Chapter 355: I don’t steal or rob, so why should I be ashamed?

On the eve of May Day, Li Ye's class held a class committee meeting and Li Ye was forced to attend.

Zhen Rongrong asked Li Ye: "Student Li Ye, where do you think our class should go for class activities on May Day?"

Li Ye said indifferently: "You decide this! I'm not familiar with the capital."

Zhen Rongrong said sternly: "Li Ye, you can't do this. You are now a core member of the class committee and must actively participate in class management. Your opinion is very important."

Is my opinion so important?

Li Ye was flattered. After thinking for a while, he said, "How about we go boating in Houhai? The willows on the shore are so green at this time of year. They look really beautiful."

The weeping willows on the shore of Houhai Lake are indeed the most beautiful in late spring, so Li Ye is not talking nonsense.

But Chen Xiaoling said, "Houhai is so close, we have been there so many times, it's not that interesting."

Li Ye thought about it again and said, "Then go to Xiangshan? Or Badaling?"

He Dazhuang said, "Is Xiangshan a place to go in spring? It must be more suitable to go in autumn. Besides, we went there last year."

Li Ye exhaled and said, "Then let's go to Baiyangdian! You must have never been there."

"Baiyangdian is so far away! It takes most of the day to go back and forth. Wouldn't our class activities become activities by car?"

Shut up, my opinion doesn't matter.

Then several class committee members discussed it over and over again, and finally voted on a result - go to Xiushui Street Market.

By the way, do some social practice and see what hidden economic problems are hidden in the market frequented by foreigners.

Okay! They are really a group of studious young people.

. . . . . .

On the morning of May Day, only about twenty people from 82 World Economy participated in the group activities. The others did not come for various reasons.

Li Ye originally wanted to take a sick leave and spend some time alone with Wen Leyu.

However, Zhen Rongrong, Sun Xianjin and others urged Li Ye to participate in group activities. After all, if he always failed to participate in group activities, it might affect whether Li Ye could enter D smoothly in the future.

Li Ye had no choice but to follow the crowd and take a bus from the northwest corner of the capital to Xiushui Street. As a result, when he arrived at Xiushui Street, he saw that it was crowded with people and as lively as a big market.

Are you still in the mood to play?

However, Zhen Rongrong and the others were very interested. They split into two teams and walked around the stores on both sides one by one. Occasionally, they would take a notebook to chat with the store owners and write down their thoughts and ideas.

Li Ye had no choice but to stroll along with them. Occasionally, when he saw something he liked, he would buy one or two, such as embroidery and silk scarves from Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Wen Leyu loves small gifts very much and never dislikes them just because they are worthless.

Wen Guohua followed Li Ye's advice and did not rent out all the stores in Xiushui Street Market. Instead, he kept some and sent invitations to many traditional specialty product regions in the mainland.

For example, special products such as silk embroidery and rice paper have entered Xiushui Street, and the effect is quite good.

When Li Ye was buying embroidery, several foreign friends were shocked by the double-sided embroidery and said "Oh, oh, oh, oh", and took out the money very skillfully.

However, Zhen Rongrong and others are not very interested in the things left by their ancestors, but instead like some new gadgets.

For example, Oriental Magic Water, for example, Pengcheng Red Bull.

These two beverage stores are magically located in the best spot in Xiushui Street Market, and not far from each other. You can see what's going on in each other's store by looking sideways when you go out.

"Look, this is the Chinese sports drink on TV."

At He Dazhuang's call, more than twenty people rushed into the Oriental Magic Water store.

Li Ye stood outside the door, looking at this largest store thoughtfully.

When Xiushui Street opened, Oriental Magic Water definitely did not come. Now every store in Xiushui Street is in great demand. I don’t know what price Director Li paid to acquire the stores from others.

After entering the store, a TV was continuously playing advertisements endorsed by the football team, attracting many customers to stop and watch.

A VCR made in 1984 wasn’t cheap either!

However, after seeing the pricing of Jianlibao and listening to the clerk's product introduction, Li Ye had to admire Director Li's marketing ability.

"Three yuan per can, more expensive than Coca-Cola and Pengcheng Red Bull!"

"This is a high-tech product. After 120 experiments, we have precisely adjusted the sports drink to replenish various trace elements in the human body."

"If you put it that way, it's really different from the other two."

Pengcheng Red Bull is priced at 2.5 yuan, and Coca-Cola is also priced at more than 2 yuan a can, but now the Oriental Magic Water is priced at 3 yuan.

"Let's each have a can and show our support!"

"Okay, I'll have one."

“I want two cans.”

“.”

Li Ye watched as a group of classmates each spent several dollars to buy a can of Oriental Magic Water. He felt that the Oriental Magic Water had been so prosperous for more than a decade and it was not in vain.

"Li Ye, why don't you buy a can to try it? It's delicious."

Someone saw that Li Ye didn't buy it and asked.

Li Ye shook his head, smiled and didn't explain anything.

He has a box of Oriental Magic Water at home, which he uses to compare with Pengcheng Red Bull, so he knows exactly what it tastes like.

"Hey, Li Ye earns his writing fees and only drinks Coca-Cola, which is different from us who earn wages."

“Hahaha~”

“.”

"Stop it, stop it. Don't joke around with your classmates!"

Zhen Rongrong hung her head, glared at He Dazhuang, and then led the way out of the Oriental Magic Water store.

Not far from the Oriental Magic Water store are the Pengcheng Red Bull and Fenghua stores.

Li Ye entered the Fenghua store and spent more than twenty yuan to buy a single-shoulder cloth bag, and put the embroidery and local specialties he had bought into the bag.

