Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 220 Let’s go dancing tonight
Chen Luyang pursed his lips helplessly, reported to Wang Qingzhou the specific arrangements for the production and marketing association, and then left obediently.

As the ice lantern carving was completed, the machinery factory rumbled, and more than 20 cars rushed to Dongfang Street in a grand manner.

At this time, the lanes were almost full of bicycles, and more than 20 cars were driving through the streets together. This was a new thing for the people in the provincial capital!

Dongfang Street is an open pedestrian street.

When everyone saw the car parked in the ice sculpture exhibition, they all ran over curiously to watch the fun.

Many people even paid photographers to take pictures of themselves with cars and car ice lanterns.

Chen Luyang stood next to the ice sculptures and ice lanterns, his eyes quickly scanning the venue.

His original idea was to only bring four or five cars to the exhibition, or even just two cars, just to show his appreciation.

But Director Wang disagreed.

He was full of ambition and ambition to take this opportunity to make a grand appearance for the car in front of men of all ages across the province.

It is also necessary to let the provincial leaders, factory directors of other factories, representatives of mechanical and electrical companies from all over the country and reporters who come to the exhibition have a good look!

If Wang Qingzhou wasn't afraid of having no place to park the cars, he would have driven out all the 40 or so cars in the factory!

However, for safety reasons, these vehicles must be driven back to the machinery factory at night.

Although cars are not as easy to steal as bicycles,

However, Dongfang Street and the ice sculpture and ice lantern exhibition are open areas after all. If someone were to do something naughty and hit the glass with a brick at night, it would be more trouble than it would take.

Although Chen Luyang is a veteran driver of the machinery factory, he should be the first car to enter the venue.

But today, he has another more important task.

At the train station, Chen Luyang was waiting on the platform early according to the train number and time sent by telegram.

The platform was bustling with people, those rushing to catch the train and those waiting to meet passengers, all crowded together.

With the friction of the rails and the sound of the whistle, a big green train roared from south to north. The people on the platform seemed like flowing mountains and seas, all running towards the green train.

"Hey, hey, don't push!"

Chen Luyang was pushed by the crowd, and relying on his height advantage, he kept lying outside the glass of each carriage to look inside.

After about five or six carriages,
Suddenly Chen Luyang stopped, covered his eyes with his hands, and leaned over the window to look inside.

Then, he showed a look of joy and kept patting the window with his right hand!

"Comrade Zhou! Comrade Zhou!"

Zhou Yun in the carriage saw Chen Luyang and suddenly his eyes widened. He squeezed to the window with the package in hand, opened the window and said excitedly:

"Brother Chen, why are you here?"

"I'm here to pick you up! Do you have a lot of stuff? Throw some down and I'll catch it for you!"

The train was already crowded.

Especially when getting on and off the bus, it is often the case that some people get off but their belongings do not, or their belongings go on but people do not.

To be on the safe side, many people will throw their luggage out of the window to the pick-up person first, and then get off the bus by themselves.

In the carriage, the narrow door was blocked tightly.

A fellow villager was carrying a large package on his back and holding two large cloth bags in his hands. The people behind him were anxious to help him push them down.

Some passengers in the carriage couldn't wait and simply jumped out of the window.

"Brother Chen, I have a box, can you help me pick it up?"

Zhou Yun picked up the box and was about to throw it out the window.

It turned out that the other person was faster than him!
Before Chen Luyang could react, a large cloth bag was thrown out of the window and hit him directly in the face.

"Who is it? Look out!"

Chen Luyang's nose was sore from the collision that he almost cried in pain.

Then, a young man wearing a leaky military coat, with disheveled hair and dusty face, nimbly jumped down from the window.

While jumping, he said embarrassedly:

"Sorry, comrade. There were too many people and I accidentally hit you."

As he spoke, the young man took back the cloth bag and put it on his back with great skill and naturalness.

"Was it an accident? Why do I feel like it was intentional?"

Chen Luyang rubbed his sore nose and returned the cloth bag in his arms to the young man.

The throw was really accurate.

If it was just a little bit off, Chen Luyang could have dodged it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, comrade. I'm sorry."

The young man apologized and helped Chen Luyang take Zhou Yun's big box as if to repay a favor.

Chen Luyang couldn't help but look at him more carefully.

No one knew where this young man came from, but he had a smell of sweat and something fermented on him.

Not to mention the hair, Chen Luyang regretted it as soon as he took a look at it.

Fortunately, after the young man helped Zhou Yun get off the car, he turned around and left.

Chen Luyang felt that the air around him was much fresher.

He and Zhou Yun hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they had endless things to talk about as soon as they met.

