Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 326 ICAC

People who have been arranged from China are actually shocked by the high wages here as soon as they come to Xiangjiang. It’s about 200 a month, which is the average. The skilled ones have more than 200, more than 200, the unskilled ones and the odd jobs are all between 150 and 180.

Luo Cheng disappeared. They came to investigate the situation. If they could find Luo Cheng, they would help manage the factory here. But now they don’t dare to manage it. The country must now completely draw a clear line with the capitalists. Xiangjiang is a capital market, and wages and prices are adjusted according to demand.

Not finding Luo Cheng, I didn’t dare to investigate. After receiving the order from home, I simply followed the advice of the factory management here, exchanged a bunch of supplies, and went back. Luo Cheng’s corruption plan was not even arranged, and the person disappeared.

In fact, if you stay in Xiangjiang for a little longer, or inquire about the situation carefully, it will be easy to discover Luo Cheng’s additional assets in Xiangjiang. But because of the current situation in the country, no one here has the intention to investigate seriously.

Regarding Luo Cheng’s disappearance, the people in China just asked the liaison officer here in Xiangjiang to keep investigating. If there is news, contact the country. It is impossible to arrange troops or investigators to come to Xiangjiang just for Luo Cheng. After all, Xiangjiang is not the territory of the country. If someone here discovers it, it will be a diplomatic incident.

In Xiangjiang, Luo Cheng is completely safe. In fact, even if he is found out, Luo Cheng is still safe. There is no law enforcement power here in China, but if it is not found out, it is good because your family will not be affected.

Although it is said that it will not bring harm to the family, it is only superficial, and it is impossible that it will not have any real impact. For example, Luo Cheng’s father is now the president of the cooperative. But Luo Cheng was going to be investigated and found to be a capitalist, and he would no longer be the president. At most, keep one job and do odd jobs.

My son is a capitalist, and my father is still the president of a cooperative. How could it exist in this era?

Sissi was happy when she heard that the people she sent had left without finding anything. At least she might have a chance to go back secretly in the future. But now people coming in and out of the country are being heavily investigated, so I thought we would wait until the news is over. Anyway, there are smugglers running the business of recruiting people between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, so it is easy to ask someone to deliver letters across the Taiwan Strait.

Anyway, Luo Cheng’s incident did not affect his family, which was good. Luo Cheng was worried about this in Xiangjiang. The advent of the era of educated youth has no impact on family members and relatives who originally came from towns and rural areas. At most, workers have to learn various ideas every day, even if they do not complete production tasks.

For some people, this can be regarded as laziness. After all, the work is hard. If you read and memorize some quotations, it doesn’t matter if you can’t memorize them. Take your time, and your salary will not be reduced by a penny anyway.

Without the material support from Xiangjiang, the automobile industry zone will not be able to restore its previous welfare, and even the food that has been supporting the front line will not be able to be supported.

Workers in industrial zones are no longer much different from workers in other factories and companies. In the past, when people asked where they worked, they said they were in industrial zones. They were envied by others and made themselves proud. But now, at least I still have a stable job and can live a good life.

As time goes by, some old workers in industrial areas will always mention Luo Chenglai, the first director of the automobile factory, from time to time. When Luo Cheng was here, everyone followed Factory Director Luo and felt motivated in their hearts. And Luo Cheng has lived up to his expectations, and various benefits have been increasing. I remember the pride of being a car chief worker back then.

In addition, due to the reduction in exports, most of those still exporting are mission-based exports. Coupled with the lack of orders from the military industry, it is no longer possible for the industrial zone to expand without restrictions. Because of the domestic steel shortage, raw materials can no longer be left to their industrial zones.

But it doesn’t matter to the current district chief and secretary. In their hands, the number of employees has doubled, and the output has also increased a lot. In the past two years, they have received various commendations and qualifications.

When Luo Cheng was here, he was only a C-level cadre because of his age. Now the top leaders in the industrial zone are all B-level cadres. When they are transferred to local areas, they are all very important leaders.

Now that raw materials are limited, there is basically no potential for further expansion. There is no potential. If some people want to make progress, it is no longer possible. Iron workers and smooth leaders will also be staged in the industrial zone.

In the blink of an eye, two years passed, and it was 1968. The battle between Yingjiang and Yue stopped and ended in a failed retreat.

Xiangjiang, a large mansion in Kowloon District.

“Sissi, let me tell you, you can give birth in another place. What do you think our baby should be called? The baby girl will definitely be beautiful in the future. Maybe she should be called Luo Tianxian.”

“It’s breastfeeding. Stop teasing me. How could you choose a name like this? Then should the baby boy be named Luo Yingjun?”

“It’s okay, it’s just a name, don’t be too particular.”

“You, you are a person of high status in Xiangjiang. I really think that in the rural areas of China, Erniu Gouzi is given random names. It’s too vulgar, and it’s too exaggerated. It’s not good. Hey~~, I told you, stop teasing, So childish.”