Plastic bags were not popular at that time, and everyone brought their own bags when shopping. Li Ye didn't bring any this time, which was a bit inconvenient.

When Li Ye came out, he found that Zhen Rongrong had already come out of the Pengcheng Red Bull store.

"It's really different. Pengcheng Red Bull only costs 2.5 yuan!"

"Yeah! But I bought a can, and it tastes good, too. How about you try it?"

“.”

"It tastes good, but the Oriental Magic Water is high-tech"

Li Ye was surprised.

[Don’t choose the right one, just choose the expensive one.] 】

Director Li actually figured out a famous saying from the 1990s.

"But the Pengcheng Red Bull commercial is really well shot. I think their products must be very good, otherwise the women's volleyball team wouldn't have chosen them."

"That's right. I have the same feeling. It seems that the advertisement of Oriental Magic Water was copied from Pengcheng Red Bull."

Zhen Rongrong, Chen Xiaoling and others had somewhat different opinions, saying that the Pengcheng Red Bull advertisement was well shot.

How can it be bad?

The advertisement for Oriental Magic Water was shot by Director Li through his connections with the city’s TV station, but who shot the advertisement for Pengcheng Red Bull?

Changan Film Studio directly sent a senior photographer to take the photos.

The camera angles, light control, music editing, etc. are completely different levels.

“Foreigners’ things are just gaudy and fancy.”

"What foreigners? They are from Hong Kong Island. They are our own people."

"Okay, okay, stop arguing."

Zhen Rongrong saw the cloth bag that suddenly appeared on Li Ye's shoulder, and quickly changed the subject and asked, "Li Ye, how much did you buy this cloth bag for? It's quite nice!"

Li Ye said, "Twenty-eight dollars. I bought it from the Fenghua store over there."

"Twenty-eight?"

"As expected, he is earning his writing fees. A cloth bag costs 28 yuan. The price of Fenghua brand is getting more and more outrageous. They say that Chinese products should be self-reliant. The other day I saw a suit that cost more than 100 yuan."

"I've seen it too. It's called the elite series. The fabric is really good, but it's just too expensive."

“Heh~”

Li Ye finally couldn't help it and said to He Dazhuang: "Fenghua also has the Cardamom series for our students, but you insisted on buying the Elite series. Do you know that the Elite series sells for ninety dollars a set overseas?"

He Dazhuang said in disbelief: "Ninety dollars a set? How is that possible?"

Li Ye said: "If you don't believe me, you can ask Qiao Dapeng. I met him in the mall at Lijiapo. Do you still think Fenghua brand is expensive?"

“.”

Zhen Rongrong looked at Li Ye and He Dazhuang, reached out for her notebook, wrote down this phenomenon about Fenghua brand, and decided to do a follow-up investigation, maybe she could write an article.

He Dazhuang felt a little embarrassed. In fact, he had been trying to repair his relationship with Li Ye these days. He also thought that the teasing joke just now was a way of showing goodwill between acquaintances.

But why is it that even though I have tried so hard to please him, we still can't pee in the same pot?

"Make way, please make way, thank you!"

A female voice with a hint of old-fashioned vinegar from Shanxi Province sounded from the side of Zhen Rongrong and the others.

Zhen Rongrong and others hurried to make way, and the twenty or so people accidentally blocked most of the passage.

A short girl, carrying two large food boxes on a small shoulder pole, just couldn't get through.

When she saw Li Ye, she was stunned at first, then she lowered her head and walked away quickly.

Li Ye did not avoid me, but stood in the middle of the road, smiling and saying, "Yujiao, you didn't recognize me even though you saw me, so you're just going to walk away with your head down?"

This short girl is Yang Yumin’s sister Yang Yujiao.

At the beginning, Li Ye asked his sister Li Yue to occupy a few storefronts in Xiushui Street, and then open a shop for Yang Yumin's mother.

Yang Yumin's mother was very hesitant, so Li Ye came up with an idea, which was to deliver meals to the owners and clerks of the stores on Xiushui Street.

People are too busy to eat in restaurants, so if you add three or five cents to the delivery fee, your business will definitely be booming.

Now looking at Yang Yujiao’s large multi-layer food boxes, I guess her business is pretty good.

Yang Yujiao raised her head and said awkwardly, "Brother Li, I didn't notice you just now."

Li Ye looked at Yang Yujiao with eyes that seemed somewhat familiar.

Yes, it’s that look that a sanitation worker mother would have when she sees her child passing by with his or her classmates, and she lowers her head and pretends not to know them.

But isn’t Li Ye related to Yang Yujiao?

wrong

Li Ye seemed to understand that Yang Yujiao did not want these classmates at Peking University to know that she was Yang Yumin's sister.

Li Ye reached out and took Yang Yujiao's small shoulder pole, and put it on his shoulder.

"I'm hungry at noon, let's go to your mother's shop and have a bowl of noodles."

“.”

Yang Yujiao looked at Li Ye, without moving, biting her lips, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

Li Ye came over, lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yang Yujiao whispered: "My brother is in the store, it would be bad if people knew about it."

Li Ye said sternly, "Girl, remember this. If you don't steal or rob and earn money through your own labor, you won't be embarrassed anywhere. If your brother thinks you are embarrassing him, then you should get away from him right away."

Yang Yujiao jumped in fright, pursed her lips in grievance, and had to lead the way.

Of course, she understood what Li Ye meant by "calculate the relationship", which was that Sister Xiaoyue no longer wanted to be with her brother!

(End of this chapter)