In the spring of 1984, Luohu Port, Shenzhen.

A minibus with a public security license plate came from a distance, passed through the cordon, and drove straight to the front of the border inspection building. The car door opened, and Lin Zhenhua, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, jumped out of the car, raised his eyes to look at the mountains of Hong Kong in the distance opposite, full of emotion.

It has been more than 4 years since he came to this time and space, and today he is going to leave Luohu and start his first trip abroad. Behind him was a trade delegation consisting of personnel from the Naval Equipment Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Jiangnan Provincial Foreign Trade Department, and the Hanhua Industrial Company. The name of this delegation is Jiangnan Xinxin Electromechanical Import and Export Company, which is nominally a completely private company, and its general manager is Lin Zhenhua.

We have to start from the beginning.

A year ago, Lin Zhenhua raised the issue of selling warships to Liu Xianghai in exchange for research funds, and this idea coincided with the leaders of the Naval Armament Department, and the work of forming a foreign trade company to sell naval equipment overseas was quickly included in the agenda of the Armament Department.

At the beginning of reform and opening up, after comprehensively examining the country's current situation and the international political and military situation, the state made a judgment that "there will be no large-scale war in the next 30 years." This judgment is in sharp contrast to the previous judgment that "we must prepare for war."

According to the judgment of "preparing for war," all the construction of the country must take into account the impact of war, so it is necessary to invest a large amount of money in military preparations, and at the same time, a large number of important industrial projects must be arranged in the interior, and cannot be located along the coast, which is most vulnerable to attack. As a result of this layout, China missed the opportunity to transfer global labor-intensive industries and failed to develop coastal processing industries, while South Korea, Singapore, and China's Hong Kong, Taiwan and Hong Kong developed into the Asian Tigers with coastal industries.

After making the judgment that there will be no large-scale war, the state vigorously develops the coastal economy on the one hand, and builds coastal special economic zones and open cities; On the other hand, military expenditures have been reduced on a large scale, including the disarmament of the million-dollar project, and the reduction of a large number of military scientific research projects, so as to devote more funds to economic construction.

Under such circumstances, the military scientific research sector is facing a serious shortage of funds. In order to solve the financial difficulties, the military can be said to have crossed the sea with eight immortals, each showing its own magical powers. Relying on their strong technical strength, some military enterprises have turned to the production of civilian products and competed with local enterprises for the market in the fields of automobiles, motorcycles, and color televisions. There are also some military departments that have started trading with their surnames, and those who are capable of doing so are doing it at home, and those who are capable of doing business overseas.

Zhang Zhifang, the minister of the Naval Armament Department, is a person who wants to do business, but he has been struggling to find a way. There are many talented people in the navy who are fighting wars and engaged in scientific research, but when it comes to doing business, it is like a mountain across the line.

At this time, a report from the Naval Yard was handed to his desk, which recommended that a local foreign trade enterprise supported by the military be formed in cooperation with local enterprises, and that international trade should be carried out under the cover of civilian institutions to provide funds for the naval armament department.

The report also specifically mentioned that Comrade Lin Zhenhua, manager of Jiangnan Hanhua Industrial Company, met the conditions for cooperation.

Zhang Zhifang had a deal with Lin Zhenhua once and had a good impression of Lin Zhenhua. Later, he heard Liu Xianghai talk about Lin Zhenhua's deeds such as scientific research and contracted labor service companies in Hanhua Factory, and he also had a certain understanding of his ability. Of course, just based on some personal impressions, he couldn't hand over such a major matter to Lin Zhenhua, so an open and secret investigation against Lin Zhenhua was launched.

In the eyes of the national intelligence department, everything about Lin Zhenhua is no secret at all. Of course, his status as a time-traveler is an exception, which is under the jurisdiction of the Time and Space Administration, and the intelligence department at that time did not have the ability to investigate this kind of thing.

According to the information fed back by the intelligence department, Lin Zhenhua was born in Hanhua Machinery Factory, and his parents were ordinary workers, so there were no historical problems. After Lin Zhenhua joined the army, he performed well in the army, fought bravely in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and was finally discharged early for violating the discipline of prisoners of war, but this incident is really not a stain in the eyes of the military.

Lin Zhenhua claimed that he had learned some professional knowledge from a decentralized rightist stationed in the garrison during his time in the army, and this was confirmed by his platoon commander, Cen Youjun. Intelligence officers conducted an investigation at the station of Lin Zhenhua's former unit, and indeed found a deceased veteran rightist, and found out that the rightist had no overseas connections and was not suspected of being a hostile. As for whether this rightist has the ability to teach Lin Zhenhua as a professional talent, the intelligence department cannot find out, and you must know that the archival work was also affected in those years, and many materials were scattered.

The transaction between Lin Zhenhua and Ford was also investigated. Intelligence officers confirmed that Lin Zhenhua had provided Ford with some suggestions on improving the MK800 machine tool while working as an interpreter for Ford, a technician at an American company, and had received cash remuneration from Spischer, which was currently held in two banks in Switzerland and Hong Kong.