“She drinks hers and I play with mine, one for each, why not? Well, I don’t care too much about the name. Let’s just pick a name. Who in Xiangjiang dares to laugh at our daughter. I told you Xiaoyu before The origin of He Shishi’s name, let’s just keep it simple, haven’t you been missing your parents in your hometown for the past two years? If this is not called Tianxian, let’s change it to the word “si”, which means “missing”. Called Luo Sixian, our daughter, When you grow up, you will definitely be as celestial as a fairy, so the word “fairy” will be retained.”

“Luo Sixian has the same pronunciation as Shixian. No, how about calling it Siyun.”

“Luo Siyun, she sounds pretty good too. Her nickname is Xianxian. I keep calling her a fairy.”

“Okay, I’ll give you my nickname.”

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In Xiangjiang for more than two years, apart from filming some movies, Sissi and Luo Cheng went out to play everywhere. Although they didn’t get pregnant immediately after arriving in Xiangjiang, they both believed that it might have something to do with the change of environment.

However, Sissi was still a little regretful that the baby was a boy, but her patriarchal mentality was not as serious as that of the people in the country. She was just a little emotional, but she didn’t sigh because the baby was not a boy.

In China, if the first child does not give birth to a boy, especially in rural areas, mothers-in-law will look down upon it. After seeing that Luo Cheng was not unhappy about giving birth to a girl, Sissi adjusted her mentality quickly. Since they can give birth to one child, it means that they can have children without any problem, and they will continue to do so in the future.

After having a child, Sissi has a new person to rely on in Xiangjiang besides Luo Cheng. The longing for the country can also be buffered, and Luo Cheng also has a way to communicate with the country through letters through some channels, and it is not that there is no news at all, so the overall situation is not bad.

It is worth mentioning here that Xiangjiang’s TVB was established at the end of last year, and Luo Cheng also bought some shares in it. The main reason is that most of the TV market in Xiangjiang is occupied by Luo Cheng. With Inspector Lu taking the lead, ordinary people buying TVs rely on legitimate market competition.

However, if there is demand from local procurement units and some local enterprises, under the care of Inspector Lu, the orders will basically be given to Luo Cheng’s TV processing factory.

Even outside of procurement by local units and enterprises, the TV sets produced by Luo Cheng are very competitive. If others want to divide the market, they can only rely on cheap prices. Luo Cheng’s TV sets have become a brand in Xiangjiang. Even if the price is not high, it is not too low. Moreover, Luo Cheng is always looking for quality and technology. His goal is not only to maintain the market, but also to fight against the little devils. TV brands are here to seize the market.

It has to be said that the development speed of Xiaojiizi in the light industry is really amazing. Luo Cheng has a system in place, and cooperates with the Ru0026D team established by Mr. Hu Ping in Singapore. The team there has been involved in products in many fields, and the scale has increased every year. It is increasing rapidly, and it is trying to maintain the advantage of not falling behind.

In a blink of an eye, it was 1970.

Nothing big happened in the 1970s, except that Luo Cheng’s family had another baby born in the 1970s. This time it was his son. In Xiangjiang, Luo Cheng held a grand banquet and invited high-level people and business tycoons.

The per capita salary in Xiangjiang has reached more than ten times that when Luo Cheng first came here. Luo Cheng still remembers that when he first came here, the workers’ salary was only about sixty, and Xiangjiang was also very poor. Now it is about seven hundred a month, more than ten times that.

The vehicles are not yet owned by ordinary citizens, but some small managers have already started to represent cars, and senior managers basically pay attention to the brand. Luo Cheng also didn’t let it go when it came to vehicle brands. There were no cars produced in China at the time. It wasn’t because the car factory couldn’t produce them, but it was because there was no need.

Cars have different body shapes and assembly methods, so they are no different from other vehicle accessories. Chassis and structural design issues are simply not a big deal. And with the development of the times, in addition to aviation materials and military materials, ordinary steel has also been optimized, and some other metals have been added, which is considered alloy steel. This steel has actually been available before, but it is not sold domestically.

Otherwise, how are other people’s cars made? Could it be that the bodywork is also made by manual hammering just like in China? Nowadays, steel models are getting better and better, and some industrial countries have relaxed export restrictions on certain steel products.

Such steel products are sold in France and Germany, and even domestically they are actually upgrading materials. It’s just that the current industrial development in the country is difficult to describe.

At the end of 1971, Hong Kong’s economy took off significantly again. Because since the early 1970s, electronic product processing factories have begun to appear in Xiangjiang. At first, there were only a few, but now there are dozens. Currently, all products produced are radios and the like, and there are no higher-tech products.

Luo Cheng’s investment was completely random. He had too much money and didn’t want to follow others’ lead. I like to play sniper warfare. If you don’t do it, I won’t do it either. If you do it, Luo Cheng won’t plagiarize you. Just give the thing you want to build to the Ru0026D team, burn money to make it better, and then let the market you finally get it come back directly. There is no need to play yin and yang at all, just be tough.

Luo Cheng also wanted to be defeated and experience losses, but his strength did not allow it.

The electronics industry has begun to emerge in Hong Kong, which is countless times better than those that process clothes, shoes and socks. An item weighing about ten kilograms can be sold for several hundred yuan and is easily exported all over the world. Many businessmen with high profits invest in this industry.

