Training the Heavens

Chapter 22 The Replaced College Student

In the early morning of August 1984, in a cave in Gaojia Village, Kuanzhou County, northern Shaanxi Province.

He lay on the kang, the memories of his previous world slowly hiding deep in his mind. He felt that his whole body was full of strength, and the benefits brought by the increased physical fitness were indeed obvious.

At the same time, Lu Hao's knowledge as a 985 doctor and his many years of experience working in central government agencies have been deeply engraved in his mind and can be used at any time.

And the new information became clear, and his identity in this world emerged in his mind.

Gao Jialin, 18 years old this year, is the only son of a poor family in Gaojia Village and a famous scholar in Kuanzhou County. He took the college entrance examination in early July this year with the first place in the county's preliminary examination, but unexpectedly failed.

However, Gao Shuangxing, the son of the village party secretary from the same village as him, was admitted to Shanghai Pujiang College and became the first college student in the history of Gaojia Village. Gao Jialin could not accept this reality for a while and had been staying at home these days and was unwilling to go out and see people.

After a moment of calming down, he adapted to his new identity. It turned out that this time he traveled to the world of the TV series "The Road of Life" and became the protagonist Gao Jialin.

This TV series partially adapted the characters and background of Lu Yao's classic work "Life", and made major modifications. It tells the story of Gao Jialin who passed the college entrance examination but was replaced by Gao Shuangxing, the child of the brigade secretary, thus completely changing his fate.

The time point where he is now is exactly after Gao Jialin's place was replaced. The day before yesterday, the brigade secretary Gao Minglou held a banquet in the village to celebrate that his son Gao Shuangxing was admitted to Shanghai Pujiang University.

Yesterday, Gao Shuangxing came to Gao Jialin's house again to comfort him and also gave him an opportunity to become a private teacher.

The original Gao Jialin would only thank Gao Shuangxing and his son, but the current Gao Jialin knows that Gao Minglou did this not out of good intentions, but to cover up the fact that Gao Shuangxing replaced Gao Jialin to go to college.

Because it was Gao Jialin instead of Gao Shuangxing who was admitted to the university, the postman had already delivered the admission notice to Gaojia Village, but it was intercepted by Gao Minglou. He then colluded with Ma Zhansheng, the section chief of the County Education Bureau, and together they made connections to allow Gao Shuangxing to replace Gao Jialin's identity and go to Shanghai to study at university.

So now Gao Jialin's identity has been taken by Gao Shuangxing. If Gao Jialin chooses to repeat his studies and take the college entrance examination next year, he will definitely be admitted with his academic performance.

Then when he gets the admission letter and goes to the county to handle the relevant procedures, he will find that his household registration had been moved to Shanghai Pujiang College last year. In this way, the fact that he was replaced by Gao Shuangxing will be immediately exposed.

Gao Minglou could not accept such a thing, so he used his connections to get a position as a private teacher, hoping to tempt Gao Jialin and make him give up his plan to repeat the year.

In the TV series, Gao Jialin didn't know all this, because although he ranked first in the county's preliminary exam, he was unlucky. The mathematics paper in the 1984 college entrance examination was the most difficult in history. Even if we move forward in time, only the 2003 National Science Mathematics College Entrance Examination and the 2008 Jiangsu Mathematics College Entrance Examination could be compared with it.

The math paper was so difficult that Gao Jialin's self-confidence was severely hit, so he did not go to the county to check the answers and calculate the scores. The scores he calculated by himself would definitely have errors, and it was these errors that made him have no doubts about his failure in the college entrance examination.

He did not question why he, who ranked first in the preliminary exam, failed to pass, while Gao Shuangxing, who ranked 25th in the county in the preliminary exam, passed. Gao Jialin was so confused at that time that he had no time to think about these things.
What an unlucky guy, Gao Jialin sighed in his heart. He didn't want to take the exam again next year, so the most important thing now was to quickly expose the fact that Gao Shuangxing replaced his university place and take back his own chance.

However, this matter was by no means so simple to handle. It wasn't something you could just go to the county town and cause a scene. After a moment's reflection, Gao Jialin deduced a lot about the events that weren't explicitly mentioned in the TV series. There were actually quite a few cases of people being replaced in college during this period, but most of them weren't forced on others like his case. Instead, both parties were aware of the situation.

This is related to the current college entrance examination model. Today's candidates must first take the preliminary examination in May. Only candidates who pass the preliminary examination are eligible to take the formal college entrance examination in early July.

The passing rate of the preliminary examination varies from year to year. In 1980, only about 40% of students were qualified to take the college entrance examination; in 1981, the passing rate of the preliminary examination was about 60%; 1987 was the worst, with only one-third of the candidates passing the preliminary examination.

It should be noted that the passing score for the preliminary examination is different for fresh graduates and repeaters. The passing score for fresh graduates is lower. This creates a problem. Some repeaters' regular scores are lower than the passing score for repeaters, but higher than the passing score for fresh graduates.

So some smart parents found a candidate who had poor grades and was sure to fail the preliminary examination, and let their own children replace his academic record and take the college entrance examination as a current student.

Some repeaters who originally had good grades would make the same choice to add an extra point of insurance to avoid performing poorly in the pre-exam.

Some schools will even actively persuade students to cooperate because they also have the pressure of college entrance examinations for new graduates.

There was a big news in Guannan, Jiangsu Province that thousands of people were found to have replaced others in the college entrance examination, and most of the people involved were due to this reason.

This method of substitution is relatively simple to operate. Both parties exchanged identities before taking the preliminary examination. For someone like Gao Jialin who was replaced only after receiving the notification letter, the operation is much more difficult!
Only a few scenes flashed in the TV series. Gao Minglou hurried into the city with the notice to find Ma Zhansheng, the section chief of the Education Bureau, whom he was familiar with. Then the person who went to college changed from Gao Jialin to Gao Shuangxing.

In fact, replacing a quota is definitely not something that can be solved by just a brigade secretary and a section chief of the Education Bureau. Many departments are involved.

First of all, Kuanzhou County Middle School where Gao Jialin studied was able to obtain scores before the college entrance examination admission notices were issued. They definitely knew which students had passed the line and would pay close attention to whether these students had received the notices.

No student in Kuanzhou County has been admitted to university in the past five years. As long as a student passes the admission line, they will be more excited than the student himself. Even if the student has not received the admission letter this year, they will actively visit the student to persuade him to repeat the exam, and even waive tuition fees and provide scholarships.

In this way, when the student is admitted next year, this will still be their score. In the TV series, Kuanzhou County Middle School must have known that Gao Jialin passed the line, but they ignored him. This is enough to show that the county middle school was also dealt with by Gao Minglou.

Secondly, after receiving the admission notice, the candidates must go to the relevant departments to handle the transfer of household registration and grain and oil relations. Gao Shuangxing went to handle it with Gao Jialin's household registration book, and some people must have been suspicious.

To open up so many joints, the energy required is extraordinary, so there are people behind Gao Minglou and Ma Zhansheng. If you don't understand this, you will be sent back even if you go to the county.

So, who is this person?

(End of this chapter)