That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1478 You've Become More and More Regressive Over the Years
As soon as Zhang Qiyan stepped onto the podium, he unleashed the confidence honed by decades of teaching experience, allowing everyone in the classroom to truly understand what "professionalism" meant.
In addition, the series of titles that the teacher from School D had just introduced about Zhang Qiyan had further stunned everyone. Everyone was on high alert, and people in their thirties and forties were acting like they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

Concentrate, study hard, and strive for improvement every day, then wait for the teacher's praise.

However, Zhang Qiyan's praise was not some small compliment.

The other party is a member of a national-level think tank. If he can just say a few words of praise to the bigwigs, it will be a message that reaches the highest levels of government.

So at this moment, Li Ye is probably the only one in the entire training class who is calm and at ease.

Because when Li Ye went to deliver New Year's gifts to the teacher's family before the Spring Festival, he almost got Zhang Qiyan drunk!
When Zhang Qiyan was drunk, he was just an old man who would talk about all sorts of trivial matters. Li Ye had completely demystified him.

But just as Li Ye was calmly listening to the lesson, Zhang Qiyan suddenly pulled him aside and made him answer a question.

"Li Ye, explain why this case failed in mainland China."

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Li Ye blinked, wanting to exchange glances with Professor Zhang, hoping he wouldn't torment his student like this.

The case Zhang Qiyan cited was, to some extent, a taboo subject for discussion. His failure was not only due to objective reasons, but also to human interference.

But Zhang Qiyan retorted bluntly, "What? You can't answer? Weren't you listening to my lecture? Then what are you doing here?"

[I gave you my New Year's gifts for nothing.]

"I had a brief understanding of this case before, so I think the person in charge had good intentions, but the implementation was too reckless, and a series of preliminary preparations were not properly implemented."

After all, Li Ye had studied his major for four years at university and honed his skills on the front lines for six or seven years, so explaining a classic case in a conventional way was quite easy for him.

However, after Li Ye finished answering, he was met with a merciless rebuke from Zhang Qiyan.

"Li Ye, are you trying to fool me? Where has your integrity and passion gone? You've become more and more like a novice over the years, so hypocritical that you can't even answer a question anymore."

Li Ye stood there dumbfounded, wondering what had gotten into Zhang Qiyan.

The students around them all looked over, their eyes clearly saying, "You said you didn't have an antenna yesterday, and now you don't even have an antenna?"

Under the double contempt from both the stage and the audience, Li Ye felt extremely embarrassed. He dug his toes into the ground so hard that he could have dug out a two-bedroom apartment in the time it took to finish a class.

When get out of class ended, Li Ye was dragged away by Zhang Qiyan again, otherwise he would have been met with contempt and greetings from Duan Jiajun and others.

Zhang Qiyan and Li Ye didn't go to the cafeteria or the office, but instead found a quiet corner on campus.

He sighed softly, then asked Li Ye, "Do you know why I was angry today?"

Li Ye said aggrievedly, "How would I know? I've been thinking about it for the entire class period, but I still can't figure out what heinous crime I committed."

"You backed down."

Zhang Qiyan turned around and asked Li Ye, "I only found out a few days ago that you rejected my suggestion and still want to coast along in the light vehicle company, right?"
Oh, by the way, it's called Jingnan Group now. Should I congratulate you on becoming a powerful vice president of a large state-owned enterprise?

Li Ye looked at Zhang Qiyan in astonishment, then suddenly realized something. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Ye went with Wen Qingsheng to pay New Year's greetings to a group of bigwigs. During the visit, someone asked Li Ye if he wanted to showcase himself on a higher stage. At the time, Li Ye said that he "still wanted to do something practical," and politely declined.

But the big shot never mentioned that his teacher, Zhang Qiyan, had recommended him! Li Ye thought it was the article his mother-in-law submitted that had worked, and that it was all the result of his own hard work!

After thinking it through, Li Ye patiently explained, "During the Spring Festival, someone did ask me if I would be willing to work in an office, but I still had a lot of things to finish at the branch factory, so I declined. I really didn't know it was you, teacher, who helped me."

"I didn't do much; I just happened to see your article and gave it a recommendation. But I really didn't expect you to be so different, treating your future like dirt!"

Zhang Qiyan suddenly laughed as he said this: "Actually, that makes sense. You've always been different from others since you were in school. Everyone else wanted to study abroad, but you weren't interested at all."
Your teacher's wife said you were a down-to-earth and good kid, but I thought you were just cunning, avoiding the important things and taking the easy way out, always trying to be lazy.
But you're also incredibly smart when it comes to studying. Every time we discuss things at my house, you come up with some brilliant ideas that leave me completely amazed.

"But now, it seems you're only willing to manage your own little corner of the world, and don't want to dedicate your life to changing this country like you did before."

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Zhang Qiyan said a lot in one breath, which made Li Ye feel even more ashamed.

He could sense that Zhang Qiyan had high hopes for him and wanted him to follow him to realize the ideals they had discussed together.

Zhang Qiyan was a typical radical in this era, strongly advocating for aligning with the world and shedding the label of poverty that the mainland had held for decades.

This is the early stage of a major upheaval for businesses, with countless factories closing down and countless workers being laid off, so the pressure he is under at this time must be extremely heavy.

At this moment, he naturally hoped that he would be surrounded by "his own people," especially with strong support from someone like Li Ye.

When Li Ye was at Peking University, Zhang Qiyan knew that he had a good relationship with Pei Wencong. Now that he's at that level, he probably even knows about Fu Guiru's affairs. If Li Ye were to join his plan, it would naturally be twice as effective.

However, Li Ye clearly didn't want to get involved in this mess and decisively refused, which disappointed Zhang Qiyan.

Li Ye said helplessly, "Teacher, I'm just a nobody right now. Even if I agree to work in the government office, I'll get caught up in endless wrangling. Besides, the branch factory is like my own son. I need some time to protect it and help it grow into a mature adult."

Zhang Qiyan nodded and said, "Indeed, you've achieved quite a bit in the past few years, but this is an opportunity. If you miss it, who knows when the next one will come?"

“No, teacher,” Li Ye shook his head and said with a smile, “Our journey has only just begun. There will be plenty of opportunities in the coming decades. After I have grown a few more years, I will definitely join your ranks and lend you a helping hand.”

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Zhang Qiyan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and said, "You are clearly a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but you prefer to do chicken-killing work. It's a waste of your talents."

Is this a waste of talent?

Li Ye didn't think so at all!
My teacher has achieved great academic success, but he's somewhat bookish. He always felt that he should demonstrate his abilities on a higher level to truly make the most of his knowledge.
But Li Ye felt that no matter what he did, he should have the final say, or at least have a certain degree of influence.

He's currently a division-level official, which gives him some influence within the Jingnan Group. But if he were to work in Zhang Qiyan's organization, he wouldn't be much better than a lowly soldier who can be bossed around.

So we still need to wait a few more years before we can perform on a higher stage.

(End of this chapter)