Zhang Junping chatted with the elders and aunties in the courtyard for a while, satisfying their thirst for gossip.
Then he went back to the house and put down his luggage, then took the gifts he brought back from abroad and left the courtyard on his bicycle.
I'll go to my father-in-law to check in first, and then I'll take my wife back to Red Star Farm tomorrow.
Zhang Junping planned it very well.
"Pingzi is back? When did he come back?" Mother Qiu opened the door and asked in surprise when she saw Zhang Junping.
"Mom, I just came back today." Zhang Junping answered while putting down the things.
"What did you buy again?"
"I bought a watch for you and dad in Switzerland. Because my dad's status is relatively sensitive, I customized a relatively low-key watch.
I also bought you a set of cosmetics, which I don’t understand, they say they are extracted from plant essences.”
"You kid, you spend money again.
The cosmetics you brought last time haven't been used up yet." Qiu's mother smiled happily and complained.
"It's okay, just keep it and use it later. Yan Zi is not at home?" Zhang Junping asked in surprise.
"It's off today, Yanzi went to Mom's house!" Qiu's mother said with a smile.
Zhang Junping was a little surprised, but very moved.
This is a good wife. She can think of going to her own home and spending time with her parents when she is not at home.
"This trip is not short. I heard that you visited many countries this time."
"Well, I went to many countries, including Prussia, Switzerland, and France."
"I heard that they also went to the Bald Eagle Country, didn't you go?"
"I didn't go! I didn't go with them.
Mom, you should really go out and see, especially Switzerland and France, the cities there are so beautiful."
"It's not that easy to go out and take a look!" Qiu's mother was very moved, but in the end she shook her head.
Being an official does not give you freedom, especially in this era, and it is even more difficult to go abroad.
"When my dad goes out for inspection later, why don't you just go with me?"
"It's difficult. Your father will be appointed as deputy mayor next year, so he will probably be even busier.
No, today is the New Year's Day holiday and I haven't come back yet." Qiu's mother smiled and shook her head.
"The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has just concluded. Dad has to organize the people below to study the spirit of the central committee's meeting, and he will definitely be busy for a while.
Next year, if my father is not free, I will let Yanzi accompany you to go out and have a look.
Also examine how capitalist countries carry out women's work." Zhang Junping comforted Qiu's mother.
Qiu's mother also has a job, but she works in the Women's Federation, which is relatively leisurely, and serves as the vice chairman of the Women's Federation.
"Let's talk about it then!" Mother Qiu said with a smile on her face.
Zhang Junping chatted with Qiu's mother, and after a while, Qiu Wenyu and Ma Mingchen came back.
"Second sister, second brother-in-law is back."
"Hey, Pingzi is back? I heard that you went abroad, why didn't you bring me a gift?" Qiu Wenyu asked with a smile.
"Yes, how dare you forget to bring a gift for your second sister!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
He stood up, took out a Leica camera from what he had brought, and asked with a smile: "Second sister, are you satisfied with this gift?"
"Is this a Leica M3?" Qiu Wenyu asked in surprise as he took the camera.
Leica is the benchmark brand for cameras in the world, and the Leica M3 is the most classic camera among Leica cameras.
Photography enthusiasts are all proud to own a Leica M3 camera.
Qiu Wenyu is a photography enthusiast.
"Pingzi, if you have any conflicts with Yanzi in the future, the second sister will definitely be on your side!" Qiu Wenyu patted Zhang Junping's arm angrily and promised him.
"You crazy girl, can't you hope for something better? How can your sister quarrel?" Qiu's mother smiled and lightly hit Qiu Wenyu.
"Second brother-in-law, this is your gift!" Zhang Junping took out another pen.
"Is this a Montblanc fountain pen?" Ma Mingchen worked in the district committee office and was engaged in writing work, so he naturally knew about the famous Montblanc fountain pen.
The world's No. 1 fountain pen brand and the most expensive pen.
"Thank you, Pingzi, I like this gift very much." Ma Mingchen took the pen and expressed his sincere thanks.
"Brother, why are you so polite? Let's have a nice drink tonight.
During this period, it made me hungry.