"Comrade Zhou, that gun you gave me last time really caused me so much trouble!"

Chen Luyang carried the suitcase and led Zhou Yun out of the platform.

"My little monkey cub never lets go of his gun. He won't stop until he shoots me to death a few times a day. Otherwise, he won't let me sleep at night!"

Zhou Yun was amused: "This is my fault. I should buy you another one and let you two shoot at each other."

"By the way, were the newspapers I brought you last time enough? I brought you some more this time, just enough for you to cover the doors and windows!"

Chen Luyang refused frantically: "Brother, please forgive me, or you will hit my head if you stick to me again."

The two got in the car and drove towards Songting Hotel.

This time, Chen Luyang asked Director Wang for permission to drive a car to pick him up.

As the car slowly drove along the road, Zhou Yun looked at the scenery outside the window and said with emotion:
"The provincial capital has almost become my second home. I can walk this road with my eyes closed."

Chen Luyang smiled as he drove, "Isn't it just home? There are a group of people waiting to welcome you home."

Zhou Yun was stunned: "Who is it?"

Chen Luyang smiled and said, "There are many people like Lao Hao, Xiao Zhao, Da Song... They are all people you know and have met before. They are all waiting to treat you to a meal at the restaurant!"

In the past six months, every comrade from the machinery factory who went to Huahai has received help from Zhou Yun.

Knowing that Zhou Yun arrived today,

Song Liaosha, Hao Fengchun, Xiao Zhao and several self-selling workers all gathered together to give Zhou Yun a good welcome!
In a private room of Songting Hotel, a group of people gathered together in a lively atmosphere, ordering all the specialties of the chef of Songting Hotel.

Zhou Yun couldn't drink much, and after drinking a glass of welcoming wine, his face turned red.

"Brother Zhou, your alcohol tolerance is not that good. I will accompany you to practice for the next two days!"

Just as Song Liaosha was about to toast for the second time, Chen Luyang pushed her back:
"Get lost! You think Comrade Zhou is your supply and marketing agent? All he does all day is drink!"

Chen Luyang put down his wine and picked up a bowl of noodles on the table.

"Brother Zhou, dumplings on the bus, noodles off the bus, it's so smooth to eat noodles."

Zhou Yun had been sitting in the car for several days and had just drunk a glass of wine, so he felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

After eating a few mouthfuls of noodles, Zhou Yun's expression finally improved a lot.

At first, everyone just gathered together to chat and reminisce about the past. Zhou Yun was knowledgeable and experienced, but gradually, the topic of conversation became more and more about him. When they heard that Zhou Yun had once sailed upstream on the "Dongfanghong" passenger ship and arrived in Changhan, everyone at the table looked at him with envy.

They all grew up by the river, and the biggest ship they had ever been on was the passenger ship from the bottom of the memorial tower to the island in the middle of the river.

"Passenger ship... If you have a passenger ship on the shore, is there room for other ships?" Xiao Li asked curiously.

"Of course!" Zhou Yun explained carefully: "Our dock is very large."

"There are not only passenger ships, but also cargo ships, cruise ships, ferries, and barges. Occasionally, you'll see submarines, missile boats, and small, shoe-shaped boats."

"Such old ships are used to transport goods for export?" Song Liaosha asked in shock.

"Yes." Zhou Yun smiled and said, "Tea, oil, televisions, bicycles, sewing machines, everything."

"The docks where we are are very busy. Factories and residential areas are all next to each other, and there's even a small plot of land in the middle for growing vegetables."

"Do we have anything imported?" Xiao Zhao asked curiously.

"Yes. When I was collecting folk songs a while ago, I came across a cargo ship from Japan carrying a load of used tires. I heard they were going to be used as 'raw materials' for a rubber factory in China..."

After hearing this, a string that had been stuck in Chen Luyang's mind suddenly untied!

As the rubber workshop continued to get on track, the problem of raw materials continued to bother him.

Even though Fu Donghu had contacted the Fengyang Rubber Factory and was told that he could import raw materials from Fengyang, he still felt that the channel was not right and there were better options.

And Zhou Yun's words completely pointed him in the right direction!
Almost in an instant, his good brother Song Liaosha looked at him with telepathic understanding, then shook his head frantically with a look of rejection on his face.

He is a native-born idiot, not a native-born person.

He had to use gestures and guesses when talking to Wataru Ebe at the machinery factory, let alone going to Japan to discuss supply and marketing!
Who can bear the pain of bowing and saying nothing all day long?!
Chen Luyang ruthlessly despised Song Liaosha.

Nothing...you have to rely on yourself for everything!

"Brother Zhou, do you remember whose Japanese freighter that was?"

