After eating, it was already dark, and Luo Kangmei drove Poussin to send Zhao Gang and the others home first, and then drove back to the unit.

Zhao Hongbing and the big country with Zhao Gang returned home, the eldest aunt has returned, Zhao Gang briefly introduced two sentences, Zhao Hongbing saw the eldest aunt when he was seven or eight years old, and the feeling at that time was just that the eldest aunt was very generous, just like the noble lady in the story, this meeting, I felt that the eldest aunt was graceful and generous, and at a glance I knew that it was a woman who grew up in the city since childhood.

The eldest aunt smiled and said politely: "The red soldier is so old, he is really a handsome guy." The young man was in good spirits, too. ”

The big country was already so restrained that he was restless, and Zhao Hongbing smiled: "My aunt hasn't changed at all, she is still so beautiful and generous, and her memory is similar to that of my childhood." ”

The eldest aunt smiled heartily and said, "When you are old, the years are not forgiving. Sit down, and I'll cut some fruit for you. ”

After sitting down, Zhao Hongbing handed a letter to Zhao Gang and said, "This is a letter that my father wrote to you. ”

Speaking of Zhao Hongbing's father, he is also a cultural person, a high school student in the sixties, commonly known as the third class, and Zhao Gang is also the third class, but the encounters between the brothers are different. Zhao Gang was in Jiangsu as a young man, helped an old cadre in distress, and later the old cadre's political problems were solved, and the leadership treatment was restored, so he said hello to the relevant departments, Zhao Gang was escorted to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, and stayed in Haicheng directly after graduation, and later transferred from Haicheng Machine Tool Factory to the hot Wujiaohua Company.

This is the help of noble people.

And Zhao Hongbing's father did not have the support of nobles, and he caught up with the complex historical period, although he had a certain level of education, he still had to eat in the field.

Zhao Gang took the letter, opened it, and read the two manuscript papers quickly, although the content was very short, his heart could not be calmed for a long time.

There are eight cousins in the Zhao family, he has the best relationship with this old five, and he can say it the most, after all, it is about the same cultural level, and there is a common language, but after all, it was more than 20 years ago, since becoming a city person, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the distance between brothers is gradually widening, and the feelings are becoming thinner and thinner.

But his roots are still in his hometown.

In the letter, Zhao Hongbing's father didn't say much else, and after greeting politely, he only said two things: one is this year's Qingming, Zhao Gang didn't go back, he helped sweep the tomb of the second uncle and the second aunt, that is, Zhao Gang's father's mother, and said that the willow tree in front of the tomb had broken a lot of branches in the previous rainstorm, and he had helped prune it, hoping that Zhao Gang would not worry.

The second thing is to briefly talk about Zhao Hongbing. said that this son has been bold and restless since he was a child, this time he wants to go out, and he doesn't agree with being a parent, but he can't help his father, and hopes that Zhao Gang can take care of it, but there is a premise, it must not violate the principle, not drag Zhao Gang down, and hope that he can take care of it if Zhao Gang can do his best.

After reading the letter, Zhao Gang couldn't calm down, those people and things that he thought had been gradually forgotten came to his mind again, and he had feelings for the brothers who stayed in his hometown, after all, he grew up and crawled around since childhood; To his father, he is guilty, he left home at a young age, thousands of miles away, he has gone home only a handful of times in the past few decades, even the old lady did not catch up with him to take a look, and now his father has passed away for seven or eight years, in the past seven or eight years, he has only gone back once, and the grave of the second elder has only been swept three times when he is a son, no matter what the reason, his heart is full of self-blame and guilt.

Zhao Gang knew that for so many years, the graves of his parents had been taken care of by the fifth brother, and the fifth brother did not say a word to him when the family was in the most difficult time, but now, in his letter, he begged him to take care of his son.

Alas, this stubborn old five!

Zhao Gang put away the letter in a complicated mood and said to Zhao Hongbing: "I understand your intention very well, your county material bureau appointed you to come to Haicheng, I'm afraid it is also with a different purpose, but uncle and tell you the truth, the indicators in the plan are strictly formulated by the state according to the development of various places, this is a matter of principle, I'm afraid my uncle can't help you!" ”

To Zhao Gang's surprise, Zhao Hongbing did not have a look of disappointment on his face, and said with a smile: "I know this, if I want my uncle to violate my principles, I would rather not come." I would like to ask, if you want unplanned goods, can you take proper care of us within the scope of your uncle's authority? ”

Zhao Gang said: "Unplanned goods go according to the market price, and the state does not regulate and control, so they are naturally bought and sold at will." However, for a first-class station like Haicheng, the corresponding contract units are usually second-level stations in various provinces and cities or enterprises directly under the central government, and county-level units such as Wenhe are usually not considered. ”

Zhao Hongbing was really disappointed at this time, he thought he had found a big temple, but he didn't expect the temple to be too big, and now he is not qualified to enter. But he is a more and more courageous character, in his previous life, he went to the sea to do business, several ups and downs, and never knew what it was to retreat, so although he was disappointed in his heart, his face could still remain normal.

Zhao Hongbing looked at his uncle and did not speak, with ardent hope in his eyes.

