Courtyard: From out-of-print stamps to big collectors

Chapter 137



Chapter 137

“Made, it’s snowing again!”

He Yuhao looked at the sky, he couldn’t go on like this!

“Comrade, please send someone to come with me. I have a reserve of industrial salt at home, and I will use it and sprinkle it on the main road first!”

“real?”

The snow disaster is not one or two times. Soldiers all understand that this thing can prevent freezing.

“Yes, I predicted that there would be heavy snow some time ago, but I didn’t expect it to be so big. I have three tons in reserve at home. Now I can help a little bit!”

“Great!”

Soon, a group of soldiers came to He Yuhao’s house, shocked by the warmth of He Yuhao’s house, and then came to the west wing. Because Xiuhua and Jinhua went back to live, there was no one here, and many things were stored here.

“These are all industrial salts, and they are directly resistant to beatings!”

“Thank you!”

Everyone tried their best to beat the bags of industrial salt, and soon came outside. He Yuhao’s neighbors sent snowdrifts to the wall of He Yuhao’s house. He Yuhao said it didn’t matter, just let the head of the family The three women are optimistic about the boiler. At this time, the boiler cannot be extinguished. Once it is extinguished, it will freeze inside.

“Why is it so cold this year!”

Both the dog and the cat hid in the room and dared not come out. It was too cold outside.

“Who knows, is there enough food at home?”

“enough!”

“That’s good!”

He Yuhao made a direct phone call to the general manager of “He’s He Hei Ya” and “He’s Juewei Duck”.

“It’s me, how much more can be left in the warehouse now?”

“The meat is about 30 tons, and the vegetables are about 150 tons, all of which are today!”

“Very good, let me know, I can go to work today, this month’s wages are all 5 times the original, all the braised pork and braised vegetables, all braised, spicy, more ginger, and then sent to the soldiers, all the costs and losses , I will bear it alone!”

“clear!”

If you make money, you won’t make it. If you still make money at this time, you will really be stabbed in the spine.

Then, He Yuhao called the general manager of “He’s Yellow Braised Chicken”.

“Can I have dinner today?”

“can!”

“Everyone, at work, thisThe monthly salary is 5 times the original. I do my best to cook for me, and then give it to the children and soldiers, as well as the stranded families. All losses and costs, I will bear all the costs! ”

“clear!”

Then, He Yuhao also called the hot pot restaurant. Although the hot pot restaurant eats shabu-shabu, don’t forget that in this weather, eating shabu-shabu is too delicious. More importantly, who stipulated that it must be shabu-shabu.

Can’t you just pretend to be vegetables?

Moreover, in the red oil hot pot, a thick layer of butter can keep the food on the opposite side warm. Although it is spicy, but in this weather, you have to eat some spicy food. Children soldiers can’t drink under such conditions, so they can only It’s spicy.

He Yuhao ordered to go on. First, the factory opened. He Yuhao’s braised meat shop is now like this. First, in the braised meat factory, he will conduct centralized braised meat. The freight, let the braised meat shop deliver it.

After that, this summer is fine. Once it gets cold in winter, the pot will be boiled later, and it will be marinated again, but in fact, all the braised pork dishes are heated with hot water, so they will not be easily cooled down. .

He Yuhao doesn’t have a shop, all of them have radiators, so the indoor temperature is very high. As soon as the shop opens, many yellow braised chicken shops are suddenly full of people.

Some came in to keep warm, some didn’t eat breakfast, and they just wanted to have lunch after nine o’clock.

And the factory also started directly, but directly encountered a very big problem!

No water!

The water pipe is still frozen!

“Use the snow directly, melt the snow, it’s clean anyway!”

“No, go to the filter first!”

“clear!”

The filter is very simple. To put it bluntly, it is to filter heavy metals, because He Yuhao’s stewed soup is to be made into old stew. After the end of the stewed pork every day, the gate will be opened to release the soup, and then the soup will be filtered three times. After filtering, it will be boiled, leaving a thick layer of thick soup directly. This batch of thick soup is taken to be frozen, and then added to the next day’s brine according to a certain proportion. The brine soup, the taste will get better and better.

Because it will be diluted according to the proportion, there is no problem of excessive heavy metals, but…

Excessive purine levels are certain…

However, He Yuhao tried his best to control it within a certain range, which is lower than that of hot pot.

