Qi Ruicang was tired of becoming a dog, but Feng Xiaochen was in his own small courtyard in the capital at the moment, playing with building blocks with his four-year-old daughter Feng Shan. As for official business, it is to help Jiang Yan's team collect information about the design of long-distance natural gas compressors, and contact relevant experts to go to Yuzhong to guide the design.

"Xiaochen, are you used to living on the other side of the river?"

Du Xiaodi squatted aside, guiding his daughter to insert building blocks, and asked Feng Xiaochen with concern.

"It's okay, I enjoy the treatment of a leader over there, and the guest house specially opens a small stove for me to cook southern-style meals. Feng Xiaochen replied with a smile.

Du Xiaodi half-jokingly reprimanded: "You're too detached from the masses, aren't you? Yubei's economy is so difficult, you still eat small stoves!"

Feng Xiaochen said with a straight face: "I paid the money." Yuzhong's guest house has now been acquired by companies from the south, and it is engaged in commercial operation. I personally paid for them to arrange meals for me, which can be regarded as a contribution to Yubei. ”

Du Xiaodi burst out laughing, Feng Xiaochen had no other problems, but his mouth was tricky enough, and he wouldn't let his stomach be wronged wherever he went. He has done this kind of business trip at public expense, but he has paid for food more than once. When Du Xiaodi was trained in Japan, Feng Xiaochen also privately stuffed money with her landlord and asked the landlord to improve the food for her and her senior brother Gao Liqian.

"Anyway, you have to be careful about the impact. Others don't know that you pay for your own food, and they think that you enjoy special treatment. ”

"That's not it, Lao Pan and I are also old friends, and he won't care about this matter. ”

"You're over there, be safe. You have arrested so many cadres in Yuzhong, and you must be careful that their people retaliate against you. ”

"Don't worry, Lao Pan arranged two bodyguards for me from the Yuzhong Security Office, and Zhang Heping also greeted the Yubei City Security Bureau and asked them to send someone to protect my safety. Besides, Yi Yaozhong's people have already been arrested, how can anyone work for them. ”

"It's always good for you to be careful, don't you know that my parents and I are worried about you at home?"

"Uh-huh, I see. ”

The two were chatting when they heard a knock on the door of the courtyard. Feng Xiaochen handed a block in his hand to Feng Shan, and asked her to insert it into the building block castle by herself, then stood up, came to the door, and opened the courtyard door. Standing outside the door was his cousin Feng Lintao, and when he saw that it was Feng Xiaochen who opened the door, Feng Lintao's face showed a happy face, and said, "Brother, you're back!"

"It turned out to be Lin Tao, what kind of door did you knock on when you came to the house, isn't this also your house?" Feng Xiaochen said with disgust as he asked Feng Lintao to go to the courtyard.

This courtyard was lent to Yan Leqin by the Economic Commission, and later the housing reform was carried out, and Feng Xiaochen paid for the courtyard. Now Feng Li and his wife have entered Beijing to live permanently, although this courtyard is nominally owned by the entire Feng family, but in Feng Lintao's mind, he feels that this is the home of the uncle's family, and he is an outsider after all, so every time he comes to visit, he must knock on the door first to show respect for Feng Li, Feng Xiaochen and others.

Feng Xiaochen knew Feng Lintao's thoughts, but did not force him to live in this courtyard, but helped him buy a three-bedroom unit in a good location not far from the unit as his home in the capital. Feng Lintao usually lives in the unit's single staff dormitory, and no one knows that he is actually a rich man with a three-bedroom house. Every weekend, he would leave his unit and go to Feng Li's house for a meal, and then go back to his unit to enjoy the modern life. In that unit, there is a refrigerator, a washing machine, a large color TV and a set of high-end stereos, Feng Lintao is a young man who has lived in Germany for six or seven years after all, and he still has some petty bourgeois complexes in his bones.

"Lin Tao is here, come in and sit, I'll make you tea." Du Xiaodi also greeted him, greeted him, and went to the kitchen to get the tea set.

Feng Shan also saw Feng Lintao, and was busy showing off his achievements: "Uncle, uncle, look at the castle I built!"

"Mmmm, it's beautiful, is this Snow White Castle?" Feng Lintao praised with a smile.

"Yes, it's Snow White Castle, and Snow White lives in this room. Feng Shan pointed to a small window and said in a matter-of-fact manner.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Shanshan, do you know who gave you this set of building blocks?"

Feng Shan raised her hand and pointed at Feng Lintao and said, "I know, it's Uncle Lin Tao." ”

"That's right, this was specially brought back to you by your Uncle Lin Tao from Germany. Feng Xiaochen said, "Have you ever thanked your uncle?"

