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Chapter 1607 Zhou Bingkun’s Contribution
As Zhou Rong's ultimate bootlicker, Cai Xiaoguang naturally knew that Zhou Bingkun had left Jichun, but he did not tell Zhou Rong about it.

Recently, Cai Xiaoguang heard the news of Zhou Bingkun's return from somewhere, but he actually ran to find Zhou Bingkun, took out the admission notice from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, and then explained to Zhou Bingkun that the factory did not approve it, and it was only because there was a problem with his father's regular review that he could not be approved to go to university in Beijing.

Cai Xiaoguang hopes that Zhou Bingkun can go and talk to Hao Dongmei's father, because now Hao Dongmei's father has resumed his position as Jiang Liao No. 2 and can definitely help him solve this huge trouble.

At this moment, Zhou Bingkun looked at Cai Xiaoguang with an embarrassed expression and asked, "Brother Xiaoguang, are you still in touch with my sister? She should be able to come forward."

"I..." The bootlicker Cai Xiaoguang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhou Bingkun then looked at Cai Xiaoguang in front of him and explained, "Brother Xiaoguang, I'm sure you know I haven't been in Jichun for the past two years. To be honest, I don't want to ask about my sister and the others' affairs anymore. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to come forward to find Hao Dongmei for you. Besides, the status gap between our Zhou family and Hao Dongmei's family is too big, so I think it's best if you don't talk to my sister about this."

Hearing Zhou Bingkun's disapproval, Cai Xiaoguang asked incomprehensibly, "Bingkun, am I really going to give up this opportunity to go to college? Do you know how important this opportunity is to me?"

However, Zhou Bingkun suddenly looked at Cai Xiaoguang and asked, "Brother Xiaoguang, do you still remember Qu Xiuzhen from the Songhua River Soy Sauce Factory?"

"I remember! What happened? I even had an arm wrestling match with her because of you." Cai Xiaoguang, who was in a bad mood, asked confusedly.

"Actually, I happened to save Qu Xiuzhen's husband Ma Shouchang. One time, he broke his leg while bathing in the bathhouse, and I personally sent him to the hospital for treatment." Zhou Bingkun then looked at Cai Xiaoguang with a complicated expression and explained.

"Oh? Bingkun, what do you mean?" As expected, Cai Xiaoguang's heart moved and he had a guess with surprise.

Zhou Bingkun, who had seen the world a lot earlier, had matured considerably. Naturally, he noticed the disparity in status between the Zhou family and the Hao family. "Brother Xiaoguang, I'm going to take you to the municipal government's staff quarters to find Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen. If they're willing to help, that would be great. If they refuse, I don't want you to go to Hao Dongmei again. Otherwise, it might put me in a difficult position. The Hao family might think our Zhou family is trying to take over their power."

"Okay! Bingkun, thank you for your help."

"Don't be so polite! Let's go find them now."

"it is good."

Then Zhou Bingkun took Cai Xiaoguang, who was desperate, to the city government staff housing compound. As expected, he easily met Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen again, and naturally explained the specific situation to Ma Shouchang and his wife.

However, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen seemed particularly conflicted. Given their long-standing character, they were unwilling to get involved. After all, this matter involved some abuse of public power for personal gain.

Zhou Bingkun looked at Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen in front of him with some embarrassment, "Uncle Ma, Secretary Qu, I know this matter is a bit embarrassing, but after thinking about it, we have no choice but to come to you."

"Cai Xiaoguang, I remember that it was you who recommended Zhou Bingkun to the soy sauce factory, right?" Qu Xiuzhen turned to look at Cai Xiaoguang and asked.

Cai Xiaoguang explained the situation briefly without hiding anything. "Yes! At the time, I was the head of the publicity department at the Dongfang Heavy Tractor Factory, and my father was also a key figure in the Provincial Commerce Bureau, so I introduced Zhou Bingkun to the Songhuajiang Soy Sauce Factory."

"I remember you wanted to introduce him to the MSG workshop, but I didn't want to encourage any unhealthy trends, so you placed him in the slag discharging workshop."

Cai Xiaoguang could tell that Qu Xiuzhen was trying to reject his request, so he looked at her with a wry smile and said defensively, "Secretary Qu, this is also considered unacceptable, right?"

Ma Shouchang, who was standing by, shook his head and said bitterly, "Cai Xiaoguang, your father's matter is indeed a problem. If we intervene, we will also need to bear certain political responsibilities."

