The train driver in the courtyard

"Opening a comic book store? What kind of big business is that?"

"If it were up to me, Hextech should spend a large sum of money to acquire several film companies in Hong Kong."

Bai Jiayi originally thought that his friend had obtained investment from Hextech Technologies and had created Red Star Entertainment, so he should roll up his sleeves and get to work, but when he heard this, he immediately lost interest.

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said, "My friend said that no matter what business you start, you have to start small. Otherwise, even if you set up the stall, you won't be able to keep it."

Ruan Qingqing nodded in agreement: "That's true. I heard from my brother that the bosses of several major families in Hong Kong City all came from poor backgrounds. The Li family was a live-in son-in-law, the Luo family started out as clerks in a foreign company, and the Zhou family sold sugar water."

She paused and looked at Lou Xiao'e: "I'm quite interested in comics. How about I help you? I'm very cheap."

Bai Jiayi felt strange. Ruan Qingqing seemed quite interested in swords, guns, sticks and clubs. So why did she like reading books?

"Sure, the bookstore needs a lot of people." Lou Xiao'e was also worried about how to carry out the huge plan in a short period of time.

Bai Jiayi hesitated for a moment as she drove the car: "The three of us are good sisters. The two of you are both doing comics. It would be boring if I was the only one left. Count me in."

"Jiayi, aren't you going home to inherit the factory?" Lou Xiao'e asked.

“The factory is so boring.”

Lou Xiao'e knew that even though Bai Jiayi said it was boring, she was probably worried about having a conflict with her brothers.

Bai Jiayi smiled and said, "I can also invest money in you. How about 100,000 yuan? This is what I saved."

"That's not necessary. We have enough money now to open a comic book store."

Lou Xiao'e pretended not to care and declined casually.

The car started moving, and the strong wind blowing in from the window messed up her hair. Lou Xiao'e knew that her peaceful days were about to end.

Hong Kong City, in a teahouse in Kowloon Tsai, Sham Shui Po District.

Scarface suddenly pushed open the door of a private room on the second floor.

Inside the box, seven or eight big men from Heshenghe all looked at him in surprise.

"Brother Kun, our brothers have been taken care of."

Scarface is considered a tough guy. He actually endured the gunshot wound without bandaging it and now exposed his wound to several big guys.

Several big guys were a little unhappy at first, but when they saw this situation, they all had strange expressions on their faces.

"Ah Kun, this is your little brother Scar, right? He was beaten up by someone, and you, as the boss, don't you want to stand up and say something?"

The younger brother can prove his loyalty by giving him a private report.

But doing it in front of so many people would embarrass his brother Kun.

What? You can’t even protect your younger brothers in the gang?

At this moment, Blackfoot Kun wished he could kick Scarface up to the moon.

"Scar, who did this?"

"I don't know them. You asked me to collect the money from the two brothers of the Lou family." Scar briefly explained the situation.

"That old man was so cruel. He didn't ask any questions and just shot me."

"Knowing that I am your brother Kun's subordinate, he also made big promises and asked us to focus on dealing with Xin Yian."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the box suddenly became serious.

Today, the big guys from Heshenghe gathered here to discuss how to deal with Xinyi'an, but now it has been discovered by outsiders.

"I understand. Scar, you go back first and get bandaged from Uncle Liu." Brother Kun received the signal from Big Boss Yuan and quickly waved his hand to drive Scar out.

No matter who the other party is, you should not alert the big guys in the gang before figuring out his identity.

After the door of the box was closed again, Brother Kun served tea to the big guys and said with a wry smile: "I am ignorant, please don't mind. Let's think about how to deal with Xin Yian."

A pale-faced scholar took the tea, took a sip, and said calmly, "Fight!"

Although he looked a little delicate, no one present dared to look down on him, simply because he was the big boss.

The predecessor of Heshenghe was called Hehetu, a workers' self-help gang.

There is no strict gang rules system, nor is there any distinction between high and low positions. The main purpose is to help migrant workers.

Heshenghe is just a branch of Hehetu.

After the general strike, the unemployed people helped the gangs to expand, and Wo Shing Wo took this opportunity to expand rapidly. It eventually broke away from Wo Hop Tu and became a society in Hong Kong City.

