Chapter 188: Not everyone has courage

Zhou Ming and Luo Han drove to the Renmin University of China School of Finance together. Today is the first day after the finance class collectively dropped out of Renmin University. Their car drove directly to the entrance of the Finance Research Building. Getting out of the car, they saw the secretary of the Renmin University of China School of Finance waiting here.

Seeing Zhou Ming and Luo Han come over, the secretary said with a blush on his face, 'Welcome Comrades Zhou Ming and Luo Han. President Yuchi is unwell, so he asked me to welcome you on his behalf.'

Zhou Ming laughed at Luo Han's words, and said to him, 'Luo, what did you think I was going to say? I guessed it right.'

Luo Han also laughed. He shook his head helplessly and said, 'It seems that Advisor Zhou is still very good at judging people. I can't even come close to his level. But I never thought that President Yuchi would be so unable to let go. It seems that the higher the status of a person, the less he knows how to do things.'

Although Zhou Ming and Luo Han's conversation was only about Wei Zhi Feng, it also made the secretary blush. However, he did not belong to that side, so it was not a good time to interrupt. All he could say was, 'Comrade Zhou Ming, Comrade Luo Han, let's go up to the class first.'

Zhou Ming had no interest in ridiculing Wei Zhi Feng in front of an innocent old secretary, so he nodded and followed Luo Han upstairs after hearing what the old secretary said.

It was the same old recipe and the same old flavour, and the finance class was still in the same place, but this time Zhou Ming's visit was completely different from the first time. There were no noisy discussions, and no ignoring of those who entered. All the finance students sat quietly in the classroom. As Zhou Ming and the others pushed the door open, the students stood up and bowed to Zhou Ming and the others to say hello, following the class monitor Chen Shu's command.

Zhou Ming nodded with satisfaction, 'Hello everyone, please be seated.'

After the students had all sat down, Zhou Ming said, 'Finally back in this classroom, I don't know how you all feel, but I for one am in a very unsettled mood. However, we have managed to fight for some things, so that is enough. Starting today, I will be your homeroom teacher. If there are no accidents, I will take you abroad until you graduate, or until the day you no longer need me.'

As soon as Zhou Ming finished speaking, Ye Ning immediately said in a righteous tone, 'Teacher, once a teacher, always a father. You are our teacher in the finance class today, and we will recognise you for the rest of our lives!'

After Ye Ning finished speaking, the other students immediately followed suit. Zhou Ming could see that their expressions were all very serious. This was a great surprise to Zhou Ming, because originally he had said this to tease and amuse, to liven up the atmosphere, but he never expected the students to be so serious. It seems that this teacher of his has already penetrated deep into their hearts. In the future, people may change, but at least for now, what they are saying comes from the bottom of their hearts.

With these thoughts in mind, Zhou Ming also became serious: 'I am very happy that my students can trust me so much, but we may have to temporarily separate for a while. I have some personal matters to attend to, and in the coming period of time, I will entrust you to Mr. Luo Han, and ask him to arrange for you to intern at Nanjiang Securities and participate in the establishment of the Nanjiang Stock Exchange. I hope everyone will do well.'

In Zhou Ming's words, Luo Han came forward in a timely manner: 'Hello, everyone. I am Luo Han. This is not the first time I have met you all. I am afraid that some of you have known my name for a long time, and some of you have dealt with me before. But I want to say, please forget all of that, because it will not help us get along in the future.'

'Your teachers have entrusted you to me, and I have been asked to take you to Nan Jiang Securities Company for an internship. To be honest, I am very happy, because you are all elite students selected from across the country. You are all geniuses chosen from thousands. But at the same time, I am also a little worried. You are young, which means you will be impetuous and inexperienced, and will have many problems that young people have.'

After saying this, Rohan paused for a moment and then continued, 'So here today, I have an ugly thing to say upfront: I am not a people's teacher, and I will not take care of you like your teachers do. I will only hold you to my own standards, just like the other employees of the securities company.'

'If there is to be any difference in treatment, it is that I will be stricter with you. I need you to help me complete tasks that are difficult for others to complete, because you are in the finance class,' Rohan added at the end.

In response to Rohan's words, the students answered in unison, 'No problem!'

'Good, you are worthy of being my students, you should have this confidence, and you are the best finance class, there is no work that you cannot accomplish,'

Zhou Ming finally said, 'That's good, I'm leaving soon. Everyone, take advantage of today to recharge your batteries. Don't say that I, your homeroom teacher, don't care about you. Mr. Luo Han will stay here and tell you about the work you may need to do in the future. You can discuss it more, find relevant materials and documents, so that when you get to Nanjiang, you won't be clueless.'

'Teacher, please rest assured, we will do our best!' Chen Shu assured Zhou Ming on behalf of the whole class.

