Coming out of Furong Airport, Chen Qingyun saw Lawrence waving to him at the exit of the terminal.
Lawrence brought a brand new Audi.
On the way, Lawrence told Chen Qingyun that the application procedures for Tai'an Company were very smooth. As long as the company is registered, the project approval and the company's self-operated export rights can be approved. This is because the registered capital of Tai'an Company is the largest one-time investment in H Province in recent years.
Mi Yuan has paid in capital. The leaders of the provincial government have personally inquired about the company and the implementation of the project. The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade has agreed. There are still some documents that need Chen Qingyun to sign. It is estimated that all procedures can be completed within half a month.
Chen Qingyun is really happy that all the 5 million yuan has been received. Colbert has interests in the company, so it is natural for him to actively cooperate. However, Lawrence has no actual interests. He is purely helping Chen Qingyun, and Chen Qingyun has to make Chen Qingyun feel Lawrence's strong friendship.
, this is a particularly heavy emotional debt.
Chen Qingyun does not need to worry about the company's procedures. He only needs to sign the relevant documents. However, company registration takes two to three days, including obtaining a business license and opening a basic account for the company, which all require the signature of shareholders. Therefore, Chen
Qingyun must stay in Liquan for a few days.
While walking on the old streets of Qingpu Town, Colbert saw women weaving firecrackers in front of many fellow villagers' houses, and he became interested for a moment. He walked up to a little girl, stared at the girl's fast hands, and asked
Chen Qingyun next to him: "Qingyun, are the firecrackers we set off hand-woven like this?"
The little girl who was weaving firecrackers with heart suddenly heard the foreigner talking next to her. She turned around and saw a young foreign man staring at her. The little girl's face suddenly turned red, she picked up the bamboo basket in front of her and ran into the house.
Chen Qingyun smiled: "The cannons are all made by hand. If you are interested, how about I take you through the whole process starting from the first step?"
"That's great, let's invite Lawrence, Sally, and Reese to go together?" It seems that Colbert is a person who likes to share happiness with friends, and Chen Qingyun is glad that he did not choose the wrong partner.
The group of people stepped onto the green grass and walked on the field path. The early rice in the rice fields had already tillered. Looking as far as the eye could see, their eyes were filled with green and full of vitality. The cameras in the hands of Sally and Reese kept recording the charming photos.
Natural scenery and pastoral beauty.
The Chen Family Mansion is where the villagers of Chenjia Village live together. Chen Qingyun’s family moved from the Chen Family Mansion. Chen Qingyun led everyone to the center of the Chen Family Mansion. It is a large flat with a large tree on the east and west sides.
Camphor trees, the crowns of the two camphor trees are like big open umbrellas, covering the entire flat. "Lawrence, let's try to see if we can hug this big tree." Chen Qingyun led everyone to open their arms and gather around
Around the big tree, five people happened to be holding hands and hugging the big tree.
"The well-being of the villagers, Qingyun, what kind of tree is this?" Lawrence asked with emotion.
"This is camphor. I heard from the elders that these two camphor trees are more than 500 years old and protect the prosperity of our Chenjia Village." He pointed to the north gate: "This is our Chenjia ancestral hall. The villagers discussed
Major events, weddings and weddings, and autumn ceremonies are all here."
Chen Qingyun took everyone around the ancestral hall. The one-foot-tall emperor, the patio paved with cobblestones and covered with moss, and the shrine with smoke rising from the air. Everything about the ancestral hall caught everyone's attention.
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"This is the carrier of Chinese national culture. Everything in it is full of the spirit, thoughts and hopes of your Chen family. Qingyun, our trip is really worthwhile. Sally, you always say that I am a Chinese expert, and I am also very
"I'm proud. After today's trip, I realized that my understanding of Chinese culture is too superficial. We can't always live in hotels in the city. The countryside is the essence of national culture." The cultural elements condensed in the ancestral hall shocked Lawrence.
Chen Qingyun led everyone further inside and arrived at his uncle's house in the lobby.
In the main room of Chen Qingyun's uncle's family in the lobby, the sister-in-law was making firecrackers with a group of guests, laughing and joking with the East family and the West family. When Chen Qingyun came in, the sister-in-law stood up and greeted: "Qingyun, we
Great talent, why are you so angry that you came to Laowuchang today? It seems that it is not a holiday, why are you going home?"
His sister-in-law spoke so fast, like a machine gun, that Lawrence was stunned for a long time without understanding a word.
"A few friends are here and want to see how you make firecrackers." Chen Qingyun came to the middle of the main room: "These friends of mine are all from the United States and are very curious about how to make firecrackers. You are the only one in the old house.
I'm both pulling the strings and knotting the whip, so I'm here for you, so don't bother me." Chen Qingyun explained.
"No trouble, no trouble, just let them pull the strings in a while and let your friends see clearly. With such a high nose, you are really American." The sister-in-law said hurriedly, and immediately started making tea. An aunt next to her came to Qingyun.
My sister-in-law said in her ear: "Sister-in-law, I heard that the higher the nose, the bigger and longer the job will be. Why don't you try it?"
"I'm not serious. If you want to try it, go ahead. I'll ask Brother Qingyun to make arrangements for you soon. I'll make you horny to death." A roomful of hallgoers burst into laughter.
Chen Qingyun, whose face was slightly red, avoided these guests and came to Lawrence and the others. Lawrence asked: "Why are they laughing so happy?"
"Want to know?" Chen Qingyun looked at Lawrence narrowly.
"Tell me about it." Lawrence said, asking the question to the end.
Chen Qingyun leaned into Lawrence's ear: "They are saying that you must be good at kung fu in bed, and they want to try your kung fu."
