Chapter Fourteen: Star Fire Compound Fertilizer

  "I'm just a busy life..." Standing at the Hongcheng Railway Station in the provincial city, Fan Xin couldn't help but sigh.

  No sooner had he returned than the factory's notice arrived, asking him and Fu Zhenbang to go to Wuyang City as an advance party.

  "Come on, you little brat! Others can't even get the chance to come out and you're not willing to go now!" Fu Zhenbang said with a good mood, smiling and scolding at Fu Xin who had a gloomy face.

  What's wrong with that? His research results are going to be tested, although he is nervous, but after all, this has got the opportunity.

  "Dad, have you read Mr. Qian Zhongshu's 'The Besieged City'? I'm now in the same state of mind as those people inside. The ones outside the factory are also like that. Those inside want to get out, while those outside want to get in. In the end, they got out, but then wanted to come back in." Fuxin sighed.

  "Stop showing off your knowledge to me, it's like you think I don't understand anything. You, just be honest for now, work hard and try to earn a lot of foreign exchange this time, maybe your father's position will be promoted." Fu Zhenbang was a technical person, but he still had a strong desire for power.

  "Hmm!" The old man thought of advancing, which was a good thing, and he agreed without hesitation.

  "Right, Dad, what's the name of that fertilizer we're taking to the Guangzhou Fair this time?" Fu Xin suddenly remembered something and asked.

  "Isn't it just compound fertilizer? Specifically, nitrophosphate fertilizer. What have you been eating, kid? You don't even know this." Fu Zhenbang was clearly unhappy that Fu Xin had brought up this question. This kid didn't even know what kind of fertilizer it was, and he had just agreed to help. Truly unreliable.

  "No! No! Dad, that's not what I meant. What kind of fertilizer to sell I know, what I want to ask is, what's the brand name of the fertilizer we're selling?" Seeing Fu Zhenbang showing signs of getting angry, Fu Xin hurriedly explained.

  After hearing Fu Xin's explanation, Fu Zhenbang's face eased a lot, but still didn't look good. He turned to Fu Xin with an unpleasant expression and said: "Isn't it just Hongxing Compound Fertilizer? Is there something special about this name?"

  Fu Zhenbang was no fool either, and after calming down, he also realized something.

  "Of course!" Fu Xin replied immediately.

  Fu Zhenbang was taken aback, and indeed there was. He said in a commanding tone: "Tell me about it." As Fu Xin's father, he wouldn't be polite and say something like "I'd love to hear more".

  "Dad, there are too many roads in here. Think about it, our country is a red nation, and many of the foreign businessmen who come to the Canton Fair are from capitalist countries. The name 'Red Star' has too deep a red connotation. We're in the Cold War era now, this will make those foreign businessmen from capitalist countries uninterested, because they can't sell it well if they buy it back!"

  Fu Zhenbang listened to Fu Xin's words and was also slightly moved. He thought for a moment before saying, "Are you telling the truth?"

  "Of course it's true, I don't need to deceive you! Dad, you are my old man!" Fu Zhenbang emphasized the father-son relationship between the two again, which was also to strengthen the credibility of what he said.

  "Why didn't you say so earlier!" Fu Zhenbang glared at Fu Xin and said. After that, Fu Zhenbang immediately stopped leaving and turned around to walk in the opposite direction of the train station.

  Fu Xin immediately chased after him and shouted: "Dad, what are you doing?"

  "What's the point, of course I'm going back! You didn't say it earlier, if I don't go back, won't those compound fertilizers produced be unsold?!" Fu Zhenbang said irritably, expressing his dissatisfaction with Fu Xin.

  "Dad, don't go yet, listen to me first." Fu Xin saw that Fu Zhenbang was still walking forward and didn't intend to stop at all, so he immediately called out.

  "Alright, I'll listen to your explanation." Fu Zhenbang surprisingly didn't insist and actually stopped, perhaps he was worried about the taxi fare.

  He immediately chased after his father and couldn't help but think to himself, "How come I never noticed before that Dad walks so fast?" But he only thought this in his heart.

  Ran to Fu Zhenbang with luggage, propped his hands on his knees and panted for two breaths, saying: "Didn't I just think of this? Besides, it's useless for you to go to the bus station now, there are no buses going back. Dad, you're too impulsive..."

  "Whoa, you dare to lecture me now? Are you looking for a fight?" Piao Zhenbang raised his hands, but seeing Pei Xin's innocent eyes, he eventually put down his own hands and said: "Hurry up and think of a way to solve this problem, you little rascal has too many tricks up your sleeve!"

  Fu Zhenbang still did not acknowledge his impulses after all he had to maintain his dignity as a father in front of his son.

  "Dad, you're also too..." Fu Xin hadn't finished speaking when he saw the murderous look in Fu Zhenbang's eyes. He then thought about how he had just been beaten and didn't dare to mention it again. Instead, he said: "This matter, do we need to run back? We might as well spend some money to find a place with a phone and call them back to tell Uncle Jiang and the others."

  This is also Fu Xin's experience in the 21st century, where communication is convenient, and his horizons have broadened. When he thinks of a problem, he immediately thinks of calling back to solve it.

