Chapter 182: The Way Out for Middle-Aged Intellectuals
Ye Li saw that his name was written on the envelope, and the font was not good-looking.
The inscription on the envelope reads the United Society of Intellectuals of the Federal Empire...... It's strange that there are such societies in the world.
He opened the envelope and looked at the letters inside.
At this time, it suddenly dawned on me, ah, it is what the "World Intellectuals Seminar" mentioned in the "Liuqiu Times...... In an instant, his heart was immediately filled with pride, he was one of the celebrities of the Great Song Dynasty.
Then, in the envelope, he also found five ten-guan denominations, a total of fifty ten-guan banknotes, and a first-class ticket to the port of Badaohe.
Of course, he knew the classification of the cabins of passenger ships at sea...... First class is two or three times more expensive than second class...... This money does not have to be spent.
He immediately calculated that it would not cost much money to take a sea boat from here, and he could leave the fifty yuan in money to his family, and his wife had suffered with him all these years...... Then I refunded the first-class ticket and changed it to second-class, so as to save another sum.
When he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw his classmate Kang Di Shi Ran walking into the library pavilion.
Kang Di saw that Ye Li had also received the letter, and laughed and said, "Taibai, you and I have a new place to go...... How can you still be aggrieved here? ”
Kang Di waved his hand at the neatly arranged books and said, "You and I used to think ...... In this life, I will die of old age in the sea of books, and this life will be wasted!
Now, however, there are new opportunities...... Go together, go together! ”
He took out an identical envelope from his bosom and said, "Before coming to you, I went to look for a few other unsuccessful classmates, but unfortunately, they didn't receive this letter!"
I left them some money and tickets...... I can buy a ticket for a second- and third-class cabin. ”
Ye Li's face turned red, and he immediately said, "That's very good!" I also left them money and tickets here...... After all, they are only in the county school, and they are not as good as us...... Let's go! ”
"Haha, the previous Ye Li, Ye Taibai is back again!"
Ye Li also looked up to the sky and laughed, took off the straight jacket issued by the State School casually, and threw it on the table, as if he had shaken off the decadent atmosphere all of a sudden!
What about middle-aged people? Who says there is no chance?!
So, the two of them went their separate ways, found the classmates who suffered with them back then, pooled money together, and went to take a passenger boat to the Badao River Port on Liuqiu Island together.
Due to the ticket price, they all sat in the third-class cabin, and they had been separated for a long time, and everyone talked and laughed together, but they couldn't feel the moisture of the third-class cabin.
When they arrived at the port of Badaohe, they couldn't help but gasp after walking out of the cabin, this place was already so prosperous!
I saw countless sea ships lined up together, lining up in the north-south direction, and there was no end in sight.
The high and low masts were like trees, densely covered with harbors, and it seemed that there was no cloud in sight.
A classmate from Thorn City shouted: "Oh my God, there are more sea ships here than from Thorn City!" ”
There are still some thousand-ton ships spitting white and black smoke in the sea area of the port, running back and forth, and they have not yet set sail.
Kang Di said to Ye Li: "That is the steam engine sailboat, I heard that on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, this kind of boat travels back and forth like a shuttle......
Countless seagulls circled in the sky, whining and screaming, as if they had discovered that they were strangers who had come for the first time.
Ye Li said with a smile: "I wanted to stay in the state school for the rest of my life, but where did I think that there would be such a place overseas!" ”
Kang Di stroked his back and said, "It's too white...... The "Liuqiu Times" once said, 'Everyone should have a way out in accordance with his identity...... may be referring to our business. ”
The letter to them was very humble, which really made them useful, and the so-called seminar may just be for everyone to show their talents, and it must be accepted...... Otherwise, why send a plate and a ferry ticket?!
It was not that they had not seen the advertisements published in the Liuqiu Times, and knew that Liuqiu Island often recruited laborers and managers, accountants, and even various craftsmen...... I've also seen them recruit people to read.
First, they can't muster up the courage, after all, they all have a family business...... The second is that you are old and can still make a living, so why bother to wander overseas?!
But if they write to themselves in person...... That's all different, one is to show that you do have some talent, otherwise how can you let others invite you in person?!
Second, although they think it sounds weird, they still like the title of intellectual...... It was also the first time I had heard the word seminar, but from the literal meaning of the seminar and the content of the seminar, it should be a lecture...... This one also makes them like it.
Everyone is a well-educated person, who wouldn't want to have a chance to give a lecture?!
If you don't say it well, your remarks will be famous all over the world, and if you don't say it well, you will let people in high positions hear it......
They followed the flow of people and soon arrived at the Flow-and-Seek Customs...... On the left side of the gate there, they saw a banner that read "Registration Office for the Great Song Dynasty Intellectuals Seminar", under which several young men were sitting behind a row of tables, and some literati were bending down to write something on the table there.
They saw that the literati were also holding that particular envelope in their hands.
Well, in addition to them, someone else was invited...... The two of them took the envelope and showed it, and the young men humbly opened it, checked it, made a registration, and then pushed over a large notebook and asked them to sign it.
The pen and ink inkstone is placed on the table.
After the two signed their names in turn, a young man handed them two Syrolu cards and told them to hang them around their necks, saying that they could go directly to the lobby of the Imperial Hotel, where they would be taken to the prepared room.
I don't know how to do it in the card of Sailolu, and a black and white photo of a high-rise building is sandwiched tightly and seamlessly, and four big characters are erected upstairs like a flow of customs, Imperial Hotel.
Kang Di and Ye Li glanced at each other, their problem was solved, but what should their classmates do?!
Ye Li politely arched his hand at a young man and said, "...... There are some students below who have not received the letter, but they have come to watch the lecture... Can you live with us for the seminar? ”
The young man rejoiced, bared his white teeth, and said, "We welcome bystanders...... Go with you, there will be arrangements there, we are ready! ”
Kang Di breathed a sigh of relief and thought, alas, this is what it looks like to be really thirsty for talent.
The group was taken out of the customs hall by a young man directly through a special passageway, without passing through the customs hall.
After going out, the young man said, "Go find a few four-wheeled carriages and tell them to go to the Imperial Hotel on Jackfruit Street, and they will take you there!" ”
With that, the young man turned and left.
Ye Li frowned, this young man was so impatient...... Who pays for the four-wheeled carriage?!
There are thirteen of them in total, and they have to rent at least three cars, who in the world doesn't know that the fares in the Badaohe area are extremely high?!
Kang Di saw that there was a row of large plaques erected on the side of the road not far away, and there seemed to be a map drawn on it.
A group of them walked over and looked up, but Kang Di's eyes were excellent, and he only heard him say happily: "Haha, the Imperial Hotel is only four intersections from here, cross Qingmei Road, turn to Hongxing Street, Xiangli Street, and then turn Lychee Road to arrive!"
It's just ten miles away, right? We just had a good time visiting this place......"
Well, just waiting with our intentions, everyone echoed it.