That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 601 The sea turtle is getting cocky, let her be raised together with the local turtle?
This kind of gathering at Zhang Qiyan's house is not only a free meal, but also a place for mutual communication. Li Ye's brothers often argue over some economic issues.

As an economics expert, Zhang Qiyan will act as a commentator and give guidance and help to these talented students as much as possible.

You have to know that during the early 1980s, the wind direction in the mainland was fluctuating. If outstanding reserve cadres like Yu Xiufen and Zou Mengcheng made a wrong judgment, their entire lives would be affected.

And in every discussion, Li Ye is always the most "gentle" one among his fellow apprentices.

He has always disliked getting into meaningless arguments with others, but today, as soon as Cai Minying showed up, Li Ye responded sharply.

Just now, Cai Minying just expressed her views on the Plaza Accord, but Li Ye felt that something was not right.

She has too much admiration for Western economic policies.

The Plaza Accord was clearly a war in which the West reaped the rewards of Japan, but Tsai Min-ying still thinks that the Lighthouse people were right. Do we also have to listen to their advice, fatten ourselves up, and wait for others to reap the rewards one day?

However, based on just a few words, Li Ye couldn't be sure of Cai Minying's thoughts, so he threw out the "protecting the poor" as an introduction to test the waters.

Of course, this has always been Li Ye’s view - do my best to do things that benefit the ordinary people.

Even if we provide five social insurances and one housing fund to grassroots employees like Brother Dong did, it is also a contribution.

Li Ye was quite disappointed with the result of the test.

"Protect the poor? How could you have such an idea?"

Cai Minying looked at Li Ye in surprise, and then asked very quickly: "Student Li Ye, are you a person who lived thirty years ago?
Don’t you know that we should let some people get rich first? Do you think it is still the era where the poor are the glorious ones?”

“Although the Lighthouse has a relief system for the poor, that is not a reason for the poor to be taken care of. In the Lighthouse, homeless people are also despised.”

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"Sister Cai, first of all, I agree with the policy of letting some people get rich first, but what happens after they get rich? Should the rich help the poor, or should the system help the poor?"

Li Ye interrupted Cai Minying and said calmly, "Poverty and wealth are relative and cannot be balanced. The rich will always be a minority.

This time, the Lighthouse and the other four countries signed an agreement, and most of the wealth plundered ended up going to the rich.

Sister Cai, you said that you want to study Western economics. I think that is a good idea. Otherwise, I would not have chosen Western economics as my major.

But if we completely copy the Western free economy to the mainland, it will definitely be inappropriate, because the Western free economy is still too biased towards the rich.

When Cai Minying expressed surprise about "protecting the poor", Li Ye knew that she had completely immersed herself in the capitalist economy and forgotten the nature of the organization she served.

After Cai Minying returned to China, she joined the Mainland's Economic Planning Commission!

[You are poor because you don’t work hard enough. You deserve to be poor. ]

Perhaps Cai Minying's idea, like that of most pioneers today, is to change the situation in the mainland as soon as possible and get rid of the label of poverty and backwardness.
The prosperity overseas proves the superiority of free economy over the planned economy in mainland China, so Cai Minying firmly believes that she is right.

But Li Ye knew that if the Western free economy was allowed to run rampant in the mainland, real oligarchs would emerge in the mainland after so many years, and the increasingly scarce homeless people on the streets would eventually reappear.

Although many people in later generations will curse the gap between the rich and the poor, and many rich people do abuse their power, everything is relative. The mainland's investment in the grassroots people is greater than any other country in the world, and the restrictions on the rich have never been relaxed.

No matter how poor a person is, basic necessities of life such as clothing, food, shelter and transportation must be met.

After several decades, how many homeless people will still be on the streets? How many people will still starve to death?
No matter how rich you are, you can't be lawless. It's fine if you have private jets and clubs with young models, and no one cares about your 18 illegitimate children. But if you dare to be greedy and always want to empty the last penny in the pockets of the poor, you even dare to touch the interests of the country.
One finger can kill you. If you don’t believe me, try it.

However, Li Ye's "conservative" thinking is a minority in this era, especially among young people who have not experienced the ups and downs of life. He is definitely an "outlier".

Cai Minying, who was interrupted by Li Ye, waited until Li Ye finished speaking and immediately said angrily: "Student Li Ye, don't you know that interrupting others is very impolite?"

Li Ye replied in seconds: "Sorry, I couldn't help it."

Cai Minying: “.”

What Li Ye is showing now is what the West calls politeness. It's not hard at all just to move his lips. Many things in the West are so hypocritical. For example, the so-called free economy is only for their own freedom, not for freedom for others. What are you thinking?
Cai Minying stared at Li Ye for a long time, then asked, "You have been studying with the teacher for three years. What have you learned? Do you want to continue to be poor? Do you want the people around you to be poor like you?"

Li Ye shook his head calmly: "In fact, I am richer than most people. If the economy is fully liberalized, I will make more money.
But I still believe that we should take our own path into consideration in light of our national conditions and not blindly trust Western economic policies."

