Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 3 Meeting ()

The old man didn't rush to speak, but looked at Lu Shaohua with a playful expression, as if to say, "You kid, why don't you tell the truth?"

Lu Shaohua is smart, but he is not omnipotent. He can't remember everything. He can only look at Laozi helplessly and smile bitterly. "Grandpa Deng! Don't make that expression. It makes me feel creepy."

"Hmph! You little rascal, you're still pretending to be confused." The old man smiled, as if he was sure that Lu Shaohua was lying. "Don't tell me that there is no purpose for letting me try the car!"

Lu Shaohua understood it all at once, and was secretly surprised. He seemed to have not shown anything, so why did the old man see it all at once? However, since it had come to this, Lu Shaohua could only deny it, and said, "Oh! Grandpa Deng, this is unfair. Letting you test drive the car was at most a honor for the first car produced by our company. How can you say that I designed it!"

"Hmph! You sly fellow." The old man still looked amiable and waved his hand, as if he didn't want to talk about this issue anymore. He changed the subject and said, "Okay, I won't talk to you about the car anymore. Let's talk about something else. Do you have any difficulties?"

Lu Shaohua didn't mind the old man calling him "slippery" at all, on the contrary, he felt that the distance between them was shortened. Recalling that the old man had specially praised the car when he was speaking just now, allowing Lu Shaohua to add icing on the cake for the car's promotion, Lu Shaohua couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. At the same time, the old man's generosity completely convinced Lu Shaohua.

Put yourself in his shoes. If others saw through Lu Shaohua's move, they might not cooperate with Lu Shaohua to build momentum. On the contrary, they would have certain opinions about Lu Shaohua. Some might even make things difficult for him. But the old man did not do so. Instead, he helped to build momentum. This courage and magnanimity made Lu Shaohua feel a little ashamed.

"Thank you, Grandpa Deng!" Lu Shaohua said sincerely at first, then his face became serious and he said seriously, "It is not without difficulties. This company is in the field of science and technology. Even if the car is the same, it has been successfully developed, and the next problem is sales."

At this point, Lu Shaohua paused, glanced at Zeng Jianguo and the old man, and seeing that they looked like they were asking him to continue, Lu Shaohua plucked up the courage to continue. "You two should know that our country's economy is not yet developed, and not many people can afford to consume, especially high-value products like cars, so we can only go the export direction, and export is a big problem."

The old man didn't say anything, but nodded calmly. It was Zeng Jianguo who spoke up. "From what I know, you are doing well in Hong Kong. If I am not mistaken, you want to open up overseas markets through Hong Kong as a transit point."

Lu Shaohua was not surprised at all that Zeng Jianguo knew about his affairs in Hong Kong. He smiled and nodded to show his acknowledgement, saying, "That's right. Hong Kong is like a springboard. If the company wants to export its products, it can only rely on this transit station. It is impossible to export them from other places in the country."

Today's China is not the China of the 21st century, which joined the WTO and could export freely. Today's China is still under economic blockade by Western countries. It is basically impossible to export products smoothly. This is clear to Lu Shaohua, the old man, and Zeng Jianguo.

"Well, I understand what you mean. You don't need to play dumb. Just tell me what difficulties you have." This time it was the old man who spoke up. After he finished speaking, the old man added, "Science and technology are the primary labor force. Your company is working on the field of science and technology. The country will help you to the best of its ability."

"Yes." With the old man's words, Lu Shaohua was completely relieved and stopped beating around the bush. "There are no difficulties in other places for the time being. What urgently needs to be solved is the problem of Shenzhen Port. I hope the government can support and facilitate this."

Lu Shaohua's words have made it very clear. To ship the finished cars to Hong Kong, they must first pass through the Shenzhen customs. Coincidentally, the customs belongs to the national department, so Lu Shaohua must get through this relationship. As for Hong Kong, Lu Shaohua will find a way himself.

"I will make it convenient when it's necessary." The old man agreed without thinking, and then added, "But there is a prerequisite, that is, under legal conditions."

"No problem at all." Lu Shaohua's expression was more serious than ever. He had never thought about tax evasion at all. If he wanted to export, he would pay whatever taxes he had to pay. Just like smuggling daily necessities to the Soviet Union, Lu Shaohua exported them from the Shenzhen Port.

The old man looked at Lu Shaohua deeply, smiled, turned his head and said to Zeng Jianguo, "Jianguo, your little Zeng seems to have been in Shenzhen for quite some time. Is it time to move him to another place?"

The old man didn't say it clearly, but only said half of it, and then continued to answer his own question. "Let Xiao Zeng handle this matter. It's just a matter of saying hello to the customs, and it's not a big deal."

