Chapter 1318 We Are Different
The identity of a time traveler is Li Ye’s biggest secret. He has been very attentive, restrained and careful over the years.
So when Sophia questioned Li Ye, "How could you have concluded a few years ago that our country would collapse?", he immediately became alert.
The look Sophia gave Li Ye at this moment seemed hazy and confused, as if she was unstable after drinking too much, or as if she was seeking answers in confusion because of the sudden decline of Su E.
Li Ye initially thought it was the latter, because in his previous life he had seen many unlucky women who would "seek help from all directions" during the worst stages of their lives, seeking the "guidance" of some charlatans to resolve their spiritual shackles.
Moreover, in this situation, the greater the decline in a person's spiritual state, the more obsessed they become. The growth of certain spiritual groups depends entirely on this constant supply of nourishment.
And the powerful people of the Soviet Union period, such as Sofia and Seryosha, will certainly feel the cruelty of falling with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
But then Li Ye felt something was wrong.
Because he deliberately looked at Sophia for a few seconds, and in Sophia's confused eyes, he found a few sharp edges.
This sharpness is somewhat similar to the one when Teacher Ke first met Li Ye, except that his level is much lower. But in the end, he also wants to pry into Li Ye's inner secrets.
[Isn't this woman a secret agent? ]
Su E's secret service department is very famous, and Li Ye's inspection team this time was officially dispatched, so Li Ye couldn't help but take a breath.
To be honest, there are many reasons for the collapse of Su E. In a three-way situation, various disputes are inevitable.
Ordinary people don't know about this situation, but people like Seryosha and Sofia must know it. It is not impossible that they hold a grudge against Li Ye and others.
Facing the complicated looks from Sofia and Seryosha, Li Ye slowly responded.
"Ms. Sophia, when Sun Xianjin and I were in school, China was undergoing economic changes, so we wanted to learn from all the advanced experiences in the world, and Su E was an important subject for our discussion. After all, Su E's system is the most similar to ours, and it is very powerful."
"But because we are so similar, we are also most aware of some of the drawbacks. One of my teachers is a very good economist. He believed five years ago that the powerful Su Goose was seriously ill and needed a painful treatment.
Although I was shocked at the time, I respected my teacher very much, so I agreed with his point of view. However, I did not expect that his words would come true so soon.
“.”
Sophia stared into Li Ye's eyes for a while, then she stroked her forehead in pain.
"Oh~, I've heard a proverb from you flower growers - no matter how good a doctor is, he can't cure his own serious illness. We Su'e people study our own problems every day, but in the end, we can't see as clearly as you flower growers."
Seryosha, who was already drunk and red in the face, said dejectedly: "For so many years, we have been kidnapped by our past glory and chose to ignore the shortcomings of the system. On the contrary, you dared to overturn decades of tradition. Your current reforms are based on the experience of the lighthouse, right?"
“No, no, no, we don’t have the idea of overthrowing tradition.”
Li Ye quickly denied it. He would not be vague on such an issue. He had to report on the conversation between several people today.
[You choose shock therapy to fully embrace freedom, but don't drag us into it. We still insist on the red line.]
Sophia looked at Li Ye and asked cunningly, "Since your teacher can see through our shortcomings, why don't you have the idea of overthrowing tradition? Do you also want to collapse like us, Su E?"
"Alas~"
Li Ye sighed and said in a deep voice: "First of all, my teacher did not disparage the planned economy. After all, the achievements of your Su E in the early days of its establishment shocked the whole world, so we hope to retain its advantages."
When the Soviet Union was first established, it was not very powerful. Because of three consecutive years of war and interference from the Western world, even Poland was able to reach Minsk, forcing the Soviet Union to sign a humiliating treaty.
It can be said that the Soviet Union was on its last legs in 1922, with 20 million people dead and 300,000 surrendering to Poland. Industry and agriculture were almost completely destroyed, with industrial output falling to 1/7 of that in 1913 and agricultural output to only 1/3.
To be honest, the Soviet Union at that time was not much better than the Republic of China, and it couldn't even beat Poland.
But why, in just nineteen years from 1922 to 1941, did Su E become such a behemoth that even talented art students could not handle it?