The snow began to fall again, but fortunately, this time the snow was not windy, and it was not too big. If it was goose feathers before, it would probably be chicken feathers now, but it will be considered as heavy snow in previous years. This year, it is not ranked.

At noon, in Sijiu City, the aroma of braised pork wafted. Originally, this stuff was more attractive to the nose. In this cold weather, everyone’s nose was actually more sensitive, and they all felt that the aroma was too authentic.

Cars drove out from the factory area one by one, continuously delivering all kinds of braised pork to all parts of the four-nine cities.

Soon, dinner will start.

“Come on, comrades, eat some meat, you have to work hard in the afternoon, but you can’t just eat steamed buns!”

Yes, the soldiers all eat steamed buns, big steamed buns, with boiled mustard, good guy, there is no dry food for individual soldiers!

“This……”

Looking at the steaming pots of braised vegetables, all the soldiers widened their eyes.

Seriously, can you not be thirsty?

Although the army’s food is OK, but if you want to say how rich it is, it’s not there. In this era when everyone can’t eat meat, the army’s oil and water are a little bit more.

However, most days, Chinese cabbage is still the main food.

“Comrade, this does not meet the rules!”

“Fuck, the rule is that the military and civilians are a family. On behalf of the He’s Catering, I will donate these living materials!”

He Yuhao waved his hand directly, and placed pots of braised pork and vegetables on the table.

The commander was immediately alarmed, and He Yuhao simply said: “Anyway, it has been made, and I don’t plan to sell it in this weather. Other ordinary people also have it. Why don’t you eat it, eat it quickly, and have the strength to work when you are full. It’s a big boy, I can’t eat this, I look down on you!”

He Yuhao turned around and took the children away. He Weiguo was reincarnated to express his gratitude to the soldiers with a military salute. When He Yingying and He Yanyan saw it, it was also a smiling military salute. It was not serious, but it was very heartwarming.

A group of soldiers stood up quickly, and it was also a military salute. The commander took a look and immediately smiled and said: “Eat it quickly, you have to remember that those of you who risked your life to protect you, sincerely love you, eat quickly, and rest immediately after eating. !”

The soldiers cheered, but invariably, they all went to rack vegetables.

“Hey, it’s really spicy, but it’s really exciting!”

“The boss is so kind, knowing that the weather has to eat something spicy!”

“It’s comfortable, but I can’t stand it. Who has ice water? That bastard handed me boiled water?”

“Aren’t you stupid, there’s snow on the side, and it’s not more comfortable to grab a handful than ice water?”

A group of people started teasing one after another. Someone actually grabbed a handful of ice and snow and stuffed it into their mouths. It wasn’t dirty. There was a lot of uncleaned snow on the side, and it was very clean.

“Eat meat, why only eat vegetables!”

The commander came over, looked at the full meat pot, and said quickly, and then pointed to the pot: “After eating, I will send it back to others. Now all the brothers in Sijiucheng have this kind of food. The He Group will spend the whole day. All the sold ones will be brought to us to eat, and we can’t let them down. This afternoon, we will fully restore the traffic in the entire Four-Nine City, do you have any confidence?”

“Have!””Eat meat!”

“Yes!”

A group of people ate the meat with big mouthfuls, because it was for the soldiers, so this time, the braised meat was mainly meat with more meat, such as duck neck and duck claws, etc., and they didn’t give much, duck racks and so on were full. , The main thing is that the chicken legs are pushed back and the like.

Everyone took a big mouthful to eat, and found that they had eaten enough, and the meat had not been eaten yet.

“Squad leader, I really can’t eat anymore.ˇ!”

“Hurry up and rest!”

“Yes!”

In the end, there was still a big pot of meat dishes left!

“This… how to do?”

Everyone was fascinated. This group of young people didn’t know how to deal with it at all, so they could only run to ask the commander.

“Put it back, put it in our dining car, eat it at night, collect all the bones, and send them back, they will feed the dogs!”

“Yes!”

Yes, He Yuhao has a dog farm, not a meat dog, nor a pet dog, but a watch dog, and the excess is soaking, soaking all the spicy food, and then grinding it into powder to make it into fish food.

