Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 269: Sandstorm Agents’ New Spring Festival Plan

On February 11, 1962, an airplane took off from a base airport in the suburbs of Beijing, broke through the clouds, and flew straight into the higher sky.

Zhao Mancang flew to the Shaya laboratory area with forty tons of supplies.

The C141 transport aircraft has a carrying capacity of forty tons or two hundred fully armed soldiers.

After being brought back by Zhao Mancang last month and completing the transaction with Ma Jiugong and Yuan Yushan, one of them was allocated to the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization.

There will be eight more such C141 transport aircraft in the future. As for the C130 Hercules transport aircraft and the subsequent C5 Galaxy transport aircraft, Zhao Mancang did not order them.

The Hercules transport aircraft is unnecessary. After all, why do we need the Hercules when we already have the C141 transport aircraft?

The development of the C5 Galaxy transport aircraft has not been completed yet, so even if Zhao Mancang wants to place an order, he cannot.

However, Zhao Mancang became very disgusted not long after taking off, because the flying speed was indeed very slow, far inferior to the Mario M6147 passenger plane.

Northwest China, over the Shaya area.

When Zhao Mancang arrived here, it was several hours later.

He wanted to go faster, but there were almost no airports where he could land, so he had to activate the aircraft's automatic cruise system and then put all the cargo in the cargo hold into the system space, which allowed the aircraft's flight speed to increase.

Next time, he hopes to take off from the Yumen Pass camp instead of the capital.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of his time.

Zhao Mancang looked at the huge sandstorm in front of him, which was pitch black, and had no choice but to hover nearby.

Later I thought about it and realized that when faced with such a good opportunity, it would be better to create a brute force landing accident, put more supplies in the cabin, or even directly drop a parachute.

In this way, he can deliver hundreds of tons of food supplies here at one time.

The Shaya Laboratory, which now has thousands of people, not only consumes a large amount of food supplies every day, but also a lot of other supplies.

For example, the related materials for manufacturing solar panels need to be transported in from outside, and it is impossible to produce them directly here.

At present, solar power plants have not been built yet, and electricity demand can only be met through thermal power generation.

A long time ago, Zhao Mancang stored several thousand tons of coal and oil in one of the warehouses, but it has been more than a year. Even though Zhao Mancang would bring some supplies every time he came, there were too many people and they were used up quickly.

Zhao Mancang never procrastinates and does what he thinks.

However, starting to land now would be tantamount to seeking death, because the sandstorm is still very severe and not suitable for landing.

After circling for a while, Zhao Mancang saw that the sandstorm below was not as severe, so he began to prepare to parachute.

This was not the first time he did this. He directly opened the door of the plane cabin, put the plane into the system space before jumping, and then his body dropped rapidly, losing altitude very quickly.

If Zhao Mancang had not taken measures to protect himself, he might have been injured by the sand in the sandstorm during the landing.

The parachute opened smoothly and landed on the desert.

After Zhao Mancang determined his location, he quickly headed to the airport in Shaya area.

The sandstorm had not completely passed at this time. Even if it had passed, Qi Zizhou and the others would not be able to show up at this time. So after confirming that no one had come out, Zhao Mancang quickly took out the plane and filled the cabin with all the supplies in the system space.

In addition, he also used parachutes to get dozens of large packages of supplies around the airport, each weighing at least 50 tons.

After causing so much commotion, Zhao Mancang went to find Qi Zizhou and the others.

In the security office, Qi Zizhou, Pan Enzhi and others never expected that Zhao Mancang would appear at this time. There was a huge sandstorm, and he actually appeared?

Entering the office, Qi Zizhou couldn't help but ask, watching Zhao Mancang taking off his outer clothes and shaking off the sand on his body:
"Boss, why are you here so suddenly? Did you come here by plane? Is the airport still able to land safely?"

There was such a huge sandstorm outside, with howling winds and visibility less than ten meters. Qi Zizhou and the others certainly couldn't see clearly that a plane had just landed, let alone hear the roar of the plane.

"Of course, I flew here. Luckily, I chose the right runway, otherwise, I would have had to parachute down this time."

