Chapter 963: Disdain for It
At around six o'clock, many of the seventeen classmates who stayed in the capital arrived at Lao Zhao's restaurant, which was quite a honor.
After arriving, everyone exchanged warm greetings.
"Rong Rong, I miss you so much."
"Squad leader, you are finally back. I thought I would never see you again in this life."
"Ganggungun, can you speak? You'll be punished with alcohol and alcohol."
Sun Xianxian even scolded: "That's right, at least three cups of punishment. I've been standing here for a long time, and you didn't see it?"
"Wocao, Sun Xianxian, you are back too? Li Ye only told me that the squad leader is back, not you. Besides, why have you changed after not seeing me for two years? Was it because of Su Ge's northwest wind, or because of Na Tasha lost weight."
"Fuck you, don't taint my innocence."
"Hahahaha~"
Sun Xianxian laughed and cursed, and finally helped the boy who "showed his true feelings" to cover up.
On the night when Zhen Rongrong said goodbye to everyone, several classmates in the class cried, lamenting that the goddess in their hearts was gone forever.
Today I saw Zhen Rongrong suddenly coming back. I was so happy that I became less reserved in my words.
After all, everyone was shy when they were in school. After two years in the society, they all understand the principle of being quick and slow.
"Come on, let's have a drink together first to congratulate the monitor and senior students on their return."
"Cheers~"
"Cheers~"
After a glass of strong wine, the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious.
Pu Xianghe took the opportunity to ask Zhen Rongrong: "Squad leader, when you come back, do you know which unit you are assigned to?"
Zhen Rongrong said calmly: "I have been assigned to the Physical Reform Committee, but I haven't reported yet. I don't know which department I will be assigned to yet."
Fu Lianbing said in surprise: "Hey, the Restructuring Committee is an agency under the Fifth Academy of China, right? The squad leader is the squad leader. After studying abroad for two years, you can reach the top in one step. Your future is indeed boundless."
The Economic Structural Reform Commission is the Economic Structural Reform Commission. It is a component of the Fifth Academy of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for researching, coordinating and guiding economic structural reform. It sounds really high-end.
However, Zhen Rongrong immediately said humbly: "Don't talk nonsense. I joined the work two years later than you, and I have to start from the lowest level. I will have to ask you for work experience later!"
"Then you ask Li Ye for advice. He is the best among our classmates. Not only did he get a wife, have children, and get promoted to a major, he even got into a car."
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There was a sudden silence in the noisy banquet, and everyone looked at the classmate Jiang Xiaocheng who was speaking.
Jiang Xiaocheng's words sounded like he was praising Li Ye for his good performance, but when he heard it, he felt something was wrong.
In particular, many classmates knew that Jiang Xiaocheng cried the most on the day Zhen Rongrong said goodbye, so he deliberately pointed out that Li Ye "married a wife and had children", which made people easily think of something.
Li Ye chuckled and said calmly: "Lao Jiang, what you said is as if our squad leader didn't get into a car."
Chen Xiaoling was very smart and immediately asked Zhen Rongrong: "Squad leader, have you driven the car at the lighthouse?"
Zhen Rongrong nodded and said, "When I was in my second year of studying abroad, I had to buy a second-hand car because my part-time company was too far away from the school. It was too inconvenient to have no car in the lighthouse."
"Squad leader, are you really getting into cars? So how much do you earn every month working part-time at the lighthouse?"
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Zhen Rongrong was a little embarrassed, but she still said: "I'm not full-time, so I don't know exactly how much I earn every month. Sometimes it's a few hundred, sometimes it's a few thousand."
"A few thousand? In dollars?"
"Yes, but it costs a lot."
"Oh, several thousand dollars, no matter how much the expenses are, you can't spend it all."
The topic at the banquet was successfully transferred to Zhen Rongrong.
Everyone is still working hard for a salary of one or two hundred in China, but squad leader Zhen is already earning a salary of one thousand on the other side of the ocean.
Jiang Xiaocheng looked at Zhen Rongrong and couldn't help but ask: "Squad leader, you have already established yourself at the lighthouse, why are you coming back?"
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The banquet became quiet again, and everyone looked at Zhen Rongrong with complicated expressions.
If Jiang Xiaocheng had said such words when he was bidding farewell to Zhen Rongrong two years ago, everyone would have scolded him.
The 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 will be a traitor.
But now that everyone has been working for two years, there are many people in society who have sharpened their brains and moistened their brains, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
But Zhen Rongrong is still the same Zhen Rongrong, the same radical and passionate D cadre.
