Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 377 Finalized
"Is that so?"

Director Le was a little surprised when he heard the news, and then he quickly said: "This is fake, the nuclear power plant is a national project, how could it be placed in Lu City through a backdoor?
I said, I came to ask you for advice seriously, please don't tell me some rumors to fool me."

If other things were just about using backdoors and building connections, that would be fine, but if it was said that a nuclear power plant could use backdoors and build a project in Lu City, Director Le would not believe it at all.

Who has such ability, unless he has connections with the biggest person in Zhonghai.

"I just said it, just say it, you just need to listen to it, but this matter, the cadre in Lu City said it himself in excitement, that when Leader Zhou goes to Lu City in the future, they will definitely entertain him well."

Director Le smacked his lips and said that their department was also involved in the Nuclear Power Energy Committee, responsible for supporting some buildings and subsequent related equipment, so he knew something about it.

"Lu City did not take advantage of the situation at the beginning. It was only considered average among the cities that participated in the election. In the end, they were the ones to blame. I didn't just say it casually. You treat it as a story, but I won't admit it when you leave the house!"

Director Le's classmates also realized that he was now suspected of talking about the leader, especially since this leader had a rather "hot" temper.

He originally came from the First Ministry of Machine Building. I heard that he was popular in the ministry. If they knew about the rumors he spread, maybe just one word from them could make it difficult for him to take a single step in the ministry.

Director Le quickly said, "Don't worry, old classmate, I will definitely not tell anyone, today we are just chatting casually.
But the food here is really good, the Huaiyang cuisine is well made, the chef must have some skills.”

The place they came to was the No. 1 Restaurant. Although it was a small street restaurant with only a dozen tables, it was the first individual restaurant after the reform and opening up. It also had affordable prices and good taste, so it was always packed.

Now Zhou Weitian is no longer in the No. 1 Restaurant, but his apprentice is still there, and now Zhou Weitian takes out 20% of the net profit and distributes it to the kitchen as dividends, so that the No. 1 Restaurant is still prosperous.

"That's nothing. It's just that my money is with your sister-in-law. Otherwise, I would have to treat you to a meal at the Imperial Kitchen today."

Director Le's classmate smacked his lips and said, "I heard that the chefs in the Imperial Kitchen are from the imperial court. There are first and second-level chefs, and there are dishes that have appeared in the Manchu-Han Banquet."

The price is not cheap, three or four times more expensive than the First Restaurant. If you order a table here, you can only eat one dish there.

Director Le said quickly, "Next time, I'll invite you in a couple of days, but I need to find out about the latest things first. You know I'm on a business trip with my boss this time, so I won't dare to eat and drink too much before I get things done."

“Hey, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”

The two of them chatted while eating and quickly finished the meal.

However, Director Le did not go back immediately. Instead, he followed the introduction of his old classmate and went to find other people to continue inquiring about the matter.

After all, the leader was still waiting in the hotel, and if he could accomplish this task, it would be a great achievement for him.

He was considered a local of Sijiu City, and he was also introduced by his classmates. After all this busy work, he actually managed to find out some things.

But he was lucky because he only found friends of acquaintances and they were introduced by his friends.

Otherwise, if he had asked about things like he did, he would have been reported and taken away on the first day; but even if he had not been taken away, Director Le's situation would still have been known to the Security Bureau.

"Boss, I'm back. I actually found out something this time. Who are you?"

Director Le had just returned and pushed the door open, intending to report some good news to his leader. But before he could finish his words, he saw two strangers in the room.

When the deputy leader of Jiang Province saw Director Le coming back, he quickly said, "Director Le, these two are comrades from the National Security Bureau. They came to you to find out something..."

"Director Le, right? I'm Yu Zhibin from the Security Bureau."

After showing Director Le his ID, Yu Zhibin continued, "You have been constantly asking about Comrade Zhou Fengnian for the past three days, asking Zhang Tianguo from the First Ministry of Machinery Industry, Liu Hong from the Municipal Administration Office and five other comrades for information. What is your purpose?"

"For what purpose? I, I don't have any purpose."

When Director Le heard the Security Bureau's question, he quickly explained, but he saw the deputy leader of Jiang Province shaking his head at him.

