"Comrade, we can't make international calls here. When the people from the Post and Telecommunications Bureau saw Zhong Yuemin getting off the limousine, they didn't dare to slack off, but the objective conditions did not allow it, and they had no choice.

"Is it okay to make a long-distance call to Beijing?" Zhong Yuemin thought about it, the most important thing now is to get in touch with the company, and it is not a problem to contact Johnny or Cui Yang.

"It's okay to call Beijing, but it will take a lot of time!" the staff immediately replied.

"Okay, pick me up in Beijing!" Zhong Yuemin said.

"Comrade, where is your letter of introduction?" the staff member said.

"Letter of introduction?" Zhong Yuemin was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that if a private person in this place wants to make a long-distance call, he must have a letter of introduction from the unit, "Comrade, I came out in a hurry, I didn't have time to open it, I have something urgent, you are accommodating." ”

"Comrade, according to the regulations, you must have a letter of proof to make a long-distance call, don't embarrass me!" The staff had a good attitude, but they were also very resolute in refusing.

Zhong Yuemin made a difficulty, where can he get a letter of proof at this time and a half?!

When he was about to let the bolt go back to the village and find a way to drive one, Senior Officer Zhang's car stopped at the door.

"Comrade Yuemin, what's wrong?"

"There was a little problem with the company, and I had to make a long-distance call, but the comrades at the post office asked for a letter of introduction. Zhong Yuemin told the truth.

Senior official Zhang said: "You wait for me for a while, and I will ask someone to go to the comrades at the post office to talk about it." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for your trouble!"

"It's the other way around, we're causing you trouble. Senior official Zhang said: "We talk about attracting investment and providing all kinds of favorable conditions for foreign businessmen, but we even need a letter of introduction for a long-distance phone call, which is really ······."

"Senior Officer Zhang, don't think so, everything is just beginning, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it will definitely get better and better in the future!" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

"I hope so!" Zhang sighed, and at this time his secretary had already come over with the leader of the post and telecommunications bureau.

"Senior Officer Zhang, Secretary Li, Secretary Wang, why are you here? What's going on?" The director of the post and telecommunications bureau was a short and stout man, his face was flushed, and his mouth was full of alcohol.

Senior official Zhang frowned and didn't say anything, but Secretary Li scolded with a scolding face: "Wu Guoqing, you are a melon coward! You drank before noon?!"

"Hehe, I'm happy today, I drank two more glasses, Secretary Li, don't worry, you will definitely not miss something!" Wu Guoqing said with a smile.

"Okay, hurry up and get down to business!" Secretary Li said: "Comrade Zhong is a VIP of our county, he has an urgent matter to connect to Beijing, you hurry up and arrange it!"

"Hey, that's good!" Wu Guoqing responded, just turned around, but turned back again, "That, secretary, where is the letter of introduction?"

"I just didn't have a letter of introduction to find you!" Secretary Li was angry, "What kind of fame are you doing!"

"But this ······" Wu Guoqing was suddenly embarrassed, obviously not wanting to take this responsibility.

When Secretary Li saw that he didn't move his nest for a long time, he felt helpless, so he had to say: "You go and pick it up, I have to bear any responsibility!"

"Hey, I'm relieved to have your words from the secretary!" Wu Guoqing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he had relied on this kind of caution for so many years to get to this position, safety was the most important, and everything else was not reliable.

Senior official Zhang was still chatting with Zhong Yuemin, he still didn't understand Zhong Yuemin's investment ideas, and at this time he took the opportunity to ask more, "Comrade Yuemin, the investment plan you mentioned before is indeed a bit beyond my imagination, and your gratitude to the villagers in Ishikawa Village is really touching······

"No, Senior Officer Zhang, I chose Ishikawa Village because I know it, and I've done a lot of preliminary work before. Zhong Yuemin immediately understood that the other party had misunderstood, thinking that he made the investment plan out of the idea of repaying his gratitude, "If it's just simple gratitude, I only need to send 100,000 yuan per family, and it won't take 20 million, and I don't need to work hard." ”

"Oh?" said the senior official solemnly, "Do you really want to invest in agriculture?

"Of course, there is no way to sustain a business that is not profitable. Zhong Yuemin said: "When I was in the queue, I traveled almost all over most places in northern Shaanxi, where the ecological environment is too fragile, and the large-scale development of industrial manufacturing will cause unimaginable ecological disasters! ”

Senior Officer Zhang looked at him in a daze and didn't say anything more.

