Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 290 Ask the Foreign Trade Department (Subscription Request)
After welcoming the Bai family members in, Zhou Fengnian said with a smile: "Uncle Bai, I have to call you this from now on. I didn't expect that we would become relatives."

"Haha, Fengnian, Qing'an is lucky to find your Xianyang. This is Brother Zhou, right? The fertilizer factory run by your village is well-known in the city."

After exchanging some polite words with Zhou Fengnian, Mr. Bai greeted Zhou's father who was walking towards them.

Zhou Fengnian entertained Bai Kang and Bai Yujie.

When he was in the machinery factory, he had dealt with Bai Kang, and then he gradually got to know Bai Yujie. By the time he met Mr. Bai, Zhou Fengnian was already the deputy factory director.

He has always had a good relationship with the Bai family, especially Bai Kang's promotion was closely related to Zhou Fengnian, and these people have always kept in touch.

From now on, the relationship will become closer.

After entertaining for a while, Zhou Fengnian went to the kitchen to start cooking. He had prepared most of the expected ingredients and could just put them in the pot.

There were more than a dozen people in the room, and even with Gong Lin's help, it took Zhou Fengnian a long time to prepare a table of dishes.

During this time, Zhou Xianyang was not heartless and specially poured a cup of tea to quench Zhou Fengnian's thirst.

He was planning to fan the scene from the side, but was immediately driven away by Zhou Fengnian. He was just getting in the way in the kitchen.

After a while, lunch was ready. When Zhou Fengnian called Zhou Yan to inform them to eat, Zhou Yan whispered to him that the two families had basically reached an agreement.

The talk between Zhou's father and Mr. Bai went very smoothly, and they had no objection to the two children being together.

The two young ones fell in love with each other, their family backgrounds were similar, and they recognized each other's character. Apart from Zhou Xianyang's young age, there were basically no problems.

As for the problem of youth, you can get a marriage certificate three years later. No one will report such a thing anyway.

The matter between the two families was settled in this way. Zhou Fugui agreed on behalf of Zhou Fengnian without giving Zhou Fengnian, his father, any chance to speak.

The Zhou family also took care of all the things needed for the wedding, such as new furniture, new clothes, and even bells and whistles. In any case, Bai Qingan would not suffer any loss.

Mr. Bai didn't say anything and agreed with a smile; he knew the financial resources of the Zhou family. There were two self-employed people in the family, and Zhou Xianyang was also tinkering with building a website for a government agency.

Zhou Xianyang did not hide the fact that he made money from Bai Qingan, so the Bai family also knew about it.

When Zhou Fengnian served the dishes to the table, both families were happily talking about the couple's future after marriage.

Although Zhou Fengnian didn't tell stories much, it was just right. He didn't like tedious things anyway, and it would be better if he didn't have to be bothered with the marriage of his younger generations.

The two families soon sat down to eat and were having a great time together.

After tasting it, Mr. Bai said with a look of surprise on his face, "I've always heard Qing'an say that Fengnian's cooking skills are very good and it's the best meal she's ever had. Even if I take her to eat food cooked by some famous chefs, Qing'an still says it's not as good as Fengnian's."
Now it seems that what Qing An said was right. Fengnian’s cooking is truly the best I have ever tasted.”

Bai Qingan immediately laughed and said, "I'm not wrong, Grandpa, it's just that Uncle Zhou rarely cooks, and I haven't eaten there many times."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "In the future, you can use your status as a daughter-in-law to let Fengnian cook for you."

Zhou Fengnian’s cooking skills are fixed by his skills, and the lower limit is very high. Even if he hasn’t cooked for a few years, his cooking skills will not decline.

Everyone was enjoying the meal, and after chatting for a while, they started eating more frequently.

We continued chatting only when we were half or seven-tenths full.

After the meal, Zhou Yan and Bai Yujie helped to clean up the dishes, while the others talked about other things.

Zhou Fengnian suddenly asked, "Xianyang, where are you going to live after you get married? Then you can stop living on campus and go back home, right?"

"Stay at home for a while, Dad. When there's no more room, Qing'an and I will move out."

Zhou Xianyang thought for a moment and then said, "Nanluoguxiang is in a good location, close to both the school and Qing'an's art troupe.

I want to buy a yard here so it will be convenient for me to come back later."

Although tube-shaped buildings have their advantages, such as collective heating and toilets, they also have their inconveniences, namely, they are crowded.

Unless it's a cadre building like the one where Mr. Bai lives, which has good sound insulation and a large space.

But that kind of building is simply not available for purchase, and even if it is allocated, it is only given to senior officials.

