Chapter 77 Chapter 77 You are a rare figure in history. …
Early in the morning, Liang Xin washed up and went downstairs, where she saw her mother-in-law cooking the red bean paste rice cake that she loved so much.
It was rare for Hu Fenglian to see Liang Xin in a bad mood, so she got up early to grind red beans and went to a hand-made rice cake shop in the vegetable market to buy freshly cut rice cakes.
After breakfast, Liang Xin pushed her bicycle out of the west yard when a bag of Liangxin brand red bean paste bread was handed to her.
"Sister-in-law, good morning!"
Zheng Xiaojun shook the bread in his hand with a warm smile, "I heard from Chong Feng that this bread is your favorite. I just queued up to buy it at your bakery yesterday. You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Here!"
Liang Xin: ".......what's the matter?"
"Look at what you said. I ate so many meals you cooked, and I can't give you a piece of bread in return?"
Liang Xin pushed her bicycle forward, and Zheng Xiaojun immediately followed her side by side. "I remember a few years ago, I asked you if you had any good friends to introduce to me. During the years since you came to Jiangjing to attend university, I also saw that you really only had one good friend. Seeing is believing. When the bakery opened a while ago, I saw her. She was slender and graceful, with a gentle appearance like jade, but her temperament was proud of frost and rain..."
Liang Xin paused and turned around in surprise, "Are you talking about Lu Wei?"
Zheng Xiaojun's face showed some shyness that Liang Xin had never seen before. He nodded shyly, "Sister-in-law, to tell you the truth, I knew it the first time I saw her in the bakery. I haven't been able to find a girlfriend and get married for so many years because I'm waiting for her to show up!"
Liang Xin was so jealous that her teeth ached. "I don't know how many people you have written love poems to. I have seen you dating and watching movies with different lesbians several times..."
"What date!"
Zheng Xiaojun said anxiously: "I was on a blind date. The lesbians you met in the past few years were all my blind dates. They were just blind dates. I have never been in a relationship!"
"Lu Wei can't do that."
Liang Xin held onto the handlebars and put her left foot on the bicycle pedal, trying to get on the bike. Zheng Xiaojun blocked the way in front of the bike, "Sister-in-law, why not? Although I'm a little older, we know each other well, right? I'm a regimental cadre, and if I were put on the dating market, I'd be the most sought-after and high-quality candidate. I'm not bad in height and appearance, so why not?"
"Not at my age."
Liang Xin pinpointed the flaws that Zheng Xiaojun had mentioned and continued to pedal, but was stopped by Zheng Xiaojun again. "It is precisely because I am a little older that I am following your path. My family is simple. If Lu Wei agrees to marry me, I can immediately apply for a three-bedroom apartment and hand over all my salary to her. She can do whatever she wants and use it however she wants."
Zheng Xiaojun's face was filled with memories. "I just like her perseverance. I want to be with her, not to let her stay at home and give birth to my children. That's vulgar! I will continue to support her just like I support you!"
Hearing this, Liang Xin stepped on the pedal with her left foot, landed on the ground, looked at Zheng Xiaojun and said, "It's not easy for Lu Wei to get to where she is today. You only see her appearance and don't know her. I can introduce you to each other, starting as friends. If you can understand how she was able to persevere, then think about the rest. If Lu Wei doesn't even give you a chance to understand her, I hope you can be more graceful."
Zheng Xiaojun was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise, "Of course, I will maintain my demeanor and self-awareness. Thank you, sister-in-law. I will go to the military district's western restaurant tonight and reserve a table. I will invite you to have steak together."
"Tonight was so intense."
Liang Xin said, "Don't be too happy too soon. I have to seek Lu Wei's opinion first. If she doesn't want to come out for dinner, forget about it."
Zheng Xiaojun immediately clasped his hands together and said, "Sister-in-law, my happiness is in your hands."
Liang Xin rode her bike to the bakery, and Wang Daya told her that the guests had already been seated upstairs.
There are seats on the second floor of the bakery for customers to drink coffee and eat pastries.
