Chapter 460 Something Happened to Professor Li
Seeing Gu Yuanping's expression, Han Ying and Lu Yuan both felt a jolt in their hearts, instinctively thinking that something bad must have happened.
Gu Yuanping seemed a little tired, not physically tired, but a feeling of powerlessness emanating from his heart.
Even when he was faced with a huge mess at the base in the past, I had never seen him act like this.
"It's so cold outside. I'm sorry to call you here at this time."
Gu Yuanping glanced at the sky outside and it was already very dark.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan sat quietly on the chairs, Gou Zi squatted beside them, waiting for Gu Yuanping's next words.
"Actually, I asked you to come here today because I have something to ask of you."
Gu Yuanping sat down on the sofa opposite the two of them with a bitter smile on his face.
After hearing Gu Yuanping's words, Han Ying and Lu Yuan looked at each other.
Although the two of them had a good relationship with Gu Yuanping, the deputy base commander, and had secretly helped the base several times.
But since they didn't know what it was, the two of them wouldn't agree to it directly.
Lu Yuan looked at Gu Yuanping and said, "Tell me about it."
"I would like to ask you to take over the farm."
The expression on Gu Yuanping's face suddenly became serious.
"Professor Li..."
Han Ying was about to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Yuanping raising his hand.
"Please listen to me first. I know that Professor Li invited you to work on the farm before, and you rejected him."
"What I want to say now is that I will privatize the farm at the base, but the prerequisite is that you two will be responsible for management, and two-thirds of the farm's output must be sold to the base. The price is negotiable."
"In addition, I will send a company to serve you and help you protect the safety of the farm. The base will also help recruit the workers you need."
"Also, the thousands of acres of land that have been reclaimed on the farm will all be assigned to you for free. If you want to research new crops, the research institute at the base will fully cooperate. All we ask is that you accept this farm."
Gu Yuanping directly stated the best conditions he could offer.
When they heard what Gu Yuanping said, Han Ying and Lu Yuan's breathing became heavy.
Was this an attempt to give the entire farm away to both of them for free?
And you asked them to accept it?
"What about Professor Li?"
If Han Ying and Lu Yuan still can't guess it at this time, then they are really fools.
Something must have happened to Professor Li, otherwise how could the farm, which is the lifeblood of the entire base, be privatized?
If the accident was only on the farm, it would be Professor Li who would come looking for them, not Gu Yuanping.
Just like during the hottest period at the Pengcheng base, the farm was hit by an insect plague and was completely wiped out.
At that time, Professor Li was completely depressed, and his originally gray hair turned almost completely white overnight.
But at that time, the authorities never thought of privatizing the farms.
Because the authorities know that with Professor Li around, the farm will revive.
"He...is ill...and is now in a semi-comatose state..."
Speaking of Professor Li, Gu Yuanping seemed to have all the strength drained out of him and looked extremely depressed.
Gu Yuanping and Professor Li have actually been good friends for many years and have a very good relationship.
Professor Li went to Pengcheng to manage the farm because of Gu Yuanping's invitation.
"Sick? When did it happen?"
When Lu Yuan heard Gu Yuanping say that Professor Li was in a semi-comatose state, he stood up directly from his chair.
They delivered mutant seafood mushroom juice to the farm a few days ago, and they had just met Professor Li.
At that time, he seemed to have no problem at all.
It's only been a few days?
If it was just an ordinary illness, it would be impossible for me to hand over the entire farm to them at this time.
Han Ying remembered that when she went to deliver the nutrient solution that day, Professor Li said that the farm would have another bumper harvest in a few days.
"He was found two days ago, collapsed on the farm... The medical station examined him and said he had a brain hemorrhage caused by a malignant tumor in his brain. He is now sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious, and has suffered from hemiplegia."
"It was he who came up with the idea of privatizing the farm and giving it to the two of you to manage."
Gu Yuanping refused at first because he thought Professor Li would get better.
Moreover, privatizing farms is likely to lead to an uncontrollable direction.
The medical station at Penglai Base did not have the conditions to treat Professor Li, so they sent him to another place for treatment by helicopter.
Besides, there are actually two people in charge of the farm. Professor Li is the main owner of the farm, and there is a deputy owner named Zhuang Guozhu.
But what a coincidence, last month was Zhuang Guozhu’s 60th birthday.
After the end of the world, even if it’s your 60th birthday, it’s just a simple meal with your family.
But because he hadn't had a drink for a long time, Zhuang Guozhu took out a bottle of white wine that he had collected for many years and drank it that day.
I felt a little drunk after drinking, but I went to bed on my own initiative.
Zhuang Guozhu also has a son, daughter-in-law and grandson.
In order to avoid suspicion, he was unwilling to sleep in the same room with his son and daughter-in-law.
His son also set the alarm and would get up in the middle of the night to add firewood to his father's kang.
But Zhuang Guozhu was sleeping in a daze, and when he got up to urinate, he was still drunk.
After finishing, he actually took the hot water that had been boiling on the stove to take a bath, and then froze to death.
When his son got up in the middle of the night to add firewood to his father's stove, he found that there was no one on the kang.
When we found the bathroom, we discovered that Zhuang Guozhu was naked and frozen into the puddle of water on the ground.
After Zhuang Guozhu died, Professor Li could only pick the tallest person among the short managers on the farm and promoted Li Ping, who was in his forties, to be the deputy manager.
But it was already a stretch for Li Ping to be the deputy owner, not to mention asking him to take over as owner after Professor Li fell ill.
If Zhuang Guozhu were still alive, he could reluctantly allow him to be the owner of the farmer.
But the problem is that he is no longer here.
After Professor Li woke up, he learned about his condition from the doctor, and that he was already suffering from hemiplegia.
I couldn't move half of my body, and my speech was slurred.
That's why he suggested to Gu Yuanping that the farm be privatized and handed over to Lu Yuan and Han Ying to run.
From the time he had met the two of them at the base until now, he knew that they were neither power-hungry nor money-conscious, and were the best candidates to be entrusted with the farm.
But they can't keep such people.
"Han Ying and I are really not suitable to take over the farm, and we don't have such big ambitions. You should find someone else."
Upon learning about Professor Li's illness, Han Ying and Lu Yuan were shocked and sad.
The old man was as surprised as a child when he saw the crops they planted sprout.
Now he is lying in a hospital bed and has lost his ability to move.
But no matter what, he and Han Ying are really not suitable to take over the farm, nor do they want to take it over.
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