Mixed in 1980

Chapter 189 Power
The jeep drove into the forest farm. Sun Shaojie got out of the car and looked at the medical team busy treating patients not far away, with a slight smile on his face.

They have been here for a few days, but they are still not done with their work. It seems that the medical team is strictly following their instructions and implementing the idea of earning foreign exchange... no, they are implementing the idea of serving the people to the end.

Sun Shaojie leaned forward, said a few words of comfort, and encouraged him to keep up the good work. Then he asked about Chen Fan's whereabouts, and was told that he went up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

"This kid is quite playful."

Muttering to himself, Sun Shaojie was not in a hurry. He took a book "If I were a Liar" from the car and found a place to sit and read.

It was not until the evening that Chen Fan came back. He was covered in mud and had a bamboo hat on his head. Sun Shaojie almost didn't recognize him.

"Junior brother, this way!"

Sun Shaojie waved his hand, and when Chen Fan came closer, he walked around Chen Fan and looked him over: "It's true, you have eight hundred tricks in your body."

Chen Fan rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "You came all the way here just to cause trouble, right?"

Sun Shaojie patted the book in his hand and said, "I came here just for this. You are really capable. How did you figure it out? It's a pity that you are not a liar."

"How do you have this book?" Chen Fan was surprised.

"You are so capable. The Ministry of Culture threw the book to the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Commerce threw it to our Foreign Trade Department. You really launched a big satellite."

"Such a big commotion, it shouldn't be necessary, right?"

"As for that, it's too much. Fortunately, you didn't go astray. Otherwise, with your ability, you would have been able to defraud 100 million foreign exchange."

Sun Shaojie couldn't help but complain and talked about something else about this book.

The bigwigs in the Ministry of Commerce have experimented with all the scams in the book. Some experiments have ended, and some are still ongoing. The success rate is too high.

The most terrifying thing is foreign investment!
There are no experiments in this regard, but it can be checked. If you look up the project documents and contracts that have introduced foreign investment, you will find a lot of problems.

"Such a big fuss?" Chen Fan was dumbfounded.

I wrote this book as an editorial, to maintain my image and give people a reminder. Who knew it would cause such a big commotion?

It is certain that I have offended someone.

Cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing his parents. Those who have gone to jail are fine, since they have already gone to jail. But those who have not gone to jail, or are planning to do so, will definitely regard him as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh.

"You are amazing. From an official perspective, your influence is much greater than the editorial you wrote. From top to bottom, everyone has to move."

"..." Chen Fan didn't want to talk anymore.

After a long while, he said depressedly: "Then can my book still be published?"

Sun Shaojie said with a sullen smile, "No, knowing that we have a good relationship, the higher-ups specially asked me to come here to explain it to you."

Seeing Chen Fan's depressed face, Sun Shaojie added: "Spread the word so that everyone will be on guard. Your idea is right, but it is also wrong."

What is wrong is the publicity.

With the current propaganda capabilities, it is impossible to popularize it among the entire population, but for scammers or would-be scammers, this is a textbook.

It can only be said that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages: "But there is compensation from above. This book will be split into several copies and distributed to the corresponding departments as a special issue."

Then he went back to the car and took out an envelope: "This is the compensation for your royalties. I know you are not short of money, but I will give you what you deserve."

Ten yuan for 1000 words, yuan for words.

After receiving the royalties, Chen Fan was a little amused and confused. He wrote a book and it became an internal special issue. What was going on?

Chen Fan scratched his head. When he returned to Beijing, Wang Wei and Wang Jingyi would probably come to urge him to submit his manuscript. He would have to think hard and write something.

After putting the money in his pocket, Chen Fan asked, "What are your plans for tonight? Are we going to squeeze in with the medical team?"

"What else? Rushing back overnight? I don't have the guts to do that. I have to bring guards with me when I drive long distances, and I dare not go on the road at night."

Speaking of guards, Chen Fan was also a little curious: "What departments are the guards you arranged from?"

Nothing happened on the way here, so it was impossible to see these people's true abilities, but Chen Fan could also feel that these people had a kind of aura.

"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask."

"So that's from the confidential unit?"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up. When it comes to confidential units, there is no simple way: "Brother, can you introduce a few to me?"

"What do you want people for?"

"Be my bodyguard. The security here is not good, and the security in Hong Kong is even worse. When I go to Hong Kong, I always use the Li family's bodyguards."

"You're dreaming!" Sun Ping'an laughed.

These guards are also called internal guards. If the old man in his family wasn't strong enough, Sun Shaojie would not be qualified to contact these people, let alone lend them out.

The reason why he could lend the person out, in addition to the old man's nod, was mainly because Chen Fan still had 3000 million US dollars in foreign currency.

It's to protect the money!

"There are no active ones, but there must be retired ones, right?"

Sun Shaojie bit his tongue and said, “No!”

Chen Fan was unwilling to give up: "Brother, this is not right. Do I look like a stingy person? If you follow me, I will pay you according to the income of a bodyguard in Hong Kong."

Sun Shaojie rolled his eyes. Seeing that he was not going to listen, Chen Fan rolled his eyes and turned to leave: "I wanted to introduce you to a way to earn foreign exchange, but now I think it's better to forget it. The relationship has faded and there is no going back."

Sun Shaojie quickly pulled the man back and said, "I was just joking. Tell me, what's the solution?"

Chen Fan looked at him and said nothing.

