Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu was relieved. The fact that the senior leader gave him such instructions meant that nothing unexpected had happened during the investigation.

"I'm going out to cook."

The senior leader nodded, and He Yuzhu went to the kitchen to prepare four dishes and a soup. He also ate in the small kitchen with the other service staff of the villa.

Then he played Go with the big boss in the living room.

He Yuzhu was somewhat unsettled; after being defeated twice in a row by the senior leader, he finally said:

"Still thinking about what happened today?"

"No."

"Since you don't want to think about it anymore, then I won't say anything more."

"No, boss, what is it?" He Yuzhu asked hurriedly.

The senior leader then said, "I told you before, this is a good thing. You know about the Canton Fair, right?"

He Yuzhu nodded; he had seen the news about the Canton Fair in the newspaper beforehand.

In his previous life, he always thought that the Canton Fair was only established after the reform and opening up, but after reading the newspaper, he realized that this was not the case.

Just a few years ago, the foreign trade system in eastern Guangdong successfully held several small-scale material export exchange meetings.

At that time, Commissioner Yan, who was the special commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Trade stationed in Guangzhou, had a bold idea: since the small-scale exchange meeting was going very well, why not hold a larger one?

After coming up with this idea, he sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, advocating for the organization of an export commodity exhibition.

This suggestion remained on Comrade Wu Hao's desk until it received his approval.

On April 25, 1957, the first Export Commodities Fair opened at the Friendship Building in Guangzhou, becoming an important window to the world. Comrade Wu Hao personally decided on the abbreviation for the fair – the Canton Fair.

He Yuzhu has always had the habit of collecting newspapers and periodicals. From the liberation to the present, he has kept backups of almost all newspapers and periodicals in his storage space.

He keeps everything he sees in daily life, hoping to build a museum when he gets old so that future generations can have a clearer understanding of this period of history.

When he saw the news about the Canton Fair, he had considered this idea, but at that time the street only produced canned fruit and was only serving the market in the surrounding northern regions.

They are not qualified to attend the Canton Fair at all.

When the top leader brought up the Canton Fair again today, his mind started to wander.

Being cooped up in the machine factory every day is really boring. If I could go for a trip to the south, it would be like taking a long vacation.

"Big Boss, does this mean our machinery factory can go to the Canton Fair?"

Things are different now than they were two years ago; the machinery factory now offers a much wider variety of products.

There are single-cylinder diesel engines, hand tractors, motorized tricycles, and corresponding small agricultural machinery such as small threshers and rotary tillers.

There are also small blast furnaces that can smelt steel.

Recently, we've been developing various home appliances, including electric fans, washing machines, refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners, which can now be directly manufactured.

We can now produce some automotive parts, but the research on engines is not yet fully understood, and it will take some time before they can be developed.

It can be said that the products of the machinery factory are more popular with ordinary consumers than those of the steel rolling mill.

After all, they only produce steel and some parts, and do not directly face consumers.

He Yuzhu was overjoyed, thinking that the machinery factory would be able to participate in the Canton Fair this time.

All I saw was the senior leader shaking his head and saying, "First of all, your machinery factory is a collective enterprise under the street administration, so it's not on the list of exhibitors."

"Why?" He Yuzhu asked in surprise.

Chapter 320 Production of a New Type of Engine

The top leader said, "All the companies that can participate in the Canton Fair are state-owned enterprises. The machinery factory is a collective enterprise, so it is not qualified to participate."

"But we're not private individuals, are we?"

"Then you can forget about it. Even some municipal and provincial enterprises need to be reviewed and specially approved to participate, let alone a collective enterprise in your neighborhood?"

He Yuzhu understood now.

Regardless of size, the machinery factory belonging to the street is inherently a collective enterprise.

Their status is clearly different from that of large state-owned enterprises.

If this were the 80s, He Yuzhu might have tried to seize the opportunity.

However, it was still 59, and He Yuzhu was working in a street factory, so there was no room for negotiation.

Even without participating in the Canton Fair, the machinery factory's production schedule was already packed.

These products can be sold immediately after production, with no inventory backlog. In fact, if there are more orders, production will be insufficient.

