Back to the teenage years

Chapter 536 Choice
The sun shines obliquely on the mountain tops, and the chilly spring day awakens.

Running in the chill of the spring breeze.

Zhang Yunqi sat in the car, looking at the setting sun. Green dots had already appeared on the vast fields. The severe cold of winter was slowly fading away, and the signs of spring were becoming stronger and stronger.

He was in a pretty good mood.

Now that Yang Jiarong is in charge, the lotus shrimp project in Qiaokou Town will no longer face any obstacles. Even Qiao Zhiwu, the local tyrant of Lijin, will have to lie down like a dog.

Of course, these days Zhang Yunqi has been thinking about the large-scale project of Lijin Qingwu Pedestrian Street. The owners of this project, Liu Mingde, and Lu Yuanzhou of Xiongsen Group, are in a partnership, and there is a usury relationship between Liu Mingde and Qiao Zhiwu. Among these complicated relationships, he realized that Qiao Zhiwu would be of use sooner or later, and it's time to throw in a few dates after beating him enough.

In the field of lotus shrimp farming, the breeding cycle of a batch of shrimp fry is 70 days. Although the construction of the processing plant and the breeding base takes time, fortunately it is still early spring and there is relatively ample time, so it is completely possible to launch it on the market this summer. On the other hand, the projects operated by Liansheng Group in Jiangchuan over the years have cultivated rich breeding experience and talent reserves. Therefore, although Dafeng Agriculture is only a newly established subsidiary of Liansheng Group, the breeding, processing and management can be quickly replicated in a systematic manner. However, the operation end facing the consumer market still has a lot of work to do this summer.

Zhang Yunqi still wanted to let Zhang Yunfeng do this.

As for the current smooth progress of the Aihua Electronics project, Liu Jinshi went to Jiangchuan to meet him this time. There is no doubt that his purpose was the same, which was to find out why Zhang Yunqi had the courage to ask for a monthly supply of 10 sets of second-generation movements. Because this is related to the core market trend in the business field.

As the general manager of Philips' component production and sales in China, Liu Jinshi's job is to study the market development prospects. Aiwa Electronics, a start-up, has made so many big moves in just half a year, and has also brought in two large state-owned platforms at the provincial and municipal levels in southern Hunan. Its capital is strong, its steps are extremely fast, and its production capacity is rising rapidly. It has suddenly become a powerful disruptor in the domestic VCD player industry. As a supplier of core components for the upstream of video player production, it is difficult for Liu Jinshi not to pay attention to these. He is eager to find a more certain answer from Zhang Yunqi's extreme optimism and enthusiasm about the prospects of the Chinese video player market, and thus firmly determined to invest heavily in Shanghai to continue to expand Philips' Chinese component production base! Occupy more domestic markets, because Philips is not without competitors in the field of movement. Although Sony lags behind Philips in the development of the second-generation movement, it is also eager to catch up.

However, from Zhang Yunqi's perspective, he did not want Philips' production capacity to increase too fast and too sharply, so he was naturally not interested in communicating with Liu Jinshi about the market trend of DVD players. He only needed Philips to provide a stable supply of second-generation movement according to the agreement. Because once Liu Jinshi firmly believed in the market, and even expected that the production capacity of DVD players would surge in 1996, Liu Jinshi could either make the most of the rare goods or expand production capacity crazily to affect Aiwa Electronics' first-mover advantage in the market!

Both of these are very unfavorable to Aiwa Electronics. Therefore, his meeting with Liu Jinshi tomorrow is crucial, and it may even change the development of the Chinese DVD player market in the past life.

Zhang Yunqi was thinking about this, and looked at the time. It was only seven o'clock in the evening. Liu Jinshi should still be on his way back to Jiangchuan City. Liu Ming and Liu Dongsheng would receive him at that time, so he would not attend tonight. The current situation is not the same as when Aihua Electronics was just established last year. There is no need to show too much importance to let Liu Jinshi take it.

At this time, the cell phone rang.

Zhang Yunqi took it out and saw that the call was from Ma Shi.

Ma Shi brought him an unusual news on the phone. Lu Yuanzhou, vice president of Xiongsen Group and general manager of Jinzhao Industry, has been very close to a man named Xie Yun recently.

Every failure makes one wiser. Ever since the incident with Gao Shan, Zhang Yunqi has been very wary of his potential opponents. Proper security and surveillance are a must, because the opponent may not do the same to him.

In fact, people like Lu Yuanzhou meet a lot of people every day, and not every one of them is worthy of Ma Shi making a special phone call to tell Zhang Yunqi, but this Xie Yun is very unusual. Zhang Yunqi also knows him. He is the deputy director of the Provincial Health Department and also serves as the chairman of Xiangtai Pharmaceutical. He is in his forties, which can be said to be young and in a high position. He is also a doctoral supervisor, a typical expert and scholar in the medical field. A few years ago, he personally led a team to develop a kidney medicine and reported it as a national project. After the research and development was successful, the clinical effect was also quite good. With this trump card, Xie Yun successfully promoted Xiangtai Pharmaceutical to go public. At that time, this was a great achievement for the Provincial Health Department. However, after a few years, Xiangtai Pharmaceutical and Huiren Shenbao were no match for each other. As a state-owned enterprise, their marketing was terrible, and their stocks kept falling. Xiangtai Pharmaceutical became a mess in just a few years.

Of course, his main job is deputy director after all. Apart from being cursed by small shareholders at the annual shareholders' meeting, the company's poor management is not a big problem and will not affect his bright future.

