Chapter 885

Zixia said: "Those who are excellent in office should learn, and those who are excellent in learning should take office." It originally meant that if you had spare energy after learning, you should become an official. Later, it became a general term that those who were good at reading books could become officials.

This conclusion has continued in the Central Plains for thousands of years, and even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were extreme cases of "reading dead books" and becoming bookworms who couldn't distinguish the five grains.

After entering the new era, this situation still exists, but it is more practical than in the Ming and Qing dynasties. At the very least, one must have one's own insights into the real society,

unlike the officials of the Ming and Qing dynasties, who didn't need professional knowledge to preside over trials and only needed to know how to use the paddle.

Take Zhang Qiyan, for example. He is a core figure of the reform faction in mainland economics. Now that the spring breeze is blowing, his transfer from school to the economic management system can be considered putting his learning to use.

And the people in the government are the smartest. Just after Zhang Qiyan was promoted to Ruan's father's unit, the other party started making connections with Li Ye in a roundabout way.

After all, Zhang Qiyan is a big shot in the industry and has a group of students helping him in the Economic Committee, so he can be considered a leader of a faction. In addition, the position Zhang Qiyan was promoted to is estimated to be quite important.

So Ruan's father asking Li Ye if he knew Cai Minying was actually probing how close Li Ye was to Zhang Qiyan,

because Cai Minying was already the student closest to Li Ye's age. If Li Ye wasn't even familiar with her, then he wouldn't be able to talk to Zhang Qiyan.

Making connections in a unit requires subtlety. Being too simple and direct will only make you lose face.

【What a calculation!】

However, it's not summer vacation yet. Zhang Qiyan suddenly stopped teaching and transferred jobs, so there must be a special reason.

Li Ye secretly calculated the time and had a guess in his heart.

So he asked Cai Minying: "When was Teacher promoted? He didn't even hold a promotion banquet, did he? I don't know anything about this! Where does Teacher live now? I must bring a few pig heads over to apologize!"

Cai Minying said: "Teacher hasn't moved yet, and he didn't hold a big banquet to celebrate. But you should go over and visit more often. It only takes ten minutes to drive from your unit to Teacher's house. Can't you find ten minutes even if you're busy?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I've been busy and confused lately..."

After Li Ye hurriedly admitted his mistake, he asked Cai Minying inadvertently: "Senior Sister, you said you had a few questions you wanted to discuss with me? What exactly are the questions?"

"Wait a moment!"

Cai Minying took out a few notebooks to look through and picked up her Coke to gulp it down, as if to moisten her throat.

Li Ye blinked his eyes and immediately said: "If you have something to discuss with me, then I have no problem, but if you want to argue with me, I don't have the time!"

Cai Minying looked at Li Ye with raised eyebrows and then said: "You are in charge of operations and sales at the First Branch Factory, so you must be very familiar with the inflation situation in our mainland over the past two years.

With your sensitive touch for economics, you must have your own conjectures and predictions. So do you think the impact of this speed of inflation on the mainland's economic reform is benign or malignant?"

Li Ye looked at Cai Minying and said frankly: "The impact on units of our size is not big, but the impact on those small collective factories is huge.

The supply of planned production materials is in short supply, and the prices of raw materials on the market side are constantly rising. Now, whoever can get raw materials at a flat price can survive..."

Cai Minying said: "But the economy of township enterprises has also developed! According to incomplete statistics, in the past two years, the number of township enterprises nationwide has increased by dozens of times..."

Li Ye smiled and said: "The number has increased by dozens of times, but how much has the tax payment increased?"

In the eighties and nineties, why were private bosses afraid of being audited for thirty years? Because everyone was like that back then. If you didn't take advantage of the public, you were a fool.

But Cai Minying took out a few pieces of data and said: "Then look at these companies. They are all affiliated, and their annual tax payments are growing at a high speed, even better than the tax payment situation of state-owned enterprises..."

"There are companies like this?"

Li Ye took the papers in surprise, and when he saw them, his nose almost crooked with anger.

Fenghua Clothing, Fengyu Electronics, Changbei Machinery... they were all companies under Li Ye.

【You damn well use a conscientious entrepreneur like me to summarize the township bosses nationwide?】

Back when Li Ye was teaching Hao Jian, Jin Peng, and Li Dayong, he emphasized "not just fattening yourself" and thinking about things from the perspective of benefiting the country and the people.

In the current red ocean of private business, after you make money, you pay a portion to the state and give a portion to the employees. Even if there's little left, it's guaranteed to keep you full.