The organizational structure of Heshenghe is very similar to that of Hehetu. The top leader is the chairman, and the shoulders of the big guys below are the same height.

Whoever is stronger has the loudest voice.

All together, Big Boss Cheng's subordinates number nearly 10,000 people, making him the second most powerful person in Wo Shing Wo after the boss.

"Okay, big boss. We want to fight too, but they are Xin Yi An. They were sent from the island, and their subordinates are all former defeated soldiers."

"They can't beat the mainland, so why can't they beat us?"

The one who said this was Big Boss Yuan, Heijiao Kun's boss, and the only one among Heshenghe who could arm wrestle with Big Boss Cheng.

This statement immediately received responses from some bigwigs.

The yellow-haired guys under He Shenghe are just thugs, while the other side is a trained soldier. The two sides are not of the same weight.

In particular, the founder of Xinyi'an is Major General Xiang from the Statistics Bureau, and he has received strong support from the island.

"Since the establishment of Heshenghe, we have never been afraid of anyone. We have to fight even if we can't win!"

Big boss Cheng insisted on his own opinion, and Big boss Yuan and some other big bosses had the idea of ​​retreating, so the two sides parted ways unhappily.

After the meeting, the boss went to Uncle Liu to find Heijiao Kun and asked for details.

"Old man? I've never seen this guy before, but he's not wrong. We need to keep a low profile for the time being and put the Lou family's affairs aside for now."

"Hey, I'll listen to you, boss." Hei Jiaokun suddenly remembered something: "Boss, I just got the news that Xin Yi'an has robbed a street in Sham Shui Po. Most of the shops on that street are comic book stores, and they can collect a lot of protection fees every year."

"Forget it, let's give way for now and I'll decide later if I can think of a solution."

At this time, the boss was thinking about how to establish a relationship with Xin Yian, so naturally he didn't want to confront Xin Yian.

"Okay, boss."

Blackfoot Kun was dissatisfied with Big Brother Yuan's behavior, but he had no choice but to lift up his clothes and admire the crooked wound bandaged.

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Beijing.

After Li Aiguo contacted Lou Xiaoe, he reached an agreement with the Ministry of Railways and Shanghai Art Film Studio on behalf of Red Star Entertainment.

The three parties jointly invested in "Kung Fu Panda". Red Star Entertainment owns the overseas copyright of "Kung Fu Panda" and the first phase of investment was 100,000 yuan.

These days, the production cost of an animated film is only tens of thousands of yuan, so one hundred thousand yuan is considered a large sum of money.

Deputy Director Liu shook Li Aiguo's hand tightly and said, "Thank you for your contribution to the domestic animation industry."

"You're welcome. We are mutually beneficial."

Li Aiguo said a few humble words, invited the two of them to Donglaishun for a hotpot in the evening, and then rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.

Tomorrow is the day we go to Jinling, so today we naturally have to cooperate with Miss Chen to complete the great task of having a baby.

When they got home, the two children were sent to the tailor shop. On the table were two dishes: scrambled eggs with leeks and pork kidney stewed with red dates and peanuts, and a jar of Linggui Zhanshi wine.

Huo, the preparations have been made.

After dinner, we drank some wine.

When he opened the door to the inner room, he saw Miss Chen, who had already taken a shower and was lying on the bed, staring at him with a very seductive look in her eyes.

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The night was quiet.

The night is lively.

Early the next morning, Li Aiguo first came to the armed department of Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

Zhou Ke has changed into a brand new Zhongshan suit and a duck-spoon hat on his head. Even in the hottest weather, he also has a scarf around his neck, not afraid of getting prickly heat.

"How's it going, patriot brother?"

"Not very good. You can tell at a glance that he is a comrade from a special department."

These words obviously dampened the enthusiasm of Zhou Ke, a part-time security driver.

Because trench diggers involve military projects.

The transportation of trench diggers to Nanjing is of extraordinary significance.

The Qianmen Locomotive Depot also wanted to have its name on the project, so it was proposed that people from the Qianmen Locomotive Depot accompany Li Aiguo to Jinling.

But there are only three vacancies. In addition to Engineer Liu from the maintenance workshop, we also need someone who can stand up at the critical moment, and this person must have a particularly good relationship with Li Aiguo in order to carry out the work better.

