Rebirth Must Be Happy

"It's okay, I brought an umbrella anyway."

Xu Jinhuan comforted him, "Let's go eat first and finish our business first."

"Ah."

Xie Wanqing, whether she hadn't thought of it or hadn't considered it in that direction, nodded and said, "Go wash up quickly."

"it is good."

When Xu Jinhuan returned to the room, he saw that Zhang Yuanzhe and Hu Xiaoyang were in much better spirits today, guessing that they were getting used to Wu Yifan's snoring.

Upon arriving at the restaurant entrance, Xie Wanqing was the first to arrive. She was wearing fitted light blue jeans and a loose white floral top, and she was playing on her phone at the restaurant entrance, attracting the attention of many teachers and students passing by.

"gone."

Xu Jinhuan walked up and called out. Xie Wanqing subconsciously looked up, but her eyes met his and she shyly looked away. She nodded and walked into the restaurant.

"You're wearing a school uniform, that should be fine, right?"

Although Xie Wanqing was a little embarrassed, she did not want to delay the important matter. During the meal, she was still trying to fill in the gaps in her knowledge. "I see a lot of people wearing white shirts."

"School uniforms are also formal attire for students."

Xu Jinhuan explained, "Sister, don't be too nervous, just answer the questions normally... By the way, you have to come with me today, you are my guardian teacher."

Xie Wanqing was still embarrassed because of what happened last night. When she heard him say that she had become a guardian teacher, she glared at him even more angrily, thinking, "How can you treat a teacher like this?"

In school, you're not even allowed to talk back to your teacher. This is practically betraying your teacher and ancestors!
After breakfast, they arrived at the venue and went to the computer category defense room. Soon, everyone arrived, and Xu Jinhuan saw Wei Lin with the Mediterranean hairstyle again.

This guy sat in the first row of the judging panel, in the seat of a university professor.

"Everyone's here! Welcome, judges, and all the teachers and students who have come to participate..."

The host gave a brief opening, then introduced the panel of judges for the computer science discipline: "Professor Zhang Yunquan, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of Academician Li Guojie's team; Professor Yang Shiqiang, Deputy Head of the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University; Professor Li Xiaoming, Head of the Department of Computer Science, Peking University; Professor Zhang Yongdong, Vice Dean of the School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China; and Professor Fu Yuxi of the Department of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University..."

"And representatives from enterprises, including Mr. Zheng Quanzhan, Chief Scientist of Tencent Research Institute; and Mr. Wang Yun, Senior Engineer of Intel China Research Institute..."

"And there's also a representative from the education system, Mr. Zhou Qinglin, a senior teacher at the Beijing Youth Science and Technology Club..."

The host introduced the judges one by one, including Wei Lin, who was the vice president of a university and came as one of the university representatives. However, no professorship related to computer science was mentioned, so it is highly likely that he does not study this field.

Xu Jinhuan and the others applauded below, and after a burst of applause, the project presentation finally began.

"People from Tsinghua and Peking University are coming?"

A teacher who looked very experienced was whispering to another teacher, "Normally, isn't it enough for just one representative from Tsinghua or Peking University?"

This is one of the unspoken rules of the judges: at least one representative from Tsinghua or Peking University must be among the university representatives. However, usually, only one representative from Tsinghua or Peking University will be sent to each subject's defense.

In other words, if there are representatives from Tsinghua University, there will be no representatives from Peking University; conversely, if there are representatives from Peking University, there will be no representatives from Tsinghua University.

This year marks the 27th edition of the Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, which has been the case for most years. This year, the same applies to other disciplines, but surprisingly, representatives from Tsinghua and Peking Universities gathered for the computer science category.

"Maybe you'll be free?"

These teachers were also confused. It went on in rounds, and once the defense officially began, no one cared about it anymore.

"Next, please have Zhang Hang from Hangzhou No. 2 High School and Xu Jinhuan from Suicheng No. 1 High School prepare."

About an hour later, Xu Jinhuan finally heard his name called. Xie Wanqing was even more nervous than him, seemingly unable to breathe. She turned to look at him, forcing a gentle smile, and softly encouraged him, "Go for it!"

Xu Jinhuan smiled at her, then took the USB drive she had prepared beforehand and walked out of her seat to prepare for her defense.

"Please welcome Xu Jinhuan from Suicheng No.1 High School... Chen Ying from the Second Affiliated High School of East China Normal University, please get ready..."

Xu Jinhuan, dressed in her school uniform, walked onto the podium and calmly said, "Hello, judges, teachers, and students. I am Xu Jinhuan. My entry is a smartphone game called 'Flappy Bird,' developed based on iOS and Android systems. This game is primarily for casual and educational purposes..."

