Chapter 840 Silly Zhu’s Marriage
Listening to Professor Drinker's almost roaring tone, Smith shrugged his shoulders and said, "But this is really a lot of money. OEM production of computers and subsequent agency of Gauls' business here can bring me more profits!"

Trade or technology?
Finance or industry?

These choices are always repeated.

For Smith, he was representing the products of the Gallics, not the Orientals, so he was a third-party dealer. Similar situations are still happening decades later.

What does the Citigroup's sanctions on the Eastern giant have to do with our normal re-export trade and "genuine OEM processing" in third countries?

He read the information sent by the Gauls and felt that these things had very broad market prospects, especially the disk drive. At least in terms of popularity, it was much more popular than the hard drives of the Blue Giant, which were worth dozens of kilograms of gold and were large, heavy and power-consuming.

50000 Citibank dollars can be exchanged for nearly 45 kilograms of gold these days. Saying that high-tech products are "cheaper than gold" is basically an objective description.

Moreover, Gauls also promised to solve the intellectual property rights issues of Oriental products within the Oceanic Convention countries. As the place where the intellectual property rights agreement was signed, Gauls had some confidence in saying so.

For Smith, there are only two options if he wants to do this business.

——Withdraw the money invested in Drink.

——Or borrow some money from Wall Street.

As a person who could use scrap technology to cheat Wall Street and still remain unscathed, Smith must have his own background and abilities, otherwise the Gauls would not have found him. As for who the Gauls on the opposite side are, that is another matter.

But it would be very difficult to borrow money after cheating Wall Street.

For Smith, the emphasis on technology is ultimately due to the emphasis on money. When a huge opportunity is presented in front of him, it is simply impossible for him to hold back.

"Drink, I promise you that once this money can be withdrawn, I will immediately invest it back in your work. I swear on our friendship." Smith assured Drink.

Drinker was helpless about Smith's request. Smith was fully capable of using the money to invest in his business without violating the company's financial system. After all, no one stipulated that high-tech companies must create original high-tech. Reselling and assembling high-tech was also possible. Smith could complete this operation within the framework of his own company.

The reason for discussing this with him was because the two sides had a long-term cooperation and Smith just needed a decent stepping stone.

"Smith, you have to promise me."

"I promise! In addition, I will leave you some funds so that your work can continue as long as possible." At this time, Smith understood the saying "It's not that you are afraid of being slow, but that you are afraid of standing still" very thoroughly.

Drinker had no way to deal with this. Going slower was better than stopping altogether.

However, he did not take into account one problem. It is possible that Smith, who made money, would reinvest in his research, but it is somewhat unlikely that Smith, who made money, would reinvest in his research.
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No matter what tricks the Gauls and the Citigroups are playing, it will not affect our Chief Engineer Gao's efforts to enhance the friendly relations between him and his neighbors.

But he is not the protagonist, Sha Zhu is.

Now, he is just a member of the neighborhood helping group. A group of people are sitting in Sha Zhu's house, listening to Yi Zhonghai assigning tasks.

Lou Xiao'e is also here. In order to join in the fun, she brought all her aunts from home. In order to join in the fun, they have to ensure safety as well.

Because of this, Gao Zhendong was squeezed to the south room, which means "you and the computer go there together" in the physical sense.

Gao Zhendong didn't care. It was only a few days anyway. After these days, Lou Xiao'e would still have to go back to her home.

At this time, he left Lou Xiao'e and his aunt in the house and came out to the Central Courtyard to help. Sha Zhu's marriage was finalized and would be held soon.

The protagonist Sha Zhu laughs like a fool. Although he is the protagonist, he doesn't talk much. There is nothing much to say. Just listen to Yi Zhonghai. After all, he is still your cheap father-in-law.

What made him happiest was that his marriage was different from that of others. Others were most worried about material things, but he was not worried at all. If he were not greedy, he would have a lot more.

So for him, things that others had to beg for help from everyone, he could get just by talking to Gao Zhendong, and that made him feel very comfortable.

Gao Zhendong did not have any important tasks. Apart from being a witness, he only did some manual labor and nothing else. The main reason was that he was married.

No matter how good your relationship is, as long as you are married, you basically have no serious tasks at your brother's wedding. Those are jobs for virgin boys. You married old bitch, just go and carry the quilt.

Similarly, Ding Yongnian and others in the same yard were all like this. Those who were married were all laborers. The only thing that made Sha Zhu a little unhappy was that he could not cook for the feast, and other chefs in the canteen of the Third Rolling Mill would take care of it.

This made him talk a lot of nonsense in this regard, instructing this and demanding that, which annoyed his colleagues in the cafeteria so much that they just wanted him to shut up.

People who know the business are like this. When they see others working, they always feel something is not right, something is not right here or there. It is considered good if they talk a lot of nonsense, while some of them just wish they could do it themselves.