Therefore, Zhou Ke, who was on duty at the subway construction site, was transferred back.

This made Zhou Ke very excited.

Jinling!
Minister Niu walked in at this time and was also shocked by Zhou Ke's outfit.

"This is nonsense, change it quickly!"

There was no other choice but Zhou Ke could only change the outfit he had spent an entire night tinkering with into a set of half-new work clothes.

He changed his big leather shoes into yellow clay shoes and smeared some engine oil on his face, looking like a little worker.

"That's good enough. Come on, check the weapons and let's go!"

More than ten minutes later, Engineer Chen also arrived. Li Aiguo took the two of them out of the Armed Forces Department and happened to meet Huang Shuxian who was delivering promotional materials to the passenger workshop.

When Huang Shuxian saw the three people, she immediately knew that they were going on a long journey. However, she could only pretend that she knew nothing and smiled at them.

"Zhou Ke, come home early. I'll make fried tofu for you in the evening."

"Wait until I come back."

Zhou Ke also pretended to know nothing. He nodded at Huang Shuxian, turned around and followed Li Aiguo.

Mr. Chen whispered, "Today is my wife's birthday."

Neither Li Aiguo nor Zhou Ke responded.

In this fiery era, it would be too hypocritical to say that you regret missing your wife and children's birthdays because of work.

The three of them rode their bicycles straight to the Beijing Railway Station.

Heavy equipment such as trench diggers can only be transported by train, and in those days there was only one express train, No. 122, from the capital to Nanjing.

The ticket price is not cheap either, full ticket is 19.9, half ticket is 9.9, and children's ticket is 5 yuan.

But this time, Li Aiguo didn't have to spend money to buy a ticket like before.

When we arrived at the station, a trailer car was already attached to the back of the train.

The trench digger on the carriage was covered tightly with tarpaulin, and there were several fully armed soldiers next to it.

Li Aiguo, Staff Officer Xiao and other escort personnel were arranged in the carriage at the rear of the train. When the passengers saw the appearance of these people, they knew that they were escorting important equipment.

A child broke free from his mother's hands, ran to Li Aiguo and asked, "Uncle, what are you escorting?"

"It's a weapon to fight the enemy." Li Aiguo said as he took out two pieces of White Rabbit candy from his pocket and stuffed them into the child's hand. The child didn't dare to take it, so he turned his head to look at his mother, and when she nodded, he took the candy, said thank you politely, and returned to his seat.

Staff Officer Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, "You like children very much."

"Why are we working so hard? It's just for these little guys." Li Aiguo said as he closed his eyes slightly.

It takes about thirty hours to get from the capital to Nanjing. Once you get there, you will be busy again and you must take the opportunity to recuperate.

With Staff Officer Xiao in charge of escort and fully armed soldiers, the journey was safe and sound.

Two days later, the train arrived in Jinling, but did not go into the city. Instead, it stopped at a small station in the suburbs.

"This thing is too big. It will inevitably cause trouble if it enters the city. Let's transport it to Jinling 219 Factory first."

"Factory 219 is a factory that specializes in manufacturing military machinery and equipment, and has an engineering company stationed there."

Li Aiguo understood the plan of the Jinling Military Region.

It is impossible for a large piece of equipment like a trench digger to be operated by one person.

Every time a plane is deployed, at least a complete team is required, including a pilot, co-pilot, maintenance team, and even a guard team.

This engineering company should be a team specially formed by the Jinling Military Region for trench diggers.

When the child saw Li Aiguo was about to get off the bus, he broke free from his mother's arms, took out a five-pointed star made of paper from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Uncle, this is for you."

"Thank you."

Li Aiguo rubbed the child's forehead, straightened his collar, and strode off the train with Staff Officer Xiao.

At this time, Captain Chen Lei of the Engineering Company and Chief Xu Hong of the Technical Department of Factory 219 were already waiting in the small station.

When they saw the trench digger, they were all amazed.

"No wonder the commander transferred our company here. If we don't have enough people, we really can't handle this thing."

"This is a large machine. Has the technology in Beijing developed to this level?"

After the train left, Li Aiguo asked the workers at the small station to build a slope for getting off the train and directed Zhou Ke to drive the trench excavator down.

The trench excavator left the path and, escorted by several trucks, moved forward and finally arrived at Factory 219.

