Chapter 296 Spring Thunder Blasts, All Things Resurrect
After entering 1975, the atmosphere became increasingly tense. Critical articles were published from time to time in newspapers, with each pointing fingers.
The officialdom of each province was constantly changing, and a large number of people were dismissed from the Guangdong Provincial Revolutionary Committee.
In such a serious atmosphere, the work of the Foreign Trade Center was also much more low-key. The Spring Fair was aimed at stability. Most of the foreign businessmen invited were those who had cooperated with them before, with only a few new ones.
The turmoil in the upper echelons had little to do with the common people. In a blink of an eye, it was the Spring Festival again, and every household began to celebrate again.
This year's Spring Festival, Lu Changzheng was also there, and Su Tingqian was very happy. The family could finally spend a reunion year.
During the New Year's Eve dinner, Lu Changzheng invited Commander Xu to come over and celebrate the New Year with them. During the
three-day holiday, Lu Changzheng borrowed a car and the family went for a walk around Guangzhou. Su Mo discovered that the surrounding communes actually began to have small markets, which were organized by the government and allowed members to trade freely.
No wonder Guangdong Province became a pioneer in reform and opening up. With this "ducklings know first when the spring river is warm" sensitivity, it should be developed.
In early March, a spring thunder exploded. The people who stirred up trouble were arrested, ending their sinful political career that had stirred up trouble for nearly ten years.
When Su Mo saw the newspaper, she couldn't believe it. This was a full year and a half ahead of schedule.
Ye Wenbin called Su Mo into the office, looked at her expression, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Can't believe it?"
"Yeah! Those people have been stirring up trouble for so many years, and they fell so easily. I feel that it's a bit... how should I put it, it seems too easy." In history, there have been many bloody incidents when they fell.
Ye Wenbin sneered: "Those people are just relying on the leaders. Once the leaders are determined to punish them, they are just grasshoppers after the autumn."
"Will their comrades fight back?"
"They will definitely fight back. It will take some time to finish it. During this period, we still can't let our guard down." Ye Wenbin said, "You have made great contributions in this matter. What kind of reward do you want? I will apply to the higher-ups."
"Can I keep it and ask for it later?" She really didn't want anything now. It would be better to keep it for special privileges after the reform and opening up.
Ye Wenbin gave her a look that said "what do you think?"
Su Mo laughed, "Then give it as a reward!"
Ye Wenbin choked. Isn't the Su family rich? How come there is someone who loves money so much?
"After this spring trade fair, I will be transferred to Beijing. What do you think of my position?" Ye Wenbin asked.
Su Mo paused, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, I should be fine." In terms of ability, she is absolutely capable of doing it.
Although those people have fallen now, it will take another year or two to reform and open up. If she had taken Ye Wenbin's position during this period, she would have accumulated more network resources.
Historically, reform and opening up did not begin until the end of 1977-1978.
In November 1978, Xiaogang Village in Anhui Province implemented the household contract responsibility system of "dividing land to households and bearing their own profits and losses", which opened the curtain of internal reform. It was not until
July 1979 that the state officially approved Guangdong and Fujian provinces to implement special policies and flexible measures in their foreign economic activities.
Now that the process has been advanced, she doesn't know exactly when the reform and opening up will take place.
Ye Wenbin also gave Su Mo some instructions on work, asking her to prepare and take her to meet certain leaders later.
Since he was going to hand over the position to her, he would familiarize her with the relevant matters while she was still in office, and then allocate some of the resources behind him to her.
Whether for the sake of Geng Changqing or the cooperative relationship with the Su family, he had to take good care of Su Mo.
For the next period of time, Su Mo followed Ye Wenbin and was very busy. She had to take over the relationships behind him and deal with the exhibition.
In mid-to-late March, trade delegations from various places also arrived in Guangzhou.
