PDLP Chapter 56 Director Jiang called to demand accountability.
Chapter 56 Director Jiang called to demand accountability.
"Isn't this a bit too much?"
"After all, they meant well and wanted to treat Jiajia to a meal."
Seeing Chen Xiaoyu and Song Xujie stagger as they nearly fell, Chen Xiaoyu suddenly felt that she might have gone a bit too far. Even if she was going to refuse them to their faces, there was no need to be so direct and make them lose face.
"It's not excessive."
"He thinks too highly of himself, like he's the sun and everyone has to revolve around him."
Shen Jiayi, however, did not share this view.
As one of the most famous academic beauties at Xinghua No. 1 High School, Miss Shen is actually more popular among the boys than Chen Xiaoyu.
On the one hand, it's because she has a better background; on the other hand, it's because Chen Xiaoyu is young, and ordinary boys really don't dare to mess with her, lest they be targeted and punished by the teacher.
Amidst the adoration and attention from the boys, Shen Jiayi was well aware of their thoughts, so she was decisive and swift in rejecting them, never giving them the illusion that "I still have hope."
Although Song Xujie is the vice chairman of the student union of Minzu University, which seems to give him a slight advantage, it doesn't have much impact on Shen Jiayi and doesn't pose any threat.
By the time Shen Jiayi enrolled at the National University, Song Xujie was already a senior. According to custom, he would have to leave the student union at this stage, so he wouldn't have any public influence left.
As for her background, Song Xujie may indeed have some connections, but Shen Jiayi doesn't necessarily want to pursue a career in politics.
She's a girl, academically gifted and beautiful; she really doesn't need anyone like Song Xujie to provide any assistance.
"Let's not talk about him, it's a downer."
"Let's head to Guijie now, or we might have to wait a long time for a seat if we go too late."
Ye Kai glanced at the time on his iPhone 4S and urged the two women to hurry up.
The three of them went out and hailed a taxi, heading straight for Guijie Street.
At this time of day, the roads in Beijing are already quite congested.
Watching the bustling traffic and dazzling lights, Shen Jiayi and Chen Xiaoyu were both somewhat lost in thought, their gazes fixed on the street scenes on both sides of the car window, unable to look away for a long time.
"The capital city..."
"Indeed, it's bustling."
After a long while, Chen Xiaoyu let out a sigh.
"That's natural. The capital city has a population of 2000 million, while Xinghua City only has 50 people. The capital city is equivalent to 40 Xinghua Cities."
"The vast majority of Beijing's population is crammed into a few core districts, and the area of these districts is roughly the same size as Xinghua City. How could it not be prosperous?"
Ye Kai had his eyes slightly closed, his mind seemingly wandering, but upon hearing Chen Xiaoyu's voice, he casually replied.
"No wonder housing prices in Beijing are so high."
Shen Jiayi's focus was quite different from Chen Xiaoyu's. After all, she had never considered returning to Xinghua City after graduating from university. The capital city was most likely to be her place of residence, or at the very least, she would return to the provincial capital to work.
Small county towns in northern provinces hold no appeal for graduates of top-tier universities (985 Project universities).
"Housing prices in Beijing are indeed quite high. The average price of new homes this month has already exceeded 27000 yuan per square meter, and the upward trend shows no signs of abating."
Ye Kai was quite sensitive to this kind of data, and immediately spoke up upon hearing it.
"Ye Kai, you seem to be paying a lot of attention to Beijing's housing prices. Are you planning to buy a house here?"
Shen Jiayi noticed this and immediately pressed for an answer.
"With the little money I have, I can only afford a 60-square-meter new apartment. I'd better save up some more money."
Ye Kai thought about the pitiful 170 million in his account and immediately shook his head in dejection.
If you want to have enough funds on hand, you'll have to wait until Bitcoin surges next year and breaks through the $1200 mark. At that time, you can sell your Bitcoin and feel incredibly satisfied.
At that time, even buying a luxury house in Beijing won't be so difficult...
Thinking about the housing prices in Beijing, Ye Kai's confidence began to waver again. Damn it.
"A 60-square-meter new apartment with full payment?"
"Are students these days so arrogant?"
The taxi driver, who had remained silent until now, was somewhat surprised to hear this.
The average price of a new house in Beijing is 27000 yuan per square meter, while the average price of a second-hand house is only about 22000 yuan per square meter. If Ye Kai were to buy a second-hand house instead of a new one, he could buy a house of about 73 square meters.
Even in Beijing, a 73-square-meter apartment is not considered too small.
After all, more than a thousand years ago, Bai Juyi was reminded that "living in the capital is not easy." Throughout history, purchasing property in the capital has always been a major challenge.
"I was just bragging, driver, don't take it to heart."
Ye Kai had no intention of showing off in front of the taxi driver. He immediately dispelled the driver's wild thoughts with a single sentence and told him to drive carefully.
"I knew it..."
The driver didn't continue, but his thoughts naturally leaned towards agreeing with the fact that Ye Kai was bragging.
"Brother Ye Kai, are you that rich now?"
Chen Xiaoyu was unaware of Ye Kai's involvement in Bitcoin speculation, and was immediately startled when she heard him say this.
She had known Ye Kai for a long time and was also familiar with Professor Xu, so she naturally knew roughly how much wealth Professor Xu had. It was nothing more than that little red building that was valuable, and the rest was Professor Xu's pension.
But no matter how you calculate it, Professor Xu couldn't possibly have saved that much money for Ye Kai.
Chen Xiaoyu knew that a significant portion of Professor Xu's retirement pension was used to support impoverished students.
"It was all made from stock trading, nothing to mention."
Ye Kai didn't say much, but simply brought it up in the context of stock trading.
"How come I didn't know that you could still make money in the A-shares market?"
The taxi driver, upon hearing this, couldn't help but chime in.
US stocks.
Ye Kai had gone too far and retorted directly.
"Oh, US stocks, that makes perfect sense."
The taxi driver then fell silent.
But then he thought about it and realized that the boy was obviously a high school student. How could he make money by speculating on US stocks? What kind of family must he come from?
He's not an ordinary person, absolutely not an ordinary person.
The journey took about forty minutes, but thankfully the three of them chatted and laughed, so it wasn't too boring.
Just as Guijie Street came into view, Director Jiang called.
"Jiajia, did you run into Song Xujie?"
"His aunt complained to me that you didn't seem very friendly?"
"That's not a good idea."
Director Jiang questioned Shen Jiayi over the phone.
"He's just a really strange person."
"We've never even met, and he just comes up to you saying he wants to treat you to dinner, and you absolutely have to do him the honor. Does he even have that kind of nerve?"
Hearing this, Shen Jiayi was also in a bad mood and immediately retorted.
"You naughty child, you're not listening to me again."
"Their family has a lot of influence in the capital; you never know when we might need their help."
"Besides, how could a guy who can be the vice president of the student council at a prestigious university in Beijing be as despicable as you describe?"
"I'll send you his contact information. You can treat him to a meal later to apologize, and then you can keep in touch."
Director Jiang felt that her daughter was a source of worry and was making her feel exhausted.
If she had known this would happen, she would have taken leave to come to Beijing with Shen Jiayi.
"..."
Shen Jiayi didn't answer and hung up the phone directly.
After thinking about it, she simply turned off her phone.