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Chapter 324 0321 [Student Representative Speech]

Let's go back to the day World of Warcraft released its expansion.

September 6th also happened to be the date of the founding ceremony of Peking University Yuanpei College and the commencement ceremony for new students.

Chen Guiliang had already promised Director Zhu... well, now he should be called Dean Zhu, that he would give a speech on stage as a student representative.

Riding my bicycle around campus, I saw freshmen everywhere. They had been sent to the suburbs for military training at the end of August, and when they returned to school, they were all tanned, but their laughter and cheerful chatter on the road were full of youthful energy.

The closer you get to the triangle area, the more recruitment booths there are for various student organizations.

Chen Guiliang also saw the "Board Game Club," which mainly focuses on the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill" and is gradually introducing other board games from around the world. Currently, it ranks among the top 20 clubs at Peking University in terms of membership.

"Mr. Chen, come play Three Kingdoms Kill!" The people from the board game club waved to Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang shouted, "We'll talk about that later, we have important business to attend to today!"

As Mr. Chen rode his bicycle past the board game club's recruitment booth and the booths of several other clubs next door, the freshmen immediately started discussing among themselves.

"That person is Chen Guiliang?"

"I thought he had already graduated."

"He's kind of handsome, I wonder if he has a girlfriend."

"Which college is he from?"

"..."

Sun Yuchen, a freshman filling out a club application form, watched Chen Guiliang's dashing figure as he rode away on his bicycle. He couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration: "A true man should be like this!"
This guy's experience is so similar to Chen Guiliang's.

He could only score around 400 points in his second year of high school, but after a year of hard work, he scored 650 points on the college entrance exam. In addition, he won a special admission award with a 30-point reduction in the required score for the New Concept Writing Competition, and was admitted to Peking University as he wished.

Yes, although the New Concept Writing Competition has declined in popularity, the score reduction policy has long been reinstated. In principle, the score can only be reduced by 20 points, but it is often specially approved to be reduced by 30 points—mainly because it is given to New Concept contest participants, but not many first-prize winners can get close to the admission line of Peking University.

what?
You don't know who Sun Yuchen is?
The infamous crypto fraudster, Sun Honglei, is a master swindler!

He spent 3000 million yuan to win a lunch with Warren Buffett, but repeatedly stood up the stock market guru and played with his reputation for hype, which caused Buffett to refuse to have lunch with Chinese people anymore.

Sun, who was known for fleecing investors in the cryptocurrency world, was terrified when the US took action against him during the pandemic, and he instantly became a docile child who never acted again.

By the way, speaking of Bitcoin, all websites under ByteDance refer to Bitcoin as "ByteCoin" after users deposit funds.

Bytecoin...

Chen Guiliang rode his bicycle and soon arrived at the School of International Relations.

Although Yuanpei College is about to be officially established, it still does not have its own dedicated teaching building. Even the establishment ceremony has to be held in the conference hall of the School of International Relations.

As Chen Guiliang locked his bicycle, senior students from the Yuanpei Class arrived one after another, stopping from time to time to greet him with smiles.

More than ten of them simply waited for him to enter the building together.

Among these people, it's still the same pattern: senior students mentoring freshmen, with students from different grades sharing a dormitory room.

The senior students felt particularly proud at this moment and introduced him to the freshmen, saying, "This is Chen Guiliang, we're all buddies with him!"

"Hello, Senior Brother Chen!" The freshmen were quite excited.

"Hello." Chen Guiliang smiled and shook hands.

Everyone walked inside together.

Chen Guiliang casually asked Zhang Bo, who was a year below him, "You haven't chosen a major yet? I chose philosophy this year."

Zhang Bo replied, "I chose the management major at Guanghua School of Management."

Chen Guiliang jokingly said, "When you come back from your studies abroad, you're welcome to work at ByteDance and Youke anytime."

“Okay, I’ll work for you then,” Zhang Bo replied jokingly.

None of them expected that Zhang Bo, who was among the top students in Guanghua College, would suddenly change his major next year when he was a senior—becoming the first disciple of Peking University's paleontology department!

It's an entire major with only one student. Academicians provide one-on-one instruction.

The professors would like to recruit more students, but no students are applying.

Chen Guiliang and his classmates arrived at Qiulin Auditorium, where many teachers and students were already seated.