"Thank you, uncle. Feng Shan thanked him like a repeater, and went back to study the building blocks. In fact, for this one thing, the adults have asked her to thank Feng Lintao many times. In her mind, saying thank you has become a ritual, and she doesn't even know what the word represents.

"Shanshan, you can play by yourself. Lin Tao, you and Xiaochen go and sit over there. Du Xiaodi came over with a tea tray, beckoned Feng Lintao and Feng Xiaochen to sit down at the coffee table on the side, and handed them tea respectively.

"Brother, is your work in Yubei over?" Feng Lintao took a sip of tea and asked Feng Xiaochen.

Feng Xiaochen said: "No, I'm just coming back for vacation, and I have to go to the Chemical Design Institute tomorrow, and then I have to go to a few universities to contact some business." The situation in Yubei is complicated, and it will take a long time to solve all the problems. ”

Feng Lintao said: "I've also heard people talk about it. There is a company in our system in Yubei, and the situation is not very good. ”

"I know that company, and it is currently one of the key targets of our support. ”

"During the adjustment period, the situation was similar everywhere. ”

"In general, the situation is better in the coastal areas, which are old industrial bases and have heavy burdens. ”

The two of you said some gossip without oil and salt, and when they finished talking about a few topics, Feng Lintao hesitated, and then said timidly: "Brother, in fact, I have been wanting to write to you these days, and I am afraid that you will be too busy with work......"

Feng Xiaochen was stunned: "Write a letter, is there anything wrong?"

"One thing, well, it's actually not a big deal, brother, if you're busy with work, I won't talk about it for now. Feng Lintao stumbled and said.

Feng Xiaochen was angry and funny, and reprimanded: "What kind of dumb riddle are you playing with me." What trouble do you really have, even if I am busy with work, I have to help you solve it, so I'm also your cousin, okay?"

Du Xiaodi, who was squatting aside to play with his daughter, had been listening to their conversation, and at this time he also turned around and said with a smile: "Lin Tao, if you have anything, you can say it, Xiaochen has always said that you and Ling Yu are his younger brothers, and they are treated equally in his heart." ”

"Uh......" Feng Lintao scratched his scalp and smiled a little embarrassedly. He was in Qingdong Province when he was a child, and later studied in Germany, and he had no experience of living with Feng Xiaochen, so he intuitively had some life with Feng Xiaochen. In contrast, because he would come here for dinner every weekend during this time, the relationship with Du Xiaodi's cousin-in-law was closer.

Du Xiaodi said that he and Feng Lingyu were treated equally in Feng Xiaochen's heart, of course, this is just a casual listen, and there is always a difference between brothers and cousins. However, Feng Xiaochen did say this kind of thing in front of him, and judging from the fact that Feng Xiaochen bought him a house and gave him dividends in Chenyu Company, Feng Xiaochen should not treat his cousin as an outsider.

"I just wanted to ask my brother to guide us on how to do business. Feng Lintao hesitated for a while, and finally said his thoughts.

"Do business?" Feng Xiaochen was taken aback, "What, Lin Tao, you don't want to work in a nuclear power company?"

"No, no, how could I not work at a nuclear power company. Feng Lintao hurriedly denied it, "The business I am talking about is our company's business, uh, no, it should be said to be the business of our design studio." ”

"What kind of business can your design studio have?" Feng Xiaochen was even more confused. After Feng Lintao joined the State Nuclear Power Corporation, he was assigned to work in the third-generation reactor design office, which was tasked with developing third-generation nuclear power reactors suitable for China. When Feng Lintao was studying in Germany, he participated in some research projects related to the third-generation reactor type, and he had a solid theoretical foundation and a broad vision, which was highly valued in the design studio.

Feng Xiaochen once chatted with Feng Lintao about some things at work, and knew Feng Lintao's current work status. But as an in-house design office for a nuclear power company, how can there be business?

"This is the tertiary industry that our design studio has carried out by itself, mainly to generate income for everyone and improve their living conditions. Feng Lintao explained with a red face.

Speaking of this extent, he no longer covered it up, and began to talk about the three industries one by one.

It turns out that, like all research institutions in the country, the research departments of nuclear power companies are also facing a situation of tight funding and poor treatment of employees. Affected by factors such as the policy of replacing profits with taxes and the large-scale losses of state-owned enterprises, the proportion of state fiscal revenue in GDP has been declining, from 30% in the early 80s to less than 12% at present.

The proportion of fiscal revenue has declined, and various undertakings supported by the government have naturally been affected. Fiscal investment in education, health care, scientific research and other sectors is still growing in absolute terms, but the relative numbers are declining rapidly. By the early 90s and mid-90s, these departments were already in dire straits, and they had to open up their own channels of "income generation" in order to obtain some extra-budgetary income to subsidize their workers.

Feng Lintao's "three industries" is such an income-generating channel.