"I circled in the sky for two or three hours and the plane ran out of fuel."

What Zhao Mancang said was not entirely true, it was half true and half false, but it was words like this that made it easier to gain others’ trust.

Besides, it was impossible for Qi Zizhou and the others to check whether the plane still had oil.

"By the way, after the sandstorm passes, go look around. I think some of the supplies got blown away during the landing. I just did a quick count and found five large packages missing."

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Qi Zizhou and the others became anxious and wanted to leave immediately, but were stopped.

At this time, Pan Enzhi suddenly remembered that Tie Wanzhong and his third team had captured two spies a few days ago and found the body of another spy yesterday. They were still interrogating those spies, so he reported it to Zhao Mancang.

"Oh, have they found the spy?" Zhao Mancang raised his eyebrows when he heard this. After getting Pan Enzhi's confirmation, he went to find Tie Wanzhong and the others.

Several months have passed since September last year, and the spy has not been found, which made Zhao Mancang once think that the intelligence he had obtained before was false or a smokescreen.

I didn't expect there really were spies.

Anyone who approaches the heart of the Taklamakan Desert is essentially viewed with suspicion.

After all, there are no people who are idle in this era, and there are very few foreign tourists in the University of Southeast Asia at present. Even if there are tourists, they just wander around the eastern coastal areas instead of coming to the desert areas in the northwest.

Especially foreigners, they would prefer to climb the famous roofs of the world such as Mount Everest, Mount K2, Mount Kangchenjunga, and Mount Lhotse, rather than running to the desert to seek death.

Even if you go on a desert adventure, you should go to the Sahara Desert, because the Sahara Desert region in Africa is the world of foreigners.

When Zhao Mancang arrived at the interrogation room and found Tie Wanzhong and his team, they had almost completed the interrogation.

"Old Zhao, you're here. We've been keeping watch for a few months and finally caught these two spies. But a few hours ago, we accidentally let one of them commit suicide. Now there's only one left."

When Fan Xuexin, Tie Wanzhong, Ma Lifu and others saw Zhao Mancang, their eyes all lit up, because they knew that the latter's interrogation methods were very powerful, and there was a high probability that he could help to interrogate and get a certain result.

"Okay, then I'll take care of them." Zhao Mancang smiled and took over the conversation, saying that he would personally participate in the interrogation.

Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly made way for Dr. Zhao's performance.

As a doctor and the father of limb replantation, although Zhao Mancang's use of such medical skills for interrogation is a blasphemy to the medical profession, no one has stipulated that it cannot be done so.

Which of those foreigners is not a person who will do anything to achieve his goals?

So since Zhao Mancang has such ability, there is absolutely no problem in using such methods on these spies. Moreover, talking about moral laws and regulations with these spies would be cruel to his own people.

The left thigh was cut off, and the severe pain made the spy scream, but it was not the kind of extremely painful scream, because he had been tortured beyond recognition before.

Then, without any anesthesia, Zhao Mancang began to suture the spy's wound, which made the pain only more intense.

Tie Wanzhong, Fan Xuexin and others who were watching had seen it many times, but every time they almost felt physically uncomfortable or even vomited.

Just like at this moment, Zhao Mancang was giving the other person a difficult challenge without changing his expression. He fainted in less than a minute and was then woken up by him.

The key is to give people blood transfusions and infusions, which is simply invincible.

It was supposed to be an operating room scene to save lives, but it turned into an abyss of hell.

Half an hour later, Zhao Mancang had not yet completed the operation, but the spy had already confessed everything. He could not bear it anymore because it was too painful.

Physical pain is far more intense than mental torture. After all, mental torture is generally more difficult. On the contrary, physical torture is more direct and more efficient.

"Okay, buddy, you can leave now and go catch the guy right away. But I guess there might be no one over there anymore. Please be as careful as possible when you act, because the Spring Festival is coming soon."

Zhao Mancang reminded Tie Wanzhong and the others, and Fan Xuexin and the others left.

The value of the spy has not completely become worthless, so Zhao Mancang still needs to perform surgery on him. However, this time, he still only chooses semi-anesthesia instead of full anesthesia.