As soon as Chen Guiliang sat down in the 04 Yuanpei Class, Dean Zhu sent someone to call him over: "Student Chen Guiliang, this is Director Liu from the Department of Education."

"Hello, Director Liu." Chen Guiliang quickly shook hands.

Director Liu, a middle-aged woman, was very kind and warm to Chen Guiliang: "Peking University produces talented people. I often hear the name of Chen Guiliang."

Chen Guiliang said, "It's all thanks to the good education from the school leaders."

"Hahahaha!"

"Xiao Chen is too modest."

"Very slippery."

Several school leaders laughed upon hearing this.

Leaders from other schools also came to Peking University today to congratulate the establishment of Yuanpei College.

For example, Dean Xiong of Fudan College at Fudan University.

Fudan College and Yuanpei College have similar teaching objectives, but Fudan College was officially established two years ago, unlike Yuanpei Class which took several sessions to become a college.

Dean Xiong joked from the side, "Back then, Chen almost got into Fudan University."

Chen Guiliang said, "It is a great regret for me that I was unable to experience the campus atmosphere of Fudan University."

Dean Xiong laughed and said, "Now I finally understand why you were able to build such a large company at such a young age. This ability is innate; you can't teach it in school."

Chen Guiliang chatted with them for a while, then quickly returned to his own class and became friends with his classmates.

The 04 Yuanpei Class had a total of over 140 students, but only about 110 showed up today. The rest are either going abroad for exchange programs, interning at some organization, or doing fieldwork with their mentors.

Graduation is just around the corner, and it will be even more difficult to get together again in the future.

Jiang Junlai was in low spirits.

Chen Guiliang asked, "What's wrong?"

"I broke up with my girlfriend," Jiang Junlai said.

Chen Guiliang said, "You haven't even graduated yet, how come you're breaking up?"

Jiang Junlai sighed, "After she graduated, she wanted to go abroad and even dragged me along. I planned to do my master's degree in China, and we'd talk about going abroad when I was pursuing my doctorate. Things got really tense, and eventually we broke up." "It's okay, you didn't have any fundamental conflict. You might get back together someday," Chen Guiliang comforted him.

Jiang Junlai shook his head: "I'm afraid it's difficult. Sigh, this was my first love, and it ended so suddenly. Sometimes it feels unreal."

Sitting next to me, Deng Chen said, "Let me introduce you to a junior. She's a freshman at Yuanpei College this year, the top liberal arts student in Jiangxi Province, and she's quite outgoing and lively."

Jiang Junlai said irritably, "If it's so good, why don't you go after her yourself?"

Deng Chen said, "I have a girlfriend."

Jiang Junlai and Chen Guiliang immediately perked up: "You're in a relationship? Who's the girl?"

Deng Chen said proudly, "I met her through the message in a bottle feature on the school's intranet. It was launched last month. I sent out several at once, and one of them was picked up by a female student from the Agricultural University."

"Agricultural University? What do they study?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Deng Chen said, "Grassland science. It's about studying how to grow grass. She's very ambitious and said she wants to go to the grasslands after graduation to contribute to China's fight against sandstorms. We've met. She's a very healthy girl, just a little tanned."

Jiang Junlai said, "Congratulations!"

Chen Guiliang said, "We met through a message in a bottle on Renren.com, so am I your matchmaker?"

Deng Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

"Treat me to barbecue another day," Chen Guiliang said, taking the opportunity to freeload.

Deng Chen said, "Damn!"

Zhao Beibei, Zeng Changgao, and others in the back row also joined in the clamor for barbecue.

The ceremony began, and the entire venue fell silent.

Minister Guan of the Academic Affairs Department served as the host, announced the start of the ceremony, and everyone stood up to sing the national anthem.

Executive Vice President Lin read out the decision document establishing Yuanpei College and announced the appointment of the first dean, vice deans, and other key leaders.

School leaders and important guests then went on stage to unveil the plaque for Yuanpei College.

Next came speeches from leaders at all levels.

Then Chen Guiliang took the stage as a student representative.

The Yuanpei students in the audience, especially the freshmen, might not know the leaders, but most of them would recognize Chen Guiliang.

As soon as Chen Guiliang stepped onto the stage, the students cheered, creating a much more lively scene than when the leaders gave their speeches.

It's really just a bunch of people making a fuss.

In this situation, Chen Guiliang didn't want things to be too serious, after all, he was a student representative. He needed to maintain the youthful energy of a student.

