Chapter 222: Departure to Hong Kong
The first class in the afternoon was Chinese class, and Zhu Hanwen walked in with a lesson plan.
"Before class, I have something to announce. First of all, congratulations to our school for its outstanding performance in the English competition. The students worked hard to win the first place for No. 1 Middle School. Lu Yiming deserves the most credit for this honor. If it weren't for the method he came up with, this first place would still be a suspense."
Considering that most students were unable to participate in this English competition, Zhu Hanwen once again explained the process and rules in detail so that students could have a clearer direction to work towards.
Because Zhu Hanwen knew that there would be more and more such competitions in the future, which would have an impact on the school's overall ranking and even his personal performance.
After all, the allocation of educational funds is often based on the ranking of schools, so competition will only become more and more fierce in the future.
"Let me tell you more about this competition. After all, many people have never participated in it. First of all, there is the preliminary test, which is a written test. It tests everyone's basic knowledge and mastery of grammar. If you want to improve your grades, you have to work hard, study hard and memorize hard. There are no shortcuts."
"As for the second round, it's about everyone's oral ability. Wu Kejun did well in the written test, but he failed in this round and couldn't represent the school in subsequent competitions. It's a pity. I hope he can improve on this in the future."
Offstage, Wu Kejun looked very unhappy.
After all, she was the class monitor and felt that she should play a leading role as a role model. But now she failed at the second level, which made her feel very embarrassed.
As if noticing Wu Kejun's mood change, Zhu Hanwen comforted her, "Of course, Wu Kejun, there is absolutely no need to feel frustrated because of this. After all, the contestants are all top English students in the city. To be able to enter the second round means that they are very strong."
"Then, I will announce the names of the students from our class who will go to Hong Kong to participate in the exchange activities. The students from our class who will participate in this exchange activity are Lu Yiming, Wu Qiuya, Lv Jiajia, and Li Zhengkai."
"Among them, Lu Yiming's performance was particularly outstanding. I think Lu Yiming played a major role in our class winning the championship."
Applause broke out again from the audience, and everyone looked with envy at the students who were able to go to Hong Kong to participate in exchange activities.
Li Quanwang seemed even happier than Lu Yiming himself: "Mingzi, your teacher praised you."
In high school, for many students who usually have poor academic performance, being praised by the class teacher is something to be proud of.
Lu Yiming curled his lips, his eyes full of disdain: "Verbal praise is useless. Children in kindergarten will at least be given a big red flower when they are praised."
Shi Qingxue, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this. She rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming and whispered, "You are just being ungrateful after getting the advantage."
Not far away, Wu Kejun was very depressed because she was eliminated in the second round. She looked at Wu Qiuya with envy: "You are lucky. You can go on a seven-day tour of Hong Kong. If only I could pass the semi-finals and be in your group."
Compared to Wu Kejun's self-pity, Wu Qiuya was immersed in great joy at this time.
Deep down, she was not very excited about going to Hong Kong for exchanges. What really made her happy was that she finally had the opportunity to spend every day with Lu Yiming. This time, she had to win Lu Yiming no matter what!
She said to Wu Kejun perfunctorily, "It's okay, it's just going to Hong Kong. It's summer vacation, so just get a pass and take a short bus ride. It's no big deal."
After class, several people who participated in the competition gathered together.
Wu Kejun felt bad for Li Zhengkai: "Just now the teacher actually said that Lu Yiming made the greatest contribution. It was clear that during the finals, Li Zhengkai was the best performer in the debate group. If it weren't for him running around, we wouldn't know who would win the championship. It's not like some people who muddle through the whole process and basically win without doing anything."
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately became unhappy and said, "Hey, hey, hey, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. You can't take it out on me just because you didn't pass the test, right?"
Lv Jiajia, one of the contestants, also stood up for Lu Yiming at this time: "You can't say that. Although Lu Yiming didn't have a particularly eye-catching performance during the finals, he didn't drag us down. What's more, if he hadn't helped us with intensive training before the competition and improved everyone's English conversation level, it would have been difficult for us to win the championship. After all, Teacher Zhu just said that the teams that can participate in the competition are all very strong."
Wu Kejun had always been unhappy with Lu Yiming. As soon as the semester started, everyone's topic was Lu Yiming, and she, the class monitor, was ignored.
What's more, she was the only one who didn't make it to the finals, which made her feel even worse.
Now hearing that Lu Jiajia was still speaking for Lu Yiming, he suddenly became angry: "You are still speaking for this guy."
Lu Jiajia shrank her neck and muttered timidly: "I'm just telling the truth, why are you so angry?"
Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Wu Qiuya hurried over to dissuade them: "Kejun, just say less. Li Zhengkai has no objection. Why are you arguing here? We are all classmates. There is no point in arguing about these things."
Li Zhengkai, who was about to open his mouth to refute, had to swallow the words he had carefully prepared for a long time after hearing what Wu Qiuya said.
How come I don't have any objection?
Not only do I have it, but it's very big, okay!
But after all, they were in front of the goddess, and Wu Qiuya stood up to act as a peacemaker. Even if he was very dissatisfied in his heart, he could only keep everything back to himself at this time.
I had to force a smile to show my magnanimity: "It's okay. We are classmates, so there is no need to argue about whose contribution is greater. We are all great, all great."
When Wu Kejun heard Li Zhengkai say this, she immediately looked at Li Zhengkai with eyes full of praise and appreciation. She had always had a good impression of Li Zhengkai, a top student, and now seeing that Li Zhengkai was so sensible, she immediately admired him even more.
"Li Zhengkai is a sensible student. Lu Yiming, you should be more careful and study hard. Don't let your pride soar just because the class teacher gives you some praise."
