Chapter 42 Chapter Six

The man we casually followed on the street of City C actually took us to the ×× Mine, to Nanjing, and finally to this remote valley in City S, making a big detour!There is nothing "abnormal" about his words and deeds in the ×× mine and in Nanjing, so don't remember him, let's see what happened after he returned to the General Machinery Factory of the Mining Bureau of S City.If there are no extra details, Zhao Xinshu's "case" will be nothing, and it will spread out slowly later, and at most it will become a joke, just like "Little Lao Guang"'s "red beans" for everyone's entertainment. In the reply letter from the General Machinery Factory of the Mining Bureau of S City to the Public Security Bureau of C City, the phrases such as "if any abnormal situation is found after returning to the factory, please report immediately" are just clichés for supporting errands. Will not pay attention to him again.However, there happened to be such an incident at this time, such a person came, so, while Zhao Xinshu was still foolishly looking forward to a letter from Qian Ruquan from City C, behind him, a series of related stories unfolded. For his intense activities, the factory party committee has opened three times. The Mining Bureau of S City imported a set of machines from West Germany.The installation, commissioning, and operation of this set of machines are all in the charge of the General Machinery Factory.At the end of last year, experts from West Germany came to negotiate once. Now that the machine has arrived, the experts have also followed.According to the contract, he has to guide the installation, and the task will not be completed until the test run is successful.When experts from West Germany came last year, they were accompanied by Zhao Xinshu as an interpreter.Because although many technicians in the Mining Bureau know English and Japanese, the only one who knows German is Zhao Xinshu.So this time, can Zhao Xinshu be allowed to contact foreigners again?

Please note that in this novel we not only want to hide the real names of places and people, but also the types of mines and the names of machinery and equipment.Because as long as one actual name is exposed, someone can find out the truth of the whole incident from a certain internal bulletin, so there are too many people who are right.Our novels are no longer called novels, but reportage.And reportage is the most difficult thing to write, neither is criticism, nor is it praise, and it will always be accused of "violating the truth".Moreover, if we write too much technical matters, readers who are not familiar with this specialty will find it boring to read.Fortunately, novels are not about machines, but about people; we will omit the description of machines and technology.Thanks to cross talk actor Ma Ji for giving us inspiration. He performed and promoted "Universe Brand" cigarettes at the Spring Festival Gala in 1984, saying that there was a new product called WC.In this way, we simply call this set of machines shipped from West Germany WC.Now, the WC machine is here, and the West German expert Hans (this is not the name on his passport, but one of the most common German surnames we gave him, just like Ivan in Russia and Zhang San Li Si in China) has also arrived S city.They also asked Zhao Xinshu not to be an interpreter, and the factory party committee racked their brains.

"I know Lao Zhao very well," said Li Renzhong, the newly appointed factory director and former deputy chief engineer of the factory, thinking, "I have worked with him for more than 20 years. It is said that this person is timid and lacks courage in his work. I believe in taking the initiative and not acting alone. But I don’t believe he will do anything shady. The past two days we have been discussing and discussing, isn’t it just because of the investigation letter from the C City Public Security Bureau? I think, then It doesn't mean that there is something wrong with Lao Zhao. Cough!..."

Having said that, Li Renzhong pondered while rubbing his shaved blue chin.He was tall, thin, and well-proportioned, and must have been handsome in his youth.He is now in his fifties, his temples are graying, and since he became the director of the factory, his personality has become much more stable than before.Moreover, he is engaged in science, and science pays attention to counter-evidence, but at the moment he can't come up with any strong counter-evidence to prove that there is no problem with Zhao Xinshu; his way of thinking determines that he can't just rely on experience and intuition.So he coughed and fell silent.After a moment of silence, Zhou Shaowen, the deputy secretary of the factory party committee, sighed softly, and said in a circle: "Ah! Nowadays, society is much more complicated than in the past. I remember that there was such a thing in the newspaper: which province in the south A high-ranking cadre who participated in the Long March, an old Red Army veteran, actually wanted to give his daughter to a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong as a concubine. Alas! Really..." "Really" he didn't say anything, implying that society is more complicated than before , People will also become complicated, and past history cannot be used to prove that this person will not have problems now.Li Renzhong glanced at him and felt that his argument was not convincing, so he ignored his words and continued, "I think we should make a decision sooner. Mr. Hans has lived in S city for three days. It can't be delayed any longer. My opinion is to let Lao Zhao try it, in case there is any problem..." "What if there is any problem"?The newly promoted leading cadre of intellectuals was dumbfounded again. He couldn't figure out what to do, so he twisted anxiously on the leather chair.

