Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo Narita Airport.

A JAL Boeing 707 slowly landed on the runway, and Gu Biao and his party arrived at their destination.

Yang Xin was a little nervous: After following Senior Gu, he finally got the opportunity to go abroad!

The 4,000-meter-long high-standard wide runway is something that cannot be seen in domestic airports, whether it is Beijing or Hujiang - who made this runway just completed in March 1978, that is, last year?

With today's economic situation and the close completion date of the project itself, the specifications are naturally the world's top. The terminal building and other supporting buildings are also very grand and tidy, giving a huge visual impact to the Chinese people of the same era.

"It's really developed. Yang Xin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Gu Biao was afraid that it would affect the junior brother's three views, so he hurriedly pointed to the porthole on the other side of the plane: "Don't worry, see clearly, this is the current situation of Yuben - there are still people planting vegetables next to the runway, and some people even deliberately build shrines and obstacle towers." ”

Yang Xin hurriedly stretched his neck to look at the porthole on the other side as much as possible, although there were still three other passengers' seats in the middle, but he could still see a little clearly.

The plane was already taxiing, so the angle of view was very low, and it was indeed possible to see that less than twenty meters next to the cement runway, there was actually a soft mud ground with large fields of vegetables.

Yang Xin was stunned: "How can this be?

Gu Biao said illiteracy: "There are nail households, and some reclamation people refuse to move. Otherwise, it will take 12 years to build this airport? Originally, there were two runways, but now only the one we have landed is left. ”

Yang Xin didn't understand what a nail household was at all, and Gu Biao could only explain it with the concept of capital attention. Yang Xin was indignant after hearing this, and at the same time he was quite proud that he was a Chinese: "It turns out that I am so ununited and unpatriotic, it seems that as long as we insist on opening up, there is still a lot of hope for surpassing them!"

Gu Biao cautiously tried his best to let the younger brother listen to Zeming: "These farmers themselves are also a little pitiful. After the end of the war, the Japanese army no longer existed, and a large number of veterans were discharged from the army and unemployed. The authorities' call on these demobilized soldiers to come to the countryside of Chiba to reclaim the land is actually the same as dealing with the surplus labor in the city and letting people go to the countryside.

After more than a decade of reclamation, the government suddenly planned to build an airport and requisition land at an official price, and they felt that they were being cheated by the people of Tokyo, and they didn't want to listen to the state anymore to change places - and not to mention, most of the troublemakers were paid daily. ”

After listening to Gu Biao's full introduction, Yang Xin was not as disdainful as he was just now, but he was still quite disdainful in his heart:

Isn't it just a change of place, when we built the third line, it was not a word from the state, so many scientific research and technical personnel went from the capital and Hujiang to the southwest and northwest overnight. I haven't seen anyone complain, as long as the country needs it, I will go wherever I am!"

Gu Biao was reminded of some memories by Yang Xin's words, and he was also silent.

He knew from his father that there were still some cousins in his family - his mother had no relatives on the mainland for unspeakable reasons. But on the side of the Gu family's paternal line, there are relatives.

At that time, there was no planning-planning-childbearing, and who didn't have a brother or sister.

Father Gu Yong has an eldest brother Gu Zheng, who was also an eighth-level worker in the oxygen generator factory back then, but he was a lathe worker. The reason why there has been no contact over the years is because in the late 60s, when the third line was being built, together with other technical backbone colleagues, he was transferred to the mountains of Shu Province by the state to "rebuild the industrial capacity of manufacturing complete sets of large-scale oxygen production equipment in the interior and prepare for war".

At that time, there were also a few tricky workers/technicians who did not want to leave their hometowns, so they deliberately made mistakes and performed poorly in order to avoid recruitment (because the country is to draw the best skilled elite soldiers to the rear to engage in construction). Of course, the above also knew that these people had a bad ideological consciousness, and they would not keep them in the factory, but would be expelled from the establishment and distribution, and farm like the educated youth.

However, these people have a good fate: they don't have to go far away, they are assigned to farm in the suburbs of Qiantang, and after a few decades, they can catch up with the nail households in urban villages.

And those technical backbones who really silently dedicated themselves to the rear construction of the third line, and when they retire, they will find that the retirement salary is three times lower than the standard on the Qiantang side, and they want to return to their hometown to die old, but they can't even afford to rent a house (when they leave, it is a public house, and the house will be taken back as soon as they leave), so they can only find a nail household in the urban village to sell their daughters, or let their sons become rich.

Thirty years in Hedong and Hexi, I don't know who has the last laugh.

As far as personal emotional tendencies are concerned, Gu Biao is quite unaccustomed to those good comrades who were thoughtful and conscious, highly skilled and hard-working, but they are not as good as those who steal and cheat to obtain the identity of nail households.

However, perhaps when the mainstream three views of society have developed to the era of "why should you repay the money borrowed by ability", Gu Biao's thinking is different.

Gu Biao couldn't change much, but he decided to help at least a few people he knew and had friendships with.

If you have money in the future, at least take your uncle and a few other good comrades-in-arms of my father back then, get them back from Shushan after retirement, and help them return to their homeland before the housing prices in Qiantang have skyrocketed - these people should also retire in the early 90s, and the housing prices should not be expensive at that time.

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After experiencing two waves of positive and negative three views, Gu Biao and his entourage finally adapted to the ugly world of capital.

You can let go of a normal mindset to deal with the upcoming negotiations and personal work.

"Let's talk about the introduction of copyrights first, or should we go to Acid Co., Ltd. first?"

After finding the hotel and completing the formalities, Xiangjiang lawyer He Ziqiang had no inclination, and said that he would obey Gu Biao's arrangement without emotion.