The two sat on a bench at the post office, waiting quietly, the old-fashioned fan on the roof turning feebly and creaking.

The staff of the post office has been waiting for the telephone operator to hear back, from the county seat to Beijing, through the city, then through the provincial capital, through the Northwest Bureau to the North China Bureau, and finally to Beijing.

Such a process took an hour, and the signal was not good in the middle to be reconnected, not to mention the long queue when transferring to Beijing.

In the end, Zhong Yuemin and Cui Yang got on the phone, and two hours have passed, according to Wu Guoqing's words, today is considered lucky, and sometimes he can't answer at all.

Zhong Yuemin got the latest news from Cui Yang, the situation was more serious than Johnny said on Telegram, and he had to go to the American company immediately.

After asking Cui Yang to help him book a plane ticket to Beijing and a ticket to New York, he also explained to her the investment plan in Ishikawa Village, and let her take full authority to handle the follow-up work.

The phone call lasted for more than half an hour, and in order to prevent the middle and indirect operators from eavesdropping, they didn't say too much detail, and everything was waiting for the convergence to talk.

Senior official Zhang and others had already left, and only explained that Wu Guoqing had entertained Zhong Yuemin well.

When Zhong Yuemin hung up the phone, Wu Guoqing immediately came up, "Comrade Zhong, if you have any direct instructions to do, you are satisfied!"

Zhong Yuemin was full of worries and said perfunctorily: "Thank you very much for being able to get through this call! ”

"You don't have to be polite, Deputy County Magistrate Ma Guiping is an old colleague with E, you are his godson, we are not a child!" Wu Guoqing patted his chest and said warmly.

Zhong Yuemin glanced at him in surprise, "You have been standing on the side and never left, how do you know that I am Ma Guiping's son?"

"Ma Guiping's godson is a returned overseas Chinese, and it has spread all over the county!" Wu Guoqing said with a smile: "And you can't find a few cars in the whole province, who else can it be besides you?"

"Ha, the news is really fast!" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile, "But I have to correct it, I am not a returned overseas Chinese, I just went abroad to study for a few years." ”

"What's the difference then?!" Wu Guoqing said nonchalantly, "The whole county knows that Ishikawa Village is going to get rich this time!"

"Oh, and that?" Zhong Yuemin said curiously.

"That's not it, early this morning, the matchmakers in the county and various townships have gone to Ishikawa Village, and the eldest girls are planning to marry to Ishikawa Village!" Wu Guoqing said.

"And this kind of good thing?" Zhong Yuemin's face was a little strange.

"But no, in the first ten years, Ishikawa Village was a famous begging village in the county, how could you have imagined today's situation at that time!

"Interesting!" Zhong Yuemin muttered.

Wu Guoqing echoed: "It's really interesting. ”

"I'm not talking about Ishikawamura, I'm talking about you. ”

"Say?" Wu Guoqing said in astonishment.

"You're really suitable to be the head of the post office, and you're well-informed!" Zhong Yuemin explained.

"Hehe, there are two hobbies, one is wine, and the other is to exchange messages! It's just two fun to live!" Wu Guoqing said with a smile.

"Okay, let's have a good chat next time!"

"Hey. Wu Guoqing looked at Zhong Yuemin's departing figure, and subconsciously responded, and it took a long time before he felt that Zhong Yuemin had something to say.

······

Zhong Yuemin quickly took Qinling back to Beijing, and arranged for Ma Guiping and his wife to follow him, and the affairs in the village were just explained to a few backbones of the dog baby and Hanwa, so that they could be at ease.

"Yueyue, what's the matter? so anxious?" On the plane, Qin Ling had no time to ask, she had just adapted to the environment of Ishikawa Village, and she didn't expect to leave so soon.

"There are some situations in the United States that require me to go back and deal with them quickly. Zhong Yuemin was a little embarrassed and said: "I originally wanted to stay with you for a while, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen." ”

"It's okay, everything will be fine. Qin Ling's eyes were blazing, "You will definitely be able to handle the lawsuit in the United States!"

Zhong Yuemin turned his head to look at her in surprise, "How do you know that the company has encountered a lawsuit?"

"I ······" Qin Ling was a little incoherent in a panic, "I, I heard you talk in your dreams last night." ”

"Oh. Zhong Yuemin nodded, "Maybe I think about it day and night." ”

"Yes, yes, that's it!" Qin Ling nodded hurriedly and said, "You don't have to be too anxious, as long as you deal with it well, you'll be fine!"

