Chapter 938 Sister! It’s Worth It for Me to Train You (Two in One)
After Ning Pingping came in, she greeted Li Ye first, and then saw a few dishes on Li Ye's table.
Then she said with a smile: "Classmate Li Ye. Oh, now I want to call you Deputy Director Li. I came half an hour early to treat you to dinner, but I didn't expect you were still late."
Li Ye said strangely: "You want to treat me to dinner? How did you know that I was on duty at the unit today?"
Ning Pingping smiled lightly and said, "The mountain people have their own clever plans."
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Li Ye's brows wrinkled slightly.
The year before last, Li Ye had assigned Hao Jian to arrange for Hao Jian to study abroad in the name of Fenghua Clothing. Li Ye had not seen Ning Pingping in the past two years. Today, Li Ye saw Ning Pingping again and felt that she had changed a lot.
The first time Li Ye met Ning Pingping was in the costume performance team formed at the Textile College. Ning Pingping was stubborn at that time.
Because of secular prejudice, the situation of the first generation of mainland models was not very good, so when Wen Guohua, Li Ye and others watched their rehearsal, she tried her best to cover up her inner youth and panic with a faint indifference.
But when Ning Pingping got acquainted with Wen Guohua, her stubbornness gradually disappeared. When she met Li Ye for the last time at the entrance of the COFCO compound, the resentment and grievance in her eyes had made her lose herself.
But today, her confidence seemed to be back, and she even had a hint of "arrogance".
Li Ye has seen this kind of arrogance in many people, such as Li Dayong's ex-girlfriend Lin Qiuyan.
Faced with this kind of arrogance, Li Ye can understand. After all, they are all rare college students in this era, and they have all gone overseas to learn "advanced experience." It is inevitable to be a little proud.
But the premise of this understanding is that you don't mistake your pride for being superior to others.
But now Ning Pingping's attitude towards Li Ye was inexplicably condescending, just like the way Li Ye's senior sister Cai Minying met Li Ye for the first time.
It's just that when Cai Minying faced Li Ye now, she no longer had that arrogance. Li Ye only used three axes to knock out her modesty.
Li Ye glanced at Ning Pingping and said with a faint smile: "There is no need to treat me to dinner. If you have anything to do, please sit down for a while and wait for me to finish these two bites. I remember that you studied abroad the year before last! This is Are you coming back for the Spring Festival?”
"No, American universities use a credit system. I have completed all the credits in advance and received a master's degree, so I graduated early."
Ning Pingping explained to Li Ye with a smile, and there was a hint of pride in her words.
She was also a college student at the Textile College in China. When she went overseas, she "skipped a grade" and graduated early. She had a self-superiority feeling of "I am excellent" in her heart.
"Oh, that's good. There are many things good outside, but it's still not as good as home."
Li Ye nodded and concentrated on his lunch. In the middle of winter, his sisters brought four dishes and one soup, not for him to eat cold dishes.
However, Ning Pingping felt a little uncomfortable.
[Didn’t he hear that I wanted to invite him to dinner? 】
During the few years of internship at Lighthouse, Ning Pingping, with her good appearance and figure, as well as her status as an elite student, deeply felt the "ladies first" treatment, and was really not used to Li Ye's indifferent attitude.
Logically speaking, shouldn't Li Ye throw away these lunch boxes and thermos cups and enthusiastically accept her invitation to go to a restaurant for a feast?
But Ning Pingping didn't know that no matter how good a star-rated hotel was, it was not as good as the home-cooked food sent by her family.
Ning Pingping instinctively wanted to leave, but finally held back and had to look elsewhere to divert her attention.
Then she noticed several other little girls in the office, looking at her with twinkling eyes. Some were curious, some were gossiping, and some were wary.
Ning Pingping smiled coquettishly and said, "I seem to have come at the wrong time. I'm really sorry."
Xiao Liying looked at Ning Pingping and said with a smile: "No, no, we are just here to deliver food to brother, you don't have to worry about us."
