1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 581: College Life is Coming to an End

In a restaurant near Peking University, Li Changhe was reminiscing about the past with Haiwen, He Xiaofeng and others.

For the students of Class 77, the first half of 1981 was already the first half of their senior year. It is already May, and there are not many days left until summer vacation.

This also means that they are only one step away from their last semester of graduation.

Li Changhe's college life is about to end.

When I returned to Peking University, more than half of my classmates were gone.

Except for those who intend to stay for postgraduate studies and those who are preparing to go abroad, the rest have almost all started working.

At their level, except for those who originally had affiliated units, the vast majority of the rest have entered the top-level ministries.

Tao and Jiaxiang all went to the Central Y Office, especially Deng Jiaxiang, who caught the eye of a big shot and is now on a meteoric rise. It's a pity that
"It's a pity for Lao Ren. The people in his area won't let him go. He must go back!"

"With Lao Ren's personality, it will be hard for him to make a name for himself in the local community!"

At the dinner table, Li Changhe couldn't help but sigh when he heard Haiwen telling him about the whereabouts of various classmates.

Old Ren’s name is Ren Baoshan, and he is a famous butcher in their class!

The reason for this name is that the other party used to work in a meat processing factory in a certain area of ​​Zhongyuan Province, so his organizational relationship is also in the meat processing factory.

"Yes, we all advised him to apply for a transfer, at least to the provincial government, but Lao Ren is a very honest person, his parents, wife and children are all there, so he wants to go back."

"In fact, it's the same for Lao Zhang. For people like them, it's very difficult to leave if the company won't let them go, unless they have a hard time with the company!"

Haiwen couldn't help but shook his head and said.

"By the way, I heard that Guang'er, you were criticized by name some time ago?"

At this time, Li Changhe looked at He Xiaofeng on the side and asked curiously.

He Xiaofeng smiled nonchalantly: "It's the manuscript I showed you last year. I had prepared it a long time ago."

"Is it the article "The Theory of Labor Value"? "

Li Changhe asked curiously.

He Xiaofeng nodded: "Yes, I published it in Economic Research this year. Just as you said, it caused a great response. You didn't see the momentum at that time."

"Even Elder Sun is here."

"Who? Mr. Sun? Mr. Sun Yefang?"

Li Changhe couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this.

He Xiaofeng nodded helplessly: "That's right!"

Who is Sun Yefang? He is a leading figure in the domestic economics community. Not only is he a great professional, but he also has a long career. He joined the D in 24 and now works at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The most authoritative award in the domestic economics community in the future will be called the Sun Yefang Award, named after this old gentleman.

"But the old man was a very good person. He just educated me and told me that this was a difference in academic opinion and I could refute him."

"Then what do you say?"

Li Changhe asked curiously at this time.

He Xiaofeng spread his hands helplessly: "How dare I refute it? I just said that I don't intend to correct my point of view. I think the times are advancing with the times."

"Anyway, the matter was dropped and the school didn't say anything."

"It was the school that withstood the pressure. This is normal. After all, we have to go through this when we offer the Western Economics course."

"Don't talk about you. I heard in the student union a few days ago that the health department called the school, looking for Changhe."

Haiwen said happily again at this time.

"The health department is looking for me?"

Li Changhe looked at Haiwen with some surprise.

Haiwen looked at Li Changhe and joked with a smile: "Did you just publish another novel "Selling Blood"? "

"You mean?"

Li Changhe's mind moved and he looked at Haiwen.

Hai Wen shook his head: "The school's blood collection station has been withdrawn. Your novel has directly disrupted the blood collection plan of the health system."

"After reading your novel, everyone realized that blood collection is closely related to the spread of hepatitis B. Who isn't afraid of contracting hepatitis B these days?"

"Although the blood bank explained many times, there were medical students in the university, and they immediately pointed out the irregularities."

"There were a lot of reports on this in the newspapers some time ago, and it led to a big debate. The health system even called the school and asked you to attend a discussion meeting."

"It's a pity that people couldn't find you. In the end, I don't know what happened anyway."

Haiwen told Li Changhe the story.

"I see."

Li Changhe smiled after hearing this. It seemed that things had developed as he had imagined and caused a sensation.

But if you think about it, his readers are mostly college students and educated young people, and this group of people is currently the most skeptical group in the country.

They are bold in thinking, not afraid of authority, and have strong hands-on and learning abilities.

