Chapter 498: That Child

Li Ye smiled and said: "Sister Xiao Ying, although Pei Pei Wencong doesn't exclude investing in the mainland, businessmen in Hong Kong are different from those in the mainland. They have their own way of operating and are very unaccustomed to certain habits in the mainland."

"For example, after the joint venture, there are always big-tempered relationship households pointing fingers, and having to work with a bunch of grandpas and grandmas on top of your head, isn't it annoying all day long?"

Pan Xiao Ying rolled her eyes, looked at Li Ye with a slightly angry face for several seconds, and then said unhappily: "Don't think that relationship households are all useless, okay? Relationship households also want to make progress. If relationship households are used well, they can get twice the result with half the effort, do you know?"

Li Ye didn't indulge the other party either and answered in seconds: "That's true, but the benefits are all taken by the relationship households. People aren't willing to do business that loses money and earns shouting, either!"

Pan Xiao Ying was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sneered: "You are really a wooden block. Who is the relationship household? You and I are the relationship households!"

"In the end, how much benefit to take and how much soup to leave for others is up to you and me to decide, right? I'm helping you out here! And you're still being pretentious?"

Li Ye blinked and tentatively asked: "You mean, you and I are partners in this business? But do you have the final say at home?"

Pan Xiao Ying smiled faintly and said: "Don't worry about this, anyway, I guarantee that no one else will intervene. What do you think?"

Li Ye narrowed his eyes and whispered: "Then I have to discuss it with the Hong Kong side. This matter is not small, I can't make the decision."

Pan Xiao Ying smiled and picked up the wine glass, saying to Li Ye: "Believe me, they will agree."

Li Ye said he would discuss it with the Hong Kong side, but actually, he was discussing it with Wen Wen Leyu. After all, Pan Xiao Ying had said that he, Li Ye, was a relationship household, and his relationship was Wen Wen Leyu.

Wen Wen Leyu heard Li Ye's description and immediately wrinkled her nose: "Her abacus is really calculating. She doesn't pay a penny and occupies a large amount of benefits. It's all because you spoiled her."

Li Ye was wronged: "Where did I spoil her? Because of Ning Ning Pingping's matter, I have always been awkward with her. This time, regarding the program-controlled switch, she did help us, so it can be considered mutual benefit."

"Hmph, mutual benefit. She was just dozing off, and you happened to have a pillow in your hand. It's cheap for her."

Wen Wen Leyu said unhappily: "This time, Hong Kong capital invested funds and equipment. We don't know when we will break even. If there are achievements, they are hers, and if there are losses, the risks are ours. If this isn't spoiling her, what is?"

"Don't rush to agree to her about this matter. I'll discuss it with Mom before deciding. You can't always suffer losses like this in the future, as if someone is a cut above someone else."

Wen Wen Leyu's calculation method was different from Li Ye's. She believed that the "invest first, harvest later" method of Hong Kong capital was taking all the risks of failure onto their own side.

Conversely, Pan Xiao Ying probably wouldn't spend much money from the pilot to large-scale promotion. Even if the early experiments failed, there wouldn't be much economic loss, but once successful, the credit would be huge.

So Wen Wen Leyu felt that she must fight for equal benefits for Li Ye regarding Pan Xiao Ying's proposal for a joint venture.

What does "you and I have the final say" mean? It means my Li Ye has the final say, and you, Pan Xiao Ying, are just a passenger.

Li Ye couldn't help but smile when he heard Wen Wen Leyu's words.

This time, Pan Xiao Ying was able to quickly bring out the big shots at home to help Li Ye clear the obstacles for the pilot and sales, which was directly related to Hong Kong capital's indication that they could advance funds for investment.

Compared to Old Liu's side, which only asked the country for things, Li Ye's side had to demonstrate relative advantages.

Hong Kong capital invested foreign exchange, which became foreign exchange reserves for the country after entering the mainland's foreign exchange control department, so it was able to go on the fast track with green lights all the way.

If it followed the normal process, it would absolutely not be so fast, even with Pan Xiao Ying, it wouldn't be so fast.

So Li Ye really thought it was mutual benefit. After all, the huge market in the mainland later on was really a gold mine that couldn't be dug out in decades.

If Pan Xiao Ying went smoothly, she might be one of the big shots among the three major operators decades later.

But Wen Wen Leyu's train of thought was different. We are all relationship households, who doesn't have a big shot in their family? You can't take advantage of me for even a penny.

"Xiao Yu, you are right. This matter really needs Aunt Ke to make the decision."

Li Ye agreed: "Look, Pan Xiao Ying will be your sister-in-law in the future, and I will be your brother's brother-in-law in the future. We are all one family, so your mother has to make the decision, right?"

"However, as a family, we don't need to be too calculating about who suffers and who takes advantage. Your relationship with your brother and sister-in-law is the most important."

Wen Wen Leyu's eyeballs turned, she tilted her head to look at Li Ye, and then muttered: "But we still have to calculate clearly. We can't be unclear, and we can't let her pretend to be confused while knowing."

"Yes, yes, yes. In front of our Xiao Yu, no one can think of pretending to be confused while knowing. Everyone obediently stand at attention. Let's go, let's go. The Western restaurant your sister-in-law invited me to yesterday was good. I'll take you to taste it."

Li Ye smiled and hugged Wen Wen Leyu's arm, wanting to take her to enjoy a candlelight dinner. Li Ye had already asked yesterday that the Western restaurant had that service project.

Although Li Ye preferred the taste of Chinese food, occasionally being romantic with a little girl could still enhance their relationship.