Although Lu Shaohua was not involved in officialdom, he could understand what the old man meant. Recalling the two key words, 'move to another position' and 'solve the problem of Xiao Zeng', Lu Shaohua knew that Zeng Aimin was going to make a further step and be promoted. Zeng Aimin was already the mayor of Shenzhen and concurrently the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, so the next step for him would be to become the secretary of the municipal party committee.

Zeng Jianguo seemed to have no expression on his face. He nodded calmly and said, "Just finish this term and consider it when the next term comes."

"Haha, it seems like he has run far away. Let's leave it at that. Young man, do you have any other difficulties? Please raise them together. Time is running out!" The old man said lightly.

Lu Shaohua witnessed a promotion. Although he was a little surprised that a few words could make a person take a step forward in his career, Lu Shaohua was only surprised for a moment and did not think about it. "First of all, I would like to thank Grandpa Deng for his concern. There are no other difficulties, and they can basically be overcome."

"Well, you are too polite. Let me tell you, you little rascal, if you have any difficulties, tell them all now, otherwise you will have nowhere to tell them when you encounter difficulties." The old man was quite dissatisfied with Lu Shaohua's politeness and said it bluntly.

Lu Shaohua secretly cried out in injustice in his heart, thinking that if it wasn't for reducing trouble, why would he do this? But now that things have come to this, Lu Shaohua is no longer polite and mentioned a more long-term difficulty. "You two should understand the current domestic situation. If my company can't develop, it's fine, but if it develops, I guess there will be a lot of trouble, especially for those people with strong backgrounds."

Lu Shaohua's words were very obscure, meaning that it would be fine if the enterprise failed to develop, but if it did develop, there would be jealous people, and those with strong backgrounds would come and cause trouble, either asking for money or for shares.

Lu Shaohua is very clear about some of the unspoken rules in official circles, especially those so-called princelings. It is too easy for them to cause trouble for a company. They would come to some official departments every few days to investigate this and that, which would definitely make Lu Shaohua extremely depressed. It doesn't matter whether he has a strong official background or not.

But then again, Lu Shaohua is not afraid. The reason he brought it up here is because he adheres to the principle that less trouble is worse than more. If trouble really comes, once Lu Shaohua gets angry, not many people can withstand his wrath.

At this time, the old man had to re-examine the "child" in front of him who still looked old, because Lu Shaohua often saw things much longer term and knew to take precautions before they happened. But the old man saw deeper, from Lu Shaohua's tone and expression when he said this, the old man could easily find that Lu Shaohua didn't seem to be afraid of these things at all, but rather had a hint of expectation.

Yes, Lu Shaohua was actually looking forward to trouble coming to him. He wanted to see what the princelings were like. They were so arrogant that Lu Shaohua needed someone to make an example of them.

The old man was puzzled. He was somewhat expectant of Lu Shaohua's suggestion. Why? But none of this mattered. What mattered was that since Lu Shaohua had proposed this difficulty, he had to find a way to make it easier for Lu Shaohua. "Little rascal, I don't know what you're thinking, but I know your general idea. It's not difficult to solve this problem."

"Oh?" For some reason, Lu Shaohua felt very conflicted, but in the end, the idea of ​​'less trouble is worse than more' prevailed. He decided to solve this difficulty first so that the company could have some quiet time to develop properly.

"Haha! I'm over eighty years old and already old, but I don't have enough grandchildren!" The old man laughed.

Lu Shaohua was a little confused. They were clearly discussing how to solve difficult problems, but how did they get to the issue of having few grandchildren? Lu Shaohua was really puzzled.

"Hey!" Zeng Jianguo, who was sitting next to him, saw Lu Shaohua was stunned for a long time and couldn't figure out the reason for the problem. He couldn't help but feel proud. This was a good opportunity to hit Lu Shaohua's spirit. He couldn't let it go. "Hey, kid, isn't your brain usually very useful? Why can't it work now?"

"..." Lu Shaohua was furious, secretly cursing Zeng Jianguo for being disrespectful to his elders. Wasn't it just that he had put forward a few more conditions when buying military technology last time? As for taking the opportunity to attack him?

Although he was angry, Zeng Jianguo was his future "grandfather" and he couldn't offend him. Otherwise, if he interfered in Zeng Yuling's affairs, Lu Shaohua would be in big trouble. He said in a flattering manner, "Grandfather, please don't talk bad about me. With my little cleverness, I will never be able to get on stage."

"Well, it seems that our comrade Shaohua is a good comrade. He can fully recognize his own shortcomings, knows his mistakes and is willing to repent." Zeng Jianguo said seriously, as if Lu Shaohua was his subordinate, talking nonsense.

"No, no, no, save these words for scolding your subordinates. I don't plan to pursue a career in politics." Lu Shaohua really couldn't stand it anymore and quickly stopped him.

"Hehe!" Zeng Jianguo laughed, the purpose of the attack was achieved, and he felt happy. "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Let me tell you what Lao Deng thinks."

"Would you please tell me?"

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