Because the bones belong to chickens, ducks and rabbits, they cannot be eaten by rabbits. Some people have studied that if they eat food with their own similar ingredients for a long time, they will mutate. It is not that there will be six legs or something, but the meat quality will have obvious changes. .

For dinner, once again, a large pot of meat and a large pot of vegetables were sent to a class. The class leader smiled bitterly, and the lunch was not finished yet!

But He Yuhao doesn’t care.

“Such an old man can’t eat such a piece of meat. When I was so young, I could eat a pot by myself!”

“Dad is bragging!”

He Yanyan dismantled the table next to it. This is not an ordinary washbasin, but a bath tub for children!

He Yuhao pinched his daughter’s face, and went home after fighting with her daughter.

In He Yuhao’s family, there are young and old, but there is no seniority.

It is a common thing for a father to fight with his daughter and son, which is not seen in other families.

The family made everyone very envious, and then watching the meat and vegetables slowly made everyone feel even warmer.

In the cold winter, everyone is actually working hard.

He Yuhao kept sharing the food among the people in Sijiucheng. The marinated vegetables and the yellow stewed chicken rice were a lot in themselves, especially the chicken rice and the big chunks of potatoes. Everyone eats it more fragrant than anything else.

Many people are very self-conscious that if they can cook at home, then they can cook and eat at home. There is really no way to do it. They go to a braised chicken or braised vegetable restaurant and ask for a bite to eat.

Many braised vegetable shops must have a pastry shop next to them. They usually sell steamed buns. Northerners like pasta, and they also sell noodles. They have huge laksa, sprinkled with red oil peppers, and served with cucumber strips in meat sauce. Call a delicious one.

At night, people also lived in the east and west wing rooms, all of them soldiers, even in He Weiguo’s room, people also lived in.

It’s too cold outside. It’s too dangerous for many soldiers to set up tents. Some soldiers who were injured at work during the day, or were frozen out, let He Yuhao snatch his house!

“There’s enough tea. My place is warmer. If you are thirsty, drink more water and take care of your companions!”

“Thank you, Comrade He!”

The commander is very grateful. In the hospital, priority is given to rescuing the people suffering from frostbite. There are simply not enough beds. Now, schools, theaters, etc., as long as they have floor heating, have been temporarily requisitioned.

However, it is still not enough.

He Yuhao is such a big family, and the soldiers would not bother to disturb him, but he couldn’t hold back He Yuhao’s enthusiasm and went straight to the door to grab people.

“Take a good rest, I’m hungry, there’s something to eat in the refrigerator!”

“No, it’s really not necessary!”

“Row!”

Persuasion is useless. It’s already saving face to let them live in. Soldiers have strict military discipline in special times, but in fact, they are all just a group of children.

He Yuhao has been forty in his life.

In my last life, I was more than 30 years old, and I was 17 years old when I crossed. In total, I have lived for more than 60 years.

The ones I admire the most are still the soldiers.

Wherever there is disaster, they are there!

In the days that followed, He Yuhao directly notified all parts of the country, and he would bear all the losses. As long as the disaster hit, He Yuhao would distribute the food!

Then, He Yuhao donated 100 million yuan to the Red Cross, and the country made a lot of reports, but there are still some people who say bad things, but He Yuhao doesn’t care, he didn’t appear on the scene anyway.

Soon, the snow stopped, and under the sunlight, the whole world recovered from the freezing. He Yuhao brought countless mountain goods, even two tigers.

“These go to the police station, let them deal with them, and these stay!”

This winter, too many animals died from freezing. He Yuhao definitely wouldn’t eat tigers or something, so he just gave them away. It wasn’t to protect animals, so He Yuhao would be very welcome.

One, it’s not illegal.

Secondly, people have eaten wild animals since ancient times.

He Yuhao’s attitude towards wild animals is that he does not take the initiative to hunt them, but if he encounters dead animals, especially those frozen to death, he is welcome. Of course, to protect the animals, he will send them directly to the police station or the forestry bureau, and let them come. Handling, non-protected animals, such as the current wild boar, are not yet three animals, and even the state organizes people to hunt them, so what is there to be polite about He Yuhao.

“Huh, so big?”

He Yuzhu came over, looked at the huge wild boar, and said with a smile, “This is really tragic. I accidentally broke my leg, otherwise such a big head would not freeze to death!”This wild boar’s leg was broken, so it was frozen to death alive, otherwise, the big man of the wild boar king level would not freeze to death.

