That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 757 Are You the Principal Culprit?
Zhang Rui ate a lot of food at the airport and felt extremely depressed. He found a few friends to have a drink together. During the meal, he chatted with two girls about the philosophy of life for a long time. Only then did he feel better.

Although Lu Jingyao despised the many errors in his translation of "A Song of Ice and Fire", he laughed at Lu Jingyao for not understanding the national conditions.

What do you think mainland novel fans like to read the most?
A war of epic proportions? A fight for freedom?

Forget it! They love to watch the forbidden extravagance in Western magic and the nosebleed-inducing erotic plots of the Dragon Mother!

Zhang Rui has been well-read since childhood and has even studied Jin Ping Mei in detail. How could he be worse than Lu Jingyao, that small-town test-taker?
The cover reads "A Classic Western Fantasy Masterpiece" and the content is about lingering love and extravagance. I wonder how well the pirated book translated by Zhang Rui is selling.

If you have money, you will be handsome and girls will naturally like you, right?
Zhang Rui has already calculated that at this rate, he will be able to buy a car in two years at most, and his life will be more comfortable then!

He will never forget the scene two years ago when he went to Li Ye to discuss something, but Li Ye "saw him off" indifferently, then got into his car and drove away.

Zhang Rui is a top elite who returned from studying abroad. How could he lose to a country bumpkin who is a bully in his own country?
So you have to let out this anger, and let it out hard.

But when Zhang Rui rode his bicycle back to the school dormitory area, the haze in his heart spread again for no reason.

He untied the chain lock of the bicycle and locked it to a tree downstairs. Recently, the employees of the bicycle theft company have become rampant again and even dared to include school dormitories in their business scope.

Holding on to the concrete corridor, Zhang Rui went straight up to the third floor, took out his key and opened the door to the east unit on the third floor.

"Mom, I'm back."

Zhang Rui now lives with his parents in a three-bedroom, one-living-room house. In the eyes of outsiders, this is already very good living conditions.

But Zhang Rui was not satisfied. He wanted to have his own house, a big house that belonged entirely to him. He no longer had to live under the same roof with his parents and listen to their old-fashioned nagging and reasoning all day long.

Unfortunately, he had only been working for two years, and there were many teachers waiting in line ahead of him. Even if he was the director’s son, he would need an appropriate title to be able to “come in first.”

However, Zhang Rui's mother has already said that as long as Zhang Rui finds a partner, she will do everything she can to get him a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

It sounds so luxurious for the young couple to live in a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, but Zhang Rui misses the original courtyard house very much.

That's more than a dozen houses! Even if it's not as bright as a building, it's valuable!

It’s 87 now. A house that originally cost yuan is now being snapped up for or yuan, and there is still no demand for it.

"Mom, I'm back."

Today, when Zhang Rui returned home, he didn't hear his parents' nagging, so he couldn't help but shout again.

This guy! He gets annoyed when you nag him, but if you ignore him, he thinks you don't value him.

But Zhang Rui shouted again, but didn't hear any response from his parents.

That's not right! The lights are on and the TV is on!
Zhang Rui changed into slippers and entered the living room, only to see his parents sitting on the sofa, looking at him with gloomy faces.

That's what's going on.

Professor Zhang pointed at the sofa and said in a deep voice, "Sit down first. I want to ask you something."

Zhang Rui sat down nonchalantly and asked, "Dad, if you have anything to say, just say it! I'm very tired today, so I'll go to bed early after I finish speaking."

Professor Zhang looked at his son and asked worriedly, "Xiao Rui, you did the pirated book thing again, didn't you?"

"Pirated books?"

Zhang Rui was stunned, then asked strangely: "Dad, this matter is not a big deal, right? Our country doesn't care at all. Didn't I make it clear to you last time?"

Professor Zhang closed his eyes in pain and murmured, "I don't care because they don't sue me. If they sue me, they will care about me!"

"The Hong Kong-based Talang Literary Publishing House is a registered company here. Their president has been to the Great Hall. Why did you steal his books?"

Zhang Rui was stunned for a moment, but still said in disbelief: "Impossible, I only printed a few thousand copies in total. The Copyright Bureau must have nothing better to do than to care about my little matter."

Professor Zhang waved his hands and said firmly, "You must have offended someone. I have repeatedly told you not to be so high-profile and ostentatious. This is the mainland, it is easy to avoid an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark."

“I have offended people.”

Zhang Rui's mind focused and the scene at the airport today flashed through his mind.

