Chapter 58: Chopping Hands
When the group returned to the hotel, they met Li Bo with Hu Zhijie and Liu Yanping and her party came back from outside. Hao Yawei, who had always been unrestrained, followed them with a cold face, as if they were not in a high mood.
Hu Zhijie and others are not technical cadres. The group was mainly responsible for political and ideological work and logistics services. Therefore, they did not follow Luo Xiangfei and the others to go shopping, but instead used this precious time to go out shopping. Given that the three of them did not understand German and it was their first time to come to Germany, Li Bo could only accompany them out. However, Li Bo was not surprised by this kind of thing. The delegation from China did not take the time to go shopping on the street.
"Old Hu, have you gone to purchase? I have gained a lot." Luo Xiangfei looked at the shopping bags Hu Zhijie was holding and asked with a smile. Everyone grew up eating grains. Luo Xiangfei was not upright or pedantic yet to despise this kind of behavior of traveling for public funds.
"Oh, I bought some things for my wife and daughter, and Xiao Liu suggested that I buy them." Hu Zhijie was a little embarrassed and pointed at Liu Yanping and said. After all, all the people went out to negotiate in the morning. He, a person in charge of the political and ideological work of the delegation, ran to the street to purchase, which was a bit unreasonable.
Liu Yanping didn't care. She smiled and said to Luo Xiangfei, "It's okay for everyone to stay in the house in the morning. The TV in the house speaks German, and we can't understand it. I think, since I come here, I have to visit other people's cities. This is also a learning experience of their advanced experience. So I asked Xiao Li to accompany us out and buy some small toys that I can't see in China. By the way, Director Luo, I saw a pair of sneakers in the store that were very beautiful. Yutong must look good in clothes. When will you go and see them? By the way, Lily, I think you look good in clothes."
The Yutong mentioned by Liu Yanping is Luo Xiangfei's daughter, named Luo Yutong, who is now studying economic management at Yenching University. As the office director, Liu Yanping is naturally very familiar with the family of the leader. As for her last words, she said it to He Lili. Only Liu Yanping and He Lili are women in this delegation. They have the most common language when it comes to shopping and shopping.
Sure enough, before Luo Xiangfei could say anything, He Lili jumped up first: "Really, Sister Liu? It won't be particularly expensive. I can't afford any expensive things for this overseas subsidy."
"Before you came out, did your father not exchange for some foreign exchange for you?" Liu Yanping asked. He Lili was not from an ordinary family. Her father was a leader in another ministry and was above Luo Xiangfei. Liu Yanping and He Lili knew each other before, and they often greeted He Lili's parents... Well, this greeting has no extended meaning, and is completely different from the greetings to his family on the Internet in later generations.
"No, my dad is so stingy. He told me to be simplistic and simple..." He Lili pouted and acted like a spoiled person. Then she went up to look at Liu Yanping's procurement results.
Liu Yanping was also the earliest buyer. Before going abroad, she found someone to exchange for foreign exchange, and was preparing to buy some fashion products in Germany. Both of them were in government officials and had a certain level, so her family was quite well-off and could support such a purchase that Feng Xiaochen, a time traveler, seemed extremely shabby.
Seeing Liu Yanping being entangled by He Lili, Luo Xiangfei breathed a sigh of relief and chatting with a woman who returned from purchasing was a painful thing in any era. He turned to look at Hao Yawei and asked with a smile: "Yawei, what did you buy?"
"This capitalist world is really too expensive, and it is not affordable for cadres like us." Hao Yawei said with a sigh.
"Haha, even our budget director thinks it's expensive, what's that?" Ji Ming laughed gloatingly. The budget department is the money-management department. The money spent from Hao Yawei was more than one billion dollars. Finally, there was time for him to say that things were expensive.
"Go! The money in the budget office is not mine." Hao Yawei scolded with a smile, and then explained: "I actually just fell in love with a Leica camera. When I asked, it cost more than 2,000 marks. I can't afford it if I don't eat or drink this time."
When cadres went abroad temporarily for business, the country would give some subsidies. For example, at Hao Yawei, when he went to Germany for business, he would have 50 marks of food expenses a day, and a total of 500 marks of pocket money in the first 15 days. If he stayed abroad for more than 15 days, he could add 30 marks of pocket money every day. The food expenses were made by the lump-in-law system, and if it was saved, it could be at his own control. However, people could not skip food, right? In that era, there was no instant noodles to carry, so there was really not much money that could be saved from his mouth.
