Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

The rest is much easier.

Chen Xu rented a short-term warehouse, put the equipment in it, and then contacted people in the domestic port city to complete the transaction.

The money from the trading equipment naturally went into Chen Xu's own pocket. This convenience was also due to the fact that those foreigners preferred the US dollar. For this reason, Lou Bancheng spent a lot of time to help them exchange foreign currency in advance, but now it's all cheap for Chen Xu.

Chen Xu felt a little moved as to why the no-cost business could make money.

Lou Bancheng seemed to have some guesses when he knew that Chen Xu had completed the transaction, but there was no evidence.

At this moment, the way he looked at Chen Xu had changed a lot. Although he didn't know how Chen Xu did it, it was definitely not through negotiation.

As to whether Chen Xu did it himself, Lou Bancheng felt it was impossible.

There must be someone cooperating with Chen Xu. As for who it is, Lou Bancheng has some vague guesses in his mind. Apart from the official, it is probably no one else.

Lou Bancheng didn't dare to think too much. He was just glad that China still had some rules. At least they didn't make things difficult for those who had escaped. Even though the country was in turmoil now, it was not something that one person could resist.

Lou Bancheng even thought more, maybe this incident was an official warning to him.

What it probably means is that even if you run to Hong Kong City, the higher-ups will have plenty of ways to deal with you if they really want to.

When Lou Bancheng came to his senses, he felt his back was wet.

Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys?

Lou Bancheng smiled bitterly. It seemed that he was a little too proud and thought he could rest easy once he arrived in Gangcheng.

Chen Xu had no idea that Lou Bancheng had imagined so much.

A big flaw of smart people is that they like to daydream, especially when there is asymmetric information.

At the farewell party, Lou Bancheng held Chen Xu's hand and was much more enthusiastic than when he came to welcome him.

"Brother Chen, although my Lou family has come to Hong Kong, we still have a patriotic heart. If you need any help, just let me know..."

Chen Xu was puzzled. Seeing Lou Bancheng's sincere expression, he almost wanted to open his heart to him and let him see that his heart was still as red as China.

"Okay, okay. Don't worry, Director Lou. The Lou family helped a lot this time. I will tell the organization everything."

Chen Xu could only give Lou Bancheng a perfunctory response. He still didn't understand what Lou Bancheng was up to.

Xu Damao, Lou Xiao'e and others nearby were also puzzled and felt that Lou Bancheng was particularly abnormal today.

"Brother, I can't go back for the time being. If you have a chance, come to Hong Kong City to meet me..."

Xu Damao felt a little reluctant. Now the two brothers were living in different places, and the days when they used to eat roast duck and drink together whenever they had nothing to do were gone forever.

"Don't worry, I'll come over when I have the chance."

Chen Xu patted Xu Damao on the shoulder and took Lin Chan onto the boat.

After the boat left, Lou Xiao'e was still looking at her father with a confused look on her face.

"Dad, what happened to you today?"

Lou Bancheng looked at his silly daughter and sighed inwardly. The saying "fools have good fortunes" probably refers to his own daughter. Then he looked at Xu Damao next to him and suddenly felt that this horse face looked a lot more pleasing to the eye.

Speaking of which, the Lou family was able to have some friendship with Chen Xu because of Xu Damao, which was definitely a pleasant surprise.

Chen Xu was still sitting on the deck watching the sea. The credit for this equipment could only be attributed to the Lou family. His only profit was the money from buying the equipment.

Chen Dan next to him sighed.

"Mr. Lou is still patriotic..."

Chen Xu was speechless. He turned around and looked at his naive cousin. He was still too young. Chen Dan had just graduated from school not long ago and didn't quite understand the dangers of society.

Lou Bancheng arranged all the return trips, sending the equipment from the port city to Guangzhou, and then transporting it back to the old city by train.

At this time, there are direct trains from Sijiucheng to Guangzhou.

On October 15, 1957, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was successfully completed and opened to traffic. From then on, the Beijing-Hankou Railway and the Guangdong-Hankou Railway were connected into one and officially renamed the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. Direct passenger trains began to run from Sijiucheng to Guangzhou.

It was at this time that freight trains were opened, but ordinary things were not eligible to apply for train freight. This was not like in later generations, where you just had to pay money.

Now, direct freight is generally prepared for military and important materials.

It is not easy to apply for freight, but the equipment purchased by the steel rolling mill is obviously qualified, and even military escort will be arranged.

Because it is a freight train, the conditions are needless to say and the speed is slow, but it has a very high priority and other trains need to give way to the freight train, so the time required is actually faster than that of a passenger train.

As soon as he got off the car, Chen Xu saw Li Huaide and other factory leaders who came to greet him.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li Huaide shook hands with the heroes one by one.

This made the two girls Li Lan and Yun Hui feel embarrassed. Hu Bugui and Chen Dan at least helped to debug the equipment, but the two of them seemed to have done nothing, as if they were just on a trip.

In their eyes, the equipment was retrieved in a muddle, Li Lan listened to Chen Xu's instructions to transfer the money with a confused look on her face, and then nothing happened.

As for Yunhui, she only translated a few sentences, and then the two sides parted unhappily...

According to Chen Xu, all the rest was handled by Lou Bancheng. The two girls did not think much about it. After all, getting the equipment back was a great achievement. As for the rest, Chen Xu had the final say since he was the main person in charge.

Once the equipment arrived in Sijiu City, there was naturally no chance for Chen Xu to appear.

His trip to Hong Kong was a perfect ending.

In fact, it’s not that no one has thought about whether Chen Xu would not be able to resist the sugar-coated bullet and would not come back.

After all, this guy even took away his wife and daughter, and also took a large amount of money. If Chen Xuzhen didn't come back, the steel rolling mill would have to swallow this loss, and it would also be a huge blow to the reputation of the organization.

But no one dared to raise any objections. What? You said a first-class meritorious official was going to run away?

Are you questioning the cohesion of the organization?

What time is it now!

Even if someone had this idea in mind, no one dared to say it out loud.

It would be fine if Chen Xu really ran away, but if he didn't, those who raised questions would be in big trouble.

This is definitely a destruction of unity and a framing of heroes. You have to eat peanuts during this special period.

Li Huaide arranged a welcoming banquet and the food was quite good.

Chen Xu made everyone laugh with just one sentence.

"The food at home is still delicious. I don't know what's going on in Hong Kong. It has no taste at all..."

It's no secret in the steel mill that Chen Xu likes spicy food.

Li Huaide had also heard of the cuisine from Hong Kong City and he immediately laughed.

The mission was successfully completed, and Li Huaide was very proud of it. It was definitely praised by his superiors. This was also his first achievement after taking office, which was enough to prove his ability.

When he arranged for Chen Xu to go to Gangcheng, he didn't say anything even when Chen Xu brought his wife and daughter with him. This was also a manifestation of trust, which definitely involved risks.

If Chen Xu really ran away, then Li Huaide would have to bear the main responsibility.

But fortunately, Chen Xu did not let him down.

Therefore, the way Li Huaide looks at Chen Xu now is no different from looking at his own son.

Sure enough, Chen Xu is still reliable...

Li Huaide sighed in his heart.

Of course, there are more reasons that Chen Xu has too many halos and has a promising future. Running away will not do Chen Xu any good. With all the labels on Chen Xu now, as long as he is willing, it will be a natural process for him to reach the department level.

Li Huaide didn't believe that Chen Xu would be so stupid as to give up his bright future and start a new life in another place.

Money is not that important compared to power. Having money does not necessarily mean having power, but if you have power, money and power will come to you. Just look at the Lou family.

The Lou family is rich enough, right? No, they still have to run away.