Liang Xin went up to the second floor and found seat No. 3 by the window. She saw a man wearing a blue cloth uniform, with a sturdy build and dark skin sitting there. When he heard the noise, he turned around and immediately stood up to greet him.
"Hello, Comrade Liang Xin. I am Hong Jianguo, the director of Shanghai Guangming Breeding Farm."
"Hello, Director Hong."
After shaking hands, Liang Xin saw a cup of coffee on the table. "Director Hong, are you used to drinking coffee? If not, I can make you a cup of green tea."
"I am used to it. When I was a child, my mother always drank coffee at home. I grew up smelling the aroma of coffee. Later, our family became poorer and coffee could only be bought at the Friendship Store. Without the remittance coupons, I could not drink it."
Director Hong smiled and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, please take a seat. You don't have to worry anymore."
Liang Xin pulled out a chair and just sat down when she heard footsteps at the stairs. She thought it was a guest, but she saw two men in Zhongshan suits walking up to her, without any bread in their hands.
The man in the black Zhongshan suit carried a green military shoulder bag, and the man in the gray Zhongshan suit had a cowhide bag under his arm.
Liang Xin quietly observed the two people going up the stairs, then vaguely scrambled to push aside her chair, stood up, and walked towards them.
The two men saw Liang Xin standing in front of them and stopped their hurried steps.
The man wearing glasses rolled his eyes under the lenses and stretched out his hand towards Liang Xin, "Comrade Liang Xin, I finally see you. When I see you, it's like seeing a relative!"
Director Hong, who was sitting at his seat, saw that the two were probably cadres. When he saw the man with glasses being so enthusiastic towards Liang Xin, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Liang Xin shook hands with them and said, "You two seem to have come from far away. I wonder where you are from?"
The man in the black Zhongshan suit looked at Director Hong first and said, "I am Lu Changlong, a supply and marketing clerk at Beijing Hongqing Food Factory. Comrade Liang Xin, your wife and I are from the same family!"
Director Hong looked at Lu Changlong's gaze, and when he heard him trying to get close to Liang Xin, he felt something was wrong.
Hongqing Food Factory is one of the largest food manufacturers in the country. The factory has seven best-selling brands in the food industry, including biscuits and ice cream. Among the important raw materials, eggs account for the largest proportion of demand. I believe they are also attracted by the technical patents in Comrade Liang Xin's hands.
Chief Hong hurriedly stood up and pulled away the chair Liang Xin had just sat on. "Comrade Liang Xin, I received your letter and immediately set off for the 11th Division in Jiangkou. I was busy for three days and two nights and returned to Jiangjing overnight. I haven't had a good night's sleep until now."
Lu Changlong and the man with glasses were filled with doubts when they saw Director Hong's attitude towards Liang Xin.
The two of them waited at the gate of Guangming Breeding Farm for a week, and saw groups of people coming from all over the country, trying their best to talk to Director Hong, but they couldn't even see his shadow. They were either stopped outside by the gate guards or sat on the bench inside.
They were creative and hid in the flower bed in front of the house of Director Hong's assistant, and waited for the news that Director Hong was going on a business trip.
Originally, people thought that Liang Xin had specially invited Director Hong to come over for the Ross chicken. They planned to rush to pay the money and, after establishing a relationship, further discuss the introduction of Ross chicken.
If the negotiations fail, we will definitely be able to find some leverage over Director Hong in the process. In any case, we have to sign the contract for the first batch of Ross laying hens first.
After much difficulty, they waited for Director Hong and saw him meeting Liang Xin, only to discover that Director Hong was very flattering to Liang Xin.
The two were suddenly confused and stood there in a daze.
Seeing his competitor was stunned, Director Hong stopped being polite and got straight to the point: "Comrade Liang Xin, our Guangming Breeding Farm was selected as a purebred breeding farm after a three-month national inspection. In addition to the support of leaders at all levels, we have also received strong support from patriotic overseas Chinese and technical experts. Our breeding farms, hatcheries and laying hen farms have very mature production configurations. You can establish a technical joint venture with us, and you don't have to worry about sales. We have already set up mature sales outlets in China to achieve integrated production and sales. In addition, we have been selected by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade to join the three express trains to export fresh eggs to Hong Kong and Macao since 1978. Starting this year, we have obtained the right to import and export on our own, and will soon achieve a combination of domestic and foreign trade in the future."
