The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 462: Instant noodles go global, Li Aiguo saves corn seeds, exclusive interview with Renren Daily
After the deaf old lady was taken away, the courtyard fell into calm again.

Overnight, Yi Zhonghai's hair turned gray, and his whole body looked haggard.

Fortunately, Jia Dongxu felt sorry for his master and often visited Yi Zhonghai at noon these days.

With such a good apprentice, Yi Zhonghai's mood gradually improved and he often praised Jia Dongxu for his filial piety.

But the aunt was not satisfied.

In her opinion, Jia Dongxu is just here to make a living.

After Yang Jizong returned to Hong Kong City, he reported Li Aiguo's plan to Mr. Yang.

Mr. Yang appreciated the construction of the plan, and with his strong support, Yang Jizong established a company called Hex Technology.

The English name is [Hex Technology], and the Chinese name translates to Magic Technology Company.

Mr. Yang felt very strange about the name. Yang Jizong explained: "The name was drawn up by Driver Li himself. HEX means magic, and Hex Technology means magic high technology. Do you know about high technology? In old Beijing dialect, then He’s so awesome!”

He and Li Aiguo had different opinions when it came to pricing instant noodles.

In today's Hong Kong City, no one plays music on the streets, and there are no square dances. It's so new.

For example, the famous IBM actually translates to World Business Machines Company, which is far inferior to Magic Technology Company.

In these days, the salary of people in Hong Kong is only about 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Jardine's Place, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong City, is the most prosperous commercial street in Hong Kong City these days.

"This, this is so delicious! One more chopstick! What, only one chopstick for free per person?"

A melodious song penetrated the hustle and bustle and penetrated into the ears of every tourist.

The singing stopped, Da Meili held the microphone and said in a clear voice: "Hello all customers, today our Hex Technology Company launches a new type of food called instant noodles.

Everything was ready and the instant noodles were about to be released, but Yang Jizong received a dedicated call from Li Aiguo.

Today's Hex instant noodles are not the cheap food of later generations, but a symbol of taste and a symbol of successful people.

[The green fields of Malaya are beautiful in the spring, the shadows of elegant coconut trees set off the picturesque promontory, the flowers are bright, the leaves are rustling in the wind, and the sunset hangs slantingly.]

Sudden.

"Buy, buy, buy!"

After putting down the phone, Yang Jizong scratched his head and said with some confusion: "What is a press conference?"

In order to thank you for your strong support, we specially held an on-site tasting session. "

Yang Jizong was also stunned by the crowd.

In just a few days, Hex Technology has registered patents for instant noodles in more than 20 countries around the world.

but.

It's just that they forgot one thing, free is the most expensive.

The tourists turned around and saw a large stage set up in front of a store called Hex Technology.

The butler who had been hiding not far away saw this scene and nodded with a smile. The third young master got off to a good start!

High-tech companies have not yet emerged in these years, and it is not yet popular to use Technology as a suffix in foreign company names.

With the full support of the Yang family, those societies did not dare to cause trouble, and Hex Technology Company was quickly opened.

This song is the most popular "Penang Beauty" in Hong Kong in recent years. The bold and unrestrained lyrics, coupled with the long and looming long legs of the beautiful woman, immediately attracted a large number of tourists.

The various products in the shops on both sides of the street dazzle tourists from all over the world.

Hex Technology Company is headed by Yang Jizong as the general manager, and Li Aiguo, as the mainland representative, is the actual controller of the company and has veto power.

When Lei Luo was promoted to plainclothes agent by Chen Tong, his monthly salary was 160 yuan. After becoming a detective, his monthly salary was 280 yuan.

Seeing more and more people surrounding her, Yang Jizong nodded towards the beautiful lady.

In Hong Kong City this year, wonton noodles (small bowls) cost 0.3 yuan, 1 Hong Kong dollar can buy 7 tea eggs, and the market price of a thousand-foot (90 square meters) "luxury house" on the first floor of Prince Edward Road in Kowloon is 5 yuan.

With a good horse and a good saddle, successful people will naturally enjoy good food.

When the delicious noodles entered their mouths, all the tourists were stunned.

