Chapter 1555 Drunken words don't count

Li Ye learned a lesson from his hard-earned money in his previous life: when someone asks to borrow money from you, never casually ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Because if you say such things to someone who wants to borrow money, it means you have a "conscience," and you will decide whether to lend or not based on the other person's different circumstances.

Because there's an old saying: "Help in an emergency, but not in poverty." If the other person is an elderly person or a child who is sick, or is facing a truly insurmountable obstacle, then in principle, they should be helped.

However, if the other party is a gambling addict or scoundrel who wants to borrow money to win back their losses, to see a girl, or to start a rebellion, then you should firmly refuse and not lend them the money.

The problem is that this is how good people understand the saying "help in an emergency, not in poverty," while some other people don't think that way.

Many people who ask to borrow money don't care whether they'll squander it; they only care whether you have money. If you have money, they'll swear on their own parents to give you your money.

Although human relationships are as fragile as paper and easily torn, the truly difficult ones are never the people who borrow money, but rather the unyielding sense of face and the old feelings lingering in our memories.

The other party takes advantage of this old relationship, constantly fabricating a tragic story that you can't refuse, and a reason that makes you willingly give up.

Once you ask him "What happened?", doesn't that prove you have money? If you don't have money, why bother asking?

So if you haven't been in touch with someone for many years and they ask to borrow money, you should decisively say, "We're the same age. If you haven't saved any money, how could I possibly have?"

Otherwise, you'll be relentlessly pestered, and some people might even say things like, "Think of a way to help me borrow some money. If that doesn't work, just use my credit card and I'll pay you back in three days."

You said it's not like you're the one facing difficulties, so why should you be asked to "think of a way to use your credit card"?

Why doesn't he just swipe it?

So when Ni Dashen called Li Ye this time, after Li Ye said, "Bu Qingjun hasn't contacted me in a long time," he felt extremely ashamed.

Back then, Li Ye donated two buildings based on Bu Qingjun's single sentence, but seven or eight years have passed and there's been no news of him. How dare you still ask for more?

But the next second, Li Ye asked, "What difficulties has he encountered?"

Ni Dashen felt a mix of emotions.

What Li Ye meant by saying this was clearly, "Tell me what you think is right, and if it makes sense, I'll contribute some money that's been wasted."

Is Li Ye just a rich fool?

Are you kidding me? Would someone who could turn a factory into the number one light truck company in mainland China be a fool?

Li Ye is just both domineering and kind.

Ni Dashen said with some emotion, "Bu Qingjun has encountered difficulties in a national-level project, so she has been trying to find solutions everywhere these days."

I also mentioned this to Ms. Pan yesterday, but she didn't respond immediately. However, Bu Qingjun's problem is quite urgent.

So if you're interested, he might want to talk to you, but if you think he's not a good person, then...

"I don't think he's disloyal at all!"

Li Ye interrupted Ni Dashen and then readily said, "So where should we go to chat today? Your place again? But we can't drink that foreign liquor anymore, it's not very good. The liquor from the mainland is much better."

"Okay, okay, we'll wait for you at home this afternoon."

"Okay, I'm off work now, you guys wait for me."

After hanging up the phone, Li Ye couldn't help but sigh and mutter a curse under his breath.

What kind of world is this? People who don't do anything productive are making a fortune, while those who want to do something worthwhile are reduced to this level of humility for a pittance.

Although Ni Dashen didn't tell Li Ye what Bu Qingjun's "national-level project" was, Li Ye knew it was a satellite navigation system.

In fact, the awareness in this regard in mainland China is not lagging behind at all.

In 1986, mainlanders reached a consensus after discussions and agreed to dedicate themselves to researching a satellite navigation system for use only in China.

Then the corresponding preliminary research began, with each relevant unit applying for research funding from its superior department and proceeding with the preliminary feasibility study in an orderly manner.

This research was not formally initiated until the early 1990s.

Why is it so slow?

Li Ye could roughly guess the reason—they were short of money.

These days, all projects are short of money. Five million soldiers are being laid off, various projects are being cancelled, and the fleet hasn't added a single ship for several years. So how can a "relatively distant" project like satellite navigation be made financially secure?

"Making money is a pleasure, spending money is an enjoyment, and there are low-level and high-level enjoyments, hehehehe."

Li Ye muttered something to himself as he picked up his bag and left.

Spending money on beauty is a pleasure, and spending money on the strength of the country is also a pleasure. Which kind of pleasure is more intense depends entirely on personal understanding!

...

Half a month later, Li Ye visited Master Ni's house again, but this time the atmosphere at Master Ni's house was very different from the last time.

It's true that Master Ni prepared fine wine and food last time, but his sallow complexion and melancholy eyes made the atmosphere at the scene oppressive.

Today, as soon as Li Ye entered the door, he felt a deep sense of warmth and hospitality.

Bu Qingjun immediately grasped Li Ye's hand: "Oh, Mr. Li, it's been so many years! You don't look a day older! You're still the handsome young man you always were!"

Li Ye chuckled and said, "What do you mean, 'young man'? I'm a middle-aged man, okay?"

"No, no, no, you really don't look like a middle-aged person, Xiao Xu. Do you think President Li looks like a middle-aged person?"

Bu Qingjun shook her head repeatedly, then turned to the kitchen and asked a question.

A young woman peeked out from the kitchen, gave Li Ye a long look, and then shook her head with a smile, saying, "You really don't look like him. You look much younger than me."

Li Ye was taken aback when he saw that there was a woman present.

Since this woman is only twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, she is obviously not Ni Dashen and Bu Qingjun's lover. So why is she participating in this family gathering today?

Is it easier to discuss business if there's a woman present at the banquet?

We don't do that kind of thing, do we?

However, when the woman brought the dishes up, Bu Qingjun explained the situation to her.

"Mr. Li, this is Xiao Xu from our project team. He's a PhD student at Heilongjiang University of Technology. To be honest, we're really grateful for the two dormitory buildings you sponsored back then. Otherwise, I would have been too embarrassed to recruit PhD students, and even master's students would have been a stretch. Undergraduates would have looked down on us because we're poor."

“.”

Bu Qingjun wasn't lying.

The project he led was high-tech and required young technical geniuses to join. However, when he went to the doctoral students at Heilongjiang University of Technology, they only asked him one question: how much salary would he be paid and how much housing would he be provided?

Don't blame the students for being so materialistic. They'll be almost thirty when they finish their PhDs, and they'll still want to get married and find wives. If they don't have a house and no money, are you going to expect them to stay single forever?

After serving the dishes, Xiao Xu offered to pour wine for Li Ye.

"Mr. Li, I actually knew about you before I graduated, but back then you were known as 'Seven-Inch Blade.' After I joined the company, I realized you're even more outstanding in real life, so when I heard I was going to treat you to dinner today, I volunteered to come."

As Li Ye watched his wine glass being filled to the brim, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

The wine glasses today are much larger than the ones I used to drink with Master Ni last time.

Li Ye raised his head and said jokingly, "If you want to talk to me about serious matters today, you'd better not drink too much, because what you say when you're drunk is very likely to be unreliable!"

(End of this chapter)