【I don’t care about you? But you are in the way here! 】
Ning Pingping laughed and saw that Li Juan was writing some program on Li Ye's computer, so she changed the topic and said: "The mainland has developed very fast in the past few years! Microcomputers are also used. I have used an IBM personal PC at Lighthouse, and it is really nice. What brand is yours?”
Li Juan raised her eyelids and glanced at Ning Pingping, and said in a deep voice: "This is produced by us in the mainland."
Ning Pingping was stunned and said in a questioning tone: "Produced by the mainland itself? How is this possible? Personal PCs are cutting-edge technologies in Lighthouse, and only a few companies can produce the important CPU. Which domestic electronics factory in our country Can we produce CUP integrated circuits?”
"We produce it ourselves."
Li Juan muttered, lowered her head and ignored Ning Pingping.
She actually knew the situation of Fengyu Computer. Many of its main components were imported, but she just couldn't stand Ning Pingping, so she was stubborn with her.
However, Li Ye was a pragmatic person, so he explained calmly: "This personal computer is indeed produced in the mainland, but it uses a lot of overseas technology. It is considered a cooperative production!"
"Oh, I'll just say it!"
Ning Pingping smiled softly, sat on the sofa and crossed her legs, and stopped arguing with Li Juan.
But the disdain between her eyebrows immediately caused Li Juan's displeasure.
This child is straightforward and has a bad temper. Whatever she thinks is easily on her face. She immediately wanted to argue with Ning Pingping. You drank two mouthfuls of foreign ink. Do you still remember your last name?
But the little sister Li Ying rushed in front of Li Juan and smiled and said to Ning Pingping: "Are you studying computer science in Dengta? I am also very interested in computers!"
Ning Pingping shook her head and said: "No, I am studying fashion design, but I just happened to come into contact with some computer knowledge."
"Fashion design! I like clothes too! No wonder the clothes you wear are so beautiful! Did you design them yourself?"
"I guess so! I made a little modification myself"
"Oh, then you are really amazing. Which college do you study in?"
Li Ying chatted with Ning Pingping, and soon the conversation became heated, making her sister Li Juan want to kick her in the face.
[Didn't you see that I don't get along with her? Which side are you from? 】
But soon, "Second Sister" Fu Yiruo also joined the chat, and they were also talking and laughing and had similar interests, so Li Juan couldn't vent her anger.
Li Juan didn't like Li Ying and could fight with her fiercely, but Second Sister was fine, she played with the blood suppression.
Li Ye watched Li Juan typing on the keyboard and couldn't help but sighed at this silly child, who couldn't see that Li Ying and Fu Yiruo were "teasing" Ning Pingping.
The two of them sang in unison and cooperated tacitly, constantly getting Ning Pingping's stomach to ask questions, such as the school she studied at the Lighthouse, how was it compared with the Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design, or the Marangoni Institute in Italy?
For example, when she was studying at the Lighthouse, what influence did the master's supervisor she followed have in the industry, which design school did he belong to, and so on.
Ning Pingping could handle it at first, but after a while, her expression gradually became less natural.
Why are the questions of these two little girls so tricky?
Because although Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design and Marangoni College are world-renowned universities in fashion design, they are not well-known in the mainland. Ninety-nine percent of people have never heard of their names, right?
You are now asking me how the second-rate college I am studying in compares with these schools? Isn't it like a Peking University student asking "What advantages does your Hangzhou Normal University have compared to us"?
So Ning Pingping found an opportunity and asked Li Ying and Fu Yiru with a smile: "You seem to know a lot about overseas schools! Why, do you also want to study abroad? So what school are you studying in now?"
Little Li Ying blinked and said embarrassedly: "I am still in high school in Hong Kong Island! But my two sisters are studying in Peking University."
"Studying in high school in Hong Kong Island?"
Ning Pingping's smile froze on her face.
And the resentment in her heart, like two years ago, could not be stopped from overflowing.
Why are the Phoenix men and Phoenix women who are both "climbing up the high branches" so different in fate?
She and Wen Guohua were clearly in love, but everyone tried to separate them. In the end, she was given the opportunity to study abroad, which made her happy for a long time.