"This..." Cai Xiaoguang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zhou Bingkun also wanted to make one last attempt, "Uncle Ma, Secretary Qu, this..."

At this time, Qu Xiuzhen frowned and looked at Zhou Bingkun and said, "Zhou Bingkun, please stop talking. We can help you, but only this time. It won't happen again."

"I understand! Uncle Ma, Secretary Qu, thank you." Zhou Bingkun nodded bitterly after understanding what Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen meant.

"Secretary Ma, Secretary Qu, I, Cai Xiaoguang, would like to thank you for giving me a new life." However, Cai Xiaoguang had a completely different mentality.

"Cai Xiaoguang, if you really want to thank us, then study hard in college."

"Yes! I will never let you down."

Then Zhou Bingkun left with Cai Xiaoguang with a complicated expression. He naturally understood the implicit meaning of Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen's words, which was simply that they were ending the favor they owed Zhou Bingkun.

However, the ecstatic Cai Xiaoguang didn't care about these things. Instead, he remembered to ask Zhou Bingkun about his recent situation in the past two years, "Bingkun, where have you been hiding these past two years?"

"I went to Hong Kong Island with some friends." Zhou Bingkun responded in a muffled voice with mixed emotions.

"What? Hong Kong Island?" Cai Xiaoguang looked at Zhou Bingkun with wide eyes in surprise.

"Yes! I have already obtained the ID card from Hong Kong Island."

"Bingkun, you can do it! You usually don't make any noise, but this is a big satellite!"

Then Zhou Bingkun looked at Cai Xiaoguang in front of him and gave him a warning. He knew that Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong would never understand him. "Brother Xiaoguang, my brother and sister don't know about this yet, and I don't want them to know either."

"I understand! I will continue to keep the secret for you, but I'm sure this matter won't be concealed for long." Cai Xiaoguang nodded but reminded Suning in a pessimistic tone.

"It doesn't matter! I'll keep it a secret for a while. I don't want to hear their complaints."

"..."

Only then did Cai Xiaoguang notice the changes in Zhou Bingkun and realized that Zhou Bingkun must have experienced a lot in the past two years. It was obvious that he exuded a sense of maturity and stability everywhere.

At this time, Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi had already entered the Peking University campus. In the auditorium, the famous poet Feng Huacheng read Hawking's poems to everyone. Zhou Rong applauded with pride on her face.

Therefore, Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi were enjoying their campus life to the fullest and did not pay any attention to the Zhou family at all. In their eyes, family was just a slogan for them to "shout filial piety."

Zhou Rong suddenly had an idea and looked at her older brother in the back seat and asked, "Brother, are you going back to Jichun this summer?"

"Go back! Dongmei is still studying at Jichun Medical College, and I also want to go back to see our mother." Zhou Bingyi nodded without hesitation.

"Well, I don't know if Bingkun is taking good care of her. Yueyue has been with him for two years."

"Yeah! Time flies so fast. Zhou Cong is already five years old, and Zhou Ming is two years old."

Then Zhou Rong shook her head with disdain, feeling that her brother was still so useless. "Humph! Bingkun has no serious ability, but he's quite good at giving birth."

"..." Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen quickly helped Cai Xiaoguang solve the problem. In the hands of some bigwigs, this kind of thing was not a big deal, and it did not violate national policy. In the original drama, Hao Dongmei's father and mother were extremely pretentious.

Cai Xiaoguang also received the news that he could report to school as soon as possible. The director of the tractor factory tentatively asked about the relationship between Cai Xiaoguang and Ma Shouchang. Cai Xiaoguang hurriedly shook his head to indicate that there was no relationship.

But the factory director still talked about many problems in the factory, hoping to have the opportunity to get some funding approved by the province, but Cai Xiaoguang does not have such ability now.

When Cai Xiaoguang set off to report to the Beijing Broadcasting Academy, Suning and Zhou Bingkun also left Jichun, but they did not take Zheng Juan and the children with them because there was a problem with the factory construction plan in Bao'an Shekou.

It turned out that the Shekou Industrial Park had not yet been officially announced, so Kunlun Group's large-scale construction caused some people's opposition. Suning and Zhou Bingkun hurried back to deal with the matter.

Suning, who had returned to Bao'an, immediately approached the head of China Merchants Group and asked, "Mr. Zhang, why did you suddenly order the factory construction to be stopped?"

