Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

On the main road of Nanshan County, such a strange scene appeared, and passers-by seemed to be reliving the scene from yesterday.

Behind a black sedan with a mirror-like finish and an impressive appearance, followed by fourteen men and women riding eight-inch bicycles, with the police station's sidecar motorcycle leading the way, they drove brazenly on the main road.

The people of the county had seen this scene a month ago when Chen Dong's family came. Seeing it again today, they were full of doubts. Could it be that some important overseas Chinese had come to our Nanshan County again?

What's going on this year? So many overseas Chinese are returning to their hometowns. It seems the overall situation abroad isn't very good either!

In the Maybach, Zhang Yi drove slowly, following the police station's sidecar motorcycle in front. In the passenger seat, Chen Dong's screen was unfolded, and he was operating it.

When Chen Dong got on the bus, he asked President Tian Changhe for Huaxia Bank's account with Swiss Bank, and the transfer was currently being processed through the WTO system.

A dialog box popped up on the screen asking: "Transfer $100000000 to account CH10 0012...9?"

After confirming the remainder after the number 1, Chen Dong clicked "Confirm." The system then prompted again, "Confirm again. Clicking will immediately transfer the funds; it is irreversible. Transfer now?"

"yes!"

Chen Dong used his mind to click "confirm," and the system dialog box immediately closed. Then, a rotating circle appeared and, after two seconds, indicated that the transfer was successful. Only then did Chen Dong close the screen and turn his head to smile at Zhang Yi, who was carefully driving with both hands on the steering wheel.

Zhang Yi kept her eyes fixed ahead, without turning around, and asked Chen Dong, "Did you turn around?"

"Yes, it's turned around!"

The Chinese Embassy is located at 11 Avenue George V, Paris, the capital of Gaul.

It was already 5 a.m. in Europe. Chinese Ambassador Jiang Guang, dragging his tired body, slowly walked into the reception room with the help of his secretary, slumped onto the sofa, and vigorously rubbed his headache caused by drunkenness.

"Boss, please have some sobering tea first. I'll get you a hot towel to apply to your face," the secretary said, placing the tea in front of Jiang Guang before quickly heading to the restroom.

Jiang Guang sipped the hangover tea his secretary had brought him. He had attended a party hosted by the Gaul government that day, where he had shared drinks with some Gaulish bankers and representatives from the Landes Company, and had discussed in depth the loan issue with the Chinese government.

The topic Jiang Guang discussed with the Gallic bankers was that the Chinese government would borrow 4 million francs from Gallic banks to purchase 13 sets of large-scale modern fertilizer production equipment from Gallus, with an annual output of 30 tons of synthetic ammonia and 48 tons of urea.

However, the Gallic bankers rejected the offer, citing the Chinese government's excessive debt at the time. They argued that the debt was only a deficit of a little over 12 billion US dollars.

In recent years, the Chinese government has purchased large quantities of chemical and metallurgical equipment from Europe and the West at high prices, which has not only squandered its already meager foreign exchange reserves of 8 million but also left it with a lot of debt.

In that era, China's export capacity was too weak, resulting in a deficit in foreign exchange earnings. In order to get rid of the embarrassing situation of only being able to export agricultural and sideline products, clothing, oil and coal, the Chinese government had to import a large amount of advanced foreign technology and equipment.

It is hoped that by introducing these foreign technologies and equipment, China's domestic economy can be revitalized, industrial upgrading and exports can be promoted, and China can completely transform from a semi-agricultural and semi-industrial country into an industrial exporting country.

Just as Ambassador Jiang Guang was sipping tea, racking his brains about how to persuade those greedy Gallic bank capitalists to lend him money so that he could purchase and ship back the 13 sets of fertilizer production equipment that the country urgently needed, the door to the reception room was pushed open.

Jiang Guang looked at the newcomer and saw that it was Minister Wang Zan, who was smiling and holding a telegram. Wang Zan walked to the sofa next to Jiang Guang, sat down, and, patting the telegram, said, "Old Jiang, big news, really great news!"

Jiang Guang was still in pain and murmured to Wang Zan, "Old Wang, stop beating around the bush. I'm still in pain. Just tell me what's wrong."

"Take a look for yourself," Wang Zan said, slapping the telegram from China into Jiang Guang's hand. Jiang Guang picked up his reading glasses from his breast pocket, took out the telegram, and began to read it.

Upon seeing it, Jiang Guang, who had been suffering from a headache due to alcohol, suddenly sobered up. He straightened up from his half-reclining position on the sofa and brought the telegram in his hand to the lamp to carefully review and confirm it again.

"Hahaha!"

The secretary, who was running hot water in the restroom to prepare a hot towel for Jiang Guang to apply to his face, heard Ambassador Jiang Guang's loud laughter and hurriedly ran out of the restroom. She saw Jiang Guang holding a telegram, walking around the coffee table in the reception room like a donkey pulling a millstone, laughing as he went.

"What's wrong, Minister Wang?" the secretary asked, puzzled.

"Haha, this is wonderful! It's like a pillow when you're sleepy," Jiang Guang said, hands on his hips, gazing at the pitch-black night sky outside the window. "Xiao Shui, a hundred million US dollars has been transferred from China to our Swiss Bank!"

"Really, that's great!"

Secretary Shui was overjoyed. He twisted the towel in his hand into a pretzel shape from the effort. He knew all too well how much effort Ambassador Jiang had put in to procure the 13 sets of fertilizer equipment needed in China.

They visited countless banks in Gaul and inspected numerous fertilizer equipment factories in Gaul, but due to a lack of foreign exchange, all their efforts were in vain.

The amount of effort these people overseas have put into helping China achieve modernization and economic transformation as soon as possible is beyond the comprehension of outsiders.

"This 100 million US dollars is a lifesaver!"

Based on the current exchange rate of 1 USD to 4.23 Francs, the 100 million USD transferred from China to Swiss banks can be exchanged for exactly 4.23 million Francs, which is the purchase price of 13 sets of fertilizer equipment plus the shipping cost back to China—perfect!

How could Jiang Guang not be happy? He had been going to the bank every day to borrow money for the purchase of 13 sets of fertilizer equipment. At the party tonight, he had drunk more than a bottle of foreign liquor.

I thought good things would take time and a lot of trouble, since the 13 sets were not all available and we could only prioritize purchasing the essential ones. Unexpectedly, this 100 million US dollars came like a godsend.

After his initial euphoria, Jiang Guang looked at the telegram again and saw that it ended with the message: "Please inquire whether America's Huadong Sheng Supermarket belongs to Chen Dong. Please reply immediately!"

"Huadongsheng Supermarket, America?"

Jiang Guang was puzzled. At this time, America had only established diplomatic relations with China for less than a year, and the ambassador sent to America had only recently taken office. Many matters were still in the exploratory stage.

Why was he suddenly asked to look up America's company? Although puzzled, Jiang Guang accepted the request from China without question.

I was thinking of asking that question when I met those greedy capitalists at the Gallic Bank tomorrow.