At the same time, under the operation of Mr. Yang, five small fishing boats loaded with instant noodles arrived at the port city under the cover of night.

In just a few moments, nearly 5,000 packages of instant noodles were sold.

A pretty girl wearing a cheongsam was holding a microphone and playing softly.

Most of the tourists who go shopping in Jardine's Place on weekdays are also successful people.

The roads are busy with traffic.

"Sir, a pack of instant noodles costs three Hong Kong dollars."

Mr. Yang is also a person who knows the goods. He gave a thumbs up at that time: "Just because of this name, this company can definitely make a difference."

The price of three Hong Kong dollars for a pack of instant noodles is sky-high.

Originally, the beauty had stopped singing, and the tourists were preparing to disperse. But now that they heard there was free food to eat, it felt like there was a magnet installed on the soles of their feet, and they could no longer move.

According to Yang Jizong, the cost of instant noodles is very low. The noodles, seasonings, and shipping costs only cost 0.2 Hong Kong dollars.
As a popular food, a strategy of small profits but quick turnover should be adopted.

However, Li Aiguo claimed that instant noodles are magic technology products and high-end food, and should be directly priced at HK$3.

The two argued for a while about this.

The on-site sales scene has proven what is right and what is wrong.

What pleased Yang Jizong the most was that just after the instant noodles were sold out, two John Bulls in suits came to the store and asked to order 5,000 packs of instant noodles.

They are employees of City Air.

Since the establishment of the New World, the air traffic rights north of Hong Kong City have been taken back by the mainland, and many routes of Hong Kong City Airlines have been suspended.

The current situation of Hong Kong City Airlines is worrying, so it plans to take the lead in selling instant noodles on the plane to win the favor of passengers.

In these days, flying is a very high-end way of travel.

After instant noodles became the first choice for airplane meals, they instantly became a 'city red' food in Hong Kong.

Fishing boats loaded with instant noodles rushed to the port city one after another. They delivered instant noodles and brought back foreign exchange, as well as refined flour, palm oil and other scarce supplies.

The largest newspaper in Hong Kong City also published an article on the front page: "A food unique to British gentlemen - instant noodles!" 》

News related to instant noodles quickly spread to all over the world.

Yang Jizong counted the sales results and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Driver Li will not deceive me!"

A sneeze.

Li Aiguo, who was far away in the capital, rubbed his nose, muttered "Who missed me?", and pushed the gate, and the train sped away with black smoke.

Li Aiguo seemed very excited after not driving a train for more than a month.

Galloping all the way, going back and forth between Beijing and Jincheng.

The train arrived at Langfang Station belching black smoke.

The passengers who had been waiting for a long time on the platform were like migrating fish, crowding towards the car door.

A passenger wearing a gray tunic suit, who looked like an intellectual but had rough skin like an old farmer, tightly protected the sack in his hand in the crowded crowd. Even if his feet were stepped on twice, he didn't care.

After getting on the bus and finding his seat, the old farmer carefully placed the sack under the seat. He breathed a sigh of relief and had time to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The train restarted, accompanied by rhythmic vibrations, and the old farmer's face suddenly turned red.

He went to the toilet and when he came back, he found that the mouth of the sack under the seat was open.

The old farmer suddenly became anxious and sweated profusely on his forehead.

"Who, who stole my corn?!"

The passengers next to me shook their heads.

Today's train was overcrowded as usual, the aisle was full of passengers, and several people were squatting on the ground. It was impossible to see clearly who had stolen it!
"Comrade, how many kilograms of corn have you lost?" Zhang Yazhi was about to take over the shift when she heard the shouting and came over.

Seeing the flight attendant, the old farmer's mouth trembled: "One, a big corn cob."

"Uncle, a corn cob isn't worth much. It's hard to find out who took it accidentally. I think let's forget it." Zhao Yazhi said with some embarrassment: "If you didn't bring anything to eat, you can take it with me." Meal tickets, go to the dining car.”

"Or buy instant noodles. We have recently launched a new type of instant food on the railway. You can eat it by just soaking it in hot water. The price is not expensive, only thirty cents." Zhao Yazhi followed the regulations of the locomotive depot and promoted her own products as usual. .

