Chapter 108 Going Abroad! (Subscribe)
Director Yang Jie also lives in a tube-shaped building. When Li Changhe and his friends walked in, a fragrance wafted from the corridor.

There are no private kitchens in the tube-shaped buildings, only public kitchens. When it is time for dinner, each household crowds into the public kitchen to cook. The aroma of oil fills the air, whetting people's appetite.

Zhang Guangnian brought Li Changhe and Zhu Lin and his wife to the door of a room and knocked on it.

A moment later, a man slightly younger than Zhang Guangnian opened the door. When he saw Zhang Guangnian, a warm smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Zhang is here!"

"come on in."

It can be seen that Zhang Guangnian is very familiar with their family.

Zhang Guangnian brought Li Changhe and his wife into the house. There were only three people in the house at this moment.

A woman in her forties, judging by her face, she is none other than director Yang Jie, who will become famous in the future because of "Journey to the West".

In addition, there is a little girl. Zhang Guangnian has already explained to Li Changhe on the way here. This is Yaya, the daughter of director Yang Jie and her husband Wang Chongqiu.

However, both of them are remarriages. Before this, Director Yang Jie had been married before and had three children. But now the three children are in the countryside and have not returned yet.

"Brother Zhang is here?"

"Well, Xiao Yang, didn't I call you this afternoon to tell you about that? Now I've brought the couple here."

"This is Li Changhe, the writer Ling Jue from our Writers Association. The person next to him is his wife, Comrade Zhu Lin, who is currently working at Union Hospital."

Zhang Guangnian introduced Li Changhe and Zhu Lin to director Yang Jie.

"Director Yang Jie, it's really presumptuous of me to disturb you so late at night!"

Li Changhe said respectfully, placing the tea he brought on the tea table.

"Why did you bring something with you? We can't accept it!"

Wang Chongqiu, who was standing by, saw the tea leaves on the table, shook his head and immediately declined.

"It's okay, Lao Wang. This guy likes to be polite. He brought it, so you can accept it generously. He gets a lot of royalties, and I ask him for money from time to time."

Zhang Guangnian said to Wang Chongqiu with a smile, indicating that he didn't need to refuse politely.

Of course, the implications of his words also revealed his closeness to Li Changhe.

"It's okay, Lao Wang. Since Brother Lao Zhang said so, just accept it."

"But young man, let me make it clear to you first. Although I accept the tea leaves you bring, it does not mean that I will definitely agree to teach you how to make love. If I am not satisfied in the end, you will lose this thing."

"The tea at the Jingcheng Hotel is not cheap!"

Director Yang Jie looked at Li Changhe at this time and said calmly.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Director, you are too polite. This is a small gift for visiting. Even if it doesn't work out, we can't come empty-handed when we visit the old revolutionary predecessors."

"See, I told you, this guy is smart, you can't bluff him."

After listening to Li Changhe, Zhang Guangnian smiled and said to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie shook her head: "You writers just know how to talk."

Then he looked at Li Changhe and Zhu Lin.

"Well, you guys chat outside, Comrade Zhu Lin, come in with me!"

Yang Jie waved at Zhu Lin, then stood up and went into a room. Seeing this, Zhu Lin followed her in and closed the door.

"Come on, Lao Wang, go make a pot of the tea this kid brought. Let's try some of it. He bought it from the inside of the Capital Hotel. It's all good stuff."

At this time, Zhang Guangnian was commanding Wang Chongqiu without any hesitation.

People of this era are very sincere in their relationships, and rarely pay attention to those empty talk.

Wang Chongqiu was not angry, but smiled and said, "Then let's try the tea that Comrade Xiao Li brought. I'll go make a pot."

"You guys take a seat first!"

After saying that, he got up and started to make tea.

Li Changhe looked at the little girl sitting there, then took out two White Rabbit milk candies from his pocket.

He didn't buy this thing. He took it from the Beijing Hotel in the afternoon. It was an employee benefit that the waiters made themselves.

They put some White Rabbit milk candies in the office as snacks. Li Changhe took a few and put them in his pocket, never thinking that he would use them now.

"Come on, Yaya, have some candy!"

Li Changhe peeled off the candy wrapper and said to Yaya.

Looking at the snow-white candy, Yaya reached out and took it carefully.

Then she slowly put it into her mouth. After a moment, feeling satisfied, she smiled sweetly at Li Changhe.

"You kid, why do you have everything on you?"

Seeing this, Zhang Guangnian smiled and said to Li Changhe.