Several times, I dreamed about my mother’s braised fish and sweet and sour pork ribs.” Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Pingzi, let me tell you, it's like going to a refugee camp. Is it that pitiful? Is there any delicious food abroad?" Qiu Wenyu said funny.
"Second sister, you are wrong about this!
There are many places abroad that are better than ours, but when it comes to food.
Even the whole world can't compare to China."
Just as he was talking, Qiu Wenyan came back. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Junping standing in the living room talking.
"Ah! When did you come back?" He said and rushed to Zhang Junping and flew towards Zhang Junping.
"I just came back today and wanted to give you a surprise. I didn't expect you to give me a surprise first." Zhang Junping quickly reached out to catch her.
"I have a surprise for you? What surprise?" Qiu Wenyan put her arms around Zhang Junping's neck and asked doubtfully.
"Because I suddenly discovered that you are not only gentle and beautiful, kind and lovely, but also very virtuous.
Is this a surprise?" Zhang Junping smiled and scratched Qiu Wenyan's nose.
"Hmph! It's good to know. By marrying me, you have accumulated virtue for eight lifetimes." Qiu Wenyan proudly rubbed Zhang Junping's chest.
"Ahem!"
Although the two of them had a good relationship, she, the mother-in-law, would only be happy, but being intimate in the living room had some bad effects. Qiu's mother had to cough to remind the two of them to pay attention, as there were still people in the living room.
"Ah!" Qiu Wenyan was so frightened that she let go of Zhang Junping and ran into the bedroom with her face flushed.
"That! I'll give the gift to Yanzi." Zhang Junping was also a little embarrassed, rubbed his nose and walked into Qiu Wenyan's bedroom with a dry smile.
What Zhang Junping prepared for Qiu Wenyan was a set of rose gold jewelry.
Including rose gold diamond rings, earrings, rose gold ruby necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.
In fact, there are some other less popular jewelry, such as arm rings, nipple rings, and others, but Zhang Junping did not buy them.
Those things are more harmful to women.
"Why did you come in?" Seeing Zhang Junping come in, Qiu Wenyan was a little happy, but also a little shy.
What I was doing in the living room just now, I still don't know why my second sister was laughing at me when I look back.
"I'm coming in to give you a gift!
Take a look, do you like the gift I bought you?" Zhang Junping took out the jewelry he had prepared from his pocket.
"Ah! This is a necklace, it's so beautiful! Is it a ruby on top?"
"Yes! It's ruby!"
"What about this one? This looks like gold, but isn't gold yellow? Why is it this color?"
"This is rose gold, which is an alloy of gold, copper, and silver.
So the color is pink, like a rose, is it more beautiful than ordinary gold?"
"It does look better than ordinary gold!" Qiu Wenyan held the rose gold ruby necklace and couldn't put it down.
"Shall I wear it for you? Your skin is fairer, so it will look better if you wear a rose gold necklace." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Qiu Wenyan nodded lightly.
Zhang Junping bent down and helped Qiu Wenyan.
"Does it look good?" Qiu Wenyan asked, raising her neck.
"It's beautiful! My wife made this rose gold necklace even more beautiful." Zhang Junping nodded affirmatively.
Zhang Junping then put on the ring and earrings for Qiu Wenyan.
Unfortunately, this season is not suitable for wearing bracelets and anklets.
But it doesn't matter, I will get married in a few months, and once I get married, let my wife show it to him every day.
"Yanzi, because this rose gold is an alloy, the gold content is only 75%, so it can only be regarded as 18K gold.
However, the diamonds and rubies used on it are top-quality gemstones, and these jewelry are handmade by famous European master craftsmen.
If you like gold, when we get married later, I will get you dozens of gold bricks to put at the bottom of the box."
Although rose gold is not popular in this era, most people don't know that rose gold is an alloy, but it's hard to guarantee that anyone knows this.
Then he got jealous and used this as an excuse, so Zhang Junping made it clear in advance.
When he saves it, Qiu Wen's face doesn't look good.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if it's pure gold, as long as it looks good." Qiu Wenyan raised her hand and looked at the ring on her finger with a silly smile.
Wedding rings should have been brought to China by some educated young people studying in Europe and the United States during the Republic of China.