Even so, the effect of semi-anesthesia still made the spy feel quite comfortable, after all, the pain was not so severe.

A few hours later, Zhao Mancang finished the operation. When he came out, Xu Qinggong, Yang Yongfu, Qi Zizhou and others were already waiting for him at the door.

The sandstorm outside has passed. Although it is dark, the sky is still very beautiful, with stars dotted everywhere, which is breathtakingly beautiful.

When Xu Qinggong and the others arrived, Zhao Mancang didn't have time to rest and went straight to the cafeteria because he hadn't eaten for several hours and was already hungry.

While eating, Zhao Mancang listened to Xu Qinggong and others’ work reports. For him, time was quite tight.

The current situation in Shaya area is not complicated. All departments are advancing the project step by step without any accidents.

Hundreds of solar panels have been produced and all have passed quality and safety inspections and are qualified products. In other words, we can now start building solar power plants.

"In that case, construction of the solar power plant will begin immediately after the Spring Festival."

Zhao Mancang took a bite of his rice and then said:

"You all saw the sandstorm this time. When building a solar power plant, you must take such severe weather conditions into consideration and not just act recklessly."

"Once the solar power plant is completed, there will be no more power shortages in Shaya."

"Even on the other side, three kilometers east of our Shaya laboratory area, there's a vast desert with a drop of nearly 200 meters. We could build a reservoir on top of the desert mountain, and the same thing downstream."

His meaning was very clear, which was to build a reservoir on the top of the mountain as a backup power plant in the future when there was a power shortage in the Shaya area.

Although this is a desert area, building such a backup power reservoir is like taking off your pants to fart. It looks good but is useless. After all, the sunlight is too strong. After the reservoir is built, it may evaporate soon.

However, there are always more solutions than problems. In short, whether this plan should be promoted depends mainly on the future development of the Shaya area.

This is just one more option. If this option is really not suitable after testing, then cancel it.

In addition to the solar power plant, Zhao Mancang also cared about the learning situation of more than 3,000 junior and senior high school graduates.

Although it has only been about half a year, not much can be seen in the learning progress, but after all, such a long time has passed, so we can still see a little bit.

After dinner, Tie Wanzhong and his team also came back. This time the operation was quite successful. They wiped out a den and swept it clean.

Now that the operation was successfully completed, Tie Wanzhong and his team can return to Beijing to celebrate the Spring Festival.

For such a thing, their third team had to stay in the Northwest for several months, which was really frustrating.

The climate here is much worse than that in Beijing, because it is much drier than in Beijing. Things like naan or rice in the Northwest will become hard and like shields if left in the kitchen for a day or two.

Even if it is kept for a long time, it will not go bad because the naan has no moisture and is completely dried out.

This is the extremely dry climate in the Northwest, which is much worse than the climate in Beijing.

After Zhao Mancang finished dealing with the affairs here, he took Tie Wanzhong and others away, while Qi Zizhou and others were busy dealing with the materials that were transported here and organizing them into categories.

"Lao Qi, we're so lucky! The supplies our leaders brought over didn't spoil during this sandstorm! Look at these vegetables! They look like freshly picked vegetables."

After organizing the supplies, Pan Enzhi's face was full of surprise. Qi Zizhou, who saw this scene, was also very surprised. Although he didn't know how Zhao Mancang did it, this was the fact.

I can only say that the leader is too strong and he always does things that others cannot do.

However, after organizing so many supplies, Qi Zizhou and his team discovered that things were far more complicated than they had imagined, because the supplies Zhao Mancang brought this time exceeded 500 tons.

Five hundred tons of supplies, how on earth did he bring them here?
Qi Zizhou, Pan Enzhi and others were full of confusion. They thought that someone had flown a plane with Zhao Mancang to the sky above the Shaya area, and then directly released a parachute, allowing the supplies to fall to the open space near the airport through the parachute.

Qi Zizhou and the others were unable to confirm whether this was actually the case, nor were they able to verify the situation with Zhao Mancang.

However, such a large amount of supplies is enough for them to digest for a long time.

Beijing, Zhongguancun South Street, Zhao family.

