Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

Early the next morning, Zhao Zhuo went straight to the capital.

The difference from the last time was that this time Zhao Zhuo no longer took a train from the capital to the Soviet Union, but a direct flight.

Arriving at Beijing Airport, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Compared with the Beijing Airport at this time and thirty years later, there is not even the slightest difference.

Looking at the past, there were only a few people in total, and all of them looked like business people in suits and ties.

After all, at this time, the only people who can get on a plane are ordinary people.

As Zhao Zhuo walked, he looked at the airport carefully, comparing it to what it would be decades later, which was quite interesting.

Just as Zhao Zhuo was walking around, he was suddenly hit in the back.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

A girl wearing sunglasses said with an apologetic look.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly:

"It's okay. Why, are you anxious?"

Hearing this joke, the girl stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, which was quite cute.

"It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's mainly because I'm a little hungry and ready to eat quickly."

"Hahaha, then go and eat quickly."

"Okay, okay, I'm really sorry."

The girl apologized again and left.

Zhao Zhuo smiled slightly and soon forgot about this little thing.

Zhao Zhuo then walked around again and then came to the boarding gate.

After waiting for a while, we boarded the plane smoothly.

"Sir, our plane will take off in about ten minutes. Would you like to drink something first? We have liquor, beer, red wine, juice, coffee..."

The stewardess introduced them one by one, and Zhao Zhuo was stunned for a while.

"You mean, alcohol is served on the plane?"

Zhao Zhuo asked in surprise.

The stewardess nodded naturally:

"That's right, we have a full range of alcoholic beverages on the plane. You can drink whatever you want."

Zhao Zhuo quickly shook his head:

"That's not necessary. I just think it's interesting to serve wine. Just give me a glass of juice."

Zhao Zhuo said with a wry smile.

"OK, just a second."

The stewardess nodded and turned to leave.

Just after leaving, another person came to Zhao Zhuo's seat.

"Wow, what a coincidence, it turns out you are also taking this flight!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Zhao Zhuo turned around and saw that it was the girl in sunglasses he had just met at the airport.

"It's really a coincidence. You won't be sitting next to me, right?"

Zhao Zhuo felt a little surprised and couldn't help guessing.

Unexpectedly, the girl looked at the ticket and nodded:

"You guessed it right, I'm sitting next to you. Today we both met by various coincidences."

As she spoke, the girl sat down and took out two pancakes from her backpack.

"Would you like one?"

The girl looked at Zhao Zhuo and asked.

"Um... there should be meals on the plane soon, right?"

Zhao Zhuo asked.

After all, in a few decades airplanes will have meals, but now that airplanes are just in their infancy, they even have all kinds of wine, so it’s impossible not to have meals.

Unexpectedly, when the girl heard this, she curled her lips:

"Huh, those things on the plane are all made in a Western style. How can the pancakes and fruits be authentic?"

From the looks of it, it seems that girls fly a lot and are very knowledgeable about all aspects.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but become interested in the pancake fruit in the girl's hand.

"Then if you can't finish it, you can share one with me."

Zhao Zhuo said with a smile.

Hearing this, the girl handed one of the pancakes in her hand to Zhao Zhuo.

"Hehehe, actually I bought two of them, and one of them is just for you."

The girl said with a smile.

"Oh, how did you know we would be on the same plane?"

Zhao Zhuo looked at the girl with interest and asked.

"I don't know either, but I just have a hunch. No, my hunch really came true!"

The girl said mischievously.

As a result, the two people ate pancakes and fruits calmly under the strange looks of people around them, leaving a deep impression on many people.

Until many years later, when someone recalled the scene when they were on a plane with two later famous business tycoons, a man and a woman, they would say with interest:

"At that time, I felt that those two people were not simple. After all, if you think about it, being able to get on a plane in the 1980s was not a very impressive thing, but being able to eat pancakes and fruit on the plane as if there was no one around, how could that be considered an ordinary person?

"

…

After the plane takes off.

Zhao Zhuo suddenly thought:

"I still don't know what your name is."

"Li Mengshi, from Yangcheng."

The girl stretched out her little hand.

Zhao Zhuo shook it gently.

"My name is Zhao Zhuo, from Fengtian."

"Oh, then you must be going to the Soviet Union to do business!"

Li Mengshi said with determination.

Zhao Zhuo was stunned when he heard this:

"how do you know?"

Li Mengshi smiled proudly:

"Humph, of course. There is nothing in this world that I don't know about!"

Hearing such nonsensical boasting, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

"Okay, okay, you're awesome."

Zhao Zhuo complimented him casually, and then actually suppressed his curiosity and stopped asking questions.

Now Li Mengshi couldn't sit still.

"Hey, shouldn't you ask me again how I know this?"

Li Mengshi couldn't help but say.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but smile:

"I have already raised the question. If you want to tell me, you will tell me naturally. If you just don't want to tell me, then there is no point in asking."

Hearing Zhao Zhuo's mature words, Li Mengshi couldn't help curling her lips:

"Hmph, you are so boring. Okay, okay, let me tell you."

After a pause, Li Mengshi said in detail:

"Actually, it's very simple. Now everyone knows that the Soviet Union's economic situation is collapsing and there are advantages to be taken advantage of, so they all go to the Soviet Union for trade.

However, because Fengtian has an absolute advantage in geographical location, most of the business is occupied by Fengtian people."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but frowned.

Originally, he thought that there would be no difference between this time and last time. He just needed to find a suitable manufacturer and exchange common domestic daily necessities for camera film according to the other party's needs.

But after listening to Li Mengshi's words, Zhao Zhuo suddenly realized that things seemed not that simple.

Seeing Zhao Zhuo frowning, Li Mengshi understood that everything was inseparable.

"Is this your first time doing business in the Soviet Union?"

Li Mengshi asked.

Zhao Zhuo shook his head:

"This is already the second time. But the last time I went to the Soviet Union, I didn't see as many Fengtian people as you said."

Li Mengshi nodded:

"That may be because you have better luck. As far as I know, many industries in the Soviet Union are now monopolized by Fengtian people. They don't do business, they specialize in being middlemen, and take a commission from them by introducing business."