Chapter 176: Madam, We Can’t Afford to Borrow
“At that time, Blue Ocean Publishing House did not want me to establish contact with Hong Kong Island.
But I wanted to get the world's most cutting-edge economic knowledge, so I insisted on getting the other party's contact information."
"The people there are pretty nice. They are willing to provide me with some economic-related current affairs information."
Li Ye told the story of Hong Kong Island Publishing House, filling a loophole that he had considered a long time ago.
It's lonely at the top, and there will always be people who doubt Li Ye's words. In the future, whenever someone does something like this, they will all blame it on Hong Kong Island.
Besides, there is no need to hide anything in front of someone of Professor Zhang's level.
After Li Ye finished speaking, Peng Rui asked in surprise: "You can actually buy books and periodicals from Hong Kong Island?"
Zou Mengcheng also said: "Can you bring it over for us to see?"
Yu Xiufen stood up and said, "Why ask? Take us to get it now!"
"Xiu Fen, how can you talk like that?" Teacher Lu said unhappily, "Why are you acting like a robber? Do you treat the people the same way when you are working?"
"It's okay, I'll get it right away," Li Ye said with a smile, "I'm too timid to show it to others, so I work on it by myself and often don't understand it!"
The books and magazines Pei Wencong sent over were not convenient to show to unfamiliar people, but they were fine for Professor Zhang, Yu Xiufen and others.
Because from their discussion just now, we know that everyone is an active person striving for change, and they are all eager to get more clues related to the economy to confirm the feasible direction of the flower-growing family's change.
"Oh, you are really wasting it! Go get it quickly!"
Yu Xiufen stamped her feet anxiously, urging Li Ye to go out quickly.
Li Ye had no choice but to go out and ride his bicycle back to the dormitory to retrieve the large unopened package.
The postmark above proves that Li Ye was telling the truth.
Several senior students hurriedly opened the parcel, revealing a large number of economics books and periodicals inside.
"Wow, there are so many? Li Ye, are you sure they were just given to you out of kindness? They weren't bribes to turn you into a spy?"
"My family has been poor farmers for eight generations, and two generations have been in the army. They want to recruit me? They are blind. I guarantee that they will be made into a meat bun. There is no return."
"Hahahahaha~, you're lucky you're quick."
Pei Wencong did not dare to neglect Li Ye's instructions. There were at least dozens of books and periodicals in the parcel, both in foreign languages and in Chinese.
Not to mention Yu Xiufen and the others, even Professor Zhang, who was originally drinking tea calmly, could no longer sit still when he saw the anxious students.
He leaned forward and quickly rummaged through the pile of books with both hands. Soon he had pulled several books into his arms.
In 1982, Peking University was not as wealthy as it is today, and the foreign exchange the library used to purchase books from outside Beijing was limited.
The Department of Economics is seriously out of touch with the outside world, and its foreign exchange allocation lags far behind that of basic science, mechanical industry and other departments. Therefore, even Professor Zhang lamented that "I only regret not having learned enough when I need it."
But now, a student from Kyoto University has suddenly shaken out dozens of original foreign language books, and many of them are new books published in recent years. The Kyoto University Library has never even heard of them, let alone included them.
“Beep, beep, beep~”
"Old and young, what a mess," Teacher Lu knocked on the table with a sullen face and said unhappily, "Have you asked the owner of the book? Do you think it's yours? You just shove it into your arms."
Li Ye quickly said, "No need, Master's wife. I can't read all these books. If I leave them in the dormitory, they will be lost. Brothers and sisters, please read them at will."
Among these people, Professor Zhang is the one who digs the most. Teacher Lu can scold her husband, but she cannot be so discerning.
"That won't work either," Teacher Lu said to Yu Xiufen, "Bring me a piece of paper and list the books and prices.
No matter who wants to borrow it, please leave the deposit here first. Otherwise, what if it is lost? ”
"Okay, that's a good idea."
Yu Xiufen immediately went to get a pen and paper and started registering the books one by one. However, after registering only a small part, she looked at Teacher Lu with a bitter face.
"Master's wife, I'm afraid we can't afford it. Look at the price. It's in US dollars!"
In the eyes of the flower growers born in 1982, the prices of foreign books were incomprehensible and were representative evidence of the extreme exploitation of capitalism.
A tome that is only three fingers thick actually costs dozens of dollars. This price is dozens or even hundreds of times the price of books in mainland China.