He first introduced the game's development concept, process, and results. Noticing the Peking University director's obvious interest, and recalling the earlier discussions among several teachers, he felt a slight stirring in his heart, but remained outwardly composed, continuing his introduction:

"This game was completed in early May and launched on the Apple App Store in July. As of yesterday, it has been developed in 37 languages, including Chinese, English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian, and has been launched in 86 countries and regions around the world."

At this point, many judges and students below showed surprise, and Wei Lin was equally astonished.

"Currently, the total number of downloads exceeds 140 million, and daily advertising revenue exceeds 9800 yuan, and it is still growing rapidly, with 60% of the advertising revenue coming from overseas markets..."

As Xu Jinhuan spoke, the PowerPoint presentation at the back displayed more detailed data and more intuitive tables. This time, there was an uproar in the audience, and even the judges in the first row looked surprised, glancing around and whispering among themselves.

The vast majority of them do not have publicly disclosed incomes at this level.

Xu Jinhuan paused consciously, and one of the judges couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, just to confirm, are you referring to every day?"

"Yes, every day."

Xu Jinhuan smiled in confirmation, then continued, "Last month, the Chronicle from Mi Lai Jian reported on this matter in detail; everyone can verify it with their phones. Afterwards, more than 40 overseas media outlets reprinted and reported on it, including top tech media such as CNET, MacRumors, and TWiT..."

"This month, many domestic media outlets have also reported on this matter, such as Sina, Guokr, and China Youth Daily... Yilin also came to our school for an interview, but it won't be published until next month's issue on the 25th..."

As Xu Jinhuan spoke, excerpts from these media reports were displayed one by one on the PPT.

Xie Wanqing sat below, unable to see the judges' expressions, so she looked at the other teachers and students next to her. Seeing that their expressions were noticeably more serious and interested than when they were looking at the other project introductions, she couldn't help but feel a little happy.

In fact, this is mainly because people may not necessarily understand other projects, or they may not understand as much of them.

What Xu Jinhuan said was something even a mediocre student could understand.

"That concludes my statement."

Xu Jinhuan spoke fluently and clearly, taking about seven or eight minutes to finish her introduction. Then she bowed slightly, indicating that the judges could ask questions.

"You just said that you taught yourself programming and then independently completed the game development?"

Zheng Quanzhan from Tencent Research Institute was the first to ask a question, but the topic clearly went a bit off track: "I'm very curious about how long it took you to complete this game all by yourself."

"About five or six days."

Xu Jinhuan answered, and just as the teachers, students and judges below were all surprised by his answer, he smiled and added: "Because I have to teach classes, I don't have much free time, and I borrowed the computer, and there is no internet at home, so it took a bit of trouble."

"..."

There was a brief silence in the defense room; the judges who had planned to ask questions suddenly didn't know what to say.

Xie Wanqing was even happier, feeling sweet inside, because she knew that Xu Jinhuan was saying this on purpose for her to hear. Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered to specifically mention "borrowing the computer," and he was clearly looking in her direction with a gentle gaze when he spoke.

'He is still very grateful...'

Xie Wanqing shyly avoided his gaze, secretly thinking to herself that she was somewhat glad she had made the decision to lend her computer to Xu Jinhuan.

Then another question popped into her head: 'Back then, did Xu Jinhuan already like me?'

He only said he liked her, but didn't say when it started...

After thinking about it carefully, Xie Wanqing suddenly realized that Xu Jinhuan might have had feelings for her since her birthday.

Otherwise, why would he give himself flowers?

And they're paper flowers...

Thinking about it this way, she suddenly felt it was very possible, and the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Then she became a little worried: 'I haven't realized his intentions for so long, won't he be very sad? Very unhappy?'

Before Zhizhi pointed out that Xu Jinhuan had a crush on him, she had always treated Xu Jinhuan as a younger brother and had never thought about it in that way...

Zheng Quanzhan asked in surprise, "You don't have internet at home, how did you teach yourself programming? How did you register a developer account?"

Xu Jinhuan replied, "Internet cafes, and borrowing internet at classmates' houses, were also paid for by my classmates who registered developer accounts for me."

"..."

Xie Wanqing immediately stopped laughing, because she knew that this time they were talking about Chen Xingzhu.

They actually mentioned Chen Xingzhu here... right in front of me...

She was a little unhappy, but not angry, and didn't think Xu Jinhuan should have acted that way. She even felt a little guilty because she was unhappy.

After all, in her mind, Chen Xingzhu was the one who arrived first...

For some reason, another thought flashed through Xie Wanqing's mind: 'He and Chen Xingzhu probably haven't slept together yet, have they?' (End of Chapter)