That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 619: Begging for Alms (Taking Leave for One Update)
"Mr. Liu, due to time constraints today, we will hang up first. We will look for your and other compatriots' relatives as soon as possible. Please wait for our news."

"Thank you, thank you. I know the situation is difficult now. I just hope that if my mother is still alive, you must tell her that Xiao Sanzi is still alive."

"Okay Mr. Liu, goodbye. Please take care of yourself and wait for the day when we can be reunited."

Pan Xiaoying finished her words patiently before gently hanging up the phone.

At this moment, her forehead and palms were covered in sweat, as if she had just fought a fierce battle.

"Pah pah pah pah~"

In the conference room, which had been silent just a moment ago, there was now dense and intense applause.

The two bigwigs took the lead in applauding, congratulating the successful completion of this transatlantic call and the breakthrough in cross-strait relations.

Li Ye also applauded, feeling deeply moved.

In a few decades when "everyone on earth knows how to prevent fraud", if you receive a call from an overseas stranger and do not hang up within three seconds, the risk of being defrauded will increase by 200%.

But today in 1985, a randomly dialed transatlantic call actually made the person who answered the phone believe it so much that he talked for half an hour before reluctantly hanging up.

The reason is that those people who fled from the mainland to the other side of the strait are still alive.

After reporting his mother's name and address, Liu Xunzhang also reported the hometown addresses of several compatriots and asked Pan Xiaoying to help him find out some news.

These people's longing and concern for their hometown cannot be compared with those who lived decades later.

As long as these people are not all dead, it will not be the turn of those jumping clowns to perform on stage.

But...it didn't take long.

The Taiwanese compatriot named "Liu Xunzhang" was only 25 when he crossed the sea. He is now 61 years old. The other few people who arrived on the other side with him and are still alive are over 70 years old.

I wonder if these people would be so angry that they would jump out of their coffins if they knew the chaos that would happen decades later.

After the applause, several bigwigs gave speeches, highly praising the telecommunications staff on the scene and were particularly generous in praising Pan Xiaoying.

But Pan Xiaoying's performance surprised Li Ye very much.

She did not take credit for herself, but said modestly: "In fact, I was inspired by several people in the cultural field to come up with this plan."

"This is Mr. Pei Wencong, the head of Hong Kong Island Talang Literary Publishing House. He has been committed to the "Millions of Miles to Find Relatives" activity since five years ago.
We have successfully helped hundreds of overseas Chinese contact their families, and this time we provided financial and technical support."

"This is Li Ye, who also has a pen name called Seven-inch Blade. When he attended a film festival in Tokyo, he learned about the distress and homesickness of his compatriots who were also attending the festival."

Pan Xiaoying actually showed up Pei Wencong and Li Ye, and then the boss shook hands warmly with the two of them.

Seeing that several reporters nearby had already found the angle and started taking pictures, even though Li Ye had the blessing of the rebirth bug, his heartbeat could not help but quicken. As for Pei Wencong, he was even more excited.

"This is what I should do. It's what I should do for the reunion of our motherland."

"Although we are family, we still want to thank Mr. Pei for his generosity."

The boss gave Li Ye some gentle encouragement and glanced at him before leaving.

Maybe he felt that although Li Ye was young, he was different from others!

After the boss left, the scene suddenly became lively.

Pei Wencong excitedly said to Li Ye: "I thought I just did a small thing, but now I feel it is very meaningful."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Do you think that some things are more interesting than making money?"

"It's meaningful, not interesting. How can you call a family reunion an 'interesting' event?"

Pei Wencong rarely argued with Li Ye and corrected Li Ye's "language error."

Li Ye nodded and said, "Yes, you are right. If you want to do more meaningful things, you can contact the Guangxi Film Studio and help them release their film "Blood Battle of Taierzhuang" in Hong Kong Island as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll contact them as soon as possible. Leave it to me. Now they all have to give me some face."

Pei Wencong agreed without even thinking about it, which made Li Ye very pleased.

Pei Wencong used to be not enthusiastic about the issue of "reunion", but with his in-depth contact with the mainland, he has gradually been influenced to become a staunch "reunion faction".

"What are you guys talking about so animatedly?"

