Chapter 176

"At that time, the Blue Sea Publishing House was unwilling for me to establish contact with the Hong Kong side,

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 over there are not bad, and they are willing to provide me with some current affairs materials related to economics..."

Li Ye told the story of the Hong Kong publishing house, filling a loophole he had considered long ago.

It's cold at the heights, and there will always be people who doubt Li Ye's remarks. In the future, whenever something like this happens, just push it all to the Hong Kong side.

And in front of people at Professor Zhang's level, there is no need to hide.

After Li Ye finished speaking, Peng Rui said in surprise: "You can actually buy books and periodicals from Hong Kong?"

Zou Mengcheng also said: "Can you bring them over for us to see?"

Yu Xiufen stood up directly and said: "Do you even need to ask? Hurry up and take us to get them!"

"Xiufen, how are you talking!" Teacher Lu said unhappily: "How come you're like a robber? Are you also treating the masses like this when you work?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll go get them now," Li Ye smiled: "I'm timid and dare not show them to others. I close the door and build a car by myself, and I often don't understand them!"

The books and magazines sent by Pei Wencong are not convenient to show to people he is not familiar with, but it is no problem to show them to Professor Zhang, Yu Xiufen, and others,

because through their discussion just now, it is known that everyone is an active person striving for change and eager to get more clues related to economics to verify the feasibility of the Zhonghua family's change.

"Oh, you are really wasting heaven's gifts. Hurry up and get them!"

Yu Xiufen stomped her feet anxiously, urging Li Ye to go out quickly.

Li Ye had no choice but to go out and ride his bicycle, return to the dormitory, and take back the large parcel that hadn't been unpacked yet.

The postmark on it can prove that what Li Ye said is true.

Several senior brothers and sisters hurriedly opened the parcel, revealing a large stack of economics books and periodicals inside.

"Huo, there are so many? Li Ye, are you sure they are just kindly given to you by others? Not sugar-coated bullets bribing you to develop into a spy?"

"My family has been poor for eight generations and has been in the army for two generations. Develop me? It's them who are blind, guaranteed to let them... meat buns... never return."

"Hahahaha~, count you as receiving it fast."

Pei Wencong didn't dare to neglect Li Ye's instructions. There were foreign language ones and Chinese ones in the parcel, at least several dozen books in total.

Not to mention Yu Xiufen and the others, even Professor Zhang, who was originally calm and drinking tea while watching the students monkeying around, couldn't sit still.

He leaned forward and quickly rummaged through the pile of books, and in a short while, he pulled several books into his arms.

Jingda in '82 didn't have the courage of later generations to be rich. The foreign exchange for purchasing books outside Jingda in the library every year was limited.

The Economics Department was seriously disconnected from the outside, and the foreign exchange allocation lagged far behind other departments and majors like basic science and mechanical engineering, so even Professor Zhang had the sigh of "books are used only when they are needed."

But now a Jingda student actually shook out dozens of foreign language original books at once, and many of them were new books published in recent years. Not to mention the Jingda library collecting them, they hadn't even heard of them.

"Du du du~"

"Old ones are old, young ones are young, what do they look like one by one," Teacher Lu knocked on the table with a cold face and said unhappily: "Have you asked the owner of the book? Do you think they are your own things? You just pull them into your arms."

Li Ye hurriedly said: "No need, Teacher Lu, I can't finish reading so many books anyway. It's easier to lose them if I put them in the dormitory. Several senior brothers and sisters can read them as they please."

Among these people, Professor Zhang pulled the most. Teacher Lu could scold her husband, but he couldn't have no eye for it.

"That won't do either," Teacher Lu commanded Yu Xiufen: "Take a piece of paper, list the book titles and prices,

no matter who wants to borrow them, leave the deposit here first. Otherwise, what if they are lost?"

"Good, this method is good."

Yu Xiufen immediately went to get paper and pen, registering them book by book, but after registering only a small half, she looked at Teacher Lu with a bitter face.

"Teacher, I'm afraid we can't afford to borrow them... look at the price... it's US dollars!"

In the eyes of the Zhonghua people in '82, the price of foreign books is incomprehensible, and it is a representative physical evidence that fully interprets the extreme exploitation of capitalism.

A big book three fingers thick actually dares to ask for tens of US dollars. This price is dozens or even hundreds of times the price of books in the interior.