"There's a box of it in the office of the waitresses at the Jingcheng Hotel. They eat it as a snack. I took two pieces this afternoon."

"They. Hey."

Zhang Guangnian seemed to have thought of something, and finally just sighed.

These days, resource allocation is not perfect. Some places have more resources, so the staff below have more benefits.

Just like the employees in a meat processing plant, they can easily get good meat that is not available outside, and the factory will even keep it for themselves.

The same goes for Beijing restaurants. All kinds of high-end ingredients on the market are commonly found in them as they are supplied to foreigners on a daily basis.

Apart from anything else, some things placed in foreigners' rooms are counted as daily losses, and those that foreigners don't eat are recycled, which is actually a benefit for the waiters.

"Here comes the tea."

At this time, Wang Chongqiu came over with a teapot, then took two teacups for Zhang Guangnian and Li Changhe and poured a cup for each of them.

The three of them then started chatting there, mainly talking about literature. After all, literature is the biggest hobby these days.

During the chat, Li Changhe also learned that Teacher Wang was a cameraman for CCTV and had met Director Yang Jie at work.

The three of them chatted animatedly, and half an hour passed quickly. Then the door opened, and Director Yang Jie and Zhu Lin came out.

Seeing the real owner come out, Li Changhe and the others stopped talking and looked at Director Yang Jie and the others.

"How is it, sister, do you like it?"

As the introducer, Zhang Guangnian naturally asked at this time.

Yang Jie smiled and said, "That's fine. How about this, Brother Zhang? Let them come to my house to study for two hours every Wednesday and Saturday night starting from tomorrow. I'll take them to the movies on Sundays if possible. How about that?"

"You are the teacher, you have the final say, and they just listen."

"Then you two have no problem with your time, right?"

At this time, Yang Jie looked at Li Changhe and Zhu Lin and asked.

Li Changhe said quickly: "No problem, we have enough time."

Thus, the time was set.

Then Zhang Guangnian took Li Changhe and his wife and said goodbye.

It was time for dinner, and Director Yang Jie invited them to stay for dinner, but Zhang Guangnian and his friends did not stay.

After leaving Director Yang Jie's house, Li Changhe invited Zhang Guangnian to dinner, but Zhang Guangnian did not go.

Later, Li Changhe and Zhu Lin sat down in a state-owned restaurant. "Changhe, if we study at night, how are we going to get home?"

It is more than ten kilometers from the Industrial College staff quarters to here. If the classes are over in the evening, there will be no buses.

If you ride a bicycle, the distance is far and it will take more than an hour.

"You don't have to go home on the nights you have classes. After class, I'll take you to your workplace's dormitory!"

"Depending on my own class schedule, I either ride my bike home or stay overnight in the staff room of the Beijing Hotel and go back in the morning."

"It's only about two months anyway, just hold on and it will be over."

Li Changhe said to Zhu Lin seriously.

It is already late May and the exam is on July 20th. Zhu Lin can't actually study for long.

Besides, the weather is getting warmer now, and it is not safe for two people to ride a bike at night, but there is no problem for Li Changhe to ride alone.

"OK then!"

Although Zhu Lin felt a little reluctant, it now seemed that this was the best way.

After the two of them had their meal, it was already getting late, so Li Changhe still sent Zhu Lin to the dormitory.

These days, public security is better in the city at night, but it is still dangerous to walk in the urban-rural fringe.

He had to put the kitchen knife back into his cloth bag.

In the evening, Li Changhe rode the Beijing Hotel's bicycle back home. When he got home, it was already past nine o'clock.

"Why did you come back so late today? Where's Linlin?"

Seeing Li Changhe walking in alone, Shen Yuxiu asked curiously.

"She has something to do, so she might stay in the dormitory at night during this period."

"By the way, Mom, what are you packing up so late at night?"

Seeing Shen Yuxiu coming out with some clothes, Li Changhe asked curiously.

"Your dad is going abroad, so I'm going to pack some clothes for him."

Shen Yuxiu said with a smile at this time.

"Going abroad?"

Li Changhe looked at Li Lishan with some surprise.

Li Lishan sat on the sofa and nodded calmly.

"The country is going to send a team of people to study abroad, and our school is also going to send a group of people, and I am on the final list."

"Your dad is pretty lucky. He was promoted to full professor this month. The official announcement will be made in a few days. And he was chosen to study abroad."

"Son, if you and Linlin want to buy anything, ask your dad to go abroad and bring it back for you."