As soon as Jiang Xiaocheng finished speaking, her expression became extremely serious.
"Do you think I shouldn't come back? Do you think I should be greedy for the prosperity overseas and abandon the country that gave birth to me and raised me? How did you become like this after not seeing each other for just two years?"
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Jiang Xiaocheng didn't expect to be slapped in the face by Zhen Rongrong, so he could only forcefully defend: "Then why do you think so many international students don't come back? People go to higher places. Are they all fools?"
Zhen Rongrong looked at Jiang Xiaocheng coldly, and said in a deep voice: "It's true that people go to higher places, but my higher place is right here."
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No one spoke.
Everyone really didn't expect that Zhen Rongrong was still the same tempered as before after two years of absence. She didn't become tactful at all because she was two years older.
Li Ye glanced at Sun Xianxian, who understood immediately.
"Hey, hey, hey, you are all surrounding the squad leader and caring about me, why don't you care about me! I am also a wanderer who has been wandering outside for two years, and I also need the care and greetings from my compatriots in the motherland."
"Hahahaha, Sun Xianxian, do you still need our care? Bian Jingjing didn't write you a greeting, and Su Ge's beautiful Natasha didn't care for you?"
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"Well, don't tell me, I actually met a few girls named Natasha. Those legs are really long."
"Hahahahaha, remember this, everyone, you must complain to Bian Jingjing and let her take good care of our little brother."
Sun Xianxian was the youngest classmate in the class. The eldest brothers and sisters at the banquet immediately gathered around him to make fun of him, which solved the awkwardness between Zhen Rongrong and Jiang Xiaocheng.
But Sun Xianjin was not just making jokes. He quickly raised an issue that everyone was concerned about and attracted everyone's attention.
"When I was in Moscow, I not only met Natasha, but also came into contact with many things that we in the mainland cannot touch, especially the social unrest in Eastern Europe in recent years, which is my main research content."
"Eastern Europe? What happened to Eastern Europe?"
As expected, everyone was interested. Although everyone was no longer a student, the habit of "taking care of family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs" was still retained.
Sun Xianxian said: "There are problems in several countries in Eastern Europe. The red group has lost its ruling position. 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 Poland's red power."
Fu Lianbing suddenly said: "Inflation? Aren't we also in the process of inflation now? In April, I gave my salary to my mother, and I can deposit it all in the bank.
But in the past few months, as soon as our wages are paid, our whole family goes shopping, and we don’t lose money on anything we buy.”
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Everyone was quiet again.
They are all majoring in economics, so why don’t they understand what inflation is about?
Ordinary people only think that price breakthroughs will lead to rising prices, but these economics students take a longer-term view.
The turmoil in Eastern Europe is a lesson to the mainland. If we continue to follow the same old path, problems may one day arise.
Many people in later generations dismissed the price breakthrough of 1988 as useless, but in fact, how could it not be 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 the current deposit situation in your bank?"
Pu Xianghe said: "I don't know the details of this, but it should be relatively stable, right?"
"It's so stable. Now everyone has emptied their bankbooks to buy things. It's strange that your savings are stable. We don't ask you for a loan. Why are you hiding it?"
"What you're saying is, I don't care about loans, so it's useless for you to ask me, right?"
"Okay, okay, everyone is understanding. Now the market is full of panic buying, and banks will inevitably raise deposit interest rates. If you can lend money now, you can make several points in vain later."
"Hey, Lao Jiang, what you said makes sense! But how should we get this loan?"
Traveling thousands of miles just for wealth, at any time, topics related to wealth must be the most concerned.
The one-year deposit interest rate in 1988 finally exceeded 10%. If you take advantage of the loan interest rate before it skyrockets, you will make a profit in vain.
It's a pity that these students have just graduated two years ago and have not yet reached the position of "making the final say". Even if they want to get a loan, it is not that convenient.
It seems that the only person on site who is truly qualified to operate is Li Ye.
Li Ye felt the eyes of everyone looking over him and couldn't help but smile: "Don't look at me, I don't want to benefit the country."
"Okay! Li Ye, you are still more enlightened. We are resigned to being inferior and ashamed of ourselves."
"He can stand and talk without back pain, and of course he doesn't care if he's not short of money."
Everyone laughed and joked that Li Ye was a rich man and had no shortage of money.
But Zhen Rongrong looked at Li Ye with eyes full of admiration.
Given Li Ye's background, it is not easy to make loan arbitrage, but he simply disdains this kind of behavior.