Chapter 54: Let alone studying, given America's national conditions,...
Not to mention, given America's national conditions, it's not certain whether she can live to that time.
Don't talk about the system for introducing outstanding talents, saying that she can enjoy the benefits now and come back later. As a Nobel Prize winner and former student of the University of Tokyo, it is relatively easy for her to come back.
According to America's rules, even if she could come back alive, she would still be in great pain.
After all, the purpose of raising pigs is to kill them and eat their meat one day, not to let them live in your neighbor's house until they grow old.
However, not everyone thought that Li Daohua's refusal was correct.
Some people have already sketched out a new draft in their minds. Li Daohua is currently in the limelight and of course they will not want to bring bad luck to her. However, as long as she does not win the award, the situation will be reversed immediately.
As a newspaper supported by external forces, they are serious about smearing Todai.
Li Daohua said that she would not join America. If she did not win the award, people would say she was being self-indulgent and bragging. But when America really gives her a green card, she will definitely be defeated.
Even if only one person asks a question, it will take a lot of time for the dozens of reporters present to ask all of them.
Cui Yong's seat was not very close to the front, so when it was his turn, Li Daohua took a sip of water and waited leisurely for him to ask questions.
"Hello, Teacher Daohua, I would like to ask you what you think about the Hong Kong issue."
In September this year, the Iron Lady's fall represented that the Hong Kong issue has been settled and the time of return has been officially determined. Now we just have to wait for the time.
"Let's not talk about politics. I'm just an ordinary author. If cultural exchange is needed, I will do my best."
Li Daohua also knew why he asked this. After the return of Hong Kong was confirmed, the country did start the preliminary work and many people were paying attention to this issue.
As one of the few authors who had visited Hong Kong Island for cultural exchanges, after she came back, some newspapers approached her to ask about what she had seen and heard in Hong Kong Island and her views on the island.
It’s just that she has never accepted any interviews because she feels that there is nothing to say.
What she saw and heard in Hong Kong Island was also very narrow. After all, when she was there, she was in the wealthy area.
Even when the crew went to Kowloon Walled City to film, she was not allowed to go. When other mainland actors went there, the crew would also isolate the filming area.
They have not had direct contact with the lower-class people in Hong Kong Island, so how can they say that the luxurious life she saw in Hong Kong Island is only a small part of Hong Kong Island.
But as she said, when cultural exchange is needed, she is willing to do her part.
The next person asked how she knew so much about America when she was writing "Once Upon a Time in Wall Street," even though she had never been to America.
"There is nothing new under the sun. As a country with a long history and culture, we can learn a lot from history and also see the future through history."
If she wasn't afraid that people wouldn't be able to accept it, Li Daohua felt that she could become a charlatan. She could be a charlatan for at least forty years and make much more money than being an author.
When she traveled through time, the value of the Qing Dynasty was still rising, boomerangs came one after another, making the people who received them numb.
Li Daohua's answer left the reporters confused. Some wanted to delve deeper into the matter, but Li Daohua did not explain. She only said that time would prove everything, including what she had said before.
The entire press conference lasted the entire morning, and they were provided with lunch before being allowed to go home.
Li Daohua is rich now, so providing meals is no problem at all.
She saved part of the money, invested part of it, and bought part of it in gold bars.
The money saved is needed for daily use, not to mention investment. If you invest in the 1980s and 1990s, the returns in the future will be shockingly high. Gold bars serve as a bottom line, and of course, gold bars will also appreciate in value.
The 1980s and 1990s were also the period of the fastest inflation.
The one-cent coin that they still frequently use now will stop being used in the 1990s, and you won't be able to buy anything for one cent on the market anymore. The lowest coin will be one dime.
Li Daohua still feels that the current prices are cheap. Of course, these prices only apply to non-industrial products.
The prices of industrial products surprised Li Daohua. A bicycle that cost more than 100 yuan had not increased much by 2024. If you wanted, you could still buy a bicycle for more than 100 yuan.
But compared with income, the prices are as different as heaven and earth.
Therefore, it is impossible to save money, the only way is to spend it.
The old couple did not understand why Li Daohua spent money like this.
They have had a hard life in the first half of their lives and are tired of being poor. Even when they were at home, they wanted to save some of the money they earned.
If there is no money or food saved at home, I will feel uneasy, as if something will happen tomorrow and the family will run out of food.
Li Daohua buys gold bars just like going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. Today, she passed by a gold shop and saw that gold was cheap, so she bought one.
The royalties will arrive in my account tomorrow and I'll have enough money, so I'll go buy another one.
Ouyang Yuan and his team's fleet were busy all day long, and the old couple couldn't see Li Daohua's money being spent, so they wondered if Ouyang Yuan was spending the money recklessly.
