That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 963: Disdain
At around six o'clock, all the seventeen classmates who stayed in Beijing arrived at Lao Zhao's restaurant, which was quite a show of respect.

After arriving, everyone greeted each other warmly.

"Rongrong, I miss you so much"

"Squad leader, you are finally back. I thought I would never see you again in this life."

"Get lost, can you speak? Drink a little wine."

Sun Xianjin even scolded, "That's right, at least three cups of wine. I've been standing here for a long time, and you didn't see it?"

"Fuck, Sun Xianjin, you're back too? Li Ye only told me that the squad leader is back, but he didn't mention you. Besides, how come you've changed in two years? Did Su E's northwest wind make you darker, or did Natasha suck you thinner?"

"Fuck you, don't tarnish my innocence"

"Hahahaha~"

Sun Xianjin laughed and scolded, and finally helped cover up the boy who "revealed his true feelings".

On the night when Zhen Rongrong said goodbye to everyone, several classmates burst into tears, lamenting that the goddess in their hearts would never come back.
Today, I saw Zhen Rongrong suddenly come back. I was so overjoyed that I didn’t speak so reservedly.

After all, we are all shy in school. After two years in society, we all understand that the quick wins.

"Come on, let's have a drink together to congratulate the squad leader and the advanced students on their return from school."

"Cheers~"

"Cheers~"

After a glass of liquor, the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious.

Pu Xianghe took the opportunity to ask Zhen Rongrong: "Squad leader, after you come back, do you know which unit you will be assigned to?"

Zhen Rongrong said calmly, "I have been assigned to the State Commission for Restructuring the Sports System, but I haven't reported yet, so I don't know which department I have been assigned to."

Fu Lianbing said in surprise: "Wow, the Economic Restructuring Commission is an agency under the Fifth National Academy! The squad leader is the squad leader. After two years of studying abroad, he has made great progress. His future is really limitless."

The State Commission for Restructuring the Economic System is the Economic System Reform Commission, a component department of the Five National Academy. It is specifically responsible for researching, coordinating and guiding economic system reform. It sounds really grand.

However, Zhen Rongrong immediately said modestly: "Don't talk nonsense, I started working two years later than you, and I have to start from the bottom. I will have to ask you for work experience later!"

"Then you can ask Li Ye for advice. He is the best among our classmates. Not only did he get married, had children, and was promoted to a full-time official, he even bought a car."

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The noisy banquet suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the classmate Jiang Xiaocheng who was speaking.

Jiang Xiaocheng's words sounded like he was praising Li Ye for his success, but to his ears, they didn't sound right.

In particular, many classmates knew that Jiang Xiaocheng cried the most on the day Zhen Rongrong said goodbye, so when he deliberately pointed out that Li Ye "got married and had children", it was easy for people to associate something with it.

Li Ye laughed and said calmly: "Old Jiang, what you said is as if our squad leader didn't get a car."

Chen Xiaoling was very smart and immediately asked Zhen Rongrong: "Squad leader, did you get in the car at the lighthouse?"

Zhen Rongrong nodded and said, "In my second year of studying abroad, I had to buy a second-hand car because the company I worked for was too far from school. It was too inconvenient to be in Dengta without a car."

"Captain, you really managed to get a car? Then how much do you make per month working part-time at the lighthouse?"

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Zhen Rongrong was a little embarrassed, but still said: "I'm not a full-time worker, so I don't know how much I earn every month. Sometimes I make a few hundred, sometimes a few thousand."

"A few thousand? In dollars?"

“Yes, but it’s also expensive.”

"Wow, thousands of dollars, you can never spend it all."

The topic at the banquet was successfully shifted to Zhen Rongrong.

While everyone in China is still working hard for a salary of one or two hundred yuan, Team Leader Zhen is actually earning thousands of yuan on the other side of the ocean.

Jiang Xiaocheng looked at Zhen Rongrong and couldn't help asking, "Captain, you have established yourself in the lighthouse, why did you come back?"

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The banquet fell silent again, and everyone looked at Zhen Rongrong with complicated expressions.

If Jiang Xiaocheng had said something like this when seeing off Zhen Rongrong two years ago, everyone would have definitely scolded him.

Your motherland sends you to study abroad at public expense, not for you to go out and enjoy yourself. If you don’t come back, you’d be a traitor.

But now everyone has been working for two years, and there are many people in society who are trying their best to get ahead, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

But Zhen Rongrong is still the same Zhen Rongrong as before, still the radical and passionate D cadre.

