"You still know how to come back!"
"You've only been to a few classes, and you haven't come to school for a month. Do you think school is your own family's business, that you can come and go as you please?"
"Next, are you planning to attend for another ten days or half a month and then run off again, and then not come to school for half a year or a year?"
As soon as Chen Yang returned to school, Zhang Yingying immediately berated him.
Chen Yang had long anticipated this scolding, so he obediently took it without a word of protest.
If he were a teacher, and a student disappeared for a month without a word, not expelling them would be an act of mercy.
This is not the nine-year compulsory education of later generations, where students cannot be beaten or scolded. In this era, there was something called a teaching whip.
The most common thing parents would say to teachers when sending their children to school was, "Teacher, if my child is disobedient at school, beat them to death. Filial piety comes from the rod, and a top scholar comes from the willow branch!"
Although Chen Yang was attending university, teachers' status was still very high, not to mention that Chen Yang had indeed made a mistake, and he really dared not talk back.
"You're not talking, are you? Why aren't you talking?"
Seeing Chen Yang with his head bowed, not saying a word, as if seriously listening to the criticism and admitting his mistake, Zhang Yingying felt like she was punching cotton.
"Teacher Zhang, I know I was wrong."
"You must have worried a lot about my affairs. You've worked hard during this time. I deserve to be scolded."
Chen Yang's silence was better than speaking. His obedient demeanor of admitting fault made Zhang Yingying's anger harder to vent.
"If you know you're wrong, why did you do it? Tell me, where did you go?"
"Is it easy to get into university? You ran off as soon as you enrolled. Do you still want to study? If you really get a disciplinary record at school, your life will be over. This will follow your file forever. No matter which unit you go to, you won't be well-regarded, and you won't be considered for promotion."
Zhang Yingying was somewhat disappointed in his potential. At this time, who could get into university was a prodigy.
Getting into university was equivalent to one foot in the hall of success. Universities guaranteed job assignments, and even if it wasn't a government position, it would be as a technician in a state-owned enterprise.
With the title of university student, they were a key talent wherever they went. University students were still very rare at this time; in many places, an entire unit might not have a few university students.
But if you made mistakes at school, even received disciplinary action, it would be completely different. Forget about promotion, you might not even be considered for key training.
"Teacher Zhang, I had something to do."
"Here, this is a certificate issued by our commune. This time, I had to rush back to resolve issues with the sales of the collective enterprise we jointly established with the commune."
"This factory concerns the employment and prosperity of two to three thousand farmers in our commune and the surrounding communes. I couldn't be careless."
Chen Yang handed the situation explanation written by Liu Fuchun to Zhang Yingying. It was better to let her scold him first, vent her anger, and then present this, so she would be in the mood to read it.
If Chen Yang had presented this earlier, Zhang Yingying would have still been angry and wouldn't have had the patience to read it.
Zhang Yingying took the situation explanation letter Chen Yang handed over, and her surprise grew with every word she read.
The student before her actually owned such a large factory!
Not only that, but he had also created employment for over a thousand people, allowing farmers to earn wages that were almost comparable to state-owned enterprise workers in the city!
Was this truly something a sent-down youth, a student who had just been admitted to university, could accomplish?
"You, is this situation explanation you brought genuine?"
"How did you think of partnering with the commune to run a factory? Also, did your factory really secure a foreign exchange order of over two million? And create employment and prosperity for thousands of surrounding farmers?"
Zhang Yingying was somewhat bewildered, and at this moment, she had even forgotten to be angry.
Compared to the situation explained in this letter, Chen Yang's absence from school for a month seemed insignificant.
Could a student really come up with the idea of public-private partnership? And for this to receive the support of the local government, and even be featured in a prominent article in the most authoritative newspaper?
This gave Zhang Yingying a sense of unease. Chen Yang's business model made her feel restless.
She felt as though she had discovered something extraordinary.
"Teacher Zhang, would I lie to you? Otherwise, why would I, after finally getting into university, run home without saying goodbye? I'm not stupid."
"If you don't believe me, I have another situation explanation here. Look, this is from Shanghai Third Radio Factory and Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce. Both are stamped."
"This time I went to Hong Kong, I not only helped the alcohol dregs fish factory in Anhui province open up its sales channels but also helped Shanghai Third Radio Factory obtain foreign exchange, allowing them to purchase television production lines for product upgrades."
"I saved a state-owned factory with hundreds of people. This is a good deed that benefits the country and the people."
Chen Yang successfully shifted Zhang Yingying's attention from his innocent absence from classes for a month to the reason why he had left school.
He wasn't pretending anymore; he was laying his cards on the table. He was the "savior."
He was capable, wasn't he? He wasn't here to be a model student.
"This, this..."
Zhang Yingying saw another situation explanation that Chen Yang handed over, bearing the official seals of the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce and Shanghai Third Radio Factory.
She felt as if she were dreaming today!
Was the person standing before her really just a student in his early twenties? She knew Chen Yang had extensive experience as a sent-down youth, but no matter how experienced he was, he was only in his early twenties, possibly even younger than her.
Zhang Yingying found it hard to believe that Chen Yang, in his early twenties, could go to Hong Kong and secure a foreign exchange order of over two million Hong Kong dollars, and even help the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Third Radio Factory solve their foreign exchange issues.
Even she wouldn't dare to imagine such things. At least in her opinion, this was definitely not something a young man could achieve; even if her father personally intervened, he might not be able to bring in such a large sum of foreign exchange.
But Chen Yang had done it!
Holding the two situation explanations, Zhang Yingying was somewhat dazed. Was the person standing before her truly just a student?
"You, how did you do it?"
Zhang Yingying was somewhat stunned. She couldn't fathom why a student like Chen Yang, who had just been admitted to university, possessed such outstanding abilities.
"Teacher Zhang, this is a business secret. How can I tell you casually? If I tell you, what if you steal my business?"
Although Chen Yang said it as a joke, it still annoyed Zhang Yingying. At a time like this, he was still concerned about such things.
If she had known, she wouldn't have interceded for him and would have let the school affairs office give him a disciplinary record.