Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 998 The National College Entrance Examination Top Scorer Visits Fudan University, You Are the Legendary Fang Yan (Two Chapters Combined)
Actually, Fang Yan had several packs of cigarettes in his pocket, specifically for dealing with such situations.

Now things have turned out much better; the cigarettes weren't even used, and they just went to notify us directly.

"Fang Ning, a freshman in the Department of International Politics, someone is looking for you at the main gate's reception desk!"

"Just to let you know, Fang Ning, a freshman in the Department of International Politics, someone is looking for you at the main gate's reception desk!"

The voice of the person in charge of the reception came over the school's loudspeaker.

After shouting, Fang Yan still took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and put it on the table in the guard room.

The comrade in the gatehouse, who had just finished calling for people, saw the foreign cigarettes on the table and immediately said:
"Oh, sir, you're too kind..."

"I'm glad you don't mind," Fang Yan said with a smile.

The comrade in the gatehouse chuckled as he examined the cigarettes over and over, then said:
"No problem, no problem... You're smoking this kind of cigarette in your capital now?"

He said in dialect:

"No, this was a gift from a friend who came back from abroad."

The staff member in the gatehouse gave him a thumbs up after hearing this:

"Our leader has become the director of the research institute at such a young age; his future is limitless!"

After saying that, he asked curiously:
"By the way, who is this Fang Ning you're looking for?"

“My second sister, my own second sister,” Fang Yan said.

Upon hearing the dialect, the comrade in the gatehouse suddenly realized what was going on and quickly said:
"Oh, then I'll call her again for you! I already called her twice, maybe she didn't hear me."

Then he turned the loudspeaker back on and shouted again:
"Fang Ning, a freshman in the Department of International Politics, your family is looking for you at the main gate's reception desk! Please come over immediately after hearing this!"

"Fang Ning, a freshman in the Department of International Politics, your family is looking for you at the main gate's reception area! Please come over immediately after hearing this!"

As the old saying goes, it's never wrong to be overly polite.

The comrade in the gatehouse accepted a pack of cigarettes and called out seven or eight times.

In the end, Fang Yan felt he had gone a bit too far, so he stopped him and told him to stop shouting.

The comrade in the gatehouse said:

“You don’t know, Fudan University is a large campus, and there are some places where you can’t hear clearly. So if you shout a few more times, even if she doesn’t hear it herself, other students will notify her.”

Fudan University wasn't actually that big back then. In 1978, the main campus of Fudan University (Handan Campus) covered an area of ​​about 500-600 mu (approximately 33-43 hectares). At that time, Peking University had 2800 mu (approximately 120 hectares), and Tsinghua University had about 3000 mu (approximately 200 hectares).

Fudan University is considered to be of medium to large quality among universities nationwide.

The Capital University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which they call the Capital University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is quite small, only about 400 acres, if you don't count the adjacent research institutes, hospitals, and other miscellaneous facilities.

The main problem is that there are indeed few people studying traditional Chinese medicine.

Upon hearing the other person's words, Fang Yan smiled and said:

"Thank you! But I'm afraid calling you that too much might scare my second sister."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yan saw a short-haired girl running out of the teaching building in the distance.

He rolled up his dark blue trousers to his ankles and ran over in a flash.

Fang Yan recognized her as her second sister at a glance.

She ran to the school gate, her bangs already damp with sweat. Her eyes lit up when she saw Fang Yan, then she asked with some concern:

"Third brother, what brings you here? Did something happen at home?"

Fang Yan smiled and said to her:

"Look how scared you are! Everything's fine at home! I was just passing through Shanghai on a business trip and thought I'd drop by to bring you some things."

Speaking in his dialect, he beckoned his second sister to the car.

Seeing this, the driver immediately understood and opened the trunk, taking out the local specialties that Fang Yan had brought from the capital, as well as the things he had bought before coming.

Looking at the three full net bags taken out of the trunk of the Hongqi car, which contained things that she herself would not normally be willing to buy, the second sister was somewhat dazed.

She knew her brother was capable, but she never imagined he was this capable.

