Rebirth of the Entrepreneurship Era

After eating and sending his sister back to school, Xu Yiyang easily found the old Yingzhou Education Bureau based on his memory.

In September 1999 in his previous life, Xu Yiyang left home to go to college, and since then, he basically only came back twice a year.

I went to work immediately after graduating from university, and I came back twice a year.

Therefore, he actually didn't know much about Yingzhou after 1999.

In my impression, every time I come back after leaving home, I feel that Yingzhou has changed a lot, becoming bigger, more prosperous, and more western.

As folk singer Zhao Lei sang in a song: "My hometown is getting younger and younger, like a tacky dress."

However, every time Xu Yiyang came back, before he had time to get acquainted with him, he left with his bags on his back.

Just like this, year after year, twenty years have passed, and he has become less and less familiar with his hometown.

However, Yingzhou before September 1999 has always been imprinted in his mind and can't get rid of it.

Because only the current Yingzhou is the Yingzhou he is familiar with, and the Yingzhou where he has lived for eighteen years.

This old, small city carried his childhood, childhood and adolescence.

Therefore, he is almost no stranger to the current Yingzhou.

On the contrary, I feel very cordial.

When Xu Yiyang came to the gate of the Education Bureau, it was 1:50 in the afternoon, and Secretary Hu was already waiting for him at the gate.

As soon as he saw Xu Yiyang, Secretary Hu said, "Xiao Xu, Director Cai and the foreign guests are here, and we'll be waiting for you."

Xu Yiyang nodded and hurriedly followed him inside.

Entering the gate, passing by the government affairs disclosure column, I took a glance at it, and found that the person at the top of the list was the Director Cai I met today.

Director Cai's full name is Cai Zhongyun, and he is the head of the Yingzhou Education Bureau.

When they came to the meeting room of the Education Bureau, the Thomas couple and Director Cai had already sat down, and there were several officials from the Education Bureau.

The two reporters who were by the Yellow River in the morning also rushed over, and this time they brought a photographer and a videographer with them.

Due to the language barrier, the atmosphere was more or less awkward. It wasn't until Xu Yiyang came in that everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thomas Lauter waved to him very excitedly, and said with a smile: "Xu, you are finally here!"

Xu Yiyang smiled and said, "I'm sorry I'm late."

"No!" Thomas Lauter waved his hands and said with a smile, "We came a little earlier."

Director Cai also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Xu Yiyang: "Xiao Xu, if you don't come, we can't communicate at all..."

Xu Yiyang nodded and smiled, and said, "Hello Director Cai."

Afterwards, he accompanied Thomas and his wife and sat across from Director Cai and other leaders.

As soon as he sat down, Thomas Lauter got straight to the point and said to Xu Yiyang: "Xu, please tell Director Cai that I came to Yingzhou this time to help my grandfather donate 200,000 German marks to Yingzhou for education. cause."

Xu Yiyang translated it on the spot, and added thoughtfully: "Director Cai, 200,000 Deutsche Marks is almost 1 million RMB."

"one million?!"

Director Cai was dumbfounded!

A single donation of one million RMB is definitely a record-breaking single donation in the field of education in Yingzhou!

One million RMB in 1999 still had a very high purchasing power.

If house prices are used as a reference scale, it will be at least 2 to 30 times higher than in 2020!

So, Director Cai quickly stood up, shook hands with Thomas Lauter, and said gratefully: "Oh, Mr. Lauter, thank you so much! I also thank your grandfather for still thinking about Yingzhou for so many years!"

Thomas Lauter smiled and said seriously: "In fact, our whole family is very grateful to Yingzhou,

If the people of Yingzhou hadn't taken in and raised my grandfather, it is very likely that he had died in a shipwreck with his parents when he was a baby, and naturally there would be no descendants like us. "

After finishing speaking, Thomas Lauter said reverently, "Director Cai, I have a small request."

Director Cai said: "Please tell me!"

Thomas Lauter said: "I hope you can help me find the village where my grandfather lived when he was a child. My grandfather told me that the place is called Wangjiadu."

For the word Wangjiadu, Thomas Lauter used the standard Yingzhou pronunciation.

According to him, his grandfather grew up in a farming family in Yingzhou, but because of the difficult conditions at that time, he did not go to school.