Shen Yuxiu said excitedly to Li Changhe at this time.

Being able to go abroad these days is a great honor and will arouse the envy of many people around you.

"Come to think of it, this is all thanks to you."

"Our ancestors said it well. In a person's life, the first thirty years are about the father respecting the son, and the last thirty years are about the son respecting the father!"

"Now, I am just seeking your fame. Now everyone in the school knows that my son is not only a famous writer, but also ranked first in the liberal arts in the college entrance examination and was admitted to Peking University!"

"So now if there's anything good in the department, I, your dad, can also get some of it."

At this time, Li Lishan said to Li Changhe with emotion.

He has been engaged in academic research for most of his life, and has experienced ups and downs in recent years, swept away by the tide of the times.

What haven't you seen?

Starting from this year, the environment around me began to change.

Ever since Li Changhe was admitted to Peking University and published his novel, the entire Beijing Institute of Technology knew that Li Lishan had a son with a bright future.

Then the attitudes of people around him changed. They became more enthusiastic when greeting him in daily life. The head of the department also started to pay attention to him, and I even heard that the dean had talked about him.

There was no trouble in becoming a full professor. I was nominated and became a full professor smoothly. Now I have been selected to be on the list for overseas study.

This cannot be said to be the entire reason, but part of the reason is that he has a good son.

Anyone with a discerning eye can now see that Li Lishan’s son is the first generation of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and he is also the top student in liberal arts in Beijing. He has also published a novel that was published in the People’s Daily.

This series of honors can be represented by four words: a bright future!
Li Changhe smiled at his father and said, "In fact, it mainly depends on your own background. If you don't have enough knowledge, the country will never agree."

"By the way, which country are you going to?"

"It has not been decided yet. We are said to be a large group this time, and we will be divided into several small groups. Each group will go to a different country. Some will go to Japan, some to the United States, and some to Europe."

"Which group will go where at that time depends on how the higher-ups arrange it."

"This time we are going out mainly to investigate the gap between our industrial level and that of foreign countries. They want us to write a detailed report."

Li Lishan said in a deep voice.

Li Changhe nodded: "It's good to go out and take a look. Our development in recent years is indeed far behind that of foreign countries."

As Li Changhe expected, Li Lishan and his team's investigation should be the final sprint before the country's reform and opening up.

The country's reform and opening up was not a decision made on a whim; in fact, a lot of research was done.

Since last year, the country has stepped up its overseas inspections, continuously sending teams out to provide information feedback on developments in the outside world.

Many teachers at Peking University and Tsinghua University have been abroad.

Li Changhe knew that this was the country's assessment of the current world development situation and the subsequent determination to reform.

Li Changhe did not reveal some future industry trends to his father because the risks were too great.

He did know that the United States's transistor technology was now advanced and more promising than the Soviet Union's electronic tube technology, because it was a prerequisite for the establishment of the Internet discipline.

The Soviet Union was eliminated because it insisted on focusing on electron tubes in its research and then fell behind in the face of the epoch-making product of the Internet.

But Li Changhe couldn't tell him this. Nowadays, people who go abroad for inspection are accompanied by foreign affairs personnel. If Li Lishan casually asked about their transistor technology.

I'm afraid that when I return, Lao Li's family will be thoroughly investigated and he will have to explain the source of his knowledge of transistor technology.

Therefore, Li Changhe did not want to reveal this secret. When one is insignificant and has little influence, one should not dream of doing anything to promote national progress.

When he is strong enough, he will naturally guide technology in the right direction.

"Changhe, you haven't told me what you want your dad to buy?"

"You have to ask your dad to bring something back when you go out!"

Shen Yuxiu gave her son some advice at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and said, "Mom, we don't need anything. There's no need to buy anything."

"My dad is out for an inspection, not shopping. There will definitely be discipline. Let my dad take a look at it later. If there are things he likes, he can buy them. If there are things he doesn't need, he can give the quota to others when the time comes."

Li Changhe is not superstitious about foreign things now, so why waste money and become a sucker?

"Okay, you're right. We have everything we need at home. Lao Li, you can handle it yourself when the time comes. I don't want to worry about it anymore."

Seeing that Li Changhe was not interested, Shen Yuxiu was too lazy to ask more questions and just let Li Lishan handle it when the time came.

Li Lishan shook his head. He had nothing to buy!
　Thanks to Afanti Bu Shi Da Zi Gai Ge Tang Shi Bu Bai Shou for the rewards. I bow to express my gratitude!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)