Wang Daya just came up with a white porcelain tray and put four cups of tea on the table.
Liang Xin picked up the cup to hide the smile on her lips, took a sip, looked up at the two stunned men, and said quickly, "Please take a seat, both of you."
The two male comrades in Zhongshan suits had already sat down on the chairs brought by Wang Daya, although they had not yet reacted to the positive attitude of the elusive Director Hong towards Liang Xin.
When Director Hong saw Liang Xin asking the two to sit down, he thought that Liang Xin was dissatisfied with what he said.
The technical patent in Liang Xin's hands can increase the egg production rate of Ross chickens from 80% to 90%. If the technology is obtained by others, not to mention the millions of dollars invested in the breeding farm in the early stage may be wasted, the subsequent output value of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of yuan will be lost.
With an output value of 100 million, profits and taxes can reach 10 or 20 million, and foreign exchange earnings can reach tens of millions of US dollars.
Judging from the situation of reform and opening up, once this number is reached, it will only grow exponentially year by year.
After calculating to this point, Director Hong was sweating on his forehead. Without giving the two a chance to speak, he looked at Liang Xin and continued, "Comrade Liang Xin, the only way to achieve a win-win goal is to cooperate with us. Time is money. Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe in the country. Our Guangming Breeding Farm is the most complete in terms of equipment, feed, disease control, feeding technology, feeding technology, and feeding methods..."
"Captain Hong, have a drink of water."
Liang Xin said slowly: "Don't worry, I already feel your sincerity."
Director Hong let out a breath he had been holding, glanced at his two competitors from the corner of his eye, and felt a sense of crisis again. "Comrade Liang Xin, I have been out for several days. I am now busy going to the UK to discuss the preliminary preparations for the introduction of laying hens. You are a water rescue hero. I have read the news reports about the bakery you set up, and I can see that you are not a person who drags your feet. If you have any requests, just tell me directly. You hold the trump card in your hand, and I will definitely do it if I can."
Lu Changlong and the other man looked at Liang Xin in surprise.
trump card?
So it's because he holds the trump card that Director Hong is so fawning and active?
The two men looked at Liang Xin with eager eyes.
Chu Guoliang dragged his chair towards Liang Xin and said, "Comrade Liang Xin..."
"Comrade," Director Hong interrupted Chu Guoliang, "Everything should be based on first come first served. We are in the process of discussing cooperation. How can you interrupt us without following the rules?"
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after we finish talking first."
Director Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought to myself that Liang Xin still has a conscience.
"Director Hong, you are sincere, and I will tell you frankly. You may have been to the 11th Division Base Farm. At present, the 11th Division's pharmaceutical factory is losing money, and the bakery has just opened. We are in need of funds." Liang Xin said, "Director Hong has seen through my thoughts just now. I won't ask for too much from you. Five thousand successfully bred Ross egg-laying chicken breeders, help us realize the mechanized chicken farm, and teach our farm workers how to raise chickens. If you can help us with sales in the future, we will naturally be grateful. How do you think?"
"Five thousand laying hens?"
Director Hong paused for a moment and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, you don't mean to invest in technology and jointly produce and sell. You want the 11th Division to open a chicken farm?"
Liang Xin nodded, "Director Hong, the conscience of Liangxin Bakery is to ensure that the raw materials are of high quality. We are not running a chicken farm to join the competition in your breeding industry. We are just ensuring the bakery's demand for eggs. As I said just now, if our eggs and chickens need to be sold, they must be sold by the mature sales outlets of Guangming Breeding Farm. They will not be put on the market privately. Should this also be considered as joint production and sales?"
Director Hong frowned slightly.
Liang Xin meant that this was equivalent to exchanging 5,000 laying hens, machinery, and breeding experts for the technical patent for "artificial fly breeding."
If you want to set up a mechanized chicken farm with 5,000 chickens, you will need an initial investment of at least 1.2 million.
In other words, Liang Xin wanted Guangming Breeding Farm to spend 1.2 million to buy the patent for the "artificial fly breeding" technology.
