The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 92: How to reward and commend Li Mu? It’s not easy!
Kyoto, Foreign Trade Council.

Chairman Dong Huaxing was so worried about the huge foreign exchange gap this year that he was pulling his hair.

Just then, there were two knocks on the office door.

"Come in..." Before he could finish his words, he saw Director Xu Mingxin rushing in.

"Why are you so flustered?" Dong Huaxing frowned slightly.

Xu Mingxin held up the telegram he had just received and said:
"Boss, there's news from Hong Kong. Air fryers are hot-selling in Oceania. Da Ying's Taigu Group took the initiative to cooperate with us and placed a huge order of 3 units!"

Hearing this news, Dong Huaxing's eyes were full of disbelief: "Quick, show me the telegram!"

He took the telegram and checked it carefully until he confirmed it was correct. Then he laughed:

"Great, great, great! For 3 air fryers, our factory price is 26.5 yuan per unit. According to the current exchange rate, this can bring us nearly 21 pounds in foreign exchange income!"

"What's even more valuable is that it has opened up a new way for our country to earn foreign exchange, through the export of industrial products! We never dared to think about it before!"

After sighing several times, Dong Huaxing came to his senses and realized that now was not the time to celebrate.

He said quickly: "Prepare the car immediately. I will go to the First Ministry of Machinery and deliver this big order to them."

“We need to complete 3 air fryers within three months. The time is short and the task is heavy. We must start as soon as possible!”

……

Just when Dong Huaxing received the good news and was overjoyed.

On the other side of the ocean, San Francisco.

Three days ago, an unprecedented grand Laojinshan cycling race sponsored by Lu’s Trading Co., Ltd. kicked off here.

There were huge crowds of people in front of the starting point of the race, and everywhere were the figures of hippies, which were unique to the M emperor of this era.

At the forefront of the race are three professional cyclists specially invited by the organizers.

The competition between hippies and professional athletes is already enough to attract people's attention.

The 500 mountain bikes provided free of charge by the main sponsor Lu's Trading, as well as the generous prize money after winning the competition, ignited everyone's enthusiasm for participating in the competition.

Lu Weimin stood on the stage, watching the bicycles speeding away from the starting point, his face full of anxiety.

The M Emperor partner beside him couldn't help but ask: "Lu, is it really worth investing 10 M dollars to hold a competition for a cycling project?"

"Now the market of Emperor M is occupied by poetry and prose. We want to get a piece of the pie. As you Xia people say, that is just a foolish dream."

Lu Weimin said: "Shapson, stop making sarcastic remarks and contact all the major media immediately. This war has just begun."

"If the $10 investment fails, it will hurt me and my family, but I believe it is worth it!"

……

Three days later, the Tour of San Francisco came to an end amid doubts.

No one expected that out of six professional cyclists, only two won a place, and they were not even in the top three.

This result was unacceptable to people, and they all shouted that there was something fishy going on.

……

Old Jinshan, Lu’s Trading Company.

The conference room was quiet.

Lu Weimin took a deep breath and looked around at his subordinates who were sitting in the conference room without saying a word.

He forced himself to cheer up. As a boss, he must not show any anxiety at this time.

At this moment, Shapson said: "Lu, it seems you have failed."

"Public opinion is not so easy to control. Sometimes people are more willing to believe in the dark than the truth."

"Stop in time, and you can still recover some of the losses."

After Shapson spoke, everyone below echoed: "Yes, boss, it's not too late to stop now!"

Lu Weimin was a little annoyed by the noise.

He even began to wonder if he was really wrong.

"Lu, it's time to make up your mind." Sapson sighed.

"Okay..." Lu Weimin uttered a word slowly, ready to stop the loss in time.

However, at this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly slammed open.

The man came in and shouted before he could even catch his breath: "Boss, we have an order, we have an order!"

"What, how many?" Lu Weimin stood up suddenly.

The visitor continued, “I don’t know, 10, 20, 50, many businesses are applying for orders, we are already too busy to handle it!
The sadness on Lu Weimin's face disappeared the moment he heard the news, and he almost cried with joy.

This is not only because of the joy of getting a return on the heavy investment, but also the joy of not disappointing the country's expectations and fulfilling one's promise.

