Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After Li Huaide returned to the steel rolling mill, he called a meeting of the factory leaders to convey the good news. At the same time, he asked people to arrange the factory buildings and deploy personnel.

After a series of bargaining, the position of workshop director was finally taken by a deputy factory director. Li Huaide did not participate in it. He just needed to grasp the overall situation. Moreover, these deputy factory directors in the factory also knew that as long as Li Tianyi was still in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Li Huaide's position could not be shaken.

After everything was settled, everyone started to take action, and within a few days, a washing machine painted white rolled off the production line in the workshop.

Li Tianyi carefully checked the washing machine and after confirming that there was no problem, he asked Li Huaide to seal the washing machine and then send it to the Ministry of Industry, the domestic booths, and then transport it to different regions.

After the Canton Fair samples were completed, Li Huaide breathed a sigh of relief. He now had time to deal with the remaining matters. A new workshop would need to be staffed with corresponding workers. Some of the intermediate workers could be transferred from other workshops, while low-level workers needed to be recruited from outside.

Nowadays, although there are not as many junior and senior high school graduates in society as after the storm, once the vacancies for several hundred people in a workshop are released, there are soon no responses.

Li Huaide also asked whether to reserve a few places for Li Tianyi, but Li Tianyi refused. No one on his side needed to find a job, so he didn't reserve any. As for taking the job places and then selling them, his salary was so high that he didn't care about that little money.

The steel rolling mill is carrying out production in an orderly manner. Because there are no orders now, the steel rolling mill is not fully committed to the production of washing machines. It will wait and see the results after the Canton Fair. If there are many orders, it will be okay to open a few more workshops.

In a blink of an eye, it was time to leave. Li Tianyi had already informed his family long ago, so now he carried his luggage and walked out of the yard under the gaze of his family. The only discordant sound was An An's crying. As he got older, An An could already understand the meaning of adults' words. After knowing that his father would be away on a business trip for a month, An An started to throw a tantrum.

At first, no one in the family paid much attention. Later, when Li's mother saw that her grandson was always pouting and looked very unhappy, she coaxed and deceived him into asking him the reason.

It turned out that An An also wanted to go with his father. Later, Xiaoxue and Li's mother agreed to several of An An's requests and finally appeased him.

But what she didn't expect was that when she saw Li Tianyi picking up his luggage and leaving, An An couldn't stand it anymore and started crying loudly, running towards Li Tianyi while crying.

Li's mother hurriedly hugged An An. Although Li Tianyi felt sorry for his son, he still had to leave, so he turned around and walked out the door.

Later, Xiaoxue told me that An An cried for the whole morning and her voice became hoarse. Li's mother was unable to go to work that day and stayed at home with An An.

After Li Tianyi walked out of the gate, he went straight to the train station. They had agreed to meet at the train station.

After arriving at the train station, finding the gathering point and greeting the people around him, Li Tianyi just stood there waiting.

Not long after, the team leader came over with the list. After calling the roll, Li Tianyi and his group got on the train one after another.

The train from Sijiucheng to Guangzhou takes nearly six days, so the country arranged sleeper berths for them. Most of the people who went to the Canton Fair with Li Tianyi this time were comrades from the Foreign Trade and Economic Commission.

Of course, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent an interpreter, and it was up to them to introduce the products to foreigners at the exhibition.

During this period, the Canton Fair was mostly filled with medicinal materials and agricultural products because the country was poor and the technology was backward. Products like century-old ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, and Polygonum multiflorum, which are rarely seen in later generations, could be seen at the exhibition and the prices were very cheap.

The time on the train is boring. At the beginning, you can enjoy the scenery along the railway, but after a long time, it becomes boring.

Li Tianyi took out a book from his bag to pass the time. As for the issue of eating, the state distributed food uniformly.

Of course, you can bring some with you. Several comrades brought pickles from home. Every time they ate, they would take out the bottle of pickles and put it on the table, and invite everyone to eat. But everyone knew their limits, and at this time, no one would be so tactless as to eat other people's food.

The train rumbled forward, and Li Tianyi and his companions felt uncomfortable staying in this small compartment all day.

Finally, the train pulled into Guangzhou Station. Li Tianyi carried his luggage and walked out of the train stiffly. Only when he stood on the platform did he feel like he was alive again.

After the headcount was counted, a large truck driven by comrades from the Foreign Economic and Trade Commission was already waiting outside the station. After everyone put their luggage away, they climbed onto the truck.

Soon the truck arrived at the guesthouse which was only a few hundred meters away from the Canton Fair Exhibition Center. This had been arranged in advance, and they just needed to arrive to check in.

After everyone was assigned their rooms, they were not in the mood to chat or go out for a stroll. Now they just wanted to lie in bed and rest.

After a night's rest, everyone was fully refreshed. After breakfast, they came to the convention and exhibition center and began to set up the booth.

At that time, the exhibition center was not very big, and the domestic and foreign booths were not separated, so along the way, Li Tianyi could see domestic medicinal materials, furniture, etc., as well as machines, fruits, wood, etc. shipped from Southeast Asia. It was an eye-opener.

Of course, their booth was also very attractive. The tractors had already been delivered to the booth, but the washing machines had not yet been unpacked. Li Tianyi and his colleagues set up the booth in preparation for tomorrow's official exhibition.

The next morning, Li Tianyi and his colleagues began to gather. After breakfast, a director of the Foreign Economic and Trade Commission began to hold a meeting with them and emphasized the discipline during the meeting, that is, what should be said and what should not be said.

This is no joke. If you say something wrong at an exhibition and it causes a bad impact, labor reform is still a good option.

So everyone was in high spirits to welcome the Canton Fair.

On the first day of the exhibition, there were not many people in the morning. During this period, most of the people who came to participate in the Canton Fair were from developing countries, and their number was very small. The largest number of people came from Hong Kong Island. They came not only to participate in the exhibition, but also to see the exhibition.

Merchants in Hong Kong would sell the machines they got from foreign countries to mainland China. Of course, this had to be done secretly, as the Hong Kong government did not allow Hong Kong merchants to interact with the mainland.

The tractors and washing machines at the Sijiucheng booth are the most eye-catching things. The tractors are okay, as they can only be exported to economically underdeveloped countries, but the washing machines are different, as they are suitable for developed countries.