The chefs in the canteen all worked with Sha Zhu to make self-heating food and won awards. Not only the Defense Work Committee, but also the 17th Machinery Department and the 3rd Rolling Mill themselves had commended them. These people were grateful to Sha Zhu for bringing them in. In their opinion, this level of honor was only once in a lifetime and was too rare.

So they were naturally very concerned about Sha Zhu's wedding. Besides, they had to be concerned because Chief Engineer Gao was standing next to them. Although he was only from the third factory, he was the head of the third factory after all, and was very familiar with Deputy Director Li who was in charge of logistics.

Canteen, a second-level institution under the Logistics Department.

After Yi Zhonghai assigned the tasks, Sha Zhu went to find Gao Zhendong and said, "Brother, I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position. I can't help it. Who told you to get married early? Hahahaha."

"Well, I know you got married late..." Gao Zhendong's words left Sha Zhu speechless. This brother never loses when it comes to words.

"Thank you for reminding me. Let me tell you, when the children in Huairu's family heard that they also had new clothes, they were extremely happy and kept saying 'thank you, Uncle He'. Even Mrs. Jia looked much better."

It’s different when you’re getting married. Shazhu no longer calls her “Sister Qin”, but directly calls her Huairu.

It is not certain that a piece of clothing can buy off a fighting mother like Jia Zhangshi, but at least from this incident, we can see Sha Zhu's attitude. He has no intention of mistreating the old and young people left by Jia Dongxu, which also makes Jia Zhangshi feel relieved.

It is impossible that these cloth coupons were given by Qin Huairu to subsidize Sha Zhu to please herself. Given their family's situation, how could they save the cloth coupons to subsidize Sha Zhu? Sha Zhu must have found them himself.

Even Jia Zhang could guess where this thing came from. It must be Director Gao... No, I heard that Chief Engineer Gao is no longer the director and he was promoted a long time ago.

The reason why Jia Zhangshi didn't make things too hard for Sha Zhu was also because of Gao Zhendong. Who doesn't know that they have a good relationship? If they can get in touch with this connection, they can't bully others, but at least they won't let others bully them.

Jia Zhang, a widow who raised her child, had very direct considerations in this regard.

"What are you thanking me for? We are all brothers. By the way, didn't you ask Xu Damao for help?" Xu Damao was not seen among the young and strong men who came to help.

"No, this kid has been in a few troubles since he got married. He looks like a castrated chicken, so unlucky." Sha Zhu shook his head.

Under normal circumstances, this shouldn't happen, just like when Xu Damao got married, Sha Zhu was still the one who cooked. No matter what grudges there were, as long as they were not life-threatening, they would most likely let them go at this critical moment, at least to save face.

But Xu Damao's spirits have been bad this year, and Sha Zhu didn't want to offend him, so he simply didn't ask him for help. Anyway, he has a good reputation in the cafeteria now and doesn't need this help.

Gao Zhendong laughed secretly in his heart, hey, you are right, this guy is a castrated chicken.

After talking to Sha Zhu for a few words, Gao Zhendong returned to his room. Sha Zhu had a lot of things to do and his situation was complicated. If Sha Zhu hadn't asked for it himself, Gao Zhendong and the neighbors would naturally not stay there. It would be better for him to go and negotiate with the Jia family about the marriage with his cheap father-in-law.

When Gao Zhendong returned home, Lou Xiao did not jump up to him and hang on his neck as usual. The main reason was that her belly was already seven or eight months old, and it was like a ball, unable to move.

Lou Xiao'e was lying on the sofa, and she said to Gao Zhendong with a mysterious look on her face: "Guess what strange thing I encountered today?"

Since she was here, it was natural for her to go hang out with Qin Huairu. They had a good relationship.

It was impossible for Qin Huairu to assign anything to her. Who would dare to do it with her in this state?

There was nothing else to worry about. In Qin Huairu's situation, she didn't need the "older sisters-in-law" who were already married to give her any instructions or warnings. She knew much more about this than the "younger sisters-in-law" like Lou Xiao'e.

However, Lou Xiao'e still satisfied her curiosity and was able to watch how a wedding in an ordinary courtyard house was conducted from beginning to end.

Seeing her mysterious look, Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "What strange things can happen in this courtyard? I think the most strange thing is Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu getting married."

Lou Xiao'e shook her head: "That's nothing, it's normal for them to get married. Let me tell you, the wife of Xu Damao actually came to me with a book to teach her how to read!" Sha Zhu didn't bother Xu Damao, but the young girls, young wives, aunts and sisters-in-law in the yard would definitely gather around Qin Huairu in this situation, and would help as much as they could. Pang Shuixian also took the initiative to come forward.

This is really strange. Under normal circumstances, Pang Shuixian should avoid Lou Xiaoe and not dare to offend her.

(End of this chapter)