1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 521: Subtle Opportunity

"The years have passed, and I want to talk about how confused I was back then;"

"It's hard to choose between truth and illusion..."

"We have experienced joy and sorrow, separation and reunion; why are we so persistent?"

Listening to the ending song that was so familiar that it almost gave her calluses, Miss Mu felt that she still couldn't understand why this TV series called "Desire" was so popular, and she was completely unable to understand the various behaviors of the heroine in the play.

A female worker adopts a little girl before getting married?

For the sake of this girl, she endured all the rumors, even had conflicts with her husband, and finally got divorced?
For the sake of this girl, she even ignored her own son and left him to be taken care of by her ex-husband and his first love?

Isn't this too contrary to common sense, logic and human nature?
The most important thing is...why did you adopt in the first place?

I don't know why she thinks she can support herself?
Why does it sound so unreliable for an unmarried woman with no parenting experience to take care of a child?

Also, according to the era background in the TV series, household registration was very important, and food was obtained with food coupons. At most, you could just get enough to eat, and it would be a problem to bring adopted children home to eat - it was not the adults who would go without food!!!
So, when the protagonist named Liu Huifang adopted the child, she didn't consider the child's survival at all, right?
In fact, Miss Mu always felt that the child was able to survive because the crew provided meals, not because Comrade Huifang was really capable of raising him!

Also, in that relatively traditional era, conservative Chinese people attached more importance to the reputation of unmarried women. It was hard not to arouse misunderstandings if you adopted a child before marriage and treated him as your own. Neighbors would spit at you for such things, and your fiancé would also be suspicious. The roots of unhappiness were planted in the marriage from the very beginning. After all, the heroine’s divorce from her first husband, Wang Husheng, was entirely her own fault, wasn’t it?
As for the latter, in order to take care of the adopted children, they even neglected their own biological children...

Ok,
This screenwriter must be an alien lurking inside the earth!
Even if I rewatched it twice, I still couldn't understand why this TV series with such terrible logic could be so popular. Miss Mu lay obediently on her man's lap, like a kitten being stroked by its owner, enjoying this rare quiet time.

If it were in the past, I would have been stripped naked and tormented by my man every second, right?

Well, although I have to go back to Tokyo the day after tomorrow and I don’t mind this approach, it is also a very novel experience for the couple to be able to watch TV quietly together like this!
After thinking about it, Miss Mu turned over and lay on her man's legs.

For her, who had been forced by her father to analyze and interpret serious movies for several years, the popular Mary Sue drama currently on TV was simply unbearable to watch.

This time she would go back to Tokyo and would be away for at least three or four months. When she thought about the fact that they wouldn't be able to see each other for such a long time, she wanted to see her man more.

What Zhang Ailing said does make some sense. A woman's XX is a shortcut to the heart. After getting married, Miss Mu's attachment to Yang Mo became even stronger than before.

She carefully looked at her man's face from bottom to top.

In the Qilu region, where there are many handsome men, Yang Mo's appearance can basically only be described as slightly handsome. He has regular features, but it is difficult to give people a stunning look... For Qilu women, Wu Song in the CCTV version of "Water Margin", that is, the captain in "Operation Red Sea", is the first-class masculine and handsome. Yang Mo's appearance is far inferior to them.

However, although he is not stunning, and strictly speaking, he does not have the square face that the people of Qi and Lu appreciate the most, but Yang Mo's facial features are still strong, especially the tall and straight teardrop nose that is very characteristic of Qi and Lu, which adds three points of masculinity to his facial contour, which originally has not very strong lines.

However, although his facial features are not the most stunning, Yang Mo's eyes are very distinctive, making this face more and more attractive the more you look at it... I was gradually attracted by this pair of eyes in the beginning, and finally fell into the clutches of this guy.

Ok……

This is not true. In fact, there is nothing special about Yang Mo's eyes from the appearance. They are neither the provocative phoenix eyes nor the deep-set eyes with a strong three-dimensional sense. They are just the ordinary eye shape of a normal person. There is nothing amazing about them.

But unlike those young people who always have their eyes wide open, with a hint of stupidity in their clarity, this guy's eyelids have been slightly drooping since he first met Yang Mo... This results in Yang Mo always having a hint of mean cynicism when he smiles; and when he doesn't smile, he gives people an inexplicable sense of depth.