If you're really greedy like a glutton and only eat without excreting like a Pixiu, losing your conscience and suffering retribution is light. If the people above slap you down, hehehe~

Even Sun Wukong had to be pressed for five hundred years, so you think about it!

Li Ye threw the data down and said in a deep voice: "This kind of data is not accurate. You still have to look at the nationwide situation.

In addition, if it develops according to this form, there may be industry overcapacity. By then, the products produced will have no market, and the consequences will be very serious..."

Cai Minying looked at Li Ye in surprise and suddenly asked sharply: "Li Ye, you haven't changed your thinking, have you? No wonder you haven't been to Teacher's house recently? You haven't become corrupt and conservative just because you've been promoted two levels, have you?"

【I'm not corrupt or conservative~】

Li Ye laughed out of anger.

He and several senior brothers, senior sisters, and Cai Minying often gathered at Zhang Qiyan's house to discuss how to reform. Of course, they were part of the faction supporting the market economy. It's just that Li Ye knew too many detours and big pits, so he firmly supported "reform and development with characteristics."

Although the massive layoffs in the nineties had many complex reasons, overcapacity was one of the important reasons.

Compared to the development strategy of state-owned and private enterprises existing side-by-side later, many people in the eighties supported the comprehensive liberalization of the market.

For example, the "price breakthrough" that is about to start in May this year is a brave attempt by people like Cai Minying.

From May to the end of August, the mainland will fully liberalize market supply, and then there will be the biggest panic-buying wave in history.

And the reason why Zhang Qiyan suddenly transferred jobs before the end of the semester is also likely related to the big event that is about to start.

So Li Ye didn't bother with Cai Minying anymore and asked directly: "Just tell me straight! What are you doing recently?"

Cai Minying's expression tightened, and she said coldly: "What are we doing recently? What do you mean by that?"

Li Ye knew he had touched the "confidentiality principle," which made Cai Minying vigilant.

Some policies are not allowed to be leaked before they are issued, because they are afraid that someone will seize the opportunity to take advantage.

But if Li Ye wanted to take advantage, he didn't need anyone to give him news; he had endless news himself.

Li Ye smiled lightly, "You're such a proud person, if you didn't have something you weren't sure about in your heart, would you find me to argue with?"

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Cai Minying was stunned for a long time before saying in a deep voice: "I didn't want to argue with you. I just think you have unique insights into the overseas economic situation and the market changes in the mainland, so I wanted to discuss the feasibility of deepening liberalization in the mainland with you..."

Li Ye looked at Cai Minying and didn't continue to pursue it, but said calmly: "Our factory can get enough planned production materials, but since last year, I have consciously hoarded production raw materials,"

"So once it's fully liberalized, I think the impact on production units will definitely increase, but what's more affected is actually the people's livelihood,

because my unit is a public unit that doesn't care about anything. If materials rise in price and operations lose money, not many people are anxious—it's public money anyway. But what if it's a significant shrinkage of an individual's wallet? Will they be anxious?"

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Li Ye rambled on and poured out half his stomach of words, without saying anything too advanced.

If Li Ye said that the upcoming price breakthrough would lead to people panic-buying everything and cause inflation to reach an astonishing level this year, would Cai Minying treat him as a "prophecy master" and ask him to tell fortunes every day after it happened?

But Li Ye didn't expect that he had only spat out half his stomach of words, and he had already "pissed off" Cai Minying.

"Then according to you, why are we reforming? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to follow the old rules and muddle along?"

"No, no, no, my meaning is that some items can gradually liberalize control, but things related to people's livelihood and the country's lifeline must be mastered in the hands of the state..."

"Isn't that still inconsistent? The successful experience of Western developed countries is right there. We clearly have advanced methods but don't learn them, but instead have to close our doors to build cars and be mother-in-law-like?"

"What do you mean by closing doors to build cars and being mother-in-law-like! Haven't we been reforming all along?"

"No, Li Ye, you've changed. You're one way in front of people and another behind their backs. You've forgotten about the rich helping the poor. Even though you've made a fortune yourself, you're preventing others from getting rich..."

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Li Ye was stunned.

He had indeed made a fortune, and he was richer than the vast majority of people in this world, but he had never thought about preventing others from making money!

"You don't know shit!"

"Bang~"

Li Ye slapped the table, picked up the Coke, gulped it down, moistened his throat, and prepared to have a big argument with Cai Minying.