Other tube-shaped buildings are not as good as this single-family two-courtyard house, which can solve the problems of toilets and heating.

Zhou Fengnian said, "It's unlikely to be nearby, so you can live at home first. Your mother is already making arrangements. If you want to buy a house, I can also help you find out." Today's banquet can be regarded as their early wedding banquet. In the eyes of the two adults, these two people are already considered "legal husband and wife."

After chatting about their own affairs for a while, Zhou Fengnian waved to Mr. Bai and said, "Uncle Bai, I have something to ask you."

After saying that, he pointed to the study. After seeing this, Mr. Bai signaled Bai Kang to talk to the Zhou family on his behalf, and then followed Zhou Fengnian to the study.

After coming in, Mr. Bai asked, "What's wrong, Fengnian?"

"I want to ask you about You Lijun and Wang Hai. I had a quarrel with them some time ago."

He and the Bai family are close relatives, so Zhou Fengnian just told them some things directly.

Bai Yongkang frowned slightly after listening to it, and thought for a while before speaking: "These countries did submit a trade application jointly, but it was not clearly stated in the application.
After You Lijun assigned this task, I didn’t care about it anymore. I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

Zhou Fengnian said, "Uncle Bai, what would your Foreign Trade Department do if they encountered such a thing? Would the two of them go to the leader?"

"Probably not. If you want to make a fuss about it to the leadership, then you have to hold a meeting in the department to approve it first. I'll help you keep an eye on this matter."

Bai Yongkang said that now that he was tied to the Zhou family, he naturally had to consider things for Zhou Fengnian.

Like You Lijun, he is a capable deputy who was promoted five years ago, but that's all.

Zhou Fengnian is still angry now and said: "If he talks about selling integrated chips, I can still be happy for a while.

But if we just sell our cooking tools to foreigners, then the foreigners can cook directly and they won’t need us anymore.”

"Director Wang Hai has been very outstanding recently. It may have something to do with the fact that Old Yan is about to step down. Wang Hai has done a lot in the past two years. He will definitely be promoted in the near future.
Plus, Old Yan will be stepping down in about five or six years, and by then Wang Hai might be the most advantageous competitor, oh, yes, if he can make this happen."

Bai Yongkang recalled that if Wang Hai could accomplish this task, he might even be promoted on the spot.

Being able to bring back good things from abroad is a political achievement.

Bai Yongkang is already over 60 years old, and he probably won't be able to hold this full-time position for long, at most a few years longer than Yan Jianhui.

It’s a bit of a pity that he doesn’t have many opportunities to help Bai Kang. It will take seven or eight years, and then it will depend on him.

Zhou Fengnian asked, "Uncle Bai, who is You Lijun? I think he is only ten years older than me. How did he get promoted so quickly?"

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Bai Yongkang was stunned for a moment, and then speechless for a while; the more he listened, the weirder it felt. How could a forty-year-old like you have the nerve to say that people in their fifties are promoted quickly?

"He was responsible for part of Project 43 and performed very well, so it's a normal promotion."

It's you who is abnormal, kid. However, Bai Yongkang thought about this sentence in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

Great achievements followed one after another, and hundreds of millions of foreign exchange were brought into the country.

He is the only one in the country who has been promoted at such a fast rate.

The achievements are real. If you hide Zhou Fengnian's age from others, they will definitely nod their heads at his promotion. There is nothing to complain about.

But when I look at his age, wow, so young?
Zhou Fengnian would not be willing to move up any further as he hated dealing with miscellaneous matters and wanted to focus on technical aspects.

He chatted with Bai Yongkang about departmental matters in the study for a while. Later, Bai Yongkang promised Zhou Fengnian that he would help him find out the news, which made Zhou Fengnian feel relieved.

He was worried that these two idiots would use twisted logic to convince the leader, and then he would have to explain for a long time.

Now the foreigners do have a lot of technologies that they need, and exchanging them for photolithography technology, integrated circuit technology, etc. would definitely be a huge loss.

After leaving the study, Zhou Fengnian's face lost its previous expression, and he smiled and talked to others about his two children.

After everything was finalized, Bai Qing'an was so moved that he cried in Bai Yujie's arms.

Although it is an engagement, the situation is like marrying off a daughter, and Bai Qingan and Zhou Xianyang will move in tomorrow.

Zhou Yan plans to take a day off tomorrow morning and ask someone to clean up the side room so that her two daughters can live there and leave the larger room for her son and daughter-in-law.

The two girls were still a little unhappy. Zhou Yan stood with her hands on her hips and explained for a long time last night, but they were still unhappy. In the end, Zhou Fengnian persuaded them with a few big unity cards.

(End of this chapter)