Chapter 193 Favors (Modify the relevant prices) Chen Yin stood up and stopped the old man...
Chapter 193 Favors (Modification of relevant prices)
Yan Jiuru looked at the two and a half thin sheets of paper with information in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh: Xuan Country's fire protection is really too weak, much worse than he had imagined.
It was also this major fire that made him realize that the gap between Xuan Country and the world's developed countries is in all aspects. Some gaps may not attract much attention unless there are special circumstances, but once they are revealed, they are often big problems.
However, Yan Jiuru was not discouraged. As long as he worked hard, the gap could be narrowed or even surpassed.
Yan Jiuru had a preliminary plan in mind, but considering that his current identity was no longer as simple as the director of Feiying Factory, some things had to be more carefully considered.
That day, he went to Institute 107 to find his old leader with a few pages of paper.
Old Wu was quite surprised to see him. He looked him over and asked, "Are you all right?"
Yan Jiuru smiled and said, "Look, everything is intact!"
He even rolled up his sleeves to show his arms, then turned his head to show him the back of his neck. "Look, it's all healed, and my hair has grown longer."
"Tsk!" Old Wu finally felt relieved.
But his complexion still looked worse than before. "I think you've lost a lot of weight. You must have lost a lot of pounds, right?"
Fortunately, I am in good spirits.
Yan Jiuru said indifferently: "It will grow back after a few days of supplementation."
Old Wu gestured for him to sit on the small sofa and talk: "Pour yourself a drink."
"By the way, someone gave me a few ounces of freshly picked Mingqian Longjing and Biluochun tea. I remember you love Biluochun, so I saved some for you."
Yan Jiuru was not polite: "These are all good things sent to you, I will drink and take them."
He stood up and took out some tea from the tea cabinet, brewed Longjing tea for his leader and Biluochun tea for himself.
The two chatted for a while.
Yan Jiuru asked, "Are Taoist Li and Lao Bai, who went on the mission with us last time, okay?"
Old Wu blew on the floating tea leaves and shook his head slightly. "Comrade Bai has recovered quite quickly. Taoist Li... I heard even the second floor is unstable."
Yan Jiuru also frowned: "What about the Taoist Association? Which elders don't have any opinions?"
Old Wu took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said, "Since he was injured in the service of the country, the country must find a way. The Taoist Association replied that they needed some kind of elixir like 'Peeling Yuan Pill'.
Not to mention the medicinal materials, just say that many of the Taoist traditions have been broken nowadays, so it is almost impossible to refine this kind of elixir.
For now, we can only use spiritual objects like the Qi Gathering Talisman and the Spirit Gathering Talisman to maintain the situation as much as possible. If it can no longer be maintained, we can use spiritual stones to fill the gap. However, this is not a long-term solution.
Yan Jiuru nodded. It was indeed not that the country and the Taoist sect did not value talents, but that they simply did not have that many resources.
Even he lacks spiritual stones and elixirs.
However, he still poured out a few spirit stones from his storage bag and gave them to Old Wu: "This is all I have. Give it to Taoist Li. It will help him last for a while. I'll find a way to find some when I go out this time."
"Oh?" Old Wu stared at him with sharp eyes. "What are your plans?"
Yan Jiuru opened the briefcase and took out the papers and gave them to him: "Take a look at this first."
Old Wu read it quickly and asked in surprise, "Why, are you thinking of joining the fire service again?"
He pointed at a few sheets of manuscript paper with his fingertips, shook his head slightly and smiled: "This is quite troublesome!
You should know that a few years ago, our country's firefighting force was placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security, and the firefighting force belongs to the armed police, and is under the dual leadership of the Ministry of Public Security and the Armed Police Corps. "
It’s difficult to deal with either of these fathers.
Yan Jiuru said, "I just want to get some fire trucks and fire-fighting and disaster relief equipment, but I don't want to set up a team myself..."
Old Wu snorted, "Young man, you don't know your limits."
"So, I came here to learn from you."
After saying that, he played the emotional card again: "Alas, you didn't see it in person, but I don't want to see it a second time anyway.
No matter who stops me, I'm going to figure out the fire-fighting equipment!
We can no longer rely on our comrades to put out fires and rescue people physically."
Old Wu pondered for a long time, holding his teacup, before he spoke: "What do you want to do? Do you want to develop it yourself or form a joint venture?"
