Chapter 138 Meat rotten in the pot At the shooting range, Ning Weidong and Li Yuanchao stood in front of a small table painted army green, each fiddling with a Type 54 pistol. The gun is neither old nor new and is in very good condition. Li Yuanchao skillfully removed the gun's slide and asked, "Weidong, I heard you were sent to a village in the Northeast?" Ning Weidong took an empty gun and aimed at the target 20 meters away and said, "It's in the Northeast, but it's not like the Great Northern Wilderness. It's not far from Shanhaiguan." At this time, a waiter brought two large boxes of bullets and placed them on the table. With a "click", Li Yuanchao opened the magazine and loaded the bullets one by one: "That's great." Ning Weidong also started to prepare for the trip: "Relatively speaking, it's definitely better than going to Longjiang. I heard that it's so cold there in the winter that it can freeze your ears off." Li Yuanchao smiled noncommittally, inserted the magazine back into the gun, loaded the bullet with a click, raised his hand towards the target, and pulled the trigger without even aiming. "Clap clap clap..."

A series of gunshots rang out, and in a flash a volley of bullets was fired. Ning Weidong watched from the side, and when he finished, he clapped and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you have great marksmanship." Li Yuanchao said playfully: "Weidong, do you know how many rings I have?" It is more than 20 meters from here to the target paper, which is a half-body human target. It is difficult for a normal person to see clearly how the machine gun is firing at this distance. But Ning Weidong is not an ordinary person. After he traveled through time, not only his physical fitness improved, but his vision and hearing also improved significantly. If it were normal, with everyone carrying the fancy sedan, Ning Weidong would say "good", and Li Yuanchao would gladly accept it, and that would be fine. But today is obviously not an ordinary situation. Ning Weidong was stunned for a moment, then said: "Brother Li, I can really see it, eight rings, seven rings, eight rings, nine rings..." Li Yuanchao raised his eyebrows, showing more interest in the amusement, and raised his hand to signal for someone to bring the target paper. After a while, a staff member came over to replace the target paper and brought the target paper that Li Yuanchao had just shot. When Li Yuanchao looked at the front of the mountain, he found that it was exactly the same as what Ning Weidong had reported! Then he turned around and looked at Ning Weidong, who was impressed: "You can really see clearly?" Ning Weidong smiled but did not answer. He raised his hand, picked up the gun, aimed and shot with one hand in a very pretentious manner. "Clap clap clap..." Ning Weidong's shooting speed was obviously slower than Li Yuanchao's, but his powerful strength gave him better control over the gun and allowed him to see distant targets more clearly, although he felt a little unfamiliar with the shooting and was not familiar with the characteristics of the gun. But after firing the first three bullets, he hit ten rings in a row. After the fight, Ning Weidong put the gun down, smiled and said, "I haven't fought any more, so my hands are a little rusty." Li Yuanchao frowned and immediately asked someone to report the target. After a while, the staff came over with the target paper and couldn't help but look at Ning Weidong again. "Seven rings, eight rings, nine rings, ten rings, ten rings..."

There were eight shots in total, and the last five shots all hit ten rings. Ning Weidong was not surprised, as he already knew the number of rings after the fight. Li Yuanchao on the side was surprised. The 54 pistol is not an easy gun to shoot. It is very convenient to use on the battlefield, but it is quite difficult to get a perfect score of ten rings with every shot. Even the sharpshooters in the army need some luck. The relatively large recoil requires strong wrist strength and coordination to control this gun. Obviously, Ning Weidong's performance just now was not due to luck. The first three shots were to understand the characteristics of the gun, but in the later shots, every shot hit the ten rings, which showed Ning Weidong's strength. Li Yuanchao couldn't help but applaud and said, "That's a good shooting skill!" Ning Weidong said: "I have never been good at studying since I was a child, but anything that uses the body, such as martial arts, wrestling, basketball, football... I can learn it easily and reach a good level." When Li Yuanchao heard this, he couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. Ning Weidong, this guy, he got the pen. Looking at Ning Weidong's thick eyebrows, big eyes, black hair and tall stature, Li Yuanchao understood. No wonder that wild girl Zhao Ruyu was so satisfied with Ning Weidong. All women, especially the younger ones, like this style more. Li Yuanchao couldn't be said to be jealous. Throughout his life, others have always envied him, but he has never needed to envy others. Even when facing Ning Weidong, who was taller, more handsome, and more accurate in shooting, he still didn't think it was a big deal. Because he was Li Yuanchao, from the moment he was born, his life was destined to surpass of people. Li Yuanchao instantly recovered and patted Ning Weidong on the shoulder: "Weidong, I think you should go to a sports school. With your physique and athletic talent, you will definitely be a champion in the sports meet." Ning Weidong smiled and didn't respond. For ordinary people, following the path of athletes is a shortcut with the lowest threshold. This path does not require much resource investment, nor does it require the accumulation of ancestors and parents. As long as you have solid results, which is your greatest capital, you will be able to stand out. However, shortcuts are not so easy to take. Anything that has advantages will always have corresponding disadvantages. The disadvantage of the sports shortcut is that the ceiling is low and the path is relatively narrow. If Ning Weidong had not traveled through time and space and did not have this relationship with Wang Yuzhen, given his physical condition, he might have taken this path. But now, there is absolutely no such possibility. Sports, after all, is just a form of entertainment. At this time, Zhao Ruyu and Li Kangmei followed from behind. Zhao Ruyi asked with a smile: "How are the results? You haven't shot for a while~"

