Chapter 232: Going Crazy on the Spot
"I will definitely come back. Besides, school has winter and summer vacations. The factory won't let us get paid for nothing." Xu Qiang said.

"That's right." He Jie nodded, and then said: "It's great to be able to study in Shanghai, but it's a pity that I can't get into university..."

"You are so smart, there will be no problem in the future." Liu Siying encouraged with a smile.

"I remember your family used to be from Shanghai, right?" Xu Qiang asked Liu Siying at this time.

"Yeah." Liu Siying nodded and said with some emotion: "I was born in Shanghai, and I went to elementary and junior high school there since I was a child. It's a pity that I haven't been back for several years..."

"This time I can finally return to my hometown. By the way, your house is still there, right? You can still go back and live there, and revisit your childhood memories." Xu Qiang asked.

"My family's house was taken away a long time ago. After my father came to Fuzhou, my mother and I lived there for a while. After my mother came here, the original house was gone..." When she said this, a hint of loss flashed in Liu Siying's eyes.

In this era, houses were not allowed to be bought and sold, and all of them belonged to the state.

Employees of state-owned enterprises who meet the requirements can be directly allocated housing. If the housing is in a public area, it is generally managed by the Housing Authority and they will distribute it. If you leave Shanghai and move to another place to work, your original house will be reclaimed by the Housing Authority and allocated to other people.

"I heard that the houses in Shanghai are very small, even smaller than our factory. It's stuffy just thinking about more than a dozen people living in one small house," said He Jie.

"It's okay. At least my house is big. It has two floors and a small yard. My mother likes to plant flowers in the yard."

"What did your father do before? How come he has such a big house?" Xu Qiang asked in surprise.

You know, due to the large population, the per capita living area in Shanghai is the lowest in the country. It is incredible to own a two-story house in such a city.

If it were placed in later times, the starting price would be at least one million. If it was at the lower end and close to the city center, the price would definitely be astonishing!
"My father used to be the deputy director of Shanghai Radio Factory No. 3. The house was left to my family. My grandfather used to be the owner of Yu Chengtang Pharmacy. After liberation, the pharmacy was donated to the country, but the house was left to my family." Liu Siying said.

"So your family is wealthy?" He Jie couldn't help but say after hearing this.

"Since your grandfather is the owner of a pharmacy, why doesn't your father inherit his legacy?" Xu Qiang asked.

"My dad said he wasn't cut out for that job, and he had already joined the party, so he had to obey his superiors' work arrangements."

"What a pity..." Upon hearing this, Xu Qiang suddenly realized.

In his opinion, with Liu Biao's ability, if he could inherit the pharmacy, he might become a celebrity in Shanghai today.

Moreover, after many years, Liu Siying's family will live a much better life than now. They will have a house, money and status in Shanghai, and will definitely be part of the powerful and wealthy class.

However, each generation has its own beliefs and choices. It is obviously unfair and objective to evaluate things that happened in the previous life with the eyes of future generations.

"There's nothing to regret. Our factory is pretty good. At least I feel my life is fulfilling now," said Liu Siying.

"If we go to Shanghai this time, I will definitely find a way to let you live back in your original house." Xu Qiang said.

"That's impossible." Liu Siying smiled and said, "In fact, as long as I can see my old home, I will be satisfied..."

"Uh." Seeing Liu Siying immersed in memories, Xu Qiang also felt a little emotional.

In later generations, it is rare to see people as pure as Liu Biao.

But it was the existence of these people that made the country gradually become prosperous...

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Two days later, Xu Qiang and his two companions finally completed the technical assistance mission for the last factory and were preparing to return to the factory by car.

On the other hand, at the factory, the news that Xu Qiang's new product was not selected for the department's foreign trade military products exhibition this year had already spread like wildfire.

In fact, it is normal to be rejected for a foreign trade military products exhibition. After all, there are thousands of military factories in China, and the number of products submitted for exhibition is countless. So it is normal to be rejected.

But if this happened to Xu Qiang, it would naturally cause controversy among all the employees in the factory.

After all, in the past six months, Xu Qiang has been a legendary figure in the factory. He won awards for military-to-civilian activities, successfully developed military batteries, was elected a model worker in the factory, and later was admitted to university. As a result, Xu Qiang's popularity in the factory has never stopped, so he has always been at the center of public opinion among all the employees in the factory.

But generally speaking, Xu Qiang was too young and his experience was too shallow, so there were always people who were jealous and dissatisfied with his "wealth".

Beggars will not envy billionaires, but they will be jealous of other beggars who live better than themselves.

