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Chapter 289 0286 [Outstanding Youth]

The Beijing Youth Award has several categories.

The event was organized by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Youth League, but the awards ceremony was not held on Beijing TV, but at the CCTV Military Program Center.

"Hello, Mr. Chen. Your seat is in the front row, and your name is on the seat."

"Thank you."

There were already quite a few people inside, mainly from various units in Beijing.

Most of them were there to receive awards, accompany others to receive awards, or watch their subordinates receive awards.

In terms of media exposure, Chen Guiliang was the most famous person present.

So as soon as he arrived at the scene, people looked at him as he walked through the audience.

Many leaders from various organizations also took the initiative to shake his hand and exchange contact information. They came from all walks of life: law enforcement, state-owned enterprises, sports, research institutes…

Chen Guiliang was delayed for quite a while before finally reaching the front row.

The other nine people sitting next to him were all among Beijing's Top Ten Outstanding Youths this year. Their professions were: CEO of a state-owned real estate company, vice president of a subsidiary of China Railway, secretary of a private university, director of a research institute, judge, police officer, world chess champion, owner of an indoor environmental protection company (Olympic supplier), and ticket seller.

"Hello Mr. Chen, I am Liu Shichun from Financial Street Company." The state-owned enterprise executive took the initiative to speak with him.

Chen Guiliang shook hands and said, "Hello, Mr. Liu, I've heard so much about you."

Liu Shichun laughed heartily: "It should be that I have long admired your name."

The director of a Beijing cigarette factory could only receive a different award. This head of a state-owned enterprise under the Beijing municipal government, being selected as one of Beijing's Top Ten Outstanding Youths, clearly has some remarkable achievements to back him up.

It's nothing really, it's just a way to make money.

The state-owned enterprise he took over had only 3 million yuan in assets when he first took it over, but he turned it into 100 billion yuan in five years.

What industry makes money so fast these days?

Real estate, of course!

The gold medal winners shook hands with each other, including the 20 winners next door. Whether they knew each other or not, they chatted for a few minutes and exchanged contact information.

The award-winning ticket seller was a beautiful woman, exceptionally pretty. Even in her old-fashioned, somewhat dowdy work clothes, she still stood out, and many men sought to shake her hand.

He taught himself sign language and English, enabling him to serve deaf and mute people and foreigners. Coupled with his outstanding appearance, he was naturally highly sought after by the bus company.

Chen Guiliang had met this woman before and even ridden the No. 302 bus she sold tickets for. That bus ran back and forth every day on the road a hundred meters away from the south gate of Peking University.

Seeing that there were many people around the ticket seller, Chen Guiliang started chatting with the police officer.

I asked him and found out he was a master at catching thieves; he caught over 200 in 2004 alone. That's an average of one thief every half day.

While admiring him, Chen Guiliang was also thinking to himself: There are so many thieves in the capital these days.

Another person came over to shake hands and even handed over their business card.

Holy crap, the director of Amway's Beijing branch?

Chen Guiliang quickly stuffed the business card into his pocket, speaking vaguely and politely, afraid that the other party might suddenly ask: "Do you know Amway?"

After walking around for a while, Chen Guiliang returned to his seat, next to the world champion named Xu Yuhua.

This player, who was pregnant this year, won the championship, becoming the only player in the world to win the Chess Olympiad, World Cup, and World Championship titles.

After chatting for a few minutes, Xu Yuhua laughed and said, "We might become alumni next year."

"Is Sister Xu going to study at Peking University?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xu Yuhua nodded and said, "I just gave birth and found that my brain isn't quite up to par. I've already won all the championships, so I might as well retire while I'm ahead and go back to school for a few years."

Chen Guiliang said, "Then I'll wait for Sister Xu at Peking University."

"Sigh, I've been learning chess since I was little, and I haven't really had much formal education. I dream of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University someday. I really envy you guys," Xu Yuhua sighed.

Chen Guiliang said, "You are the only person in the world to have won a Grand Slam in chess, which is much more glorious than us students."

Xu Yuhua found it quite agreeable and became increasingly enthusiastic as she chatted with Chen Guiliang.

Gradually, the party was about to begin.

Leaders at all levels appeared one after another and came to talk to the award winners in the first row.

Chen Guiliang and Xu Yuhua quickly stood up, shook hands with the leaders, and exchanged pleasantries.

Finally, the staff reminded everyone to take their seats.

The opening act consisted of a song and dance performance and a duet between a man and a woman, both of whom were employees of a state-owned enterprise.

As one of the award winners, Chen Guiliang was also allowed to have his employees participate in the performance. The organizers had even asked him about it beforehand, but Chen Guiliang found it too troublesome and declined.

After the song and dance performance ended, the host took the stage.

The two hosts are from CCTV's agricultural and military channel; they are both handsome and beautiful.

The man's name was Luo Xu, and the woman's name was Du Yun.

On average, an awards ceremony is interspersed between every two or three programs.

The first award is for "Advanced Units in Entrepreneurship Education and Service." A total of 30 units received this award.

The unit leaders went up on stage with great joy, while Chen Guiliang sat below and clapped his hands.

Next came the Excellence Award and the Silver Award.

Then there are the gold medals in the other two categories.

The award for Chen Guiliang's Top Ten Outstanding Youths of Beijing was announced just before the end of the gala.

His name was the first one they called.