These people learned Western culture and brought some Western customs into the country.
Such as a wedding ring.
In China, as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, jewelry such as rings existed, but they did not appear as wedding rings.
The real meaning of marriage and engagement was given during the Republic of China.
"Bang, bang!" At this time, someone knocked on Qiu Wenyan's bedroom door, awakening Qiu Wenyan from her happy fantasy.
Zhang Junping stood up and opened the door. The person who knocked was his second sister Qiu Wenyu.
"Well, Pingzi, it's not that the second sister wants to disturb your two-person world.
Dad is back, let me tell you to go to the study!" Qiu Wenyu saw Zhang Junping opening the door and quickly explained with a smile.
"Thank you, second sister!" Zhang Junping thanked him and left the bedroom.
Qiu Wenyu walked into Qiu Wenyan's bedroom.
This bedroom was also her bedroom before she got married, and now there are many of her personal belongings in it.
Not to mention the two sisters whispering in the bedroom.
Zhang Junping came to the study room and Qiu's father was already sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.
This is the first time Zhang Junping has entered this study.
Not only him, but even Qiu Jianguo did not dare to enter this study without permission.
"Dad!" Zhang Junping stepped forward to say hello.
"Well, you're back?" Father Qiu put down the newspaper, looked up at Zhang Junping and said hello with a smile.
If Qiu Jianguo saw this scene, he would definitely be jealous. When had his father ever been so polite to him?
"I heard from Liu Jingshan that you did a good job.
Did you bring in the public?"
“Dad, it’s still a little early to bring in the public.
Volkswagen just agreed to send an inspection team over for business inspection." Zhang Junping quickly corrected him.
Although he and Smith had a good personal relationship, the Prussians kept their work and life very separate.
He did not think that his personal relationship with Smith would affect his decision.
“If you can convince the other party to send an inspection team, that’s also a very good achievement!
I heard that you also had good results in the book?"
"Over there, after New Year's Day, an inspection team will come over.
At present, there are mainly three projects: televisions, chemical materials, and textile factories.
The current negotiation with them is that they will help us complete the construction of the production line and employee training.
The cost of purchasing production lines and employee training can be offset by materials.
The specific materials used to offset the debt, as well as the price of the production line and training, have not yet been discussed.
If our policies allow it, we can directly invest and build factories in China or build joint ventures.
Before returning to China, I went to the notebook again and implemented this matter again.
There is a promise that not only these three projects, but also other projects will be cooperated if these three projects go well.
Including washing machines, refrigerators, and other electronic industry projects, we can cooperate.
The other party even intends to set up a research and development center in China..." Zhang Junping explained the situation in detail.
"In addition, I also went to Zurich and reached a consensus with a textile company there that they will send people over for business inspections in the near future.
We also intend to invest and build factories in the country or build joint ventures."
"Okay! Okay!" Father Qiu said with satisfaction.
If it were before, Qiu's father would definitely be worried about not being able to afford so much foreign investment.
However, things are different now.
After New Year's Day, he will go to work in the city government.
We are no longer facing a district but the entire BJ City.
Not to mention these investments, no matter how many times the investment is, it will still be enough.
"By the way, Mayor Zhou called me before and said that he would transfer you to the city. What do you think?"
"Dad, did Mayor Zhou say what department I would be transferred to?"
"Municipal Government General Office."
"Then I'd better stay in the Materials Bureau." Zhang Junping said with a wry smile: "Dad, I know that my character is not suitable for a place like the Government General Office.
There are too many rules and I can’t stand them.”
"I think so too, it's rare for you to recognize yourself clearly.
If you don't temper your temper and go directly to the Government General Office, you're really prone to problems.
However, staying in the Materials Bureau all the time is not an option.
How about you go to the streets below to exercise?" Father Qiu said to Zhang Junping in a consultative tone.
If people from the **C District Committee and District Government saw this, they would be shocked.
When did the iron-faced secretary also speak in a consultative tone?
Zhang Junping was secretly complaining in his heart. He had long known that his father-in-law wanted to train him, but he was too anxious.
"Dad, I know what you mean, you want to train me.
But, I really am not the type to pursue an official career.