Because of this, any problems that Xu Qiang encountered would be intentionally magnified by some people. In the final analysis, this is a kind of bad nature of human beings, and it is also a common phenomenon. In addition, yesterday, the factory held a factory meeting. In front of the leaders of various departments and workshops in the factory, Liu Biao announced that the product developed by Li Cunzhu's project team was successfully selected for the foreign trade military products exhibition held by the department this year. He took the initiative to take responsibility for the failure of Xu Qiang's project, apologized in public, and said that his bonus for that month would be deducted.

And just today, the investigation team sent by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has arrived at the Shengli Machinery Factory.

Since there was no prior notice, the working group members were first arranged to stay in the guesthouse, and the staff then went to the workshop to find the factory director Liu Biao.

At this time, Liu Biao was inspecting each workshop as usual. After learning the news, he immediately went to the factory guesthouse.

"You are Director Liu, right? I am Zhou Guotao, director of the Inspection Office of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building." In the reception room, seeing Liu Biao coming, the leader immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Welcome, welcome!" Liu Biao immediately said with a smile when he saw the working group members wearing blue and black Zhongshan suits.

"These two are Comrade Hu Rui and Cao Xiangdong, researchers from the 201 Institute," Zhou Guotao introduced.

The working group of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building consists of three people in total. In addition to the team leader Zhou Guotao, the remaining two are technical personnel from the BJ201 Institute.

"Hello, hello!" Upon hearing this, Liu Biao immediately shook hands with the two of them enthusiastically, and then asked, "Director Zhou, I didn't know you were coming today, and I didn't prepare anything in advance..."

"No need to prepare in advance." Zhou Guotao said with a smile: "Our mission this time is actually very simple, we just want to confirm one thing..."

"What's the matter?" Liu Biao asked.

"This product was developed by your factory, right?" Zhou Guotao said, taking out a piece of aramid paper from his briefcase and handing it to Liu Biao.

"This is..." Liu Biao was stunned for a moment after taking the aramid paper.

"This is the aramid paper developed by your factory. Don't you know?" Zhou Guotao asked.

At this time, the two people behind Zhou Guotao frowned when they saw this.

"Oh, I know. Isn't this the product that our factory sent to the ministry to participate in this year's foreign trade military products exhibition? Do you have any questions?" Liu Biao said quickly.

"It's like this... The exhibition materials we submitted said that the developer is a comrade named Xu Qiang. We want to ask him some questions."

"Xu Qiang? He's not in the factory right now. He went on a business trip last week. It will probably take another two days for him to come back."

"Uh." Hearing this, Zhou Guotao frowned and said, "Besides Xu Qiang, are there other people participating in this research and development project?"

"There are a few other people involved in this project, but they are just helping Xu Qiang. I guess it would be useless to ask them questions," Liu Biao explained.

Liu Biao knew very well that aramid paper was invented by Xu Qiang alone, and no one in the factory knew about chemical engineering except him.

Although Li Cunzhu had previously brought in a chemical engineering expert from a research institute in the provincial capital, Liu Biao could tell at a glance that this person was a mediocre person who was currently just hanging around in the technical department.

"Director Liu, are you saying that this aramid paper was developed by Xu Qiang alone?" asked a technician behind Zhou Guotao.

"It seems to be the case..."

"This is absolutely impossible!" The middle-aged technician named Hu Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know what this is?"

"Didn't I say it was aramid paper? It's used to make bulletproof vests. Xu Qiang told me about it before." Liu Biao said.

"This is a top-notch high-tech material! Currently, only the United States, the Soviet Union and Japan can produce it. The Soviet Union only developed it two years ago! Our country can only import it at a high price!"

"What!?" Hearing this, Liu Biao was stunned in surprise.

"That's right. As far as we know, with our current domestic chemical industry level, we are still unable to produce this kind of aramid paper, so the department asked us to come to your factory to investigate this matter." Zhou Guotao pondered for a moment and said seriously, "In recent years, there have been many cases in our country of modifying imported products and pretending to be new products to defraud funds. If you can't prove that this aramid paper is produced by your factory..."

"Our factory will never do that kind of thing!!"

Liu Biao immediately refuted, saying: "Our factory has been working hard step by step over the years. If something like this really happens, I, as the factory director, am willing to take full responsibility!"

For Liu Biao, he can tolerate others' slander against him, but he will never tolerate outsiders throwing dirty water on the reputation of the factory.

"Director Liu, don't get excited. We didn't say your factory was defrauding funds." Seeing Liu Biao getting angry, Zhou Guotao quickly comforted him, "As long as you can find Xu Qiang and let him explain the situation, the truth will be revealed..."

(End of this chapter)