Because the bearded father has done nothing in these years, he just took advantage of the particularity of the system and madly developed industry.
He used agriculture to subsidize industry, improved infrastructure, launched a five-year plan, and then seized the opportunity of the Great Depression in the West to frantically introduce Western talent and technology.
In order to develop industry, he did everything he could to the extent of auctioning off the artworks that had been collected by the Russians for hundreds of years, and sold them by the ton.
In 1929, Su Ge exported 1,192 tons of art and antiques; in 1930, they exported 1,618 tons of art.
The Winter Palace at that time was the world's largest museum of art treasures, but it was almost emptied by my father.
Look at his style, does it look familiar to you?
As for the father's approach, try to see if it works within the Western system.
However, Li Ye thought that if he told Seryosha and Sofia about the most exciting period of Su E, it would be "more useful" and would also help to resolve their vigilance against him, but the reality was just the opposite.
Sophia drank another glass, and then said sadly: "Oh, dear Li, don't be obsessed with the past achievements. We are the you of tomorrow. Although I am not optimistic about complete liberalism, if you don't make changes, you may catch up with us soon."
Seryosha also smiled and said, "It's okay, Li. I heard that you have a popular saying now - cross the river by feeling the stones. We are just like 70 years ago, a stone walking in front of you. Our friendship will continue in the future."
[Who is the one who is helping you cross the river? Do you still want to be our teacher? ]
"Seryosha, let's not say these worrying words. You have already started on a new path, so you naturally have new hope, right?"
When Sun Xianjin was in school, he knew that Li Ye was a "big flower grower", so when he saw Seryosha and Sophia starting to regard themselves as teachers, he hurriedly started to intervene and diverted the conversation from this sensitive topic.
“Maybe!”
Seryosha said somewhat helplessly: "Sophia and I are very confused now. We don't know if our future can be as strong as the lighthouse."
Sofia also said: "Compared to the economic uncertainty, we are more worried about whether the country's faith can be maintained. Now many of our people want to leave their hometown and go to the lighthouse."
“.”
After listening to what Seryosha and Sophia said, Li Ye felt deeply moved.
[It turns out that the people of Suzhou also yearn for the lighthouse. ]
In the year 1991 on Earth, all countries believed that lighthouses were paradises of civilization. Once they discovered various problems in society, the first thing they wanted to do was to find the answers from them.
This is very similar to some people in mainland China who are also trying their best to study abroad and are also risking their lives to get out.
At this time, Sophia suddenly asked Sun Xianjin: "Sun, are there many students who are sent to the West by your country who don't return home?"
Li Ye: "."
[You are bringing up something irrelevant! ]
But Sun Xianjin said calmly: "It is true that there are such cases, but more people have returned to China. The squad leader who studied abroad with me went to Dengta, and now he has returned to China and taken up an important position."
"Yeah?"
Sophia looked at Sun Xianjin and sighed, "Yes! My grandfather told me that you flower growers have a saying. After the leaves fall, they always return to their roots.
Decades ago, those people who came to our country to study abroad resolutely returned to their hometowns. You are different from us."
After Sophia said this, Li Ye, Lao Shao and others were somewhat moved.
Because decades ago, a group of people came here from the poor flower-growing countries, learned a whole set of theories, and then went back to create a new world.
Now that flower growers have encountered a bottleneck, they have begun to send students to study in the West, hoping to learn better experience.
Therefore, flower growers have never stopped their efforts to become “stronger and stronger”.
Li Ye discovered in his previous life that even the generation of young people who were infiltrated by Western ideas had the unique imprint of the flower-growing family.
That year, 911 happened. The young people who had just been cursing their own backwardness and praising the Lighthouse suddenly became ecstatic, cheered and shouted the slogan "God bless us, the only ones who grow flowers."
Therefore, flower growers always pursue ideal morality that they define themselves and have unique criteria for judgment.
I will learn from the excellence of an excellent country, and I will be angry at my own backward motherland for not fighting hard instead of hating myself for being born in the wrong place.
[My father is very poor, he doesn't have much ability, sometimes he even beats me with a stick, but he is still my father. When I grow up and make money, I have to give him ten or eight yuan every month to spend.]
(End of this chapter)
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