rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 478: Why don’t you find a godmother?

When it comes to coaxing people, Chen Li is quite professional.

Although Professor Lu is a nationally renowned professor, in essence, she is just a little old lady.

So in the end, Professor Lu didn't last long in front of Chen Li's eloquent words.

In just a few minutes, Chen Li coaxed the little old lady, successfully entered Professor Lu's house, and obtained the qualification to have lunch here at noon.

Well, actually, saying that coaxing is better is a bit exaggerated. Professor Lu’s anger will probably be difficult to completely eliminate in a while.

Chen Li's "coaxing" could at best make Professor Lu accept the current situation, which is that Chen Li has dropped out of school.

Actually, Professor Lu was just showing off, because she had already been persuaded by Chen Li when Chen Li asked her to help convince her parents.

The reason is still the same. With Chen Li's current professional level, there is actually no need to simply stay on the university campus.

The reason why it is said that there is no need for Chen Li to read further is actually a premise!

Because Chen Li is currently studying for an undergraduate degree, according to the original plan, Chen Li will be promoted to sophomore year in September.

But in fact, let alone sophomores, Chen Li now even surpasses senior graduates in terms of majors.

It would be a waste if Chen Li continued to major in German as a sophomore.

The best way~ is to let Chen Li study abroad, or let Chen Li change his major.

In this case, Professor Lu can even use his own connections to help Chen Li pave two paths in the future!

If Chen Li chooses to study abroad, there will definitely be no problem once Chen Li comes back and becomes a university teacher at the University of Foreign Studies.

In the eyes of a cultural person like Professor Lu, the status of a university teacher must be much higher than that of a businessman.

And even if Chen Li doesn't choose this path, if he changes his major and learns a few more foreign languages, whether he stays in school or enters the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Professor Lu actually has some options.

No matter what happens, Chen Li can be allowed to study as a graduate student or even a doctoral student.

In fact, it must be an exaggeration to say that Chen Li can’t learn anything in his current major.

Every language has its own unique culture and heritage. With Chen Li's current level, it would be absolutely bragging to say that you can't learn anything in your major.

It's just that those courses are not taught at the undergraduate level at all!

But these days, early graduation is not popular in China. Even if it is early graduation, it is absolutely impossible to graduate in one year. It is really too exaggerated to do that.

Therefore, instead of continuing to let Chen Li study at the undergraduate level, it is actually better to let Chen Li go and hone his skills in the real society.

From this point, we can actually see that although Professor Lu was very dissatisfied with Chen Li's abandonment of literature and went into business, she did not look down on businessmen.

To put it bluntly, although Professor Lu deeply believes that scholars are better than businessmen full of copper odor, she does not have too many prejudices against businessmen.

In many film and television works, they always like to put the scholarly family and the merchant's family on opposite sides. The "conflict" between the two is also a major attraction in film and television dramas.

But in fact, that kind of traditional old-fashionedness does exist in reality, but most of it is not as extreme as shown in those movies and TV dramas.

Just like in Su Mei's family, Su Mei had given up her career as a teacher and planned to enter the ideal fried chicken job. Chen Li once thought that it was impossible for Su Mei to get support from her family.

Because in Chen Li's opinion, Su Mei's scholarly family would never allow Su Mei to get involved in such a stinky business.

But in fact, the Su family not only agreed with Su Mei's idea, but also provided help to Su Mei's new job many times.

Ideal Fried Chicken has several branches, and they obtained the operating rights from some schools.

It would be impossible to open a fried chicken window in the school cafeteria without the help of Su Mei's family. Chen Li and Ideal Fried Chicken alone would definitely not be able to do it.

The main reason for this situation is that the status of businessmen today is no longer as bad as it was in the old days.

Except for some old-fashioned people with outdated ideas, everyone else is aware of the changes, and naturally they will not dislike doing business like the old society did.

Professor Lu is naturally not that old-fashioned. He has studied abroad after all.

In her time, it was much more difficult to study abroad than it is now, so Professor Lu's ideas were relatively open-minded.

The reason why Professor Lu prefers Chen Li to study abroad or continue his studies is because in her opinion, it may be better for Chen Li's future life.