This kind of profundity is different from the profundity of scheming and calculation. Instead, it is similar to a kind of free and easy and carefree attitude after experiencing all the vicissitudes of life, as if it is the kind of darkness that belongs only to the years after being precipitated by time... I don't know where this weird feeling comes from at such a young age.

Of course, this was before.

As Yang Mo's status rose, he held more and more power, and shouldered more and more burdens. The indifference in her man's eyes became less and less, and was replaced by a kind of indifference and depth commonly seen in superiors, as if there was an invisible vortex in his eyes, and if she looked at him for a few seconds, she would be sucked in and crushed to pieces.

This bastard, if he tries to pick up girls now, he will definitely succeed in picking up every girl!

Miss Mu thought indignantly.

As a woman, she knew too well how destructive this low-key but oppressive look, which also carries a strong sense of contradiction and story, could be to young girls.

After all, women will unconsciously succumb to the feeling of being conquered deep in their hearts. Besides, Yang Mo is not bad looking and is not very old.

Miss Mu arched her man's belly unhappily, and frowned when she found that Yang Mo did not slap her little butt as usual. Only then did she realize that although his eyes were staring at the TV, his pupils were a little scattered, and he was obviously distracted and thinking about something.

Glancing at Yang Mo's slightly frowned brows which could be easily overlooked without careful observation, Miss Mu couldn't help but feel a deep sense of pity in her heart.

After thinking about it, Muliya grunted and turned over from her man's legs and sat up.

After smoothing her messy hair, Mu Liya picked up the remote control and turned down the TV volume. Then she smiled softly at Yang Mo, who had just woken up from his distracted state, and said, "Do you want me to set up a few new projects in the island country, invest some of the revenue from the overseas brands, and then use the channels of the China-Japan Economic Promotion Association to support you?"

As a wife, she of course knew that her husband recently planned to join hands with the competent authorities of DZ City to enforce pollution control. This involved so many grassroots industrial production units and so many sewage equipment. The funds required were naturally an astronomical figure. It was an extremely headache for Dahua Company, whose budget had been allocated, and for the local private capital pool, which had been withdrawn from most of the urban real estate fund companies at the end of last year.

At this point, her role was revealed.

Benefiting from the economic gap and consumption level gap between China and Japan, although most of these overseas independent brands are still in the market entry and initial development stages, the sales generated may not be a big deal for the island country, which is currently the world's second largest economy. But if these funds flow into the country, even if only part of them, it will be an enormous amount, which is definitely enough for Yang Mo to solve his current financial difficulties.

Of course, this money does not belong to Miss Mu, and there are various regulatory procedures in between, so it is naturally impossible to use it as she pleases.

So Miss Mu’s idea is very simple. Set up a few attractive business projects on the island country, and then persuade those merchants to invest part of their revenue to increase their value, and then she will manage it on behalf of them. Of course, investment definitely has a payback period, and at least two to three years is needed.

As for two or three years later...

Haha, in view of the deteriorating economic environment in the island country, these speculative projects naturally ended in failure - investment, investment, there are gains and losses. Since everyone agreed to it in the first place, you can't put all the blame on Miss Mu.

As for how much loss there is, it depends on how much money Yang Mo and Miss Mu are willing to make up at that time.

Of course, how this money flows into the country is a problem, after all, there is a State Administration of Foreign Exchange in the middle. Fortunately, there is a China-Japan Economic Promotion Council, which set up a few broiler chickens as a springboard to bring the money in in the form of a sandwich. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is not a technically difficult task given China's current regulatory mechanism.

Hearing this, Yang Mo shook his head, and then habitually hugged his wife in his arms: "Don't worry about the money, I have a way to solve it... Even if the private capital pools in Dezhou and Lanling are empty, I still have those white glove franchisees who are quietly working hard. The people behind them are not short of money."

"Besides, the island country is now strangely facing the risk of deflation. This is a great opportunity for Qilu and for us. Instead of transferring the money back to China, you might as well set up several joint-stock companies in the island country that focus on the import and distribution of bulk agricultural products. Take the affordable vegetables and food that are just needed by the people as the entry point, gradually improve your business network, and finally achieve cross-industry substitution in multiple fields including food and daily necessities... This is the truly valuable thing."