Although Yu Xiufen and the others worked and had salaries, they couldn't take out so much money.

"I said it was unnecessary early on!"

Li Ye spread his hands and smiled: "Books are things that can only exert the greatest effect in the hands of excellent scholars.

Not all of these books are important books. Let's pick them out. The important ones will be kept by Teacher Lu, and the rest we can borrow freely..."

Li Ye quietly swapped concepts and started calling Teacher Lu "Teacher."

In his view, this pile of books wasn't enough for an apprenticeship gift.

"This idea is good," Professor Zhang immediately said: "I'll be responsible for distinguishing, and your teacher will be responsible for keeping them. Whoever wants to read them, go find your teacher to sign."

Several teachers and students were busy around a pile of books and periodicals, and it took a long time to distinguish them.

And the careful Yu Xiufen calculated the prices of the books and got a very large number.

She said worriedly: "Li Ye, do you really not plan to settle this money with the Hong Kong side? Taking people's things for nothing... is not very good!"

"Capitalists won't provide free lunch," Li Ye smiled: "I think he smelled something and is showing favor to us in advance."

Yu Xiufen said: "Smelled something? What smell?"

Li Ye said: "A few days ago, didn't we negotiate with the British side? Maybe they feel it's time to go home?"

"..."

Everyone looked at Li Ye in surprise. After a long while, Yu Xiufen suddenly said to Professor Zhang: "Teacher, I take back that sentence. The little junior brother you accepted is not only good-looking, but also has goods in his stomach!"

"That's of course, my vision has always been accurate."

Professor Zhang sat back on the sofa proudly, crossed his legs, and shook them, looking so proud.

Nakamura Naoto stood outside the South Gate of Jingda, feeling the cold night wind, as if it were as cold as his mood at this moment.

This morning, he found his head teacher and filed a stern protest, insisting that Li Ye give him an explanation.

And the head teacher didn't take this matter lightly. After reporting to the department, he made representations to the Economics Department.

In the end, both sides negotiated a solution that Nakamura Naoto was very dissatisfied with.

Li Ye would apologize orally to Nakamura Naoto, and the location was set in the Dean's Office.

"What's the use of this small-scale oral apology? Can it undo the humiliation I suffered in public?"

Nakamura Naoto strongly opposed it, but the attitude of the Economics Department was also very tough. It was just an oral apology. As for how to deal with Li Ye later, it had nothing to do with Nakamura Naoto.

In the end, Nakamura Naoto could only compromise.

But what was infuriating was that Nakamura Naoto arrived at the Dean's Office at the agreed time, but didn't see Li Ye.

The Economics Department just sent a female student to lightly drop a sentence: "Li Ye was taken home for dinner by Professor Zhang, and we'll talk about other things later."

And then there was no then.

Although the Dean's Office said "we'll talk later," Nakamura Naoto, who had lived in the Zhonghua family for several years, how could he not know that this was going to be left unsettled?

But no matter how dissatisfied Nakamura Naoto was, the result was just like this.

Only then did Nakamura Naoto understand that although his status was special and he had been receiving special care during his studies, in the end, he was just a student.

If the school doesn't care about you, this student, you have no ability at all.

Helpless, Nakamura Naoto could only temporarily give up pursuing Li Ye and instead implement his social relationship remedial plan.

"Di di~"

A car drove over quickly and stopped in front of Nakamura Naoto.

Inoue Koji got out of the car and handed a bag to Nakamura Naoto.

Nakamura Naoto 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 are the tapes I wanted?"

"Time is too tight, I haven't prepared all the tapes, I will send them to you as soon as possible."

Nakamura Naoto stared at Inoue Koji with a gloomy face for several seconds before nodding arrogantly and turning to walk into the school.

He walked all the way to the student union activity room, moved his facial muscles at the door, and his gloomy face became gentle and humble.

Through the glass on the door of the activity room, Nakamura Naoto saw Liu Chunbo and others chatting and laughing.

There was a contemptuous sneer on his face.

"This morning, you were so cold to me, but will you be cold to a Walkman? Heh heh~"

Thanks to book friend "Gu Gu Ji" for the tip, thanks to book friend "The Submerged Giant" for the tip. Thanks to the two brothers.

(End of chapter)