Chapter 187 Happiness Between Lips and Teeth
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunqi went back to his room to sleep.

Last night, he stayed out with Ji Ling and stayed up too late, so he had to catch up on some sleep. However, he didn't sleep for long before his brother-in-law Niu Fen came running over. He was very thoughtful. For the Mid-Autumn Festival, he brought a river fish weighing more than ten kilograms and two boxes of high-end mooncakes to honor his mother's family. However, Zhang's mother was not at home, so Zhang Yunqi made a pot of good tea to treat him.

This brother-in-law was a nice guy, except that he was a little short. He was cheerful, easy to talk to, and funny. Zhang Yunqi still remembered that in his previous life, Niu Fen took him to Meihu Park. He saw a stall selling mutton skewers at the gate of the park and insisted on eating some. His brother-in-law was embarrassed, but finally gritted his teeth and searched his pockets for money to buy him five skewers. He ate until his mouth was full of oil and handed one to his brother-in-law. His brother-in-law swallowed his saliva and waved his hand, saying, "This thing has a strong smell. What's so delicious about it? By the way, don't tell your sister when you go back."

At that time, I was too young to experience the taste. It was just the first time I ate lamb skewers, and I thought the taste was really delicious, spicy and refreshing, so much so that I couldn't forget the lamb skewers at the gate of Meihu Park. But some time ago, I specially dragged Ji Ling to eat there, and I felt that the meat was very smelly and the texture was relatively coarse. I couldn't taste the original taste at all. Now he can buy 10,000 lamb skewers, but he can never get back the feeling he once had.

That's how people are.

When I was six, I thought spicy noodles were the best. When I was sixteen, I thought girls were the best. When I was twenty-six, I thought RMB was the best. When I was thirty-six, I thought having a home was the best. When I was forty-six, I thought health was the best... Desires are endless. Only when you are content can you be happy.

Zhang Yunqi was very content with his current life. He served Niu Fen a cup of tea and the two chatted for a while. Zhang Yunqi was quite interested in the current situation of the Longjingyuan Canning Factory. He heard that it could no longer operate. Niu Fen asked him, "Yunqi, I heard from your sister that you have been thinking about acquiring an electronics factory recently?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Yes."

Niu Fen asked, "Why did you buy an electronics factory for no reason?"

This question was a bit unprofessional, so Zhang Yunqi's answer was also unprofessional: "Of course it's to make money."

Niu Fen asked, "Is the electronics factory profitable? I think our canning factory is not bad either. Why don't we take it over and start making canned food?"

The canning factory and the electronics factory have nothing in common. Zhang Yunqi asked, "Only Longjingyuan is doing well?"

Niu Fen said, "Brother, you can't say that. Our cannery is now out of business, so we bought it at a low price."

Zhang Yunqi didn't quite understand what his brother-in-law was thinking. Why did he suddenly want him to take over the cannery? Even if Longjingyuan's business was in poor condition, it would cost several million to acquire it. He had his little savings to use on the VCD player project. However, Hu Zhibiao's software and hardware development had only been going on for more than a month, so there was still a lot of time to wait.

Of course, from Zhang Yunqi's point of view, it is not without benefits to take over Longjingyuan. To put it bluntly, the land is very good. It is located on Jianxing Road in Jiangchuan City, in the central area, close to Xiangnan Teachers College, and the Xinglong Pedestrian Street in the future is located in that place. Even if he buys it for three or four million now and does not operate it at all, and allows Longjingyuan to go bankrupt, he can still make a lot of money by speculating in the land in the future.

This has been done many times by real estate tycoons in later generations.

In those days, many state-owned enterprises that could not continue to operate were sold to private individuals. The high-sounding term was "attracting investment", but in fact it was to privatize state-owned assets and give a lot of preferential policies. This process inevitably caused a large loss of national wealth, but there was no other way. If the state-owned enterprises that could not continue to operate were sold, they could still make some money. If they were not sold, they would be stuck in their hands. In addition, the resettlement and buyout of seniority of so many employees required money, which could only be supplemented by selling state-owned assets. In short, in the 90s, there were countless examples like Longjingyuan. The investment system was backward, bureaucracy was serious, science was not respected, and blind decisions led to death. Therefore, there was a reform and restructuring of state-owned enterprises, but the ultimate fate of most of them was bound to be taken over by capitalists.

As a person of later generations, if Zhang Yunqi were to examine this massive reform movement from a macro perspective, his great contributions cannot be erased and his achievements are world-renowned. However, as far as the reform of state-owned enterprises is concerned, it is true that the investment system reform, which has been called for for decades, has made a lot of progress, but it has indeed failed. Even if it has been extended to several decades later, we have never achieved the fundamental purpose of the reform.

In essence, state-owned enterprises are no different from what they were on the eve of reform.

The fundamental reason is that as the investment subject, the investment system of state-owned capital cannot be reformed, because its real shareholders are the people of China and taxpayers. However, there is no real principal-agent relationship between the people and the government or the officials in charge of state-owned capital. This is the fundamental reason. If this problem cannot be solved, the government and officials will not have much awareness and responsibility to invest for the people. No one will care about investment efficiency, and no one will take responsibility for investment failures. Therefore, the so-called "investment system reform" will always be nonsense, and the call for "state retreat and private advancement" is also nonsense.