"There is a lot of opposition! Our current behavior is like getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later." The person in charge of China Merchants Group explained with a wry smile and shook his head.

"Mr. Zhang, our Kunlun Group has invested a lot in such a large project. Every day of suspension means a day of loss of funds." However, Suning explained that he was unwilling to suspend work.

"There's nothing we can do! We at China Merchants Group can't handle the pressure anymore."

Suning thought about it and finally came up with a new suggestion. After all, it was absolutely impossible to stop production. "Mr. Zhang, what do you think is feasible? We can continue construction of the factory, but not put it into use after it is completed. We can wait until the policy is clearer."

"This..." Mr. Zhang, the head of China Merchants Group, was a little hesitant.

"Mr. Zhang, reform and opening up in our mainland is an inevitable trend. Our Kunlun Group has also placed its bets on Bao'an, so it can be said that there is no turning back for our Kunlun Group."

"Oh! Fine! But we still have to announce to the public that construction has stopped."

"Understood! Thank you for your support, Mr. Zhang."

……

Soon it was the summer vacation of 1977 or 1978, and Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingyi finally thought of going home. It can be said that both brothers and sisters were so selfish.

Zhou Bingkun was currently in Hong Kong Island, so Yu Hong came to the train station to pick up Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng to take them home, and Zhou Bingyi also came back with them.

Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong both looked at Yu Hong dissatisfiedly and asked, "Yu Hong, where is Zhou Bingkun?"

"He... he is not in Jichun." Yu Hong explained with a complicated expression.

"What? What is going on?" However, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong looked at each other and asked again.

"This matter is a bit complicated! We'll discuss it when we get home."

"..."

Hao Dongmei, who was standing by, looked at Zhou Bingyi thoughtfully and said, "Bingyi, let's go back to the photon plate and see what's going on."

"it is good."

Then everyone followed Yu Hong back to the Zhou family in Photon Film with a nervous mood. Naturally, they saw Zhou's mother with her two grandsons, but Zhou Rong pretended to hug Zhou's mother and burst into tears.

It was as if she was the most filial child in the Zhou family, "Wow, Mom, I miss you so much!"

"Zhou Rong, Mom misses you too! We haven't seen each other for almost ten years." Zhou's mother was undoubtedly overjoyed to see her daughter again.

"Not that long! Just a little over nine years."

"Yeah! Time flies so fast."

"Mom, what's going on with Bingkun? Did something happen at home?"

"Hey! Let Yu Hong talk to you guys."

"Brother, sister-in-law, sister, brother-in-law, here's what happened. You asked little Guo Yueyue to bring it here, along with a poem by my brother-in-law. Later, Editor-in-Chief Shao of Golden Land Magazine came asking for the poem. Bingkun, impulsively, gave the poem to Editor-in-Chief Shao. But soon after, we heard that my brother-in-law had been arrested in the capital. Bingkun was worried that he would be caught soon, so he went into hiding."

"What? How could he be so cowardly? He just abandoned his family and ran away like that?"

"Sister, the police came to arrest Bingkun the day after he escaped."

"It's been so long since this happened, and Feng Huacheng, the person in charge, hasn't had any problems. Why hasn't he returned yet?"

"He went to Hong Kong Island with his friends, got a Hong Kong Island ID card, and enrolled at the Island University of Hong Kong."

"What?" Everyone present at this moment widened their eyes in surprise.

Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Rong never dreamed that so many things had happened in the past two years. At the same time, Hao Dongmei became curious about her brother-in-law. She also didn't expect that Zhou Bingkun is now a student at the University of Hong Kong. They feel that their current status as Peking University students is no longer attractive.

"Yu Hong, so what you mean is that Zhou Bingkun doesn't plan to come back in the future?"

"He came back once in the spring, but didn't stay long before returning to Hong Kong Island."

"Where did Zhou Bingkun get the money to go to university? Did he realize how much trouble going to Hong Kong Island alone would bring to his family?"

"This... I don't know the details."

"Mom, you too! You've spoiled Bingkun too much since he was a child. We're a clean working-class family. How could Zhou Bingkun be so selfish as to flee to Hong Kong?"

"..."

At this time, Zhou's mother felt that her daughter Zhou Rong's accusations were particularly harsh, but she did not say anything to Zhou Rong. Sometimes, even she, as a mother, could not be fair.

……

(End of this chapter)