And there are profits, but Xiangjiang’s population is limited, so raising wages will rob workers. The wages of workers directly exceed one thousand, which is more than thirty yuan a day. This means that one day is equivalent to a month’s salary in China. On the other side of the deep city in China, some people have to swim hard to get here, and there is a shortage of workers here in Xiangjiang. It is no longer the same as before, and people from the mainland are being repatriated. . When you come here, you can basically apply for an ID card directly.

And in this year, the Xiangjiang TVB training class was established and star-making planning activities began. Speaking of which, Sissi works as a high-level executive at TVB. She is no longer filming. She is just passing the time to find a job for herself out of boredom.

After being a noble lady in Xiangjiang for many years and frequenting high-class social situations here, Sissi has developed her own unique temperament even if she doesn’t deliberately practice any etiquette. It was hard to see from her that she had once served as the leader of a cultural troupe.

In 1973, this year, for Xiangjiang, life was difficult for many white people. Because the British side wants to investigate these people, but Luo Cheng feels that the essence of the investigation is that some people have already covered the sky with one hand. I really thought that the British side would be so good and contribute to Xiangjiang. The essence of everything is that they have been ignored. The British people have nothing to do except get some benefits.

The high-level officials were still discussing the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and many bigwigs in Hong Kong circles had caught wind of it. Several major detectives were about to flee Xiangjiang. Detective Lu was planning to take his family and run away, so Director Zeng Qirong naturally followed him.

Although Luo Cheng is a businessman, Inspector Lu has regarded him as the God of Wealth in these years. Luo Cheng has so many properties, and the superiors do not believe that there will be no problems. In addition to Luo Cheng, he is another lame tycoon (played by Donnie Yen) who brought a lot of wealth to Inspector Lu. He is also the subject of an investigation.

This is a reshuffle, because Xiangjiang is too stable now. Both black and white can make money and there is no trouble. With the pressure from the big guys above, we don’t dare to cause trouble.

Let’s put it this way, there was no ICAC. The various plots of Young and Dangerous in future generations will not be staged in Hong Kong. Lame Hao is here, Inspector Lu is here, who dares to grab territory in Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon.

Lai Hao didn’t take the investigation seriously. He was a gangster, and if he was timid, he wouldn’t be where he is today. It’s impossible for him to give up everything and run away. Because there is no Independent Commission Against Corruption, he cannot withstand the investigation even if he engages in D.

Luo Cheng, of course, has been staying in Xiangjiang. He has nothing to be afraid of. I have never bribed anyone. As for some people saying that many people took money from Luo Cheng, it was their sales commission. If you get 20 to 30% from selling a car, this is not a net profit, it is a gross profit, and the cost has not been deducted.

If you really think about it this way, there are people who do nothing and earn more just by selling one car than Luo Cheng. But Luo Cheng told the investigators that he made small profits but quick sales, and Detective Lu helped him sell tens of thousands of cars, which was also his ability. It doesn’t matter whether it is given to Detective Lu, other police chiefs, or even inspectors. They don’t need to investigate. They can directly access the Luo Group’s accounts in Xiangjiang. They can check how many people they have received and how many commissions they have given.

If we can find out who Luo Cheng bribed outside of these accounts, let’s talk about it later. Even you guys from the Independent Commission Against Corruption, if you are interested, you can help him sell the car and guarantee that the commission will be a penny, and it will be done in a regular manner. Even Luo Cheng does not have any gray industry in Xiangjiang. He pays taxes every year and ranks first in Xiangjiang.

He is not a lame man who makes black income. No matter how much money he makes, he does not pay any taxes.

But even so, Luo Cheng boldly and reassuringly asked them to check, but they still checked for several months before confirming that the commission Luo Cheng took the initiative to give was so detailed that it was more than what they found.

For example, what they found was that Inspector Lu received at least 60 to 70 million from the Luo Group, but the records provided by Luo Cheng were even more, hundreds of millions. Of course, the money to be given to Zeng Qirong is also together. Detective Lu helps Luo Cheng sell 10,000 cars and gets 25 million. Xiangjiang’s economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and many people can afford to buy cars. The 2,500-dollar finger is still ‘touching you’ car. Other types of commissions are larger.

Helping Luo Cheng sell one or two thousand cars a year was just for fun. After a few years, the commission of more than 100 million was really no exaggeration.

And it’s really hard to classify this as bribery, because the same is true for the commissions Luo Cheng gives to other people, especially overseas exports. If the commissions given by Luo Cheng are considered bribes, what about the overseas trading companies that cooperate with the Luo Group? They are also selling You can earn thousands from just one car. If normal commissions were considered bribes, all businessmen in Xiangjiang would be locked up.

Therefore, when the Independent Commission Against Corruption was formally established in 1974, Luo Cheng was still as stable as a rock in Hong Kong. And many people with problems fled to Taiwan, Singapore, Canada and other places. Luo Chengyou spent a lot of money to acquire many “distressed” assets. They were all obtained from foreclosure auctions in Xiangjiang Prefecture. Luo Cheng didn’t ask for them privately. The foreclosure auctions were already very cheap. Luo Cheng didn’t want to buy those fixed assets from runaways just to save a little more money.