Factory 219 is a small state-owned factory, but its importance is not inferior at all.

It is the only professional engineering equipment factory in the country, responsible for providing special equipment to engineers across the country.

The famous Type 50 engineer shovel was copied from the Russian military shovel by Factory 219.

It is not shameful to imitate military equipment. The Russian military shovel was imitated from Sandezi's.

As long as you can imitate it well and make it amazing, the original product will have no place to go.

In addition to engineering shovels, Factory 219 is also responsible for manufacturing simple bridge components, engineer-specific explosive packs, detonators, simple fuses and timing devices.

"Let me put it this way, Factory 219 will produce whatever the engineers need." On the bumpy truck, Technical Section Chief Xu Hong proudly introduced the situation of Factory 219.

Isn’t this almost the same as the nature of a studio, Li Aiguo thought to himself.

Staff Officer Xiao nodded: "Considering the special nature of Factory 219, the training of the engineering company this time has also been handed over to Factory 219."

If trench excavators are to be equipped on a large scale, a training base will be needed. It seems that Jinling is preparing to hand over the future training tasks to Factory 219.

The technical staff of Factory 219 has close ties with the Jinling Military Region and has been engaged in the research and production of engineering equipment for many years. It is indeed a suitable place.

The only regret is that this place is too close to Jinling City, and many technicians and employees in the factory live in the city on weekdays.

Staff Officer Xiao saw Li Aiguo's concerns and explained, "When Factory 219 was first established, it was considered that the development of equipment required technical support. If the factory was built in a remote place, it would inevitably affect the research progress."

"But don't worry, the security of Factory 219 is in the charge of Section Chief He. He has been a security guard for many years and has never had any problems."

The truck drove forward and entered Factory 219.

After getting off the car, Li Aiguo met Chief He of the Security Department of Factory 219. He was probably in his thirties, spoke authentic Jinling dialect, and was very capable in his speech and behavior.

After Staff Officer Xiao introduced Li Aiguo's identity, he told Section Chief He: "Old He, the trench digger is our latest weapon, so we must keep it confidential."

"Don't worry, there is absolutely no Dieter in our 219 factory."

Section Chief He is indeed qualified to make the guarantee.

Since its establishment, there has never been a leak in Factory 219.

Both internal employees and technicians have gone through layers of review, making it unlikely for problems to occur.

The arrival of the trench digger also alarmed the entire Factory 219.

In the evening, the leaders of Factory 219 held a simple welcoming banquet for Li Aiguo and others.

The leader will come to visit tomorrow, so each of them should have two cups of sweet potato wine, and that’s it.

After drinking a glass, Li Aiguo brought a glass of wine to Liu Hong from the Technical Department and said with a smile: "Chief Liu, I will have to take care of this trench excavator in the future."

Section Chief Liu was somewhat flattered and stood up quickly: "Advisor Li, judging from what you said, we are just taking advantage of you. Come, I'll do it, you can do whatever you want."

He picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp.

Li Aiguo also took a sip and took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over: "Lao Liu, I heard that your wife works at the Institute of Geology?"

"Not really. The Institute of Geology is full of great professors and researchers. My wife is just a logistical staff member." Section Chief Liu couldn't drink much. His face turned red after just two drinks.

"But that has nothing to do with my wife. She just stopped working."

Hearing this, Li Aiguo knew he had found the right person, and asked casually, "What on earth is going on that could cause such panic?"

"Well, this is really unfortunate. Even Director Zhao is involved."

"What happened to Director Zhao?"

".So you don't know anything!" Chief Liu suddenly came to his senses and his face suddenly changed: "Advisor Li, how could you set a trap for me?"

This is too much vigilance. Li Aiguo was about to explain when Staff Officer Xiao came over and nodded at Section Chief Liu: "Old Liu, this matter has nothing to do with you, you can go back first."

"Okay, okay." Section Chief Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned around and left in a flash.

No matter what happened, it was a fight between gods, and he, a small section chief, had no way of getting involved.

Li Aiguo drank the wine in one gulp and said with a smile: "Old Xiao, are you finally going to speak?"

Staff Officer Xiao looked at Li Aiguo with a helpless look on his face: "Can I not speak up? Am I just going to let you ask around? If you get caught, I'll be implicated in the investigation."

