Aiguo Jiang said, "Look, I was fooled by you."
Li He smiled, "I almost didn't recognize you in your suit and tie. Looks like you've been doing pretty well out there."
"I've been a temporary worker for a few days. In principle, government sponsored students are not allowed to work part-time, but who cares? Just a casual job is worth a lifetime's income in China. Under those circumstances, I had to bow down to the capitalists and accept their exploitation in order to make money. "Aiguo Jiang laughed at himself." The per capita income in the United States has already exceeded fifteen thousand dollars. Remember, it's in US dollars. Converted to the exchange rate, not to mention farmers, even you and I won't be able to make that much money in our entire lives! "Aiguo Jiang said.
"That's very practical," Li He lit a cigarette and sighed.
"When I came back to China, my professor also advised me not to come back. It's not a problem to get an offer from an American laboratory. Even some of my classmates advised me not to come back. Why? Look at the huge gap between China and the West. How can we catch up? How can we catch up? They really don't have the courage to come back. "
Li He blew a big smoke ring in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but think that even if he had the chance to go abroad in his previous life, he wouldn't have the courage to come back. He even understood those who didn't come back. They might not be greedy for wealth, but they had lost the confidence to move forward after seeing the gap between them. Returning from an advanced country to a backward one would only make them more depressed and hesitant.
That was why Li He said that those who dared to come back were the real ones with great determination.
Of course, many of those who did not return to China were not necessarily a complete brain drain. Many of those who did not return to China took advantage of the convenience of information abroad to participate in the evaluation of many domestic science fund applications and maintain academic contacts with their former colleagues and classmates.
The loss of a part of the talent might be an unavoidable price. History also proved that it was necessary to develop China at the cost of a part of the talent drain in exchange for technological advancement.
"Come on, alright, hurry up and bring the table over." Zhao Yongqi nimbly prepared a few plates of vegetables and poured all the braised food he had bought into the basin. "Little Li, where's the wine? You can't just let us eat like this, right?"
"That won't do, I really don't lack alcohol," Li He took out two bottles of Maotai from under the table in the central room.
Zhao Yongqi looked at the row of wine under the table and said with a smile, "Don't forget to bring me two bottles when it's time."
"Sister-in-law can't say that I bribed you, right?" Li He joked.
"Go to hell, you're making fun of me again." Zhao Yongqi suddenly thought of something and asked Li He, "He Fang hasn't come back recently?"
Li He said, "She's been allocated a house by the school, so she's staying there. Why are you looking for her? "
Zhao Yongqi said, "At the beginning of this year's middle school, that woman, Ma Jincai, heard from someone that a middle school would affect a child's life, so she insisted on finding a key middle school for him. This woman doesn't care about food and drinks, and she can get by even if she's poor or rich, but when it comes to the matter of children going to school, it's like she's changed into a different person. She wants me to find a good school for her child, and she's always messing with me. "
"You want your child to go to the Polytechnic High School?"
Zhao Yongqi clinked glasses with Aiguo Jiang and took a sip, then said, "You know me, I don't want to owe anyone favors, so I can only think of He Fang. Ask her for help. The Polytechnic High School is also a key middle school, and it's not far from home."
He was still a thin-skinned person, so he couldn't bring himself to ask for help from others, so he could only find a way through his circle of acquaintances.
Li He said, "Then it shouldn't be a problem. I'll give you her office number later, and you can call her."
"Alright," Zhao Yongqi stood up and said, "Cheers to our reunion."
After downing two glasses of wine, Li He asked Aiguo Jiang, "Zhao Qing didn't come back? Didn't she go out with you? "
Zhao Qing lived in the same dormitory as He Fang, and she used to help Li He in the maintenance room. She met a married man in school, and it was Li He who told her about it.
Jiang Aiguo said, "We went to New York together, but she moved after we graduated. The people from the embassy came to my place a few times, but there was no news of her. I'm not too sure either. "
Li He didn't ask any more questions.
They drank until three or four in the afternoon, when Aiguo Jiang and Zhao Yongqi staggered home.
Li He asked Aiguo Jiang, "Where do you live now? Do you want to move in with me? My place is big. "
Aiguo Jiang's eyes were misty, and he staggered, "There are many dormitories in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and I'm worried about not having a place to stay. You don't have to worry about that."
Li He sent the two of them out of the alley, then flagged down a taxi and pushed them in. He paid the driver 20 yuan and asked him to send them to their destination.
There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, and the sun was blazing above their heads. There was no wind at all, and all the trees stood there listlessly.
Summer came so quickly, and within a few days, people experienced the unbearable heat.
Li He suddenly missed air conditioning.
He had no choice but to put on a pair of pants and squat at the entrance of the alley to cool off.
Shou Shan walked over with his hands behind his back, and a waiter followed behind him. Both of them had dogs in their hands.
The big yellow dog was about to pounce on Li He, but it had a leash around its neck, and Shou Shan was holding onto it, so it could only wait.
When Shou Shan loosened the leash, it immediately jumped into Li He's arms.
Li He almost fell over. The dog had gained weight again, and it looked like the food in the restaurant was good. He rubbed the dog's head affectionately, then kicked it into the yard.
"How come you have time to come here?"
Shou Shan sent the waiter home, and didn't say much. He said, "I'm going to Pujiang to open eight or ten restaurants."
Li He said, "Didn't your daughter tell you not to go?"
"Why would she care about my business? I'm preparing to go next month."
"It's better if you don't go. You're old, why do you have to go through all this trouble?" Li He suddenly thought of Elder Yu. Such a healthy man was gone just like that, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Shou Shan said, "My body is very good, not any worse than you youngsters."
Li He shook his head, "Arrange for someone trustworthy to go. There are so many things going on here, how can you leave? Listen to me, and there's no need to fight anymore. "
"Alright, then I'll let Zhao Zunian go? But this kid just got married this year, it's not good to break up a couple. "Shou Shan was a shrewd person, and never took advantage of his seniority. He still adhered to the principle of 'whatever the boss says is right'.
Li He asked, "Does his wife have a job?"
"No, a woman with a job wouldn't look up to him."
"Then we'll bring him along with us." Li He made the final decision. He looked at Shou Shan's face carefully and smiled. "Have you ever thought of finding a partner?" Shou Shan smiled.
Shou Shan's face turned red, and he stomped his feet, "Nonsense, let's go and take a look at Zhao Zunian."
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