He immediately knew what to do, so he stopped quibbling and said honestly, "Comrade Yu, I want to promote Xiao Rizi's investment of 8 billion US dollars in Jiang Province, but now the matter is stuck in the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, so I want to find out what Comrade Zhou Fengnian likes."

Like?

Yu Zhibin and the others frowned after hearing this. What did they want to do after finding out about his preferences? Bribery?

Although they were not used to such things, bribery was not their responsibility, and there was no clear evidence that Director Le had taken bribes.

However, this behavior and motive are indeed the same as what they judged; this is also the reason why Yu Zhibin came to them honestly, if they judged that Director Le had bad intentions.

The person has now been brought back for interrogation.

"We still need to ask some questions and keep a record. Director Le, could you please come with us?"

After Yu Zhibin finished speaking, he noticed what the deputy leader of Jiang Province wanted to say, so he continued: "It's right next door, we have opened a room."

When the deputy leader of Jiang Province heard the questioning next door, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

It’s next door, just asking questions.

Director Le was taken to the next room for more than half an hour before being brought back.

Then, in front of the deputy leader of Jiang Province, Yu Zhibin from the Security Bureau said, "We are just making a report this time, but Director Le, next time don't ask about the leader's affairs casually, it will cause misunderstandings."

Zhou Fengnian is ranked among the top few in their security bureau, and the entire team will be dispatched at the slightest movement.

This time, I thought it was another foreigner who wanted to find out about Zhou Fengnian's actions, but I didn't expect it was "my own" comrade. I thought Comrade Zhou Fengnian bribed me and was asking around.

Before leaving, Yu Zhibin said, "Director Le, I don't know much about other things, but it is unlikely that Comrade Zhou Fengnian would accept bribes."

No one knows more about Zhou Fengnian than their Security Bureau. His son can earn nearly 100 million yuan a year. The Zhou brothers and the fertilizer factory in their hometown have an annual income of at least 70 to 80 million yuan.

Moreover, these are all legal, the state also supports private enterprises, and the Zhou brothers' industries have also paid a lot of taxes.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Comrade Yu, I didn't know about this."

Director Le said quickly that after Zhibin left, he broke out in a cold sweat, sat down on the bed, and took out a handkerchief to wipe himself.

The deputy leader of Jiang Province spoke to comfort him, "It's my fault this time. I neglected the importance of Zhou Fengnian. I shouldn't have asked about him from the beginning."

He was also in a hurry and only thought that Zhou Fengnian was at the same level as him, a department leader.

In fact, Zhou Fengnian’s importance may be slightly higher than Comrade Zhenhua in their province.

"No, no, leader, it was my negligence. I shouldn't have proposed such a thing." Director Le immediately took the blame. He was also a little impulsive. After hearing that there was hope, he went to inquire with great enthusiasm.

Fortunately, it was just a report and had no immediate impact on him.

If he is really punished, he won't be able to get any credit this time and he won't even be able to get a promotion in the future.

"Boss, I found out. Are we still going?"

"Why go? People say that Comrade Zhou Fengnian could not have accepted bribes. The one about the nuclear power plant in Lushi must be a misunderstanding. Maybe it's the anger of the other cities that lost the election."

The deputy leader of Jiang Province sighed and said, "Let's wait for the news. I will ask Mr. Xiaotian of Xiaori tomorrow. If they don't intend to back down, then report and return."

After all, he is the deputy leader of a government unit in Jiang Province and is in charge of a lot of things. Even if this investment is very important, they can't stay in Sijiu City for a long time.

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dong dong!

After Wang Mingjie knocked on the door, he heard the voice inside allowing him to come in, so he pushed the door open and walked in and said to Zhou Fengnian: "Leader, there's a call from the Foreign Trade Department. Director Bai wants to see you."

"Okay, I see."

After that, Zhou Fengnian picked up the phone and said, "Brother Bai, what's the matter?"

"Relented? I don't have time for that. You guys talk. What can I talk to the devil about? He is a person of unknown rank in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he wants to talk to me."

"Forget it, I'll let Mingjie go, I really don't have time."

After Zhou Fengnian and Bai Kang finished talking, they hung up the phone, then looked up and said to Wang Mingjie: "Mingjie, you heard everything just now, go and talk to Xiao Rizi on my behalf.