After all, Professor Lu has spent most of her life studying, teaching and educating people, so studying is her most familiar outlet.

If Chen Li was just an ordinary college student, then Professor Lu would never have agreed to Chen Li's application to drop out of school, and he would never have helped Chen Li convince his parents.

But the problem is that Chen Li is not only a genius in learning, but also a genius in business.

While his peers were still asking for money from their families, Chen Li had already created a huge business territory on his own.

Although Professor Lu didn't know that much about Chen Li's business, she could tell from what she knew that Chen Li was really talented in business.

Perhaps because he has been abroad, Professor Lu's thoughts are actually far more enlightened than those of the vast majority of Chinese people.

People of their generation are focused on applying what they have learned to serve the country, or enduring hardship and standing hard work, advocating a spirit of dedication, etc.

But now it is the last year of the 20th century, and China's development has begun to move onto the fast track thanks to the efforts of Professor Lu and his generation.

Therefore, when it comes to the requirements for the younger generations like Chen Li, Professor Lu will naturally not meet the standards of their generation.

And in such an environment, from a rational perspective, there is actually nothing wrong with Chen Li's choice to go into business.

Because whether Chen Li is studying abroad or continuing his studies, his ultimate goal is to have a relatively excellent living condition in the future.

But this~ Chen Li can now do it!

So ~ this is why Professor Lu agreed to Chen Li to help him convince his parents.

There is no way. This kid Chen Li is really too good.

Of course, although Chen Li was not prevented from dropping out of school, Professor Lu still had to teach Chen Li some principles that should be taught by teachers or elders.

"Although you dropped out of school, I am no longer your teacher."

"But I still hope that you will be a person with ideals, ambitions and contributions to society in the future!"

"Don't think that the teacher is telling you some big words~empty words."

"It's because the teacher knows your abilities and knows that you can become such a person."

"Just like when you are in business, the teacher doesn't want to hear someone say that you are a shady boss one day."

"so."

Professor Lu has been a teacher for many years, and when he explains these principles, he naturally adopts a preaching tone.

But this time, Chen Li listened very carefully.

It's not that he felt much about Professor Lu's words. In fact, Chen Li had heard similar preaching in many places, whether in the past or present.

But most of the time, these words were almost fleeting in front of Chen Li.

Basically, it goes in through the left ear and out through the right ear.

There was no way~ At that time, Chen Li was just an ordinary wage earner.

To put it bluntly, Chen Li at that time, let alone being a useful person to society, it was good if he could manage himself well and not cause trouble to society.

In fact, the vast majority of people are basically the same as Chen Li in his previous life. It is considered good if he can understand himself.

But the current Chen Li is obviously different from the Chen Li in his previous life, because he can really do the things Professor Lu said.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Today, Chen Li is working hard to become the ideal and ambitious person who can contribute to society as Professor Lu said!

Just like Ideal Fried Chicken, it can be said that this chain catering company is definitely the most bizarre catering company in China today.

Don't talk about anything else~ Just talking about the fact that Chen Li buys five insurances and one fund for every employee, I can't say that this is the only one in the country, but there are definitely not many that can do it like Ideal Fried Chicken!

Even those foreign-funded companies that want to make money honestly in China cannot do this.

For example, those two famous foreign fast food companies are so keen on recruiting part-time workers. In addition to the relatively low wages of part-time employees, the bigger reason is that they do not have to pay a series of expenses such as social security.

In this way, a lot of money can be saved in terms of personnel costs.

But Ideal Fried Chicken is different. After all employees pass a one-month probationary period, the company will pay full five insurances and one fund.

That’s five insurances and one housing fund. Many state-owned enterprises these days don’t have this benefit.

For this reason, Ideal Fried Chicken requires a considerable additional expenditure every month.

In addition, the salary of Ideal Fried Chicken employees is almost at the top level in the same industry, which means that fried chicken is indeed a high-profit industry, otherwise it may not be able to support such a large expense.

Fortunately, both Su Mei and Zhou Xiaoli understand Chen Li's approach. If there were another shareholder who was greedy for profit, they would have fallen out with Chen Li long ago.

The reason why Chen Li did this was because, apart from the fact that he himself did not care that much about the benefits brought to him by chain fried chicken, the other reason was exactly what Professor Lu said.