Today is the 28th day of the lunar year, the day before New Year's Eve. The little kids are clamoring to go shopping, so Zhao Mancang has no choice but to take them out.

He had already promised these little brats the day before yesterday, but he had work to complete yesterday, so no matter what, he had to go shopping today.

It’s the end of the year anyway, so it’s okay to go shopping and take a break.

The Spring Festival has arrived.

The next day came and it was New Year's Eve cleaning, which was the last cleaning of the year. Zhao Huijun and the others were all very active. It was obvious that they had grown up a lot and were able to help with housework within their ability.

Compared with previous years, this year's Spring Festival seems to be no different, but it also seems to have undergone great changes.

The Spring Festival is a time for family reunions. Zhao Mancang turned down all his work and stayed at home to enjoy the holiday.

By the third day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year is considered to be over. After all, some people have returned to work from this day on.

However, Zhao Huijun and the others were still playing with firecrackers and even saved quite a few of them, saying they would save them until the Lantern Festival to set them off.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Mancang returned to work, but since it was just after the New Year, he didn't do anything big.

Various preparatory work for the lithography machine R&D center is still in progress. The students have been selected, and professors such as Xia Peisu are in place, so the teaching program can be started after the Spring Festival.

Computers are one of the most important symbols of the third scientific and technological revolution, and it is the lithography machine that drives the development of computers, so Todai must not fall behind in this regard.

Zhao Mancang was the one who had the final say on whether they had fallen behind, whether they had been completely left behind. In short, it was right for Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization to fully develop its lithography machine R&D center. In the next few years, perhaps the University of Tokyo could also develop new lithography machines, truly catching up with Europe and the United States.

In the blink of an eye, the end of February, which is the Lantern Festival, has arrived.

After the Lantern Festival, March will soon arrive.

There is only one month left before the bet he made with his leader last year. Zhao Mancang knows that if he does not take action, there is a high probability that the bet will not be fulfilled.

So on February 29th, the day after the Lantern Festival, he left Beijing and headed straight for Futian Airport in the small fishing village of Futian.

In the original time and space, an airport was planned to be built in Bao'an, but now, the small fishing village of Futian is still very small, so it is enough to build an airport directly in Futian.

Building an airport near the sea will facilitate cargo ship transportation and communication with the neighboring Hong Kong Island.

The construction of Futian Airport began in mid-October last year, and five months have passed since then. However, this is the south, and there is no such thing as construction projects being prohibited in winter, so the airport was completed very quickly.

Besides, airports in this era do not have so many complex engineering requirements. The most important thing is that the runway for aircraft take-off and landing needs to be level. If this work is done well, then an airport is completed.

Therefore, the airport construction work in this era was not that complicated. Unlike later generations, the airport hall was the focus of the construction project.

After the plane landed, Zhao Mancang drove the airship straight to Hong Kong Island.

After circling the Pearl River Estuary and entering Victoria Harbour, the airship docked directly at the Central Pier.

According to the plan, Zhao Mancang will stay in Hong Kong Island for about five days.

In the villa on the top of the mountain, Liu Baochan, whose belly has become slightly fatter, no longer dares to let her two children get close to her.

Because the two brothers Zhao Zhicheng and Zhao Zhirui are over one year old and can walk on their own, and they are quite strong. If they accidentally kick the baby in her belly, it will be difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, there is a nanny at home who can help take care of things, so Liu Baochan doesn't need to worry too much about these things.

Zhao Mancang stayed in the mountaintop villa for a full five days. Every day was like going to get off work. After finishing his work outside, he would come back here to spend the night.

Five days later, Zhao Mancang left Hong Kong Island and headed straight for Monkey Peninsula.

In less than a week on the Monkey Peninsula, Zhao Mancang had finished his work and successfully cleared out the 300,000 bulletproof vests, 450,000 Type 53 rifles, and 12 million bullets.

This part of the supplies is the inventory of Tamron Factory and Arsenal for the past six months, which is definitely a lot.

According to last year's transaction price, a bulletproof vest was US$199 per piece, and 300,000 pieces would cost US$59.7 million; a Type 53 rifle was US$299 per piece, and came with four bullets, so 450,000 pieces would cost US$136 million.

