Looking at the couple, their son has a successful career and their daughter has a good academic performance, this is undoubtedly the happiest thing.

So the New Year's Eve dinner was lively and I lived in a spacious house for the first time. The old couple who watched the color TV for the New Year were naturally satisfied.

Of course, the arrangement to go to Qiongzhou Island soon was "no objection". In the next few days, Zhong Bai seized the time and visited the door to pay homage to the leaders of several people living in Tiandu - Fu Chongshan, Lu Xudong and Liu Zhengfu, and he did not forget to promote his retired leader Sun Guangshi at the beginning.

Last year, except for discussing the DWX hydraulic pillar plan, I met Sun Guangshi before, and Zhong Bai had almost never met him since then. However, the retired Director Sun's enthusiasm for Zhong Bai remained unabated, so he left him to have a meal of dumplings at home.

After the meal, the two naturally talked about Zhong Bai’s current work.

"Xiao Zhong, your progress over the past year is really impressive!" Sun Guangshi sighed: "Originally, I thought that when you arrived in Tiandu, it would take at least two or three years to adapt to the life of the provincial and departmental departments. But I didn't expect that in just half a year, you made such a big noise in the capital. Now the ministry has long been heard to promote you, right?"

"Uncle Sun praised it. I have never taken the initiative to promote or ask for anything, and I have not found out, so I am not very clear." Zhong Bai replied modestly: "It can be done, I care about why. Now I just want to do it well in my current rare earth work."

"Rare earth work is not a small matter. I have also found out more or less about the specific affairs you participated in through newspapers and the relationships in the department. That is a great achievement!" Sun Guangshi's praise obviously comes from his heart: "Not to mention our Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry, even the Ministry of Industry, there was no decent department to take charge of it in detail before. It belongs to the "little do you care" field. To put it bluntly, it is to let it grow wildly. Except for the planning committees and economic and trade departments at all levels keep a close eye on the earned foreign exchange, there is no plan for this industry!"

"I guess, this time I'm afraid it's your idea to set up the National Rare Earth Comprehensive Coordination Team, right?" Sun Guangshi looked at Zhong Bai and asked meaningfully.

"That's right. But the process of its real establishment has gone through some twists and turns..."

Zhong Bai briefly told Sun Guangshi about his strong Academician Xu Guangxian and his subsequent visits to several ministries and commissions through the Vice President of Beijing University, visiting the Ministry of Industry and other ministries. He heard the other party nodded repeatedly, his face full of surprise.

Sun Guangshi nodded slightly and said, "It seems that I really guessed. However, your previous work has nothing to do with rare earths. Why did you suddenly have such a comprehensive plan? You specially selected the policy implementation location in the Baiyun Obo Mine Area? Isn't this a little too anxious? In fact, there are also many compound rare earth mines in the southwest. If you want to carry out policy pilots, it should be more appropriate to go there first!"

"The scale over there is too small, and the types of rare earth ores are single, which is not as good as the Baiyun Obo mining area. After all, the Baiyun Obo mining area is a giant dipped in my country's comprehensive rare earth reserves of more than 70%. Since we want to carry out reforms, it is better to go directly to the most important location in one step." Zhong Bai responded lightly: "You may not be very clear about the situation of the international rare earth market in the past two years. It is really changing with each passing day, and time is endless! Don't say that RB, a long-standing technology power, MD, Europe, France, West Germany, etc., is also a big step ahead of our China in terms of technology. If we don't catch up, we may have to spend dozens of times more time in the future to meet the cost!"

Zhong Bai's ambitions are no longer comparable to an ordinary 23-year-old young man, and Sun Guangshi knows the most.

So, when these words came out of Zhong Bai's mouth, Sun Guangshi was not surprised at all, but nodded with relief and said, "You have this sense of mission and crisis, which is a blessing in the department. Now you may not know that the name of our Tianhe Provincial Department of Industry is much bigger than before because of yours!"

"What? What's going on?" Zhong Bai was stunned. He knew that Sun Guangshi never liked to talk big, and he was stunned when he heard what he said.

"Yes, especially you are also a member of the National Rare Earth Comprehensive Coordination Group! Xiao Zhong, you don't know that I have several old friends in the industrial system who retired from other provinces. They mentioned you occasionally when they were on the phone. I told them that you ran to the provincial capital alone to find information or did I lead you the way, haha!" Having said that, Sun Guangshi's face was full of pride, as if Zhong Bai was promoted by him.

"That's not! If you hadn't introduced me to you, I wouldn't have even been able to enter the provincial library gate!" Zhong Bai never forgot this kindness, and nodded immediately.

"Well, you are young and promising, not anxious and frivolous. To be honest, you are a rare good talent! I retired early. If I was still in my previous position, I would give the leadership team any advice immediately and quickly get you as a deputy director!"

Seeing that Sun Guangshi became more and more excited, Zhong Bai quickly changed the topic: "I won't mention that... By the way, Uncle Sun, I have something to bother you."

"You kid, why are you talking to me about trouble? Let's go if you have a big fuck!" Sun Guangshi glared at Zhong Bai and said angrily.

In private, Sun Guangshi and Zhong Bai have no airs at all. Now they have completely surpassed the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and even have a slight rhythm of being close to the uncle and nephew. So when Zhong Bai spoke up, Sun Guangshi was not at all estranged and just stepped into the point.

"That's right. On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, I'm going to go to Qiongzhou Island and take my family to travel. Of course, this is just one aspect." Zhong Bai paused and continued: "In addition, I also want to visit the local industrial leaders in Qiongzhou. I'm not very familiar with this area, but because the matter is special, I don't want to bother Director Lu and the others during the Spring Festival holiday... You have acquaintance here. Can the old industrial leaders who have already retired to the second line introduce me to me?"

"Old leader on Qiongzhou Island...retreated to the second line...you wait!" Unexpectedly, Zhong Bai suddenly had such a problem. Sun Guangshi frowned and stood up and walked towards the study.

After a while, Sun Guangshi picked up his small brown notebook the size of a palm and came over.

Unlike the black plastic cover address book published in the hall, this small brown and red book is another address book of Sun Guangshi's industrial system!

And the official name of this address book is...

"National Address Book of Deputy Department-level Retired Cadres of Industrial Systems in 1982"!
Chapter completed!