It's no problem if you ask me to go to the subdistrict office.
Working at the grassroots level is the same everywhere.
However, going further up is really not suitable for me.”
Zhang Junping simply took this opportunity to have an honest talk with his father-in-law.
"Why? Don't give me any excuses like inappropriate personality!
Although you like to find new ways to do things and take risks, this is not the reason!" Father Qiu frowned.
"Okay, let me tell you the truth!
The two companies that want to invest in China, Benzi and Zurich, are mine.
I control these two companies through Cayman Islands companies and through layers of holdings."
"The company you control?" Qiu's father was so shocked that he stood up from the sofa.
"You...where did you get so much money?"
Qiu's father didn't think about corruption. The Bureau of Materials and Materials was a small pool and could not corrupt even two companies.
"When I traded supplies with Double-Headed Eagle before, some of the supplies I chose to trade were gold.
This batch of gold was obtained through connections in Xiangjiang.
Then after selling the gold, he used the money to open his own company.
As for the company in Zurich, I accidentally saved Weng Tonghe’s descendants. In order to thank him for saving his life, he gave me nine million U.S. dollars.” Zhang Junping explained the source of his funds.
"Is your material transaction with the Double-Headed Eagle so profitable?" Father Qiu was frightened by Zhang Junping's words.
The matter of rescuing Weng Tong and his descendants later was not at all thought of.
Now he only thinks about one thing, and that is the material transaction between Zhang Junping and the Double-Headed Eagle.
He knew very clearly that the Materials Bureau only paid a price of more than 700,000 yuan.
In return, the Materials Bureau received more than 300,000 tons of coal, as well as 200 heavy trucks and tractors.
It is said that not only that, some units in the Northeast also took a share of the pie and obtained a lot of scarce materials and industrial equipment.
“Dad, do you now know why I refused to go to the government?
Although I controlled the companies in this book and Zurich through companies in the Cayman Islands, I took several turns and controlled them through layers of holdings.
However, there is no airtight wall in this world.
If one day it comes out that I own an overseas company, it will be a disaster.
I don't have anything to do with it personally, I'm just afraid it will affect you.
If I am willing to hand over those two companies to the state, of course there will be no problems.
However, no matter how selfless we are, we can't hand over hundreds of millions of dollars of assets directly to the country, right?" Zhang Junping quickly reminded Father Qiu.
Donating family property to the country is something that the older generation of Communist Party members and cadres can really do.
"Haha, you don't have to look at me carelessly.
That's your company, I'm just your father-in-law, not your biological father." Father Qiu said with a smile.
What this means is that you are just my son-in-law, not my son, and I have no right to decide on your assets.
In other words, if he were a son, Father Qiu could really do this by donating the company to the country.
"Dad, I don't even want to stay in the Materials Bureau now.
After all, the Materials Bureau is also a functional government department." Zhang Junping said in a low voice.
"After you leave the Materials Bureau, where do you want to go?"
"Just stay at home! I'm at home taking care of my wife and raising children. When I have nothing to do, I write and draw to pass the time." Zhang Junping said with a shrug.
"It's not shameful for anyone to say this to a wife and a child!" Qiu's father laughed and scolded.
After scolding, Father Qiu rubbed his forehead and said, "Let me think about it!"
The excitement and shock that Zhang Junping had just brought to him was greater than the previous years combined.
My son-in-law is really bold.
The key is, he really did it.
For a moment, the study fell into silence.
"Go to the import and export trading company!
It will be easier to do things in the future." After a long time, Father Qiu said.
"Dad, do you want me to go to the import and export trading company?" Zhang Junping was stunned.
The import and export trading company is a division-level unit.
The key is, what are you doing?
My father-in-law said this because he was not planning to let him become the head of the department.
However, he is really not qualified to be the person in charge of the company.
This is not an ancient feudal dynasty. There is no such thing as three levels in a row.
"Not now! Xu Shaomin has been officially appointed as deputy director of the Materials Bureau.
You first served as the chief of the Procurement Section of the Materials Bureau.
After the projects you mentioned are implemented, go to the import and export trading company." Seeing Zhang Junping's doubts, Father Qiu patiently explained to him.