Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 211: Fighting at the Canton Fair
Song Liaosha rolled her eyes. "Brother Chen, stop being so stubborn. Everyone in the factory knows you have stickers all over your face. If you lose, you'll crawl out from under the factory director's crotch by crawling under the table."

As she spoke, Song Liaosha was still wondering:
"Eh? What was the layout of your room back then? How could you drill through the table and in the wrong direction?"

"Get lost!" Chen Luyang couldn't stand it anymore and kicked Song Liaosha on the butt.

"It was our factory director who discovered my playing cards hidden in a book. I told you guys to spread the word!"

"It would be a waste of time if each of you didn't become a reporter for the provincial newspaper!"

As we were chatting, we heard a knock on the door.

Chen Luyang thought it was a worker from the workshop looking for him, so he said, "Come in."

The next moment, three young men wearing coats, hats and carrying large bags broke in.

The person in front had half of a gun barrel sticking out of his back.

Chen Luyang was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back.

There is no such thing as a gun ban these days.

...Could it be that because I stole their order, the rubber factory sent someone to shoot me?!

The air froze for two seconds, and then Song Liaosha's surprised voice came from the office:
"Xiao Zhao? Xiao Li and Xiao Wang?? When did you three get back?!"

Chen Luyang, who thought he was going to be silenced, looked at Song Liaosha in astonishment and asked, "Do you know these three heroes?"

"Why don't I recognize him!" Song Liaosha said happily, "Isn't this the comrade from the Auto Repair Training Club for the Family Members of the Auto Parts Department?"

Seeing that Chen Luyang was still a little confused, Song Liaosha reminded him, "Did you forget? It was you who suggested that they go out and sell and repair the products themselves!"

Hey!
Chen Luyang only then remembered.

At that time, the factory recruited 50 family members of employees to learn car maintenance, and they traveled to various parts of the country with their cars.

"Your journey took quite a long time!"

Chen Luyang quickly invited the three people to sit on the sofa and poured each of them a cup of hot water.
Looking at the gun barrel behind Xiao Zhao, Chen Luyang asked worriedly, "Is it unsafe outside?"

"It's safe! It's quite safe!" Xiao Zhao answered happily.

Although his name was "Xiao Zhao", the young man's face had not been taken care of for a long time. His cheeks were full of beard, and he looked more haggard than Huang Pingtao.

"Then why are you carrying a gun? For self-defense?" Chen Luyang stood behind the cabinet fearing his life.

Although the barrel of the gun is pointing to the sky, what if it accidentally goes off?

He hasn't taken the college entrance exam yet and hasn't gotten married yet!

"Oh no! This is a toy gun!" Xiao Zhao suddenly realized, untied the rope on his body, and handed the gun to Chen Luyang.

"It's a coincidence, isn't it? We just arrived in the south and ran into the Canton Fair. We asked the guys from the car buying company for help and went in to shop for a day under their identities."

Chen Luyang: "Did you buy this gun at the Canton Fair?"

Xiao Zhao smiled and said, "Yes and no. Reporter Zhou from the Oriental Daily News in Huahai bought this and asked me to bring it back for you."

This is such a coincidence.

A few of them were wandering around the Canton Fair like country bumpkins, but then a reporter heard their accents and came over to chat with them. He found out their true identities in just a few words.

When I heard that they didn't have an invitation and sneaked in to watch the fun under the guise of a car buying company,
Reporter Zhou's face even showed a hint of "remembering the glorious past years".

It was really thanks to reporter Zhou that I was able to
Reporter Zhou was basically responsible for paying for all their food and drink expenses at the Canton Fair.

As for this toy Soviet-style machine gun, reporter Zhou bought it specifically for Chen Luyang's nephew at the exhibition.

"Reporter Zhou? Zhou Yun?" Chen Luyang exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes! It's Comrade Zhou Yun!" When Xiao Zhao mentioned Zhou Yun, his voice and expression were extremely friendly.

"This is what Comrade Zhou Yun asked me to bring back for you."

Xiao Zhao deftly opened his backpack and neatly took out a stack of newspapers from his notebook.

"What is this?" Chen Luyang's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad premonition.

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Chen and the entire Chen family, his heart now beats fast whenever he sees the newspaper.

Xiao Zhao smiled and said, "It's your report!"

"If I hadn't read the newspaper, I wouldn't have known that Teacher Chen had attended the Cultural Publishing and Academic Exchange Conference! The newspaper even took a separate photo of you, and it looks so impressive!"

Chen Luyang's lips trembled as he slowly unfolded the newspaper.

