Chapter 298 Everyone is working hard

Because there was a channel to export Siwu Tang drinks and ginsenoside nutritional supplements to France, that is, Diana's classmate in France, she soon contacted the silk processing factory in Lyon, France.

A batch of raw silk was also airlifted directly from Hong Kong for quality inspection.

April is the time when spring raw silk is off the market, but both France and Italy have already signed contracts with Xiao Ri Zi for their 4-year raw silk.

Fortunately, although Western countries led by the United States imposed a blockade on New China, they still secretly wanted New China's cheap raw materials.

Wang Deming's judgment was very accurate. They did send people to secretly enter the country from Hong Kong to participate in the Canton Fair.

Then, when they learned that someone had contacted them, they felt that it was a blessing from heaven. They had previously ordered a small amount of raw silk from China Resources in Hong Kong, but the cooperation with China Resources was too conspicuous on the one hand and too stereotyped on the other.
Mr. Huo returned to Hong Kong from Luohu Port overnight, and then flew from Hong Kong to France.

Wang Deming waited for a few more days until the people arranged by Mr. Huo sent two cameras from Hong Kong, especially the first generation Leica M2 SLR camera which was good at night photography.

After getting the camera, Wang Deming flew back to Beijing again.

Mr. Huo helped buy the plane ticket, which was not expensive, but Wang Deming's status was not high enough. He took off from Tianhe Airport because Baiyun Airport was still a military airport at that time.

What can I say about Tianhe Airport? It is surrounded by farmland, loess, and tall weeds. There is only a three-story building about 10 meters high with a tall and slender antenna on the top, which serves as both the terminal and the control tower.

The waiting hall is similar to the waiting hall of the railway station in the small county town in my previous life. It is a row of wooden seats. There is an arched door on the opposite side. Inside is a restaurant that provides a variety of stir-fried dishes. The check-in area at the front is the same as the train ticket inspection area. The ticket is the size of an A4 paper. After entering, a stamp is stamped.
I don't know what model the plane is, but from the front I can see there are two big propellers. The seats inside are arranged in two rows vertically facing each other, while the seats in the middle are arranged horizontally.

Wang Deming was lucky enough to sit in a vertical row of seats. Opposite him in the middle seat was a woman with a child. After taking off, he had to unbutton his chest to breastfeed the child, which was too embarrassing. He could only turn around and look out the window.

The only thing worth praising is that people were allowed to drink and smoke freely in the cabin at that time. The liquor was Maotai and the cigarettes were Zhonghua, and no one cared about second-hand smoke. Even women with children did not think it was a problem.

There are white clouds outside the window and smoke curling inside the window, giving a fairy-like atmosphere.

Planes are fast. A train journey that would normally take nearly 2 days only takes about 4 hours to get to Beijing. After getting off the plane, I got my ticket stamped and left the station as usual.

Wang Deming originally thought that the airport in Beijing would be more magnificent, but he didn't expect it to be similar to the one in Guangzhou, with just a lonely small south building. When he left the station, he saw the word "trial" and realized that Beijing Capital Airport had just started trial operation.

The shaky bus that goes directly from the airport to the city is actually an American Dodge bus that is called "Big Nose" by Beijingers.

He went back to the steel mill to cancel his leave with Yin Mei, and then ran to the municipal government to report and cancel his leave; there was no way Secretary Wang was so busy because he missed a motivational meeting at the end of April.

The staff in the municipal government were rushing back and forth, all of them with rosy faces, jogging forward, full of energy.

Occasionally, a few staff members would stop for a short while and talk in low voices. Wang Deming overheard that the municipal government was constantly organizing various localities to submit plans. The figures reported were particularly encouraging.

After submitting a written report on his experience and plans for the Canton Fair, Wang Deming left the city government. On his way home, Wang Deming rode his bicycle to Tiananmen Square. Several construction sites on the square were densely packed with bamboo scaffolding. From a distance, the hardworking construction workers were climbing up and down the scaffolding, like industrious ants, working tirelessly.

The results are also gratifying. In January, the construction of ten major projects was launched. After only three months, the appearance of the building has begun to take shape through the scaffolding.

First, I went to Baoyu Hutong to visit the children and godmother, and then took my master's family, both young and old, to Cuihualou in Wangfujing for dinner. Zhang Shouchun and Jin Yuqing had arrived early with their slightly bulging bellies.

After the godmother arrived, she held "An Ning" and sat between the two girls. She asked them about their health and told them to take good care of themselves and not to overwork themselves.

Although Zhang Shouchun and Jin Yuqing were pregnant, there were no other reactions except that their bellies and faces became rounder and rosier. They had already passed the morning sickness period in the first three months and now had a very good appetite.

Nowadays, you need meal tickets and meat tickets to eat in a restaurant. Fortunately, Wang Deming's family can save them as they are not needed on a daily basis.

The rice, flour, grain and oil for Wang Deming's home were all delivered to his home from the Soviet Embassy on time. Now these embassies are the only ones in the country with abundant and sufficient supplies, especially since they continue to transport food and drink here from the Soviet Union and use U.S. dollar bills to purchase directly from abroad.

The current topics at the dinner table revolve around news reported from various places.

"Hey, Deming, have you heard about it? I heard that there is an agricultural cooperative in Hubei. According to the newspaper, their early rice yield is expected to exceed 1000 kilograms per mu. After the summer harvest, our country will have no shortage of food and drink. By then, I guess grain coupons and meat coupons will be cancelled."

"Yes, our family is fine. In our factory, except for the cook who looks rosy-cheeked, it's ok for others if they have few people in their family. But if they have many children, they will be pale and skinny, and every family can't get enough to eat."

"Why are you two worrying about this?" Wang Deming quickly interrupted, "The most important thing for you two now is to rest and wait for the birth of your baby. As for the big struggle in your factory, I warn you two not to participate!"

"We are just ordinary accountants. How tired can we be? We sit in the office all day long. If we don't stroll back and forth on the road every morning and evening, we don't have much time to exercise." Zhang Shouchun rolled his eyes.

Jin Yuqing's personality became much more cheerful after she became pregnant. She smiled and said, "Our factory plans to modify the production line this year and expand production capacity to reach a daily output of 200 million bottles of beverages to better support national construction!"

Hearing this, Wang Deming frowned immediately, "Don't do the same thing as in previous years where the quality was not up to standard and the Soviet Union finally returned the goods!"

"No, I have to report to the real boss. The beverage factory is related to making gold rubles, so I can't do it recklessly."

"Okay then." The two girls looked at each other and started eating in silence.

After dinner, Wang Deming sent the two girls back to the Xiaojing Factory and immediately reported his thoughts to the municipal government. Later, he heard from Zhang Shouchun that the factory leaders had finally calmed down and they would not be held responsible if something really happened.

After two months of peace and stability, Wang Deming once again took the letter of introduction issued by the municipal government and boarded the train. This time his first destination was Satellite Agricultural Cooperative, Suiping County, Henan Province.

(End of this chapter)