They rarely agree, so try to make this deal happen. If the communications business enters Xiaorizi, you will have more achievements when you go to the communications business department next year."

After asking for instructions, Xiaoshi couldn't hold on and finally gave in. The current China is completely different from before. More than a decade ago, they were rushing to ask them to introduce technology...
But now the situation has completely reversed, and they are actually begging to import China's precision chips.

It really makes them feel ashamed, but there is nothing they can do about it. The most sophisticated chips in the world are only made in China, not even Amei.

However, there is a slight difference between Amei and Xiaorizi, that is, they have not given up the research and development of lithography machines.

"I understand, leader. I will try my best to facilitate it."

Wang Mingjie nodded and asked again: "Leader, how much should we take?"

Zhou Fengnian thought for a while and said slowly, "Xiao Ri is not stupid. They have not given in for more than half a month because they realize the importance of the communication business. That is why they refuse to open it without technical equipment.
Director Bai just said that Xiao Rizi is willing to set up a joint venture telecommunications company, but now he has some opinions on the operating rights."

"We can give up the operating rights and give them all the operating rights, but they must at least open Osaka and Tokyo, and all the equipment and instruments must be purchased from us.
In addition to these, we can give them a little more chip orders. Let's talk about this aspect. I just said that we can't let go of anything."

Zhou Fengnian said a lot in anger. He had the power to handle this matter. Even if the talks broke down, it would not be a big loss.

They are not losing out too much, as they can make money from the 8 billion US dollars investment, and it is not charity. Moreover, they want to develop precision instruments, so cutting-edge chips are a must.

They can make a living by setting up a joint venture communications company, since they don't have mature digital communications technology.

"I understand, leader. I'll go there right away."

After hearing this, Wang Mingjie immediately set off for the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building. He knew that this was Zhou Fengnian giving him a chance to make a contribution, so he must perform well.

After another week of negotiations, both parties finally reached a common intention to implement this cooperation.

Export orders for Xiaorizi's chips increased by 20%, and Xiaorizi's joint venture investment in China increased by US$500 million.

The two parties also jointly established a communications company in Xiaori, in which China holds a 49% stake and is not responsible for any operations. However, the equipment needed by the joint venture communications company must be imported from China.

Xiaori also had to ensure that the new communications company operated in several major cities in their country.

After seeing these agreements, Zhou Fengnian immediately agreed to them; this was considered a profit for them, and as long as they could suppress the rise of local communications in Xiaorizi, they would make huge profits in the future.

They only plan to develop 2G digital communications for about ten years. After making enough market share and money, Zhou Fengnian will start promoting 3G technology.

The agreement between the two countries this time covered almost many aspects. After the negotiation, both sides felt that they had made a profit. However, although Xiaozi saw the importance of the communications business, it did not look far enough.

If they give up now, it will take them more than ten years to catch up in the future.

Especially since they are a capitalist country, politicians must ensure continuous tenure if they want to realize their ambitions.

If it is interrupted once, it can be declared a failure.

Now both parties feel that they have made a profit, and it all depends on how things develop in the future.

After Wang Mingjie finished his report, Zhou Fengnian nodded and was about to say something when the phone on the table suddenly rang.

After picking up the phone, Bai Kang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Feng Nian, the department is planning to celebrate, we will celebrate with Xiao Ri Zi, and there will be reporters interviewing us.
Do you want to join in the fun?"

Zhou Fengnian said: "I'll forget it, Brother Bai, this is your contribution, just let your Foreign Trade Department show up."

Bai Kang said on the phone: "Why don't you come over? You must send someone from the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, after all, the most important items in the agreement are related to you.

And the ministry plans to hold a semi-official meeting outside, in the imperial dining hall newly opened by your eldest brother. I remember it has a large space there."

There are no clear regulations regarding celebration publicity at present; however, they did negotiate the largest cooperation agreement this time, with a total capital of nearly 10 billion US dollars.

So it was Bai Kang who suggested going to the imperial kitchen, and the leader agreed without much hesitation.

There were several parties attending, including Xiao Zi, the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building and people from Jiang Province. The joint venture factory was established in Jiang Province, and after they learned the news, the squad leader and deputy secretary rushed over overnight.

"Okay then, let me know when you've set a time."

After thinking about it, Zhou Fengnian agreed.

(End of this chapter)