Who could afford to ride in a Hongqi sedan back then?

Those are seats reserved for leading cadres, but Fang Yan is now riding in one, and he even has a driver assigned to him.

This level of skill has left my second sister somewhat unsure of the situation.

I wonder what Fang Yan did during her school years.

"When did you arrive?" the second sister asked Fang Yan.

"I landed at Hongqiao Airport at 11:00 a.m.," Fang Yan replied.

"You came by plane?" the second sister asked in surprise.

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Yes, I came with Director Liao and some other senior colleagues. It took us a little over two hours to get here."

After saying that, Fang Yan handed all the contents of the three net bags to his second sister:
"Here, take these things first. This net bag contains pastries that I brought for you from home. Your parents and older sister Fang Chen bought them all. You can eat them slowly. These two net bags are what I just bought at the Zhonghua Commercial Street on Nanjing East Road. These probably won't last long, so you can share them with your classmates and teachers."

After handing it to his second sister, Fang Yan said:

"Actually, I didn't think I could bring much with me on this flight, but everyone else brought more than I did... If I had known it was a chartered flight, I would have brought more."

The second sister realized that she really couldn't lift it if it was any heavier.

Fang Yan then pulled out a bulging envelope from his pocket:

"Oh, right, this is from your family. It contains all the love and care from your whole family."

"What's this?" The second sister put down the net bag, took the envelope, and asked.

He said in dialect:

“You have food coupons from all over the country, and some cash. You're studying in Shanghai all by yourself, unlike us in Beijing. You need to take good care of yourself.”

The second sister opened the envelope and found that it indeed contained national grain coupons tied with rubber bands, as well as some cash, several hundred yuan.

The second sister said, blushing slightly:
“I don’t need these things, and besides that… I can’t go to Japan anymore.”

"The school said my situation is against the rules."

Fang Yan didn't say that he had done it himself; he just smiled and said:
"It's okay, if you can't go, you can't go. With your abilities, I believe you can shine in other places too."

Hearing the dialect spoken like this made my second sister feel much better.

She packed the envelope Fang Yan had given her, then picked up the net bag from the ground and asked Fang Yan:

"Then I'll put my things down and show you around the school for a while."

Fang Yan nodded:
"Okay, let's go in together then."

The second sister agreed, and Fang Yan handed the driver a pack of cigarettes, telling him to wait there.

Seeing how polite Fang Yan was, the driver immediately said it was no problem, as he was there to serve Fang Yan that day.

Fang Yan then followed her second sister into Fudan University.

In the afternoon sunlight on Fudan University campus in May, the branches and leaves of the plane trees weave a green waterfall overhead, and dappled sunlight filters through the gaps onto the blue brick path.

Second sister Fang Ning walked ahead, and Fang Yan followed her around the school monument. She smelled a faint fragrance. The flowers in front of the teaching building were in bloom. Clusters of pink and white flowers crowded the branches and trembled gently in the wind. Fang Yan looked closely and found that they looked like oleanders.

"This is the Third Teaching Building. I come here to memorize my lessons every morning." Fang Ning stepped aside to avoid the students carrying their homework, pointed to a red brick building, and introduced it to Fang Yan.

As I passed the playground, a group of boys in sportswear were playing basketball, and several girls were stretching their legs on the horizontal bar.

Fang Yan suddenly spoke:
"By the way, second sister, have you met that pen pal you mentioned in Shanghai?"

Fang Ning was taken aback, then smiled and said:

"I was just lying to my parents; I didn't have any pen pals at all."

Enjoying the dialect:

"Haha... I thought you were going to keep it from me."

Fang Ning sighed and said:

“I’ve figured everything out now. There’s no need to lie. I actually just wanted to live alone and live the life I wanted. I thought I could live well on my own, but it seems like you’re doing better at home than I am on my own outside.”

"Your parents are proud of you now, and so are your older sister and younger brother."

"It hasn't been long, and as soon as you landed in Shanghai, you were already riding in a Hongqi sedan that many people dream of. Compared to you, I'm getting further and further away from you now."