There are still 10.2 million bullets left. Based on the price of US$1.2 per bullet, the total price is US$12.24 million.

Adding all together, the total price is 206 million US dollars.

Of course, such a large amount of funds cannot all be in US dollars or gold. After all, all the money from the monkey has long been skimmed off by Sam and Moscow.

The difference from the last time was that this time only 20 million US dollars in cash and gold were given, and the remaining 186 million US dollars were all paid with oil, food, minerals, etc.

Of course Zhao Mancang accepted it all.

It is difficult for others to transport these materials, but for Zhao Mancang it is not a problem at all. He can just throw them all into the system space.

When he returns to Hong Kong Island, he will put them directly in the warehouse, and then arrange for a cargo ship to transport them to the Futian Airport Terminal.

The whole process is so simple and smooth.

After staying in Hong Kong for another two days, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijing.

In the office in Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang was summoned by his leader because he had exceeded the task and the leader lost the bet.

Although it may seem like the leader lost, it was actually a win-win situation. After all, Zhao Mancang was able to clear out that pile of inventory and bring back the oil and other supplies needed by Dongda. Those were supplies worth 186 million US dollars, so it was a win-win situation in every way.

Bulletproof vests and cavalry rifles can barely be considered high-value-added products, while oil, grain, minerals and other materials are low-value-added raw materials. Of course, Dongda makes a lot of money in such import and export transactions.

If Zhao Mancang wins the bet, then the leader must approve the funds for airport construction. The investment in an airport is at most 10 or 20 million RMB, or even less than that.

However, the funds that Zhao Mancang earned from outside were more than 200 million US dollars. According to the exchange rate of one US dollar to 2.46 RMB, then the more than 200 million US dollars is more than 500 million RMB.

The leaders earned more than 500 million yuan, but only spent 10 or 20 million yuan. Moreover, the construction of Futian Airport will be a good thing for the local area, so this is definitely a win-win situation.

"Comrade Mancang, let me introduce you. This person is from the First Machine Industry Ministry."

The leader of the I-shaped building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs introduced Zhao Mancang to a leader named Zhong Xiaodong. The purpose of this person's visit was very clear, which was to hope that Zhao Mancang could help and support the work of their First Ministry of Machine Building.

"Leader, tell me."

Zhao Mancang lowered his posture, but he was muttering in his heart. He didn't know what the other party was up to, so he wanted to ask clearly before making any plans.

"Comrade Zhao, the thing is, your Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company is doing very well, even better than China Resources. I'm wondering if you'd be interested in helping sell some televisions?"

Zhao Mancang's eyes widened when he heard what the other party said. Who could they sell domestic TV products to? The residents in Africa?
To be honest, most of the home appliances sold in Dongda, such as radios, televisions, etc., are imitation products, and there are almost no self-developed products with independent intellectual property rights.

Under such circumstances, asking Zhao Mancang to sell this product is a scam.

What on earth gave Zhong Xiaodong such an illusion and courage? After all, Dongda University itself has limited technological capital. Under such circumstances, how could he still think of selling high value-added products to foreigners?

Is it sold at a low price?
For a moment, Zhao Mancang's mind was working at high speed, and he was almost busy for a moment. However, the leader and Zhong Xiaodong were looking at him eagerly, so he could only bite the bullet and respond:
"Boss, the thing is, televisions are high-value-added products. If we want to sell these products overseas, we definitely need to conduct market research and find the right partners."

"Compared to foreign TVs, our current TVs are at the bottom of the market, both in terms of technology and brand recognition. We lack any market competitiveness. In a capitalist society, if we want our products to be competitive, the only solution I can think of is a low-price strategy!"

"But even if we implement a low-price strategy, there is a prerequisite, which is that the product quality is strong enough and a product after-sales service system needs to be established."

When the leader and Zhong Xiaodong heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Although they didn't quite understand what Zhao Mancang said, it sounded very good and seemed to have great potential.

So, Zhong Xiaodong started discussing with Zhao Mancang with only one purpose, which was how to sell more industrial products abroad, such as radios, televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc.

However, when Zhao Mancang heard this, he felt overwhelmed and was thinking about how to deal with this matter.

