I'm back in 1990

Chapter 378: Arrange for the old man to go first.

After sitting in Huang Xiaochuan's room for a while, Jiang Qiming asked Huang Xiaochuan to take him to Wang Deyi's room, where the old man was looking at materials while wearing reading glasses.

Upon seeing the two, the old man glanced at his two students over the top of his glasses and asked, "Qiming's here?"

"Yes, teacher! How are you doing?"

Wang Deyi took off his glasses and placed the materials he was holding on the desk.

"I'm fine! Don't stand, sit down!"

Xu Hui had already brewed the tea and placed the three teacups in front of the three people.

Jiang Qiming could tell the tea was extraordinary just by smelling its aroma. He quickly picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a small sip, not caring that it was too hot to drink.

Just one small sip of tea made Jiang Qiming feel the lingering fragrance on his lips and teeth, a kind of fresh grass scent from the fields, with a hint of astringency in its aroma!

Jiang Qiming blew on the tea again, took two small sips, and once again savored the aroma spreading in his mouth.

"Excellent tea! Excellent tea!" Jiang Qiming praised the tea highly.

Upon hearing this, Wang Deyi was immediately seized by a wicked impulse. He pointed at Huang Xiaochuan and said, "If you like to drink it, have your junior brother send you a few pounds. He doesn't have much else, but he has plenty of tea."

Huang Xiaochuan immediately objected: "Who said I had too much tea? I gave you all of my tea as a token of my respect, don't you know that?"

Then he said to Jiang Qiming, "I'll have Lao Xu pack up some of the old man's tea for you to take with you later."

Upon hearing this, Wang Deyi exclaimed that this was outrageous! This wicked disciple was actually going to give away the tea that was offered to him as a token of respect to someone else.

Enraged, he slammed his hand on the table: "You dare!"

Huang Xiaochuan curled his lip: "So you're reluctant to part with it too? I've been saving up to offer you tea out of kindness, and you actually think I own a tea shop? Since you promised to give Second Brother tea, I have nowhere else to go but yours. You've already said it, you can't very well take it back, can you?"

Jiang Qiming was so surprised by this scene that he forgot to drink his tea. The old man and the child were arguing in front of him, completely ignoring him!

Junior Brother is truly amazing! He's like a master of disguise, one thing can subdue another! None of my fellow junior brothers and sisters would dare to treat the old man like that. This junior brother is really something else. How interesting!

Finally, Jiang Qiming said, "Teacher, junior brother, stop arguing. I don't want this tea anymore."

The two finally calmed down, and Wang Deyi glared at Jiang Qiming with dissatisfaction: "You really intend to take it?"

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Jiang Qiming was speechless, his heart filled with bitterness. They were all your students, so why was there such a big difference? Could your junior brother be your long-lost son?

In the evening, the organizers arranged a welcome banquet in the banquet hall of the Garden Hotel. Tonight, all the top economists in China gathered here, but Huang Xiaochuan noticed an interesting phenomenon: representatives from all schools of thought were present.

For example, Kong Bohong, who studied classical economics, and his school of thought emphasized free market competition and the role of the "invisible hand," opposing government intervention. They stressed the labor theory of value and believed that the economy would spontaneously achieve equilibrium in the long run.

Feng Haiyun, a scholar of Marxist economics, and his colleagues criticize the capitalist system, arguing that surplus value is exploited by capitalists. They predict that capitalism will collapse due to internal contradictions (such as economic crises and class antagonism) and will ultimately be replaced by socialism.

Other schools of thought include neoclassical economics (the mainstream framework of modern microeconomics), Keynesianism (the theoretical foundation of modern macroeconomics), neoclassical synthesis (which proposes combining Keynesian macroeconomics with neoclassical microeconomics to form a mainstream economic framework), and monetarism (which emphasizes the decisive role of money supply in inflation and economic fluctuations and opposes Keynesianism). Some of these economic schools are bold and radical, some are relatively conservative, and some integrate the two economic disciplines.

Wang Deyi is naturally a neoclassical synthesizer, because he has always advocated combining macroeconomics and microeconomics, which is also the mainstream school of economics in the world today.

Huang Xiaochuan, who studied under Wang Deyi, naturally belongs to this school of thought.

However, he is currently only a minor figure in academia. Although he has published a few papers, they have only impressed the academic community for a short time. In the field of economics, there are all kinds of theories, and they are all based on their own schools of thought to make bold research and speculations about the future economy. Only time can test whether the theory and speculation are correct. Huang Xiaochuan's papers are the same, and time is needed to prove the correctness of these speculations.

Wang Deyi brought Huang Xiaochuan to the symposium because he wanted his student to gain more exposure in academia, and he hoped to introduce him to some influential figures and help him build a network of connections.

During the three-day symposium, Huang Xiaochuan met many leading figures in his school of thought and their students. They had a very pleasant conversation and exchanged contact information.

"Brother Zhu, if you have the chance to come to Shanghai, be sure to give me a call. We haven't had enough of a chat these past few days."

"Hahaha! Definitely." The tall Zhu Qingshan shook Huang Xiaochuan's hand vigorously.

Huang Xiaochuan shook hands with each of the new friends he had made in the past few days to say goodbye.

Finally, Jiang Qiming shook Huang Xiaochuan's hand and invited, "Want to come to Shenzhen with me for a few days? I'll cover your food and lodging."

Huang Xiaochuan gestured towards Wang Deyi, who was saying goodbye to a group of old friends, and said, "I still need to take the old man back first."

"Okay! It's up to you then. Come see me whenever you're free. I've already spoken to the teacher, so I won't be going over. Please tell him for me. I'll be going now."

After saying that, he got into the car that came to pick him up and drove away, as he wanted to get home before dinner.

Seeing Wang Deyi chatting happily with his old friends, Huang Xiaochuan strolled leisurely into the garden for a while, admiring the large murals "Wild Goose Wall" and "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night." The Lingnan gardens also had exquisite water features, with schools of koi fish in the garden's waterways, each one quite large, indicating that the hotel had fed them very well.

At this moment, Mai Guangde caught up from behind: "Mr. Huang, the itinerary is all arranged, and we can depart at any time."

"Have the airport pickup arrangements been made in Shanghai?"

"Everything is arranged."

Huang Xiaochuan nodded.

On the way to the airport, Huang Xiaochuan said to the old man, "Grandpa, I have something to do and won't be going back with you. You and Lao Xu go back first. It's the same plane we took here. We've already paid for it and there's no refund. Just sit there and relax. Someone from Shanghai will pick you up at the airport and take you home."

Seeing that Huang Xiaochuan had arranged his return trip, Wang Deyi had nothing more to say, only reminding him, "Go back as soon as you're done."

"Understood, don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I've taken care of things."

After seeing Wang Deyi and Xu Hui off at the airport, Huang Xiaochuan also boarded a plane and flew directly to Hong Kong.