Yan Jiuru: "I think the sooner we start this, the better. We don't have that much time for slow research and development, so it's faster to just adopt what we already have."
This time I'm going to study the fire protection industry abroad to see what's more suitable for us, and then plan the details later."
Old Wu waved his hand. "Alright, as long as you know the answer. This is also beneficial to the country and the people. I'll ask for you."
Yan Jiuru smiled and bowed: "Thank you in advance. I will park one near your house when I get it."
"Get lost!"
***
Perhaps this major fire did attract enough attention from the higher-ups, and Yan Jiuru received a call from the Fire Brigade a few days later.
A loud and powerful male voice asked, "Hello, are you Comrade Yan Jiuru?"
The other party did not call me "Director Yan".
Yan Jiuru had an idea in his mind: "I am, may I ask who you are?"
The other party went straight to the point: "I'm Zhao Yonggang, the head of the Equipment Section of the Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security. Our Director Liu is very busy and can only spare about half an hour to talk with you. Is it convenient for you today?"
Yan Jiuru looked at his watch and it was almost time to get off work.
But he knew that the fire department had been extremely busy dealing with a major fire recently, and it must have been a great effort on the part of Old Wu to spare half an hour for him.
"No problem, I'll be off right away."
"Please go to No. 14 East Chang'an Avenue, Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security Fire Brigade. I will greet you at the gate."
"Okay, I'll be there in about fifteen minutes."
Yan Jiuru hung up the phone, put the information he had collected on foreign fire trucks and related equipment into his briefcase, and told the driver: "Go to the Ministry of Public Security Fire Department at No. 14 East Chang'an Avenue!"
***
Most of the buildings on East Chang'an Avenue were converted from residences of princes and nobles before the founding of the People's Republic of China into office spaces.
Slogans were painted on the cold grey walls: "Follow the Party's command, win battles, maintain a good work style!"
After entering the gate, there is a spacious courtyard. In the front is the main hall and the side halls have been converted into rows of offices, and the back buildings have been converted into equipment warehouses.
From afar, Yan Jiuru heard bursts of firm and loud slogans.
"Are you still training at this time?" Yan Jiuru asked Section Chief Zhao who came to greet him.
"The training schedule for our firefighters is different from that of other forces. Fires can happen at any time, so training is often improvisational."
Yan Jiuru nodded. Just by listening to the inspiring slogans, he could tell that the team's training was quite strict.
"Director Liu will need another ten minutes to finish the meeting. Shall I show you around first?"
Yan Jiuru couldn't ask for more.
***
They walked around the office building and saw a particularly open training ground. On the left side of the training ground, there were many high and low training poles painted in red and white. Further away were several training towers, the shortest one was three stories high and the tallest one was six stories high. Dozens of officers and soldiers were training to climb with wooden ladders.
On the other side, a team of officers and soldiers were practicing rapid equipment dispatch.
In order not to affect the training, the two stood in the distance and watched quietly.
Yan Jiuru saw soldiers running with ladders on their shoulders and suddenly asked, "Are our ladders all made of wood?"
Section Chief Zhang straightened his back, put his hands behind his back and nodded, "That's right, the main ladders we have now are all made of wood.
Training materials are often made of masson pine and fir, which are relatively cheap but not durable. Even if they do not break down after a few years, they must be replaced, otherwise the risk is too high;
The better ones are made of imported pine wood, and the others are made of stretchable bamboo. Although they are better than pine wood, they also have the risk of carbonization after long-term use and need to be replaced frequently.
Steel is best. However, it is too expensive and is only used in a few of our major cities, such as airports and important places.
"Wood is flammable when fighting a fire, and steel will also get hot easily when close to the fire, right?"
In response to this question, Section Chief Zhao laughed heartily and said, "Our firefighters rush in whenever there's a fire. Burns and the like are secondary."
Yan Jiuru actually didn’t mean that.
But he didn't explain much.
The two of them walked to a few red-painted doors.
"This is a fire truck. Except for training, it is always on standby and ready to respond to fire alarms at any time."
Yan Jiuru had noticed that there was a back door long ago, and the police should go out from the back.
"Can I take a closer look?"
Section Chief Zhao waved his hand and said, "Feel free to look!"
