"At the moment, except for Ukraine in the Soviet Union, there is no second place in the world to produce this product, we have to find a way!"

Hearing Zhong Bai's affirmative answer, Lu Xudong's brows furrowed even deeper.

"However, you just said that this product must be produced in Ukraine, a union republic of the Soviet Union, don't you know that the relationship between China and the Soviet Union has always been tense? Even if this is possible, how do you get the product back? ”

How could Zhong Bai not know, he couldn't be clearer!

The two GCZY powers of China and the Soviet Union began to deteriorate from the mid-60s of the 20th century, and in the spring and summer of 1969, there were many armed clashes on ZB Island on the northeastern border of China and the Soviet Union, with casualties on both sides, and since then it has been in a state of hostility + "old and dead do not get along".

In Zhong Bai's memory, the previous life was not until the autumn of 1988, when the leaders of the Soviet Union finally decided to take a substantive step out of the needs of domestic and foreign affairs, so as to promote the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations, and realized the meeting with Grandpa Deng, and after six years, 12 rounds of Sino-Soviet political consultations were held in Moscow and Beijing, so that the normalization of relations between the two countries came to a successful end.

It is March 1982, and although there are still six years to go before 1988, Zhong Bai clearly remembers that on March 24, 1982, a major event in the history of Sino-Soviet relations took place.

On this day, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union delivered a speech in Tashkent, sending a signal to the Chinese side to improve relations; although he still attacked China in his speech, he made it clear that he had never denied China's system, fully recognized China's sovereignty over the treasure island, and was ready to hold talks with China on improving Sino-Soviet relations.

And it was after this day that the exchanges between the two countries became more and more frequent, gradually resuming towards the most intimate time of the 50s.

This is the day Zhong Bai is waiting for!

After this day, the embassies of the two countries will no longer refuse to issue visas to each other's personnel, as before, and there will be personnel exchanges, material and technical exchanges, which will be the basis for the gradual normalization of relations!

Therefore, when Zhong Bai recalled this critical juncture, he answered Lu Xudong's question in a very positive tone: "Director Lu, my next words may make you feel a little fantastical, but it doesn't matter, because this will happen, the day after tomorrow on March 24, that is, Wednesday, the embassies of China and the Soviet Union will re-issue visas to each other's personnel, and the personnel, material and technological exchanges between the two countries that have been interrupted for decades will slowly begin to resume, so ...... It's not a problem to get the product back. ”

"This ......? Where did you get this kind of news? Lu Xudong couldn't help but change his face when he heard it: "Xiao Zhong, you can't talk nonsense about these words!" Now it's just the two of us, you must not tell anyone else when you leave this office, this kind of thing is very sensitive, do you know?! ”

"I'm sure I won't tell anyone else." Seeing that the other party reacted so much, Zhong Bai had no choice but to reply with a serious expression: "Today is March 22nd, we only need to wait for 3 days." ”

Just when Lu Xudong didn't know how to respond to Zhong Bai's "prediction" that suddenly flew out, the phone rang.

Ji Jinhua, deputy director of the Xishan Provincial Department of Industry, told him that there are indeed two largest underground coal mines in Xishan Province that have been using hydraulic pillars as support materials in a small area since January this year, and the feedback received is not bad, and he also said that Lu Xudong is welcome to lead a team to their province for exchange and inspection recently.

Of course, Lu Xudong didn't have time to do this, he originally made a phone call to verify whether Zhong Bai's words were reliable, but he didn't expect that basically Ji Jinhua's feedback was exactly as Zhong Bai described.

After hanging up the phone in surprise, Lu Xudong was not so skeptical of Zhong Bai's mysterious prediction about "March 24th" just now, but recalling this crazy suggestion, he still felt a little untrue: "Okay, even if this product can be produced in Ukraine, it can also be imported back, and the use of underground bauxite mines in Heyuan City can also have the effect you predicted...... But how does this work? Where does the purchased foreign currency come from? Not to mention foreign exchange, where to raise funds? Heyuan City has already eaten the rhythm of the last meal and the next meal, not to mention that your plan is still reported to me privately, and Director Cao Shiming of your supervision group doesn't know it yet! Xiao Zhong, I want to remind you, don't forget, Cao Shiming is the leader of the supervision group, and his organizational relationship is in the ministry, not in our Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry! ”

Lu Xudong's words are obvious, which means that Cao Shiming is now dealing with the underground bauxite mine in Heyuan City, which is under the jurisdiction of our Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry, but others are sent by the Ministry of Industry to guide, this plan just nodding himself, and even Director Liu's nod may not work, it must be agreed by the ministry, at least the Planning Department, then it is possible to proceed.

"Don't worry, Director Lu, I've already considered this." Zhong Bai replied confidently: "Through the close contact with Director Cao in the past two days, I think he is a very knowledgeable and very clear understanding of the role of technology in solving the problem of underground bauxite mines in Heyuan City, as long as you agree in principle, I will take the drawings and explain to him immediately, I hope to obtain his consent, as for whether he wants to report this matter to the Ministry of Industry, it is not up to me to influence, but ...... Although he is the director of the ministry, isn't he also sent to work in our provincial department for at least three months? When he comes to us, he has to cooperate with the decision of the hall, right? Anyway, it's all to solve the matter of the underground bauxite mine in Heyuan City! ”

Zhong Bai said this very skillfully, and vaguely pointed out that although Cao Shiming was sent from above, the purpose of coming down was to solve the problem, as long as the problem could be solved, in fact, the other party had no reason to refuse!

"Heh, good little bell, how can you arrange the work of a director casually!" Of course, Lu Xudong understood the meaning of Zhong Baihua, obviously this little ghost's brain was very clever, but he didn't forget to knock him a few words: "You go and report this plan to Director Cao first, and after he agrees, the follow-up things will be talked about, and you don't need to arrange it." ”

"Order!" Seeing that Lu Xudong finally relented, Zhong Bai immediately saluted, and rushed out of the deputy director's office with the drawings.

He immediately found Cao Shiming and seriously reported to the other party alone for an hour!

Cao Shiming is also a skilled and serious leader, although he was startled by Zhong Bai's plan at first, but soon began to ask about some technical details while looking at the drawings, and even called some professional comrades in the department to confirm the details, and only after getting many positive answers did he make a judgment in his heart.

I didn't expect that the plan proposed by this newly promoted little section chief was really feasible? !