Chapter 171: Yang is concerned about you!

'Study for the rise of China? I really didn't expect that young man Zhou Ming could say such a thing, it's really surprising.'

In the Zhongnanhai Sui'an Room, the two top leaders, Yang Dingguo and Du Zhongyuan, are having tea here. They have just received news from the National People's Congress about Zhou Ming's incident in the Economics Lecture Hall. Of course, the National People's Congress does not have the power to report directly to them, so the news was first reported to the Zhongban, and then recorded by the secretary of the Zhongban and forwarded to them.

This process usually takes several days, but no one in the Zhongban (General Office of the Communist Party of China) doesn't know that Zhou Ming was arranged by Chairman Yang and Chairman Du, and that the financial class also carries the hope of the country's future financial development. Therefore, no one dares to delay the news there, and they judged that what happened in the economic lecture hall was indeed not a trivial matter. The secretary of the Zhongban immediately forwarded it.

Although it was a relay, given the importance of this matter, the details of what happened were described in some detail. Both the previous provocation of ** in the economics lecture hall and the subsequent defeat of Zhou Ming were reported to the two leaders; as for the important parts, it was Zhou Ming's sentence of studying for the rise of China, and finally Zhou Ming's cultivation of patriotic enthusiasm for all the students.

After hearing these words, Yang Dingguo immediately couldn't help but give a shout of praise for Zhou Ming, while Du Zhongzhen waved his hand at the secretary who had finished reporting, and the secretary left tactfully.

'What Mr Yang said is absolutely right. The phrase 'study for the rise of China' was said by His Excellency the Prime Minister a long time ago, and it is very famous in the hearts of the people of the country. It is not surprising that Zhou Ming could say this phrase, but it was unexpected that he would then take this opportunity to cultivate patriotism in the students in the National People's Congress and Finance classes.'

'Unexpected? I don't think so,' Yang Dingguo said, "Comrade Zhongyuan, I don't know if you remember what Zhou Ming's first proposition was when we were discussing the financial class before?'

'Establishing a correct outlook on life, world outlook and values among the students," Du Zhongyuan answered off the cuff.

Yang Dingguo nodded: 'That's it. I remember Zhou Ming also said during the discussion that the primary purpose of education is to cultivate people. A person with an incorrect outlook on life, no matter what achievements he makes, will ultimately be harmful to the country.'

'This kid, it's not simple for someone so young to have such a high level of ideological awareness,' Du Zhongyuan praised Zhou Ming.

'Especially in this era of reform and opening up, the waves wash away the sand, everyone is unscrupulously making money, starting a business, for which they would even lose their conscience, do things that break the rules and regulations, or go to prison, but as long as they make money they will still do it. At this time, it is still very, very difficult to hold onto one's true self.'

Yang Dingguo paused for a moment before continuing, 'Comrade Zhongyuan, do you think we should invite Comrade Zhou Ming over for a chat?'

'Of course, because I'm also curious. Yang, you're so much younger than me, and I really want to know what this young man is thinking. I'm also looking forward to the future of this finance class,' said Du Zhongyuan.

But Yang Dingguo shook his head and said, 'That's not why I invited him here. I want to understand something else, something we've all overlooked.'

This remark surprised Du Zhongyuan a little, and he looked at Yang Dingguo's expression thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something.

After the two leaders finished speaking, they immediately gave instructions for someone to find Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming came to Zhongnanhai an hour later.

'Chairman Yang and Chairman Du are resting in the anteroom, so please take our internal car there,'

The secretary of the Zhongban said, 'This is an old rule in Zhongnanhai. After all, this is the centre of supreme power, and not just any car can be driven recklessly. Zhou Ming and Du Peng both understood this, and followed the Zhongban secretary into the car in Zhongnanhai.

'I really didn't expect that you, Zhou Ming, could get news to the centre just by doing something casually. You know, I have been in Yanjing for so many years, and even now my old man is still the chairman, and I haven't been in as often as you have. It really makes people feel envious!'

Sitting in the car, Du Peng said to Zhou Ming with a hint of jealousy, to which Zhou Ming spread his hands and said, 'To be honest, I didn't expect the Central Authorities to pay so much attention to me. Just saying something casually at school can be heard by the two elderly people so quickly, and I was even directly admitted in.'

Du Peng shrugged, and the secretary of the Central Committee sitting in front of him said, 'Comrade Zhou Ming is being too modest. What you have done, both at home and abroad, is amazing. Arranging for you to lead the finance class was also the result of much deliberation by the two leaders. They themselves attach great importance to it. And that ** who organised the debate challenge at various universities in Beijing was also one of the first group of foreign businessmen to return to China and was personally received by the central leadership.'