Think about the situation in various business fields in China in the future. With a little understanding, you can easily find that state-owned enterprises no longer directly control enterprises, but use resources and policy advantages to monopolize capital. We can see the giant figure of state-owned enterprises in almost all walks of life, especially in the real estate field. Investment behavior centered on urban construction has become another form of state-owned capital in recent years! It interprets another version of "state advances and private retreats", and at the same time, it also paves the most convenient and highest return road for capitalists to leverage national property!

Since the mid-1990s, nationwide real estate development and urbanization have spread across the country. The huge business opportunities have allowed capitalists to discover huge land opportunities. They control the declining state-owned enterprises through various restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and even contracting. However, the vast majority of capitalists are not interested in how to run state-owned enterprises well, but in land development, drilling into the heart of the country like vampires to extract huge wealth!
Mentioning these things is not to accuse others of anything, after all, how many white lotuses can there be in front of interests? He is not interested in being angry or sad. Our country does have this and that kind of bad, but the moon outside is not necessarily that round, and the United States has never been a paradise. He once heard such a saying: If you think your motherland is not good, you should build it; if you think the government is not good, you should take the civil service exam and become an official; if you think the people have no quality, you should start to become a high-quality citizen; if you think your compatriots are ignorant, you should start to learn and change the people around you. It has shortcomings, let's correct them together, instead of just scolding, complaining, and running away. Face the criticism of thousands of people with a cold brow, and bow your head to be a cow for children!

That's a good point. Zhang Yunqi talked to Niu Fen about Longjing Garden for a while.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, after his brother-in-law left, Zhang Yunqi ran to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Life is diverse. Those who are young and inexperienced like the prosperity of the world; those who are already experienced like riding carousels. Zhang Yunqi doesn't know which type he belongs to, but he likes to cook. Having a favorite meal, which doesn't have to be too rich, as long as it suits his stomach, plus a glass of cold beer, chatting with family, and watching TV, he feels that life is enough.

Zhang Yunfeng was not at home the whole day. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, my mother and Chunlan Xiaoxiao, who had been strolling in Beihu Park, came back. When my mother heard Zhang Yunqi say that Zhang Yunfeng had gone out to play with Zhang Xiaonan and had not returned yet, she was very happy. She almost regarded Zhang Xiaonan as her future daughter-in-law. She just felt that the Mid-Autumn Festival was not lively enough, so she called Chujian, her mother Jiang Feng, and her sister Chuxin to come and celebrate the festival together.

Jiang Feng is probably the person closest to Zhang Ma in the city.

Chu Xin is Xiao Xiao’s best playmate.

This girl now plays with Chu Xin every afternoon after school, brings her home to watch cartoons, and buys snacks. Zhang Yunqi remembers that once, Xiao Xiao took Chu Xin to ride a bicycle downstairs in the community. At that time, there were a few boys in the community who laughed at Chu Xin and called her a fool. Xiao Xiao rushed up and started a fight with them. The little girl was very violent and beat one of the boys until he cried. When they were children, girls were indeed more mature and strong than boys, and they all had the experience of being bullied by girls to a greater or lesser extent.

Later, the boy cried and told his parents, and his parents ran to Zhang's house to seek explanation.

Zhang Yunqi was extremely happy at that time.

Jiang Feng and her daughter came at 6:30 pm, carrying a bag of dried potatoes and a box of mooncakes. Chu Dapeng, who followed behind, held them in his hands. This was the first time Zhang Yunqi had seen Chu Dapeng in half a year. Chu Dapeng kept laughing at him, not knowing whether he was afraid or embarrassed. Zhang's mother was very enthusiastic. This was the first time she had seen Jiang Feng's man.

Zhang Yunqi didn't say anything.

He returned to the kitchen to cook, and Chu Jian helped.

Zhang Ma and Jiang Feng and his wife were drinking tea and chatting in the living room. Xiaoxiao took Chuxin to play with toys and watch cartoons. Chunlan was reading a book alone in the bedroom. Chuxin, who was washing green onions in the kitchen, saw that Zhang Yunqi didn't talk much, and whispered, "He insisted on coming with me."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and flipped the food in the wok: "What are you thinking about? Do you think I would mind this?"

When I first saw her, I pursed my lips and said "hmm".

Zhang Yunqi said: "It's a holiday today, be happy."

Chu Jian washed the green onions and handed them to Zhang Yunqi, who chopped them up and sprinkled them into the pot. He picked up his chopsticks, tasted the dish, and said, "It's ready to be served."

Chu Jian next to him said, "What did you make? It smells so good."

"You've never had steamed fish with tea oil and rice flour." Zhang Yunqi picked up a small piece of golden fried steamed fish with chopsticks and handed it to Chumian: "Don't you like fish? Let me give you a try."

Chu Jian glanced at Zhang Yunqi's chopsticks, hesitated for a moment, and then opened her mouth to eat the steamed fish. After a while, her little face blushed and she smiled and said, "It's delicious."

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