As for why Ma Shi told Zhang Yunqi about this, it was not because of these, but because he felt that to his boss Zhang Yunqi, Xie Yun might have a more sensitive identity, Li Yufei's uncle.

After hearing all this, Zhang Yunqi naturally thought that Lu Yuanzhou contacted Xie Yun for Li Yufei. When it comes to women, the starting point is inevitably the matter in the crotch. But he thought about it and suddenly said, "Director Qian of the Provincial Health Department seems to be 60 years old this year?"

Ma Shi on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied, "I'll find out about this tomorrow."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said yes.

Ma Shi added, "By the way, Boss, Director Xie is in Jiangchuan recently, conducting a new year's schistosomiasis research."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Got it."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunqi thought for a moment, then turned to Xiao Wu who was driving and asked, "I remember you are from Guiping County, right?"

Xiao Wu nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Yunqi lit a cigarette and asked, "Is the schistosomiasis situation serious in your area?"

Xiao Wu didn't understand why Zhang Yunqi asked this question. In his opinion, schistosomiasis and his boss had nothing to do with each other. He said, "Last year, there was a big flood in our area. Snails were everywhere in the fields near the lake. Those ordinary people were really miserable."

Zhang Yun became interested: "How tragic is it?"

Xiao Wu was not a talkative person, but he thought that since Zhang Yunqi cared about this matter, it would be good to talk about it. After all, a word from his boss could often change the lives of many poor people: "Over here, basically every village has more than ten or twenty people with this disease, and there are children as well. Most of them are skinny, but have a big belly with bulging veins and a protruding belly button." When Xiao Wu said this, Zhang Yunqi couldn't help but think of the appearance of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings".

Xiao Wu added, "People who get this disease are farmers. They can't afford medicine, so they have to work in the fields. If they don't work, they won't have food to eat. Some can't stand the pain, so they buy praziquantel, which is a deworming drug that is very harmful to the liver. They have to take tadalafil, but who can afford it? For poor people, every day they live is a gamble."

After a pause, Xiao Wu continued, "In fact, you should also understand these things, Boss. We went to Dongting at the end of last year. There are many cases of this disease there. There are also many cases in your hometown Fengyang. However, Guiping cannot compare with the current Fengyang. Fengyang County has a large enterprise like Liansheng Group to support it, and Yunxi Village is well-known throughout the country as a typical village for getting rich through reform and opening up. Therefore, the county is still very concerned about optimizing the business environment, which has also driven the development of many township enterprises. In addition, Fengyang County is a major tobacco and coal mining county, so the taxation and finances in Fengyang County are still good. At least the finance can allocate some money for farmers to buy some medicine. As for the ordinary people in Guiping, they are really waiting to die while digging in the soil."

Zhang Yunqi smiled silently and said nothing more.

He rolled down the car window and threw the cigarette butt out. A cold wind blew outside the window. In the dark sky, there were finally a few stars twinkling.

The night is already very deep.

It was almost 11 o'clock in the evening when the Mercedes arrived at Shuixie Yundu.

Zhang Yunqi got off the car, Xiao Wu drove back to Yunbo Hotel and would come to pick him up tomorrow morning.

Zhang Yunqi arrived at the door and knocked. It was Chunlan who opened the door. She was quite surprised to see Zhang Yunqi and kept saying, "Second brother, why are you back?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Do you believe me when I say I'm here to see you?"

Chunlan rolled her eyes: "I'm not Sister Ji Ling or Sister Chu Jian."

Zhang Yunqi coughed twice. This girl was very good at choking people with her words: "Why are you still awake so late?"

Chunlan's expression suddenly became a little dull, and she said, "I'm still reading. I have a lot of homework in the third year of high school."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and walked into the living room with Chunlan: "Are mom and dad asleep?"

Chunlan nodded and said, "Are you hungry? Do you want me to give you a bowl of noodles?"

Zhang Yunqi shook his head and said, "I've eaten. You should go to bed early. I'll take a shower and go to bed. I have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

As he said that, Zhang Yunqi turned around and went upstairs to get his pajamas from his room. At this moment, he suddenly heard Chunlan behind him say, "By the way, second brother, I have something I want to ask you."

Zhang Yunqi stopped.

Chunlan was a girl with a strong personality and was particularly independent. She didn't ask him about trivial matters and ignored him. So she turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Chunlan asked, "What do you think of Harbin Institute of Technology?"

Zhang Yunqi then remembered that his sister would soon face the college entrance examination, and his own high school life was still vivid in his mind. He pulled a chair and sat down and said, "Not bad, are you going to apply to this school?"

Chunlan nodded, and then said hesitantly, "But my parents don't seem to understand. They really want me to get into Tsinghua University because they think it's a prestigious university and will give them face."

Zhang Yunqi was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's okay. I'll talk to my parents about which university to apply for. Don't be influenced by the outside world. Just follow your own ideas."

Chunlan was stunned: "Then, you don't want to ask me why I want to apply to Harbin Institute of Technology?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "How should I put it? This should be a multiple-choice question, a relatively important multiple-choice question in life, so most parents want to make this multiple-choice question for their children, because they think their experience can help their children make good choices. But in fact, everyone is living their lives for the first time, so whose choice is the standard answer? Try your best, live your life seriously and responsibly, and that's good enough. Chunlan, you have already done this. For the rest, just choose according to your true thoughts."

Chunlan was stunned and said nothing.

Zhang Yunqi stood up from his chair and said, "There's only one thing I want to tell you. Your parents don't want you to get into Tsinghua University just to save face. Go to bed early."

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(End of this chapter)