Li Nanxing thought of something and continued, "Oh! By the way, I've already reunited with my biological father in Hong Kong. It's the one I told you about before, that tortuous and complicated life story! So now I've taken my father's last name, Li. Remember to call me Li Nanxing from now on!"
Changed your surname?
Change your name to Li Nanxing?
Zhang Luyao only then realized that Xu Nanxing had changed his name. "Li Nanxing, huh? I'm a little uncomfortable with this! I didn't expect you to travel through time and change your last name!"
In his previous life, Li Nanxing was always called Xu Nanxing. Now, after so long, he actually changed his name. Zhang Luyao didn't expect this.
However, Li Nanxing didn't care about her surname. After two lifetimes, Li Nanxing had very little feelings for her parents. It was just a matter of changing her surname. Whether it was Xu or Li, it didn't matter much to her!
It's just a name anyway!
Zhang Luyao certainly understood Li Nanxing's situation, so he readily accepted the other party's new name.
"By the way, because I donated computers twice, I have already made a name for myself in China's Ministry of Education! I didn't donate so many computers in vain. If someone notices that you have left the team and are talking to me, just tell your team leader my information. I am a well-known patriotic businessman, and your leader should not have any objection to you for this!" Li Nanxing continued.
"Okay! You are already so famous, I am just waiting to take advantage of you!" Zhang Luyao said jokingly.
Li Nanxing took out a piece of paper and a stack of US dollars and handed it to Zhang Luyao. "This piece of paper has my home address in the United States written on it. It's a villa near Harvard University. It also has the landline number of the villa and my pager number! Oh, right? You know what a pager is, right? Although it was only popular in our country for a few years before it was quickly replaced by mobile phones, you should still know what it is!"
"This... is something really historical!" Zhang Luyao was also surprised by the pager that Li Nanxing took out.
This group of international students had just arrived in the United States a few days ago and had taken a few days of language training courses. They usually stayed with international students from their own country and lived together. They had not had the opportunity to interact with American classmates, so Zhang Luyao had not noticed that Americans were now using pagers for daily communication.
So now when I see the ancient BB machine that Li Nanxing took out, well, it’s a bit big and not surprisingly a bit heavy to hold. Compared to the small and light BB machines that came out twenty years later, it’s really much older!
This BB machine, also known as a pager, was once called a "BP machine". It first appeared in 1949 and was invented by Al Gross of Canada.
The real commercialization of pagers began in 1962. It has been operating in the United States for more than ten years and is now a very mature electronic product.
Pagers were popular in China for a few years in the 1990s, but they were completely replaced by mobile phones and PHS within a few years, disappearing very quickly and completely!
So many young people have never heard of a pager, or even seen one.
When mobile phones were still big bricks and call charges were very expensive, it was unlikely that the United States would eliminate pagers in the next decade or so, so Li Nanxing still equipped herself with a pager. Although she also felt that pagers were a bit troublesome to use, they were still useful in today's society where mobile phones were not popular. At least it was quite convenient for her to contact other classmates, especially her friends!
Now Zhang Luyao has also come to the United States, and neither of them has their own mobile phones, so Li Nanxing also bought a pager for Zhang Luyao, and the two of them simply use the pager to communicate with each other.
"I'm in school during the day and go home at night. So if you need to talk to me, just call me on my pager during the day and give me a call at night!" Li Nanxing instructed, and took out a stack of US dollars and gave it to Zhang Luyao. "When you're away from home, especially abroad, it's good to have money in hand so you don't have to worry. Take this money! We're not close to each other, and if something really happens to you, I might not be able to help you in time!"
Zhang Luyao didn't act pretentiously. He collected the money and baby that Li Nanxing handed over and secretly put them into his own apartment.
It’s safe to put all valuables in the space!
"Oh, right! Before I left, I heard from my brother about the courtyard house you asked me to keep an eye on. There's a family that was just rehabilitated, and there's not much left in their family, so they're planning to sell the courtyard house that the government has returned. However, because the courtyard house was previously rented out by the Housing Authority and many families live in it, it's going to be difficult to get the entire house back all at once. I've already asked my brother to help with this, and it'll take at least a year and a half to get it done. Maybe I won't know if it's done until I finish my studies in the United States and return."
Courtyard!
Li Nanxing's eyes lit up when he heard this.
She has always wanted to buy a whole courtyard house!
If anyone travels to this era and doesn’t have a complete courtyard house, wouldn’t it be a waste of time?
If you buy a larger and complete courtyard house now, it will appreciate in value by hundreds of millions in a few decades!
Li Nanxing definitely cannot miss out on this kind of house with super high appreciation value!
However, Li Nanxing's situation at that time was not conducive for her to buy a siheyuan. In this era where everything needed to be reviewed, she would definitely not be able to pass the Housing Authority's review. So Li Nanxing did not make things difficult for herself and simply asked Zhang Luyao to help her buy it.
With Zhang Luyao's background, wouldn't it be much easier for him to buy anything?
With such a powerful bestie, why not wait any longer?
When Li Nanxing left, he gave all the Chinese currency and some gold bricks he had to Zhang Luyao, asking her to keep an eye out for information about courtyard houses after returning to Beijing, and to buy any suitable ones directly.
Li Nanxing knew that buying a complete courtyard house was quite difficult these days. Many courtyard houses were rented out by the housing management office to multiple families. With so many people living in them, buying one would be extremely difficult, and many families living there wouldn't be willing to move out! Furthermore, with so many people living there, even the most beautiful courtyard would become a mess.
So Li Nanxing didn't expect to be able to get this done within a few years.
It’s okay to wait a few years!
After all, she still has to study in the United States for four years, so even if she bought the house early, she wouldn’t be able to live there!
"It's okay. I still have three years to graduate anyway! You still have two years to study in the US. When you return home early and you've bought the courtyard house, you can move in first! It's such a big yard. If no one lives there, who knows who would want to take it!"
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