This story starts with Li Aiguo's plan to do weather forecasting.

I learned from Liu Qingsong that two climate-related research institutes in Jinling have recently stopped releasing weather information.

Li Aiguo was worried that something might happen, so he went back to the weather station and retrieved data from the two research institutes.

The result was nothing.

Jinling did not report the relevant situation to the weather station.

Generally speaking, there are two possible reasons for this situation.

First, the two research institutes suspended the provision of weather information at the request of local departments and were not subject to the constraints of the weather stations.

Second, what happened in the two weather stations was too big, and the local authorities needed to investigate some clues before reporting to the Beijing Meteorological Station.

Whatever the reason, it is related to Jinling.

So, Li Aiguo found Staff Officer Xiao, hoping that he could help him find out about the situation of these two research institutes.

As a result, Staff Officer Xiao stated bluntly that nothing had happened without even making a phone call.

He deceives people without any concealment.

Li Aiguo could not bring Staff Officer Xiao to the weather station for interrogation, so he could only bury these doubts in his heart.

"I have consulted the chief this afternoon, and now things over there have become clearer, so I can reveal some of it to the public. Come with me."

After saying that, Staff Officer Xiao turned around and strode out of the room.

Li Aiguo was about to follow, and Zhou Ke put down his glass and wanted to follow too, but Li Aiguo stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Li Aiguo followed Staff Officer Xiao all the way to the equipment testing site of Factory 219, which was a barren slope, and standing on the slope one could overlook the surroundings.

Staff Officer Xiao looked around and saw that there were no outsiders. Then he lit a cigarette and said calmly, "This matter is related to Team 581."

Hearing this, Li Aiguo knew that something big must have happened.

In 1957, Russia launched the world's first artificial satellite, which shocked the world.

The country has also focused its attention on artificial satellites.

The following year, it was announced: "We're going to make a few satellites, too!"

Under the initiative and promotion of Zhao Jiuzhang and others, the higher authorities quickly established the "581" group to be responsible for satellite development.

Mr. Qian is the team leader, Zhao Jiuzhang is the deputy team leader, and Zhao Jiuzhang is mainly responsible for the technical aspects.

Zhao Jiuzhang then led a high-altitude atmospheric physics delegation to Russia for an investigation. Although he received a warm reception on the surface, he gained nothing.

After returning, Zhao Jiuzhang wrote: "Xiaomei and Russia have launched so many satellites, but the important information must be kept confidential and will not be told to us. We must have our own satellites and our own detection methods. Only by mastering first-hand materials can we reach the forefront of space science."

In this way, the Jinling Institute of Geophysics became the base of the "518" group.

Hearing this, Li Aiguo frowned: "Could it be that the Geophysical Research Institute leaked the information?"

"The main problem was that something went wrong at the observatory, and the Institute of Geophysics was implicated."

It was obvious that Staff Officer Xiao had received instructions from the leader, so he told the whole story without hiding anything.

Since its establishment, Group 518 has received special attention from Jinling because it is involved in satellite research, and its confidentiality work has been carried out very rigorously and solidly.

The observatory was also pulled into the 518 group because of its scope of work.

At this critical juncture, the observatory lost a large amount of top-secret astronomical data, which was related to the satellite launch.

Due to the close relationship between the Observatory and the Institute of Geophysics, there is frequent work exchanges between them.

In addition, Professor Huang, the person primarily responsible for the lost data, and Director Zhao Jiuzhang are old friends for many years, and the Institute of Geophysics was also implicated.

"There are many suspicious points at the moment, and some people may be involved. The whole thing has been kept confidential for the time being."

"The investigation team has already started the investigation, and it will probably be clear in no time."

"Don't worry, we can always find out."

At night, the ground is pitch black and the sky is full of stars.

Li Aiguo returned to his residence, opened the window and stared at the moon in the sky for a long time.

"Brother Patriot, what are you looking at?"

"Zhou Ke, do you think we can see the Russian satellite?"

"." Zhou Ke was silent for a moment, then said, "Compared to this matter, I am more concerned about the work that the chief will visit tomorrow. No, I have to call Lao Chen to check the excavator again. If there is a problem with the excavator tomorrow, it will be too embarrassing in front of the chief."

(End of this chapter)