Fenghua Clothing also supported all of Ning Pingping's living and study expenses overseas, so Ning Pingping didn't have to lower her head and endure discrimination to work, which made her grateful to Wen Guohua and Li Ye.
But look at Li Ye, who is now with Wen Leyu. It can be said that one person's success brings prosperity to everyone. Even a sister can go to Hong Kong Island to study in middle school?
Going to study in middle school overseas! What kind of treatment is this?
Compared with him, what am I?
Li Ye is a country boy, and I am a Beijing resident!
【I must be strong and not show my weakness in front of anyone. 】
Ning Pingping took a deep breath, held back the mist in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Hong Kong Island! That's pretty good! I met several international students from Hong Kong Island at the Lighthouse, and I feel that they are all very well-educated and well-educated."
Li Ying narrowed her eyes, her sharp eyes flashed quickly, and then she smiled and said: "Yes, yes! I studied in Hong Kong Island and met many good compatriots, but there are also many Hong Kong Islanders who make people uncomfortable."
"They are obviously Chinese, but when they talk to me, they either speak English directly, or those who are not good at English speak half English and half Chinese, just like half-cooked rice, which makes people choke."
Ning Pingping's smile just now solidified again. Half English and half Chinese, isn't it talking about herself just now?
Just now, when Ning Pingping was chatting with Li Ying and Fu Yiru, she always inserted English words into long paragraphs of Chinese. She thought it was quite fashionable, but now Li Ying used half-cooked rice to describe it, which sounded extremely harsh.
And before Li Ying finished, her next words were even more piercing.
"Of course, most Hong Kong Islanders are very good. They worship our ancestors, like our culture, and have a deep attachment to Han culture,"
"But some other people who hold British passports all day are really funny. They are obviously yellow-skinned and black-haired, and their ancestors are obviously from flower farming, but they believe in that queen thousands of miles away.
I am puzzled. Doesn't the queen know the truth that 'those who are not of my race must have different hearts'? Isn't she on guard against them?"
Li Ye smiled softly.
[Okay, my sister is a staunch nationalist, and it’s not in vain for me to train her. 】
But Ning Pingping's face was almost turning red. She really didn't understand how she had offended this little girl and made her ridicule her so much.
Is it because in the previous chat, I expressed the superiority of the lighthouse compared to the mainland several times?
But when Ning Pingping saw Li Juan sitting in front of the computer with her head lowered and sobbing, she seemed to understand something.
The argument he had with Li Juan just now made these little girls behave like "helping relatives but not helping others".
But Li Ye, why are you laughing?
Are you also so incompetent? How did Wen Leyu fall in love with you?
Ning Pingping took deep breaths and then said, "Li Ye, can I talk to you alone?"
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The eyes of several sisters in the room were all focused on Li Ye's face.
Li Ye waved his hand to Fu Yiruo, Li Ying and others, and said softly: "You guys go out and stay for a while, don't close the door."
The eyes of the younger sisters immediately became exciting, vigilant, gossipy, curious, complicated and inexplicable.
That clearly means - [What is your relationship with this celebrity? Is there anything we can’t hear? Be careful what we tell my sister-in-law! 】
Li Ye said dumbfounded: "Your sister-in-law knows Ning Pingping, don't think too much about it."
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Fu Yiruo and others went out helplessly.
After they left, Ning Pingping straightened her body and said solemnly: "Li Ye, two years ago, I thanked you very much for giving me the opportunity to go abroad and see the world.
But now, I realize that the price I paid is the most important time with Guohua."
Li Ye raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "Are you blaming me? But I am very curious, what is the most important time between you and Wen Guohua?"
Do you think that if you don't go abroad, you will have a chance to become the daughter-in-law of the Wen family? "
Ning Pingping's chest heaved violently. Li Ye's plain words were more hurtful than Li Ying's sarcasm just now.
She gritted her teeth and said: "If I don't leave, there is always a chance, but if I leave, there is really no chance at all."
【Do you have a chance? What are your chances? Could it be that while you are deeply in love with Wen Guohua, you want to give Teacher Ke a grandson? 】
To be honest, if Ning Pingping had put down her figure and got pregnant before getting married two years ago, she might have had a chance, but she was so proud that she might not have bothered to use those means, so she missed the only chance in the end.
