The daughter-in-law of a wealthy family does not lie flat

The price of Fu Jiayi's new car is less than 300,000 RMB. Just like what his elder brother Fu Yanheng said, it is a car for ordinary people to get around. But the problem is that it has been very popular recently and its true appearance is rarely seen on the market, and it is also in a very rare maroon color.

As soon as Jiayi parked the car, people around took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and some even came to ask about the purchase price and channels. Jiayi was very happy that her family's car was so popular. She remembered that there seemed to be some flyers in the car, so she hurriedly opened the trunk and took out a stack of promotional brochures to give to those who were interested.

Zhang Xueren had just found a parking space and was walking towards the venue when he saw Fu Jiayi handing out flyers.

I admired this girl even more. It must be hard for her to attend this kind of conference and work part-time. I hurried over to say hello.

Jiayi distributed the flyers and heard someone calling her. She looked up and saw it was Zhang Xueren.

It was supposed to be cloudy today, but Jiayi felt as if the clouds had parted and the sun had come out.

“Is it necessary to hand out flyers when I come to the meeting?”

"Yes, let's promote it."

Zhang Xueren saw that Jiayi was wearing a professional suit today, which was a different style from her casual outfit yesterday. He felt vaguely that the suit was familiar.

"I've asked, and they only provide tea breaks at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, not lunch. Wait for me here after the meeting, and I'll take you to dinner! The cost of living here is relatively high, so it might be a bit of a burden for students."

When Jiayi heard that they were going to have lunch together at noon, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do and could only nod stupidly.

The two went to their respective meetings separately.

This morning, many big names gathered, including an academician in person, but Fu Jiayi didn't hear anything. Fortunately, he looked at the published materials and found no groundbreaking results.

After looking at the watch no less than a hundred times, it was finally time for the recess. Jiayi ran to the parking lot without stopping to wait.

After a while, Zhang Xueren came, accompanied by a few people, both men and women, who looked like colleagues or friends.

"Jiayi! You're here?! These are professors from Haicheng University and my friends. Let me introduce them. This beautiful lady is my cousin, Professor Zhang. These two handsome guys, the tall one is Professor Huang and the thin one is Professor Jie. Is it convenient for us to have lunch together?"

"Of course, of course!"

Fu Jiayi got into the car and couldn't help feeling disappointed.

The group found a local restaurant, ordered a few dishes, and began to chat animatedly.

When Jiayi heard them talk about Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and Marshall, and from Stiglitz to Shaw, she felt out of place and couldn't understand anything.

Although I bought a few books on economics, I haven’t even opened them, let alone read them!

I had no choice but to eat my food in silence.

Zhang Xueren noticed that she didn't say much, and apologized quickly, "Jiayi, we haven't seen each other for a long time, did I disturb you?"

"No, no, I just think that what you guys are talking about is so lofty and I can't quite understand it."

The female professor who came with me laughed and said, "This is not surprising. Different fields are like different mountains. If you talk to us about your major, we are also outsiders! In fact, economics is not that complicated. There are many economic practices in real life."

The thin Professor Xie continued, "For example, marrying someone of the same social status! This is not just a question of the social system or the people's concept! This is an economic issue."

This was the first time Jiayi had heard of this theory and she was very curious.

Like all middle-aged men who meet a beautiful young woman, the male professor began to show off his knowledge.

"Chinese people have always valued matching, that is, matching family status and socioeconomic status. A princess would never marry a butcher!"

Someone interrupted him, "That's not accurate. There are princesses in Europe who can marry butchers now!"

"Don't interrupt! I'm talking about ancient China. The reason why this concept has lasted for so long is that from the perspective of cost and benefit, it is conducive to achieving a balance between income and expenditure. When rich families marry, it is easy for both parties to make equal contributions and returns. For example, the man's family can generally get a corresponding dowry for the gift he gives to the woman's family. However, when a rich family marries a poor family, the rich family will think that the poor family is a burden, just giving without return. The poor party also feels that they will inevitably be discriminated against in the future, so they are unwilling to marry above their station."

"I don't agree with what you said! According to what you said, don't many of those plots where rich ladies and poor men secretly get married in the back garden have happy endings?" His friend next to him teased him.

"Yes, that's right. Do you admit that the next scene of this drama might be that the poor young man becomes the top scholar? Hahahaha!"

Everyone smiled and nodded in agreement.

"This is also in line with economics. If you are not well matched now, it does not mean it will always be so. A person can change his class through his own efforts, but it is a little more difficult."

Professor Huang, who is 1.9 meters tall, joked, "According to your theory, you can't get a divorce! You and your wife are a perfect match, right? So why are you getting divorced?"

Professor Xie said seriously, "First of all, let me correct you. It's not my wife, it's my ex-wife. Another thing is that this cannot be refuted, but it is also a strong proof of my theory. My wife and I,"

Professor Huang shouted, "Ex-wife!"

"Ah, yes. My ex-wife and I both come from a family of university teachers, and one of us has a father who is the president of a publishing house. We should be similar in education. She is from Huazhong University, and I am from Jiaotong University. She studied in Manchester, and I am from Imperial College. According to economic theory, we should be able to grow old together. But, alas, she became famous for writing novels as a hobby, and her first work earned more than 10 million yuan. The two books she wrote later, which are neither supernatural nor mysterious, actually have fans. So we are not a good match."

Everyone nodded, saying that things are constantly changing and widely connected, and they were indignant that Professor Xie's ex-wife received such a high fee for writing brainless articles.

Professor Zhang said, "Some time ago I saw a professional journal that used the Pareto optimal state to improve the quality of life of men and women before marriage. I laughed to death."

"Really? Find it out for me... Oh, first set a constant M, and then..."

They started their research without even eating.

Jiayi just laughed and whispered to Zhang Xueren, "I thought that studying science and engineering was crazy enough, but I didn't expect that every profession is so crazy."

Zhang Xueren tried hard to hold back his laughter, "The world has finally gone crazy. Don't worry about them, eat more, you see how thin you are, I specially ordered local dishes today, you should be able to eat them, right?"

Jiayi felt happy again.