Chapter 101 Pei Hong is jealous
When He Yan heard that three of Qi Tongwei's works were hot-selling in China, her resistance was instantly reduced a lot.
In this era, the trend of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners was prevalent, especially among the intellectual community, and He Yan was no exception.
In fact, even if she strongly opposed it, she could not change the overall situation, because in the family, although she usually had the final say, when it came to major decisions, the final decision-making power was always in Pei Yihong's hands.
"Qianqian, wait a few days, ask that boy to come home. I want to meet him." Pei Yihong said to Pei Qianqian with a heavy heart.
Whenever he thought about his beloved daughter becoming someone else's wife, an indescribable bitterness welled up in his heart.
Pei Qianqian blushed and responded: "Dad, he doesn't know the actual situation of our family yet. I'm worried that telling him suddenly will scare him away."
Seeing his daughter caring so wholeheartedly about Qi Tongwei, Pei Yihong couldn't help feeling a little sad, as if a bottle of old vinegar had been spilled.
"What's so scary? If he doesn't even have this little courage, then he is not worthy of being my son-in-law, Pei Yihong!" Pei Yihong said in a serious tone.
"Okay! I'll discuss it with Tongwei." Pei Qianqian nodded in agreement.
"That's more like it." In fact, Pei Yihong didn't have much resistance to Qi Tongwei.
He felt regretful that his children did not go into politics, so it would be good if he had a son-in-law who was a politician and could inherit his political resources.
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Qi Tongwei had just arrived in Beijing and before he had time to talk to Pei Qianqian, he was taken to the Central Party School and was notified that he would be trained there for two months.
A group of diplomats are currently receiving training here, and Qi Tongwei was inserted into them and became one of them.
Qi Tongwei was completely confused. Could it be that he was asked to be a diplomat?
I'm not cut out for this!
Soon, his doubts were cleared.
Qi Tongwei went to the office with doubts, where two elderly people over 50 years old were sitting.
"Hello, leaders. I am Qi Tongwei. Why did you call me here?" Qi Tongwei asked cautiously. He had been in a daze all day.
"My name is Zhang Wenzhong, the vice-president of the school, and this is General Chen Jun from the General Logistics Department." The old man sitting on the left introduced.
"Hello, Principal Zhang! Hello, General Chen!" Qi Tongwei hurriedly greeted them.
"Don't be polite. I guess you still don't understand the situation and don't know why you come here to study." Zhang Wenzhong said with a smile.
Qi Tongwei nodded, agreeing with Zhang Wenzhong's statement.
"The reason you are asked to come here and study with our comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is because you will be going to the Ugly Country for propaganda in the next period of time.
In this way, you will have to deal with the media in the Ugly Country, and these people will definitely take advantage of your identity to make a fuss.
Therefore, we hope that through this training, we can help you understand diplomatic etiquette, international situation and other aspects, while also improving your language ability and communication skills.
This way, when you face the media, you will be better able to respond to questions and avoid being led by the nose.
In addition, you also need to learn how to avoid their language traps and promote our country without making a sound. "Now you understand why I asked you to participate in the study, right?" Zhang Wenzhong explained.
Qi Tongwei suddenly realized: "I understand. Thank you for the care and support of the leaders. I will study hard and live up to the trust of the organization."
Zhang Wenzhong smiled and nodded: "Very good, Comrade Qi Tongwei. I believe that after this training, you will be able to become an excellent cultural ambassador. I wish your propaganda activities in the ugly country a complete success."
Afterwards, Vice President Zhang Wenzhong encouraged Qi Tongwei with a few words and left the room, leaving the space to him and Chen Jun.
Chen Jun said to Qi Tongwei with a serious expression: "Comrade Qi Tongwei, you need to keep the following conversation confidential. Do you understand?"
Qi Tongwei immediately stood up straight and answered solemnly: "Yes, General Chen!"
Chen Jun continued to ask: "Comrade Qi Tongwei, tell me how you signed the contract with the Ugly Country Publishing House?"
Although he was full of doubts and didn't know why he asked this question, Qi Tongwei still answered truthfully.
After learning the specific content of the contract signed by Qi Tongwei, Chen Jun was very excited.