"Hey, I'm just benefiting from Director Liao's connections," Fang Yan said, waving his hand.

Fang Ning shook his head and said:
“I used to think I was the most capable child in the family, but now I realize I was too arrogant. You are the most successful one in our family.”

"Now I'm convinced."

Fang Yan heard his second sister say this and said:
"You can't say that. In my parents' eyes, everyone in our family is unique and shines in their own field."

Second sister Fang Ning was taken aback, then smiled and shook her head:
"Sigh, you're really good at talking..."

Turning into a small path lined with holly bushes, at the end of the path stood two four-story buildings with beige exteriors and somewhat mottled window frames.

A faded blue cloth shirt hung on the clothesline in front of the building.

"This is our dormitory," the second sister said to Fang Yan, pointing to the building in front of her.

Fang Yan nodded.

He saw a wooden sign hanging in front of the dormitory building that read "Girls' dormitory, boys keep out".

Fang Yan followed her second sister to the door.

Fang Ning tilted the net up a bit and smiled at the dormitory supervisor:

"Sister Wang, this is my younger brother. Please help me deliver some things and then I'll leave."

The aunt adjusted her thick glasses, looked Fang Yan up and down, and waved her hand with a smile:
"Go and come back quickly, don't let the other girls follow suit."

"Okay!" the second sister replied.

Clearly, the second sister and the dormitory supervisor have a good relationship.

Then she took Fang Yan upstairs.

The second-floor corridor was filled with a mixture of musty and face cream smells, and a row of enamel spittoons stood against the wall.

Fang Ning's dormitory was room 203. Pushing open the door, six bunk beds were crammed together. On the table by the window were a mouthwash cup and a tin lunchbox. A faded copy of "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Pictorial" was pasted on the wall.

Her bed was on the lower bunk by the window, and there was a half-open book next to her pillow, with a dried sycamore leaf tucked between the pages as a bookmark.

"This is it." Second Sister Fang Ning put down the net bag, then pulled out her own suitcase from under the bed, which had a small lock on it.

After unlocking the lock, my second sister selected some items and put them inside, but the room was already full after only a few items were placed inside.

"Hey, you bought way too much."

Turning her head, she opened her locker in the dormitory, took out some things from it, and then stuffed all the gifts Fang Yan had brought her back inside.

The envelope filled with money and tickets that Fang Yan brought her, after thinking about it, was divided into several parts and hidden away by the second sister.

Fang Yan was both amused and exasperated, and asked:
"You keep losing things in your dorm room?"

The second sister said:

"You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others."

After hiding the things, the second sister took Fang Yan downstairs and gave the dormitory supervisor several White Rabbit milk candies.

It seems that my second sister is quite adept at handling interpersonal relationships and social interactions.

There's absolutely no need for me to worry.

Next, my second sister went to ask the teacher for leave.

She said her younger brother had come to visit and she wanted to stroll around the Fudan University campus.

The teacher didn't say anything and immediately agreed.

After the second sister and Fang Yan had been walking around for a while, the teacher came out again.

He asked her:
"Fang Ning, which of your younger brothers is here?"

"Is it the national champion? Or Hai Chao?" The second sister was a little confused by the question. She opened her mouth and said:

"Uh... he's the top scorer in the country!"

"Dialect?" the other person asked.

Second sister nodded:

"Correct."

Then the teacher ran over and said enthusiastically to Fang Yan:
"Oh, Fang Yan, welcome, welcome to Fudan University!"

Fang Yan scratched his head and shook hands with him:

"Um, hello teacher!"

The second sister introduced in dialect:

"This is our class teacher, Mr. Wang. He is the director of the Western European Studies Department, a member of the school's academic committee, and also a member of Fudan University's academic committee this year."

Fang Yan was taken aback, a name popped into her mind, and she asked:

"Is it Professor Wang Zhaotang?"

The other party was also taken aback, and said in surprise:
"Oh, you've heard of me?"

Fang Yan quickly cupped his hands in greeting:

"I have admired you for a long time!"