Yan Jiuru walked around several fire trucks and bent down again. "Why are there Dongfeng chassis and some modified old Jiefang chassis?"
Section Chief Zhao gave him a thumbs-up and said, "You're an expert. This is a fire truck modified by the Shanghai Fire Equipment Factory. A few years ago, it used the old Jiefang chassis, but in the past two years it's been replaced with a Dongfeng chassis."
He further explained: "The old Jiefang truck has a low chassis load capacity and can only hold 1.8 tons of water. Add in other equipment and firefighters, and it would be quite difficult.
The Dongfeng chassis is much more powerful. With the same number of crew members and equipment, its water tank can hold 3 tons of water, which is an increase of almost 40%.
For firefighting, even a 10% increase, let alone a 40% increase, is important.
"Gasoline engine?"
"Yes, at the moment we only have gasoline engines, but as you know, we might bring up the idea of diesel engines soon."
After all, in terms of power, diesel engines are definitely more powerful, and most fire trucks abroad are equipped with high-power diesel engines.
Yan Jiuru climbed onto another vehicle and patted the two-section ladder. "How high is our standard ladder?"
"Theoretically, it shouldn't be more than 60 meters, but in practice it's usually around 20 meters. Any higher and it's not just a problem with the ladder, but the water pressure won't be able to get up there either."
Section Chief Zhao said very bluntly, "For a building over a hundred meters tall like the Kunlun Hotel, fire protection mainly relies on internal fire hydrants and evacuation routes, as well as self-defense.
If a major fire breaks out in a building more than 20 stories high, it would be useless even if we sent all the fire trucks in the capital to the scene."
People can climb up, but the water pressure can't reach it.
***
Yan Jiuru finally had to go to the fire station cafeteria with Director Liu to eat so that they had time to chat.
The training for firefighters is very intense, but the meals include meat and vegetables, and the portions are large enough to satisfy your hunger.
While eating the flower-shaped steamed bun, Director Liu supported Yan Jiuru's idea of introducing foreign fire trucks and equipment, but he also reminded him: "In the first few years of reform and opening up, we also tried to import fire trucks. The airport cannot afford to rely on domestically produced ones.
I've been to see movies from West Germany, the United States, Italy, and France. They're so damn expensive!
You don’t know, some fire trucks are really good, but a fully equipped one costs more than two million dollars!
More than two million!"
"A regular one costs about a million dollars!"
Finally, apart from a few imported products that were used at a few large airports, we didn't buy any other products because we really couldn't afford them.
"You might want to investigate. With this fire, the higher-ups are planning to beef up their firefighting forces and equipment, and we might even have to spend foreign currency to buy them. If we can meet the standards ourselves, we'll save the country a ton of foreign currency!"
Yan Jiuru nodded and said, "From my initial observation, the technology involved is not simple.
Both the United States and Europe have heavy chassis and high-horsepower diesel engines.
The chassis of the United States is derived from military tanks, and the maximum water tank capacity can reach 16 tons. However, they may not be willing to sell it to us because it is a military-converted civilian chassis.
There are also multi-functional European fire trucks, hydraulic telescopic ladders that can reach heights of 100 meters, foam fire trucks for oil fires, dry powder fire trucks for chemical fires, and so on. The robustness and corrosion resistance of hydraulic technology and piping materials, as well as sealing, are also major issues.
Director Liu lamented, “The Shanghai Fire Equipment Factory encountered these problems at that time, and there was no technical solution.
If they are imported, I have seen the two special vehicles you mentioned before, and they both cost more than two million US dollars each. If other equipment is added, the total price will be close to three million.
Hey, if you can accomplish this within ten years, our fire department will give you a banner!"
Yan Jiuru laughed heartily: "Then I'll remember that."
***
Regardless of whether there is a banner or not, as long as it doesn’t stop him from carrying out this project, that’s fine.
Director Liu himself said that this fire truck costs over a million yuan, so shouldn't we find out how deep the water is here?
He works in a government agency and knows all the tricks in the departments below. If the project he worked so hard on accidentally blocks someone's way to wealth, they will find some excuse to block him and he will be in big trouble.
After all, judging from the purchase amount, it can be seen that the investment is not small. Not to mention a delay of a year or two, even a few months will result in huge losses.
Therefore, he must pave the way before taking action.
However, this trip today was not in vain.