But then he shook his head, thinking it couldn't be that fast.

After all, even if it was Li Ye who reported it, they would have to first notify the copyright holder in Hong Kong, and then report it to the National Copyright Administration. The Copyright Administration would investigate and verify the matter, and it would take at least four months, if not half a year, to go through this series of procedures.

But it’s only been less than a day, and they can’t fix it even with all their might!

But the next moment, what Professor Zhang said was like a bolt from the blue.

"You should turn yourself in immediately, take the initiative to expose the crime, hand over the illegal gains, and strive for a lighter sentence."

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Zhang Rui was completely stunned. Although his father was an upright man, he was not pedantic at all. He would never treat his son more harshly than others, and he would never miss any opportunity to pave the way for his son.

But what is this for now? Is this a way to kill relatives for the sake of justice?
What's going to happen if my entire family is killed? Are they going to throw me out and behead me?

Zhang Rui suddenly turned to look at his mother: "Mom, did my dad take the wrong medicine?"

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Zhang Rui's mother looked at the "rebellious son" in front of her and tears slowly fell.

"Mom, could it be..."

Zhang Rui was scared, he was really scared.

If he dared to say this about his father in the past, then no matter how much his mother doted on him, she would slap him lightly and scold him severely that he should "respect his father".
But now my mother is crying silently, so it is very clear whether the matter is really that serious.

Professor Zhang said with a tired face: "I have pleaded for you, and they promised to give me face. As long as you are not the main culprit and hand over the illegal gains, they will deal with it in a low-key manner.

The school promised to only give you a serious warning. Just concentrate on teaching, and I will find a way to remove the punishment for you later."

Zhang Rui was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

"Since you've already punished me, then Dad, please let me go!"

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Professor Zhang looked at his son who seemed to be relieved suddenly, and couldn't help but said: "Go, go, go, you just know how to go. The country has trained you, and now you are gone, who will build this country?"

Zhang Rui stiffened his neck and said angrily: "Aren't there still people who can't leave? Aren't there still countless fools like you who are silently contributing?"

"Who are you calling a fool? Who are you calling a fool?"

Professor Zhang, who was holding back his anger, finally exploded.

He was inexplicably called by the school leader today, and was sternly ordered to cooperate with the investigation of the relevant departments. Professor Zhang risked his reputation by not directly letting the police arrest people.

He was aware of the piracy situation in the mainland and had turned a blind eye to it. His son just walked into the trap.

But now Zhang Rui actually called him a fool, which he could no longer tolerate.

But Zhang Rui said viciously: "Isn't it? I wanted to stay in Britain, but you insisted on making me come back.

Look at Lu Jingyao, you took on the responsibility for her, allowing her to earn 50,000 or 60,000 pounds a year, but in the end she only gave you 2,000 pounds. Dad, why can't you take on the responsibility for me? If you take on the responsibility for me, I will give you 20,000 pounds a year."

“And our old house.”

Zhang Rui couldn't stop talking and said, "When I came back, I told you that we should either find that Seven-inch Blade to buy the house back, or quickly borrow money to buy a courtyard house, but you just didn't listen.
Now our courtyard house is almost worth 100,000 yuan. If I didn’t want to buy the house back, would I sell pirated books? "

"One hundred thousand? How is that possible?"

"How is it impossible? If you don't believe me, just ask Liu Muhan."

Zhang Rui said: "Liu Muhan is a relative of that Seven Inch Blade, and that Seven Inch Blade is also a friend of the boss of Talang Publishing House. This time, it is most likely that they are behind this incident."

Zhang Rui suddenly had an idea and decided to bring the matter onto Li Ye.

That's right! Doesn't Li Ye know Pei Wencong? Isn't Li Ye Liu Muhan's nephew? Isn't his father and Liu Muhan's father old friends?

After going around in circles, hasn't a solution been found?

Zhang Rui's mother was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said to Professor Zhang: "Old Zhang, why don't you talk to Old Liu and let us buy the house back!"

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Professor Zhang looked at his son and wife, not knowing what to say.

It’s already this time, and you’re still thinking about the house?

I just said it lightly, but actually, the situation is very serious, so serious that I may have to retire early.

"Xiao Rui, tell me the truth first, are you the main culprit?"

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Zhang Rui was stunned for a long time before he whispered, "I was responsible for the translation. Xiaobin found the printing company. I invested some capital and took 50% of the profit."

"Then he is the main culprit. You should solve the problem at hand first."

(End of this chapter)