He Yuzhu asked, "But why is our leadership team being investigated?"

The top leader said, "Although you are not qualified to participate, you are qualified to produce."

He Yuzhu immediately understood: this was using the machinery factory as a production base to produce goods for other factories under their own brands.

After he shared his idea, the top leader nodded in approval.

"Yes, although we can't participate, our production capacity is among the best in the country."

It's important to know that household appliances like refrigerators and washing machines only entered ordinary households in the 80s, and the use of air conditioners was still many years away.

However, under He Yuzhu's leadership, their machine factory had already successfully started production in 59.

This production capacity is indeed among the leading in the country.

The senior leader explained that if sales were high at the Canton Fair, some of the orders would be outsourced to the machinery factory for production.

Therefore, the leaders of the machinery factory do not need to go to Guangzhou to attend the Canton Fair in person; they only need to ensure production.

For safety reasons, we will conduct an inspection of the machinery factory's leadership team today.

Make sure their identities are legitimate and that they won't cause trouble during the production process.

He Yuzhu then realized that all he had done was acquire the qualification to manufacture and process products for his factory; he had thought he could even go to the Canton Fair.

Finally, the top leader smiled and asked, "You really want to go to the South that much?"

"Of course I wanted to. I've only reached Suzhou at the southernmost point, which means I've only just arrived in Jiangnan."

The high-ranking leader said, "You're just too fickle, with too many feudal ideas, and you've had too many women with you."

He Yuzhu smiled sheepishly: "No one is perfect. It's just that I've been practicing martial arts for many years and have too much energy."

He reluctantly gave himself an excuse for his lustful nature.

The senior leader said, "If you were one of our cadres, you would have been sent to jail long ago. But since you're just an ordinary person, we'll turn a blind eye to you."

Lust is almost never a reason to take someone down.

Often, it's difficult to publicly state the charges, which is why they emphasize that the person was removed because of lust.

He Yuzhu didn't want to go any further in his career; he was content with just maintaining his title as deputy factory director.

Even if you take yourself out, you can still live a more comfortable life.

"Thank you, sir."

The senior leader said, "Let's not talk about your private life. As for you, that's just how it is."

Then he asked, "Do you really want to go to the South?"

"Of course I want to go, but can my workplace make a special exception?"

"Didn't I just say that you are a production and processing base? Of course, you can't go to the machinery factory."

He Yuzhu asked with some surprise, "Then can I go?"

The high-ranking leader nodded and then said, "However, if I were to change your identity, is your martial arts really that impressive?"

He Yuzhu nodded vigorously: "Of course! You've seen my file too. I can rescue people from prison. How could I not be amazing?"

The high-ranking leader had, of course, seen it, but only asked one question. Then he said, "You can go with me as my personal bodyguard, and you'll also have to help with the cooking. I'm not used to the food in the south."

He Yuzhu said happily, "Okay, as long as you can take me, I'll do anything."

The top leaders attend the Canton Fair in both spring and autumn, since the main industrial products in China are various kinds of machinery, which fall within their purview.

Even during the great storm of 66, the top leader fled to the south and escaped the disaster.

The big boss said, "Since you're willing, then just wait patiently. When autumn comes, I'll take you with me."

When He Yuzhu came out of the high-ranking leader's house, he felt much more relaxed. Being able to participate in the Canton Fair was also a grand event.

Although it's just an individual participation, it's still a good thing.

After returning home, I felt much more at ease and buried myself in continuing to study engine production.

Having already laid a solid foundation, although a four-cylinder engine is much more complex than a single-cylinder diesel engine, it wasn't unexpected for He Yuzhu. It was also within his capabilities.

Each component presents a production challenge that others cannot solve, but he can easily design it. After trial production, the product quality can reach a qualified level.

After more than half a month of research, the cylinder head was finally successfully developed and could be put into production.

He Yuzhu personally assembled the first 4-cylinder inline water-cooled engine, then fixed it on the experimental platform, added oil and water, and started it up.

A plume of black smoke billowed from the chimney, but within a minute it turned into a wisp of blue smoke.