Because instant noodles are cheap, delicious, and have real beef in them.

In fact, there is no need to promote it. Ever since instant noodles appeared on the train, they have become the most popular food.

On every train, they, the flight attendants, can sell five to six hundred packs of instant noodles.

The old farmer waved his hands in a hurry: "Girl, you are a good boy, but that corn is not for people to eat."

"Ah? It's not for human consumption? Do you want to feed it to animals?" Zhao Yazhi's eyes widened, "Uncle, you are going too far."

At this time, not only Zhao Yazhi was at a loss, but even the surrounding passengers felt that the old farmer was weaving baskets.

"Corn is not for people to eat? Are you kidding me?"

"This old farmer looks honest, but he seems to be trying to blackmail someone."

"Yes, the flight attendant is so kind. He took the initiative to give him his own meal, but he wasn't satisfied yet."

The old farmer himself was poor at speaking. Now that he was being criticized by the passengers, he felt a little flustered and even more speechless.

"Comrade Zhao Yazhi, what's wrong?"

Li Aiguo yawned and walked over from the front. Seeing so many people surrounding him, he came over curiously.

With the instant noodle project on track, Li Aiguo was finally able to take a rest while driving.

He especially likes to sleep in the campervan and then go into the cabin to chat with the passengers.

The people on the train come from all over the world and come from all walks of life. They are all talented and well-spoken. Li Aiguo can always feel the strong atmosphere of human fireworks.

"Driver Li, this comrade lost a corn cob." Zhao Yazhi told the story of the cause and effect.

Li Aiguo saw that the old farmer still wore tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. The temples were broken and were glued together with white tape. He looked like an educated man.

He suddenly felt a little strange in his heart.

Li Aiguo comforted the old farmer and suddenly asked:

"Uncle, that corn cob of yours is not for people to eat, nor for feeding animals. Isn't it very special?"

"Yes, yes, little comrade, my corn is a breeding corn. It is a comprehensive variety-double cross that was mixed with 75 single-cross varieties."

The old farmer also recovered at this time, speaking in an orderly manner, "My last name is Wu, I am a professor at the Agricultural College. Our college spent two years improving the existing corn varieties and harvested that corn cob.

In a few days, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences will be established. According to the regulations of our superiors, we need to send the double cross to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for evaluation by experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. If it passes the assessment, it can be promoted nationwide. "

Li Aiguo also heard that the Ministry of Agriculture will soon establish an academy of agricultural sciences to engage in scientific research to coordinate national agricultural scientific research work.

Unexpectedly, I actually met an agricultural scientist.

Now the breeding corn has been stolen! Li Aiguo's expression suddenly became serious.

The onlookers also became restless at this time.

Although they don't know the importance of breeding corn, they do know that the corn is extraordinary and is estimated to be worth twenty kilograms of corn!
But no one sent the corn back.

Li Aiguo glanced at the faces of the passengers and suddenly pulled out his pistol and held it in his hand.

"You also know that that corn is breeding corn, which is related to our country's food security. If any of you dare to eat it, I will find it even if you open your stomach."

When they heard that it was related to food security, the passengers took a breath and took a step back.

The chandelier on the top of the carriage buzzed twice, the atmosphere was instantly depressed, and everyone was breathless.

Crash, the sound of bullets being loaded echoed in everyone's ears.

Finally, a young man standing in the corner raised his hand.

"Comrade, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I didn't realize what kind of breeding corn it was." The young man said with a sad face: "I saw that the corn was big and round, and I didn't have breakfast, so I took it away."

The old farmer expert rushed forward like a fierce tiger, grabbed the young man's neck with one hand, and was about to dig into his mouth with his big black hand.

"Ah, if you eat it, spit it out."

This was the first time Li Aiguo saw an honest man get angry.

"No, no, uncle, I haven't had time to eat it yet!" The young man was frightened and quickly took out a piece of corn from the canvas bag.

The old farmer expert saw the corn, grabbed it, observed it carefully for a moment, and hugged it tightly in his arms.

Li Aiguo took back his gun and asked Zhao Yazhi to bring the old farmer expert to the camper to prevent the corn from being lost again.

