It was October in Beijing, and the weather suddenly became cold, making people who were traveling a little uncomfortable. Zhao Youliang repeatedly invited Sun Shaoping to Xiangshan Park to see the red leaves, but he was rejected.
The water on the stove was boiling. Sun Shaoping made tea in an porcelain cup and picked up the "Golden Lotus" borrowed from Guo Xue to read carefully. Only he knew the taste.
The knocking on the door interrupted his good mood. He thought that Zhao Youliang had returned, so he opened the door and saw Zhang Qian.
"Is the fire in your furnace ready? Give me a lighter, my stove is out.”Zhang Qian was always expressionless, even when she was asking for help.
Sun Shaoping was already used to it. He smiled and said,""It's fine. You can pick whatever you want."
After entering the door, Zhang Qian didn't go to get the fire, but she was attracted by the book on the table. She casually picked it up and flipped through it. This made Sun Shaoping very embarrassed. He laughed dryly and said,"The style of this book is not bad. It's a good material for studying ancient Chinese.”
"Okay, open the door and windows. Be careful not to get caught in the gas.”
Sun Shaoping felt that there was another meaning to his words. He closed the door because he was afraid of the cold. He really didn't do anything else. He was just looking at a little yellow text and didn't plan to have sex himself, but he couldn't explain anything.
"Thank you. I was wondering why I felt a little dizzy just now. It turns out that I forgot to close the door.”Sun Shaoping did not want to continue this topic.""Where's Brother Li? I haven't seen him in the past two days.”
" He went back to his hometown." Zhang Qian didn't even raise her head.
"Where are you from?"
"Sichuan Province."
"The Land of Abundance. Not bad, not bad."
“……”
"Why are you working in Beijing?"
"My parents are here."
"Where are your parents?"
"Passed away."
Sun Shaoping felt that it was really difficult to chat with this woman. He had no choice but to help hold the fire and quickly send her away.
"Your fire is ready."
"Oh, this book of yours is not bad. There aren't many of these Ming Dynasty inscriptions that have been passed down.”Zhang Qian put down the book in her hand.
Sun Shaoping knew that this was a thread-bound book. From the font, he thought that it was from the Republic of China, and there were many of them in this era. It seemed that he had to tell Guo Xue to take good care of it in the future. She had a snakeskin bag.
"Do you know anything about antiques?" Sun Shaoping was very puzzled. In this era, very few young people knew about this. They even rejected it. It had only been a few years since the four olds were broken.
"My father used to work in the Forbidden City. Sometimes, he would listen to him talk about some methods to identify ancient books.”
Sun Shaoping could also tell that Zhang Qian was an amateur and not a hobby. It could only be said that she knew a little because of her family.
Sun Shaoping was not interested in collecting antiques, and he did not have the money to collect them.
" Hurry up and light the stove. The charcoal fire will not be strong in a while." Sun Shaoping had no interest in chatting with this poker face, although this face was quite beautiful.
Zhang Qian took the dustpan and said,"Yes, thank you. If you don't cook lunch, come to my house to eat."
Sun Shaoping smiled and said," Thank you, but it's fine. I'll just eat outside."”
Zhang Qian did not say anything else.
After Zhang Qian left, Sun Shaoping lost his interest in reading and took out the dirty clothes he had saved up a few days ago to wash.
Sun Shaoping sometimes wondered if he should find a partner. At least he didn't have to worry about washing clothes and cooking. He thought about the girls she knew. First, he ruled out Guo Xue. Although this girl was beautiful, if he were to be with her, he might suffer domestic violence. Hao Hongmei had a good personality. It was wrong to say that she didn't have feelings for her, but she didn't like her. She was too young and still in school. Besides, distant water couldn't put out a nearby fire. Tian Xiaoxia was the same. There really wasn't anyone suitable. Should he introduce one to Wang Li? Not to mention warming the bed, at least he had someone to talk to when he came back.
"Here, mixed sauce noodles. Wash your hands and eat it while it's hot.”
Zhang Qian's voice startled Sun Shaoping, who was immersed in his marriage.
"Thank you. It looks good." Since the other party had already brought the bowl over, Sun Shaoping was no longer polite.
It was indeed not bad. There was minced meat in soy sauce, shredded cucumber, and a poached egg on top.
It was indeed time to find a partner. This was the treatment of having a wife. Of course, this was not his wife.
Sun Shaoping had been thinking about what kind of partner he should find this Sunday, and he had insomnia.