"It's not that we don't trust Ouyang, it's just that he's still young, and he might be deceived by people outside. I heard that there are a lot of scammers out there now."
This is true. When the reform and opening up just started, many systems were not perfect, and some people took advantage of this opportunity to cheat and deceive. Ouyang Yuan and his friends actually encountered this.
They even encountered people who wanted to rob their fellow thieves. After they transported the goods, the other party was ready to detain them, their vehicles, and the goods.
Ouyang Yuan and his friends are not pushovers either. In their team, the three of them have the lowest fighting power, and they rely on their youth and good health.
As for the others, many of them have served in the military and fought in wars. How could they be allowed to bully them?
These people were contacted by Li Sanzhu and Li Daohua’s uncle Li Zhuzi.
It is true that they will be assigned jobs after retiring from the army, but the problem still remains: they are not the only ones waiting for work assignments. There are too many people and only so many positions, so they all have to wait.
But how can they wait? They are willing to wait, but their families can’t, as the whole family is waiting for dinner.
When Li Sanzhu and his comrades heard that Ouyang Yuan's team needed people, they asked on behalf of his comrades. He himself did not go to the team in order to save a spot.
Some older comrades sent their children over, as it was at least a way out.
“No, I’ve also looked at the team’s accounts and there’s no problem. The current investment is mainly used to buy cars. The team is in the expansion stage and it’s normal to spend money.
Don't worry, Ouyang is also studying now, he won't be fooled so easily."
After Ouyang Yuan became a full-time driver for the fleet, he became busier every day, and of course, the fleet earned more money as well.
The more he came into contact with these things, the more Ouyang Yuan felt that he needed to learn.
Learning is very important. Without learning, he will not understand many things. Sometimes when he is cheated by others, he can only blame himself for his bad luck.
When at home, Li Daohua was writing manuscripts in the study, and Ouyang Yuan was sitting next to her desk reading.
Sometimes when Li Daohua got tired of writing and looked up, she saw Ouyang Yuan's hair was messy, and even then, he was still poking his head with a pen.
When asked, he said the books looked too difficult to read.
He graduated from junior high school and his academic performance was average. It can only be said that he has escaped from illiteracy and can read and write normally.
"How about... find you a teacher."
"I don't have time to attend night school. When you were in Hong Kong Island, I wanted to go to night school and went for a few days. Night school classes must be attended regularly. If you miss a few days, you will miss a lot of content and can't keep up.
There are a lot of things going on in the team, and I'm not sure when I might have to go out of town, or how many days I'll be gone, I only have an approximate time."
Ouyang Yuan also tried to ask his brother to teach him, but the problem was that he had not learned these things in high school. It would be even more difficult for his brother to learn it by himself and then teach him, so it would be better for him to learn it by himself.
"I'm saying I'll find you a teacher from the university. I'll invite a teacher to teach you. As long as you two have time, you can go. If I only teach you, the progress problem will be solved."
"Ah? It's still possible..."
Ouyang Yuan didn't even dare to think about this mode of directly finding a university teacher to give classes, or rather, he didn't have such an idea in his mind.
When he thought about a university professor giving classes just to him, he felt that this was not a good treatment.
"I'll ask someone for help. If that doesn't work, I can find a college student with good grades in the major to teach you."
As long as you have money and people, this is not a problem.
Ouyang Yuan waited anxiously for Li Daohua to find a teacher for him, and finally he found one.
There may not be many local people in Peking, but there are many schools and a lot of teachers and students.
It is indeed not easy to find a teacher who teaches only one person these days, but it is possible.
This teacher's elderly family member is paralyzed in bed, and his wife needs to take care of him full-time at home. He has elderly parents and young children to take care of, and he lives on his salary as a teacher.
Unfortunately, he is still young, only in his forties, and he is never assigned a house. Their major is not a key major in the school, so there are not many places available when housing is allocated.
Someone came to him and said they wanted to hire him as a teacher. When students had time, he would give one or two hours of lessons in the evening and charge them by the hour, fifty yuan an hour.
He was instantly attracted to the idea. Taking classes at night would not interfere with his normal work, and the tuition fees would allow his family to live a good life.
His mother no longer has to feel like a burden to the family, his wife no longer has to cry secretly, and his children no longer have to watch other families eat meat during the holidays.
The children are sensible and won’t ask them to buy meat, but as parents they also feel sorry for them.
Not to mention that the two children, a boy and a girl, are growing older and can no longer sleep in the same bed.
Even if you can't get a house and don't have money to buy one, you can at least rent a slightly larger house so that the children can sleep in separate beds.
When he accepted Ouyang Yuan, he felt a little ashamed. This shame was because he taught people privately and also because he charged Ouyang Yuan fifty yuan an hour.
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