A few years ago, it would have been a major problem, but by 1983, people's tolerance for making money had increased dramatically. Being able to earn foreign exchange on your own is something to be admired. The intelligence personnel also confirmed that Lin Zhenhua did not betray the country's technical intelligence during this period, but in fact, this issue does not need to be verified, because with Lin Zhenhua's status, there is no technical information that can be sold.

Secondly, after Lin Zhenhua earned dollars, he did not use them for his own luxury consumption, but bought a large number of electronic chips, technical books, etc., which were once donated to Huaqing University for scientific research activities, and the books were brought back to the Ship Institute by Liu Xianghai, and now many books are the treasures of the thruster institute.

"In this way, this Lin Zhenhua is very reliable politically." Zhang Zhifang looked at these investigation reports and came to such a conclusion.

"Minister Zhang, it is taboo for him to do business, as well as to accept remuneration from foreign businessmen without permission and hide it from the organization." The head of the intelligence department reminded.

"What taboo? It's called ability! Zhang Zhifang said, "During the war years, which unit did not hide some loot? Cadres who can do things on the battlefield are the cadres who are most proficient in fighting. Everything is reported to the organization, it is a good child, and the troops led by it are also little sheep. ”

"It's ......" the intelligence officer was speechless.

Zhang Zhifang said: "What we need is such a person." Judging from your investigation, this Xiaolin is very disciplined in his private life, and he does not have the common problems of young people. ”

"We learned that he and his fiancée, Yang Xin, sometimes spent the night together in a flat room." The intelligence officer hastened to introduce.

Zhang Zhifang said: "You people, did the state give you money to let you go to see what time the lights were turned off?" ”

"No, no, we didn't specifically investigate this issue, but we only occasionally heard feedback from the masses." The intelligence officer hurriedly explained that he really hadn't been to see what time the lights were turned off.

"It's not a big deal." Zhang Zhifang said, "He lives a very frugal life, and he has no other hobbies except for his love of eating." ”

"That's true."

"He has said on various occasions more than once that his ideal is to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and to revitalize China's industry."

"Yes, Director Liu Xianghai of the Propulsion Institute and Director He Haifeng of the System Reform Commission have confirmed this, and they have a high evaluation of Lin Zhenhua in politics, and these two comrades are also very reliable cadres in politics."

Zhang Zhifang nodded: "Great, this is the person we need." Politically reliable, capable, business-minded, and technologically savvy, can we still find such people in our system? ”

All these investigations were completed without Lin Zhenhua's knowledge, so when the two navy cadres politely invited him to Yanjing and brought him into Zhang Zhifang's office, Lin Zhenhua was still confused.

"Xiaolin, let's meet again." Zhang Zhifang said to Lin Zhenhua with a smile.

"Hello Minister Zhang!" Lin Zhenhua had the heart to salute the military, and when he saw that he was wearing work clothes, he just gave up.

"I asked you to come over this time to ask you for a favor." Zhang Zhifang said, "I heard that your Hanhua Industrial Company is doing very well now." ”

Lin Zhenhua complained bitterly in his heart, this smiling uncle can't be the patent fund under my name. The Chu people are not guilty, but they are guilty.

"Well, Minister Zhang's family has a big business, how can we get into your eyes for a small company like ours." Lin Zhenhua said modestly.

"No, it's true that my family has a big business here, but there are more places to spend money, and I'm now taking three pot lids to cover seven pots, and I can't cover them at all." Zhang Zhifang said.

"That's that, running a navy is originally a matter of burning money, and if you throw three or five million dollars into it, you can't see anything." Lin Zhenhua followed Zhang Zhifang's words and said, the implication is that even if I give you that money, it won't help you, so don't worry about it.

Zhang Zhifang didn't know Lin Zhenhua's little ninety-nine, he really didn't think about the idea of beating Lin Zhenhua's millions of patent funds, although the intelligence department also reported this situation to him, but this amount of money is indeed insignificant to him.

"Xiaolin, you said it well. So, we now have to find a way to earn our own money. I heard Xiang Hai say, you suggest that our Navy export warships overseas? ”

Lin Zhenhua remembered that he had said such a thing to Liu Xianghai with many words, and he also understood that Zhang Zhifang had found him in Yanjing this time, and the purpose was indeed not to requisition the money in his hand. Thinking of this, he felt fortunate on the one hand, but on the other hand, he had new concerns: "Minister Zhang, I did make this suggestion to Director Liu, why, our navy really wants to do this?" ”

"That's right, we've already made a report to the Military Commission, and it's been approved. Now, we are going to set up a special import and export company to do this. ”

"That's great, we're long overdue." Lin Zhenhua said happily.

"I'm here to discuss this matter. We have already studied it, and the general manager of this company would like to invite you, Comrade Lin Zhenhua, to take the position. ”

(To be continued)