The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 630 Big Gift

Zhao Guoping bowed to express his gratitude to his colleagues in the audience.

Everyone gave warm applause to Zhao Guoping. Many people were familiar with Zhao Guoping. When Zhao Guoping was about to leave, they all gave him applause from the bottom of their hearts.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhao Guoping will leave Panshan Group immediately. He still has to hand over his work.

But everyone knows that Zhao Guoping's departure is a foregone conclusion.

Many people couldn't help but show reluctance and nostalgia.

Everyone left the auditorium and headed to the cafeteria.

At this time, the cafeteria was specially arranged on the top floor because Liu Tao had arranged it in advance.

The tables were filled with food, including both mountain and river delicacies, which was much richer than usual.

There were drinks on the table.

This is a farewell banquet, specially held for Zhao Guoping.

Zhao Guoping was also the protagonist of the banquet, and many people came to toast him.

Zhao Guoping drank uncontrollably, which was a rare occurrence. In less than half an hour, he was drunk.

Zhao Guoping's guards escorted Zhao Guoping away.

In addition to Zhao Guoping getting drunk, Li Fuguo also kept drinking and got himself drunk.

From the very beginning, the two worked together to build a combined battalion, fight in the southern battlefield, and then expand the combined battalion into a combined brigade. Step by step, the two established a deep friendship.

But now, Zhao Guoping is leaving, and the two can no longer be partners. Li Fuguo is in a bad mood and feels uncomfortable.

Although there is a ten-year age difference between the two, they work very well together.

The next day, Zhao Guoping came to Liu Tao's house early in the morning to find Liu Tao.

Liu Tao hesitated for a moment, but still told Zhao Guoping where he was going next.

Zhao Guoping’s next stop will be Ludao, Fujian Province, where he will serve as the leader of Ludao City.

Logically speaking, with Zhao Guoping's current level, he could have served as the leader of Fujian Province. However, Zhao Guoping had no experience in local governance and was too young, so he went to Ludao and started from there.

Of course, Zhao Guoping will concurrently serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, deputy director of the Jinling Military Region National Defense Mobilization Committee, director of the Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee, and first political commissar of the Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division.

While performing his local duties, Zhao Guoping will study in the on-the-job graduate class of Marxist theory and ideological and political education at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tsinghua University.

"In addition, the country will build the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway and establish the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway Command. You will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway Command." Liu Tao introduced the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway project to Zhao Guoping.

Then, Liu Tao said, "You go find Comrade Li Weimin. By then, Huaxia Bus Group and Huaxia Car Group will build a production base in Ludao, with an annual output of 10,000 buses and 200,000 cars."

Zhao Guoping was touched when he heard this, "Thank you, Director!"

He knew that this was a gift from Liu Tao to give him more power when he took up his new post in Fujian Province.

After the reform and opening up, the country focused on economic development. Whoever can develop the economy well and is good at developing the economy will be more likely to be promoted.

For someone like him, with the gift Liu Tao gave him, once he arrived in Fujian Province, his words had different weight and he immediately opened up the situation.

It can be said that this gift will be huge.

There is also the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway Project, which is funded by Panshan Group. His role as the general commander of the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway Project means that he will occupy a dominant position in the exchanges with various provinces and cities along the subway line.

This will quickly help him accumulate a huge network of contacts.

"Feng Defeng will take over the position of general manager of China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation. You should handle the handover with him properly during this period. After the New Year, he will go to Fujian Province to take up his new position!" Liu Tao reminded.

Chatted a lot with Zhao Guoping.

Ludao is very special. It is the only special economic zone in Fujian Province, a separately planned city, and a sub-provincial city. Rongcheng, the capital of Fujian Province, is not a sub-provincial city but a prefecture-level city.

Ludao will be the core of an important small triangle in Fujian Province, the first front line of work on the treasure island, and also the middle connecting Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province.

There are many things Zhao Guoping can do after he goes to Ludao. The sooner he can achieve results and achieve outstanding results, the better it will be for Zhao Guoping.

New Year's Eve evening.

Liu Tao's private plane arrived at the Beijing airport.

In addition to Liu Tao and Liu Honglei's family, Zhao Guoping's family also returned to Beijing with Liu Tao this time.

Zhao Guoping also returned to Beijing with his wife and children.

Liu Tao said goodbye to Zhao Guoping at the airport and then returned to the courtyard.

When Liu Tao and Liu Honglei's family arrived at the Siheyuan, the New Year's Eve dinner had already been prepared.

The TV has been tuned to CCTV1. Eating New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve every year has become a custom for the Chinese people.

This year's Spring Festival Gala was jointly organized by the three major television stations across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and brought together stars from across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

When the Spring Festival Gala ended, it ended with the song "Unforgettable Tonight".

For the Chinese people, this is the Chinese New Year.

The old year has passed and the new year has officially arrived.

Many people insisted on staying up all night, while Liu Tao and others were chatting.

Some children could no longer support themselves and fell asleep on their chairs without realizing it, and the adults carried them to bed.

The next morning, everyone was sleeping, and when they woke up they just ate something hot.

Liu Tao slept until noon and after waking up he had already started preparing gifts for Liu Honglei and asked Liu Honglei and the others to take them to the Magic City.

After all, the two of them are used to being frugal and reluctant to spend money.

After sending them to the airport, Liu Tao returned.

After returning, Zhu Lin was already preparing things for the trip back to her mother's home the next day.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, those who can go back to their parents' home will choose to do so on this day.

Early the next morning, Liu Tao and his friends drove an SUV with a packed trunk. Four children were squeezed in the back seat, one more than the normal size, and left the courtyard.

Soon they arrived at Zhu Lin's parents' home.

It is still an old dormitory. Even though they could buy commercial housing, the two old people did not do so and still live here.

The children called out "Grandma" and "Grandpa", which made them extremely happy.

Liu Tao looked at the TV and saw the morning news being reported.

The news being reported at this time was Bush's television speech.

Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh slightly as he watched Bush indignantly impose a series of punishment measures on Toshiba, including a huge fine and a claim of $1000 billion from Japan, on the news.

It is correct to focus on economic development, but national defense construction cannot be left behind.

Otherwise, the achievements of economic development will easily attract the covetousness of jackals, tigers and leopards. Without national defense construction, jackals, tigers and leopards will pounce on us.

If national defense construction keeps up, it will be like a very deterrent hunting rifle, and anyone who dares to mess around will be shot to death.

This is what the great man said, when friends come, we have good wine; when jackals come, we have shotguns.

Faced with the complex international situation, this sentence is still relevant today.

Because the world today is still a world where the strong prey on the weak and the law of the jungle prevails. It is no different from the times of World War I and World War II.

If it weren't for the huge deterrent weapon, the mushroom bomb, S3 would have started long ago!

(End of this chapter)