Reborn in the red age

When I parked the car and walked into Donglaishun, Zheng Xiangqian and Zhang Dayong had already arrived and were greeting each other at the door.

When Zheng Xiangqian saw the two men coming with their wives to the banquet, he took two quick steps and hurriedly greeted the two female comrades: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for more than ten years. You haven't changed much, especially my sister-in-law, who is still so beautiful now."

Before coming here, I had heard that Zheng Xiangqian had changed a lot over the years, but Hu Jiabao didn't expect it to be so big. If he didn't know who the person in front of him was, Hu Jiabao really wouldn't have recognized him.

"It's ok for you to say this to Jiabao alone, but I'm almost an old woman."

"Sister-in-law, you are joking. I am almost 40 years old this year. How can I compare with when I was 20 years old?"

"Hey, sister-in-law, you are wrong. How many people can be as beautiful as my sister-in-law? You are already one of the best-maintained people among us ordinary people."

"You are worthy of being a talented person in the Chinese department. After so many years, you are still so eloquent," Lao Hao's wife joked with a smile.

After a brief greeting at the door, the group chatted and laughed as they walked towards the private room that had been booked in advance.

Li Qingfeng, who was leaning back, chatted with Zhang Dayong, whom he hadn't seen for a long time: "Dayong, why didn't you bring your sister-in-law with you?"

"My eldest son will take the college entrance examination next year, and my second son will take the high school entrance examination next year. After delivering lunch to the eldest son at school in the evening, she has to come back to watch the second son study. She really can't leave," Zhang Dayong explained.

"How are your children's grades? Is there any hope that they can get into college?"

"It would be a blessing to be admitted to a junior college"

"Come on, you are such a high-ranking deputy director. You can't even say you can get into Peking University or Tsinghua University, but if you want to be admitted to a regular undergraduate college, isn't it easy?"

Zhang Dayong smiled helplessly: "Deputy director is nothing. You don't know how low your position is until you go to the capital. People say that a brick can hit a large number of directors. I am only half a level higher than a director. Do you think I am still an official?"

Li Qingfeng curled his lips and just listened to what he said. There were many cadres in the capital, but it also depended on where they were from.

Zhang Dayong is the deputy director in the financial budget, a real powerful unit. He holds the education funding budget of colleges and universities. Except for a few individual colleges and universities, the rest have to give some face.

It is said that the first three classes of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination reaped the benefits of the college entrance examination.

An ordinary person with no background can climb to a department-level leadership position within a dozen years after graduation.

It is a foregone conclusion that he will be transferred in the next few years. If he is lucky, he can move up one step. If he can be transferred to a lower province or city, he will definitely be a local official.

For ordinary college students in the following three classes, the retirement age of deputy department head is the ceiling, and they may not even be able to become deputy department head.

After the 1990s, there was a high probability that one could retire as a deputy director, but after the year 2000, one was dismissed as a deputy chief clerk.

When old classmates meet, they naturally have endless things to talk about. They clink glasses and talk endlessly about the past and the present. They didn't eat much mutton, and the two bottles of Maotai they brought were already empty.

As they chatted, they talked about Zheng Xiangqian, asking him about his situation over the years and how he ended up in the sea business.

"Don't mention it. My boss had a problem with me and often made things difficult for me. I sat on the bench for several years and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I just went into business in 89."

"I used to work with color TVs and sell clothes. I made some money from health products two years ago. But after the turtle essence incident at the beginning of the year, the health product industry plummeted."

"It just so happened that my classmate's business was doing well and he wanted to open a big shopping mall, but he was short of money. I investigated and thought that the shopping mall business could be done, so I closed the factory and came to the capital to open a shopping mall with him."

After listening to Zheng Xiangqian's story, Li Qingfeng and his wife looked at each other in bewilderment. Well, by reporting this bastard, they unexpectedly bankrupted their old classmate's business.

Li Qingfeng touched his nose awkwardly, raised his glass and changed the subject dryly: "Xiang Qian, let me toast you a glass, and wish your business in this mall will be booming."

The meal lasted from about six in the afternoon until nine in the evening.

Zheng Xiangqian paid for the meal, but Li Qingfeng and the others didn't care. It was just a meal and nothing to them.

"Xiang Qian, you've drunk quite a bit. Why don't you leave the car here and call a taxi to go back?" Li Qingfeng looked at the drunk Zheng Xiang Qian and asked worriedly.

Zheng Xiangqian said with a big tongue: "No, no, this is just a small event, I can drive it home by myself."