Although Yu Xiufen and others had jobs and received salaries, they could not come up with so much money.
"I told you it wasn't necessary!"
Li Ye spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Books can only play their greatest role when they fall into the hands of outstanding scholars."
"Not all of these books are important. We will pick them out. The important ones will be kept by the Master's wife, and the rest we can borrow freely."
Li Ye quietly changed the concept and began to call Teacher Lu "teacher's wife".
In his opinion, this pile of books was not even enough as a gift to become a disciple.
"That's a good idea," Professor Zhang said immediately, "I'll be in charge of identifying the details, and your wife will be in charge of keeping it. Anyone who wants to see it can ask your wife to sign it."
Several teachers and students gathered around a pile of books and periodicals and started working. It took them a long time to get a general idea of what was going on.
The careful Yu Xiufen calculated the price of the books and came up with a very considerable figure.
She said with some concern: "Li Ye, you really don't plan to settle this money with Hong Kong Island? It's not good to take someone else's things for free!"
"Capitalists don't provide free lunches," Li Ye said with a smile, "I think he smelled something and is trying to show his good will to us in advance."
Yu Xiufen asked, "You smell something? What is that?"
Li Ye said: "Didn't we negotiate with Britain a few days ago? Maybe they think it's time to go home?"
“.”
Everyone looked at Li Ye in surprise. After a long while, Yu Xiufen suddenly said to Professor Zhang: "Sir, I take back what I said. This junior fellow you accepted is not only good-looking, but also has something in his stomach!"
"Of course, my vision has always been accurate."
Professor Zhang sat back on the sofa proudly, crossed his legs, and bounced back and forth proudly.
. . . . . .
Naoto Nakamura stood outside the south gate of Kyoto University, feeling the chilly night wind, which seemed as cold as his mood at the moment.
This morning, he found his class teacher and lodged a stern protest, demanding that Li Ye give him an explanation.
The class teacher did not take the matter lightly. After reporting it to the department, he negotiated with the Economics Department.
In the end, the two sides came up with a solution that made Naoto Nakamura very dissatisfied.
Li Ye verbally apologized to Nao Nakamura, and the venue was set in the teaching office.
"What's the point of this small-scale verbal apology? Can it redeem the humiliation I suffered in public?"
Naoto Nakamura strongly opposed it, but the attitude of the Economics Department was also quite tough. They just made a verbal apology. As for how to deal with Li Ye in the future, it was none of Naoto Nakamura's business.
In the end, Naoto Nakamura had no choice but to compromise.
But what was infuriating was that when Naoto Nakamura arrived at the teaching office at the agreed time, he did not see Li Ye.
The Economics Department only sent a female student who said lightly, "Li Ye was taken home by Professor Zhang for dinner. We'll talk later if there's anything else."
And then nothing happened.
Although the training department said "let's talk about it later", Naoto Nakamura, who has lived in the flower-growing family for several years, knew that this was going to end in vain.
But no matter how dissatisfied Naoto Nakamura was, this was the final result.
It was only then that Naoto Nakamura realized that although he had a special status and had always received special care during his studies, after all, he was just a student.
If the school doesn't have a student like you, you'd have no ability at all.
In desperation, Naoto Nakamura could only temporarily give up pursuing Li Ye and instead implement his own social relationship remediation plan.
“Ding Di~”
A car drove over quickly and stopped in front of Naoto Nakamura.
Koji Inoue got out of the car and handed a bag to Naoto Nakamura.
Naoto Nakamura opened the bag and saw that it was full of brand new Walkman players.
"Nakamura-kun, as you ordered, they are all the latest models."
"Where's the tape I wanted?"
"Time is tight and I don't have all the tapes ready. I'll send them to you as soon as possible."
Naoto Nakamura stared at Koji Inoue for a few seconds with a gloomy face, then nodded arrogantly and turned to walk into the school.
He walked all the way to the activity room of the student union, stretched his facial muscles at the door, and his gloomy face became gentle and humble.
Through the glass on the door of the activity room, Naoto Nakamura saw Liu Chunbo and others chatting and laughing.
There was a sneer of contempt on his face.
"You were so cold to me this morning, but would you also be cold to the Walkman? Haha~"
Thanks to the book friend "Guguji" for the reward, and thanks to the book friend "The Buried Giant" for the reward. Thank you both brothers.
(End of this chapter)
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