"Of course, it's public before private. Our excuse for the visa was to negotiate a technology license with Acid Co., Ltd. If you don't get this done first, you'll make a mistake. Gu Biao said undoubtedly.

Although this business was negotiated for the state, Gu Biao's personal profits may be less than that of the later business.

However, as long as he has an internship relationship with the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is still a student of the Foreign Affairs Academy, he cannot relax in state affairs.

"Then I'll make an appointment for you with Mr. Mitsui Sushi. He Ziqiang immediately went to arrange the contact.

The other party said that he would be free the next day.

Gu Biao was not in a hurry, just arrived, so he stayed for one night.

Yang Xin saw that the time was still early, and the opportunity to go abroad was rare, so he naturally refused to rest as early as Gu Biao.

"Senior Gu, I want to go out and see the world, you see ......"

"Then you wait, I'll wash my face and go with you. "Gu Biao has traveled many times in his previous life, so he wasn't so eager, but his buddy was interested, so he agreed to join him.

The hotel they stayed in wasn't a core business district like Ginza, nor was it an entertainment district like Shinjuku, so there wasn't much to do.

However, Yang Xin has never been to Yuben, even if it is the daily life of the people, it is enough for him to be curious. He didn't have much money, so he couldn't buy souvenirs, but he just looked at them hungrily, as if he wanted to imprint everything in his head.

Tired of shopping, Gu Biao invited Yang Xin to go to a ramen restaurant on the side of the road to eat seaweed and pork bone bonito noodles.

Yang Xin was a little embarrassed at first.

Gu Biao: "This is already the cheapest in this book, if you go back to the hotel to eat, the cheapest is several times more expensive than here." ”

Yang Xin shyly agreed.

A bowl of ramen for 400 yen, Yang Xin converted it in his heart, at least more than 15 yuan, only two slices of meat and some bonito, which was a loss.

I can eat 20 catties of pork in China!

He felt that it was necessary to complete the negotiation task as soon as possible to save money for Senior Gu and the country.

Gu Biao saw his thoughts and comforted: "Don't worry, this time it is for the company's business, and I also got the carte blanche power of attorney from Director Chen before I came - as long as the negotiation with Yueben Acid Co., Ltd. is completed, the proportion of entertainment expenses of 0.83% of the turnover is allowed to us by the state." ”

This is also the reason why Gu Biao has to do both official and private work together: go abroad once, negotiate two sets of business, and all the food, drink, housing and transportation expenses in the negotiation process can be shared. In such an expensive cost, that is also a lot of savings.

The $100,000 equipment technology licensing fee, as long as one set of sales is negotiated, Gu Biao can legally spend $830 on air tickets, hotels, catering, gifts, and taxi fares.

Yang Xin didn't understand the administration and regulations of taxation, but after listening to the senior's explanation, he finally relaxed a little.

After eating noodles, Yang Xin walked around for a while, and he always went to crowded and lively places, so he unconsciously approached Akihabara.

Akihabara in '79 is, of course, a serious electrical town, and definitely not a place for scum houses to gather. Regardless of whether they are locals or foreigners who come here, they are all here to buy electricity.

Seeing the dazzling array of household appliances, Yang Xin was also a little envious, but more just curious. Gu Biao also knew that he had a more self-respecting temper and would definitely not accept his gifts, so he didn't ask him more.

Walking until late at night, some electrical stores gradually prepared to close, and those that did not close gradually died down, leaving only those places with pachinko machines and electric cars still crowded.

(Note: "Electric" here refers to an electric game console, not a "video game console", that is, there is no TV display screen, relying on the motor to drive some props to move, and with sound effects, it is similar to watching a shadow puppet show.)

Therefore, playing games in Wanwan is commonly called "playing electric", because Wanwan developed arcades earlier than us, so arcades in the "electric" era were introduced. And when we had arcade machines, we had bypassed the era of "electric")

Gu Biao saw that Yang Xin was a little reluctant to come to the electric street, but he didn't leave any traces, so he smiled and persuaded: "How about it? I won't buy you electrical appliances, if you want to play electric, I'll ask you to do it." It's just a few coins, it's not a violation of discipline, is it?"

Yang Xin thought about it, it was nothing to accept the senior's invitation with this little money, so he agreed: "Thank you, Brother Gu." ”

So Yang Xin walked to a bunch of game consoles and began to find a queue to line up.

When he saw that Gu Biao didn't follow, he was immediately a little embarrassed: "Brother Gu, you asked me to fight, but you didn't fight yourself?"

Of course, Gu Biao didn't want to fight, because in his opinion, these games were too naïve. He has been baptized by the 3A masterpiece for many years after a few decades, how can he be interested in this pile of beeping rotten goods.

"You can fight it yourself, I'm not interested. ”

"That'...... That's embarrassing, forget it, I won't fight. Yang Xin didn't know Gu Biao's brain activities, and thought that Gu Biao was saving money.

Gu Biao smiled: "Don't be hypocritical, then I'll join you - in fact, I really don't think this is fun." ”

"Isn't this fun? So what's fun?" Yang Xin has never even seen an electric car in China, and now he is shocked. But the senior looked disdainful, and he couldn't help but admire.

Gu Biao couldn't answer this question, so he didn't answer it.

He decided to find a machine that seemed to be the most fun in relative terms, and should be used as a companion to the apprentice.

However, this look made him pay attention to a problem:

"Why is it all electric here? Didn't you introduce a single one with a screen? In 1979, there should have been an electronic arcade machine, right? Atari's arcade machine sold very well in the United States......, right? What went wrong? Is Nintendo still building an automatic mahjong machine?"

Gu Biao didn't have time to study in depth for the time being, and he felt that he could wait for the negotiation with Mitsui Sushi to end and then take some time to make an unannounced visit to figure out this issue.