"Come on, no one would dare to let you drive if you're like this. Although drunk driving is not illegal, don't take your life lightly."

Li Qingfeng frowned and asked Lao Hao to support him while he went to the roadside to call a taxi.

There were still a lot of taxis in 1994, especially in front of the hotel, where there were several minibuses parked.

Seeing the van carrying Zheng Xiangqian away, Li Qingfeng and the other two sighed.

Holding a cigarette in his mouth, Lao Hao said with emotion: "I didn't expect that Lao Zheng's life has been so difficult these years, and he has encountered such a leader."

"How good are the leaders you met? They still push you out to take the blame."

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"What? Xiang Qian didn't tell the truth, and you two were deceived by him," Zhang Dayong blew out a smoke ring and said in a low voice.

It sounds like there is some inside information, and Zhang Dayong knows about it.

Not only Li Qingfeng and Hao Aiguo, but also two female comrades, Hu Jiabao, came over, wanting to hear what was going on.

Facing the gazes of the four people, Zhang Dayong pointed at Lao Hao and said with a smile: "This guy is similar to you. His reputation in the company was ruined, so he had to resign and go into business."

"Same as me?" Old Hao pointed at himself and asked doubtfully, "What did he do to offend others?"

Zhang Dayong did not answer directly, but asked mysteriously: "Do you know some of the unspoken rules in the system?"

"Who among the four of us has ever been involved in the officialdom? I am the only one who managed to get a position as a section chief in school. I have never been involved in the officialdom. Who knows the ins and outs of it?"

"That's right, if you have something to say, just say it. I'm waiting to listen."

Under the urging of the four people, Zhang Dayong threw away his cigarette butt and spoke slowly: "In the system, corruption and depravity refer to having improper relationships with less than three people of the opposite sex, decadent life refers to having improper relationships with more than three people of the opposite sex, and serious moral corruption refers to not only having improper relationships, but also causing adverse effects."

"You mean Zheng Xiangqian committed one of these three crimes?" Li Qingfeng touched his chin and asked tentatively.

"Serious moral corruption" Zhang Dayong nodded: "I received your call and called my friends in Hunan Province to ask and found out"

"Xiang Qian used to work at the provincial party committee. He had an improper relationship with a female subordinate. When the woman's husband found out, he reported it to the company. Xiang Qian was given a warning. Then, like Lao Hao, he couldn't stand the criticism from his colleagues, so he resigned."

After hearing the details of what happened, Qingfeng Li and Hao Aiguo looked at each other in bewilderment. Well, it turns out that this kid's old problem has come back again.

After a long while, Hao Aiguo said indignantly: "Xiang Qian is a bad guy. He has ruined his career."

Li Qingfeng had a different view on Hao Aiguo's words. The reason why Zheng Xiangqian's career was ruined had nothing to do with this. It was mainly because Zheng Xiangqian still had some dignity.

If someone else comes here who is shameless, let alone a warning, what will happen even if it is a severe warning? It is nothing more than not being promoted for a few years.

As long as I still have the power and my position is not revoked, I will stay here and play with my female subordinates openly and do whatever I want.

Wait until the disciplinary period is over, then use your connections to get a promotion and a raise.

On the way back, Hu Jiabao, who was driving, kept cursing Zheng Xiangqian, a Chen Shimei, and warned Li Qingfeng not to contact Zheng Xiangqian again in the future to avoid being influenced by him.

Naturally, Li Qingfeng would not stubbornly oppose Hu Jiabao on such a matter. Like a praying mantis, he nodded repeatedly to express his agreement, and together with Hu Jiabao, he indignantly condemned Zheng Xiangqian.

After returning home, Hu Jiabao began to urge Li Qingfeng to take a shower and re-designated the weekly grain payment date.

The grain payment, which was originally twice a week, was increased by one day, making it three times a week.

After the incident, Li Qingfeng lay on the bed with no desire to live, not even thinking about having a cigarette.
The next day, when work started as usual, Li Qingfeng called Ding Guangqing over and told him to purchase all the company's computers from now on from being MSI computers.

"Microstar?" Ding Guangqing recalled the name of this brand of computer in his mind. After a long while, he asked in confusion, "I've never heard of it. Where is this machine from? Is it imported from abroad?"

"I've never heard of any foreign or domestic computer brands. It's normal. They've only been established for a few months and the brand hasn't become popular yet."