Zhou Ming nodded: 'That ** is indeed quite capable, but this person's character is a bit extreme, and his tolerance is also very poor. And his current attitude towards the country is that he is fine as a general executive, but if he is really asked to do something, I'm afraid it's better to forget it.'

Zhou Ming did not really mean to mock ** or anything when he said this, because in Zhou Ming's impression, there was no such person as **.

In theory, someone who has never lost a challenge against all the universities in Beijing with their team, there may be some other factors involved, but in any case, this is quite an impressive achievement. If you put it this way, he is so amazing, he is also a very showy person, and he is also a returned Chinese, these combined together should be the president of some big company or something, so how come there is no impression at all?

There can only be one reason for this: he is simply not very capable, and is only good at talking and using his twisted mind.

Ten minutes later, the car arrived at the Sui'an Room. Zhou Ming and Du Peng walked into the office under the guidance of the secretary. Both elderly men were in the office. When they saw Zhou Ming enter, Yang Dingguo waved at him, and Zhou Ming and Du Peng sat in the chairs in front of them.

Yang Dingguo looked up and down at Zhou Ming a few times, then suddenly sighed, reached out and patted Zhou Ming on the shoulder and said, 'It's really hard on you.'

This sentence, which made no sense, made Zhou Ming freeze. He looked at Yang Dingguo and said blankly, 'Yang Lao, it's fine. I may have a bit of a hot temper. I just can't stand it when someone gets so cocky and insults their own countrymen. I just hope I haven't caused any trouble for the Central Committee.'

Yang Dingguo shook his head and denied, 'That's not it. I wouldn't care about someone like that. If he wants to go to the embassy to protest, let him. We'll just let him take his time with this lawsuit.'

As a national leader, Yang Dingguo had a lot of confidence when he said this. Zhou Ming had to say again, 'As for establishing a correct outlook on life, this has always been what my teachers have taught me. Learning is the comprehensive development of morality, intellect, physical fitness, aesthetics and manual skills, and morality comes before intellect.'

Zhou Ming continued, 'There is a saying in my hometown: 'It's not the rogue you have to fear, it's the educated rogue. What it means is that an immoral person without wisdom is of limited harm, but an immoral person with wisdom could become a cancer in society. And the finance class is the cornerstone of the country's future finance, which is why I place establishing the correct values in my students as my top priority.'

Yang Dingguo still shook his head: 'That's not what I mean either. It's really rare that you can realise the importance of establishing the correct values in your classmates, but if you don't do it, I will instruct someone else to do it. After all, you understand what this finance class means to our country.'

This next week Ming was dumbfounded. Why didn't he say anything about the banana man **, or about establishing the correct values in the finance class students?

But when you think about it, what kind of people are Yang Dingguo and Du Zhongyuan? They are national leaders, the rulers of this country. There are so many things for the billion people to deal with, and the things you mentioned are important, but they are not to the point that they will immediately come looking for you if they know about them. In contrast, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economic crisis in Northern Russia, and the many problems that exist in the reform and opening up itself, and even the border issues in the South China Sea, are all very important.

If they have to personally intervene in even these minor matters, or personally intervene in matters concerning themselves, then they will be extremely busy if you consider the entire country.

Zhou Ming was confused again when he thought about this: 'Old Yang, although I have joined the party, I am just an ordinary person, and there is only a limited amount I can do. Furthermore, I am also a capitalist. If the organisation wants to assign tasks, it must consider this carefully. After all, there are many other people in our country who are capable and want to serve the motherland.'

Hearing this, Du Zhongyuan couldn't help but say to Zhou Ming, 'You little brat, Old Yang didn't call you here to assign you any tasks, he's mainly concerned about you!'

'Me?'

These words made Zhou Ming's eyes widen, and he had never expected it to be for this reason.

Zhou Ming was not self-deprecating, and with 100 billion US dollars in his hands, he did have the capital to be valued by national leaders like Yang Dingguo, but the key was that Zhou Ming didn't think he currently had anything to be concerned about.

The once arrogant ** lost to himself. He was originally worried about whether he could get the sincere support of his classmates, but after this incident, his classmates all admired him. The fervor was astonishing. No wonder there are so many young people who turn against their families because of a certain celebrity in later generations. But when he thinks about it, wasn't he also impulsive and fanatical when he was young? Just like the lyrics that say, 'Who can be young and not be impetuous?'

Later, when I helped them establish their values, I received enthusiastic responses from them. Even when I received a phone call at the end of the day asking me to come to the centre, these students spontaneously came to see me off and escort my car away.

So everything went very smoothly. What did Yang Laowang care about?

Facing Zhou Ming's doubts, Yang Dingguo himself revealed the answer. He said to Zhou Ming, 'Because of the country's poverty and backwardness, you suffered in Northern Russia.'

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