He Chen Li said that he wanted to be a responsible, ambitious, and ideal person who could contribute to society.

Of course ~ Although Ideal Fried Chicken does a very good job in treating its employees, this does not mean that Ideal Fried Chicken operates a charity.

There must be no shortage of rules and regulations, and we will not be polite to those who can't even do their jobs well.

Just like the previous store manager who was involved in job embezzlement, he was directly sent to the bureau by the lawyer hired by Chen Li.

This case has not yet gone to trial, but according to the lawyer, it is estimated that a three-year sentence will be fine.

As for the safety issues that catering companies attach most importance to, Chen Li will also hand over the responsibility to his second father, Chen Guoqiang.

Chen Li, the second father who originally worked in the discipline inspection system, is completely trustworthy in terms of his ability and attitude towards work.

In short, Chen Li is currently working hard to become the kind of person Professor Lu said.

However, this still requires some time and accumulation.

"do not worry!"

"I won't let you down!"

"Please also supervise me in the future. I also hope to become the kind of person you say in the future."

"After all, you are my teacher!"

"Isn't it an old saying? Once a teacher, always a mother!"

"If I didn't think it was inappropriate, I would have become a godmother to you."

What Chen Li said in the first half was very sincere, and what he said in the second half was also sincere.

But putting these two halves together feels a bit strange.

It sounds like Chen Li is telling the truth, but it also feels like a joke.

And when someone like Professor Lu said this, I always felt that it was a bit unfair.

But~ Professor Lu still does this!

Professor Lu’s wife is also a teacher at the University of Foreign Studies, and the two of them live in the family courtyard of the University of Foreign Studies.

However, their children do not live here. Instead, they purchased properties elsewhere after they got married.

Only during holidays or weekends can the two of them see their children.

And with this kind of suitability, Chen Li, who seemed to be a bit unscrupulous and looked more like a nephew than a student, just caught the eye of Professor Lu and his wife.

Professor Lu has been teaching for many years, and it can be said that he has students all over the world.

But those students, when they usually face Professor Lu, are more respectful, unlike Chen Li, who is not upright and doesn't even regard himself as an outsider at all.

Chen Li has long understood Professor Lu's character. He is well-behaved and sensible, which is far more popular with Professor Lu than his behavior of not treating himself as an outsider.

Therefore, even if Chen Li has only been Professor Lu's student for one year, the relationship between Chen Li and Professor Lu is far better than that of the senior brothers and sisters who have been taught by Professor Lu for many years.

There was no way. Chen Li, who dared to throw a tantrum at his tutor's house just because he wanted to take a bite of Professor Lu's signature shredded pork with Beijing sauce, was no different from his own child in front of Professor Lu and his wife.

Of course ~ This does not mean that Chen Lizhen can be compared with Professor Lu's children, this is just a metaphor.

And to be honest~ Although Professor Lu’s shredded pork with Beijing sauce is indeed good, Chen Li, a native of Sichuan Province, really cannot say how much he likes this dish. Of course, he can’t.

This is actually Chen Li’s little trick~ but this little trick is the most effective one.

Of course, there is a premise for this, and that is that Chen Li himself is a person who is very popular with teachers and elders.

Especially for teachers, it is natural to treat a student with good grades differently from a student with poor grades.

As soon as the two were combined, Chen Li naturally became a frequent visitor to Professor Lu's house.

Sometimes Professor Lu’s wife would even take the initiative to call Chen Li and ask him to come over for dinner when Professor Lu’s house was cooking delicious food.

No other student of Professor Lu has ever enjoyed this kind of treatment.

"Pa~!"

"Damn kid, what are you talking about?"

It's obvious that Professor Lu is not interested in what Chen Li said about having a godmother.

As a senior intellectual, Professor Lu has no interest in this kind of marriage.

But even if he refused, and even Professor Lu raised his hand to slap Chen Li, Professor Lu had a smile on his face from beginning to end.

It was at this time that Professor Lu's lover came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of potatoes and roasted chicken.

"Eat~!"

"Xiao Li went to the kitchen to bring out the soup and the bowls and chopsticks."

(End of chapter)