First of all, on the technical level, take radios as an example. The radios currently produced in Dongda will certainly not be able to survive abroad even if a low-price strategy is implemented, because they can be called "industrial waste products."

Therefore, if you want to have a certain degree of competitiveness, you must have your own technology, such as making the appearance more beautiful, the signal-level technology consistent with or having advantages over foreign products, etc.

The second aspect is price. There is no doubt that the labor force at Dongda is very cheap, so the cost of these industrial products is naturally very low, so the profit margin can be controlled, and the competitiveness with other similar products will be achieved.

Finally, there is the brand effect. If we want to sell industrial products and break the current deadlock, in addition to concealing and disguising export products, we also need to establish a brand effect of "high quality and low price".

As for the question of whether Sam and other foreigners will discover over time that the source of these products is Dongda, Zhao Mancang believes that instead of worrying about it, it is better to do it first and see the answer later.

Being discovered is inevitable, but before being discovered and investigated, these loopholes must be plugged first, and the process must be delayed as much as possible, and manufacturers and shipping routes must be changed, etc.

Just like the goods in Wanjia Supermarket today, their origins are still a mystery and no one has investigated. Why?

Because Wanjia Supermarket is not just a supermarket. The network of relationships behind it is complicated. In this era when communication relies on telegrams or shouting, not many people care where Wanjia Supermarket's goods come from.

Apart from competitors, there are officials from the tax bureau.

However, whether it is the tax bureau, Sam's Intelligence Bureau, or the Fobole department, a large number of middle and senior leaders in key positions have accepted "gifts" from Wanjia Supermarket.

In other words, these people have become the umbrella behind Wanjia Supermarket.

If these people don't investigate Wanjia Supermarket, no one will investigate it. Even if competitors are willing to spend huge costs to investigate the relationships behind Wanjia Supermarket, they may not be able to find much results.

So this is a perfect conspiracy, and this is also the reason why Wanjia Supermarket has been established for so many years without any accidents.

In a society where capital is everywhere, money is, to a certain extent, God.

It is rumored that the Rothschild family has a saying, which may be a family motto: You don't need to say much, money will pave the way for you.

This sentence is very appropriate for Wanjia Supermarket.

"Comrade Zhao, you really understand foreigners so well. That's amazing. According to your plan, how likely do you think we are to sell these televisions, air conditioners, and other products?"

Zhong Xiaodong was very excited, as if he had already seen the scene of Dongda Industrial's products selling well overseas.

Zhao Mancang shook his head when he heard this, and poured a basin of cold water on the other party:
"Boss, right now we don't have the technology, we haven't found a suitable buyer, and we don't have a plan. It's still early days. Let me go abroad and do some research before we talk about it. Also, as far as I know, the grain company has connections with Comrade Li. Maybe they have some solutions."

Compared with using Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company to make money, Zhao Mancang prefers to solve this problem through the path of "Comrade Li".

Dongda’s current industrial products do not have the competitive strength, and the most critical problem is that they lack technology.

This so-called technology doesn't need to be very advanced, but it must adapt to foreign environments, right?

Take Sam's for example. In the mid-100s, nearly two-thirds of American households owned a television. In , RCA launched the world's first color TV, called the CT-. By this year, , percent of Sam's households owned a color TV.

Since the penetration rate of televisions in Sam's Club is so high, we can also know how competitive television products are in the entire Sam's Club.

Even if Dongda comes up with a cheaper product, it is still a TV after all, so consumers will definitely compare. Moreover, Sam's Club already had color TVs ten years ago, so the price of black and white TVs must have become very low.

Under such circumstances, how can Todai compete with others?

Therefore, without certain technical strength, it is undoubtedly a pipe dream to want to enter these markets.

However, the first television set of the University of Tokyo was successfully developed by the state-owned Jincheng Radio Factory in 1958. It was a 14-inch black and white TV set, mainly used for testing and demonstration. It was not a high-quality product produced on an industrial assembly line at all, and its cost was not low.

Of course, in the past few years, Zhao Mancang has gradually brought back many industrial machine tools, various advanced equipment, etc. from abroad through the identity of "Comrade Li", so whether it is televisions, radios, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., they have all developed and progressed to varying degrees.

