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  Lin Zhenhua gave Qi Zhongmou 5,000 yuan worth of goods on credit, which fully mobilized Qi Zhongmou's enthusiasm. He ran around and contacted Lan Wufeng to get a truck the next day, transporting dozens of boxes of goods from the warehouse to Fenghua County. After the goods were loaded onto the truck, Lan Wufeng also got on the train and rushed back to receive the goods.

  Lin Zhenhua and his team were on a business trip, but their efficiency was not as high as Qi Zhongmou's. They waited for three whole days before they could get the MK800 CNC machine onto the train. However, during those three days, everyone had a great time, visiting Yuexiu Park and the 72 Martyrs Cemetery at Huanghuagang. Everyone thought that this trip was really worth it.

  On the way back to Fenghua, Lin Zhenhua asked Zhu Tiejun for another leave of absence and applied to get off at Tanzhou and stay for a day. Zhu Tiejun heard that he was going to visit He Haifeng, the director of the Light Industry Department of Xiangping Province, and readily approved his leave. Zhu Tiejun had a good impression of Director He, who was from the same system, and thought it would be beneficial for Lin Zhenhua to make some connections.

  Lin Zhenhua got off the train at Tanzhou, first signed a ticket at the train station, which means he can take the same train back to Fenghua with this ticket the next day. Of course, there is no seat, but Lin Zhenhua doesn't care about it.

  After signing the ballot, Lin Zhenhua went to the public phone booth at the train station and called He Haifeng, telling him that he had arrived in Tanzhou. He Haifeng was a bit surprised but very happy, and asked Lin Zhenhua to wait at the train station, saying that he would come immediately.

  It was supposed to be immediate, but it actually delayed for nearly half an hour. Lin Zhenhua stood in front of the station square according to He Haifeng's instructions, extremely bored and staring at a giant chili pepper on top of the train station building, couldn't help but think of a conversation he had with He Haifeng:

  At that time, when the new building of the railway station in Tanzhou was built, the designer designed a torch sculpture on the top of the building to cater to the political atmosphere at that time. Who would have thought that this torch would cause a sensation?

  Originally, after the completion of the torch sculpture, revolutionary masses with sensitive class struggle consciousness discovered that the flame of this torch was actually facing westward. Isn't this a blatant case of worshipping foreign things and fawning on the West? As a result, a wave of verbal attacks and written condemnations rushed towards the Provincial Design Institute.

  The provincial design institute was shocked and apologized in a hurry, and quickly modified the sculpture to make the flames point east. Just after the modification was completed, the revolutionary masses discovered another flaw: the flames pointing east meant that the west wind was overpowering the east wind - could there be a more serious political mistake than this?

  So the flame was changed again, pointing neither to the west nor to the east, but towards the north. The revolutionary masses were outraged: the north is where Beijing is located, are you going to burn down the Party Central Committee? Their hearts can be condemned!

  Under the condition that it was impossible to satisfy the revolutionary masses in all directions, the designers of the provincial design institute finally came up with a black humor scheme, which is to let the flames go straight up. This time, the revolutionary masses were finally satisfied, and the people of Changsha were also satisfied. They said that the designers must be locals of Changsha, who love spicy food, so they designed a giant skyward-facing chili pepper on top of the train station.

  "Honk... honk..." The sound of a Jeep's horn broke Lin Zhenhua's reverie. He turned his head to see a Beijing Jeep stopped behind him, the door opened and a little girl with a smile on her face ran towards him.

  "Brother Lin!"

  "Linlin!"

  Lin Zhenhua squatted down, He Lan rushed into his arms and gave him a little loli's hug.

  "Come, Lanlan, look at the doll your brother bought for you, it's made in Japan." Lin Zhenhua pulled out a doll about half a meter long from his backpack and handed it to He Lan. This was also something he had specifically asked Fu Te to buy in Hong Kong. One of the main reasons Lin Zhenhua stayed in Changsha this time was to deliver this doll to He Lan.

  "Barbie!" He Lan took the doll and hugged it to her chest, touching and kissing it. Little girls all love dolls, and this Japanese-made Barbie was many times better than the domestically produced ones, whether in terms of workmanship or materials, exuding the unique fineness of Japanese goods, which no little girl could resist its temptation.

  "Lan Lan, what have you taken from your brother again?" He Haifeng walked over and stroked He Lan's head as he asked.

  He Lan proudly held up the doll and said to her father: "Dad, look! Lin Ge gave me this doll!"

  "Wow, so beautiful." He Haifeng was also attracted to it. He turned his head and asked Lin Zhenhua: "Little Lin, is this doll imported? It must be very expensive?"

  "As long as Lin Xiang likes it, that's all that matters."

  "How much money? I'll pay you back." He Haifeng said, as a cadre of the Light Industry Department, he had seen many things and knew that such a doll would cost at least over a hundred yuan.

  Lin Zhenhua said: "He Chang, this is a gift for Lanlan, it has nothing to do with you."

  He Haifeng said, "If you can help Lian buy this doll, I'll be very grateful. It's not right to ask you for more money. You only make over 30 yuan a month, and this one doll, conservatively estimated, is at least 100 yuan."

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "Old He, if I say that I didn't spend any money on this doll, would you believe me?"

