[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981":3,"chapter-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-829":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","That Year, the Flowers Bloomed in 1981",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2295247,4489,"Chapter 829: With You Here, How Could We Possibly Lose Money?","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-829",829,"\u003Cp>Li Ye had always believed that mainland agencies operated inefficiently, but this time he saw a change in Old Liu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know how Old Liu had spoken with Gu Jianqi overnight, but the next day Gu Jianqi’s freedom was restricted—he could only eat meals delivered to his room, and his plane ticket home was already arranged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inspection team also entered a period of strict control: all business meetings outside required supervision, they were confined to a two-point route, forbidden from casually interacting with unrelated individuals, and absolutely prohibited from leaving on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Ma Zhao and Lu Zhizhang hadn’t vouched for him, Li Ye’s mobile phone would have been confiscated and not allowed to remain in personal possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this, Liu Muhan’s previous management had been ridiculously lax—punishing him one by one wasn’t unjust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after several rounds of negotiations, Mitsubishi finally agreed to transfer the minivan’s chassis technology, and Liu Muhan’s import efforts achieved far beyond expectations; back home, with some maneuvering, his merits might well offset his faults.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Huai’s fall was purely his own personal act, unrelated to Liu Muhan, and the Light Vehicle Company’s upcoming major move explicitly required Liu Muhan’s cooperation; not even granting him major credit for this was already unfair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Liu Muhan finally exhale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you so much, nephew—I’d have been utterly ruined if not for you and Xiao Yu. I might never have recovered in my whole life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you really want to thank me, stop calling me nephew. My grandfather and Uncle Liu are brothers, but you’re not my elder—we each keep our own relations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye had actually benefited from this affair: with the minivan’s chassis technology, Factory One could avoid countless detours; otherwise, relying solely on self-experimentation would have delayed progress by at least three to five years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if Li Ye hadn’t helped Liu Muhan, his grandfather Li Zhong would never have approved—older generations’ emotions and values were incomprehensible to modern people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, don’t tell me about this—I’ve already discussed it with Xiao Yu. We each keep our own relations. Hahaha~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you’re sisters with Xiao Yu, but you’re my elder now, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Muhan smiled smugly and said, “By the way, this Saturday, Old Liu has invited a top expert to analyze Guo Huai’s commission contract.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When they ask you again about the liability waiver clause, you must be vague and evasive—don’t be as definitive and expert-like as last time, just inviting trouble for yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye chuckled. “If you’ve already brought in experts, why ask my opinion? What’s it got to do with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If Guo Huai’s dead, what’s it got to do with you? You spent days explaining stock and futures knowledge to him—what’s that got to do with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Muhan snapped, “I was certain I’d get promoted to deputy division chief this year. Now, if I drag you down with me, my parents will scold me to death, and Xiao Yu won’t forgive me either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, alright, my Xiao Yu isn’t that petty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so? Hehehe~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Muhan glanced sideways at Li Ye, lips curled high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Leyu wasn't petty toward Li Ye—toward others, hehe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Saturday, Fu Guiru called Li Ye to come over for dumplings, but Li Ye still couldn’t leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, I’m still under supervision! I only leave for Mitsubishi contract talks or stay at the hotel—I won’t be within reach of your beating for now. Why don’t you save it up? Beat me properly when we get back to Beijing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think I sit around all day calculating interest for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Guiru scolded with a laugh, then said, “The stock market’s finally stabilizing. If you think there’s no major issue, I’ll head back home—the factory’s piled with work, and I need to see Xiao Bao. I dreamed of him again last night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Tower had rolled out a series of market-stabilizing measures, after Black Monday, the market bottomed out and began oscillating within days, later entering a twelve-year bull run—so Li Ye told Fu Guiru there was no major problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Ye said, “The stock market’s fine, but don’t just keep thinking of Xiao Bao—pay attention to Xiao Dou too. Grandson and granddaughter are the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said they weren’t the same! But I can’t control my dreams—who’s to blame?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Guiru smiled sweetly. “Besides, are grandson and granddaughter really the same? After a hundred years, a grandson’s grandson still comes to burn incense at my grave—but a granddaughter’s grandson… will he even remember who I am?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye had no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every year when he returned home to pay respects at the graves, he only saw sons, grandsons, and nephews burning incense for ancestors—but rarely did he see maternal grandsons or nephews burning incense for their maternal grandfather or uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why many clung to returning to their ancestral homeland rather than dying alone in a foreign land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For atheists, it didn’t matter—but for those with strong traditional beliefs, they sometimes feared that years later, no one would even remember their grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, Li Ye and the others ate in the hotel’s small dining room, when Old Liu announced that China’s top financial expert would arrive shortly and that Li Ye, as an economics graduate, should attend and take notes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye couldn’t refuse—many economic terms were unintelligible to outsiders, and he wanted to see what this so-called “expert” was like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 1:30 p.m., Li Ye finally met the invited “experts”—young, radiating a faint air of arrogance, with impressive bearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially one young woman—her gaze, her chin—almost lifted to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she saw Li Ye, she froze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Minying never expected to encounter Li Ye in Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier this year, Li Ye warned Cai Minying that Japan’s stock market would experience major volatility in the second half of the year, so she wrote to Group Leader Huang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Japan’s market did indeed fluctuate; Cai Minying was urgently dispatched to assist with trading and, within a week, achieved the largest profit ever recorded by the National Team—hence her recent arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But facing Li Ye, she couldn’t muster any of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is Group Leader Huang, this is Xiao Cai. Old Liu, don’t be fooled by their youth—they’re both professionals who studied in the Tower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They just happened to be in Japan, otherwise they wouldn’t have had time to come analyze your contract data. Overseas financial markets are extremely complex right now—they’re incredibly busy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Liu smiled. “I know, I know—Secretary Jiang already told me. Let me introduce you—this is Li Ye, from Peking University’s Economics Department; this is Liu Muhan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peking University’s Economics Department?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Group Leader Huang glanced at Li Ye, then smiled. “What a coincidence? My colleague here is also from Peking University’s Economics Department. Do you know her, Comrade Li Ye?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye smiled back. “I know her, sort of. When I entered Peking University, she’d already gone abroad to study. By the time she returned, I was about to graduate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! Then you’re Junior to Director Cai! Today your senior sister came to help you—you’d better treat her well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course we’ll treat her well—feed her full, get her drunk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Group Leader Huang and the others laughed heartily, but Cai Minying stared oddly at Li Ye: “We’re just ‘sort of’ acquainted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ye sighed. “Sorry, Senior Sister—we’re very close, alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Minying stared at Li Ye for a moment, then asked: “If you’re here, why did you call us over? And if you’re here, how could you possibly lose money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I told you we weren’t close—can’t you pick up on the subtext? How the hell did you get to deputy director with this level of emotional intelligence?】\u003C\u002Fp>",1293,"2026-06-20T05:05:02.628Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","39c3c3ee4189df8aa4c4c9275dc9bd710be7391bf4cea5bcf3fbbf26effad721","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-830","that-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-chapter-828",884,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthat-year-the-flowers-bloomed-in-1981-cover.jpg"]