High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 124 - 114: Li Yang, I Think I’m in Love (Double-Length - )

Li Yang said, "I don’t understand what the hell your family’s stubborn insistence achieves, but I do know there aren’t many good people out there. Don’t place yourself too high up. People might just be using you as a tool. Who would truly care whether you live or die? At most, they’ll come after you later, and your family? They’d die in vain?"

"This was my grandfather’s decision. My parents didn’t oppose it, so what can I say? Without them, I wouldn’t exist, right?"

"That’s bullshit! Without them, you’d have other parents. Do you really cherish them that much? The county government can’t afford it? Just let them lie down and do nothing, and everyone stays poor. Who’s afraid of who? Your family can totally move the company out of this shitty place. No matter what anyone says, personal interests will always trump collective interests! They get all those additional grants every year, but do you see them spending it on you?"

Bai Qing replied, "They did. Over the years, they’ve given about five hundred million in interest-free loans."

Li Yang: "Ha, interest-free loans? Do you really care about their measly money? Sure, Green Water Group’s current situation wasn’t directly caused by them, but the root cause is your family’s ties with the county government. If you hadn’t been at odds with those minor shareholders, would things have escalated to this point?"

Bai Qing suddenly shouted, "We weren’t at odds! We’ve already given them the greatest benefits! They only hold 17% of the shares combined, and we’ve given them over eight billion in dividends! What more do you want us to do? Our family holds 33% of the shares and we’ve only gotten dividends totaling two billion or so, most of which have been spent on subsidies. The county government hasn’t taken a single penny in dividends. Is giving our lives to them still not enough?"

"Aren’t you just using grand ideals to talk about this? Basically, whatever they do is their freedom. Since they are shareholders, the company should uphold shareholder interests."

"Not upheld? What does it mean to uphold then? Take a look at other small counties without grants, see how they’ve developed, and then look at the nearby counties... Nine counties, tens of millions of people. Without the current transportation infrastructure, most people wouldn’t be able to leave to find work! With the current grain prices, can any family live off just a couple of acres of land forever? Can any family’s children afford college? Yes, you’re now a prestigious Jing University student, and you’re not short on money, but does that mean others deserve to be poor? Which eye of yours sees that we’ve damaged shareholder interests? Have you read the company’s dividend reports? Do you understand the dividend amounts those minor shareholders receive? All you know is that we’ve employed some disabled people and assume we’ve harmed shareholder interests. How much money have those disabled people cost? Is there any company that goes from making several billion a year to losing billions just because they’ve employed a portion of disabled people?"

Beep beep beep...

Bai Qing hung up the phone.

Li Yang took a deep breath, knowing this matter couldn’t be changed.

The shares in Bai Qing’s aunt’s hands, although significant, were not practically meaningful.

Because the other party wouldn’t sell them now, and when they eventually decide to sell, the stock prices would have risen, rendering them not worth the cost.

Of course, he couldn’t afford to buy them anyway.

After returning to school, Li Yang had a bite to eat. Just as he was about to head to the dormitory, he was stopped by He Lewei and a few others beneath the dorm building.

The faculty had arranged for them to pick out military training uniforms.

Li Yang had no choice but to go along.

After picking out the uniforms, he finally got a chance to return to the dorm for a bit of rest.

But just as he reached the dormitory door, the class advisor, Lei Yiming, called out to him.

"Li Yang, Lewei, you two come over and help me move some textbooks..."

Then Li Yang went over and helped out.

They spent quite some time in the warehouse gathering textbooks for the thirty students in the class. Then the classmates came over, each hugging their textbooks and headed to the faculty building.

The Guanghua School of Management had a total of seven majors, but only two assistant professors, with Lei Yiming being one of them.

He was the advisor for several majors.

The class meeting was quite ordinary, and everyone had little interest in roles like class president.

Mainly because the class president didn’t have much power, and Lei Yiming was just an ordinary assistant.

Having a say in the school required good grades.

Being noticed by those professors was where the real benefits were.

In the end, Li Yang volunteered to take on the class president’s position. As for anything else?

Nothing!

There was nothing else.

After the class meeting ended, Li Yang could finally return to the dorm and lie down.

Passing the dorm three times without entering was truly exhausting.

He called his parents to confirm they arrived home safely and then immediately went to catch up on sleep.

His role as class president would only be useful during military training.

In the end, they’d be at the training base where Lei Yiming wouldn’t be able to supervise, and a lot would fall on the class president’s shoulders regarding the class’s student issues.

After catching up on some sleep, Li Yang finally stepped out of the shadow Xue Ning had left.

Just as he woke up, He Lewei rushed out. About ten minutes later, He Lewei returned with dinner, smiling ingratiatingly.

"Yang, come eat."

Li Yang quickly washed up and started eating, commenting as he ate, "Old He, I think you have the potential to be a perfect yes-man. Want me to give you a new persona, let’s embrace being a perfect yes-man from now on?"

He Lewei immediately laughed, "No, no, that’s too exhausting. I prefer my current persona. But there’s one thing... Are you sure that car can be transferred to me? Can you make that decision for your friend?"