The issue of selling blood and hepatitis B is actually not difficult to prove, but few people have considered it in this regard before.

Once Li Changhe breaks through this window paper, the problems will naturally be discovered.

"Changhe, I think you have to be cautious about this. We have discussed this in the dormitory before. Plasma research is also a major breakthrough for the health system. Whether it is used to treat diseases and save lives or to export blood, it is the focus of development for the health department."

"Your novel has offended many people!"

In the development of any industry, there will naturally be people who oppose it and there will naturally be people who promote it.

In a sense, Li Changhe is now an "oppositionist", and this novel of his is bound to offend his supporters.

"Let's talk about it later. There's no such thing as a happy ending. I thought about this before I posted it."

“I can’t live up to everyone’s expectations, but I just want to live up to my conscience.”

"Let's look at this later!"

Li Changhe had no way of telling Haiwen and the others about his plans, so he could only deal with them simply for the time being.

In fact, he is not against the plasma economy. He just wants the higher-ups to pay more attention to this industry. However, Li Changhe is very clear that the higher-ups are powerless in this regard.

To put it bluntly, what is most needed to regulate the plasma economy are medical consumables such as disposable syringes, and the consumption of such consumables is an astronomical figure for the whole country.

Money is secondary, the most important thing is raw materials.

The raw material for disposable syringes is currently mainly polypropylene, which is one of the production materials of the petrochemical industry.

So in the final analysis, it is still the shortcomings of the domestic petrochemical industry. Polypropylene can certainly be produced in China at present, but it will definitely be used first in the military industry and other important production departments. There are too few that can be allocated to pharmaceutical factories to produce disposable syringes.

This is essentially a shortcoming in domestic industrial development. Li Changhe is actually considering taking this opportunity to see if he can introduce his petrochemical industry into the country.

But I can’t talk to Haiwen and the others about this kind of industrial layout.

"By the way, how is your trip abroad going?"

Li Changhe asked Haiwen again at this time.

"It's almost done. Since our superiors issued a document clearly relaxing the restrictions on self-funded study abroad, it has been easy for me to go through the procedures."

"There are no problems with the embassy at the moment. We are just waiting for a response from the university in the United States."

"The school said it's best to wait until after graduation next year. It's only a few months away, so I think that's fine." "By the way, do you know a girl named Zha Jianying from the Chinese Department?"

At this time, Haiwen asked Li Changhe curiously.

Li Changhe thought for a moment and then nodded.

He remembered this girl, a very young child who had also worked as an editor at Weiming Lake. It seemed that her family worked for RM Daily.

"what happened?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

"She also wanted to go abroad, but unlike me, she chose to drop out of school directly."

Haven said softly.

"Dropped out? She's also in the 77th grade, right? She's only a few months away from graduation. Why did she choose to drop out?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised. Is the other party so willful?
"Yes, the school meant to wait until she graduated, but she couldn't wait and chose to drop out. She was pretty young and hot-tempered."

Because they were all among the first group of people who applied to study abroad at their own expense, they had some overlap with each other. Haiwen was still quite emotional when he talked about it at this time.

"Well, I remember she was in her early twenties this year, a girl with a lot of ideas. As the old saying goes: Can you be called a young person if you don't have a lot of energy?"

Li Changhe smiled and took out a classic quote from "Brother Qiang" 20 years later and replied to Haiwen.

Hearing Li Changhe's words, several people burst into laughter.

Yes, isn't it true that young people are not angry?
Not to mention Xiao Cha, even for Haiwen, studying abroad at his own expense in that era was a very rebellious thing to do.

"By the way, when you get your documents ready for going abroad, let me know and I'll help you get some foreign exchange certificates. I still have some channels in this regard."

"I support going abroad to broaden your horizons and learn more about foreign knowledge. We should learn from foreigners so that we can defeat them!"

"But after you get out, don't be dazzled by the colorful world outside. If you need money, just tell me. I have a way."

At this time, Li Changhe gave Haiwen another instruction.

He didn't know the other party's identity and achievements in later life, but as one of the few good friends in this era, Li Changhe was willing to help him.

In fact, Li Changhe didn't mind giving some help to not only Haiwen, but also other students.

After spending a few years together, he thought he had some understanding of the personalities of these classmates.

"Well, if you say so, I won't be polite with you."