When many cadres have the opportunity to go abroad, they will find someone to exchange for foreign exchange like Liu Yanping, so that they can buy something abroad. In the early 1980s, a West Demark was about 80 cents. If there is a good deal, if there is a way, they can exchange one or two thousand marks, so that they can buy a lot of satisfactory things in Germany.
Hao Yawei was known as the "cold-faced King of Hell" when he was working, but he still had some of his hobbies in his daily life. One of the most obsessed with was photography. Over the years, his biggest dream was to buy a Leica camera, so he secretly saved some money from the cigarette money his wife gave him every month. Over the years, he also saved more than 1,000 yuan.
This time when he went abroad, he saved a little from the state-subsidized "clothing fee". With the pocket money abroad, he could barely buy a Leica camera worth 2,000 yuan. But the problem is that he exchanged for foreign exchange before going abroad, and now he added pocket money, etc., which is 1,000 yuan, nodded. German stores do not recognize the RMB, and he can't take out the mark. How can he sell the camera to him?
The other companions in the group naturally had foreign exchange issued by the state, but Hao Yawei knew that everyone came with procurement tasks. Who would not buy some souvenirs for their wives and children at home? How could they exchange foreign exchange for him? To use the grammar of later generations, everyone is familiar with it, but foreign exchange is not something that can be exchanged casually.
Seeing that everyone was discussing buying things, Luo Xiangfei waved his hand and announced, "Let's do it this afternoon. If you want to go around in the city of Frankfurt, you can go on a walk. However, I would like to say a few points: First, everyone must abide by foreign affairs discipline and not do things that are insulting the country; Second, everyone must remember the name and location of the hotel when they go out. It is best to ask Xiao He to write a note on everyone. If you can't find the hotel, you can ask the police. Third, I suggest that you don't spend all your money in Frankfurt. We will go to Bonn tomorrow. I believe that the business there will be more prosperous than Frankfurt."
The last sentence was said by Luo Xiangfei with a smile. Wherever people spend money, it is not up to him, the leader. He is just to make fun of everyone. As a leader, he cannot be so stubborn to his subordinates all day long. It is natural for him to finally go abroad, and it is natural for him to buy some fresh fun. Luo Xiangfei himself is no exception. Before leaving, his wife also stuffed a roll of German marks in his bag and asked him to buy some decent clothes in Germany to go back.
"Okay, Director Luo is wise!"
"Long live Director Luo!"
Everyone cheered and ran back to their rooms. The leader who allowed everyone to move freely was indeed a wise leader. When some units led the group abroad, they were afraid that some mistakes would be made by their subordinates, which would implicate them and restrict them to the limit. Everyone has heard too much about this kind of thing.
Feng Xiaochen did not plan to buy anything. The German goods of that era were extremely cool in the eyes of others. In Feng Xiaochen's eyes, even if they were too rustic, he had no girlfriend, so he didn't need to consider who to bring souvenirs to. As for his parents and younger brothers at home, he did not plan to bring them anything back. He knew that in a few years, the income of Chinese people would be higher than that now, and foreign exchange would be relatively loose. It would not be too late to buy any imported products to buy at that time.
What Feng Xiaochen wanted to do most at this moment was to go for lunch and then go back to his room to have a good sleep. Their group arrived in Frankfurt last night. Today, they didn't even have the jet lag, so they went to Lyme Company. He relied on the two cups of espresso he drank in the morning to last a morning. Now Luo Xiangfei has given everyone time to move freely, and it is a fool to not sleep.
But the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind continued. Feng Xiaochen had dinner in the hotel restaurant. Before he could walk back to the room, he was blocked by Ji Ming, Yang Yongnian and Hao Yawei: "Xiao Feng, after dinner, let's go?"
"Where to go?" Feng Xiaochen said in surprise.
"Go to the street." Ji Ming was even more surprised than Feng Xiaochen, as if Feng Xiaochen's question was extremely ridiculous.
"I didn't say I wanted to go out to the street." Feng Xiaochen said, who made an appointment with you?
Yang Yongnian smiled and said, "Director Luo has said that you have free activities. If you don't go out to the streets, are you still going to stay in the house and sleep?"
"Yes, I'm just going to go to bed." Feng Xiaochen nodded seriously and said, "I didn't get the jet lag in reverse, I'm sleepy."
"Yeah, it turned out to be the jet lag. I said why I was so sleepy." Ji Ming rubbed his eyes and said. He was also sleepy in the morning. Now he found the reason. However, he had no intention of going to bed, but pulled Feng Xiaochen and said, "I have heard people say that the jet lag is going to pass after I have to carry it. I finally came to Germany to go to Germany. What's the point of sleeping? Let's go and go out together. We are still counting on you as a translator for us."
I see……
Chapter completed!