Soon, the intestines were broken, and the pot was simmered.

Wild boar is much thinner and less fat.

In fact, this is the case with almost all wild animals. They have more lean meat and less fat.

Do you think, in the wild, from day to night, you are either hunting or running for your life, can you keep fat?

Therefore, many wild animal meats are made of wood, even sour, in order to evolve the taste that everyone does not like to eat.

Of course, for Daxing Biology, it’s useless…

Anyway, if you get caught, you just feed the enemy.

“Tsk tsk tsk…”

“What are you tsk tsk?”

He Yuhao looked at the old lady. There was a big pot in the yard, and the meat was stewing in it. People in the courtyard came to watch the fun. Naturally, it was the old lady who loved to join in the fun. The old lady looked at the big pot with a wrinkled expression on her face. I can’t even see the expression, but I think it’s awesome!

“fragrant!”

The old lady shouted a word, and everyone burst into laughter. He Yuhao glanced at the old lady’s mouth: “Old Ancestor, where are your dentures?”

“In the house!”

“You can’t bite meat without dentures!”

“Wait and get it!”

Well, I’m still thinking about eating meat.

The old lady has a good appetite.

The old lady was 89 years old in 1982!

Now is 1989, and in a few days, it will be the 1990s!

“The old lady will be a hundred years old in two years, so she has to be lively and lively!”

He Yuhao came to my brother’s side, it’s not easy for such a living ancestor to reach this age!

“Well, it’s time to discuss and discuss, anyway, it’s not bad money, if you can do it, you can do it in the biggest way!”

The two brothers nodded.

“Oh, what are you stewing? It’s so fragrant?”

He Yuhao’s family eats wild game a lot, especially rabbits. The rabbits raised by He Yuhao are also game, so they are no longer wild in the space?

Wilder than the wild ones.

“sister!”

He Yuhao looked at He Yuyu. He Yuyu was fifty years old, and his body had grown fat. From a slender beauty, he turned into a chubby woman.

“Brother, sister-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, ancestor, how are you?”

“Okay, very good!”

The old lady happily grabbed He Yushui’s hand and patted it gently. He Yuyu also sat calmly beside the old lady.

“How did you come?”

He Yuzhu asked his sister, He Yuyu stared at the big pot of meat and said, “I smell it!”

“Didn’t you go on a business trip with my brother-in-law?”

“Hey, next year he will be transferred out, so I have to come back and get in touch with you, lest you forget me!”

“Come on, who can forget you, where did you transfer to?”

“I don’t know yet!”

He Yuhao nodded, his brother-in-law is considered to have made it through, anyway, he was promoted, but where he was promoted, He Yuhao didn’t bother to ask, and he didn’t expect his brother-in-law to live. He Yuhao educated all the children in his family from a young age. I’m worried about my children’s bad learning.

If the study is broken, then He Yuhao has a way to correct it.

It’s a big deal, just throw it into the space, and you’ll be locked up for the rest of your life!

Avoid going out and harming people.

But at present, none of the nine children in the family is a bastard who shows off his power.

“We’ll see you later!”

“It’s like I’m in jail!”

He Yuyu rolled her eyes at He Yuhao, but she was very reluctant in her heart, but she had no choice. Her husband’s transfer must have been promoted, or else he wouldn’t be transferred, so she had to follow.

“I’m actually here to discuss something with you. Can you bring the three of us?”

“Let me go, the room is empty anyway!”

“Row!”

My sister and brother, there is nothing to be polite, He Yuhao agreed directly, isn’t he qualified to take care of his nephew and niece?

“Let’s let the third one go. The old lady refuses to live there. The room happens to be empty. Are you still here for school?”

“Well, the household registration is still in Sijiucheng. If you don’t move out, you will come back when you retire. The state has also allocated a house. Now my parents-in-law live in it.

“Okay, it’s alright, we’ll help you watch too!”

He Shui nodded, his brothers and sisters were as simple as that.

The meat was finally stewed. Everyone took the bowls and chopsticks and ate the meat in big mouthfuls. He Yuhao smiled when he saw a group of children running around: “Our family was so lively back then, a group of children ran all over the place!”

Everyone also recalled that era, the most difficult years, but also the happiest time.