Students in later generations who are familiar with the situation of various countries should all know how powerful this kind of consumer goods substitution that will cause serious path dependence is. However, it was only after China joined the WTO that it began to make all-round large-scale substitutions through foreign trade. And it also relied on ultra-low prices at the beginning.
Now that the island country is facing deflation, as long as it relies on various tentacles to control prices and do a good job of publicity in the island country, it is not impossible to achieve substitution in some areas with a price slightly lower than the current commodity cost of the island country, but much higher than the historical export price... This kind of thing, once a good start is made, domestic companies will have an object to learn from and imitate, which can be said to be a great merit (don’t think this is YY, you can learn about history. Since Haier gradually opened up the market in Europe in the form of its own brand, China’s white appliances have changed their previous low-price and low-quality model and entered the mid-range and low-to-mid-end markets one after another, and the effect is not bad. This shows the role that an industry role model that can be learned from can play).

Miss Mu nodded: "I have also noticed this trend. The island country has recently increased its negotiation efforts on primary agricultural products from China, especially from Qilu, and is even willing to reduce the proportion of compensatory exports... This shows that they do need a large amount of low-priced agricultural products to maintain domestic livelihood needs."

"In fact, I have also thought about relying on the China-Japan Economic Promotion Council to organize a few bilateral trade talks in the island country, but this thing requires timing. I am afraid that if I don't do it well the first time, there will be no future, so I have been a little hesitant... But now that I hear what you said, I feel relieved. I will start preparing for this matter after I go there."

Generally speaking, trade between importing and exporting countries requires a balance. After all, the yen you earn in the island country cannot be spent in China, and you have to buy things in the island country. Therefore, based on this simple truth, many times country A imports a large number of handicrafts from country B that seem unnecessary and may even suppress related industries in the country. In fact, the real purpose is to make country B spend the same money to buy its cars.

Therefore, from a macro perspective, in import and export trade, the changes in the compensatory import and export volume and proportion of some industry products can well judge some domestic situations of the two countries;
Especially at this moment, when the consumption power of Chinese residents is not enough to absorb the large-scale imports of automobiles, home appliances and other flagship products from the island countries, the island countries have suddenly increased their negotiation efforts on China's primary agricultural products. This can only mean one thing: the social and economic conditions of the island countries have rapidly deteriorated to the point where a large number of low-priced goods are needed to maintain their people's livelihood... and China is the only trading partner that can supply these goods in full and sufficient quantities.

This sounds strange. After all, China is not the only country in the world that can provide relatively low-priced agricultural products. Both Southeast Asia and South America are currently the world's largest agricultural product export regions. There are many countries that can export low-priced agricultural products.

But in fact, if you know a little about the history of the 1980s and 1990s, you will find this strange.

If America starting to smash the island country's cars was just the beginning, then Britain smashing the island country's televisions meant that almost all regions under the influence of the Anglo-Sarah system in the world had begun to vigorously resist the island country's "economic invasion". Even in Southeast Asia, the island country has become the least popular investment country. Considering the macro-level import and export trade principles mentioned earlier, which agricultural product exporting country do you think would dare to export a large amount of affordable agricultural products to the island country after America demonstrated its alien technology in Desert Storm, and then exchange them for a large number of cars and electrical appliances produced by the island country?

Even if they are willing to change, it will be based on harsh conditions that an island country cannot tolerate.

Therefore, looking at the current situation, in the whole world, there is only one big country, China, which will, under conditions that are not harsh, export large quantities of various low-priced agricultural products and resources to island countries that can almost fully meet their needs... This is also an extremely important reason why China and Japan wanted to establish the China-Japan Free Trade Zone several times in the early 2000s.

Suddenly realizing that the work she was responsible for was not just a money-making project, but could also gradually expand her social influence, Miss Mu was delighted and pecked her man hard on the face: "Don't worry, I will fully cooperate with your greenhouse agricultural planting control plan... After a few years, when I gradually build up the business network in the island country, you can ask Linyi County to plant bean pegs, and they will definitely not dare to plant pumpkins like they did last year!"

Although the rice bag and vegetable basket projects benefit the country and the people, in areas like Qi and Lu where most of the area is plains and close to Japan and South Korea, the most likely problem to occur is... regional overcapacity and imbalance in planting structure regulation.

The tendency to follow the crowd has not only caused many growers in the agricultural province of Qilu to lose all their money because of blindly following the trend in history, but also pushed the prices of various agricultural products to the lowest level one by one in this round of rush...It is already 2014, and the cabbage and radish exported in bulk from Qilu are still only a few cents per pound. Can you believe it?
Therefore, using "soft + hard" means to force various planting areas to exchange information in a timely manner, so that greenhouse vegetables in various places can obey the adjustment of varieties and planting scales, was the key point that Yang Mo repeatedly emphasized in the work discussion meeting with local competent authorities from the very beginning... It's just a pity that history has inertia, and even if Yang Mo repeatedly proposed it, the effect was not good.