Li Ye looked at Ning Pingping and said, "Since there is no chance at all, what are you doing to come to me? You don't want to compensate me, do you?"
Ning Pingping slowly shook her head: "No, I want to cooperate with you."
Li Ye was silent for a few seconds and then said with a smile: "Cooperation? This is a car factory. Do you want me to sell lathes and engine oil? Or do you want to help me introduce car production technology?"
Ning Pingping was startled and showed a sarcastic smile: "Li Ye, we Ming people don't tell secrets. Others may not know how Fenghua Clothing developed, but I know that if the Wen family hadn't given you enough Support, how could you be where you are today?”
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you just don't want to admit it. You just need to give Hao Jian a message and I will talk to him myself."
【What do you want me to say? That you were my brother-in-law’s former third son? When Pan Xiaoying wanted to mess with you, I already gave you face without agreeing, so why don't you...】
The smile on Li Ye's face slowly disappeared, and his expression and tone became extremely cold.
The reason why he was silent for a few seconds just now was because he was thinking about whether Wen Guohua knew about Ning Pingping coming to see him.
According to common sense, Wen Guohua should tell Li Ye himself if something happened, but Li Ye knew that during a certain period of time, people similar to Wen Guohua did have a "love child" situation, so what's going on here? It’s hard to grasp the sense of proportion.
But after listening to what Ning Pingping said just now, Li Ye was sure that Ning Pingping's so-called "cooperation" had nothing to do with Wen Guohua. She came to the door herself.
When Fenghua Clothing was developing rapidly, it was indeed supported by the Wen family. Wen Leyu even had a fight with Guo Donglun!
But Wen Guohua would never tell Ning Pingping that "without the Wen family, where would you, Li Ye, be today?"
The intimacy between Ning Pingping and Wen Guohua was lower than Li Ye expected. Ning Pingping was completely unaware of the fateful entanglement and true relationship between Li Ye and the Wen family.
Li Ye said calmly: "Since you think that without the Wen family, I, Li Ye, would not be where I am today, then you should go to the Wen family for cooperation instead of looking for me far away."
Ning Pingping did not answer immediately, but took out some information from her bag and handed it to Li Ye.
"This is the investigation report from Lighthouse's most authoritative investigation company. Take a look at it first, and then we'll talk about cooperation."
Li Ye took the pieces of information, glanced at them casually, and roughly guessed what Ning Pingping meant.
This is a survey of the most popular TV and movie stars in the Mainland. Number one is Liu Xiaolingtong, followed by Liu Xiaoqing, Tang Guoqiang and others, while Ning Pingping ranks third.
Li Ye thought about it for a while and did not deny the authenticity of the survey ranking on the spot, because Ning Pingping's exposure has indeed been quite high in recent years.
Ning Pingping is an advertising star who grew up with Fenghua Clothing.
In this era where a song at a gala can make an artist famous, Ning Pingping, who "launches new products" on TV every quarter, is definitely a top-tier traffic star. Otherwise, how could Li Ying recognize her at the first time?
Moreover, this time, with the opportunity of Ning Pingping's study abroad at Dengta, Fenghua Clothing filmed many commercials at Dengta. The "international" style achieved quite good results. In the eyes of the audience, Ning Pingping's influence is indeed not small.
Li Ye put down the information and asked calmly: "If you think this is your capital, what do you want to exchange for it?"
Ning Pingping said calmly: "I admit that my fame is due to the support of Fenghua Clothing, but I have also contributed my own value to the development of Fenghua Clothing.
So I only want the independent management rights of the Fenghua series, and I don't want the rest of the Doukou series and the Beauty series. In addition, I can continue to endorse Fenghua Clothing in the future."
"Li Ye, you are also a worldly person, you should know how high the value of celebrity endorsements is in Europe and the United States."
"Heh~"
[After all, I was dazzled by the prosperity of overseas, and only saw the scenery of those stars, but not the darkness they endured. 】
If Li Ye told Ning Pingping the story of a certain old man, I wonder if she would dare to ask for cooperation with him.