Chapter 1645 You were too young when you left, you didn't know anything.
"Hey teacher, are you kidding me? What am I, a financial trading manager, compared to you? I've seen your articles frequently while I was overseas! I'll always be your student."
When Zhang Qiyan introduced Zhang Chaoxian, he had a smile on his face, but what he said was quite meaningful.
But Zhang Chaoxian seemed not to understand anything, and continued to flatter Zhang Qiyan with a smile, while also correcting Zhang Qiyan's introduction of "financial trader" to "financial trading manager".
This made Shang Ruilin, Diao Wenyao, and the others burst into laughter.
Come to think of it, Zhang Chaoxian was still a student when he went abroad to study, and his eyes were probably full of innocent naiveté.
The environment of the lighthouse, which is completely different from that of China, forced Zhang Chaoxian to desperately try to show himself. So, after all these years, his understanding of the word "humility" is probably still stuck in his naive student days.
At this moment, Teacher Lü's wife spoke up coldly: "Alright, what are you saying here in this freezing weather? Hurry up and get in the car and go home!"
"Hey, teacher, get in my car, it's fast and steady."
It must be said that Zhang Chaoxian reacted very quickly, reaching out to pull Zhang Qiyan into his Mercedes-Benz.
"The government has sent a car to pick me up, so I won't take your nice car."
Zhang Qiyan waved his hand and walked towards the Audi. His secretary had already opened the car door and was ready to help him in.
Zhang Chaoxian was immediately embarrassed.
He went to great lengths to get a luxury car, but he didn't feel any sense of superiority at all. Instead, he was completely crushed by Zhang Qiyan's "style".
Even if you're a financial trading manager, how can you compare to a super strategist like Zhang Qiyan? Even his secretary, who opens the car door for him, wouldn't give you a second glance.
"Okay, then I'll help you with your luggage, teacher!"
Having lost face, Zhang Chaoxian quickly adjusted his mindset, and a smile reappeared on his face: "Minying, then ride in my car! It's been almost ten years since we parted ways at Lighthouse."
Cai Minying didn't even lift her eyelids, she just waved her hand, and a Santana drove up and stopped in front of her.
"No need. The government has already provided me with a car. Your car costs so much per kilometer, I don't feel at ease sitting in it."
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Zhang Chaoxian almost choked to death by Cai Minying.
Back when Cai Minying went abroad to study at Lighthouse University, Zhang Chaoxian, as her "senior brother," took great care of her. Little did he expect that now even she would not take him seriously.
Zhang Chaoxian, with a cold expression, glanced at Li Ye, who was carrying things in both hands: "Didn't I tell you to put your things in the trunk of my car? What are you still standing there for?"
[What the hell! You made someone lose face, and now you want to get your revenge on me?]
Li Ye rolled his eyes and said to Cai Minying, "Senior sister, can I hitch a ride with you?"
Cai Minying asked in surprise, "Where's your car?"
Li Ye quickly tossed the things into Cai Minying's trunk, opened the door, and got into the back seat: "Hey, my car isn't as comfortable as yours!"
Li Ye's car is a Mercedes-Benz W140, how could it not be as powerful as Cai Minying's Santana? He just wanted to find out some gossip.
After getting in the car, Li Ye asked Cai Minying, "Senior sister, who is this Manager Zhang? He's so bossy and arrogant!"
"Hmph, just a self-righteous fool."
Cai Minying snorted coldly and said slowly, "He was the first student among the teacher's students to be sent abroad for further studies on a government scholarship. The teacher guarantor for him, so it can be said that the teacher had high hopes for him. But after he arrived in Beijing, he was blinded by the allure of the world."
When I went to study at Lighthouse University, Zhang Chaoxian had already established himself there and was making money. He often acted like the senior student and bossed me around. At first, I thought he was a kind-hearted person, but later I couldn't be bothered with him anymore.
Li Ye nodded slowly: "Is he on a government-sponsored study abroad program? Or is he on a government-funded program?"
Cai Minying nodded, her expression stern.
Although there is only a one-word difference between government-sponsored and government-funded study abroad, their meanings are completely different.
Funding for government-sponsored overseas study usually comes from government grants or institutional subsidies, while funding for government-funded overseas study mostly comes from school scholarships.
