Reborn in 1994, escaping from marriage and going sea fishing, I won!

Chapter 1127 Recommender

Mr. and Mrs. Fu were very supportive of what Liu Meilan did.

Fu Weiguo often chatted with his daughter-in-law: "Now that we're about to join the WTO, we need to participate in the globalization process! The technological blockade imposed on us by foreign countries has recently eased somewhat. If we vigorously develop high technology, it might arouse the vigilance of developed Western countries!"

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Dad, I'm sure you've already done the statistics. The technologies that have been released are those that we've already made breakthroughs in domestically, some of which are close to or even surpass the level of foreign countries. They released restrictions and lowered prices in order to impact these domestic technologies, making them quite useless to us."

"Giving up would be a pity, considering how much we've already invested; but if we give up, they might immediately raise prices again. If we continue production, we won't be competitive with imported products!"

Fu Weiguo smiled wryly: "Yes, that's exactly it! That's why it's so troublesome now!"

Liu Meilan replied, "For purely commercial applications and civilian use, we buy from abroad; for what our military or state-owned enterprises need, we purchase domestically produced goods!"

“But there’s a lot of opposition right now!” Fu Weiguo was also a bit troubled. “The arguments are fierce, and there’s still no result.”

Liu Meilan replied, "Based on foreign data and the practices in Europe and America, you know better than I do. What is certain is that these American semiconductor and chip products all have backdoors! Even our computer operating systems and communication base stations, if we don't achieve domestic production, we are almost completely transparent to foreign countries in terms of information security, which is extremely dangerous."

"For civilian products on the market, even if they are affected, the loss is at most monetary; but if it is a classified unit or the military, once the equipment has a backdoor and our secrets are stolen, the loss will be much more than just money!"

After listening carefully, Fu Weiguo wholeheartedly agreed: "National security is paramount, without a doubt! Even if we import from abroad, we must have our own domestic production capacity! Only then can we keep up if the other party cuts off the supply!"

Liu Meilan nodded: "Yes! That's why I'm now taking on low- to mid-end wafer and semiconductor business to first master the mass production technology! Although the profit margins are thin, it allows me to accumulate a lot of experience!"

"In addition, I also allocate a large sum of money every year to support technological research and development! If we can't make high-precision products, we'll start with low-precision products and gradually upgrade the technology. This is also a way."

Fu Weiguo asked cautiously, "With so much investment every year, you must be losing money, right?"

Liu Meilan nodded: "We'll lose money! But we have to keep going even if we lose money! However, once we've fully mastered the imported equipment and technology, we can at least break even. In this process, we'll update our technology, accumulate experience, and also provide opportunities for experts to learn and practice."

"Maybe what I'm doing is just a drop in the ocean, but I feel I have to do it! I know this industry is a money pit, but I can't just give up because it's not profitable—because I know the country needs it, the people need it!"

Liu Meilan has received too much; her supernatural abilities have brought her so much, she cannot keep it all to herself, nor dare she. The path of righteousness is fraught with hardship, therefore she must do things that benefit the country and its people.

Fu Weiguo was very pleased: "Meilan, if only everyone were like you!"

Liu Meilan smiled and said, "People are different, and their pursuits are different too. I'm not doing this to make people think I'm noble, but because after I've made a lot of money, money is no longer my goal. I want to do something meaningful!"

Fu Weiguo praised, "A promising young woman! By the way, Meilan, have you joined the Party?"

Liu Meilan shook her head: "No. I've been busy with my career, and since I'm in business and not in politics, I haven't pursued that much."

“That won’t do!” Old Master Fu spoke up at this moment. “What’s wrong with doing business? What you’ve done can’t be categorized as mere capitalist behavior. You are a national entrepreneur! You are practicing ‘letting some get rich first to help others get rich later,’ which is an action to achieve common prosperity. How can you not align yourself with the organization?”

Liu Meilan was taken aback: "Wait for me to go back and write the application?"

Grandpa Fu waved his hand: "Why wait until we go back to the South to write it? Write it now, and I'll be your recommender for Party membership!"

Liu Meilan was taken aback: "We're family, shouldn't we avoid suspicion by doing this?"

"We should not shy away from recommending worthy people even if they are relatives!" Old Master Fu said with a smile. "What you have done for the country makes you worthy of being recommended by anyone!"

Fu Weiguo smiled and urged, "Meilan, hurry up and write your application! The old man has been a Party member for 63 years; having him as your recommender would be very respectable!"

Liu Meilan asked excitedly, "Grandpa, won't this cause you any trouble?"

Grandpa Fu chuckled and said, "I'd rather have more of this kind of trouble! Hurry up and write it. If you don't know how, let Fu Chen teach you."

Fu Chen hooked his arm around Liu Meilan's waist: "Everything's fine now, let's go back inside and write the application!"

Liu Meilan smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll go write it now!"

Once in the room, Fu Chen found paper and pen and guided Liu Meilan in writing the application.

Liu Meilan was intelligent, and after Fu Chen explained it once, she wrote it down on a draft paper, taking into account her own situation.

After Fu Chen revised it once, he asked Liu Meilan to copy it.

Liu Meilan often practiced calligraphy in the style of "Zanhua Xiaoshu" (a type of Chinese calligraphy), and she copied the two application forms in one go.

"Grandpa, what do you think of writing it this way?" Liu Meilan asked.

Grandpa Fu took it and looked at it carefully: "Not bad. It's not just empty slogans, but written based on your own experience and understanding. This application is very insightful! I'll keep it for now, and I'll write a letter of recommendation later!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!" Liu Meilan bowed to Grandpa Fu. "I'm counting on you!"

Grandpa Fu nodded at Liu Meilan: "You're too polite, girl!"

That evening, under the lamp, Mr. Fu wrote a letter of recommendation.

The next day, Mr. Fu, along with his son and grandson, visited the high-ranking leader and submitted the application in person.

The senior leader looked at it and said kindly, "Good! Excellent! I understand that the investment company under Liu Meilan's name is of great significance! It is more beneficial to the country for capital to be in the hands of a good comrade like Meilan, so as to resist the erosion of foreign capital from the grassroots level."

Grandpa Fu replied, "It was precisely because I saw Meilan's sincere heart that I shamelessly came to trouble the leader!"

The senior leader smiled and said, "Those 500 tons of gold alone are enough to prove that Liu Meilan has withstood the test! Money cannot tempt her at all. The organization can rest assured that she will devote herself to economic construction and capital operation! After Meilan becomes our comrade, can we accept state-owned capital investment?"

Grandpa Fu nodded: "Meilan also said that with state-owned capital protecting it, the future development will be smoother and more stable!"

The top leader smiled and said, "Good! You should also tell Meilan to rest assured! State-owned capital will only participate in profit sharing and has certain supervisory rights, but will not interfere with her investment and operations in any other way!"