This man is not only a leading figure in international politics, but also a renowned legal historian in China, and one of the founders and creators of the discipline of legal history in China. He has profound academic attainments in the field of Chinese legal history.

He is an elite individual who excels in two fields.

Why is Fang Yan so clear about the dialect? It's because in his past life, a patient was this person's grand-disciple. Fang Yan has checked the information and found that the professors in the Department of International Politics at Fudan University are all brought in from other industries. They are all forced to have two careers.

Just like the scientists who built the atomic bomb, they had to abandon their original disciplines and turn to study a completely new one at the behest of the state, even though they were already big names in their original fields.

This resulted in a situation where both flowers bloomed simultaneously.

Professor Wang Zhaotang was overjoyed to hear that Fang Yan had heard of his name before, and insisted on taking Fang Yan on a tour of Fudan University.

This turned out to be quite amusing. Students and other teachers saw Wang Zhaotang, the class advisor for the first-year students in the Department of International Politics, acting as a tour guide for a young man from who-knows-where.

Then someone couldn't help but come over and ask what was going on.

Then they discovered that an extraordinary person had arrived... Fang Yan, last year's top scorer in the national college entrance examination.

It feels strange to talk about dialects; it turns out that this is actually a more well-known name in other places.

Everyone was amazed by his perfect score on the college entrance exam.

Fang Yan also got to know several of her second sister's teachers, such as Chen Qiren, Yu Zhengliang, and Yu Kaixiang...

The only person I didn't see was my father-in-law's friend.

Fang Yan finally asked her second sister and found out that this person was on holiday for the past few days and was not at school.

Hearing the dialect, I understood; they must be under investigation.

Fang Yan was then invited to the department office for a talk.

During the casual conversation, the school leaders gradually shifted the topic to the traditional Chinese medicine major, which uses local dialects.

They had limited knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and had only heard bits and pieces of information about what happened in Beijing.

Through the dialogue, Fang Yan deeply felt that the channels for information dissemination were extremely limited in this era:

In Beijing, he was often recognized when he went out; but in Shanghai, people were more interested in his status as a "top scholar" (状元).

After chatting for a while, the sunlight outside the window gradually slanted, and the school bell rang outside.

Fang Ning suddenly remembered something and abruptly looked up:

"Oh dear, it's almost five o'clock! Didn't you say you were going to be back at the hotel before six?"

He said in dialect:

"Oh, right, teachers, I have to go back. I'm really sorry."

The school leaders said:

"Our school has a guesthouse, and the environment is quite nice! Why don't you stay at our school?"

Fang Yan smiled and refused:
"I'm afraid that won't work. I came here with my superiors, and I have to take a plane to leave for the next place first thing tomorrow morning. I have to be back at the Jinjiang Hotel by six o'clock today."

Everyone present was taken aback when they heard "Jinjiang Hotel".

"where?"

"Jinjiang Hotel?"

What kind of place is Jinjiang Hotel? What dialect do you speak there?
Under their incredulous gazes, Fang Yan nodded in confirmation:

"Ah."

The leaders of Fudan University looked at each other in bewilderment. Someone asked:

"Fang Yan, who did you come with?"

Fang Yan paused for a moment, then said:

"It's Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council."

Upon hearing this name, the group of people were startled; they knew who this person was.

The school secretary, who was leading the group, stood up and said to Fang Yan:

"Oh, well... then you really should go back soon. Let us see you out!"

Fang Yan cupped his hands in greeting:

"You're welcome."

Then a group of people escorted Fang Yan to the school gate. It was already time for school to let out, and the students saw the school leaders surrounding and sending a young man out.

Second Sister followed behind Fang Yan in the crowd. She was supposed to come see her today, but now, halfway there, she was intercepted by the school teachers and leaders.

Top scorers in the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) are not uncommon, but a top scorer in all five subjects is extremely rare.

My second sister still hasn't been able to tell Fang Yan a lot of things.

When they arrived outside the school, a Hongqi car was already waiting. When the driver saw Fang Yan arrive, he immediately opened the car door and waited for Fang Yan to get in.