Lawrence couldn't laugh or cry: "It's strange, how did they know."
After a while, Chen Qingyun's sister-in-law took a stack of cut artillery paper, arranged it in a slope shape, applied paste on one end, put it on the paper with a small iron skewer, folded the paper, and wrapped the iron
Then she rubbed it with her hands and turned it into a loose paper tube. She then placed the paper tube on the ding+ end of the tube pulling machine, and pulled the rocker arm of the tube machine downwards. With a whoosh, the paper tube rolled down.
, and then pull out the iron skewer, and a firecracker tube is ready.
Chen Qingyun explained to them in English on the side: There are five processes in the production of firecrackers, namely reel, charge, insertion, whip knotting, and packaging. The charging must be carried out in a dedicated loading house, and the safety requirements are very strict.
High, it is not a type of work that ordinary people can do. The main tasks done at home are reeling, insertion and whip tying. Since reeling requires a reeling machine, not all people can reel. Generally speaking, reelers do not
When it comes to knotting, the person who knots the whip does not roll the drum. It is a professional division of labor.
Those regular customers had expressions of envy and admiration on their faces when they heard Chen Qingyun's fluent English. Chen Qingyun is the pride of the Chen family. All families will use Chen Qingyun as an example when educating their children.
"Brother Qingyun, help me get some paste." The sister-in-law shouted loudly.
"Where is the paste?" "It's on the high and low cabinets in the room."
When Chen Qingyun was a child, he lived next door to the uncle's house in the lobby and knew the layout of his house very clearly. After listening to his sister-in-law's instructions, he walked straight towards his cousin's bedroom.
There were several baskets in the sister-in-law's bedroom, with firecrackers in them, and two baskets were also placed under the bed. Chen Qingyun was shocked: "It's so dangerous."
After Chen Qingyun came out, he said to his sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, you have so many firecrackers in your bedroom and under the bed. They are so dangerous. Why don't you send them to the factory?"
"I'm not your eldest brother yet. I asked him to send him off today, but I don't know where he died. It's okay. Everyone behaves like this. If you don't believe me, just ask."
Chen Qingyun shook his head. He knew that this situation was indeed common in Qingpu Town, and villagers who lacked safety awareness did not take this situation seriously.
This purely handmade craftsmanship was an eye-opener for Lawrence and Colbert. When they left the Chen family mansion, they kept "contributing" their opinions and arguing endlessly.
Several projects of Tai'an Company are located on the wasteland between the Chen Family Mansion and Ziwei Lake. To the west is Ziwei Lake, to the east is the Chen Family Mansion, to the east and south is an open land, and to the north is a hill called
The lion-shaped mountain covers a total area of 3,000 acres. The city government proposed to call it Tai'an Industrial Park. Lawrence and Colbert both agreed.
On the side of Tai'an Industrial Park near the lake is a paper mill, on the lion-shaped mountain is an export fireworks factory, and on the open ground are a special ceramics factory, a gift porcelain factory and a Tai'an electrical appliance factory.
After walking for more than half an hour, Chen Qingyun and his party arrived at Lion-shaped Mountain. The road skeleton of the industrial park has been formed. Many independent small houses have been built on Lion-shaped Mountain, each of which is a small workshop-style brick house less than ten square meters. Ke
Bert pointed to these small houses and asked Chen Qingyun: "Strange, what can these small houses be used for?"
Chen Qingyun asked Colbert strangely: "Are there no design drawings?"
Colbert shook his head and said: "I mainly reviewed the drawings of the ceramic factory and the electrical appliance factory. Because I didn't know much about fireworks and the investment was minimal, I didn't pay attention to it. Each of these small houses is more than 50 meters apart, and three people can live there.
I can’t turn around inside, what can I do?”
Chen Qingyun smiled and said: "Charging, this is a step that must be completed in the factory in the manufacturing process of firecrackers, and it is also the most dangerous process in the entire firecracker industry. In addition, charging can be completed independently, and it is even more dangerous to connect them together.
So it’s all done in a separate small operation room.”
Tai'an Industrial Park is a typical place where you get on the bus first and then buy the ticket. The entire project has not been approved yet, and construction is already underway here. The municipal party committee and the municipal government have strictly prohibited all departments of Liquan City from coming here to conduct inspections and consultations under any name.
Any fee is allowed in any name. In the eyes of the big guys in Liquan City, keeping Lawrence and Colbert's five million dollars in Liquan is their greatest achievement. As for the public security, environmental protection, forestry, industry and commerce, and planning committee
The law enforcement and administrative management of other departments are not among their considerations.
This is not only a key protection project of Liquan City, but also the Guanzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have sent a sign with red letters on a white background saying "Guanzhou City Key Protection Project". There are many people carrying the sedan chair, and no one will let go of this kind of thing that can be picked.
Peach's chance.
After returning home, Chen Qingyun's mind kept flashing to the two large baskets of firecrackers stacked under the bed of his sister-in-law's house, and he always felt that something should be done. He asked his father for the project feasibility study report of the Tai'an Fireworks Bomb Factory.
This information contains the production and sales status of the entire fireworks industry in Liquan City. In domestic project management procedures, the first step is project establishment, which requires the submission of a project proposal, followed by project approval, which requires the submission of a project feasibility study report. In foreign countries,
The project construction is mainly based on the project's business plan. Therefore, Lawrence prepared the business plan, and the project feasibility study report is also indispensable.
Firecrackers in Liquan kill people almost every year, but the villagers still take it lightly. The key problem is the lack of awareness of production safety. Chen Qingyun feels that there is something important about this matter, and the instinct of a journalist prevents him from turning a blind eye to this matter.