You don’t have to worry about eating and drinking. There are a group of children under your knees, all of them are naughty. The girls can grab the boys and beat them. There are a dozen or so when they come, and there are a lot of them.

That day, not to mention how fun it was.

In the blink of an eye, 1989 has passed!

The 1980s are officially over!

the year 1990!

coming!

On New Year’s Day, the street was directly changed to a neighborhood committee. Immediately after, the Environmental Protection Law was officially introduced. What Qin Huairu was most worried about happened.

All large factories in the city that need to burn coal must be moved. In addition, Sijiucheng has begun to formulate a new policy for central heating, requiring that each household directly dismantle its own boiler within this year!

This means that He Yuhao’s boiler has to be dismantled by himself, but He Yuhao has a way, I don’t want a boiler, I have a generator…

At the end of January, the construction of Metro Line 1 in Modu was approved and allowed to be built, and the price of He Yuhao’s land went up directly, because Line 1 passed directly under the square planned by He Yuhao.

This means that as soon as you get out of the subway, it is a shopping mall, which can bring countless additional benefits to He Yuhao!

Because of the snow disaster, all buildings were completely shut down, but they started to recover in full at the beginning of this year, and the work still has to be done.

And this year, Xiong Da also began to get into trouble.

On New Year’s Eve, the 8th Spring Festival Gala officially debuted. The whole family sat together in a lively and lively manner, and this year, a shoehorn face, with a “blind date” program, officially let this big boy from Northeast China. His face has become the god of sketches in the hearts of the people of the whole country, and by the way, he has opened the way to dominate the screen of the Spring Festival Gala.

At this time, the black soil was not Bai Yun, nor Lilac and Chef Fan, but Ma Ya!

And this year’s most classic sketches are naturally “¨.Protagonist and supporting roles”. The one with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with his excellent on-the-spot reaction ability, easily resolved the problem of the broken holster rope, and gave it back to the sketch by the way, even more had a fun!

He Yuhao laughed when he saw it, and at the end of the day, he finally got the fixed song, which will be unforgettable tonight.

In February, there was something going on at Xiong Da, and brother-in-law and sister He Yuyu were directly transferred out, but they went to the magic capital. It seems that the brother-in-law is still very important.

In mid-February, a multinational phone call came, and Vasili’s side needed more light industrial products.

And He Yuhao also started his own performance!

“Dawarich, my domestic light industry has reached its peak. To be honest, there is no way to help unless…”

“Unless what? Dawarich, we are best friends, we don’t need to avoid anything!”

Over the years, Vasily has been making crazy money. He Yuhao’s massive canned food entered Xiongda’s side. Very very earning money.

This does not include a series of operations in private, such as some semiconductor equipment, etc., Vasily is sneaky, bought it, shipped it, and even has troops to escort it!

Under such circumstances, the relationship between He Yuhao and Vasily is naturally very close!

“Dawarich, I think it’s better to simply build a factory in your country, so that there will be a lot of freight left!”

“Build a factory in our country?”

If this was in Xiong Er’s time, it would not be allowed, but now it is completely possible!

Xiong Da was tricked into becoming a silly bear by Western countries, and now the silly bear has also reflected, but it is too late.

Even many people haven’t reacted yet, and they just keep compressing their own country’s light industry, causing the light industry’s capacity to plummet.

They naively believe that these things do not matter, the West will produce them.

But he was stuck in the neck by others.

“Yes, but I need money!”

“Money, easy to handle, I can lend it to you!”

“No, no, Dawarich, we are friends. I don’t know. I can invest and build a factory in your country, but I hope to get the support of your national bank!”

“Brother, what do you mean, a loan?”

“Yes!”

Finally, the knife is unsheathed!

“No problem, Dawarich!”

loan?

Xiong Da is not short of money, on the contrary, he has a lot of money that he has nowhere to use.

He Yuhao’s idea made Vasily very happy. To build a factory in their country is equivalent to giving them the handle, but Vasily will not threaten He Yuhao, because everyone is a good brother. It’s good to make money together. .

“Then you have to come to the city of a thousand tops!”

“no problem!”

In mid-February, He Yuhao set off for the capital of Xiongda. After meeting Vasily, he talked about He Yuhao’s plan in detail.