'That's good. You can rest assured and study here first. I'll go now. If there's anything, just call my mobile phone or pager. The numbers are with your monitor, vice monitor and league branch secretary.'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, and then walked out of the classroom with Luo Han, followed by the old secretary.

'Secretary, I have submitted the application for the Finance Class to go to Nanjiang for an internship to the office. I think the college should have received it? Can it be approved as soon as possible?' Zhou Ming asked the secretary after they left the classroom.

In response, the secretary nodded eagerly and replied, 'Teacher Zhou Ming, the application has been approved by the college, and they have also agreed that Comrade Luo Han can temporarily take over the class. The finance class can go to Nanjiang for their internship at any time.'

'Really? So soon? You've worked hard, secretary. I'll treat you to dinner some time.' Zhou Ming said.

'No, it's not hard at all. I've just followed the college's procedures. It's fine,'

The secretary of the college said so modestly, but in his heart he cursed: 'You're kidding, before you didn't go through the procedures, and President Yuchi and you had a big row. Your boss even took the whole finance class away with him. The matter was reported to the central government, and President Yuchi was called into the president's office and scolded several times. Everyone knows that you have very strong connections in the central government, and that you are the class teacher designated by President Yang. Who would dare to make things difficult for you over this silly issue? Besides, you did apply through the proper channels, so it would be crazy to make things difficult for you any further.

Zhou Ming didn't care what the college secretary was thinking. After he finished speaking, he turned to Luo Han and said, 'Luo, I'll leave this finance class in your hands.'

'Counselor Zhou, don't worry. I can't afford to neglect the class you're leading. I'll give them the best internship opportunities,' Luo Han said.

Zhou Ming nodded and continued, 'President Luo, through recent events, I think you can also understand the strategic significance of this finance class. The students are all elites chosen from thousands, so after they arrive in Nanjiang, you should spend more time with them and take advantage of this internship opportunity to expose them to the real stock market and let them learn things they can never learn from textbooks.'

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and added: 'If possible, Mr Luo, you can also give them an introduction to the stock market situation in Gangcheng and give the students a general introduction to Western financial knowledge. However, the situation in Gangcheng is different from that in China, so don't take them there rashly, understand?'

'It seems that Consultant Zhou is still very concerned about the students,' Luo Han said with a smile, 'Consultant Zhou, please rest assured, I know what I'm doing.'

'There's nothing I can do about it. This group of students are all treasures of the country, and they all trust me so much, I can't let them down.' Zhou Ming said, looking at the time and adding, "Luo, that's all for now. I have to go because I have some things to take care of.'

Luo Han nodded and said, "Counselor Zhou, take care, and I'll take care of things here.'

Zhou Ming and Su Han left the financial research building and returned to the car. Zhou Ming asked her, 'Han, I heard you take a phone call when we were coming here. Was it about Hangzhou City?'

Su Han nodded and said, 'Just now, the news from there said that Li Qingyuan's oral liquid has been a great success, and sales in the last quarter have almost reached the million mark. He is preparing to restructure the company and start a food factory. Zhou Ming, do you think we should speed things up?'

Since last time Zhou Ming mentioned Hangzhou City and Li Qingyuan in front of Su Han, Su Han has been paying attention to the news there, but Su Han is not confident in herself, and is also afraid of disrupting Zhou Ming's deployment, so she has just been paying attention without taking any action.

Compared to Su Han's anxiety, Zhou Ming on the other hand is relieved: 'If that's really the case, I don't think we need to rush to Hangzhou City, we can just take a few more days of finance classes.'

Although Su Han unconditionally trusted Zhou Ming, at this time she still felt puzzled: 'But Zhou Ming, his side is already about to start a food factory. Judging from his sales performance in oral liquids, I'm afraid his food factory won't be bad either. If we give him a firm foothold and then go and talk to him, it won't be easy to negotiate, and it will be much more difficult.'

'Han, on this point I have the opposite view to you. It is precisely because his sales of oral liquids have been so successful that he has difficulty making the transition,' said Zhou Ming.

Su Han looked at Zhou Ming in confusion, not understanding the meaning of his words. It felt like a paradox, so Zhou Ming had to throw another question at her: 'It's simple. Do you think this oral liquid business is just Li Qingyuan's alone? Or is he in partnership with someone else?'

'Of course it's a partnership...'

Su Han's answer came out of her mouth, but she stopped after just saying those six words because she had already thought of the answer Zhou Ming was about to give her: 'Zhou Ming, are you saying...'

Zhou Ming nodded and said, 'That's exactly what you're thinking. After all, not everyone in the world has the courage to take risks. Maybe everyone has the courage when they have nothing, but once someone has something in their hands, it becomes extremely difficult to let go and go after something else. So we don't need to rush. It's unwise to kill from a distance, and the best strategy is to wait until he's almost out of blood and then go over and collect the head.'