Chapter 64: Oral Exercises
After Li Bei, Liu Lan and his younger brother Li Gang went to study, there was no one at home to cook, Li Bayi simply found Li Bei's mother and Liu Lan's mother from the countryside, and gave each of them a salary of 200 yuan a month, and was specifically responsible for managing the small courtyard, cooking for everyone, washing clothes, and cleaning in the morning and evening.
The two are also very happy, go to work in a restaurant, and they are tired and tired for less than 100 yuan a month, and now they can take care of their daughter and have money to get, so why not.
Li Bayi bought eight Chinese mopeds, except for one for his own use, the rest were for Li Bei, Liu Lan, Li Gang, Li Lian and Chen Yongzhong to go to and from school.
The other two were for Li Bei's mother and Liu Lan's mother to buy groceries, but they couldn't ride, so they had to be taught by their two daughters in the big playground on the NTU campus an hour after dinner every day.
Tutoring continued as usual, only changed to every evening and weekend. Occasionally, Li Bayi would take a few people to visit the attractions of Tuocheng on weekends when the school had no arrangements.
Everyone's life gradually became calm and regular, and Li Bayi also began to live a leisurely campus life, starting from his sophomore year, classes became much less, and there were only 20 classes a week.
Although Li Bayi also took a double degree and had to take economics classes, he didn't feel busy. He only occasionally listened to the courses in the Chinese department, and most of his energy was on the economics side.
In his previous life, Li Bayi's theoretical foundation in Chinese was quite solid, and as for journalism, there was no need to invest too much energy, and with decades of media experience, the teachers of NTU could not catch up with him in terms of work practice.
As for theoretical knowledge, it is an eternal pain in Li Bayi's heart. The reason why Li Bayi chose to major in journalism after graduating from high school is that he has read too many novels and film and television dramas, and he feels that being a reporter is very majestic and very respected.
After entering NTU, the teachers of NTU instilled in him a general idea of Western journalism, what is press freedom, the mission and responsibility of journalists, and so on.
In particular, the Watergate scandal in the United States, because of the follow-up investigative reporting of two Washington Post reporters, Woodward and Bernstein, forced President Richard Nixon to step down, pushing the glory and prestige of journalists to a climax.
To be honest, the teachers at NTU are indeed very good, their lectures are not only lively and interesting, but also very thoughtful and in-depth, each of them has their own research direction and achievements, and they are a group of real scholars.
But it was precisely at this point that Li Bayi suffered deeply. In his previous life, Li Bayi was simple and enthusiastic, with the enthusiasm and persistence of young people, and under the education of a group of professors at NTU, he was even more indignant, and the whole person was full of idealism, and he looked completely worried about the country and the people.
The teachers are a group of scholars who, under the impact of various new trends of thought in the West, have put forward many ideas for building a republic and sketched beautiful blueprints, and they can put forward their own ideas without considering the political basis and social reality.
However, Li Bayi, a child from the countryside, has not had much contact with social reality, and his understanding of the superstructure is a blank slate, and he has no ability to distinguish between reality and ideals.
He had a dream and participated in the work with a master's attitude, and the results can be imagined. He writes passionately but can't publish it, he wants justice but can't, he wants to be the "uncrowned king" like Woodward and Bernstein, and it's a dream that will never come true.
He came from a professional background, and even wrote simple meeting manuscripts stumblingly, and every day he either held meetings or went on business trips, and his work ability was not as good as that of a primary school teacher seconded from the countryside.
So, he resigned from public office and embarked on a path of exile.
The life of failure in his previous life is a big lesson, an inexhaustible treasure, he only needs to dig well and refine it carefully, which is enough for him to enjoy for a lifetime.
So in terms of class, he didn't take it seriously, just messed around. Of course, he really has to work English, because NTU has a rule from their current session that if you can't pass the national level 4 in English, you won't be able to get a degree certificate when you graduate.
In addition, Li Bayi wants to build a huge commercial empire, and this business empire must be hidden specifically for his political ambitions, so he must move his core palace abroad and hide it, so that he can use the magic hand of attracting investment to control the economy of the republic.
In the early stage, he not only had to go abroad frequently, but also frequently dealt with foreigners.
In his previous life, he was a scholar, and he was one of the few people who had a limited number of graduation certificates and degree certificates, but unfortunately these two certificates did not play a big role in his hands. Later, even the graduation certificate and degree certificate were lost.
But in this life, the road he took to politics is the so-called "age is a treasure, a diploma is indispensable, the relationship is the most important, and ability is for reference". This diploma is naturally to be obtained.
I don't know if it's because of the enhanced memory after rebirth, or because of the experience of his previous life, Li Bayi reads very easily, he basically doesn't listen to the teacher's lectures much, but reads books on his own.
As long as he has seen the place, he will remember it once, and he will understand it more deeply than what is written in a book. So even in economics, he only goes to a class occasionally, and many times he just takes other students' notes and reads them.
In his previous life, Li Bayi only went to it once, and he had no time to practice his spoken English because he had to be a tutor until 9 o'clock in the evening after class every day.
The reason why he was able to pass level 4 was mainly due to his solid grasp of English vocabulary and grammar, while speaking was his weakness. So as soon as Li Bayi was free, he went to the English corner to talk to those foreigners and English lovers.
In NTU, there are still a lot of foreigners, and there is a special building for foreign students, which is very beautifully built, and it is said that there are more than 20 international students studying at NTU.
In his previous life, the International Student Building was a mysterious place for Li Bayi, and every time he passed by, he would take a curious peek, and when he had eyes, he would see some beautiful blonde and blue-eyed foreign girls.
โhello!โ
Whenever the sexy foreign girls greeted Li Bayi generously, it would make Li Bayi's face blush and his heart beat, and his stammering English could not reply to a few sentences and was stuck in his throat.
But in this life, in just two months, Li Bayi became a frequent visitor to this international student building, and he became friends with several old diplomats.