But Wen Wen Leyu said: "We will go to the Western restaurant in the future. Let's go home to eat today and give my mother a heads-up first."

"Is it that urgent?"

"What if she tells my mother first and my mother says she doesn't care about these small matters? This Pan Xiao Ying is very powerful!"

Since Wen Wen Leyu learned to drive, Li Ye's red Santana had been parked in Zaojunmiao all year round. The young couple rode their bicycles low-key out of school and changed to a car, heading straight to the COFCO courtyard.

However, after the two arrived home, Aunt Ke hadn't returned yet, saying she had gone to deliver the script of "Lone Army of the Homeland" to several elders.

Li Ye received instructions to strictly adapt the script according to the plot, but the script was the script. Even if it strictly followed the plot, there were still discrepancies.

For example, in the same scene where three people block the enemy, which character role is portrayed more deeply, and which character just shows up to make up the numbers?

So every time Li Ye adapted a part, he still had to show it to Aunt Ke. After all, the readers of this book were too awesome, so being cautious wouldn't hurt.

But Li Ye didn't expect that after Aunt Ke looked at it, she had to let the big shots take a look.

Thinking of the bitter experience when writing, Li Ye couldn't help but have a heavy expression.

Wen Wen Qingsheng saw Li Ye's heavy expression and said with a smile: "It's okay, Xiao Ye. Your Aunt Ke told me that your adaptation is very good and should be well-received by everyone."

"Is that so? That would be the best, heh heh."

Aunt Ke's vision was very accurate, and the script adapted by Li Ye indeed received praise from several big shots.

"Xiaoyu! This 'Seven-Inch Blade' is very good. This script is very much to our temper, and those uncles and brothers of yours have read it and can't find any faults."

Aunt Ke smiled and said: "Uncle Peng, that child's grandfather is also a veteran of the War of Resistance, so he formed a straightforward personality, so what he wrote is also straightforward, and it might be more in line with the temper of soldiers!"

Uncle Peng nodded slightly and said: "I can see it. It really has a temper of being young and vigorous, unlike some literati now who flatter you in a roundabout way, which sounds awkward no matter how you listen to it."

Aunt Ke smiled and didn't pick up the conversation.

This kind of thing is unavoidable at any time. Under the pens of some authors, the incumbent in power will be raised high, and other people's scenes will be skipped over.

But Li Ye is not. As much as possible, he still pays more attention to those characters who sacrificed and gave those martyrs the greatest opportunity to appear.

Big shots who crawled out of a pile of dead people, who would fight for the limelight with dead comrades? Wouldn't it just hit the temper?

Uncle Peng closed the script and asked with a smile: "I heard that you intend to take that kid as a son-in-law?"

Aunt Ke was stunned, then smiled and said: "Yes, Uncle Peng. When we were in the countryside, Xiao Yu learned and progressed with him, and later they were admitted to Jingda together. Their feelings are deep and their relationship is natural, so I don't want to stop them."

"Stop them? That kid is not bad."

Uncle Peng smiled, and suddenly changed the subject, asking: "But he seems to be very close to Pei Pei Wencong from Hong Kong. Do you have any understanding of this aspect?"

Aunt Ke's heart sank, and she suddenly became heavy.

Because just a few days ago, the mainland central authorities issued an important document—"Decision on Prohibiting Children and Spouses of Leading Cadres from Doing Business."

The "Decision" pointed out that many cadres' children and spouses used their special status and social relationships to participate in the illegal buying and selling of scarce national materials, which had already aroused dissatisfaction among the masses, seriously damaged the prestige of the authorities, and was also a serious corrosion to themselves.

In order to promote a fundamental improvement in social atmosphere, it was decided that children and spouses of cadres at the county and regiment level and above, except for those working in state-owned, collective, Sino-foreign joint ventures, and labor service industries established to solve the employment of staff's children, are strictly prohibited from doing business.

All cadres' children, especially those working in economic departments, must not rely on family relationships and influence to participate in or be assigned by others to use price differences, pull relationships, and illegally buy and sell for huge profits.

And at this time, Uncle Peng suddenly asked Aunt Ke if Li Ye had any situation with Pei Pei Wencong. What did that mean?

Did he feel that Li Ye doing business was no longer appropriate?

Although Li Ye was not her daughter, he was her future son-in-law!

Aunt Ke only thought for less than a second before deciding to tell the truth selectively.

This kind of thing must absolutely not be lied about in front of Uncle Peng.

"Uncle Peng, I have understood the relationship between Li Ye and Pei Pei Wencong. Initially, Li Ye published some articles in the Blue Sea Publishing House in Daocheng. Because Pei Pei Wencong had a cooperative relationship with Blue Sea, it was reprinted..."

"Later, Li Ye earned a sum of foreign exchange and handed it over to me, asking me to donate it to the country on his behalf. I used that foreign exchange in the unit's foreign activities, which can be considered as solving an urgent need..."

"Later, Li Ye earned a larger sum of foreign exchange. He asked me how to donate it appropriately. I felt that the child's money should not be excessively demanded, so I didn't make a decision immediately."

"But he set aside one-third, saying he was waiting for my handling, and the rest should have been handed over to Pei Pei Wencong for investment. Pei Pei Wencong has been investing in the mainland, and all the profits earned have been left in the mainland..."

"Li Ye told me that within twenty years, all investment profits will be reinvested into the construction of the mainland's manufacturing industry... I think this can be considered a piece of heart from that child!"

(End of chapter)

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