"It's terrible! This kind of matter can't be voted on." Wu Kegong, secretary of the factory party committee, patted the table.In our opinion, he looks a bit like Qian Ruquan, with a white face and a fat body, he is a kind-hearted person.He also found this kind of thing ridiculous, and sighed while laughing. "Gong Zhao's strange telegram really caused us a problem. Don't take it seriously, the Public Security Bureau has noticed it, and that Qian Ruquan is such a kind of person. Take it seriously, Gong Zhao Such an honest boss again...hehe!..." Mentioning Qian Ruquan, Zhou Shaowen suddenly remembered something.He tapped the notepad with a pen and said: "Oh, before Hans left last year, there was such an incident, I don't know if you remember it? Hans did give us some good ideas at that time, and we want to express our gratitude , give him something. But he said nothing else, just a small antique from China. This was also translated by Mr. Zhao. Later, we spent 40 yuan to buy a imitation tile of the Han Dynasty and gave it to him He didn't know the truth, and he was so happy that he was so happy. About buying antiques, I remember that there was a meeting record of the party committee last year..." Zhou Shaowen has always talked in circles, but his implication and subtext can always be understood .Sure enough, this association caught the attention of the members of the party committee, and even Li Renzhong frowned vigilantly: Is it true that this nerd was secretly entrusted by Hans to buy some antiques on his behalf? An antique dealer in C City was hooked, but got involved in a criminal case? ... "Well, there is such a thing." Wu Kegong, secretary of the party committee, nodded, scratched his short gray hair, and said with a helpless and understanding smile, "Well, in this, um, in theirs, is it... ...Ah, what's the matter... Hey, Lao Zheng, can this Hans speak English? If he can speak English, things will be easy. Several engineers in our factory can speak English, even if Director Li spares some time Come and stay with him."

As expected of Wu Kegong who has engaged in long-term political work, he scratched his head and came up with this method of Li Daitao's stiff.Deputy Director Zheng, who was in charge of temporarily receiving foreign experts, buried himself in the sofa against the wall, and replied in a dissatisfied tone: "I asked him about this a long time ago. He can speak English, but he said he was from Dresden. Abroad, he never speaks English." "What? Dele..." Secretary Wu asked in surprise, "Isn't that Germany? What does that have to do with not speaking English? You can speak English, but you don't speak English. This, here..." In this regard, Secretary Wu can Stupid again.Deputy Factory Manager Zheng didn't bother to explain to him, so he buried himself in the sofa and drank tea.Apparently the deputy factory director and party committee member had his own opinions. If a vote was adopted, he would vote for Zhao Xinshu, but he was unwilling to express his opinion at the meeting: Never mind him!The secretary and factory director decides who will be the translator!

"Dresden is a city in Germany that was bombed by the U.S. Air Force during World War II." Li Renzhong saw Wu Kegong's embarrassment, couldn't bear it, and told Secretary Wu patiently. "It may also be for this reason that Hans does not speak English abroad. It is also an expression of his patriotism." "It's more than a mess! At that time, Hans blushed and said that his parents were killed by the American plane!" Director Li spoke, and Deputy Director Zheng added in a fierce tone.The relationship between the two of them is a bit awkward.But it was precisely because of the awkward relationship that he was able to speak out from the negative side.

Wu Kegong finally understood, but scratched his head again.The meeting froze here, like the previous two, unable to proceed. "Hey! Old Zheng, did he use English or German when he told you this?" Zhou Shaowen had an idea and came up with a clever plan.But he still doesn't want to say it outright; he wants to lead others into his tricks. "German." Deputy Factory Manager Zheng didn't even look at him, and just uttered two words. "So," Deputy Secretary Zhou said with a subtle smile, "he speaks German, how do you understand?" "How do I understand? Didn't I report it the day before yesterday? A college student with a new class!" Zheng's subtext is: You remember other things quite clearly, but you can't remember what happened the day before yesterday!

"Hey!" Zhou Shaowen nodded, his eyes swept across the conference table, and he smiled at everyone.Meaning: Isn't this problem solved? Li Renzhong understood immediately, but he felt that this method was inappropriate.But at this time, his mind was disturbed by antiques, Qian Ruquan, "Black Cannon", Hans, Zhao Xinshu, "society is more complicated than before", etc., and it became a mess, and he did not express any objection.Secretary Wu was still staring at Zhou Shaowen, and he didn't know much about this deputy secretary's circle.As for deputy director Zheng, his mind was not on this meeting at all.He has been the deputy factory director for many years, worked diligently and made no major mistakes, but this time he adjusted the team, he was still the deputy factory director, but let Li Renzhong become the regular factory director, so he decided to stand on the sidelines. manner.At this time, Deputy Director Wang, who was in charge of finance, couldn't bear it anymore, frowning, and tapped the notebook. "Okay, okay!" He said impatiently, "I don't think we should discuss any more, and just do what Deputy Secretary Zhou thinks. Old Zheng, since you have already hired an interpreter, please go to the end. Forget it. We can at most pay his unit some seconded labor costs and travel expenses. It doesn’t cost much. Let me tell you, the guest house in S City is rip off, and a set of special rooms costs us more than 40 yuan a day; In the warehouse at the station, you have to pay again every day, and you will be fined if you don’t withdraw it after the expiration date! We’re sitting here discussing, but the RMB keeps flowing out!”

"Well, Lao Zhou's method is a good method." Wu Kegong finally realized suddenly, and said happily, "Since we have invited a college student, let him accompany you as an interpreter all the time. Lao Zheng, you can discuss it with the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences. Set this matter down. As for Mr. Zhao," he turned his face to Li Renzhong, the director of the factory, "don't make it difficult for him, we still have to pay attention to the policy of intellectuals. You think, if he has no problems, we won't let him follow him. The contact with the German did not hinder him; if he really had any problems, wouldn’t we have given him a chance to make a mistake by letting him contact the German? Wouldn’t it harm a comrade instead? You say, Is it this way?"

Li Renzhong looked at Wu Kegong's smiling face, and felt that the party secretary's attitude was still kind to others, and he felt a little moved in his heart. "Okay," he nodded. "That's the only way we've done so far." The matter was finally settled at the third party committee meeting: Mr. Zhao stepped aside, replaced him, and hurried to pick up Hans.