The beautiful host, Du Yun, said, "He is a student at Peking University... The campus network and overseas network he founded have both exceeded ten million registered users, making them leaders in China's SNS websites... He actively promotes the real-name system for the internet, strictly reviews online speech, and contributes to the cleanliness and security of the Chinese internet... His game company holds the National College League, inviting students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to participate, bringing together university students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait... Please welcome Chen Guiliang, founder of ByteDance and Game Science, to the stage to receive the award!" Amidst applause from the audience, Chen Guiliang walked onto the stage with a smile.

The female host, Du Yun, was particularly enthusiastic. She stepped ahead of the staff and personally guided them, saying, "Mr. Chen, please stand over here."

Chen Guiliang is the youngest of today's award recipients, and he's handsome and wealthy. It's perfectly normal for the female host to be enthusiastic.

Chen Guiliang stood behind the two hosts.

The male host began reading the story and name of the second outstanding young person.

One by one, they walked onto the stage, where ten young people stood in a row.

The two highest-ranking officials, a man and a woman, came up on stage to present awards to each of them. The male leader handed over the trophy, and the female leader presented them with flowers.

Good looks are good for publicity.

Chen Guiliang and the female ticket seller were both very young and extremely good-looking. Even though there were ten winners, the cameras and video recorders were focused on them.

I reckon tomorrow's Beijing newspapers will feature photos of the two of them in their news articles.

That state-owned enterprise CEO grew his company's assets from 3 million to 100 billion. Who cares? Ordinary people are always more interested in handsome men and beautiful women.

Quite a few male readers actually saw the female ticket seller's photo in the newspaper and deliberately went to ride the 302 bus. Whether they struck up a conversation or not, it was nice to be able to admire a beautiful woman up close.

As a result, the No. 302 bus was always packed for the next two weeks.

After receiving the trophy and flowers, several award-winning entrepreneurs invited Chen Guiliang to have a late-night snack.

Among them were the heads of Beijing Construction Company, Shougang Beijing Branch, Beijing Cigarette Factory, Beijing Public Transport Company, and so on. In the end, more than forty people showed up and squeezed into five tables in the restaurant.

The female ticket seller was repeatedly offered drinks, but she insisted on only drinking beverages, otherwise she would be forced to get drunk.

The female host also arrived and proactively toasted Chen Guiliang, prompting a group of executives to egg him on, even urging them to drink a toast together. Where was the composure expected of a state-owned enterprise leader?

After the banquet ended, Chen Guiliang immediately got into his car and left. He dared not provoke anyone again.

Two days later.

Chen Guiliang took the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4) again. He used to be able to understand 90% of the listening comprehension questions by guessing.

This thing isn't that hard; I only practiced it intensively for a month or two.

I went straight back to my dorm after the exam.

Li Heng, who was making a prank video on his computer, exclaimed in utter surprise, "Holy crap, you actually went back to the dorm!"

Tong Zhihong was playing World of Warcraft as usual, and only turned around when he heard Li Heng shout.

"Why can't I go back to my dorm?" Chen Guiliang walked over and plopped down.

“Brother, you haven’t been back for over a month,” Li Heng said. “If it were any other student, they would have been reported for dormitory checks countless times by now.”

Chen Guiliang said, "The company has been very busy lately. Even when I'm teaching, I can only attend one class a day at most."

Li Heng said, "Your news about being named one of Beijing's Top Ten Outstanding Youths was also reported by Peking University TV and the school newspaper. Haha, but everyone's paying attention to that female ticket seller, not you."

Tong Zhihong laughed and said, "There are even people who go there specifically to take the bus. It just so happens that the bus route passes by Peking University, and some guys who have nothing better to do than wait at Zhongguancun Station."

"Did you manage to squat down?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Li Heng said, "There's more than one bus on route 302, how can it be so easy to find a spot to sit on it?"

Just then, Jiang Jun returned to the dormitory and exclaimed as soon as he entered, "Holy crap, President Chen, you came back to the dormitory in person!"

"Get lost!" Chen Guiliang laughed and cursed.

Jiang Junlai ran to the dormitory corridor and shouted at the top of his lungs, "President Chen is back!"

The door to the dormitory across the hall suddenly opened, and Deng Chen and his gang rushed over, forcibly dragging Chen Guiliang into a face-to-face confrontation. They were definitely plotting to torture President Chen again.

The group played the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill" while chatting about interesting things that happened on campus.

Zhao Beibei said, "Old Chen, don't you dare disappear for the New Year's Eve party this year. I'm the class's arts and culture representative now, you have to give me some face. Tianyi, hurry up and get the cards and start playing!"

“No problem,” Chen Guiliang said, covering his nose. “Damn, whose feet smell so bad? Deng Chen, why are you taking off your shoes?”

Why can't I take off my shoes in my own dorm room?

"Damn it, put it on already, I can smell it too."

"..."

Chaos erupted in the dormitory as Deng Chen was brutally beaten by the others.

Chen Guiliang felt like he was back in high school, finding it particularly interesting. Standing to the side, he watched the excitement with amusement: "Have you guys ever heard of Aruba?"

"Haha, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it."

"Lift it up, lift it up."

"Damn it, people will die! Don't do anything rash! Help!"

"..."

In the end, they spared his life, after all, everyone was sensible and afraid of causing any real damage.

The cell phone rings.

Lu Zhihui called from overseas: "Boss, the registration in the Cayman Islands has been successful. Next is the financial audit."

"Thank you for your hard work," Chen Guiliang said.

The speed was even faster than expected, and I hope everything goes smoothly from here on out.

(End of this chapter)