"What's the matter?"

"Competitors may look for your weaknesses and attack them after they have failed in litigation. Qin Ling said seriously.

Zhong Yuemin pondered with interest, "Then what is my biggest weakness?"

"Of course it's your nationality, you're a Chinese. Qin Ling said: "The United States will not allow a Chinese to control a super company like Vali." ”

Zhong Yuemin suddenly paused, "How did you think of this?"

"Of course I think about it!" Qin Ling said: "People care about you, think about it more, think about it more when you think about it!"

"That's right. Zhong Yuemin nodded, "Thank you, Qin Ling, for worrying you." When that's over, we'll get married. ”

"Hmm!" Qin Ling gently snuggled up to Zhong Yuemin's shoulder.

Zhong Yuemin touched her hair, looked at the clouds outside the window, and fell into deep thought.

······

"Girl, what are you doing when you got this person back?" Yang Xiaoman's father, Yang Laotian, took a sip of the wine cup, grinning with spicy teeth.

"The doctor told you not to drink! You don't know that you have fatty liver?!" Yang Xiaoman snatched the wine cup from Yang Laotian's hand and said angrily.

"Oh, those doctors are all nonsense, they know how to scare people and cheat money!" Yang Laotian said stubbornly, "You see that I don't have any fat on my body, how can I get fatty liver?!Isn't this nonsense?"

"The doctor said that fatty liver has no absolute relationship with fat and thin, if you drink again, you will seriously become cirrhosis of the liver in the future!" Yang Xiaoman persuaded, "You can't drink anymore!"

"Oh, I'm half a person in the ground, I don't smoke, and I don't let me drink, how can this life still have a little taste?!" Yang Laotian stared at the wine bottle in Yang Xiaoman's hand and said, "You just let me drink a little more." ”

"Don't drink a drop!" Yang Xiaoman hid behind his back, "The good days have just begun, if your body is ruined, won't it be a loss?!"

"Okay, okay, if you don't drink it, don't drink it!" Yang Laotian said irritably, and took a bite of food: "Tell me first, where did the kid downstairs come from?"

"Just a friend, it's a little bit harder, to stay here for a while. Yang Xiaoman said.

"Is it really a friend?" Yang Laotian doubted: "You loaded a big bowl of rice in the kitchen just now, and there was a chicken leg hidden underneath, you have never been so good to your old man!"

"Oh, why are you talking so much today?" Yang Xiaoman said impatiently: "You can take care of Brother Guan when you are free!"

After saying that, he picked up the food in the kitchen and went downstairs.

Yang Laotian shook his head helplessly, "If I can manage it, as for today?!"

······

"Taozi, it's time to eat!" Yang Xiaoman entered the room with a large bowl.

Taozi was reading a book at the desk, and when he saw Yang Xiaoman coming in, he quickly stood up, "Sister Xiaoman, I've already eaten!"

"What are you eating? Steamed buns again?" Yang Xiaoman put down the bowl and stuffed the chopsticks into his hand, "It's not a problem to eat cold steamed buns every day!

Taozi looked at the hearty meal in the bowl and kept swallowing, he didn't eat at all, he knew that Yang Xiaoman's family didn't like him and didn't want to trouble her anymore.

"Okay, don't hold on, eat quickly, don't be ashamed in front of my sister!" Yang Xiaoman said with a smile.

Only then did Taozi move his chopsticks and quickly pick up the rice, and after a while, half of the sharp meal was gone.

"Eat slowly!Don't choke!" Yang Xiaoman said, "What are you reading?"

"Just look at it. Tao Zi said, "I didn't like to read books when I was in school before, but now I really feel that my knowledge is not enough, so I can only make up for it temporarily." ”

"That's good, no one I know loves to read, and I don't even have a piece of paper at home. Yang Xiaoman looked at Taozi's desk and said in surprise: "When did you get a desk and buy so many books?"

"I picked it up on the street, I broke a leg, and I can still use it for repairs. The book was bought from the scrapyard and didn't have much money. "Taozi has already finished eating.

"You haven't eaten for a few days?" Yang Xiaoman said with a smile: "Do you still want it?" there's still one in the pot upstairs, I'll serve it for you!"

"No need, so much is enough, no matter how much you can hold on, I haven't eaten so much these days!" Taozi really didn't dare to eat, he was hungry, and it was a bad thing to eat too much at once.

"Then how have you been spending these days?" Yang Xiaoman said curiously: "Have you found a job?"