Pei Wencong was chatting with Li Ye in a low voice when Master Ni came over, accompanied by a middle-aged man in military uniform. Master Ni came here to provide technical support today, and he was busy for most of the day before he spoke his first words to Li Ye.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Mr. Ni, you are asking even though you already know the answer. What else can we talk about now? Let's talk about the same thing as everyone else! This is..."

Since Master Ni brought this middle-aged man here, he must want to introduce them to each other, but Pei Wencong has never come into contact with active-duty soldiers from the mainland, so he can't help but feel a little nervous.

And looking at the soldier's shoulder straps, it's only 23 cents, so his rank is not low.

So Li Ye asked this question first. After all, in the minds of overseas people, mainlanders and mainland soldiers are not the same kind of people.

If everyone opens their hearts and speaks frankly, won't everything become clear?

"This is Lao Bu, Bu Qingjun, a friend of my friend. He happened to go to the 506 factory to learn about some technical issues these days, so he came to visit."

"Oh, Colonel Bu, hello, hello."

Pei Wencong smiled and shook hands with the other party, then began to exchange pleasantries.

But Li Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.

Even without checking the biological hard drive, Li Ye knew who this 23 cents person was.

His name may not be as well-known as Mr. Ni, but his contribution is not small at all, because he is one of the founders of the research and development of the Beidou satellite navigation system project in mainland China, and he is definitely a great figure.

In 1983, Korean Air Flight 007 took off from New York and mysteriously wandered off into the skies over Soviet Russia.

It was dark and the Soviet army fired warning shots, but the passenger plane did not notice and was shot down by a missile when it was about to leave Soviet airspace.

When the news came out, the world was shocked. The shadow of the Cold War was looming. The United States and the Soviet Union suppressed their anger and waited for the results of the black box investigation.

The results showed that the plane entered the airspace due to a geomagnetic navigation failure. In the same year, US President Reagan decided to open the GPS system under construction to global civilian use.

For the first time, ordinary people can clearly know where they are on the planet. This year, the Chinese person in charge was able to attend the US GPS seminar, and this person in charge was none other than Mr. Bu.

The 506 Factory, where Master Ni had just been transferred, had been doing research in the field of radio, so it made sense for Lao Bu to go there to learn about technical issues.

"Mr. Bu, what exactly is the communications research project you mentioned? If I don't know anything about it, it would be difficult for me to invest in you, because a non-feasible project cannot pass the board of directors."

"It's mainly about wireless communication research. I heard from Lao Ni that you guys are going to develop mobile phones in the future, right? Then we can share some of the research results."

"This"

As Pei Wencong exchanged pleasantries with the other party, Li Ye couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and a little sad.

Because the purpose of Lao Bu's visit today was actually to beg for alms.

However, Pei Wencong refused because the other party revealed too little.

Of course, whether from a business perspective or an analysis of current social trends, Pei Wencong's decision is correct.

There shouldn't be too many people begging for alms under various pretexts and then squandering the money privately.

Li Ye interrupted the conversation and said with a smile: "It's hard to explain the technical matters, so let's talk about something else first!"

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Master Ni and Lao Bu both looked at Li Ye helplessly. It was already difficult to talk about the situation, and now you interrupted. Is there still anything to talk about?
However, Li Ye immediately added: "In fact, from my understanding of mainland research institutions, there is no shortage of talent and confidence, but some other conditions are really poor, such as the income of scientific researchers is too low and they cannot afford housing, etc."

"Mr. Pei, can you donate a few scientific research dormitory buildings to improve the lives of scientific researchers?"

The expressions of Master Ni and Lao Bu changed and became strange.

If we are begging, then you are robbing money, right?
But Li Ye knew that a few years later, when the Beidou project was finally approved, Lao Bu went to Harbin Institute of Technology to recruit doctoral students. As a result, one sentence from them made him extremely embarrassed.

"How much salary can you give me? Can you provide me with housing?"

It’s OK that the salary is not high, but how can we live without housing? How can we get married?

A hen needs a nest to lay eggs!

A project of Beidou's level requires an astronomical amount of money, and the bulk of it will certainly be driven by the state, but Li Ye can still afford to build a nest.

(End of this chapter)