……

Summer Kingdom, Kyoto

Dong Huaxing came to the office of Leader Qiu from the First Ministry of Machine Building.

As soon as he entered, he heard loud laughter coming from inside.

He knocked on the door and walked in while asking, "What good news is there, Lao Qiu, that makes you so happy?"

"Hahaha, you came here just because you smelled the food." Leader Qiu stood up, asked his secretary to pour tea, and then explained:

"Didn't Li Mu from Beijing Institute of Technology design a mountain bike before? It was taken away by a patriotic overseas Chinese and sold to M Empire."

"We didn't expect to be able to export through this, but we just wanted to promote relations with patriotic overseas Chinese."

“I didn’t expect that after the mountain bike got the M Emperor, it actually sold out, and it sold very well.”

"Now they have sent us a fax with a large order for 5 vehicles. We need to speed up production and ensure that 4 vehicles are produced within four months."

"5 cars, 50M dollars each, that's 250 million dollars in foreign exchange. Boss, you have to thank me."

Hearing what Leader Qiu said, Dong Huaxing stood up in astonishment, his face full of amazement: "I didn't expect that Li Mu's mountain bike would be such a success!"

"Also?" Leader Qiu keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Dong Huaxing said: "Yes, didn't we coordinate with you to produce a batch of air fryers before? That was also invented by Li Mu."

"Air fryers are hot-selling in O-Continent right now, and we've got another big order. I came to you this time just to get you to produce another 3 air fryers!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Leader Qiu couldn't help but stand up and said happily:

"This is great news! Although mountain bikes can earn foreign exchange, it is still bicycle production at the end of the day, it just requires some adjustments to the production line."

"But if the air fryers can be sold, we can build at least a few more factories in China and create at least hundreds of jobs."

"And this is the first time that our country has sold industrial products abroad. It is of great significance both economically and politically!"

"All this happened because of a student named Li Mu!"

Dong Huaxing nodded in agreement: "This student can be said to be a lucky star for our country!"

...somewhere in a compound.

There were two knocks on the vermilion lacquered wooden door.

Leader Yuan, who was working, raised his head and said, "Come in."

As he finished speaking, the secretary walked in from outside and said happily: "Leader, good news."

"The First Ministry of Machine Building and the Foreign Trade Commission have reported that our country's air fryers and mountain bikes are popular abroad, and orders are in short supply."

"The estimated foreign exchange income from the first batch of orders alone will reach nearly 300 million US dollars!"

"The most important thing is that it has also boosted the development of our domestic industry and created thousands of new jobs!"

Listening to the secretary's report, Leader Yuan took the report handed over by the secretary with surprise, and a smile appeared on his face.

He couldn't help but ask, "If I remember correctly, the air fryer and mountain bike were both developed by Li Mu from Beijing Institute of Technology, right?"

The secretary nodded with a smile on her face: "Yes!"

Leader Yuan laughed out loud: "This little student is not simple!"

The secretary smiled and said yes.

Leader Yuan thought about it and said with a headache: "Such an outstanding young man, who is also a student, has now given me a difficult problem!"

The secretary didn't respond, but just poured hot water into the leader's cup.

Leader Yuan rubbed his brows and said, "It's not easy to make the export and foreign exchange earnings public. It's hard to decide how to reward and commend Li Mu for this matter!"

……

At Beijing Institute of Technology, the winter vacation is over and school is about to start.

On the sunny playground, several boys were playing basketball, surrounded by many students watching.

Li Mu made a beautiful three-step layup and dunked the basketball into the basket, which caused the students nearby to exclaim in amazement.

"No more fighting, let's take a break!" Sun Fendou wiped the sweat off his face, looked at Li Mu, and said helplessly: "How come I have been learning for so long, but I am still not as good as you in fighting?"

He has clearly learned all the technical principles, so why can't he beat Li Mu?

"Practice makes perfect, just practice more." Li Mu said with a smile.

Sun Fendou really has some talent in playing basketball and learns very quickly.

However, Li Muxian not only crushed Sun Fendou technically, but also gradually surpassed Sun Fendou in physical strength. It was normal that he could not win.