Obviously, if the country pays for you to go abroad, you naturally have the obligation to return to China on time to serve the country, and may even sign an "Agreement on Funding Study Abroad" with the China Scholarship Council.
If you sign an agreement but ultimately fail to return to China to serve the country as agreed, the country has the right to demand that you reimburse all expenses incurred during your studies abroad.
The restrictions on government-funded overseas study are much weaker, and in the later stages, only "moral" constraints remain; if you don't come back, they can't bring you back.
Zhang Chaoxian's case is the most serious type.
Li Ye frowned slightly and asked in surprise, "Then what is he doing back this time? Does he want to ask his teacher for help to smooth things over and serve the country again?"
"What are you thinking? How could the teacher possibly approve of him now? They'd be more wary of him. On the contrary, you've always been a pillar of the school in the teacher's eyes!"
"No, no, no, the wind is so strong it breaks treetops. I'm just a little tree that can't take your praise. With my senior sisters and so many senior brothers around, I, Li Ye, am just firewood. You are the pillars of the nation."
Cai Minying glanced at Li Ye and said with a hint of exasperation, "You're such a cunning fellow that people both hate and love."
Li Ye: "."
【Hate and love at the same time? Senior sister, you've used the wrong words!】
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When the group returned to Zhang Qiyan's residential area, a small incident occurred: Zhang Chaoxian's Mercedes could not get in. Zhang Chaoxian was about to get angry, but was instead given a lecture by the "little gatekeeper" of the government compound.
"Do you know where this is? Do you know who lives here? What do you, a stranger of unknown origin, want?"
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Zhang Chaoxian's face turned black with anger.
During my few days back in China, I was treated like royalty, surrounded by dollars and my prestigious reputation. Yet now I'm being looked down upon by a security guard.
Later, after Zhang Qiyan spoke with the security guard, Zhang Chaoxian finally entered, fuming.
After entering, he complained, "Now I understand what that old saying means: 'Even a seventh-rank official is humble before the prime minister's gate.' The gatekeeper of this dormitory area is so rude; it's truly an endless remnant of feudal thinking."
Li Ye glanced at Zhang Chaoxian and said calmly, "This isn't some feudalistic thinking, but rather a sense of security. Your teacher isn't a professor at Peking University anymore, and the protection he receives is much stricter than you imagine. There are many special areas near the lighthouse that people aren't allowed to enter casually, right?"
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Zhang Chaoxian was stunned for a moment, and finally understood what the oppression of social class meant.
On the other side of the lighthouse, despite people praising freedom and civilization, there are still quite a few "feudal remnants." The burly men guarding the gates for the powerful are much more rude than the old man who guarded the gate earlier.
When Zhang Chaoxian went abroad, he was too young and had no experience of the strict requirements of the mainland's elite. He thought that only foreigners had nobles. He never imagined that when nobles appeared in China, the ancestors of foreign nobles were still hiding from wild animals in trees!
"Yes, yes, I know that, but I didn't expect a security guard to be so heartless."
Zhang Chaoxian chuckled and changed the subject to Zhang Qiyan's house: "Hey, teacher, this house is pretty good! It has seven or eight rooms, right? My house in the lighthouse has eighteen rooms, it's so spacious, I sometimes feel scared at night."
In mainland China, housing for cadres is based on their rank, so Zhang Qiyan just moved to a new house last year. It's much bigger than the three-bedroom apartment he had two years ago; otherwise, there wouldn't be room for his twenty-odd disciples to even step inside.
However, given the conditions in the 1990s, it was definitely smaller compared to the large houses overseas. It would take several more years to completely surpass the conditions overseas.
So now Zhang Chaoxian has finally found a way to save face, and he rambled on and on, showing off how comfortable his life at the Lighthouse was.
"Cough cough~"
Zhang Qiyan coughed twice, then said with disdain, "None of you are leaving. Looks like you're trying to freeload off me today? Fine, it's been a long time since I've had a meal with you guys like we used to. Li Ye, go to the kitchen and prepare two tables of food for everyone."
"Oh? Okay, okay, I'll go right away."
The tradition of the Chinese nation is quite mystical. Even Li Ye, a great emperor who has transmigrated and a world-class super-rich man, can only quickly go into the kitchen to become a cook.
Zhang Chaoxian's gaze also locked onto Li Ye, because when he looked around, he could only find a sense of superiority in Li Ye among all the people around him.
(End of this chapter)
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