Chapter 71: Life is to be taken lightly; if you're not satisfied, just get to work!

Guo Rui Xiang's face turned white instantly.

He jumped up, walked to the file cabinet behind him, took out a folder marked "top secret", and took the topmost document.

A document personally signed and issued by Zhang Lao!

The Ha Gong Da Truck Cannon Export Project, the first business since the establishment of the Northern Company, must succeed and cannot fail; all departments need to cooperate fully……

How did I forget this matter? Old Zhang attaches great importance to this export, seeing it as the first shot in the transformation of the Eastern military industry! If this matter of mine today gets back to Old Zhang's ears……

Both of you, both of you, don't go!

At this moment, Qin Miao and Zhao Gang had already walked outside, while Guo Rui Xiang came running after them.

"Both of you, both of you, please stay; you didn't even mention beforehand, this is a project arranged by Old Zhang; otherwise…… our Foreign Exchange Management Department would have to prioritize supporting you even if we diverted funds from other projects."

"No need, if we divert funds from other projects, wouldn't we be blamed? We won't do something that benefits oneself at others' expense; we'll go report to Old Zhang, let him judge, we've earned several million in foreign exchange for the country, now we want to earn a hundred million, applying for ten thousand in foreign exchange as expenses—will that work or not? If we're wrong, I, Qin Miao, will come back to apologize to you."

"You're not wrong, you're not wrong."

"Then we're not wrong; who is?"

Sweat beaded on Guo Rui Xiang's forehead, popping out.

"Comrade Qin Miao, calm down, come on, let's go in for a cup of tea!"

"No need, Leader Guo; if it's not me who's wrong, then who is?"

On the side, Zhao Gang wanted to persuade Qin Miao a few words, offending these people, afraid the other side would trip him up later! But upon further thought, making a big deal of this is also good; having completed this first deal, the Northern Industry Company has money, and will definitely keep some in its foreign exchange account, not turn it all over, otherwise they'd be constantly constrained by the Foreign Exchange Management Department.

Guo Rui Xiang's face looked grim, his hands starting to tremble; young man, you know nothing about officialdom's ways—I chased after you, that's already enough face given to you, don't be ungrateful!

"Forget it, let's go ask a superior to judge!"

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong!" Guo Rui Xiang said anxiously.

"Alright, since you know you're wrong, then apologize."

Guo Rui Xiang gritted his teeth; at this moment he really wanted to tear things apart, but…… he didn't dare.

"Sorry, Comrade Qin Miao, just now I was wrong, my attitude was bad, I apologize to you."

"Good, that's about right, Leader Zhao; let's go in and talk, hopefully we can secure the foreign exchange today, so we don't have to make another trip tomorrow."

"Tomorrow I'll send someone to deliver it to you!" Guo Rui Xiang said.

"Alright."

Qin Miao then stopped insisting; after being reborn once, if I still acted overly cautious, what's the point of being reborn? Life is to be taken lightly; if you're not satisfied, just get to work! With this fuss, not to mention the Northern Industry Company, even our Ha Gong Da could open an overseas account, save some money, and going abroad would be convenient!

Good news stays behind closed doors, bad news travels far; the commotion I've caused here will soon be known to the relevant departments!

Capital, a certain place, office.

"Leader Zhang, just heard a minor contradiction over at the Foreign Exchange Management Office……"

Zhang Wanhe raised his head, looking at his secretary, wondering if this sort of thing should be reported to him.

"It's about Qin Miao."

"Go on!" Zhang Wanhe became interested.

As he listened to the secretary, Zhang Wanhe's face gradually grew solemn.

This kid, he's practically a cannon, blasting wherever he goes! Offending the Foreign Exchange Management Department will be detrimental to his future development, but……

Young people should have the vigor of a newborn calf unafraid of tigers; if Qin Miao were a smooth-talking old hand, that would show he's been assimilated by the system, lost his drive, and how could he be a vanguard of reform?

Hmm, I haven't misjudged him!

Wait a moment!

Zhang Wanhe suddenly realized something: "You mean, for this overseas trip, only Qin Miao and Chu Miaomiao are going?"

"Yeah."

"This is nothing but nonsense, making a fuss!" Zhang Wanhe said, standing up.

"Leader Zhang, what are you going to do?"

"Go home!"

Zhang Wanhe returned home in a huff, and indeed saw Chu Miaomiao studying Arabic with her mother; Chu Guilan kept correcting Chu Miaomiao's pronunciation—this is like sharpening spears before battle, not fast but also not slow?

"Miaomiao, are you going abroad with Qin Miao?"

"Yeah, I'll be his interpreter."

"You're going to Yituo, a place where fighting is underway! I don't agree!"

"Dad, we're not going to Yituo."

"Not going to Yituo? How are we supposed to sell weapons and equipment? Do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

"Dad, this is a perfect plan by Brother San Shui……"

Chu Miaomiao naturally knows that without her father's consent, she can't go out, so she could only briefly introduce Qin Miao's plan to Zhang Wanhe.

Zhang Wanhe widened his eyes: "This plan, was it thought up by Qin Miao?"

"Not him, could it be me? Your daughter's knowledge of the Middle East, all taught by her mother, is already outdated, can't keep up with changes; Brother San Shui's marketing plan, nationwide, no one else could devise it! This time giving the Northern Industry Company a strong start, business will only boom further……"

Speaking of Qin Miao, Chu Miaomiao's eyebrows dance with delight.

"He's coming to the Capital, but he doesn't have a place to stay, right? The Northern Industry Company has just opened, not even having a guesthouse, so let him stay……"

The light in Chu Miaomiao's eyes was vibrant; did she want to stay at our home?

"Let him stay at the guesthouse outside our residential compound; I'll make a call……"

After hanging up, Zhang Wanhe's face showed a complex expression.

"Dad, have you found someone?"

"Yeah."

"Where?"

"Near the Northern Industry Company, there's a seller of Xinjiang lamb kebabs."

"Dad, then I'll go call him!"

…

"Grilled lamb skewers, lah...... try, try our buddies' lamb skewers, ah, so stingy! Have a try, ah! Grilled lamb skewers, lah...... passerby master, try, try our lamb skewers grilled!"

By the roadside, a simple lamb skewer stall, a small mustached man wearing a white cap, was grilling on one side and greeting customers on the other.

Beside it were a few folding tables and a few stools; Qin Miao, Zhao Gang, and several colleagues sat here, lamb skewers in their left hand, Yanjing beer in their right, feeling extremely pleased.

I had thought lamb skewers only appeared in the mid-1980s, but I never expected that, as early as 1980, someone would come here to set up a stall selling lamb skewers!

Probably, for the sake of ethnic unity, the relevant authorities also find it hard to enforce strict management.

When Qin Miao, Zhao Gang, and the others returned, it had already grown dark; seeing the roadside skewer stall, they instantly became interested and decided to get some skewers here—although summer is most suitable, now…… the aroma makes it hard to walk away!

Now, several people ate while chatting.

"Qin Miao, you did a great job this time; if you don't give them a lesson, they'll still think they're high and mighty local emperors!"

Exactly, they've long forgotten what it means to serve the people; they deserve a lesson!

Qin Miao and the others were talking while looking around, trying to find a bald guy—wondering if that old fellow would come now looking for material?

Wait, it seems a pretty girl is walking over here?

"Brother San Shui, you're eating here! Dad told us to go home and eat!"

Qin Miao's heart jumped in shock—Miao Miao, what nonsense are you spouting!