The others were somewhat surprised by the level of hospitality shown to Fang Yan.

This is exactly the kind of hospitality afforded to state officials!

What's going on?

With a sense of doubt, I watched Fang Yan say goodbye to her second sister, Fang Ning.

After everyone shook hands with Fang Yan, he got into the car, the Hongqi started, turned a corner, and sped away on the main road.

"Fang Ning, besides being a student, what else is your younger brother Fang Yan?" the school secretary asked, turning to Fang Ning.

"I don't know!" Fang Ning said, looking completely bewildered.

"..." The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

……

On the way back, Fang Yan bought some small Shanghai trinkets as souvenirs for her family.

The next time I come back, I'll fly directly from Guangzhou to Beijing.

I won't be staying in Shanghai, so I need to buy the souvenirs now.

Back at the hotel, it was already past 5:40. Fang Yan put his things away in the room, as the dinner was about to start at 6:00.

Tonight, Fang Yan thought she would just have a casual meal, but to her surprise, it was even more lavish than lunch.

There were also many more people.

The local leaders also came, and they also invited overseas Chinese businessmen and Director Liao's friends. There were about twenty people in the morning, and by evening the number had increased to over a hundred.

The venue was also moved to a larger banquet hall.

Director Liao was surrounded by a group of people, and he responded warmly to each of them.

It seemed like everyone around me was laughing and having fun.

Just then, he happened to see the newly arrived Fangyan.

He immediately waved:

"Come on! In your dialect!"

Fang Yan heard this and went over.

At this moment, Director Liao addressed the crowd in a loud voice:

"Let me introduce you to this doctor, Fang Yan, whom I mentioned before."

"His medical skills are exceptional. He is a top student of Jiao Shude, the leader of the Central Medical Team. He has cured many overseas Chinese who have returned to China. To date, his cure rate is 100%!"

The crowd gasped in amazement.

Director Liao said with considerable pride:

"I'm not exaggerating, you can check it out at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing!"

"If you feel unwell, you can tell him now."

The people here are clearly much more informed than the leaders at Fudan University; many of them have heard of the dialect names.

"I've heard of it, I heard of it before I went back to China."

"Yes, a friend of mine was cured by him and has now been discharged from the hospital."

"The eldest branch of the Huo family in Hong Kong was cured in just a few days! They all raved about him when they got back!"

“Indeed, my son told me that there is a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor in China named Fang Yan. Western doctors all say that he is amazing and don’t know how he solved the problem of idiopathic pulmonary interstitial fibrosis.”

"By the way, wasn't it him who cured Chairman Li a while ago...?"

"Oh, I remember now, there's also that Li family girl... that unmarried girl in her thirties, she apparently had a heart condition, but I heard she's recovered and gone back to France..."

One by one, they confirmed the news.

Listening to everyone's evaluations of me, Fang Yan felt that the experience was completely different from that at Fudan University.

People here get information much faster.

Then, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties from the crowd asked the person speaking in dialect:

"Dr. Fang, I do have a minor health problem. Could you take a look at me here on the spot?"

"..." Fang Yan could tell at a glance that this person was an overseas Chinese businessman.

You have to understand that the previous overseas Chinese businessmen had all discussed and agreed on investment projects before being taken to see the doctor by Director Liao. Now that this person is asking this question, Fang Yan can only look to Director Liao.

“Sure,” Director Liao said directly.

He then added:
"Anyone who has a problem today can talk to Fang Yan, no matter how big or small it is."

Upon hearing the dialect, Fang Yan immediately understood: these were most likely people who had already finalized investment projects.

That's why Director Liao was so generous. If he hadn't reached an agreement, his actions would have made those people in Beijing unhappy.

Fang Yan composed himself and asked the middle-aged man:
"I wonder if this gentleman is feeling unwell?"

Everyone's attention turned to this, eager to see how this supposedly miraculous dialect actually treated people.

PS: The basic chapter of 6000 words has been updated.

There will be an extra chapter later.

(End of this chapter)