At present, both Section Chief Zhao, who is directly responsible for the equipment, and Director Liu have military qualities.
This made him feel relieved.
***
Before going abroad, Yan Jiuru specially brought some snacks and fruits to visit Taoist Master Li.
The Dongyue Temple is currently closed and does not receive pilgrims or tourists except for the Taoist priests stationed there.
After inquiring about the matter, the senior brother at the mountain gate led him through the Zhandai Gate, passed the Divine Road and the Daiyue Hall, and directly came to the Yude Hall: "Fellow Daoist Yan, Senior Brother Li is recuperating here."
"Master, be merciful."
When I opened the door, I saw Taoist Li looking at me with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Yan, how are you?"
Yan Jiuru took a quick look at him and saw that Taoist Li's smile concealed his paleness and weakness. After greeting him, he swallowed unconsciously, probably to suppress a cough.
Although the two had not known each other for long, they had a friendship that had gone through hardships together, so there were not so many unfamiliar courtesies.
Yan Jiuru put the fruit snacks away.
After the two of them sat down again, Yan Jiuru said, "I heard from Old Wu a few days ago that you were still not well, so I came to see you specially."
Taoist Priest Li smiled sadly and said, "My cultivation has regressed. Not to mention the current world, even in the past it might not be cured. I have already seen through it.
Compared to those who were reduced to charcoal or even ashes, I am still alive, which is good enough."
"By the way, how is Fellow Daoist Bai?"
Yan Jiuru looked at his face and smiled, "On the third day after you left, he also... had multiple fractures, but they were all external injuries and healed quickly."
Taoist Li was surprised.
Because he was seriously injured, no one told him the news.
He couldn't help but look at Yan Jiuru seriously again, "I think Fellow Daoist Yan also..."
Yan Jiuru nodded, "The three of us are in the same boat. I've been holding on for seven days and am exhausted."
As he spoke, he smoothed his hair and flexed his arms, "My hair has only grown out for two days. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to come to see you."
Taoist Priest Li's expression twisted for a moment, but he suddenly couldn't help laughing. He bowed to Yan Jiuru and said, "It's true that you would rather die than let your fellow Taoist die.
Hey, after hearing what you said, I feel much better. "
After saying this, he clasped his hands together towards Yan Jiuru and said, "Sin, sin!"
Yan Jiuru couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "Tsk, Taoist Li is saying sins in front of the Three Pure Ones, is he converting to Buddhism?"
Taoist Priest Li said complacently: "You don't understand. Nowadays, it is important to learn and apply.
In Buddhist terms, it means that the mind is free from worries, and in Taoist terms, it means that the mind is free from worries.”
"It seems I came to the right place. You have a heart disease that needs to be treated with heart medicine."
Taoist Priest Li felt as if he had taken an elixir and laughed heartily, "May the blessings of the Heavenly Lord be infinite! May you be free and happy soon, fellow Taoist!"
Fortunately, I still had a conscience and didn't say that I would go to heaven early.
Yan Jiuru: "Just be happy. To repay me, find me some cultivation secrets or something like that, so I can use them to deceive people later."
Is he the one who entertains others for nothing? !
We didn't come here empty-handed, and of course we can't leave empty-handed.
Taoist Priest Li: Okay, you are really ruthless!
Bargaining with seriously injured patients!
***
A simple new article press conference was held before the departure of this business trip.
"...In the past, we mainly passively waited for interested investment companies to apply, but this time we will actively seek to introduce some matching projects."
The inspection team is not large, with only a dozen people. The team leaders are Minister Huang and Minister Ma, who is in charge of foreign exchange management. However, the two old leaders are relatively old, so the specific work is still done by the deputy leader Yan Jiuru. The two team leaders only come out when they need to show up.
This was also discussed in advance.
Originally, Minister Huang didn't need to take action in person, but Yan Jiuru had other tasks, so the higher-ups had to arrange for Minister Huang to attract more attention.
The news was also broadcast on TV.
Everyone in Kuihua Hutong, whether they had a TV or not, knew: Director Yan was going abroad again!
The aunts and sisters who were watching TV at other people's homes hurried home.
This is such a great opportunity, we must seize it.
***
"How many days will you be away this time?"
"Three days for the inspection in the United States, three or four days in Europe, plus the travel time, it's estimated to be about ten days."
