Chapter 446 Vibrant
Full of vitality, everything is flourishing.

This is what Wang Deming felt in the capital at that time.

There are more hooligans on the streets, shouting and yelling, and when they see a pretty girl on the street, they surround her.

There were even more petty thefts. Fortunately, Wang Deming didn't have the habit of carrying money with him, so he went out for a walk a few times and the custom-made Zhongshan suit he was wearing was cut into several pieces.

People from Beijing, which is located at the foot of the emperor and in the capital city of great virtue, even the way people pronounce words are different from those in other places, showing the characteristics of Beijing.

A thief is called a "foye", a gangster is called a "banzhu", and as for old guns, there are no old gangsters these days, and there was no soil for the emergence of old gangsters in the past thirty years.

Of course, there are suddenly many more shops on the roadside, at street corners, or in alleys.

Those who have tailoring skills either buy a sewing machine or share one with others, and make clothes for others, making a few yuan or eighty cents for each piece; there are also those who open snack stands, small restaurants, barbers, and shaves.
In short, the capital's grassroots service industry can be aptly described as a spring breeze coming suddenly, with thousands of peach trees blooming.

Wang Deming also deserves some credit for this. He made use of the existing technical school system to provide service industry training. Of course, most of those who were willing to receive training had no family connections.

Those who have connections have already been stuffed into various factories and units.

Especially on Qianmen Street, there are several stalls selling big bowls of tea. They are set up by the educated youth who returned to the city organized by Qianmen Street, and they are very popular.

Even the city leaders in Beijing have visited and inspected it, and gave it very high praise.

Although the concept of this era is that only state-owned units are serious jobs and all others are looked down upon, many people are not aware of this.

These small businesses can make much more money than working in a regular job.

Not long after chatting with the leaders of the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, Wang Deming found the Third Ministry of Machine Building again. On the one hand, he wanted to discuss the Y-10 aircraft, and on the other hand, he also wanted to discuss the relocation of the British automobile production line.

When Wang Deming bought the British automobile production line, he was thinking of moving it to the mainland from the beginning to the end, rather than taking it to Hong Kong, which would be a waste of time.

As long as the production line is shipped out of the UK, who cares where it is shipped to? If Wang Deming doesn't sell it, he might just sell it for scrap metal.

The leaders of the Third Ministry of Machine Building had come into contact with Wang Deming before during the first test flight of the Y-10 aircraft in Shanghai, and they also knew that he had spent a lot of money on the large aircraft project, like a good fortune boy.

So when she learned that Wang Deming was coming, she was extremely enthusiastic and held his hand tightly, shaking it up and down, refusing to let go.

"Comrade Deming, I have been looking forward to your coming with great eagerness. Haha, finally my wait has come!"

"Haha, boss, what's going on? Are you short of money for the large aircraft project in Shanghai?" Wang Deming joked, "It's spent so quickly? I've put a lot of money into the special account I opened last year."

"Uh." The leader's expression suddenly changed, but he soon returned to smiling, "Haha, you know, research on such a large project is a bottomless pit."

"The state will definitely be the one to allocate the bulk of the resources."

After Wang Deming was welcomed into the conference room and sat down, the leader of the Third Ministry of Machine Building changed the topic to another place. "Comrade Deming, I heard from your call that several British automobile companies want to form joint ventures with our country?"

"Just move their domestic production lines here directly?"

Wang Deming glanced at the faces of the leaders of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, squinted his eyes and smiled, "That's right."

"but."

"But what?" The leader suddenly became anxious.

"Aren't the British going to visit our country?" Wang Deming smiled, "So we have to hurry up."

"Otherwise, when it comes to the Hong Kong negotiations, mistakes will easily occur."

"That's right, that's right!" The leaders of the Third Ministry of Machine Building heaved a sigh of relief, "Comrade Deming, don't worry, we will definitely seize this good opportunity."

"Haha, the leaders in Beijing are now discussing a joint venture with the Grand Cherokee company in the United States. The Shanghai market is also discussing a joint venture with the German Volkswagen company." "We will definitely report your report to the leaders as quickly as possible."

Wang Deming understood it, but he knew that at that time it was not just Germany's Volkswagen, but also the American car company AMC, which is called Jeep or Grand Cherokee in our country, as well as American Ford, French Citroen, Japanese Wuling and so on.

They are all eyeing the huge Chinese market.

There is BAIC in Beijing and Phoenix Auto in Shanghai. These two were the first to cooperate with foreign capital, followed by Changchun FAW, Xi'an Citroen, Guangzhou Automobile, etc.

It’s just that many people in later generations only remember Volkswagen in Shanghai in the 80s, and have no impression of BAIC in Beijing.

It seems that Beijing's BAIC has been making 212 Jeeps since the day it was born. It is a wonder that it is still making 212 Jeeps in later generations.

After chatting with the Third Machine Department for a few more words, Wang Deming asked casually before leaving: "Leader, didn't the Shanghai Yunshi Ten Aircraft Project say that it would be investigated and reviewed by a national expert group last year?"

"Haha, what did the expert group say?"

The leader of the Third Machine-Building Department laughed dryly and said, "Of course, the experts have given a very high evaluation of the Y-10 project. They suggest that the country should continue to develop it and increase investment. This will be a great boost to our country's research on large passenger aircraft and the military field."

"Oh"

Wang Deming looked at the leaders meaningfully, turned around, got into the car and left.

"Huh!" After watching Wang Deming's Mercedes-Benz drive away, someone asked, "Does Wang Deming already know something?"

"So what if you know?"

“It’s not something we can decide.”

"Ugh"

After Wang Deming returned to Yongkang Hutong, he poured himself a cup of tea after dinner, then pondered and turned on the TV to watch the news.

The News Broadcast was officially scheduled to be broadcast on time at 80 o'clock every evening in 7.

CCTV was originally transferred from Beijing TV Station, and Beijing later reorganized another TV station.

The announcer in the news was reporting the news with great enthusiasm: "According to the latest news from our station, the American McDonnell Douglas Company has signed a joint venture with our country."

"We will gradually transfer relevant science and technology over the next 10 years, and will begin to build the world-famous regional aircraft DC-10 from next year!"

"The leadership gave the responsibility for the joint venture with McDonnell Douglas to the large aircraft factory in Shanghai."

"The leaders and workers of the large aircraft factory are committed to fulfilling the country's expectations and manufacturing our own regional aircraft as soon as possible."

Call Hong Kong and the UK respectively to find out the progress of the acquisition.

Although the agreement has been signed, the Royal Bank of England is also actively promoting the approval process after taking over.

But the British bureaucrats are even more inefficient, especially when it comes to the layoffs of workers and the resistance demonstrations by trade unions. They have a headache.

However, money talks. After receiving several bearer bonds, the union leaders readily agreed to the purchase and promised to do ideological work among the workers.

Especially when it comes to severance pay, Wang Deming was not stingy.

You have spent a lot of money, why would you care about this little money?

(End of this chapter)