In August 1987, São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.

A large passenger plane flying from Madrid landed smoothly at São Paulo Congonhas International Airport. The cabin door opened, and the passengers walked out of the cabin in an orderly manner, and what was remarkable was that in the middle of a large group of high-nosed, blue-eyed passengers, there were actually more than 30 oriental faces, which were the Chinese delegation that came to participate in the International Farming Machinery Expo.

The expo to be held in São Paulo is aimed at agricultural machinery companies around the world, and China is the first time to participate in such an expo. Since the strength of a single enterprise is not enough to organize a group to go abroad alone, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China took the lead in forming a joint delegation, led by Cui Hongchun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture.

After all, China is a big agricultural country, and China has not participated in the agricultural machinery expo in the past, which is a pity anyway. This news also attracted the attention of media reporters, who had already pestered the conference organizers to ask countless questions a few days ago, and rushed to the airport early today to interview the Chinese who had just gotten off the plane for the first time.

"Mr. Minister, what do you think of your first visit to the International Farming Machinery Fair?"

"Mr. Minister, can China afford to buy the new agricultural tools on display at the Expo?"

"How many rural areas in China have access to electricity, and have they been exposed to modern agricultural technology?"

"What do you think about China-Pakistan relations......

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Seeing the Chinese delegation walking out of the airport passage, reporters rushed over at once. After confirming the identity of the head of the delegation to the interpreter, the crowd began to ask questions. For journalists, being able to interview information related to Red China can grab attention, and as for more details, they really can't think of it for a while. None of them had ever set foot on Chinese soil.

"We came to this beautiful country of Brazil with the intention of learning. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan 13 years ago, the two sides have had full exchanges and cooperation in the field of agriculture. China will modernize its industry, agriculture, national defense, and science and technology by the end of this century, so the development of agricultural machinery is one of our important tasks. This time, we brought some of the farming machinery produced by our domestic enterprises, hoping to have technical exchanges with their counterparts in other countries......"

Cui Hongchun was prepared for this scene, and he stopped. A brief statement was made on the spot. After the reporters clicked to take a photo, they were about to ask further questions, when the staff of the Chinese embassy who came to pick them up stopped them and escorted the delegation to board the bus.

"Oh, foreign journalists are so interested in us in China, I've encountered this situation several times when I go abroad, and the flash has dazzled my eyes." After Cui Hongchun sat down on the bus, he said to several officials around him with a smile.

Tian Yuzhong, the agricultural counselor of the embassy who came to greet the delegation, nodded and said: "Yes, mainly because our country has too few opportunities to come out to participate in this kind of international expo. If a delegation from Western countries had come, it would not have caused such a big sensation. Speaking of which, the Ministry of Agriculture is ahead of the ministries and commissions in this regard, and this is all because of your open-mindedness and courage to be the first in the world, Minister Cui. ”

"Haha, Lao Tian, you are getting better and better at talking, have you been a diplomat for a few years and have trained your mouth?" Cui Hongchun teased Tian Yuzhong. He and Tian Yuzhong knew each other when they were in China, and Tian Yuzhong was still a cadre in a unit under the Ministry of Agriculture.

The two men made a few jokes. Tian Yuzhong restrained his smile and reported seriously: "Minister Cui, according to the request on the fax sent by the Ministry of Agriculture to our embassy, we have contacted the organizer of the expo and rented a 200-square-meter exhibition area. I have a question, though. Can we have so many things to exhibit? ”

"Why, Lao Tian, you don't believe in our abilities?" Cui Hongchun asked rhetorically.

Tian Yuzhong laughed a few times, and then said, "Minister Cui, it's not that I don't believe in our ability. In fact, there are still some gaps between our technical level and developed countries. I learned in advance that there are many large agricultural machinery manufacturers from the United States, Europe and Japan who came to participate in the conference, and their products still have some technical strength......"

His words were very tactful, but the meaning of the words was very clear, that is, to remind Cui Hongchun that the technology of foreign companies is very advanced, and if our things are not good, don't take them out and be embarrassed.

In fact, there is no need for Tian Yuzhong to remind Cui Hongchun himself that the gap between China's agricultural machinery technology level and foreign countries is still very obvious, if there is no cheat like Qin Hai, he will not consider organizing a delegation to participate in this expo, or even if he comes to participate, he will only act as an audience rather than an actor.

However, the appearance of Qin Hai changed a qiē. This time, the Chinese delegation brought a full range of basic parts for tillage machinery, including the rotary tillage blades improved by Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, as well as ploughshares, rake blades and other accessories improved by some other agricultural machinery enterprises under the guidance of Qin Hai. The performance of all these basic parts has been tested in China, and Cui Hongchun is convinced that this time the Chinese delegation will be able to make a big splash.