"I am very honored to see the Yuanpei Class become Yuanpei College before I graduate. When I filled out my college application, I was persuaded to come here by Dean Zhu. Is there anyone else who had the same experience as me?"

Chen Guiliang looked down at the audience as he spoke.

"I!"

"I was tricked into coming here too!"

A large group of Yuanpei students raised their hands or shouted, and then they laughed at themselves.

Dean Zhu was both amused and exasperated.

Chen Guiliang continued, "After I enrolled, I realized something was wrong. There was a saying on campus at the time: 'Don't marry a Guanghua girl, don't marry a Yuanpei boy.' I was really unhappy about that, so I decided to improve the image of Yuanpei boys, and that's why I started two companies..."

The older students in the audience burst into laughter, all knowing that Chen Guiliang was making a joke.

The new students then inquired about the origin of this rhyme.

None of the leaders and guests present interrupted. As long as the students' speeches did not contain any fundamental errors, they were quite tolerant of them.

Chen Guiliang said, "The idea of ​​not marrying a Yuanpei class man isn't just directed at the boys, but at the general perception that Yuanpei class students are unreliable. They can learn anything, but they're often not proficient in anything, and they seem to have no future just drifting around. But I think that students trained in this way have a very solid foundation in general knowledge and are knowledgeable in many fields, which is of great help to their lifelong development..."

The school leaders began to nod in agreement; this was their original intention in launching the Yuanpei Program.

Chen Guiliang said, "Life is a process of continuous trial and error. I believe that lessons learned from mistakes are more important than lessons learned from successes, as long as they are properly summarized. Don't be afraid of making mistakes when choosing courses, don't be afraid of making mistakes when choosing a major, and don't be afraid of making mistakes after graduation. Be brave enough to try... and try should be accompanied by reflection. Independent thinking is very important..."

"I hope that after the college is established, the younger students will be able to go further than us old guys... achieve great results and completely shed the label of 'not marrying a Yuanpei man'!"

"Of course, I also hope that you can come and work at ByteDance and Youke. Senior students, don't miss this year's fall recruitment, hurry up and apply to my company... Of course, fifth and sixth year students are also welcome, I don't exclude you guys. Because maybe I'll be a fifth year student myself."

The last sentence drew laughter from the entire audience again.

There really are some prodigies in the Yuanpei Class during their sixth year, mainly because they changed their majors so many times.

Like Zhang Bo, whom I met outside the teaching building, he only switched to paleontology in his senior year, so he'll definitely have to study until his sixth year to graduate with a bachelor's degree. And waiting for him is graduate school; given his major, he'll inevitably be recommended for graduate school.

After Chen Guiliang finished his speech, several fifth- and sixth-year students stood up and gave him a high-five to celebrate and welcome him to join the "never-graduating" team next year.

Today's college founding ceremony and new student enrollment ceremony was most lively and joyful during Chen Guiliang's speech.

Although the content of the speech was somewhat unreliable, the leaders were still quite satisfied with it, because it also showcased the demeanor of Yuanpei students.

Following the speeches by the guests, Dean Xiong of Fudan College and others took to the stage to congratulate the establishment of Yuanpei College.

Finally, Vice Provost Li announced the donations from the business community and alumni.

The order is not ranked; they are read according to the number of strokes in the surnames.

Chen Guiliang donated the most, personally donating 20 yuan.

There were also Mr. Lu from the Commercial Press, Ms. Wang, the vice president of Guoxue.com... basically donating 15, 10, 5, etc.

These donations will be used to establish scholarships for Yuanpei College.

After the ceremony, Dean Zhu waved to Chen Guiliang: "Little Chen, don't go, come here for a moment."

Chen Guiliang got caught again. He used to be the recruitment ambassador, and today he's going to work as a hostess.

The students at Yuanpei College, however, looked on with envy: "Wow, that's impressive! They're obviously having dinner with leaders. Not only are there school leaders, but also Director Liu."

During the meal, Director Liu was particularly hospitable to Chen Guiliang. A young man who had already achieved success at such a young age, and was also quite handsome, naturally attracted the attention of middle-aged women.

Director Liu treated Chen Guiliang like his own son, even asking him if he had a girlfriend and offering to introduce him to a colleague's daughter.

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(I recommend "My Reality Simulation Game" by Zhu Tianwen. Those who like this genre can check it out.)
(End of this chapter)