As for the young man, although he almost caused a disaster, he was not essentially a bad person.

The reason why he stole the corn was because he was hungry, so he was taken back by the police and educated.

After getting off the car, the old farmer expert expressed his gratitude to Li Aiguo again and again.

"Driver Li, my surname is Wu. This is my home address. Come to my place to play when you have time. There are enough corn tubes."

".goodbye."

Looking at Li Aiguo's back, Professor Wu hugged the linen bag tightly in his arms, feeling full of joy in his heart.

These corns are more important than anyone imagined.

In order to make this corn cob, countless people have spent many years of hard work.

At the very beginning, due to the rejection of the Morgan School of Genetics and the Michurin School, the national hybrid corn breeding work was almost at a standstill.

Professor Wu and others can only continue to work on inbred line selection and hybrid breeding under the cover of teaching corn cultivation.

After several years of hard work, we finally developed a double-cross variety that can increase yield by 30% to 50% compared to ordinary varieties.

It seems that it can be planted on a large scale across the country, but now it is almost being eaten as an ordinary corn cob!
Thanks to this little driver named Li.

If he hadn't made a decisive decision and pulled out his pistol, the guy would definitely not have come forward.

Li Aiguo did not expect that an unintentional move would save a corn variety that would be famous for future generations.

As a train driver, he still drives a large train on the dark railway tracks every day.

On this day, as soon as Li Aiguo drove the train back to the locomotive depot, he received a notice from the director of the education office that a reporter was coming to interview him.

In the conference room of the education room, Li Aiguo suddenly became happy when he saw the reporter.

This person is reporter Zhao Ning.

Zhao Ning did not come alone today. There were three older reporters beside her.

They all wore gray tunic suits with badges on their chests, making the already depressing conference room look even more serious.

Zhao Ning caught Li Aiguo's gaze and winked at him.
Li Aiguo has not yet established a deep enough tacit understanding with Zhao Ning, and he cannot understand what Zhao Ning means.

But he knew that this woman was unfathomable, fierce and not easy to mess with.

She did not move or talk randomly, which shows that these middle-aged female reporters have extraordinary status.

In an unknown environment, the best thing to do is to do nothing.

Li Aiguo sat upright in his chair and remained silent.

The female reporters seemed to be very satisfied with Li Aiguo's performance. Chief Editor Zhou took the initiative to introduce: "Comrade Aiguo, we are reporters from the daily newspaper. My surname is Zhou. You can call me Deputy Editor Zhou. This time we came to the machine maintenance department." Duan, I’m going to conduct an exclusive interview with you, so you don’t have to be so nervous.”

No wonder Zhao Ning, the deputy editor-in-chief and deputy department leader of the daily, dared not say anything.

Li Aiguo has experience in dealing with it.

He behaved as Editor-in-Chief Zhou expected, a standard worker, honest, dull, taciturn, and even a little stubborn.

During the interview, Li Aiguo was particularly determined to correct Deputy Editor Zhou's remarks on several occasions.

So much so that Zhao Ning clenched his little hands nervously, worried about this rude worker.

But found out.

Deputy Editor Zhou, who dared to scold local officials mercilessly and loudly, had a very good attitude towards Li Aiguo.

"Little comrade, don't panic. Speak slowly and don't be nervous."

"If you want to smoke, I have cigarettes here."

"Oh, it's not easy for you workers and masters."

If Editor Zhou is now Li Aiguo's biological aunt, Zhao Ning would also believe it.

She couldn't understand how this rough guy, who was a train driver and only had a technical secondary school education, could win the favor of someone like Deputy Editor Zhou.

Well, he's so cunning! Very slippery!

"Comrade Patriot, how did you invent instant noodles?"

Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and said loudly in front of Editor Zhou: "Aunt Zhou, you also know that our train drivers often don't have hot meals when driving long distances. There are also some trains that don't have dining cars. Passengers We had to eat cold steamed buns during the journey.

The prodigal woman in my family especially likes to eat steamed buns.

Once, when I saw her frying steamed buns, as a worker in the locomotive depot, I suddenly wondered if the noodles could be stored for a long time after deep-frying and could be used as a staple food!