Sure enough, on the second edition of the “Cultural Publishing and Academic Exchange Conference Report”, his face was clearly printed!
Since this photo was taken specifically for myself, the framing, lighting, composition and the person's demeanor are all captured very well!
Song Liaosha was envious when she saw this.

"Brother, you can even use this photo of yours for a blind date."

"Go!" Chen Luyang cursed in disgust, wondering:
"One newspaper is enough, why did you take so many?"

These days, newspapers are not like stamp collecting. It's okay to just show your face on one copy, but the stack in his hand contains seven or eight copies.

He just glanced at the contents of the Oriental Daily.

It covers everything from current affairs to theoretical observations and local customs and practices.

The manuscript is of very high quality, so it shouldn't be so unsalable that it should be given away for free, right?
"I asked for this specially for you!"

Xiao Zhao looked at Chen Luyang with a look of wanting to take credit, his expression full of pride and cleverness.

"Teacher Chen, don't you like to put photos on the door? I was worried that one photo wouldn't look good, so I asked Comrade Zhou for a few more."

Chen Luyang's whole body was stiff, and his tender heart felt as if it was being hit again and again by a huge rock!

In the past, it would have been enough to just embarrass myself in the factory compound.

Now, look what’s happening, all of them are being thrown to the south!

If he meets Zhou Yun again in the future, how will he face people?

Chen Luyang was about to cry: "Who told you that I like to stick photos on the door?!"

"All the men in the factory say so!" Xiao Zhao answered carefully.

On other people’s doors, they either put up the God of Wealth, the Door God, or Spring Festival couplets.

Only the photo is posted on the door of Old Chen's house.

And every time they posted photos, they were all photos of Chen Luyang.

Xiao Zhao then kindly asked for a few more newspapers... Could it be that he asked for the wrong ones?
"Okay, that's it!"

Chen Luyang was determined not to let these newspapers be published!

But after all, this newspaper has my photo printed on it.

Chen Luyang was a little superstitious and felt that throwing away the newspaper with his photo on it was not a good idea.

simply!

Chen Luyang locked the newspaper in the cabinet, no one can see it!
"Teacher Chen, I've brought this to you."

Xiao Zhao stood up and said, "I brought back a lot of food from the south this time. I sealed it in another bag. I'll send the food to the fusion workshop first. Don't forget to pick it up later."

When the self-sales workers of the auto parts department left the machinery factory, Chen Luyang was still the translator of the fusion workshop.

So Xiao Zhao simply packed up everything and sent it to the fusion workshop, including Chen Luyang's portion. But who would have thought that when he returned to the factory, Teacher Chen would become Director Chen!
Xiao Zhao and his companions could only deliver guns first, and then go to deliver food to Cao Qinghang and the others.

"Those wolves in the fusion workshop, by the time I go back, all the food will have been eaten by them!"

Chen Luyang stood up and said, "I also need to go back to the workshop. Let's go together."

Xiao Zhao and a few others had just returned from the south and attended the Canton Fair, so they had a firsthand understanding of the outside market.

Besides, he also wanted to hear what other exciting things were going on at the Canton Fair.

When they arrived at the fusion workshop, Xiao Zhao opened a treasure bag and took out all kinds of packaged food.

In addition to sugar, sausages, biscuits, and canned food,
He even brought back several boxes of Zhuangyao Jianshen Pills and Huatuo Zaizao Pills!

It was okay for Hua Tuo Zaizao Pills, but it was the Zhuangyao Jianshen Pills that got a lot of attention from Lao Jiang, Lao Xue, Lao Lu and Lao Feng.

Everyone wants to take it, but no one is too embarrassed to reach out.

"This fish fillet is really delicious. I don't know what country this foreigner is from, but he came to the Canton Fair specifically to buy this fish fillet."

Xiao Zhao picked up the fish fillet and skillfully tore open the package.

"Let me try it!" Xiao Wu stretched out his hand out of curiosity, tore off a piece from the bag and put it in his mouth.

Then he frowned and said, "I'm not used to it. It tastes fishy."

Although Xiao Wu was not used to the dish, Jiangbian Wataru ate it with relish.

Today, Wataru Ebe wears cotton trousers made for him by Chen's mother, black cotton-padded shoes, has his hair shaved at the factory barber shop, and has a cigarette tucked behind his ear that he is reluctant to smoke.

If he hadn't spoken, I really wouldn't have recognized that he was an international friend.

Chen Luyang smiled and said, "Don't mention it, your fish fillet is quite suitable for him. By the way, is there anything interesting you can tell us about at this Canton Fair?"

Xiao Zhao, unable to contain his gossip, said excitedly, "It really is!"

"Our province's sausage and candy factories also attended the Canton Fair. Not only did they attend, they also started working!"