But there are many people out there who want to import the Ross chicken production line from Guangming Breeding Farm with 1.2 million yuan, but they can't get a number...
Director Hong sighed in his heart. He sent a letter from Liang Xin to the farm and waited for them to come, instead of going to the farm and waiting to see them first. He was mentally prepared that it would not be so easy to get the patent from Comrade Liang Xin, who was known as the "water-saving hero", "number one scholar", and recently the "most dazzling newcomer in the business world".
Guangming Breeding Farm will promote the imported common breed Ross laying hens nationwide in accordance with national requirements.
However, there is no plan to distribute Ross laying hens raised by "artificial fly farming" in large quantities.
Liang Xin's request tore open the door that they were not prepared to separate.
If you don’t agree, there will be no technology.
As Director Hong was thinking, he felt deeply the power of Liang Xin. Once he pulled out the knife, he could cut people's flesh so painfully that they could not breathe, but it was just within the non-lethal range. He didn't want to accept it, but he could accept it too.
After all, Liang Xin guaranteed that the production and sales market is still in the hands of Guangming Breeding Farm.
Chief Hong suddenly laughed out loud, looked at Liang Xin, and sighed with a smile, "Comrade Liang Xin, you are working for the army, and you are also providing jobs for martyrs' families and solving family burdens. In fact, I am also a martyr's family. My mother raised me and suffered a lot."
Liang Xin put down the teacup and said seriously: "Your mother would be very proud to see you today."
Director Hong's smile was filled with genuine warmth. "Comrade Liang Xin, we can agree to your terms, but on the condition that you cannot pass on the technology to others. Ross laying hens and eggs must be sold by our sales outlets, just as you said."
Liang Xin nodded, "These can all be written down in the contract."
Chief Hong glanced at the two stunned people and asked, "Do we need to go to the 11th Division to sign the contract?"
Liang Xin stood up and held out her hand, "If Director Hong is in a hurry, I can accompany you back to Jiangkou to sign the contract now."
Director Hong finally smiled fully and held Liang Xin's hands with both of his own. "Comrade Liang Xin is straightforward. This is what I have been looking for."
Lu Changlong stood up and was about to speak when Liang Xin suddenly said, "Sister Daya, please bring two airplane bread sets and two whipped creams for these two comrades. They probably haven't had breakfast yet."
"Comrade Liang Xin, how can this be so embarrassing?"
The man wearing glasses stood up and said, "I haven't introduced myself to you yet. I'm Chu Guoliang, 2......"
"Comrade Chu, Comrade Lu."
Liang Xin interrupted him, took the bread from Wang Daya, and placed it in front of the two of them. "This is our bakery's signature product. You've worked hard all the way here. If you're hungry, you can ask them to bring you more. Don't be polite. I have something else to do here, so I'll leave you now."
Director Hong was very satisfied with Liang Xin's attitude.
He really keeps his word.
After verbally agreeing, even if the contract has not been signed, he will no longer pay attention to other people.
The two men, who had been hungry all night, looked at the golden, crispy, and fluffy bread, and then at the snow-white and rich cream. They had just suppressed their appetite and were thinking of taking the opportunity to negotiate a cooperation with Director Hong to introduce Ross laying hens, but when they looked up, the man was gone.
The two of them immediately stood up and chased after him, but they couldn't even catch up with his shadow.
At the door of the bakery, the two looked at each other.
“I knew it wouldn’t be that easy.”
"yes."
The two sighed to each other and turned upstairs to eat bread.
After the division logistics department received the news, Minister Zou personally drove to the train station to pick up the car.
As soon as Liang Xin got off the train, she saw Minister Zou and Director Wu, whose faces were about to burst with laughter.
Minister Zou strode forward and shook Liang Xin's hand vigorously. "Comrade Liang Xin, get in the car quickly. Commander Lu went to the base to give a report and can't make it back, so I came to pick you up."
Director Wu excitedly stepped forward and offered his hand to help Liang Xin with her luggage, but found that Liang Xin didn't bring any luggage. He awkwardly rubbed his hands on his military pants and said, "Comrade Liang Xin, Director Hong, please get in the car quickly. The small kitchen in the guesthouse has prepared food. Go back and fill your stomach."
