Chapter 299 The Light of Confidence
"It's hard to say. There are still quite a few outstanding students."

"Changhe, you are just lazy. If you join the student union, I think you will be the chairman of our class!"

Zhang Wei said to Li Changhe with a smile.

"I can't do this kind of cadre work!"

Li Changhe shook his head and said with a smile.

If he intends to pursue a career in this life, he will definitely not miss the position of President of the Peking University Student Union.

But unfortunately, he had no intention of pursuing a formal career, so he had no interest in places like the Student Union where he could gain experience.

After all, he is too busy with his own affairs.

"But I have something good to tell you."

"This year our school has several waves of external exchange activities, one of which is to go to Hong Kong Island and exchange with the Chinese University of Hong Kong Island."

"The next wave will be even better. Our country will organize youth groups to go to Japan for exchanges. They can go abroad to Japan."

"Any of you who are interested can sign up in advance, and maybe you will be selected."

"Especially Changhe, I think it will be no problem for you to sign up."

Zhang Wei said to everyone with a smile at this time.

"Yes, you can go abroad to Japan, Changhe. I think you can sign up."

Haiwen said excitedly to Li Changhe at this time.

"I don't think it's easy to say for others, but if you sign up, Changhe, it's a sure win."

Yi Gang on the side also said with a smile.

Li Changhe smiled and shook his head: "No, I have a lot of things to do this year, so I'd better give the opportunity to go abroad to others."

Li Changhe was planning to cause trouble in Japan, so how could he go there as a member of the Peking University Youth League?

"You've been so secretive since the second half of last year. What are you busy with?"

"Yeah, Changhe, I see your focus is no longer on school."

"Speaking of which, we have to do something. After The Rise of Great Powers, we have been silent for a long time."

Several people talked about it.

Seeing this, Li Changhe shook his head.

"I feel like you guys are getting too arrogant. One movie like 'The Rise of Great Powers' isn't enough. You want to do something bigger, right?"

“But to be honest, it’s not that easy to do something big and enlarge the satellite.”

“The Rise of Great Powers is relatively simple, because it is our summary of the economic development of countries around the world. There are all kinds of information in the library, and we actually just integrated them.”

"But if we really want to write a deep economic book, do you think we can do it?"

"Let's not talk about other things, data deduction models, economic variable coefficients, can we make these?"

Many aspects of economics are actually connected with mathematics, so students of economics also need to be proficient in advanced mathematics.

But to be honest, many people in the department had a hard time learning a professional subject like advanced mathematics. Even Li Changhe found it difficult.

It's already very good if he can ensure that his score is above average and he doesn't fail any course.

Not to mention the other people in the dormitory, there are very few who are particularly proficient. Most of them are like Li Changhe, trying hard not to fail.

After all, many people’s math foundation before entering school is actually quite poor.

"I think instead of trying to make a big move to become famous, we should calm down and work hard to improve our own abilities."

“What the country needs is not how many articles we publish or how famous we are, but that we use the knowledge we have learned to solve the problems facing the country today.”

"We are juniors this year and will probably graduate next year. To be honest, we don't have much time left in school!"

After hearing Li Changhe's words, everyone present seemed to be thinking about something.

"Well said, Changhe, thank you for waking us up!"

At this time, Haiwen was the first to applaud and said.

"Sure enough, fame and fortune have been the most disturbing things since ancient times. A moment of success almost makes us lose ourselves."

"Changhe is still sober and sees things clearly. He has given us a good reminder today."

"Okay, stop praising me. The main reason is that I can't think of a good proposal, so I advise you not to embarrass me."

Li Changhe said to everyone with a smile at this time.

"Hahahaha, kid, you ruined the mood we just built up!"

"That's right, guys, let's beat him up. I just felt sorry for the country and the people, but he told me that he didn't want us to embarrass him. He has a dark heart."

The revolutionary sentiment that had just been brewing among several people was suddenly interrupted by Li Changhe, and they immediately started to beat Li Changhe up.

But the topic was just blown away.

The Student Union will continue to be just an internal exchange club for economics students.

Soon, Li Changhe's junior year began and he studied at Peking University as planned.

But this year's study is different from previous years.

In the past, Li Changhe's time at Peking University was more like a paradise. No matter how the outside society changed, Peking University was relatively peaceful.

But this year, after the Chinese New Year, Li Changhe clearly felt that the social debate about change had spread into Peking University.

Inside Peking University, especially among young students, the discussion is no longer about whether to reform.