As soon as everyone heard that a fight was about to break out, they immediately focused their attention on Xiao Zhao.

"Aren't brother units in our province supposed to help each other? Why are they fighting?"

Listening to the question, Xiao Zhao sat on a small stool and said:

“Everything was fine at first, but something went wrong when we finally confirmed the order.”

"It seems the sausage factory negotiated the deal themselves, but the contract had to be signed with the candy factory. As a result, all the profits from the sausage factory's sales went to the candy factory, and that's why the two companies got into a fight."

Chen Luyang was confused. "Why should the sausage factory's orders be counted as part of the candy factory's?"

"Because the sausage factory was separated from the candy factory." Cao Qinghang said.

“Initially, the sausage factory was just a workshop in the candy factory, and later it was separated into an independent sausage factory.”

"But even though the factory's production lines have been divided, the controlling rights haven't been divided, and the final profits still have to go to the candy factory."

Cao Qinghang's parents are provincial leaders and they often hear the secret stories between these factories.

Naturally, you will understand more.

"That's what's going on! This sausage factory is pretty depressing!"

Chen Luyang finally understood the dispute between the two factories. No wonder the directors of the two factories were at odds with each other.

"Are there any toys for sale at the Canton Fair?" Chen Luyang started to ask the key question.

"Yes, dolls, little pistols...they are so realistic!" Xiao Zhao replied.

"Is there anyone selling toy cars?" Chen Luyang asked.

"Yes!" Xiao Zhao's eyes lit up when he said this.

"The 'Overwhelm the West Wind' tin car is selling like hotcakes! It's so beautifully made."

"In addition to Overwhelm the West Wind, there are several wind-up toy cars that can move on their own by simply turning the spring a few times."

When talking about the Canton Fair, Xiao Zhao starts talking non-stop.

When the auto parts department was recruiting workers, it was in preparation for self-sales, and they recruited people who were good at speaking.

Xiao Zhao personally walked around the Canton Fair and spoke eloquently and passionately, which made everyone who listened to him feel like they were seeing something new.

Everyone listened until the end of the get off work day in the evening before reluctantly leaving.

Wataru Ebe was extremely happy to have all the fish fillets, fish sauce and dried fish. After get off work, he ran to the cafeteria to eat Kukuzao with steamed buns.

That night, Junjun, who had bought the latest model of Huahai I-brand air gun, ran out after dinner, clamoring to show it off to the little fat boy.

This show-off lasted until after eight o'clock in the evening.

When Sun Zhigang rode his bike to pick up his son, the chubby boy was still reluctant to let Junjun go.

He rubbed Wang Qingzhou's legs with his big snotty nose and cried and begged his grandfather to buy him a gun.

Thinking of Wang Qingzhou stretching his old waist and using a handkerchief to wipe the nose of the little fat boy, Chen Luyang couldn't help but laugh secretly in the quilt.

At first, Chen Luyang thought that the candy factory and sausage factory setting up shop at the Canton Fair was just gossip.

But what no one expected was that this wave of war would become more and more intense.

It burned directly from the south back to the provincial capital.

Seeing that the sausages they had worked so hard to produce, and the orders they had negotiated after traveling a long distance and squeezing into a crowded train, were taken away by the candy factory, the sausage factory simply stopped production!

Anyway, wasn’t the order signed between your candy factory and the foreign company?

Now that we can’t produce anything, it’s natural for your candy factory to find a solution!

Although the sausage factory felt relieved, the candy factory was dumbfounded.

All the production lines in the sausage workshop were moved to the new factory early on.

Not to mention that they can't produce sausages.

Even if they could produce, they would not be able to produce the sausages ordered by foreign companies without the new recipe.

That would be fine, but what’s even more annoying is that after the sausage factory stopped operating, other factories, supply and marketing cooperatives, and state-owned department stores quit!
As the end of the year approaches, places like candy factories, meat processing plants, sausage factories, milk powder factories, and breweries are all taking on welfare tasks.

Everyone works hard for a year, just hoping to share some food and drink at the end of the year.

They bought the orders and tickets, but the factory stopped production. Isn't this a riot?!
But whoever goes to the sausage factory to look for

The doorman at the sausage factory said, "Our factory is responsible for production. You should go to the candy factory to discuss these matters."

At first, no one knew what had happened and thought the sausage factory had gone crazy and didn't want to continue operating.

But after hearing what happened at the Canton Fair, almost everyone turned and ran to the candy factory to ask for an explanation.

Among this group of people, Song Liaosha went there the most frequently.

He finally brought back a large batch of tickets from the sausage factory, but he couldn't exchange them, so all the men in the factory turned around and scolded him.

(End of this chapter)