Su Yiyuan was also eager to come this time. Last time, it was the first time for their factory to participate in the autumn trade fair. Time was very tight, and the samples on display still had a lot of room for improvement, so they didn't close many orders, and they were all small amounts.
After more than half a year of improvement, he was confident that he could make a comeback at this trade fair. When
he arrived at the military district guesthouse, Su Yiyuan began to look for Su Mo, wanting to discuss with her. When the time came, they would join forces and there would be no worries about orders.
As a result, after looking around, he couldn't find anyone. After asking the people at the Foreign Trade Center, he learned that Su Mo was promoted to deputy director two days ago and would no longer train with the people in their trade group.
In order to let Su Mo take over his position more legitimately, Ye Wenbin applied to his superiors two days ago to promote Su Mo to deputy director.
Su Mo's previous rank was level 4, with a salary of 57 yuan. After being promoted to deputy director, her rank was level 6, with a salary of 78 yuan. After being promoted to director, she could be promoted to level 6 again, with a salary of 90 yuan.
At that time, it was a very high salary.
Su Yiyuan did not expect Su Mo to be so powerful and to be promoted to deputy director at such a young age. He felt honored instantly.
Although he was also a factory director, in Su Yiyuan's view, the food factory was just a small and shabby factory. When he took over, it was almost stopped. The value of his position as a factory director cannot be compared with the value of Su Mo's position as deputy director.
The work of the Foreign Trade Center is very valuable. Su Mo, the deputy director, is more popular than some county party secretaries in remote areas. After all, she can face the leaders from time to time, which is a bit like "the emperor's close minister".
After the Spring Fair started, Su Mo was no longer incorporated into the trading group, but followed Ye Wenbin to communicate with the heads of chambers of commerce in various countries and regions, and further understood the important role of the trade fair in China's foreign trade.
In 1974, the total amount of China's foreign trade reached 14.57 billion US dollars, which was nearly 4 billion US dollars more than the 10.976 billion US dollars in 1973.
At that time, the ratio of US dollar to RMB was about 1:1.9, which was equivalent to creating nearly 28 billion RMB in revenue. At a time when the per capita wage was 20 to 30, it was a huge contribution.
Except for the transactions completed on the day of the exhibition and the orders placed directly by foreign businessmen with factories, all other foreign trade transactions were negotiated directly between the leadership team and the heads of the chambers of commerce of various countries.
This is what Su Mo is learning from Ye Wenbin now.
When talking to the heads of the chambers of commerce, it is no longer about specific categories, but directly about prices, all in units of 100 million. For example, a chamber of commerce of a certain country cooperated with us this year on a transaction of 2 billion US dollars. In return, we can give them some conveniences.
This convenience is very interesting, such as increasing the number of foreign merchants who can come to the exhibition, internal discounts, all-inclusive domestic accommodation and transportation, priority delivery, etc. Su Mo also broadened her horizons.
Negotiating transactions with these responsible persons is naturally not in the exhibition hall, but in the conference room of the hotel where they are staying.
Ye Wenbin is determined to bring Su Mo with him. Basically, Ye Wenbin has brought Su Mo to meet the president of each chamber of commerce. After visiting together for more than half a month, Su Mo has also negotiated a considerable amount of money.
Looking at the report card, Ye Wenbin was relieved and said to Su Mo, "With this achievement, you will be promoted to director. No matter how many opinions others have, it will
be useless. Performance is the best proof." Su Mo has only been at the Foreign Trade Center for two years. There are many people who have worked for seven or eight years. Su Mo's qualifications are indeed a little shallow. It takes some effort to push her up. Now that she has this report card, everything is much easier.
[PS: It is the author's expectation to advance the process. If time travel really exists, if I can go back, if I have the ability, I will definitely shoot those people in advance.
To write this novel, I checked a lot of information, especially the history of those ten years, and read many books, including memoirs published abroad by persecuted people. I really hate those people.
I can only say that some things need to be verified, but some people are not worthy of forgiveness! 】