The topic they discussed has changed from "what is reform" to "how to reform"

This change also spread to Li Changhe.

That afternoon, Li Changhe finished class and was about to walk out when he was stopped by someone.

The person who called Li Changhe was none other than Li Changhe's former roommate He Xiaofeng.

"Hmm? Guang'er, what's the matter?"

He Xiaofeng is from Guangdong Province. Because he was not very fluent in Mandarin when he first entered school, he was given a nickname, Guang'er.

He Xiaofeng didn't take it seriously. After all, it wasn't a humiliating nickname. Over the past two years, everyone started calling him that.

"Changhe, I want to discuss a point of knowledge with you."

He Xiaofeng walked up at this time and spoke softly.

Although he still has an accent, his Mandarin is relatively standard.

"Okay then, let's go to the Changzheng Canteen to eat and chat!"

It was exactly noon, Li Changhe said to He Xiaofeng.

"Okay, I'll treat you!"

He Xiaofeng nodded and said to Li Changhe.

"Goodbye, I'll treat you. When you get back to work, treat me to a good meal!"

Li Changhe shook his head and said.

During the two years in college, Li Changhe's wealth changed dramatically, but for ordinary college students like He Xiaofeng, life did not change much.

The subsidy remains the same, the monthly meal ticket has not increased, and he does not receive any extra salary from his work.

Although I have enough food and drink every month, I don’t have much extra money to spend.

"Okay, then I'll follow you and improve my life."

He Xiaofeng didn't fight for it either.

If it were someone else, He Xiaofeng might have hesitated, but with Li Changhe, he had no such concerns.

After all, they have seen Li Changhe's character and heroism in the past two years, and they know that this kid never speaks politely.

Besides, the two of them have been living in the same dormitory for two years, so their relationship is much closer than that of ordinary classmates.

When they arrived at the Chang Zheng canteen, the two of them didn't order much, just two dishes. Then Li Changhe ordered steamed buns, and He Xiaofeng asked for rice.

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

Li Changhe asked He Xiaofeng curiously at this time.

He Xiaofeng thought for a moment, then hesitantly said to Li Changhe: "Changhe, I want to discuss a point of knowledge with you."

“Do you think that labor creates value?”

He Xiaofeng asked Li Changhe in a low voice at this moment.

Li Changhe glanced at him and then understood what he meant.

"You mean the labor value provided by living labor forms?"

The so-called living labor is an economic term in Capital, which represents a certain special value created by people through physical and mental labor.

Corresponding to this is materialized labor, also known as dead labor, which refers to labor preserved in a solidified state in a product or useful object, and is the transformation of means of production.

"In Capital, it is believed that labor is the value produced together with the transformation of the means of production. This is also the root of the greatness of the working class, because workers will transform the means of production into new products through labor."

"But Changhe, I think another kind of labor, that is, labor that does not involve means of production, is equally valuable."

"For example, now we are in a restaurant, and the chef cooks for us, which involves means of production. But other people, such as waiters, just spend their physical effort to help us serve the food."

"Do you think his labor output has no value?"

He Xiaofeng said in a low voice.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "Of course, I understand what you mean!"

"Actually, what you want to say is that service is just as valuable, right?"

"Labor services that are not related to production also have value. In the West, this industry is called the tertiary industry, also known as the service industry."

"Their calculation of gross national product is based on the output of waiters and waitresses."

“But if you want to discuss this in China, the risks are huge.”

Li Changhe already knew the topic He Xiaofeng wanted to discuss, which was actually the value concept of the service industry.

This is a concept that everyone recognizes in later generations, and waiters still create value.

But today, in China in 1980, this theory is a bomb, because it contradicts Marx's economic theory.

As mentioned earlier, Marx's economic theory is labor-added production, in which living labor and materialized labor jointly produce value, which is also a cornerstone of socialist economic theory.

Therefore, before this, when the country counted data such as GDP, it did not calculate the value of labor, but only counted the value of production.

The labor value proposed by He Xiaofeng is actually equivalent to breaking this cornerstone and calculating the value of labor and means of production separately.

This is not only a shock to concepts, but also a destruction of the economic model that has been recognized by everyone in the past few decades.

“I know the risk is huge, but I think it’s a mistake to just stick to the idea of ​​production value.”

"Changhe, I think everyone is too blindly trusting!"

He Xiaofeng spoke to Li Changhe firmly at this moment. At this moment, there was no more hesitation in his words, and a light flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, Li Changhe was a little touched!
(End of this chapter)