The three-day holiday was finally over. Today was the day to report to the foreign trade department.
The Foreign Trade Department building on Chang 'an Street was still very grand in this era. There were two main departments inside, one was the Foreign Trade Department, and the other was the Internal Commerce Department.
Sun Shaoping's import and export trade research lab was a department directly under the minister. The actual responsibility was the responsibility of several bureau level departments below.
The coal department's display of power made Sun Shaoping realize that he had to hurry to meet the leader. The director of the research lab was a woman in her forties called Wu Huifen.
The office door wasn't closed, so Sun Shaoping didn't knock.
"Hello, Director Wu. I'm Sun Shaoping. I'm here to report today.”
Wu Huifen, who was reading documents, looked up at Sun Shaoping and frowned."" Mmm, got it. Go ahead."
What kind of situation is this? What kind of attitude is this? Can we still have a good chat?
Sun Shaoping said with a serious expression,""Please arrange my specific work.”
"Go and find Wang Jianjun in the research lab. He'll tell you exactly what to do," Wu Huifen said expressionlessly.”
Sun Shaoping didn't say goodbye and walked out. He couldn't continue to chat with this old lady with irregular menstruation. He was a leader asking a subordinate what he should do. Was there such a slap in the face? The import and export research lab was divided into the import research lab and the export research lab. Wang Jianjun was the director of the import research lab.
Of course, Sun Shaoping wouldn't go to Wang Jianjun. Wu Huifen wanted to slap his face, so he couldn't possibly go over and slap her face.
When he arrived at the office that was arranged for him, he grabbed the phone and dialed the internal line. He asked Wang Jianjun and Lin Hao from the export research room to bring over this month's import and export plan. He wanted to take a look.
Wang Jianjun was in his fifties. His hair was a little messy, and there were a few wrinkles on his forehead that looked like they were carved by a knife. He looked even older, like an old farmer. Lin Hao was in his forties. He was dressed in a military uniform and his hair was neatly combed. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked like a scholar.
The two of them put down the documents and Sun Shaoping let them out.
This month's plan was actually made last month and was already being implemented. The reason why Sun Shaoping looked at the plan that was already being implemented was to find some problems and find Wu Huifen's sore spot.
For more than ten days, Sun Shaoping looked at the plans and implementation results of the recent months until Minister Bai was going to listen to the import and export plan for the next month.
Wu Huifen seemed to have forgotten that she had Sun Shaoping as her deputy recently. She had never summoned him. If there was anything, she would directly pass it on to Wang Jianjun and Lin Hao. If Lin Wang had anything, they would also directly report to Wu Huifen. Sun Shaoping was really being made a figurehead.
Sun Shaoping himself had no desire for power. If it weren't for Wu Huifen's humiliating display of power, Sun Shaoping would be too lazy to manage the department. If the department didn't do well, Wu Huifen would be the one to take the blame if Minister Bai was punished. He didn't want to worry about that. However, Wu Huifen's actions during the meeting successfully triggered Sun Shaoping's true anger. He didn't mind taking care of Wu Huifen, who needed to be taken care of.
This was the second time the two of them had met. They didn't speak and entered Minister Bai's office together.
After entering, Minister Bai gestured for them to sit down.
He smiled and said," Comrade Shaoping is very young. I heard your Secretary Wang talk about you, so I poached you here. Hehe, I heard that you're still unwilling to leave the coal department, right?”
Sun Shaoping quickly said," I'm working for the revolution wherever I am. There's no such thing as being willing or not. I'm just a brick. I'll move wherever I need to."”
Minister Bai, who was in his sixties, laughed heartily."Hahaha, well said. Being a revolutionary isn't about doing whatever you want, but doing whatever the country needs you to do. Oh right, you've been here for so long.”
Sun Shaoping: " It's alright. I've also learned about the work process of the laboratory these few days. I also hope to get started as soon as possible."”
Minister Bai frowned and looked at Wu Huifen."Has Comrade Shaoping arranged any specific work?”
Wu Huifen did not expect Sun Shaoping to dare to complain directly. She quickly said,"Let him familiarize himself with the business first, then make arrangements. This way, it won't be easy for things to go wrong.”
Minister Bai thought for a moment and said," That's good too. When it's about time, let him start working immediately. You also have to take care of the work in the foreign exchange planning research room. Old Zhao has been hospitalized recently. I'm very worried about his health.”