Liang Xin and Minister Zou walked out side by side, "Minister Zou, is the contract ready?"
Minister Zou nodded, "Everything is ready as you said."
Liang Xin said, "Let's sign the contract first before eating."
Director Hong immediately nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, let's sign the contract first and then have dinner."
Minister Zou and Director Wu were very happy about this and agreed readily with their mouths stretched to the back of their ears.
Logistics meeting room, after signing the contract.
When they arrived at the guesthouse, Liang Xin found that Commander Yang, Political Commissar Zheng, and Staff Officer Zhang, who had taken off his military uniform to manage the farm, were also at the table.
Almost all the leading cadres from other divisions came.
Minister Zou pulled out a chair attentively and invited Liang Xin to sit down.
Liang Xin had just sat down when Lu Chongfeng suddenly pushed the door open, holding a hat in his hand. He smelled like gasoline, like the smell of a car with the accelerator pressed to the bottom and smoke coming out all the way.
"Captain Lu is here too."
Minister Zou smiled brightly, "Captain Lu, please sit next to Director Liang."
From the moment Lu Chongfeng opened the door, his eyes never left Liang Xin. He pulled out the chair next to Liang Xin, but without sitting down first, he shook hands with Director Hong.
Director Hong signed the contract and was very happy. "Sure enough, the man is talented and the woman is beautiful, a perfect match!"
"Captain Hong, what you said is not right." Political Commissar Zheng said with a smile: "Comrade Liang Xin is not only beautiful, but also talented, knowledgeable, and intelligent. I think she is no worse than Captain Lu."
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin with a smile, "You are wrong, she is better than me!"
The laughter suddenly resounded throughout the box.
In front of the leaders, Lu Chongfeng helped Liang Xin pick out fish bones and pick up vegetables as usual. Knowing that Liang Xin liked to eat vermicelli, he picked up a piece of Ant Climbing a Tree with chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of her.
When the leaders saw how close the couple was, they were just happy and relieved, and didn't find anything offensive.
The topic at the dinner table naturally revolved around the chicken farm.
When talking about the chicken farm, people naturally can’t help but praise Liang Xin.
Liang Xin said at the dinner table that the technical patent was provided by Lu Wei, and indicated that she wanted to allocate a sum of money to Lu Wei when she had enough money in the future.
Not only did the teachers have no objection, they also discussed the need to reward Liang Xin.
On the way home, Liang Xin and Lu Chongfeng walked side by side.
"What do you think the division will reward me with?"
Lu Chongfeng took a flashlight and shone it on Liang Xin. Seeing her curious face, he said, "The technical patent Lu Wei gave you, if you sell it, I don't know how many gifts you can buy. Are you curious about what reward the teacher gave you?"
"Shine the light farther away, it's blinding."
The flashlight shone on the stone road in the distance, and Lu Chongfeng asked, "I think it's about one or two hundred yuan?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"Logically, if you open a bakery, you should be rewarded for logistics."
Lu Chongfeng thought carefully, "I can't imagine that I have never seen a situation like yours in the army in all these years. You are a rare case in history."
Liang Xin looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she raised her hand and put it around Lu Chongfeng's arm.
Lu Chongfeng immediately straightened his back and pricked up his ears to listen for any footsteps in front and behind.
Liang Xin thought he was nervous and tried to pull her hand back, but he suddenly clamped his arms tightly to prevent her from pulling her hand away. "Aren't you afraid of being seen by the patrol?"
"Just see it. I've been holding it in for a long time."
Lu Chongfeng raised his arm, grasped Liang Xin's hand, and kissed it. "You suddenly arrived at Jiangkou. It feels like pie in the sky."
"You are not allowed to kiss without washing your hands."
"Then let's go faster."
Liang Xin was pulled by him to jog, "I can't run, I just finished my meal."
Walking into the moon gate of the family compound, Lu Chongfeng noticed that there were no footsteps nearby. He turned off the flashlight, picked up Liang Xin in the dark, and ran home.
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