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....
The two songs that left a deep impression on people during the 1999 Spring Festival Gala were "Go Home Often" and "Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road".
I don't mind the song "Eighteen bends in the mountain road and thousands of peaks", after all, Li Qiong sings it in a rhythmic way.
But whenever he went home to see Wan Feng, he would become very impatient.
Someone like him who goes home every day has no feelings about this song at all, and the melody is not to his taste at all.
Therefore, when Luan Feng and Zhang Xuan hummed this song, they were greeted by someone's rolling eyes.
"Can you please stop singing this song in front of me? If you want to go home, you have to hold it in now. No one can leave until the fourth day of the New Year."
"Hey! Are you coming to my house for Chinese New Year this year?"
Luan Feng leaned on Wan Feng and acted like a spoiled child, full of hostility.
"Go away! You've eaten gunpowder and you smell like gunpowder. Go play somewhere else."
"Damn it! Wasn't I setting off firecrackers with your son? You're the one who's eating gunpowder, you heartless thing."
"Haha! My son promises he didn't put as much as you did. If you don't believe me, call him up and ask."
Luan Feng sets off about half of the firecrackers that Wan Feng buys every year, and Zhang Xuan only sets off a few.
The rest is the business of the son and his father. Now his son is still downstairs setting off firecrackers with his father Wan Shuichang.
Wan Shuichang enjoys setting off firecrackers like an old child. The grandfather and grandson are the happiest people during the New Year. They light firecrackers one by one and have a lot of fun.
"Answer my question, and then you start talking nonsense again." Luan Feng was not fooled.
"I'm going to Zhou Xuan's house. You're not my wife now, so what's the point of me going to your house?"
Luan Feng turned and yelled at Zhang Xuan, "Zhang Xuan! Give me back my marriage certificate this year!"
Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "No, I won't return it. The marriage certificate will be mine from now on."
Luan Feng screamed and lunged at Zhang Xuan, "You're playing dirty with me! I'll bite you! Why don't you give it back?"
Zhang Xuan was no match for Luan Feng. Her whole body was like noodles. "Give it back, give it back!"
Luan Feng let go of Zhang Xuan: "How dare you not return it!"
"Give me another year, just one year!"
"I'll give you two years! Look how generous I am. You're so petty."
Zhang Xuan happily hugged Luan Feng and jumped up and down.
Wan Feng was not interested in watching the two women go crazy. He lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling and thinking about whether to set up a foreign trade department.
On January 4, 1999, China approved 20 private enterprises to have import and export rights. Nanwan Group is one of only two companies in Northeast China that have obtained this qualification.
Wan Feng didn’t know who the other one was.
He didn't fight for this, and he had no idea how he got it.
Anyway, Nanwan Group has obtained the import and export rights, which were given to it by someone.
He really didn't understand this thing. Even after the group obtained this right, he still didn't know what its use and benefits were.
After consulting Chen Wenxin over the phone, I finally understood the benefits of this right.
Once an enterprise has the right to import and export, it can directly engage in import and export on its own and open its own foreign exchange account to receive and pay foreign exchange, which is convenient and saves costs. It can also obtain export tax rebates. In the previous entrusted agency export business, the tax rebate was generally enjoyed by the foreign trade company. After self-operated export, the enterprise can directly obtain the tax rebate, which is a considerable profit.
Another thing is that you can save a huge amount of agency fees.
Lin Lairong's Juchuang Trading has earned a lot of agency fees from Nanwan over the years, but this time it's all gone.
Another thing is that the payment for exported goods can be directly deposited into your own company’s account, which reduces the need for intermediate links and saves time and effort.
Damn Lin Lairong, I don't know how much tax refund she has swallowed from me over the years. I have to talk to her about this when I have the chance and make her spit it out.
But think about it, this woman has sold so many goods to me, I can't just let the horse run without letting it eat grass.
In the past two years, a huge amount of Nanwan Group's products have been shipped abroad by Juchuang Trading.
From trucks and cars to computers, mobile phones and electronic components, the trade volume reaches tens of billions.
Considering that Lin Lairong is so capable, let’s forget about the past. In the future... there will be no way she can get what she wants in the future.
Should Nanwan Group set up a department specifically responsible for foreign trade?
Even if I continue to use Juchuang Trading’s sales channels in the future, it seems that I should have such a department as well.
The more Wan Feng thought about it, the more he felt that it was necessary to establish this department. It would save him a lot of trouble when he brought something back from abroad in the future.
In this way, it seems that Li Mingze has taken advantage. He wants to sell cars in Chao County. This time he doesn't need to find an agency and can directly go through the channels of Nanwan Group.
Not to mention that this guy is also a bit lucky. Just when he was about to sell cars to foreign countries, Nanwan Group got the import and export rights.
"Honey! What are you thinking about?"
Luan Feng had had enough of bullying Zhang Xuan, so he came over to Wan Feng and asked for a beating.
"I want foreign trade."
"You want foreign trade? Foreign trade of what?"
"The company now has import and export rights. I plan to sell you abroad so you don't have to cause trouble at home."
Luan Feng clung to Wan Feng and giggled, "Bad guy! Why don't you sell Zhang Xuan out?"
"Zhang Xuan is so gentle. No one is like you, who is like Sun Wukong. You are already 32 years old. If you still feel empty and helpless like this, I will really sell you out."
"Sell it! You can't sell it for less, so that my son can get married."
You're not thinking straight. Are you counting on the money from selling you to marry a wife?
Wan Feng got up from the bed. He had to go out and get some fresh air. He would be angry to death if he stayed at home all the time.
The Spring Festival of 1999 passed quietly in a peaceful atmosphere.
Starting from the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, more and more people appeared on the streets of Wankou and Xiaoshutun.
The company returned to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and those who had gone home for the New Year returned.
Whether it is a train or a bus, there are always buses carrying people to Jiangwei, and every bus arriving in Jiangwei is full.
On the morning of the seventh day, Wan Feng went to the station to see Gu Hongzhong off.
"Mr. Gu! Don't forget what I told you years ago. This is a very big deal."
"You're the one who's ruining me. You said that incident ruined my whole year. I was just tinkering with how to find the coordinate transmission device at home. If this incident hadn't happened, I wouldn't have wasted my time."
Wan Feng laughed heartily: "I promise your efforts will not be in vain. If you have any news of leaving for a foreign country, please inform me."
NATO's war against Serbia will not begin until March 24th, which is still a month away.
Wan Feng believed that Gu Hongzhong would definitely go.
Gu Hongzhong had a special car to take him there, and the person who took him there was He Youliang himself, which basically guaranteed that nothing would go wrong.
After seeing off Gu Hongzhong, Wan Feng came to the company.
Today is not a working day, he just came to the company early to check.
Many people from other places who were staying in the company have returned and are saying things like "Happy New Year" and "May you get rich" to each other.
Wan Feng greets every person he meets with a smile.
Try to maintain an approachable image.