Zhao Mingke was the director of the foreign exchange planning research room. Sun Shaoping had never seen this person before.
"Alright, let's talk about this month's import and export plan.”Minister Bai didn't say anything else.
Of course, the report was Wu Huifen's business. Usually, the deputy would only explain some specific situations.
After listening to Wu Huifen's report, Minister Bai looked at Sun Shaoping and said,"Comrade Shaoping, please share your opinion.”
Sun Shaoping thought for a moment and said," The import is based on domestic demand. I don't have any suggestions, but I have some different views on the export of oil."”
Wu Huifen gave Sun Shaoping a meaningful look, and Minister Bai smiled and said," Tell me."
Sun Shaoping said," Now, our crude oil export to Japan can be said to be our main means of earning foreign exchange. It accounts for a relatively large proportion of our export products. I just heard Director Wu's plan to use Japanese yen as the unit of measurement. Should we use Japanese yen as the final settlement?”
Wu Huifen smiled and said," Of course we have to settle it in Japanese yen. Do we have to settle it in US dollars? Don't you know that the dollar is depreciating while the yen is rising?”Wu Huifen's tone was a little mocking.
"Are you sure that the yen is rising? Do you think that the yen is appreciating when you look at the dollar? Have you considered the dollar's huge decline?”
Wu Huifen was stunned for a moment and said," Even so, the Japanese stock market rose from 3350 points last year to about 4000 points now. Isn't it because of the appreciation of the currency?"”
Sun Shaoping retorted,"" The appreciation of a country's currency is to bring benefits to the import trade, but it will restrict the export. Japan's trade surplus mainly comes from the export of industrial products, and its main import is energy and raw materials. Since the global oil crisis, Japan's heavy industry and mining have been greatly affected. Take steel production as an example, it has shrunk by 20% since 1973. They are still destocking. Why is the exchange rate not depreciating internationally, but appreciating instead? They are here to import energy. Do you think they need a lot of coal when they have reduced their steel production? If I say they are using coal to fill the sea, do you believe me? There is no need to mention oil. That is a strategic reserve material, and every country is afraid of having too little.”
Minister Bai and Wu Huifen were surprised by Sun Shaoping's "coal reclamation". Wu Huifen said,"Ridiculous."
Sun Shaoping ignored her and continued,""Japan's coal reclamation is a result of the Japanese's deep-rooted sense of energy crisis. They don't need to use it, and they feel at ease letting it go.
Japan's economy has been growing in recent years, even though its heavy industry has stopped declining. Its gross domestic product went from 304.76 billion US dollars in 1973 to 504.25 billion US dollars last year. I estimate that it may exceed 600 billion US dollars this year. Why is it growing so fast? He relied on the light industry and the service industry, especially the service industry, which had developed rapidly in recent years. To develop the service industry, the first thing to do is to have the citizens have money. When the citizens have a lot of money, there will be inflation, and then there will be "hot money"."Hot money" will bring prosperity to the stock market. Director Wu, do you know what "hot money" means?”
Wu Huifen's face was red and she did not say a word. Minister Bai smiled and nodded.
Sun Shaoping continued," Now we can see that Japan's monetary policy is to maintain its value externally and depreciate internally. The yen we exchanged for oil is actually spent in Japan. Because Japan is the developed country that trades with us the most at this stage, we have no choice. Therefore, the yen we get will actually depreciate in the end, perhaps even more than the US dollar. I think Director Wu should have experienced the purchasing power of our yen in Japan in recent years."
Wu Huifen just lowered her head and did not say anything because she knew that this was the truth.
Minister Bai smiled." Cut the crap. Tell me your solution."”
Sun Shaoping smiled and said," There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to ask Japan to settle its future trade in gold. Second, develop another trading partner, spend the yen on other countries, and pass on the risk of depreciating.”
Minister Bai lowered his head and thought for a while before saying,""In the future, the crude oil trade with Japan will be settled in gold. As for the transfer of risk, forget it. We will accept the loss.”Minister Bai raised his head and continued," Since Comrade Huifen hasn't arranged your work yet, you'll be in charge of the foreign exchange planning research room. Comrade Huifen, you should focus on the import and export trade plan."”
Sun Shaoping had completely seized power this time. His authority had become equal to Wu Huifen's. He exercised the power of the director of the foreign exchange planning research office. What made him the happiest was that the future import and export trade plan must refer to his opinions. It was equivalent to taking advantage of Wu Huifen.
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