60s: I have a store

Chapter 95 Take the essence and discard the dross
Director Li looked at her husband and son, then at Zhou Yimin.

"What chance?"

Even Zhao Zhenguo's wife stopped rocking the baby and looked over here, full of curiosity. As a wife, who doesn't want her husband to do something big?

"There is a kind of noodles that is popular overseas. It does not need to be cooked. It can be eaten by soaking it in boiling water for two or three minutes. If Zhenguo's noodle factory can produce it and export it to earn foreign exchange, do you think it is an opportunity?" said Zhao Zhenguo's father.

"Ah! There are noodles like that?" Director Li was surprised.

I've been eating noodles for half my life, but I've never heard of it.

She is not a person without political vision. If she can really earn foreign exchange by exporting, the status of both her son's noodle factory and her son will be greatly improved.

At present, the country's demand for foreign exchange is simply unimaginable to ordinary people.

Even though they know it will be a loss, they will choose to export and earn foreign exchange as long as they can.

There is nothing we can do about it.

There is very little that our country can offer.

However, only Zhou Yimin knows that our country actually has many treasures to offer, but we just don't take them seriously.

Take rare earths for example. How much have they been sold at such a low price before we paid attention to them? It is impossible to calculate.

"Mom! I asked someone, and there is indeed a type of instant noodles like this that has been selling very well in Xiaorizi in the past two years." Zhao Zhenguo said excitedly.

Of course, a comfortable life with exports is impossible as the two countries are hostile to each other and have no diplomatic relations.

But there are more countries that eat noodles than just a few! There are more than just one or two countries that can export noodles.

"But the key is, can your factory produce it?" Director Li grasped the key point.

There are many best-selling products in the world, we just have to be able to produce them!

At this time, Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "I just saw a related record in an ancient book. It won't be a big problem if I improve it. In fact, it shouldn't be difficult to make it after a few more experiments. It's not high-tech and requires technical breakthroughs."

Director Li was extremely surprised.

If I remember correctly, Zhou Yimin also said the same thing when he was interviewed and introduced the invention of the water pressure well, right? They all found relevant records from ancient books.

It seems that our ancestors left us a lot of precious treasures.

Unfortunately, few people can discover it.

"Yimin, you really like reading ancient books!" she sighed.

Zhou Yimin spread his hands and said, "Sometimes when I'm bored and have nothing to do, I just flip through it and write down useful information. Chinese civilization has a history of 5,000 years, so there must be something useful, right?

When it comes to traditional culture, we should take its essence and discard its dross.”

We cannot inherit blindly, nor can we deny it completely.

Zhao Zhenguo's father applauded: "Yimin is right!"

He also couldn't stand some people who wanted to throw away all the things left by their ancestors, and said that anything left over from the past was feudal remnants.

Existence is reasonable!

In particular, Zhou Yimin’s summary of his attitude towards traditional culture is: take its essence and discard its dross.

Once this sentence is published in the newspaper, I believe it will easily resonate with everyone.

Look at Zhou Yimin’s two or three inventions, two of which were inspired by ancient books.

Can you say that traditional culture is useless?
"Yimin, when you are free, come to our factory to give us some guidance and improve the production process so that we can produce instant noodles as soon as possible." Zhao Zhenguo really wants to poach Zhou Yimin from the steel plant now.

However, he still had some self-awareness. How could a noodle factory compare to a steel plant?

To put it bluntly, their noodle factory is not even as good as a small branch of a steel plant.

"No rush, I'll try it first, maybe in two days!" Zhou Yimin didn't agree to go immediately, but he had to pretend, right?
"Okay, then our noodle factory welcomes you."

Zhao Zhenguo was in a good mood.

But soon, Director Li drove the father and son to cook. This meal was also sumptuous, at least it was considered quite sumptuous at that time.

A pot of chicken soup, a plate of roast duck, a dish of fried bean curd with pork slices, and a piece of tofu.

This was the first time Zhou Yimin had taken advantage of someone after traveling through time and space for so many days.

Ordinary people may not be able to attend a dinner of this scale during the Chinese New Year.

Under the hospitality of Zhao Zhenguo and his son, Zhou Yimin also drank two or three cups. After eating and drinking to his heart's content and chatting for a while, Zhou Yimin said goodbye and said he would come back for dinner next time.

After Zhou Yimin left, Zhao Zhenguo immediately returned to the noodle factory to find the factory manager.

Director Yang was familiar with his father, and he called him Uncle Yang. It was because of this relationship that he was able to take the position of workshop director at a young age.

Of course, he himself has certain abilities, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make it.

Zhao Zhenguo told Director Yang about the instant noodles in detail.

After hearing this, Director Yang was stunned.

Just like listening to a story.

Noodles that don’t need to be cooked, just soak in boiling water for two or three minutes and you can eat them by exporting them to earn foreign exchange?

None of this sounds very practical.

Are you serious?
"Have you confirmed it?" he couldn't help but ask.

"I asked around, and there is indeed such a type of noodles that sells very well abroad. So, I suggest that our factory give it a try. Just in case..."

Director Yang nodded. He understood the meaning of this better than Zhao Zhenguo.

"Is your cousin reliable?" Director Yang asked again.

This question stunned Zhao Zhenguo.

"Uncle Yang, I wonder if you have heard of pressurized wells and solar cookers."

"Yes, I know! The new product of the First Steel Plant was invented by a comrade named Zhou Yimin. I have also seen the water pressure well, but I don't know what the solar cooker looks like yet." There are only a few large factories in Beijing, how could he not have paid attention to them?

"My cousin is Zhou Yimin." Zhao Zhenguo said calmly.

Director Yang: “…”

Then, he asked excitedly, "Can we persuade him to come to our factory? I can give him a..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Zhenguo sneered: "Give him the position of director? Uncle Yang, I'm not trying to hit you, nor am I trying to destroy the prestige of my own factory. It's important for people to know themselves!"

So what if the noodle factory gave Zhou Yimin the position of director? That’s basically his end.

Compared with the steel factory, the level is far behind. The upper limit of the steel factory is much higher than that of the noodle factory.

"I asked him to come to our factory for guidance in a few days. If instant noodles are really developed, Uncle Yang, how do you plan to repay my cousin?" Zhao Zhenguo began to seek benefits for Zhou Yimin.

Giving creativity and technology to noodle factories for free?

Although he was also a noodle factory employee, he would not allow such a thing to happen. If he dared to do so, the first person who would not let him go would be his mother, who was the director of the street office, and she would definitely be furious.

"This is it!"

Director Yang also started to think about it.

They have the job, but it seems that they don't need it. Do they need money? It seems a bit vulgar. They probably have food coupons, wine coupons and other tickets. After all, they have developed two products for the steel plant, and the steel plant must have given them these rewards.

When you think about it this way, it seems like they have everything they need!

This gives me a headache.

If Zhou Yimin knew, he would probably say: No, I need all of them.

Thanks to the book friend 20201009122654355 for the 1100 reward! I went out for a while tonight and came back late. This is the fourth update, and there is another chapter to be made up tomorrow.

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