"Ha~"

Cai Minying finally smiled.

She smiled and asked Li Ye: "You don't think that earning a lot of money from writing articles means you are really rich, right? You should actually go abroad to see what real wealth looks like."

Li Ye glanced at Cai Minying and stopped talking to her.

In this world, there are some people who can discuss the question of "whether one is rich" with Li Ye, but Cai Minying is definitely not one of them.

Because anyone who can make a billion dollars will definitely not be blinded by the performance of the Western free economy.

They have been playing with the free economy for many years, and now they say they want to "guide you", and then you just follow their baton. Can you really beat them?

Therefore, we should not let others lead us by the nose, even if there is a carrot in front of our nose.

It's better to eat carrots and go your own way. But Cai Minying was obviously not satisfied with Li Ye's "quitting". After all, even Yu Xiufen, who had a sharp tongue and said that the little sister had a bad temper, obviously couldn't suppress her.

But before Cai Minying could speak again, Professor Zhang spoke first: "Well, you two are both smart people. Minying studied abroad for three years and broadened her horizons and learned a lot.
Li Ye has his own unique understanding of the mainland's economy. You two can communicate more in the future and benefit from each other."

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Yu Xiufen, Zou Mengcheng and others looked at Li Ye and Cai Minying, and couldn't help but chuckle, especially Yu Xiufen, whose face was full of gloating.

But Cai Minying was just stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Teacher, you called me here today just to let him convince me of some of my points? Then you may have wasted your time, I have no interest in communicating with him?"

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Everyone stopped laughing and looked at Zhang Qiyan in surprise.

Professor Zhang looked at Cai Minying silently for a few seconds, then stood up and took some materials from the bookshelf.

"Minying, you've been a little bit off lately. You didn't listen to what I said to you a few days ago.
Not only did you not listen, you also wrote a proposal and submitted it. Yesterday, they forwarded the report to me and asked me whether the suggestions in it were what I meant.”

Zhang Qiyan looked at Cai Minying and said gently, "I was thinking yesterday, if I hadn't criticized you so loudly that day, would you not have been so reckless?"

"Although Li Ye has not studied abroad, he has a broad vision and is familiar with overseas situations. He also has his own views on the direction of the mainland's development."

"So I hope you can communicate with Li Ye. You think some of my ideas are backward, then you young people should have a common language, right?

I remember that you always argued with your seniors before, but now, how long have you not discussed with them? They are on the front line, and they see many things more thoroughly than you do. "

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Everyone was stunned again, and Li Ye finally understood. Did the teacher want him, a country turtle who grew up in fresh water, to teach the sea turtles that came back from salt water how to learn "mixed breeding"?

But why? Is it because both turtles and tortoises belong to the order Testudinata and the family Hydrocharitidae?

Li Ye reached out and took the proposal letter in a somewhat impolite manner, and quickly flipped through it.

Anyway, there are only a few Eastern and Western theories at present. Li Ye, who is familiar with history, understands them at a glance and there is no need to use a magnifying glass to pick out the words.

A few minutes later, Li Ye let out a breath and threw the proposal back on the table.

Zhang Qiyan said in surprise: "Li Ye, you've finished reading it now."

Li Ye nodded without saying anything.

Zhang Qiyan asked again: "What do you think?"

Li Ye shook his head and said simply: "I don't understand, no opinion."

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Zhang Qiyan was choked.

Even Wang Zhiyuan, the most honest person present, could see that Li Ye's words were insincere, and could even see a little bit of "disdain".

That’s right, Li Ye was disgusted.

Studying abroad for three years, spending at least twenty thousand dollars, and this is all you get?

In her proposal, Cai Minying mentioned the extremely sensitive issue of "privatization" in a roundabout way, and the examples she relied on were Western developed countries such as Australia and New Zealand.

Li Ye is not opposed to privatization. After all, the private economy is an important supplement to the state-owned economy. He is now one of the beneficiaries of privatization in the mainland.

But Cai Minying was unlucky and expanded her private ownership targets too much, even to the point of including railways and electricity.

As far as the 1980s is concerned, overseas railways and electricity are certainly more advanced than those in the mainland, because at this time in the mainland there are power outages all day long, and the electricity supply to institutions such as hospitals cannot be fully guaranteed.

As for the trains, it's hard to squeeze in, even through the windows.

So Cai Minying’s suggestion seems to be correct.

But unfortunately, Li Ye just knew the very backward projects of railways and electricity, and the future development level in the mainland.

But Cai Minying is an elite who studied abroad, has a master's degree, and is also a senior, so Li Ye can't criticize her directly.

Anyway, even with her ability, it is impossible to change such an important national policy and change the historical trajectory of these two world-class achievements. After all, those who have walked through the hail of bullets are not dead yet! The brakes will be applied at the critical moment.

So just forget about it if you don't understand it.

But Cai Minying understood Li Ye's eyes.

"You don't understand it, you look down on it, right?"

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(End of this chapter)