Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Monday, October 4.

As soon as Li Zhao arrived in the classroom, he saw Chen Nian's expectant expression and knew that his legendary exam story had already spread far and wide.

Interestingly, He Shuyao was quite reserved at this point.

As Li Zhao walked from the front door of the classroom to his seat, he was met with a barrage of stares, but He Shuyao, whom he passed by, was engrossed in reading.

A girl's heart is unfathomable.

"That's amazing, Ah Zhao!"

Li Zhao had even guessed that Chen Nian would say that.

"Let's talk about it when the results come out."

"Wow, you're so modest. When Liu Yiting came over and said that, the whole class went wild."

Li Zhao felt a slight burning sensation, which must be from the embers after the explosion.

"Did she say that?"

"Uh..." Chen Nian hesitated, wondering why Li Zhao seemed a bit indifferent to this.

"What did she say?"

"So... you handed in your paper early, and then the teachers said on the podium that your paper was particularly impressive."

"Did you come all this way just to tell everyone?" Li Zhao found it a bit unbelievable.

"At first, the class monitor ran into her at the door and asked her how the exam went. Then the conversation turned into talking about you," Chen Nian scratched his head, "and then naturally everyone started chatting."

No wonder Ma Yingying was so listless; it turns out she brought up the conversation herself.

"Is that all she said?" Li Zhao asked.

Chen Nian slowly and dramatically revealed a shocked expression.

"How do you know she said more than just that?"

"Speak."

She said you are her god.

Li Zhao was taken aback.

"They also said some things I didn't quite understand, like 'believers,' 'only to be viewed from afar,' and 'don't desecrate them.'"

Wait a minute, isn't this development a bit off?

Li Zhao had prepared for the possibility that the girl would think she liked him and start pestering him, but...

It doesn't seem so?

It's a completely new emotion.

What we normally call religious belief.

Li Zhao felt a chill run down his spine.

Then he glanced at He Shuyao, who happened to be looking at him. Their eyes met and he immediately looked away. He hurriedly picked up a pen, but there was no notebook on the table. So he quickly pulled out another one and started writing and drawing.

Oh~

That's how it is.

Perhaps Liu Yiting's use of the word "god" startled everyone, because everyone maintained a great deal of awe towards Li Zhao in the morning. In addition, He Shuyao did not take the initiative to approach Li Zhao, so he unexpectedly enjoyed a peaceful morning.

Aside from Liu Mingyu, who came to congratulate Li Zhao at Jiang Qi's instigation, he was turned away with the words, "Let's talk about it after the results are out."

During lunch, Chen Nian revealed the truth about tranquility:

"Ah Zhao, why do you look unhappy?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"You always say we'll talk about it after the results are out..."

"...What else? Open the champagne halfway through? That would prematurely exhaust the joy of winning, and what if I don't win and end up embarrassing myself?"

"But the proctors all said..."

"They don't grade the papers anyway, so talking to them is useless."

Chen Nian quieted down and blinked as he looked at Li Zhao.

"What's wrong?"

"You're so mature, Ah Zhao."

Although Li Zhao is indeed very mature, at the level of a midfielder, he doesn't believe that the understanding he just had requires "maturity" to achieve.

"I think it's good to understand the principle of not being happy about expected success as early as possible."

Chen Nian slapped his forehead and pulled a small notebook out of his pocket, starting to take notes on the spot.

Li Zhao glanced at it curiously—"Li Zhao's Observation Diary".

Silence, silence is Cambridge tonight.

At noon, Li Zhao walked into the office with ease. Huang Keyun was no longer nervous and naturally asked Li Zhao to sit down.

Upon logging into the Great Wisdom platform, Li Zhao's eyes lit up at first glance.

Yuannong Hi-Tech actually bottomed out and rebounded on April 3rd!

The price bottomed out at 13.11 yuan.

It was almost exactly as Li Zhao had calculated.

A perfect operation.

Looking at the K-line that was starting to rise, Li Zhao calculated for a moment, set a sell order price of 45 yuan, and placed it directly.

Each subsequent rise in the K-line chart represented an increase in Li Zhao's wealth.

Moreover, when this line reaches its peak, his stocks will be automatically sold, without any risk.

The first step towards financial freedom has been completed.

All we need to do now is wait until the bottom is reached in November.

Li Zhao turned off the computer, and Huang Keyun turned around curiously. "You're done already?"

"Yes, and we don't need it for now. Thank you, Teacher Huang."

"oh……"

Why do you still look so lost?

In the afternoon, class teacher He Lin announced some news that made everyone sigh: there would be a unit test this Friday—but it would include the content learned previously, so it would be a small mock graduation exam.

Kids, don't sigh. This is all basic stuff in your senior year of high school.

Li Zhao finally got the chance to write an essay. How to integrate the paragraphs while showing off as much as possible... no, how to demonstrate his skills as much as possible was a question he needed to think about carefully.

After school, He Shuyao waved goodbye to Li Zhao as if nothing had happened, but Li Zhao noticed her unnatural expression. He probably knew what was going on with the girl's heart.

However, let's talk about it tomorrow and give her some time to let things develop.

On this day, with the stock trading completed and the national competition over, Li Zhao should have been relatively calm, but in reality, he was a little nervous.

The stock market and the national competition were practically a done deal for Li Zhao; he was absolutely certain of success. However, he wasn't so sure whether his 8,000-word essay would be accepted by the newspaper.

So far, I haven't encountered any setbacks in submitting articles, which is both unexpected and reasonable.

If used well, the information gap of twenty years can be transformed into insightful and penetrating articles.

China has developed exceptionally fast; in just twenty years, it has created two generations that are completely unable to understand each other.

The same applies to urban planning. The mainstream ideas of 08, let alone twenty years later, even five years later, have become largely wrong.

However, it is very difficult to make the academic community realize the error.

Take urban expansion as an example. Even more than a decade later, some second-tier cities were still rushing down this path, only realizing something was wrong when they ruined their finances.

Li Zhao's first three articles were not very intense. He deliberately used a down-to-earth perspective and asked questions to guide new viewpoints.

But this time it was different. He directly combined his past work experience and professional knowledge to come up with seven major topics.

It is a thorough output of viewpoints.

Gradual and intensive development, integration of planning and land use, micro-renovation of urban villages, urban disaster resilience, metropolitan area collaboration, stock renewal cycle, weakening the will of officials...

These seven questions either negate the current mainstream thinking or oppose the planning currently in use. Although they are talking about future planning ideas, they seem very conservative.

This is incompatible with the upward trend of 08.

Li Zhao wasn't very confident about the article being published.

Therefore, I care about it very much.

When he got home, Li Changlin was frowning at the newspaper.

And it just so happens to be the South China Weekly!

Li Zhao went straight over and asked, "Dad, what are you looking at?"

Then he saw what Li Changlin showed him, which took up almost an entire page: "Seven Issues of New Urban Planning Logic - Taking Xinbei City, Linjiang Province as an Example".

The South China Weekly even included a picture of him, and the headline was enlarged and bolded.

[Your masterpiece has been published, Happiness +1, Total 15]

Li Zhao's breathing became rapid.

"A lot of people in the market are discussing this article today," Li Changlin said, crossing his legs. "It's too ruthless. It's like they're going after that dean. But I don't quite understand the content. It makes sense yet doesn't. The author should break it down and explain it clearly."

"discuss?"

"Yes, ever since he wrote about livability, a lot of people have been paying attention to him. The South China Weekly is very powerful; what if some high-ranking leader sees what he wrote?" Li Changlin said. "This 'Four-Knife' guy is really something; I wonder where he suddenly appeared from. Who could he be?"