Very simply, He Yuhao is going to build a cannery, a large warehouse, a textile factory, a car factory, and an oversized indoor farm here!

This series is down…

“My brother, our bank has reviewed your identity and assets, and they are willing to lend you 15 billion rubles!”

“That’s great, but can you give it to me in dollars? I’ll pay it back in dollars too!”

The fangs have been completely opened!

15 billion rubles, He Yuhao is grateful to Vasily, but even if something happens later, Vasily will not blame He Yuhao.

Very simple, He Yuhao really intends to build a factory.

However, in Siberia, He Yuhao just wanted to build a simple factory. People still need people, and money also needs to be spent. Probably He Yuhao will spend 1 billion rubles on this, and then what will he do?

Buy mine!

There are many private mines in Xiongda. With the failure of the business, they were closed down and recovered by the bank. He Yuhao planned to buy these minerals directly, including gold, silver, copper, iron, jade and diamonds.

The difficulty of monetization (good promises) is not high, because there is a lot of domestic demand!

Of course, He Yuhao is not a fool. What’s the use of opening a mine? Naturally, it is to spend money to continue to create a big pie, so as to continue to borrow money from Xiongda.

Very simple, just let the big bears see the benefits.

This has to weave a huge net, and put it in the mostIn the middle, is an amazing wealth!

what is that?

Forest frog!

“You raise wood frogs in Siberia?”

“Of course not. Who raises them in that bad place? My frogs sleep all year round, and they don’t even mate, so how can I make money?”

“Then what do you mean…”

“Do you know gilding?”

“what?”

“It’s to let the wood frog go to Siberia, sleep for a month or two, then dig it out, send it back, make it into jellyfish paste, and double the price!”

“Double?”

The face of the director of the National Snowflake Cream Factory turned green.

“Double? That’s too much?”

“A lot? I don’t think it’s a lot. Didn’t the Rana forest suffer heavy casualties in the snow disaster this year?”

“No, this year is not an early hibernation, you should be on your guard… Oh! I see!”

The factory manager suddenly realized, He Yuhao showed the eyes of “teachable children”!

“Then are you planning to build a large farm there?”

“Yes, a farm is definitely required. Although indoor farming requires a high investment, it is the Siberian plain, and the ice and snow are not a problem to me!”

To put it bluntly, what is the biggest problem in the Siberian Plain?

One, frozen soil!

The land is not easy to excavate and is not suitable for planting and breeding.

Second, the input cost of indoor farming is too high. Once the animal is in trouble, it will go bankrupt. The installation of light and floor heating is a huge cost!

But……

He Yuhao doesn’t care, one, he has a spiritual spring, as long as the animals can survive, they can adapt.

Second, money doesn’t matter…

Anyway, it’s not He Yuhao’s money. He Yuhao will use US dollars to repay the loan, just pay back a little casually.

To put it bluntly, He Yuhao doesn’t care about the cost of billions. Anyway, when the time comes to pay back the money, it only needs a few million dollars.

Several million dollars, He Yuhao didn’t care at all.

This means that He Yuhao has completed several billion rubles of projects with millions of dollars.

Earn blood!

You must know that Xiong Da doesn’t pay attention to Siberia at all. Here He Yuhao can use extremely low prices to win a huge amount of territory, and then build a railway by himself. With foreigners’ money, he can raise various livestock here, and then slaughtered and shipped back.

Perfect!

It’s great to take other people’s money to make money for yourself.

In fact, the other protagonists probably took the money and went to the stock market, but unfortunately, He Yuhao didn’t have a good grasp of the next story, especially during Soros’s time, you think you can eat it from Soros’ mouth A bite of meat?

Unless you have a huge amount of money, even if you follow Soros, how much data do you remember?

So, it doesn’t matter, He Yuhao would rather wait for Lehman Brothers to go bankrupt!

The money is directly in hand. They gave 5 billion rubles and 5 billion dollars. Now the exchange rate between rubles and dollars is 2:1, and the contract stipulates that a one-year interest-free period and a two-year buffer forgiveness period are also available. That is to say, in 1990 this year, there is no need to pay interest. In addition, in 1990 and 1991, He Yuhao has a buffer time and does not need to pay back!

However, since 1992, more than 30% of principal and interest have to be paid back every year!

However, in 1992…

Big Bear, it’s gone! .


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