That way workers and passengers on the train won’t have to go hungry. "

The tip of the pen trembled a little. Editor Zhou looked a little moved and nodded seriously: "You invented instant noodles based on fried dumplings. Sure enough, miracles are created by the people. This sentence has profound truth."

"Come from work, go to work, patriotic comrade, you have practiced this principle with your own experience."

The reporters nodded frequently and did not have any doubts about Li Aiguo's statement.

At this time in Japan.

A down-and-out middle-aged man was reading ancient books from the mainland at home. When he saw the records about Yi Mian, his eyes lit up.

"Yi noodles. Noodles that can be eaten with boiling water. If you steal it, can you make a lot of money? But you have to think of a good reason."

There was a trace of greed in the eyes of the down-and-out man, and he turned to look at his wife who was frying tempura.

Ah, the down-and-out man sneezed and felt a little cold.

On the other side, in the large conference room of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

The interview was coming to an end, and Deputy Director Zhou nodded in admiration.

"Driver Li, you have used your own personal experience to practice the greatness of labor. Instant noodles are the food of working people and will definitely be loved by the people in the future."

Such a high rating!

Zhao Ning looked at Li Aiguo in surprise.

Deputy Director Zhou's position determines that her attitude is not just her own attitude, but represents...
Zhao Ning is the specialist in the interview team who is responsible for sorting out the materials. In fact, he does not take instant noodles seriously.

In her opinion, instant noodles are just easy to carry and taste average. Being on the front page is already considered an exception.

I didn't expect it to be connected with labor.
Zhao Ning looked at Li Aiguo and suddenly felt that his figure was much taller.

Compared with those big boys, this young man is more capable and promising.

There were a few of them at first, but they were all delayed by their own boring self-esteem.

Zhao Ning felt that if he had taken the initiative, the little tailor would not have had anything to worry about.

Pity.
"Do you have anything to add about the invention of instant noodles and patriotism?" Deputy Editor Zhou asked cordially as the interview came to an end.

Li Aiguo continued: "In the process of inventing instant noodles, we had Section Chief Xing of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot, several deputy section leaders, Master Cao of the crew group, Liu Qingquan, and Director Zhang of the Maintenance Workshop of the Locomotive Depot."

After naming a dozen names in a row, Li Aiguo tilted his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Comrade Zhou Ke from the Qianmen Locomotive Depot Police Station also provided indispensable help."

Looking at the dozen names recorded by Zhao Ning, the reporters fell silent. Editor Zhou raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo: "I can understand Aiguo, but Zhou Ke is a railway police comrade. What help did he provide?"

"Zhou Ke is responsible for tasting." Li Aiguo said confidently.

Pfft, as soon as these words came out, the reporters couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Ning's heart was in her throat. She was afraid that Li Aiguo would anger Editor Zhou.

Editor-in-Chief Zhou was not angry, but smiled warmly: "If you don't forget your roots and don't take credit for your pride, patriotic comrade, you are a real worker."

"Can we write these names?"

Li Aiguo decided to wait for the report to be released before blackmailing Zhou Ke into giving him two pounds of white rabbit.

"I'm afraid that's not possible." Editor Zhou lowered his voice and winked: "Comrade Patriot, this report on you will be placed on the front page, and it will also be published in the overseas edition."

Halfway through Editor Zhou's words, Li Aiguo couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Director She, who accompanied Li Aiguo, almost jumped up from his stool.

The front page of the daily newspaper! ! !
Director She had no words to describe it in his mind.

Because the front-page article was beyond her imagination.

After sending off Deputy Editor Zhou and his team, Director She has not yet woken up from the shock.

When she saw Li Aiguo standing up and going to the bathroom to take a shower, she asked curiously: "Driver Li, aren't you nervous?"

"Nervous? What are you nervous about! I'm just a worker. Even if I say something wrong, the leaders won't mind, right?" Li Aiguo blinked.

Director She suddenly understood. This boy acted so rudely, and it seemed that he had been prepared for it.

(Note: the Academy of Agricultural Sciences was established on March 1957, 3)
(End of this chapter)