Li Yuanchao said with a smile: "No, no, even if I practice every day, I can't hit five consecutive ten rings." Upon hearing this, Li Kangmei and Zhao Ruyu were both surprised and looked at Ning Weidong. Ning Weidong said he was lucky. Zhao Ruyu curled her lips, somewhat unconvinced that Ning Weidong was so powerful. She picked up the gun Ning Weidong had just used, held it in front of her to take a closer look, then took out the magazine and quickly loaded the bullets. In a blink of an eye, Zhao Ruyu had already loaded the bullet skillfully, spread his feet, one in front and one behind, took a slight aim and started shooting with one hand. Among lesbians, Zhao Ruyu was born with supernatural strength, and most men were not as strong as her. It was when she met Ning Weidong that she realized what it meant to be dependent on others. Holding the pistol at this moment, his wrist bore the recoil of the gun's firing, and he emptied a magazine in just a moment. He immediately asked someone to report the target. As a result, he shot 60 rings in total with eight bullets. This result is not bad. On average, it is above seven rings, which is almost the same as Li Yuanchao's just now. Zhao Ruyu couldn't help but look at Ning Weidong: "Just now you used this gun and you really hit five tens in a row? What kind of luck is that!" Ning Weidong said: "What do you mean by luck? This is called strength, okay!" Li Kangmei on the side couldn't help but look at Ning Weidong deeply. Those who can do anything extremely well are not ordinary people. Although the marksmanship demonstrated by Ning Weidong cannot be said to be the best, it can be considered to be of a fairly high standard. Li Kangmei didn't know Ning Weidong's situation, but he felt that this kind of person was extraordinary and he was more interested in him. Then the four of them gathered together, took out two more guns, and played with the guns leisurely while chatting about business. Li Kangmei said, "Weidong, I heard from Ruyi that you want to make a fuss about the approval document?" Ning Weidong said with a smile: "I don't want to make a fuss. You and Brother Li know my situation. My salary is enough for me to spend. The main thing is Ruyi..." Zhao Ruyu didn't refute after hearing this. What Ning Weidong said was all true, and she never acted pretentiously about this. Ning Weidong added: "Sister Li, in our situation, it is not difficult to make some money. As long as we express our intentions, there will be a lot of people who will offer themselves to us." Li Kangmei nodded. Ning Weidong said: "But we have to know what money we can take and what we can't take..." Li Kangmei looked at his brother beside him, and was a little surprised that Ning Weidong could say this: "So, you think the money for the approval document is ok~" Ning Weidong nodded: "At least in the next five years it is absolutely safe. The risk will gradually increase in five to ten years. If you want to ensure absolute safety, you must get out before 1985." Li Kangmei frowned. Li Yuanchao interrupted, "Why?"