  "Hmm, how come I didn't think of that? You're really clever." Fu Zhenbang knew that rushing back would be useless except for telling Jiang Haiyang and others about this matter. So when Fu Xin called to ask him to go back, Fu Zhenbang acknowledged his attention and praised him generously.

  "Hehe." Hearing Fu Zhenbang's praise, being able to get his father's approval was still pretty good. The matter of just being glared at by Fu Zhenbang was immediately forgotten by Fu Xin, and he became happy right away.

  Fu Xin scratched his own head with some embarrassment.

  It's actually not a bad idea, in the era of mobile phones flying everywhere, who would rush back and forth to inform someone of something, just one phone call can solve it! This has become a habit.

  "Hmm, anyway, you little rascal has a lot of ideas. This time going to the army also gained a lot of experience. Alright, think of a good name for yourself too, and tell it to Uncle Jiang together." Fu Zhenbang was not in a hurry this time, after calming down, he immediately realized that being anxious wouldn't help, and rushing might even cause more trouble.

  When asked this question, Fu Xin's first reaction was Stanley, Apollo and other compound fertilizer names. However, he soon shocked himself, no way, these names are too Westernized. At this time, if we take such a name, it would be a serious mistake!

  Can't copy, this time it's really hard for Pei Xing, so he said: "Hmm, let me think."

  This name cannot be too red or westernized, it's best to have a neutral name, think carefully.

  After thinking for a while, Fu Xin suddenly raised his head and looked at Fu Zhenbang with some embarrassment, asking: "Dad, how about we just call it Jia Le Fu?"

  "You little rascal, you're thinking for yourself, but no way! We sell fertilizer. What kind of name is 'Jia Le Fu' (Happy Family) supposed to be? Fertilizer can make people happy and prosperous?" said Fu Zhenbang disapprovingly.

  "How can it be? Buying our fertilizers will increase agricultural production! With increased agricultural production, every family will naturally be happy and prosperous!" Fu Xin argued.

  Fu Zhenbang still disagreed, so he got angry and glared at Fu Xin, saying: "No way, no matter how you argue, it's not okay. With this name, what do you want others to think of me and your Uncle Jiang? Using public resources for personal gain?"

  Fu Xin agreed with Fu Zhenbang's words. Indeed, he hadn't thought it through thoroughly, so he nodded and said: "Mm, I didn't think of that point, let me think for a moment!"

  As for the new fertilizer, I don't really understand it very well. Stanley and Apollo only knew about it from advertisements. After thinking for a while, seeing that Fu Zhenbang looked impatient, he said: "How about calling it Xinghuo Compound Fertilizer? It just so happens that our factory's name has the word 'star' in it, and adding 'fire' can also represent red color, which is almost equivalent to Red Star Compound Fertilizer."

  Xīng Huǒ this name, is Fù Xīn unintentionally thought of the English tutoring book he often saw when strolling through the book city in his previous life, Starfire English. Fù Xīn thinks this name is not bad.

  Feng Xin thought it was fine, but Feng Zhenbang had some doubts. "Xinghuo, Xinghuo", isn't that a famous quote from someone? And it's even in red, Feng Xin can't possibly not know the origin of this phrase, so why did he choose this name?

  Fu Zhenbang was puzzled, so he asked Fu Xin: "Xinghuo, this name is indeed good, and it matches the name of our Red Star Fertilizer Factory. But Xinghuo, isn't it from 'a single spark can start a prairie fire'? That's also red! How did you come up with this name?"

  Fu Zhenbang didn't ask Fu Xin, he didn't know that a single spark can start a prairie fire. Asking him would be an insult to Fu Xin and also an insult to himself as a father. A child not taught is the fault of the parent.

  "Uh, I know where it's from, but people from abroad may not necessarily know, and even if they do, what can be done? The name Xīng Huǒ, when translated into English, can become Shooting Star."

  In that case, there's hardly any chance for foreigners to think of the phrase "a single spark can start a prairie fire". Many foreigners would understand it more as shooting stars falling from the universe, how beautiful and sci-fi-like! Pinyin said with a sigh, this guy is quite artistic.

  "In that case, it's no problem. By the way, how did you say that sentence in a foreign language?" Finally, Fu Zhenbang asked with embarrassment.

  Fu Zhenbang is a technical person, but he does not understand English.

  Fu Xin didn't go to mock his father, not to mention he didn't dare, actually if it wasn't for the sake of scientific research that he had to learn, he wouldn't have gone to study. Fu Xin's bones flowed with the blood of the Chinese people, and he instinctively rejected these foreign languages. So, Fu Xin let Fu Zhenbang carefully watch his mouth shape, teaching him several times.

  "Shooting star." Fu Zhenbang's learning ability was not weak either. In just a few minutes, he had learned the two words without any foreign language foundation.

  "Alright, let's go find a place to make a phone call and tell Uncle Jiang about this. The longer we drag this out, the more losses the factory will suffer." After learning this sentence, Fu Zhenbang pulled Fu Xin along to find a place to make a phone call.

  He Fengbang is right, Hongxing Fertilizer Plant is now producing nitrophosphate fertilizer on a large scale. If it's delayed for one day, many packages need to be unpacked and repackaged, not to mention the cost of fertilizer bags.

  The father and son immediately walked towards the station office of the train station. Iron old, such a big train station, must be equipped with telephones.

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