The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 231 As long as you are happy

According to the training they received beforehand, people from the flower-growing family are always more modest and will deny repeatedly, because they have been educated in such etiquette since childhood.

Then they would flatter and sing praises to a person who had never received much praise since childhood, and let him accept endless flattery, so that he would feel euphoric. Then they would take advantage of the situation to seduce Liu Hua with high welfare and high treatment.

But he never expected that Liu Hua's cognition was different from that of the current flower-growing family. He was indeed very humble, but only to his own people. As for those foreigners, Liu Hua knew that they did not have such virtues at all, and being humble was like talking to a cow, so he just had to be more high-profile.

Liu Hua nodded as a matter of course: "That's for sure. It's not that I'm overconfident. I don't believe anyone can surpass me in semiconductors."

This sentence confused the two foreigners. This was different from what the flower growing expert they consulted before coming here. His confidence was something that very few people had, even in America.

Several people looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a moment. After a while, one person said, "That's right, so your country's current rigid conditions are not worthy of your talent and contribution."

"Someone said this more than ten years ago." He smiled and said, "At that time, I had just invented PLC, and a Western media reporter pretended not to know Chinese to interview me. Finally, he suddenly invited me to study and research in the West and promised me a high salary, but unfortunately I refused."

"That's understandable." Another person smiled and said, "More than ten years ago, you were only about twenty years old, and you were full of passion to serve the country. When I was your age, I was also like that. But now you are almost forty, you have to consider your family."

The third person continued, "As far as we know, you are still living in what you call a compound. This living environment is far from worthy of your current status and talent. Our boss has promised that if you are willing to go to the West, we can provide you with a manor villa, over 10 million research funds and over 1 million annual salary."

They did not avoid our people when they said this, because they knew that even if they wanted to avoid us, it would be futile. On their territory, they have a hundred and eighty ways to find out what they said and did.

The people in the Science Department were very anxious because the prices offered by these foreigners were too high. They were really afraid that Liu Hua would be greedy for fame and fortune and slip away abroad without any notice.

Liu Hua smiled and shook his head: "You know what? My eyes are a pair of wise eyes that can see through time and space."

Several foreigners were confused and stayed there for a while. One of them asked in confusion, "Mr. Liu, you are very humorous, but I don't quite understand what you mean."

"What I mean is that my eyes can see the future development trend. Fifty years from now, there will be only one superpower in the world."

One of the foreigners said proudly: "That is us, the United States. Apart from us, no other country in the world has the potential to become a superpower, not even the current big bear. Only we can become a free and democratic superpower."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "As long as you are happy, I have no objection."

After the reception dinner, the foreigners left, and the staff member who had heard the foreigners poaching employees with his own ears reported the whole matter in detail.

The previous part was understandable, but the leader didn’t quite understand the last part about “insight” and “just be happy”. So the leader of the Science Department also asked for instructions, until someone who understood clearly what “just be happy” meant, then he happily gave instructions.

"Capitalists know that they will hire talented people with high salaries in order to develop, so we cannot let those scientists who have made important contributions feel discouraged. In the past, we only focused on spiritual rewards. I think this time we have set an example. In addition to spiritual rewards, we must also have material rewards."

The leader said that there should be material rewards, so the departments below began to discuss what kind of material rewards to give.

After much discussion, they decided to reward Liu Hua with 10,000 yuan, and then reported the plan.

The leader waved his hand, wrote a number, and criticized the leaders of the Science Department: "You are so petty. Liu Hua's patent authorization has brought us more than 1 million US dollars, which is equivalent to one-thirtieth of our country's foreign exchange reserves. You only rewarded yuan, a drop in the bucket. If you tell others about it, won't people laugh at you?"

So Liu Hua got the number written by his leader, a full three million yuan. When he got the deposit certificate, Liu Hua was shocked.

"Why so much money?"

The leader said meaningfully: "The higher-ups need to set an example and treat scientific researchers well. You are that example. This is a special approval from the leaders."

"Three million, I can never spend it all even if I die." Liu Hua said with a smile: "This is too much. Others will have opinions. It's like putting me on the fire."

It's not that Liu Hua is petty, it's just that he has lived in this era for more than 20 years and has become accustomed to the current economic scale. Not to mention three million, even three hundred yuan is a huge sum of money.

"Don't worry, your story will be on the front page of the newspaper, and the leaders will write comments." The head of the Science Department said with a smile: "Foreigners give you an annual salary of over one million and research funds of over ten million. We don't have that. We can only express our gratitude. In addition, what they said is right. You live in a slum, which is not worthy of your status. Our new family housing will be built in another year, and we will give you a big house then."

Liu Hua frowned. Three million was already enough to make people jealous, and he was also going to be given a new house and a new family building. He didn't know how many people were vying for a share.

"Forget it. The leader wants to set an example and give me 300 million. I can only accept it to serve as a starting point for others." Liu Hua shook his head and said, "But I dare not ask for this new family housing. There are so many poor families in our department who rely on the family housing to live in a more spacious place. I can't deprive others of this opportunity."

"This is also a decision made by the ministry. To encourage those scientific researchers, anyone who can achieve results will be rewarded handsomely by the ministry."

Liu Hua shook his head: "Forget it. If you want me to live in a building, I'm not used to it. I feel quite comfortable living in a compound. There are only two adults and two children in our family now, and the current house is quite spacious."

The leader knocked on the table and said, "As the saying goes, it's better to like what you eat than to taste it good. Since you don't like the building, let's discuss it. In short, your living environment must be improved."

(End of this chapter)