Obviously, Miss Mu intends to use the foreign trade market as a whip to help her man prove the correctness of the above view with facts, and to help Yang Mo establish his voice in this area to a certain extent.

Yang Mo smiled when he heard this. After the vegetable basket project is fully launched, the total amount of vegetables produced in Qilu alone will be terrifying.
Even if you come up with some ideas on the island country, what problems can it solve?
But after all, this was the good intention of his wife, so he did not attack Miss Mu.

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Mu Liya was a little disappointed. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Since you are not worried about the funding, then... are you worried that Executive Ye is powerless and can't help in the end?"

Miss Mu naturally learned about Ye Tao's current passive situation from Yang Mo, so she thought that her man was worried that Ye Tao would not be able to do anything.

Unexpectedly, Yang Mo still shook his head: "Xiao Ya, you may not know much about the situation in the administrative system. In fact, for the powerful cadres in that system, as long as they want to manage, there is no situation that they cannot manage things that are related to their scope of authority. Most of the time, it is nothing more than a fear of karma and unwillingness to intervene based on various considerations... Since Old Ye has expressed his willingness to bear this karma in front of me, it is definitely impossible that we cannot coordinate."

After finishing speaking, Yang Mo spread his hands and said, "Of course, the progress of Old Ye's side cannot be very fast. After all, this kind of communication and coordination work among multiple departments is very troublesome. Many things cannot be said directly, and can only be said indirectly... But it doesn't matter. Old Ye's side is Old Ye's side, and my side is my side. Whether it is taking the lead in reorganizing several well-established units to produce sewage treatment equipment, or starting to strengthen these sewage treatment equipment at the grassroots level in rural areas, we just need to follow the established rhythm."

After Yang Mo pointed out the key, Mu Liya nodded in sudden enlightenment, but then she became even more confused: "Then what were you thinking about just now? Why were you so absorbed in thinking?"

Yang Mo really wanted to tell her that he was thinking about the drastic changes in the country in the next few years and the various passive situations he might face, but how could he tell her about this memory from his previous life?

At that moment, he could only smile and said, "By the way, according to reason, you should go back to Tokyo to calm down after the Lantern Festival, but you have been delaying it until now... Why, you still can't let go of your good sister, and want to wait until her problems are resolved before going to Tokyo?"

Hearing her husband change the subject, Mu Liya glared at him in dissatisfaction, and then became a little discouraged: "It's the same with Luo Luo. How long has it been? At the beginning, her uncle was anxious to see you, but now, the Lantern Festival is over, and there is still no movement... What on earth is she thinking!?"

Obviously, Miss Mu delayed her trip for several days mainly because she was worried about her good sister.

Yang Mo pursed his lips in noncommittal: "You can't rush it. It will probably take at least a month for her uncle to come over... Again, if her uncle comes with sincerity, I will naturally not hesitate to give them the greatest sincerity in return; but if he still just wants to find a disposable pole like before, then I'm sorry, I, Yang, am a person who keeps public and private matters separate!"

Mu Liya ignored her man's last words, but looked surprised: "It will take at least another month? Didn't I want to meet you before the New Year? Why did it take so long?"

Yang Mo shrugged. "It's a different time. The desert storm in the Middle East has had a huge impact on all sectors, especially the system where Miss Lin's uncle works. The shock was far greater than other departments. It just so happened that during this period, the organization was intensively discussing and studying the business issues of the troops. The perspective has changed, and all aspects involved have naturally changed... One month is considered fast. Even if you come to visit me after two or three months, I won't be surprised at all."

Miss Mu nodded as if she understood. "I was wondering why Luoluo suddenly asked for leave to go to Qingdao a few days ago. I originally thought she went to force her uncle to come over, but now that you said that... it's possible that her uncle has something to ask her about at any time?"

Yang Mo shrugged, then hugged his wife and said, "Who knows... Anyway, your good sister is a bit weird. Maybe she is bored in Texas and wants to take the opportunity to go to Qingdao to play for a while."

Miss Mu felt a chill on her chest and looked down at her man's dishonest hands. She felt a familiar softness and blushed as she spat, "Bah... You're the weird one!"

(End of this chapter)