Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Chapter 1008 Air Show

"You little rascal, I haven't even finished what I was saying, why are you in such a hurry to express your opinion?

Director Zhou, do you have anything to say?"

"No, let's just have a meeting and announce it at the meeting."

The leader nodded, and after Chen Changan and Director Zou sat down, the meeting began.

"Old Nie said he was going to recuperate due to health reasons, but in fact he just retired.

For future work, we still need everyone to work together to get the job done.

Some of you may have noticed that there are a lot of new faces in the conference room, and that’s what I’m going to talk about next.

After discussing with Lao Nie, we decided to abolish the Ministry of Machinery Industry and the Ministry of Ordnance Industry.

The two departments were merged into one to form a new Mechanical Industry Committee.

Director Zou, formerly of the Ministry of Ordnance Industry, serves as director and secretary of the party group.

The director of the Sijiucheng Automobile Factory, Comrade Chen Changan, is the deputy director.

Of course, considering the importance of Director Chen to the automobile factory, Chen Changan will still serve as the director of the automobile factory."

After announcing the appointment, the leader gave Chen Changan a few instructions and left.

The main reason is that he is afraid that Chen Changan will think that he has made many contributions and that the position of director should be his after Uncle Nie leaves.

But the superiors also have their own considerations. Chen Changan has been working in the automobile factory and has experience in managing a large factory. It goes without saying that there are few people in the country who are more experienced than Chen Changan.

But the experience of managing a department is relatively much worse.

This is also why the superiors intend to let Chen Changan serve as deputy director for a period of time.

In two years, after Director Zou is transferred, Chen Changan will be able to take over the position of director naturally.

The department will also arrange a secretary and an office for Chen Changan. As for whether Chen Changan wants to work in the automobile factory or in the department, it depends on Chen Changan's own wishes.

After the superior left, Director Zou also came over and said to Chen Changan.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank Director Chen. The order you signed in the Middle East gave us a big sigh of relief.

It is fate that we two are working together this time. When the time comes, we will join forces and our department will surely achieve greater success.”

Unfortunately, after hearing that Chen Changan chose to return to the automobile factory to work, Director Zou could no longer laugh.

You should know that with the departure of Uncle Nie, three of his former subordinates became deputy directors.

Although Director Zou is the top leader, he only has two deputy directors under him, and he only holds two of the five deputy positions.

This is somewhat of a hindrance to Director Zou, who wants to make great achievements.

Thinking that Chen Changan was the youngest among them, and considering the importance of the automobile factory, the first person he wanted to win over was Chen Changan.

But looking at Chen Changan's appearance, he only wants to protect himself and doesn't want to get involved too much in the department's affairs.

Unfortunately, despite his repeated requests, Chen Changan still chose to return to the automobile factory to work.

Looking at Chen Changan's leaving back, Director Zou felt that it would not be so easy for Chen Changan to remain neutral.

The struggle for rights sometimes forces you to take sides. There is no such thing as absolute neutrality.

When Chen Changan found out where Uncle Nie was sanatorium, he immediately rushed there.

When Chen Changan saw Uncle Nie, his first reaction was that Uncle Nie was really in poor health.

When Uncle Nie saw Chen Changan coming, he immediately smiled.

"Do you remember how we met?"

"Of course I remember. You didn't know how to fish at that time, so I taught you."

“Ever since I went fishing with you, I’ve been busy with work and haven’t had the chance to fish again.

You will definitely be busier at work in the future, so why don’t you take advantage of today’s free time to go fishing with me again?”

"Since you've spoken, of course we have to go fishing."

Afterwards, Chen Changan and Uncle Nie sat together, each holding a fishing rod, and chatted while fishing.

Uncle Nie kept talking about the past.

From his early school experiences, to the war, and then to the founding of the People's Republic of China, he almost tells his entire life experience.

Chen Changan also understood that once an old man kept talking about his life, he would basically have no energy or spirit left.

Chen Changan thought for a moment and said.

"Uncle Nie, I think you should write an autobiography about your life experiences.

You don't have to write it yourself, you just need to dictate and the secretary will be responsible for writing it down.

This is the little thing you have left behind, and there will definitely be people in the future who will read your autobiography.

This is also a way for you to find something to do after retirement."

Uncle Nie's eyes lit up when he heard what Chen Changan said.

Uncle Nie, who has been busy all his life, always feels uncomfortable when he suddenly has some free time.

He is old and useless. His body is not even strong enough to support him sitting here and fishing for an afternoon.

Chen Changan’s suggestion is good. Writing an autobiography can also be considered as leaving something behind.

Finally, at the reminder of the health doctor, Grandpa Nie went back to rest. However, seeing that Grandpa Nie was in better spirits, Chen Changan left with peace of mind.

The two departments were merged into one, and many departments needed to fight for it, but Chen Changan was unwilling to be involved in such a struggle.

He just took care of the one and a half acres of land of the automobile factory and lived a stable life.

And so, time came to September 1987.

With the normalization of Sino-US relations, in order to balance the northern superpower, the United States has raised the military trade level between the two sides from "friendly non-ally countries" to the same level as European allies.

So the United States began to sell us a batch of advanced weapons, and the F16 was one of them.

September 9rd was the day when US Secretary of Defense Aldridge visited.

He visited with the Thunderbirds, a flight demonstration team known as the "diplomatic business card of the U.S. Air Force."

At that time, the F16 was arguably the most advanced fighter jet. In order to have the opportunity to witness such a grand spectacle with their own eyes, all relevant personnel came to the city of Sijiu.

9 month 24 day.

On this day, a lot of people came to Nanyuan Airport.

The heads of various military regions and experts from various departments all gathered at Nanyuan Airport. Chen Changan also received an invitation, so he naturally wanted to go and take a look.

At noon, Li Chenglin drove and brought Chen Changan to Nanyuan Airport.

Li Chenglin exclaimed as soon as he got off the car.

“There are so many leaders.”

Chen Changan glanced at him and said.

"How can there not be more? We are all here to see the plane. All the leaders are here, as well as foreign pilots. Don't talk nonsense later."

Li Chenglin nodded, then he and Chen Changan showed their ID and invitation letter and walked directly into the airport.