He has already done some research and the specific monthly sales of Qi Tongwei's three works have come out. According to the current sales situation, The Da Vinci Code is definitely a blockbuster with sales of more than tens of millions of copies, and the sales of The Rise of a Great Power and The Qin Empire are also very ideal.
According to current estimates, Qi Tongwei’s royalties from these three works alone are at least hundreds of millions of US dollars.
Chen Jun quickly explained the purpose of his visit, which turned out to be for the US dollars in his hand.
Specifically, because our country's entire focus in recent years has been on economic development, military spending has been repeatedly reduced, especially the important foreign exchange reserves, which will not be used for team building.
This made Chen Jun and others feel very helpless, but they could accept it for the sake of the country.
However, the Gulf War that took place two years ago taught them a hard lesson. At that time, Iraq's military strength was not weak, otherwise they would not dare to challenge the ugly country.
But the reality is that on the first day of the war, the U.S. used electronic warfare to destroy the Iraqi air defense network that the army was proud of.
After seeing this situation, everyone was shocked and began to study countermeasures. They concluded that electronic warfare could only be used to fight electronic warfare.
However, how easy is it to achieve this goal? my country's electronic technology is far behind that of the United States, and it is definitely not an easy task to catch up.
What's more, my country had just started its reform and opening up, and funds were not abundant. Many people believed that the economy should be developed first, and then military development should be considered.
This idea was very common at the time. Everyone felt that only by solving the problem of food and clothing could they have more energy to focus on national defense and security.
But for Chen Jun and others, this is unacceptable.
They are well aware of the importance of national defense and security, and they also understand that if the country's electronic technology level cannot be improved as soon as possible, it may face greater threats in the future.
Finally, after research, only limited support was given and preliminary research was started.
After more than two years of research, there have been some results, but due to insufficient funds, they are limited.
At present, research has found that it is necessary to purchase a technology from the Czech Republic, but the other party does not only sell the technology, but must sell it together with the product.
Today, my country's foreign exchange reserves are not high, and it is not realistic to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to support the military in purchasing a small technology.
After the military saw Qi Tongwei's novel published, they thought of the US dollar and immediately sent Chen Jun to exchange RMB for the US dollars in Qi Tongwei's hands.
Qi Tongwei was moved, and said passionately: "I have had a dream of becoming a soldier since I was a child. Although I was not able to join the army when I grew up, I still have great respect for the army and our people's soldiers.
The army is facing difficulties now, and we will support it without hesitation.
Once the royalties arrive, don’t even think about changing it. I will donate it to our army.”
"Such a large sum of money is enough for our descendants. Are you really willing to spend it?" Chen Jun asked seriously.
Qi Tongwei thought for a while and said, "Leader, money is a thing that you can never bring with you when you are born and you can never take it with you when you die. It's good enough to have enough for your use. There's nothing to be reluctant about.
However, I believe that some key core technologies cannot be obtained, bought, or begged for, and we must rely on ourselves.”
Chen Jun was silent for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. Some things do need independent research and development."
After that, the man said again solemnly: "Xiao Qi, donating to the army is different from donating to the outside world. Donating to the outside world will be reported, but donating to the army not only cannot be reported, but on the contrary, you have to keep it secret. You have to think about it carefully."
"I've thought about it. I'll contact you after the royalties arrive." Qi Tongwei said firmly.
He knew in his heart that this was a rare opportunity and if he missed it, he might never have it again.
Although $1 million is not a small sum, it is more important to establish a good relationship with the military.
In fact, Qi Tongwei was very happy in his heart. For him, money was just a part of life, and it was enough as long as he had enough.
On the contrary, if he could get in touch with Chen Jun and others, it would be much more cost-effective than 100 million US dollars. This is a resource that cannot be measured by money, and it is also an important capital for his future development.
Chen Jun didn't know that Qi Tongwei had thought so much. He only saw a selfless young man and admired him very much. However, this was not in line with the policy, so he could only politely refuse.
"Xiao Qi, we appreciate your patriotism, but we have rules. We can't take your money for nothing. We will give you the equivalent in RMB." He saluted Qi Tongwei.
Qi Tongwei quickly returned the greeting.
"Xiao Qi, then you should study hard. I will contact you after you finish your studies." The more Chen Jun looked at Qi Tongwei, the more satisfied he became.
After that, the two chatted for a while, and Chen Jun left in a hurry because he had to report to his superiors.