There are many smart people in this world. As a time traveler, Ning Weidong can see future trends and knows to what extent future approvals will be manipulated. There is huge arbitrage space. Others can also see opportunities through information asymmetry. Obviously, the Li siblings fall into this category. Zhao Ruyu, who was at the next level, had no chance to come into contact with him. In other words, it has not yet reached Zhao Ruyu's level. It will only spread further in about two years as the news spreads. As for people like the eldest brother of the Li family, Zhao Lichun, and Ning Weiguo, they don't bother to pursue these things. What they pursue is political success. Ning Weidong understood that Li Yuanchao's "why" was not about why this performance had been performed before, but why it had only lasted for five or six years. Ning Weidong estimated that Li Yuanchao was probably already doing it at this time. According to Zhao Ruyu, Li Yuanchao currently owns a collective trading company. What does this trading company do? Ning Weidong said: "It has been three years since 76. Our economic development is facing transformation. This is an obvious problem. In order to ensure safety, we originally had to maintain a huge military heavy industry. Now we need to free up some resources and combine them with funds from America, Japan, and Europe..." Ning Weidong talked a lot, explaining from the root why these approvals are valuable. "But we originally belonged to the commodity economy of the Zhengce allocation type, and we could achieve effective material allocation within the system. But once we left our system and connected with the Western world, there was a clear price difference between our resource prices and external resource prices." Ning Weidong paused, his eyes swept from the Li siblings to Zhao Ruyi, and continued: "So, without affecting the overall situation and the normal operation of our existing system, we must find a way to adjust our resource prices to a level similar to that of the outside world. If we don't make money from this price difference, it will be left to foreigners. It's better to leave the meat rotten in the pot than to let them take it away." Li Yuanchao had a blank expression on his face and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. After Ning Weidong finished speaking, he said in a deep voice: "You mean, this is what the higher-ups want?" Ning Weidong said: "It's not that I want to, but I have no other choice. I can't let outsiders get away with it. Moreover, after the great changes, we have to reward people according to their merits. Otherwise, how can we gather people's hearts?" Having said that, Ning Weidong stopped there. The Li siblings were startled and did not continue the conversation. After a pause, Li Yuanchao asked, "Do you think that within five or six years, resource prices at home and abroad will converge and there will be no more room for profit?" Ning Weidong shook his head: "Not so fast, this is not just a simple resource price." Li Yuanchao said: "Oh?" Ning Weidong said: "In the early days, this kind of interest transfer was agreed by all parties, or at least tacitly accepted. But...human greed is endless. Once this hole is opened, countless people will rush in. Once this situation is formed, who do you think can control it?" The Li siblings couldn't help but gasp. Ning Weidong said: "The ultimate solution must be to let it go, or even fan the flames, so that some people continue to cross the bottom line. Finally, when things are done, we will take ruthless action to kill the chicken to scare the monkey." Li Kangmei remained silent, his face uncertain. Ning Weidong continued, "So the five or six years I mentioned is just an absolutely safe time. This thing can probably be done for seven or eight years, or even more than ten years, but in the end, it will inevitably become a game of passing the parcel. Then it will depend on who is the unlucky one."

Li Yuanchao understood what Ning Weidong meant, and said thoughtfully: "Weidong~From what you said, I feel like you don't think much of this~" Ning Weidong did not deny it, but asked, "Why would Brother Li think so?" Li Yuanchao said, "Just now you said five or six years, but in fact, according to what you said, the approval document should take seven or eight years. As long as you are a little restrained, there will be no problem. But you said it was too short, and it doesn't show any nostalgia at all. Am I right?" Ning Weidong smiled and said, "Brother Li has a keen eye. Since you said so, I will be honest with you. I really don't think highly of him." Li Yuanchao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. You know, this is what his current small trading company does. Although it's just a small business now and I dare not make too much noise, I can still make a net profit of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month. This is 1979! Ning Weidong said bluntly that he didn't think highly of it, and his tone was really outrageous. Li Yuanchao was a man with very high aspirations. As the youngest son of the Li family, he had outstanding personal abilities and talents. In order to hang out there, the only person in the Li family who was of the right age was Li Kangmei. Li Kangmei is a woman. Once she gets married, her position will become blurred and it will be hard to convince people. In the end, only Li Yuanchao stood up, but his future career was cut off. Even so, Li Yuanchao never thought that he was the same as those children from the courtyards who were muddle-headed and idle all day long. There are still ravines in his chest. So when faced with Ning Weidong's attitude, he instinctively felt unhappy. But he was extremely cunning and didn't show it on his face. He wanted to hear what Ning Weidong had to say next. Does he really have insightful views, or is he just trying to attract attention? (End of this chapter)