It was also because of this that Zhong Xiaodong was tempted when he saw that Zhao Mancang had sold so many bulletproof vests and cavalry rifles and had such high revenue. So he asked his leader for help and negotiated with Zhao Mancang.

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll contact Comrade Li."

Zhong Xiaodong nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, but deep down he disagreed, because the line with 'Comrade Li' was not that reliable, and if something went wrong, it would be really troublesome.

The most crucial thing is that the line of 'Comrade Li' is not in the hands of his own people, which will eventually make people feel guilty and uneasy. This is the most important reason why Zhong Xiaodong found Zhao Mancang in the first place.

Zhao Mancang didn't care whether the other party was perfunctory to him or not. He didn't want to leave the capital for the time being. Even if he wanted to leave the capital to conduct research abroad, he would definitely need to arrange everything in advance.

After all, the Shaya laboratory area still needs to deliver supplies there every two weeks.

After leaving Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang returned to Guozi Lane and discussed with Wei Huayong. Finally, they decided to recruit five more members of the Jiaolong Army this year.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

After Gu Haidong learned the news, he stared at Zhao Mancang seriously and asked.

This is definitely not a trivial matter, so you need to inquire carefully and confirm it clearly.

The treatment of the Jiaolong Army is the best in the entire comprehensive organization. What's more, they are required to carry out missions abroad frequently, which requires spending a certain amount of foreign exchange almost every time.

But foreign exchange is very important, and the Foreign Exchange Department has been keeping a close eye on it. Even though the Jiaolong Comprehensive Agency can earn a lot of foreign exchange, it still hopes that the Jiaolong Army can spend less money.

Not to mention that there is now Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company, which also needs to spend foreign exchange. The leaders of the Foreign Exchange Department have refused to pay several times.

"Well, that's for sure. The Shaya Laboratory area needs material transport personnel. I plan to let five of the veteran team members retire early and let them carry out the material transport mission."

Zhao Mancang nodded and said.

His idea was very simple. Old team members like Zuo Changsheng, Pan Chengdong, Tie Wanzhong, Mi Shouyang, Qiu Shigui, and Xi Wenrong were all getting old. Although they thought they could still continue fighting, Zhao Mancang couldn't just watch them die on the battlefield, right?
So when they reach a certain age, let them come back.

Although it seemed a bit of a waste of their talents to let them work as transport workers, there were not many people that Zhao Mancang could trust, especially when it came to the life safety of thousands of people in the Shaya area, so he was extremely cautious.

"Okay, in that case, I approve it. Please implement this as soon as possible."

After a pause, Gu Haidong continued:

"The Shaya Laboratory has invested so much money, manpower, and material resources that it has become the most important branch of the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization. Therefore, protecting this unit is your first priority."

"Those veteran members of the Jiaolong Army are all veterans with a lot of experience. It might not be easy to ask them to step down, but I strongly agree with letting them carry out this transport mission."

Obviously, Gu Haidong must have known something in advance, so he supported Zhao Mancang's actions so much.

Whether it was the First Ministry of Machine Building or other machine building departments, they were all staring at Zhao Mancang.

In the middle of last year, Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company was established. Ye Guangmin and Sun Zhonghan took bulletproof vests and cavalry rifles out to sell. At that time, many large state-owned factories did not respond.

However, more than half a year has passed, and Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company has sold more than 400 million US dollars worth of products, of which Zhao Mancang dumped more than 300 million US dollars to Monkey Peninsula.

This naturally greatly stimulated many people.

The Type 53 rifle was manufactured by a state-owned unit under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. It had earned a lot of foreign exchange, which made it the envy of several other departments.

Gu Haidong is also an old leader with a lot of experience. He must have talked to Zhong Xiaodong and other leaders of the First to Eighth Ministry of Machine Building Industry, so he is so supportive of Zhao Mancang's work now.

On the other hand, the five newly recruited members of the Jiaolong Army are just a supplement and will not lead to additional foreign exchange expenditure, so Gu Haidong is still so "generous".

(End of this chapter)