Sun Shaojie gritted his teeth and said, "If the method is reliable, I will introduce two to you."

"At least four, two men and two women."

Sun Shaojie stared and gritted his teeth, "Okay, just four of us, what's the plan?"

Chen Fan brought over the backpack, which was filled with mushrooms picked today. He found a shiitake mushroom, which is relatively rare in Saihanba.

"Do you know how much this thing costs in Hong Kong?"

"How many?"

"Fresh mushrooms, ordinary ones are 9 Hong Kong dollars per pound, first-grade and special-grade ones are more than Hong Kong dollars per pound, and the price of dried ones is ten times higher. Is the profit big enough?"

Hearing this, Sun Shaojie was stunned.

I have never paid attention to mountain products, so I didn't know the profits were so huge. The dried mushrooms sold in the market are only four or five yuan per pound.

Chen Fan continued, "Do you know how many shiitake mushrooms Hong Kong imports every year? I don't know about fresh ones, but for dried ones alone, they import more than 1600 tons from the Japanese every year. How much foreign exchange can they earn by taking over this market?"

"Can we compete?"

"Can you be more ambitious? When it comes to growing mushrooms, we are the ancestors of the Japanese. Even if we compete on labor costs, we can beat the Japanese."

Chen Fan took out a cigarette, lit it for Sun Shaojie, and then talked about Chen Jianye. In his hometown in southern Fujian, someone had already invented a method of using wood chips to make mushroom sticks to grow shiitake mushrooms.

Chen Jianye's family is also trying to grow the crop. It is said that the yield is very high and the cycle is short. As long as you are willing to invest and there is policy support, the industry can be established in less than a year.

After saying this, Chen Fan picked up the bamboo basket and patted Sun Shaojie on the shoulder: "Four bodyguards, two men and two women, no one can be missing, remember!"

Watching Chen Fan walk away, Sun Shaojie felt like he was scratched by a cat. He had to go back and investigate thoroughly. If it was true as he said, this was a big industry.

Not only in Hong Kong, but also in Japan, South Korea, South Asia and other regions, the market is huge.

The next day, the medical team returned to Beijing. After getting on the car, Chen Fan rolled up the window, leaned out half of his body, said goodbye to the people outside, and did not sit down until the car started.

Xu Jinqiu held Chen Fan's hand and knew that he was not at peace. She had heard him talk about the forest farm many times before, especially about Chen Xiaoxian, Zhang Tianshan and Jiang Daqiao.

When he first came to Saihanba, Chen Xiaoxian taught him how to do the work, using a needle to pick the blisters on his hands and feet...

Whenever Chen Fan was particularly noisy, Chen Xiaoxian had to clean up his mess a lot.

Jiang Daqiao was miserable. He often followed Chen Fan in making trouble, but because of his identity as a forest farm employee, he was always blamed and criticized. Chen Xiaoxian said that he did not lead the educated youth well.

This trip finally put Chen Fan's mind at ease.

Holding his wife's hand, Chen Fan smiled. He had indeed put his mind at ease. In his previous life, he left and when he came back, it had been many years.

At that time, Saihanba had changed a lot, with beautiful mountains and clear waters and vast forests. But many things were not what I remembered. All that remained in my memory were a few yellowed old photos.

It is undoubtedly lucky to live a second life.

There are many times in a person's life when their heart is beating fast, but because of their wallet, most of the time they have to suppress this beating fast until it disappears.

It was like this in my previous life. I always wanted to come back, but I kept waiting until the late 1980s. It’s not like now, when I have enough money and can do it as long as I feel the urge in my heart.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of making money.

Holding Xu Jinqiu's hand, Chen Fan suddenly said, "Wife, find some time and call Yuanyuan. I'll go to Dali with you."

Xu Jinqiu felt warm in her heart and raised her lips slightly: "Let's go there in March next year. It's a good time to attend the Torch Festival and see Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake."

Chen Fan hummed, "We have several houses over there, so it's a good opportunity for us to go take a look. We can also renovate one and keep it for vacation."

The two chatted casually, and the car finally returned to Beijing at night. Sun Shaojie stopped the convoy and called Chen Fan: "Remember to come and settle the bill tomorrow."

"Are you afraid that I will default on my debt?"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes at the man and reminded him, "Did you forget about the four bodyguards? Send them here quickly."

Sun Shaojie had a bitter face, where could he find someone?
There was nothing I could do about this matter. I could only go back to the old man and ask for help with a shameless face. I didn't know whether the old man was willing to help or not.

If things go wrong, he might grab the belt and beat himself up.

Every one of those internal guards is a treasure. How could they be sent out? Especially four of them at a time? There is a high probability that he will not be able to avoid this beating.

“No one can be left behind!”

Without giving Sun Shaojie a chance to regret, Chen Fan got in the car and left. As for these people, Chen Fan was determined to get them. After getting money, saving his life was the top priority.

Hong Kong is not peaceful at all. The wealthy people who were kidnapped in the 1980s and 1990s could form a reinforced company.

After the Chinese New Year, when the futures are settled, Chen Fan will officially join the ranks of the wealthy, but he will be a wealthy man without any power in Hong Kong.

Such people are most likely to be targeted, and the kidnappers don't even have to take the initiative to target them. Once a competitor appears in the business, they may use some dirty tricks.

This kind of thing is very common in Hong Kong. Chen Fan may not harm others, but he cannot be without means of prevention. He must have his own power.

PS: The first update is here
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