Until he was taken back to Germany at the age of twelve, although he spoke a standard Yingzhou dialect, he could hardly write a single word.

Therefore, the place name of Wangjiadu was also told by the old man to Thomas Lauter in Yingzhou dialect.

Everyone understood, the three words he said were Wang Jiadu.

But the problem is that there seems to be no place called Wangjiadu in Yingzhou.

Director Cai thought for a moment, then said to Xu Yiyang: "Xiao Xu, ask Mr. Lauter, if you remember the place name wrong?"

Xu Yiyang thought for a while, and said, "Director Cai, he said the word Wang Jiadu very slickly, so he probably won't remember it wrong."

As he said that, he whispered again: "Director Cai, his grandfather lived in Yingzhou from 1914 to 1926. The place Wangjiadu was probably named at that time. After so many years, could it be that it has been renamed? gone?"

Director Cai nodded lightly, and said in agreement: "Your analysis makes sense, it is likely that the name has been changed."

After finishing speaking, he ordered Secretary Hu beside him: "Little Hu, call our retired veteran cadres and ask if there was a place called Wangjiadu here before."

"Alright Director Cai!" Secretary Hu hurriedly got up and left the meeting room.

After a few minutes, he ran back excitedly and said, "Director Cai, our retired Section Chief Zhao said that there used to be a village called Wangjiadu, which was just beside the Yellow River, and it was a ferry crossing the Yellow River. In the 1900s, Wangjiadu Village merged with several small neighboring villages to form the Happiness Commune, and later the People’s Commune disintegrated, and it was directly called the Happiness Village, which is located in Xiaguan Town on the outskirts of our city.”

After listening to Xu Yiyang's translation, Thomas Lauter said excitedly, "It's really great. Before I came, I was always worried that I couldn't find this place!"

At this time, Director Cai slapped his thigh excitedly: "Oh, what a coincidence, the teaching building of the primary school in Xiaguan Town has been in disrepair for a long time, and I wanted to renovate and rebuild it, but I couldn't implement it due to insufficient funds. Why don't I use this donation?" Allocate part of it to renovate the teaching building and name it after the old man!"

One million may not seem like much, but after all, the purchasing power is strong, and it is completely enough to renovate a small teaching building.

Thomas Lauter was also very excited when he heard about it, and blurted out: "It would be great if it can really be named after my grandfather!"

So, the two hit it off, and everyone was happy.

Thomas Lauter was also relieved.

After talking about the business, Thomas Lauter said to Xu Yiyang: "Xu, I have to trouble you to accompany us to visit Yingzhou tomorrow, and we also want to visit Wangjiadu."

Xu Yiyang agreed immediately, and Thomas gave him almost three thousand yuan, and it was only right to serve others for one more day.

But he didn't expect that Thomas took out 600 German marks on the spot, saying that it was tomorrow's translation fee.

This time Xu Yiyang didn't dare to accept it, and he was too embarrassed to accept it.

He had already received 600 Deutsche Marks before, and Director Cai and the others were watching.

If I collect so much money from others, I am afraid that others will think that I am too greedy.

Therefore, Xu Yiyang declined on the spot, and insisted on righteous words for a long time before Thomas gave up the idea of ​​giving money.

Director Cai heard that Thomas Lauter was going to visit Yingzhou and wanted to visit Wangjiadu again, so he said with a smile: "Xiao Xu, tell Mr. Lauter that tomorrow I will arrange Santana from the Education Bureau for you to travel." , Xiaguan Town is still a bit far from the city, and the traffic is not so convenient.”

Xu Yiyang nodded, and translated Director Cai's words to Thomas Lauter.

After listening to Xu Yiyang's translation, the latter immediately thanked Director Cai.

Director Cai also warmly invited Thomas and his wife to have dinner together, but Thomas Lauter declined, saying that he wanted to take a walk around Yingzhou with his wife.

As his translator, Xu Yiyang wanted to accompany him out of professionalism, Thomas also declined him, and said with a smile: "Xu, you have worked very hard today, go back and have a good rest, let's see you tomorrow morning!"

Seeing this, Xu Yiyang didn't insist anymore, but made an appointment with him at the guest house at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and then rode to No. 3 Middle School, ready to take Xu Yishan home.