"Besides anything else, foreign exchange is indeed a hassle. My family has been helping me get foreign exchange certificates. I feel relieved when you say this."

Haiwen said with emotion at this time.

Although he has two uncles in the United States, he hasn't seen them for 10 or 20 years, so he can't say what their relationship is like.

Therefore, his living expenses mainly come from the support of his family, which makes Haiwen feel a little guilty towards his family.

When he was young, he went to the northeast from Hangzhou to work in the countryside and stayed there for nearly ten years. Now that he is in his thirties and has to go abroad again, he can be said to feel guilty towards his parents and family.

Now, Li Changhe has offered to help him solve the foreign exchange coupon problem, which is like a timely help to Haiwen.

As for what Li Changhe was doing, he didn't ask much, he just spent the money.

As classmates for nearly four years, Li Changhe's generosity with money is well known to those around him.

The nickname of Peking University's "Timely Rain" is not just flattery, it is the result of real efforts.

Until now, the tradition of mutual aid fund in the Department of Political Science and Economics is still retained. The film revision fee of Li Changhe has spread from the class of 77 to the class of 78, and then to the class of 79 and 80.

So in this regard, Haiwen will not be polite to Li Changhe.

After they finished eating, they strolled towards the school. However, as soon as they entered the school gate, Li Changhe was called away by the teacher.

The reason is very simple. The call for Li Changhe was made to Peking University again.

So Li Changhe couldn't attend his afternoon class again.

Soon, Li Changhe came to Mr. Liao's office, and Director Lu was also sitting there, and the two were smoking.

Seeing Li Changhe coming in, Director Lu put out the cigarette in his hand, then looked at Li Changhe and said with a smile: "Comrade Changhe is here."

"Come on, sit down!"

"Do you two have any mission that brought you to me?"

After Li Changhe sat down, he asked the two bosses curiously.

Director Lu waved his hand: "It's not a mission, it's just something I want to talk to you about."

"Changhe, look at this!"

Director Lu handed the document that Li Jiacheng requested help to Li Changhe.

After reading it, Li Changhe was speechless.

Good man, Lao Li, how can you do things like this?
You pick a fight first, and then if you can’t beat them, you go find the parents, right?

"Comrade Changhe, we mainly want to know what the current situation is between you and Mr. Li Jiacheng."

"We can't just listen to one side of the story for some things. Now that you're back, I asked you to come over and let's talk."

Director Lu said with a smile.

Li Changhe nodded, then said softly: "In fact, in my opinion, it's not a big deal."

"Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa and the Hong Kong Land that I acquired have a lot of overlap in terms of industry. After all, they were both British-owned back then, and Jardine Matheson and Hutchison were also competitors."

"Then the current head of Hong Kong Land is William Wells. William Wells was previously the head of Hutchison Whampoa. However, because HSBC sold Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-shing, William Wells was not happy about it, so I took the opportunity to poach him."

"Then Weeley was in the process of developing the land"

Li Changhe recounted the conflict between Wei Li and Li Jiacheng.

After listening to this, Director Lu and Mr. Liao looked at Li Changhe thoughtfully.

"In other words, you don't have much conflict with Li Jiacheng, and the conflict is mainly between Wei Li and him?"

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Yes, there is no conflict between Li Jiacheng and I, but there is definitely competition."

"Hong Kong Island is so small, and there are only so many high-quality industries. For now, I, Bao Yugang, and Li Jiacheng have benefited from the British investment."

"Pao Yu-kong and I took over Jardine Matheson, while Li Ka-shing swallowed up Hutchison Whampoa."

"From the current industrial situation, Bao and I have the main advantage, while Li Jiacheng's industry is slightly inferior."

"But this person is not satisfied now. He is a businessman and always wants to expand his business. His main competitor is me."

"Of course, in Li Jiacheng's eyes, Bao Yugang and I are one and the same. He is embarrassed to attack Bao Yugang directly, so he always makes some small moves on my side."

"I just happened to be back from Paris this time. After I found out about his actions, I gave him a lesson. I never thought that he would find you two."

After listening to Li Changhe's words, Director Lu and Mr. Liao nodded calmly.

"Changhe, what do you think of Li Jiacheng?"

"From what you said, I don't think you approve of this person, right?"

At this time, Mr. Liao asked Li Changhe curiously.

After listening to it, Li Changhe did not answer immediately, but pondered and organized his words in his mind!

(End of this chapter)