had read the story of how Varyag was brought back to China from Ukraine many times on the Internet.

The twists and turns of the process, the difficulties of the negotiations, and the hardships encountered upon returning...

Those are things that no human being can experience. It's simply a disaster movie.

Wan Feng was completely in awe of the fact that they were able to get that aircraft carrier back.

His biggest wish at that time was to see the whole process of this incident on the screen, but unfortunately...

Are all these Chinese filmmakers crazy? If the story of Varyag's return is made into a movie and it doesn't do well at the box office, Wan Feng will pull his head off.

See what they filmed?

In a few years, when the conditions are ripe, why not invest in making this movie myself? Since no one else is making it anyway, I might as well invest in making it myself.

Wolf Warrior and Operation Red Sea sold over 5 billion and 3 billion respectively. If he had made this movie after 2016, it would have been a failure if it didn't sell over 4 billion!

Yes! I can write this down in my little notebook. By then, I'll be in my 40s or 50s, so I'll probably have some free time. I'll make a movie for fun, and maybe even have a little Ming...

Bah! What the hell are you thinking?

Forget about the little star, Luan Feng and Zhang Xuan are determined to swallow me up.

Although I can't be a little star anymore, I can still play a cameo role in it and satisfy my desire to be an actor. What if I become famous?

It’s settled, this movie must be made.

"Hey! Kid! What are you doing?" The kid was silent for a long time, and Zhu Guoxiong lost his patience.

"I'm not doing anything, I'm just thinking about something!"

"Kid! If you can get the aircraft carrier back, and the military doesn't give you a first-class medal, I'll never let them go!"

"Grandpa! Just think about it. I can't get it back. Not to mention I can't afford to spend the money on anything else."

"The government can give you the money, but it's up to you to get it back."

Ah! Are you relying on me now?

This is no small matter. You must not agree to it. It is too dangerous.

"Okay, it's settled." Zhu Guoxiong said in a loud voice.

Wan Feng got anxious when he heard this: "Hey, hey..."

There was no sound on the phone anymore.

What kind of person is this?! Why are you doing this again?! Don’t you know that this is an impolite way to hang up the phone?

I will hang up on you a few times in the future to let you know that the speaker is made of copper and the pot is made of iron!

Old and confused.

Wan Feng leaned back, threw his feet on the table, and began to recall every detail he had read in his previous life about the Varyag aircraft carrier's journey from Ukraine to China's Bohai Port.

He was calculating the chances of getting it back.

The last time this aircraft carrier was towed away from the Nikolayev Shipyard was in July 1999.

It is now February 1993, a difference of six years and five months.

This is not the right timing.

It seems impossible to get this aircraft carrier back now.