During this period, Li Mu ate a lot of food every day, and with the help of General Zhao in exercising, he could clearly feel that his body was getting stronger and stronger.

Zhang Kai hit the ball twice, walked over and said, "Are you going to the lab again later? It's been so long, why don't you take a break?"

"With so many experts and professors, are we still missing you?"

These days, it is no longer a secret in the school that Beijing Institute of Technology organizes research.

As students of expert professors arrived one after another, Beijing Institute of Technology even had to allocate some more classrooms for those students to do verification research.

Groups of people with foreign accents are discussing things everywhere every day, and many of them are famous senior professors and experts in the country. It is impossible to hide it even if you want to.

Li Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I am not the only one who is needed, but so many experts and professors are working hard, I can't just say I want to take a rest."

"That is, school started today, so I just had a little break."

A group of senior professors and experts forced him to work day and night just to solve a research problem.

In this situation, Li Mu had no face to leave and could only endure it.

"Li Mu, what are you researching? Can you tell us a little bit?" Li Jian asked curiously as he walked over.

Zhang Kai and others couldn't help but look curious.

They saw such a large-scale research every day, but they didn't know anything about it, and they felt like they were being scratched by a cat.

Of course Li Mu wouldn't say it.

Just as he was about to refuse, a voice suddenly stopped beside him and said, "You are students of Beijing Institute of Technology, but you don't even know the basic confidentiality."

"I'm telling you guys to let your big mouths leak it to the enemy agents?"

Hearing this, Li Jian, Zhang Kai and others immediately blushed and lowered their heads.

Li Mu turned his head and saw Xu Qing from China Europe International Business University, and next to him was Wang Ya who was holding a book in her arms.

During this period, Xu Qing followed Gu Ming and Lu Qian in the laboratory, and unknowingly his relationship with Wang Ya became better.

"Xu Qing, they are just curious, they don't have any other intentions." Wang Ya smoothed things over for Li Jian and others.

Xu Qing said: "I am just giving an example. If you let Li Mu tell you something confidential, it will not only harm him, but also you."

"If you really want to know, then work hard. The lab is short of staff recently. If you perform well, can't you join the lab?"

"Really?" Li Jian and Zhang Kai's eyes suddenly lit up when they heard this.

During this period, they were very frustrated watching Li Mu busying around all day long.

They were good friends who had studied together, but now they were left far behind. It was impossible for them not to feel lost.

Li Mu smiled and said, "It's true. I was planning to tell you when we were having dinner, but it doesn't matter if I tell you now."

"Several research projects are now progressing in parallel in the laboratory, and good steel must be used where it is needed most."

"So we, the odd jobs guys, have to go in and do some of the 'hard work'."

During the first batch of recruitment, in order to avoid suspicion, Huang Xinhua basically followed the experts and professors, and the Beijing Institute of Technology had to be placed a little behind.

We are currently conducting experiments on photolithography process, thin film process, as well as theoretical research on etching process and ion implantation process, all of which require a large amount of manpower.

"As long as we can do research with you, we are willing to do it even if it means working ourselves to death." Zhang Kai and Li Jian looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

When Wang Ya and Xu Qing on the side heard Li Mu say "hard work", their faces became a little strange, as if they wanted to laugh but were trying hard to hide it.

Now, everyone in the entire experimental team knows that Li Mu is the undisputed core.

Those advanced theories and imaginative thinking amazed everyone.

But Li Mu acted like he didn't do anything, just said a few words and provided some ideas, which was really frustrating.

"Then do your best." Li Mu patted Zhang Kai and Li Jian on the shoulders and encouraged them.

After hearing the news, Zhang Kai and Li Jian lost interest in playing basketball and went back to study without saying a word.

Seeing that all the players were gone, Sun Fendou said something to Li Mu and left.

……

Li Mu sent the ball back to the equipment room, turned around and came out, and found Wang Ya and Xu Qing waiting for him outside.

"Is there something going on in the lab?" Li Mu walked over and asked.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "No, Wang Ya and I have both taken a day off today and are going to the department store to buy some things. Do you want to come with us?"

"Department store?" Li Mu's eyes lit up. He had been here for so long but had never been to a department store.

Thanks to the book friend "Battle Through the Heavens" for giving 1666 points
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