"I haven't noticed this yet. I just heard the unloading workers mention it. Are you interested in this news?"

Zhou Yun put down his chopsticks and looked at Chen Luyang very seriously.

Chen Luyang nodded. "We currently buy the rubber raw materials from other rubber factories, and they're not cheap. Japan has a developed auto industry and a lot of waste tires. If we could import raw materials from Japan, the cost of producing cars would be further reduced!"

Zhou Yun agreed without hesitation: "I'll keep an eye on this matter for you."

Since there was a production and marketing association meeting the next day, the few of them didn't drink too late.

The next day, Chen Luyang got up early, had breakfast with Song Liaosha and others in the hotel, and then busy himself with the social gathering's affairs in the lobby.

With previous experience in recruiting workers at Songting Hotel,
This time, Chen Luyang specially selected two attractive girls from the factory, one to distribute the toy cars and the other to distribute the car manuals.

Chen Luyang stood at the door of the hall, his eyes always glancing out the window intentionally or unintentionally.

Finally, a tall and slender figure walked over from the street intersection.

"Good morning, Comrade Jinyue."

Chen Luyang rushed out and stood in front of Chen Jinyue with a smile.

He has been feeling anxious these days and just wants to hear Chen Jinyue's decision.

I finally ran into her today, so I have to ask her if she agrees.

Chen Jinyue paused and glanced at Chen Luyang with her beautiful eyes.

"You don't even call me sister after you confessed your feelings?"

Chen Luyang quickly explained: "I just thought calling me gay would make me look older, otherwise you would always treat me like a younger brother."

Seeing that Chen Jinyue was silent, Chen Luyang asked:

"Comrade Jinyue, what are you thinking? It's been several days. Will you agree to my request?"

Chen Jinyue hesitated: "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Haven't you thought it through? What haven't you thought about?" Chen Luyang asked, chasing after him.

"I haven't thought about many things yet." Chen Jinyue frowned.

She also has some girlfriends around her.

But no one's situation is as complicated as hers.

A good boy gives up his ready-made job and goes to college?
Not only do they have to take the college entrance exam, they even have to apply to a university in another place.

Although Chen Jinyue had no concept of long-distance relationships, he always felt that it was not very reliable.

Looking at Chen Jinyue's conflicted look, Chen Luyang could guess what she was worried about.

"Chen Jinyue, don't think about anything else for now. I just want to ask you one question: are you interested in me?"

Chen Jinyue asked knowingly, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, I like you, do you like me?" Chen Luyang stared at Chen Jinyue, waiting for her answer.

“!!!” Chen Jinyue’s face turned red.

How could she say this with the nerve?

But Chen Jinyue is not a shy girl.

She faced Chen Luyang frankly and admitted directly:
"I am indeed interested in you. But I haven't decided whether I want to be with you."

"As long as you're interested in me, that's fine." Chen Luyang smiled brightly. "I'm just afraid you're not interested in me."

Chen Jinyue was embarrassed: "Don't be too happy too soon, I haven't promised you yet."

"Then I'll pursue you until you agree." Chen Luyang became more and more demanding.

As long as you're not too impulsive, anything is fine.

"Then how do you want to pursue her?" Chen Jinyue's eyes were filled with smile.

"I haven't thought about it yet. If I tell you first, you should be mentally prepared."

Chen Luyang raised his head happily, and the things that had been bothering him seemed to have disappeared at this moment.

"How about we go dancing tonight?"

"I'm busy at the exhibition during the day and don't have time to come see you. Don't make any plans tonight. I'll ask you to go dancing."

Chen Jinyue tried hard to hold back his laughter.

This person just said he wouldn't tell me, but then he turned around and asked me to dance.

"Can you dance?"

"No. You teach me." Chen Luyang was very confident.

"I'm in excellent physical condition and my legs are very flexible. If you teach me, I'll be able to do it."

Looking at Chen Luyang's clear eyes, Chen Jinyue agreed as if possessed by a ghost: "Okay."

……

Although Chen Luyang did not get a positive response from Chen Jinyue, he was already very satisfied.

Finding out that the other person likes you is the first step to becoming a couple!
The smile on his face was clearly seen by everyone around him.

"Brother, you're grinning in the river breeze, aren't you afraid of getting a stomach full of wind and farting at night?"

Song Liaosha was wearing a cotton coat and also put a neck warmer on her head as a hat because she was afraid of the cold.

"Get lost." Chen Luyang rolled his eyes at Song Liaosha.

"Look at you, you look like a landmine thief. Can't you just wear a hat properly?"

Song Liaosha said, "I was in a hurry to go out and forgot to take my hat. I can use the collar anyway."

(End of this chapter)