  "I believe it," said He Haifeng. "You, Xiao Lin, are originally a person who excels at creating miracles. However, you have to say what's going on. You won't say that this is something you molded out of mud, will you?"

  "Do you remember that American Ford?"

  "Of course I remember. I asked you to be his translator, and you did a great job. The Director of the Provincial Department, Mr. Xie, thanked me many times for that, and I was able to bask in your glory." He Haifeng replied with a smile.

  "I not only did translation work for Ford but also made several product improvement suggestions to the Spiesheger company, which they have all accepted."

  "Really?" He Haifeng said in surprise, "Xiao Lin, I didn't expect your level to have reached the point where you can give product suggestions to Americans."

  Lin Zhenhua said: "Americans are also human beings, we have no reason to be inferior to them. After I made reasonable suggestions to them, they were very grateful and asked me what I wanted. I thought for half a day and made two requests to them."

  "What's required?"

  "Firstly, buy me the prettiest doll in Hong Kong, I want to give it to my little sister."

  He Haifeng burst out laughing: "So this doll was given to you by an American, but compared to your rationalization suggestion, this foreign doll is too cheap."

  Lin Zhenhua nodded and said: "Right, after I made this request, they agreed very readily. I thought about it and knew that I had lost out, so I put forward a second requirement."

  "What's going on?" He Haifeng's curiosity was thoroughly piqued.

  "I asked them to donate an MK800 machine tool to Hanhua Machinery Factory."

  He Haifeng was struck by lightning: "You won't say it, they also promised the same thing?"

  "Yes, they promised." Lin Zhenhua pretended to be silly and replied: "Well, I just accompanied our Director Zhu back from Guangzhou with the goods, and the equipment has been transported back to Hanhua Factory."

  "Wait a minute, let me think." He Haifeng was clearly unable to adapt to such astonishing news. "You're saying that you made some product suggestions to the Americans and then the Americans gave you a CNC lathe as payment?"

  "There's also a foreign doll." He Lan chimed in from the side, she was small but had a big personality, and she could understand everything adults said.

  "And also a doll." He Haifeng added, he was very fond of this daughter.

  Lin Zhenhua said, "That's right, technology is the primary productive force. You may think I just moved my lips, but for them, it was a huge help. Giving them one machine tool doesn't count as much."

  "Haven't you violated the policy?" He Haifeng asked worriedly.

  "I can violate some policies, but apart from the machine tools and dolls, they also sent me some small things, which shouldn't be considered bribery, right? From start to finish, the country only benefited and didn't suffer any loss."

  He Haifeng nodded: "Little Lin, you've done the right thing. Let the foreign businessman turn what was originally going to be your pay into a gift for the country. That way, even if you personally receive some small compensation, it will still be within reason. If you had taken over $10,000 worth of things yourself, it would have definitely caused controversy."

  I didn't take over 10,000, I took over 200,000. Lin Zhenhua retorted in his heart with satisfaction. He took out a large paper bag from his backpack and handed it to He Haifeng: "Old He, I've always been grateful for your care, but there's nothing I can do to repay you. Here are some small gifts, also given by foreign businessmen, I'll borrow flowers to offer Buddha, give them to you and Auntie."

  Lin Zhenhua calls He Haifeng "Old He", but He Haifeng's wife can only be called "Auntie" because, in terms of age, he is considered to be of the same generation as He Lan.

  "We don't want it." He Haifeng hastily declined, "This doll is worth over a hundred yuan. Since you said it was given by a foreign businessman, I won't give you money for it. Taking something else would be really inappropriate."

  Lin Zhenhua forcibly handed the things to He Haifeng and said, "Actually, there's nothing very valuable. It's just a few pairs of imported silk stockings, a set of Japanese Kao skincare products, which are for Auntie. For you, it's a Casio multi-functional electronic watch and a function calculator that can calculate trigonometric functions and whatnot. I think you'll find them useful."

  "This isn't worth much, is it?" He Haifeng frowned, "Converted to RMB, this would be several hundred yuan. If I accepted it, that would be a mistake."

  "It's alright, just keep it. If I need a favor from you in the future, just take care of it and that'll be fine." Lin Zhenhua said.

  He Haifeng said: "If you don't bother me with anything, it's fine. If you really have something for me to take care of, then I'm making a mistake by accepting your gift now."

  Lin Zhenhua said: "Don't worry, Old He, I have something to ask of you, it's definitely something that will benefit the country and the people, absolutely not a bad thing. You still don't trust my character?"

  "I hope you can put my mind at ease." He Haifeng took over the large paper bag, sighed and said, "Let's go, Little Lin. Your aunt has prepared a home-cooked meal to welcome you back. You won't refuse, will you?"

  "Of course I won't refuse!" Lin Zhenhua said, "If there's something delicious, I'll never say no."

  "I won't refuse either." He Lan raised her hand, indicating that she was in agreement with Lin Zhenhua.

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  It was updated with a new chapter at a little past one in the morning, which was prepared as today's task. Just now, when I went to the homepage and took a look, I found that this book had already made it onto the "Contracted Author New Book Chart", although it was ranked last, but still a great achievement.

  I added an extra chapter to celebrate, and there's still another one tonight. Please continue to support me as always, dear readers.

  Also, I've seen "book pushing" in other places, and I'd appreciate it if enthusiastic readers could help recommend it to let more people support this book.