"Lao Tian, as the old saying goes, don't be three days, and you should be impressed. You've been abroad for two years, haven't you? What is the level of technology in the country, I'm afraid you don't know. Why do you think we can't come up with products that can be exhibited? Cui Hongchun smiled and sold Guanzi to Tian Yuzhong.

Tian Yuzhong hurriedly said: "How dare you, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and it is a matter of course for Minister Cui's subordinates to come up with some advanced products." …… However, Minister Cui, can you give me a thorough understanding of Lao Tian first, what secret weapon did we come up with? ”

"I can't say that." Cui Hongchun smiled even more happily, he looked at Tian Yuzhong's confused look, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the seat in the back of the bus, and said, "Lao Tian, do you see a young man there, he is my secret weapon." ”

"Young man?" Tian Yuzhong looked at Cui Hongchun's fingers, and saw that among the middle-aged people in the car, there were indeed three unusually young faces. The three men included two women and a man, and as he looked over, the two girls were sandwiching the young man between them, one on the left and one on the right, and chattering about something.

This young man is naturally Qin Hai. And the two girls beside him were Qin Shan and Ningning, who had just finished the college entrance examination, and they entered this delegation as product demonstrators of Qingfeng Factory.

The Ministry of Agriculture organized a group this time, except for some officials in the ministry, the remaining places were allocated to more than a dozen agricultural machinery enterprises. Because the Qingfeng factory provided the rotary tillage blades for the exhibition, it won two places, one was directly designated to Qin Hai for "wearing a hat", and the other was determined by the Qingfeng factory itself.

In other enterprises, such opportunities to go abroad are naturally monopolized by the factory director. But Ning Zhongying was not so greedy, he knew that he didn't know much about technology, and it was pointless to go to the expo, so he gave the quota to Leng Yuming and asked him to be the representative of Qingfeng Factory.

With only two places, it is obviously impossible to meet Qin Hai's requirements. He had his own purpose for participating in this fair, and that purpose could only be achieved with the assistance of others. He made a phone call to Cui Hongchun and offered to increase the number of places, and all the expenses of the increase would be borne by him.

For Qin Hai's request, Cui Hongchun naturally would not refuse. The reason why the Ministry of Agriculture has limited the number of places is simply because of a lack of funding. If Qin Hai is willing to raise his own funds, Cui Hongchun is actually willing for him to bring a few more people over, because this can appear that the delegation is large and leave a deep impression on others.

After getting Cui Hongchun's permission, Qin Hai began to plan for manpower. Li Linguang and Yue Kun must be included, because the thermal spraying process is made by them, and Qin Hai is planning to sell this process at this expo to seize the market for thermal spraying equipment.

The second person to bring is Liu Shuo and Huang Yanling from the Brother Ceramics Factory, which is what Qin Hai thought of after they visited Pingyuan. After more than a month of hard work, Qin Hai has made the zirconia products trial-produced by the Brother Ceramics Factory successful, and Qin Hai is also ready to sell this product at this expo.

Qin Hai originally planned to bring Song Hongxuan and Ning Zhongying, but both of them resigned on the grounds that they were busy with work. Qin Hai knew that Song Hongxuan was indeed unable to leave because of his work, while Ning Zhongying thought that it was useless for him to go to Brazil and was unwilling to waste Qin Hai's funds, so he refused on the pretext.

Bringing Ning Jing and Qin Shan to Brazil was completely Qin Hai's temporary idea. At that time, the two had just finished taking the college entrance examination, and Ning Jing took the lead, grinding Qin Hai all day long to take them out to play, saying that they wanted to play back the youth that was delayed by the college entrance examination. Qin Hai was busy preparing to go to Brazil at this time, and he was overwhelmed by them, so he had an idea and decided to include the two of them in his attaché.

Due to the hot sales of special steel from Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant in the Japanese and European markets, Qin Hai has accumulated a considerable amount of foreign exchange in his hands, and it is no longer a matter to take out one or two hundred thousand dollars to take two girls abroad. Qin Hai also intended to let his sister Qin Shan have more contact with the outside world, and going abroad is undoubtedly the most effective way.

If you want to take Qin Shan, you naturally can't pull down the tranquility, because these two people can't be separated from Meng and Meng all day long, and it is impossible to disassemble them. Besides, Ning Ning is Ning Zhongying's daughter and Ning Mo's sister, no matter what level of relationship, Qin Hai has to take her to Brazil together.

In this way, Ning Jing and Qin Shan were included in the list of the Ministry of Agriculture's delegation abroad as exhibitors, and together with Qin Hai, they came to São Paulo. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update, although it has passed zero o'clock...... Oranges are actually quite hard