Sure enough, Zhao Gang changed his words and said: "What I said is just under normal circumstances, after all, there is no explicit provision that first-level stations are not allowed to directly supply goods to county-level units. I know what you mean, now the shortage of goods, rising prices, each level of stations and branches, will be in the upper level of the supply price, intercept a part of their own profits, and then supply to the subordinate units, which leads to the transmission of materials to the county-level units, the price has risen a lot, even if it is an unplanned price, I believe that there should be a certain profit in the middle, but there are still some levels in this operation, let me think about it carefully. ”

Zhao Hongbing was overjoyed and said: "I know that the uncle will definitely help me, this matter is not in a hurry, and I also have a little new idea, let's think about it slowly." ”

The eldest aunt handed over a plate of peeled fruit and said with a smile: "What do you two have to think about, you have to think slowly." However, it doesn't matter if the Red Soldier stays for a few more days, just have a good time in Haicheng. ”

Zhao Hongbing hurriedly said: "Don't dare to disturb the uncle and aunt too much, we have already found a place to live, and we will go over there tomorrow." ”

The eldest aunt was unhappy and said, "What's wrong with the family, and you have to spend money to live outside?" ”

Zhao Hongbing smiled: "It's just that the eldest aunt is too good, so my guy feels uncomfortable, for him, I think we should go out to live." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the big country sitting next to him, whose face was flushed and his head hung down to his chest.

The eldest aunt was not reluctant, smiled, and said that you two chatted, and she went to clean up the bed for Zhao Hongbing and the big country.

After the eldest aunt left, Zhao Gang said: "If you want to make money and change the family environment, you can't say bad intentions, but you can't do things in a hurry, and more importantly, you can't violate laws and regulations, and violate national laws, which you have to remember." ”

Zhao Hongbing nodded respectfully, but he had already wanted to blossom in his heart, and some thoughts were wild, if Zhao Gang knew what he was thinking at this time, I am afraid that he would immediately resolutely not let him touch this kind of business.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhao Gang said: "You are tired of taking the car, you will rest today, and tomorrow will be the order fair. ”

Zhao Hongbing said: "I also think the same, tomorrow first understand the situation, see which goods are more popular, which goods have a clear trend of price increases, which goods are in short supply, which goods have a large geographical gap, first do it in mind, and then consider what goods to do next." Also, uncle, I want to invite the comrades of the supply and marketing department in the station to have a meal, I don't know if it's appropriate? ”

Zhao Gang thought for a while and said: "Supply and marketing hardware group, chemical group, power group, home appliance group, a total of 20 people, if you are invited, the cost will be relatively large, you decide what goods to do first, and then focus on inviting a few people." ”

Zhao Hongbing had a different opinion and said: "It's good to ask less, but I'm afraid that other people will gossip, although I can't use them, after all, it will have an impact on the uncle." It's just a few more, it doesn't cost much, it's better to ask them all! ”

Zhao Gang thought about it for a while and said, "This is not in a hurry, let's see when the time comes." However, I have already agreed with Zhao Hongbing's suggestion in my heart, Wujiaohua Company is now a fragrant yamen, and I don't know how many people are invited and invited every day, what is it for his nephew Zhao Gang to invite a meal? Please don't have extra words, please a few without inviting others will end up gossiping.

The next day. Zhao Hongbing got up early and rushed to the trade center not far from Wujiaohua Company with a banner hanging at the gate: August 1987 National Wujiaohua Commodity Trade Exhibition.

When he entered the door, he was in trouble, and he asked for a pass, Zhao Hongbing hurriedly handed a cigarette to someone, the cigarette was a newly bought Harddoor, Zhao Hongbing handed over one, and saw that they took it, and immediately stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the other party's hands.

The man was a little embarrassed and said: "Little comrade, it's not that I'm not accommodating, the leader has regulations, this exhibition should be of high standard, strictly controlled, and refuse to enter irrelevant people." ”

Zhao Hongbing hurriedly took out the official letter from the hardware store and said: "Uncle, we are not unrelated people, we are appointed personnel of the Jin Provincial Materials Bureau, and we are specially here to participate in the order fair. ”

The man thought for a while, pointed to the big country behind Zhao Hongbing and said, "He stays, you go in, but don't say I let you in if something happens." ”

"How can you do that? It will never affect the uncle. Zhao Hongbing arched his hand, explained a few words to the big country, and turned around and entered the venue.

The trade center is crowded with people, and there are many business personnel from tertiary stations, supply and marketing cooperatives, and companies outside the system waiting in the outermost area. These shrewd businessmen probed the guild hall for information on the source and price, and figured out how to make a move when the price was clear.

Further inside, there are provincial and municipal secondary stations, enterprises under the Ministry of Commerce, and state-owned supply and sales systems, all of which have tables to display the products and goods in the jurisdiction, and they will also send their own business personnel to purchase the goods they need.

The innermost is the Beijing Haicheng first-class station, the central government directly under the large enterprises of the table, the lights around the table are brilliant and bright, symbolizing a special status, they are undoubtedly the supreme existence for those business personnel on the periphery, occupy an absolute dominant position, a little bit of wind and grass, may affect the price trend of a certain kind of goods.

Zhao Hongbing walked around, inquired about the price of some goods, more listening, to see what others say, in general, the price of most goods has risen slightly, but the increase is not large, it seems that after a few months of sharp rises, the price has reached a bottleneck, and an experienced businessman will easily judge that the price may be adjusted.

This is the consensus of most people, Zhao Hongbing listened to a lot of conversations, everyone has such ideas, everyone is hesitating, and this often forms a consistent trend, which leads to a real price fall.

There are still some people who are worried about the state's regulation and control, because the slogan of reform and opening up has only been shouted for a few years, and the real economic opening policy has not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone still has the impression that the state is rigidly controlling the economy, so after a few months of unusual price increases, many people are worried that the state will intervene, and this intervention is often decisive for the trend of prices.

Everyone was hesitating, so on the first day of the museum's opening, the transaction was not active until the museum closed at noon, when Zhao Hongbing heard from a staff member that the contract volume in the morning was only less than 20 million.

Zhao Hongbing was very satisfied, he felt that the time of his rebirth was not bad, in this hesitation period, no one knew better than him that the price of goods in the future would not only not make the slightest adjustment, but would be like a wild horse, rising sharply, out of control, and more importantly, until September next year, the state will not intervene.