Yan Jiuru checked the suitcase one last time, then turned to ask Chen Yin, "Is there anything you want? I'll buy it when I have time."
Chen Yin really does have it.
She handed him two lists, "Here, these are lists of computer and semiconductor materials that are restricted for export in Europe and the United States.
I've already submitted a copy to your group, but I doubt they'll be able to get many of them, so please take whatever you can get."
Yan Jiuru quickly scanned the list, asked about the specific models of several items that he couldn't hold, and then burned the list.
As for personal needs, Chen Yin also listed a lot of them on her list, saying, "They're not important. If it's convenient, buy them. If you don't have time, forget it."
Yan Jiuru looked at the list and found that apart from some Yade skincare products and YS lipsticks, the main products on it were some anti-stretch mark massage oils and firming creams from Moujiao, and the minimum quantity for each was five.
Then there's some baby and toddler stuff.
He had a remarkable memory, and seeing some items that should be available in the Foreign Trade Mall, he casually asked, "I remember these cosmetics, as well as pacifiers and baby bottles, are available in Yansha Department Store."
Chen Yin said helplessly, "Of course I know it's available. There are only two places in Yanjing where you can buy it, and everyone is watching them. If a customer goes there, they will be eager to be exposed.
I'm not afraid of anything, but I just feel annoyed."
Yan Jiuru nodded repeatedly, "That's right. Let's go into the village quietly, without firing a gun."
"That's all?"
Chen Yin smiled: "Of course not.
My mentor said in an email that computers are developing very rapidly nowadays, NOTEBOOK is already on the market, and the performance of business computers has also been greatly improved.
Honey, please get me two models so I can take them apart and have a look."
Oh my god, this must cost tens of thousands of dollars!
Just... tear it down and see?!
The three children who had been watching their parents silently were stunned.
Just watching their father nod and promise without any regret, he said, "Okay, I'll buy you two. If you break one, you still have another one."
I can’t stand it anymore!
Xiaohu yelled angrily, "Dad, you are too biased!"
Jingjing replied, "That's right! That's right!"
"I can't even get a Transformer!"
"Mom wants a computer, so Dad buys her two! Humph, you stinky dad!"
The two little ones turned around and ran to their great-grandparents to complain!
Yan Jiuru crossed his arms and sneered, "It's useless for you to complain!
Those are my grandparents, of course they are thinking of me.
Think about whether your grandparents are on your side or on my side!"
The two kids stopped and looked at each other: It seems...it really is like that.
Grandpa and grandma are the ones who favor the three of them the most in the family, and great-grandpa and great-grandma are even more favorable to their own eldest grandson!
Humph, you stinky dad, you just like to bully kids!
The two little ones turned around and put their hands on their hips: "As if no one has grandparents. I'll call my grandparents tomorrow to complain!"
The old lady just came into the house and tried to smooth things over. "Alright, alright, these three kids are quite sensible. It's rare for them to ask for a toy, so just buy them one. Grandma, give them the money!"
Is it about money?
Yan Jiuru went to support his grandmother and scolded her, "Why do you need to take money? This is just teasing the child."
"You're here just in time. I was just about to ask you and my grandfather if we wanted to bring anything."
"We have everything at home, so there's no need to bring anything. But the neighbors in the front and back yards need some medicine." The old lady fumbled and pulled out a folded piece of paper. "Take a look. If you can buy it, buy it. If it's not, forget it."
He added, "This time we agreed to refund any excess and make up for any shortfall. I'll give you whatever you deserve."
Yan Jiuru said unhappily, "I told you not to worry about these trivial matters.
When asking for something, they begged and prayed for it. Your eldest grandson went to great lengths to buy it, but they were either more expensive or had different packaging or something.
If they delay paying you, you'll get anxious and angry."
The old lady's memory was not very good due to her age. She just remembered something now and couldn't help but said angrily, "That damn old woman Wang, she was the one who started to find faults last time, wasn't she? I'll ask her to return it."
Chen Yin stood up and stopped the old lady, saying with a smile: "Grandma, give me the things, I will go find them.
They know that you have a bad memory, but they still try to trick you. You are bound to get angry and have a fight with them.
I'm pregnant, they don't dare."
Yan Jiuru didn't dare let his wife go alone, so he hurriedly said, "Let's go together."
The old lady said awkwardly, "Well, then."
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