"Microstar" computers were created by Hao Aiguo after he made money from trading in computers. He then rented a small factory and started his own computer assembling business.

Stimulated by Li Qingfeng, the domestic computer industry has been a major foreign exchange earner in the early days of reform and opening up, and has received strong support from the country in its development.

At present, except for CPU, things like hard disk and memory can be produced in China.

It’s just that the products produced are not as advanced as those imported from abroad, but they are cheaper and more cost-effective.

At this time, a large number of computer companies emerged in China, all of which were engaged in the business of assembling computers, and Hao Aiguo also followed this path.

Yesterday at the dinner table, when they were chatting about their recent lives, Li Qingfeng learned that Hao Aiguo had founded a computer company.

As an old classmate, Qingfeng Li naturally had to take care of his business.

When Ding Guangqing heard that it was a new brand, he immediately understood the situation, nodded with a smile, and said that he would immediately instruct the purchasing department to replace all the computers to be purchased with "MSI" brand.

He also said that he could notify Huaxin upstairs and ask them to replace their office computers with MSI computers.

Li Qingfeng looked at Ding Guangqing with appreciation. He liked subordinates who could draw inferences from one example.

Before Ding Guangqing left, Li Qingfeng casually asked, "What brands of domestic computers are there in the domestic market now?"

"There are so many that I can't even count them all. The ones that can be named include Great Wall, Founder, Zhengda, Inspur, Tongfang, Donghai, and the recently popular Lianxiang. I can't even count them all."

"Wait, who are you talking about?" It was fine at first, but when he heard Lian Xiang, Li Qingfeng suddenly raised his head.

Ding Guangqing was startled. He didn't understand why Li Qingfeng was so crazy. After a moment of silence, he tentatively asked, "Um, do you want to ask Lian Xiang?"

"Yes, what's going on with Lian Xiang? Didn't they get the LAN of Sijiu City through the Academy of Sciences and install it?"

“I’m not sure about this.”

"Check it out and tell me the details"

"Ok"

Two hours later, Ding Guangqing walked in hurriedly with a document.

After Li Qingfeng finished reading the collected information, he fell into silence.

Lian Xiang is really an indestructible cockroach. After going around in circles, he ended up in the computer industry just like in his previous life.

It turned out that after the international Internet was connected to the country, Telecom realized the future prospects of the Internet and snatched away the local area network business that the Academy of Sciences wanted to obtain for Lian.

Lian Xiang, who had been living a comfortable life by collecting internet fees, suddenly had his source of income cut off.

With no other choice, he had to look for another way out. After wandering around in the market, he finally entered the seemingly high-tech computer assembly industry and started selling assembled computers.

Just one month after entering the Internet, he assembled his first machine. Relying on the relationships he had accumulated, he won procurement orders from telecommunications and municipal governments, and quickly became well-known in the capital's market.

Looking at Li Qingfeng who was lost in thought, Ding Guangqing asked carefully: "Teacher Li, do you have any instructions?"

"Oh, no, no, go ahead and do your work."

After Li Qingfeng reacted, he waved his hand, indicating that Ding Guangqing could go to work, without any intention of targeting Lian Xiang.

Lianxiang is still a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Academy of Sciences. Liu Aiguo still works for Lianxiang but does not own any shares in the company.

It's okay to trip up Lian Xiang in private, but targeting Lian Xiang for no reason will easily offend the Academy of Sciences, so the only thing to do is wait for him to make a mistake.

Ding Guangqing, who came out of Li Qingfeng's office, did not rush back to work, but carefully recalled Li Qingfeng's performance in the office just now.

"Looking at Teacher Li's expression just now, it's clear that Teacher Li wanted to deal with Lian Xiang, so why didn't he give any instructions?"

Ding Guangqing touched his chin and muttered to himself softly as he returned to the office.

While Ding Guangqing was thinking, his secretary came over hurriedly:

"Boss Ding, the purchasing department has found the manufacturer of the MSI brand. It's a small factory in Zhongguancun. Should I send someone to purchase it now?"

"Yeah, sure, go ahead."

“Okay, I’ll talk to them now.”

As soon as the secretary turned around, Ding Guangqing reacted and quickly stopped the secretary who was about to leave.

"Boss Ding, what can I do for you?"

Facing the secretary's puzzled gaze, Ding Guangqing said meaningfully:

"Don't worry about purchasing in advance. I plan to hold a bidding meeting and invite all computer manufacturers to participate. Our company will purchase computers from whoever wins the bid." (End of this chapter)