As soon as Jiang Xiaocheng finished speaking, her face became extremely serious. "Do you think I shouldn't come back? Do you think I should covet the prosperity overseas and abandon the country that gave birth to me and raised me? How could you become like this after just two years of not seeing you?"

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Jiang Xiaocheng didn't expect to be confronted by Zhen Rongrong, so he could only force an excuse: "Then why do so many international students not come back? People always want to move up. Are they all fools?"

Zhen Rongrong looked at Jiang Xiaocheng coldly and said in a deep voice: "It's true that people strive for higher goals, but my higher goal is right here."

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No one spoke.

No one expected that Zhen Rongrong still had the same temper as before after not seeing her for two years. She didn't seem to have become more mellow as she got two years older.

Li Ye glanced at Sun Xianjin, who immediately understood.

"Hey, hey, hey, you all are gathered around the squad leader to show your concern, why don't you show your concern for me? I've also been wandering abroad for two years, and I also need the concern and regards from my compatriots in the motherland."

"Hahahaha, Sun Xianjin, do you still need our care? Didn't Bian Jingjing write you a letter to say hello, and didn't Su E's beautiful Natasha care about you?"

"Well, you know what, I actually met a few Sue girls named Natasha, their legs are really long."

"Hahahahaha, everyone remember this. We must tell Bian Jingjing about this and ask her to discipline our little brother."

Sun Xianjin was the youngest student in the class. The older brothers and sisters at the banquet immediately surrounded him and joked with him, which helped to resolve the awkwardness between Zhen Rongrong and Jiang Xiaocheng.

However, Sun Xianjin was not just joking. He quickly raised a topic that everyone was concerned about and attracted everyone's attention.

"In Moscow, I not only met Natasha, but also came into contact with many things that we can't get to know in the mainland, especially the social unrest in Eastern Europe in recent years, which is the main content of my research."

"Eastern Europe? What happened to Eastern Europe?"

As expected, everyone became interested. Although they were no longer students, the habit of paying attention to "family affairs, national affairs and world affairs" was retained.

Sun Xianjin said: "Several countries in Eastern Europe have encountered problems. The red groups have lost their ruling status, and economic problems are the main reason."

"For example, in Poland, inflation seriously affected people's lives, and eventually a large-scale strike broke out, leading to the fall of the Polish red power."

Fu Lianbing suddenly asked, "Inflation? Aren't we in the process of inflation now? In April, I gave my salary to my mother and put it all in the bank.

But in the past few months, as soon as we get paid, our whole family goes shopping, and we never lose out on anything we buy."

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Everyone was quiet again.

We all study economics, so how could we not understand what inflation is?
Ordinary people only think that price hikes lead to price increases, but these economics students look at the long-term.

The turmoil in Eastern Europe is a lesson for the mainland. If we continue to follow the old path, problems may arise one day.

Many people in later generations belittled the price breakthrough in 1988, but in fact, wasn’t it a brave attempt made by the country after seeing the phenomenon in Eastern Europe?
After everyone was silent for a moment, someone suddenly asked Pu Xianghe: "Hey, Lao Pu, how is your bank's deposit situation now?"

Pu Xianghe said: "I'm not too sure about the details, but it should be relatively stable, right?"

"It's bullshit stable. Now everyone has emptied their bankbooks to buy things. It's strange that your savings are stable. We are not asking you for a loan, so why are you hiding it?"

"What are you saying? I don't manage loans, so it's useless for you to come to me, right?"

"Okay, okay, we are all smart people. The market is full of people buying up properties, so banks will definitely raise deposit rates. If we can get a loan now, we can make a lot of money later."

"Hey, Lao Jiang, what you said is interesting! But how do we get the loan?"

People travel thousands of miles just for money. At any time, topics related to wealth must be the most popular.

The one-year deposit rate in 1988 finally exceeded 10%. If you operate it now while the loan interest rate has not skyrocketed, it will be a free-profit business.

Unfortunately, these students have just graduated for two years and have not yet reached a position where they have the final say, so it is not so convenient for them to get a loan even if they want to.

And it seems that the only person who is truly qualified to operate on site is Li Ye.

Li Ye felt the gazes of the crowd and couldn't help but smile: "Don't look at me, I don't take advantage of the country."

"Well! Li Ye, you are more conscious. We are ashamed of ourselves."

"He is talking without any worries. He doesn't care if he has money."

Everyone laughed and teased Li Ye, saying that he was a wealthy man with no shortage of money.

But the look Zhen Rongrong gave Li Ye was full of admiration.

With Li Ye's background, it would be easy for him to engage in loan arbitrage, but he simply disdains to do such a thing.

(End of this chapter)