Lu Yiming leaned back in his chair unhappily, his eyes fixed on the ceiling.
When the hell did I start to curl my tail?
Where did my tail come from?
If you want to curl up, then...
"Okay, the monitor is right. The monitor is awesome."
…
After school in the evening, Lu Yiming took the certificate home. Ning Xuehua was immediately very pleased and praised Lu Yiming highly. She looked at the certificate from left to right and even arranged to put it in the most conspicuous place in the living room.
Lu Yiming quickly stopped Ning Xuehua from doing something that made him feel extremely ashamed: "That's enough. You're making me look like a primary school student. Besides, if you want to hang a certificate, you have to hang something with high gold content. For a competition like this that has no credibility, forget it."
Ning Xuehua was stunned. Since graduating from elementary school, Lu Yiming had never won the title of "Three Good Students", let alone a certificate of honor. As a result, the walls of his home could only be hung with murals or experience books.
Every time she visited relatives, she was extremely envious when she saw the walls full of award certificates.
My son finally won first place after much difficulty, but why does it sound like a fake?
Lu Yiming sighed, "It's not that there are fakes, but there are a lot of tricks in this kind of competition. Some people want to take advantage of the financial allocation for education, and the organizers will also accept various sponsorships that cannot be made public. The champion and runner-up are all clearly marked with prices, so they can't be taken seriously."
When Lu Ding, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, heard this, his face suddenly turned dark, and he asked sternly: "Did you buy this championship with money?"
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "With my strength, is it necessary? But although I didn't spend any money this time, I still used some connections. Otherwise, no matter how strong I am, I won't be able to get first place."
Then he talked about how Ge Deqiu spent money to decide the champion. Two hundred thousand could buy the first place. What fairness and justice? It was a joke.
True fairness and justice were finally achieved by Lu Yiming using Lin Shuyi's connections. How ironic.
After listening to this, Lu Ding felt relieved: "That's pretty good."
Afterwards, Lu Yiming mentioned that the champion team would go to Hong Kong for study and exchange.
When Ning Xuehua heard that her son had won the award through his own merit, she immediately put the certificate in the most conspicuous place in the living room without saying anything. Then she sat in front of the TV cabinet and started calling relatives and friends one by one to show off.
"Aunt, our Lu Yiming won a prize..."
"Third uncle..."
"Sixth Aunt..."
Listening to his mother showing off her baby in various ways, Lu Yiming was so embarrassed that he could have dug out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.
Ning Xuehua made more than twenty phone calls and chatted for a full hour. It was not until the living room was pitch dark that she remembered that she had not yet made dinner.
Lu Yiming walked to his father Lu Ding and asked quietly, "What's wrong with my mother? It's not like I haven't been to Hong Kong before, why should I be so happy?"
Lu Ding's face suddenly turned stern: "How dare you say that! Didn't you say you were going to study computer science last time you went to Hong Kong? But you ended up trading stocks!"
Lu Yiming curled his lips: "Then I'm making money, right?"
Seeing that his son didn't take his words seriously, Lu Ding immediately taught him a lesson: "Nine times out of ten, you lose when you gamble. Have you ever thought about what to do if you lose?"
Lu Yiming blinked his eyes and said, "I have thought about it. If I really lose everything, I will definitely run away. As the saying goes, if you have green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."
"you……"
Lu Ding was so angry that his chest was stuffy, but he couldn't get angry, so he turned his head and shouted to Ning Xuehua: "Don't cook, let's go out to eat tonight."
…
At 8:45 the next morning, a minibus carrying 15 people was parked in front of the gate of No. 1 Middle School.
Zhu Hanwen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked anxious and kept looking down at his watch from time to time.
Another ten minutes passed before Lu Yiming finally arrived with panda eyes.
Seeing Lu Yiming, Zhu Hanwen scolded in a deep voice: "Where have you been, kid? You were almost late, did you know that? Hurry up and get in the car."
Lu Yiming yawned out of boredom, then glanced at his watch: "There are still five minutes left."
After that, Lu Yiming got on the bus without caring about his relatives. He glanced around the car and found that in addition to the girls in his class, Lin Yuzhen was also there.
Lin Yuzhen is also a member of the championship team and the only student in the group who is not from Class 2. Her performance in this debate was also remarkable and she made a lot of contributions to the victory.
Zhu Hanwen saw Lu Yiming getting on the bus and looking around, so he urged him, "Lu Yiming, hurry up and sit down. I'm going to start counting the number of people."
Lu Yiming couldn't help but complain: "There are only a few of us, why do we need to count the number of people?"
Zhu Hanwen immediately became unhappy, staring at Lu Yiming with fierce eyes: "What? Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Lu Yiming immediately got scared and said, "I dare not."
Then he walked straight to the empty seat next to Lin Yuzhen and sat down.
"Ah...what are you doing?"
Lin Yuzhen, who was reading a book, was startled and trembled all over. Then she tried frantically to cover the book in her hand.
Lu Yiming teased, "Alright, alright, stop blocking me. I've seen it all. Are you still not giving up?"
The book that Lin Yuzhen was reading was the computer programming textbook that Lu Yiming had used to fool his class teacher Zhu Hanwen - "Programming: From Beginner to Expertise".
Obviously, Lin Yuzhen has not given up her dream of becoming a programmer and getting rich.
Lin Yuzhen blushed slightly when her little secret was exposed. She snorted and said, "What do you care?"
Lu Yiming stared at Lin Yuzhen's fair face, then smiled and said, "I've already told you that this line of work isn't suitable for you. If you want to make money, do something else. Why do you have to jump into the fire pit?"
When Lu Yiming said this, his original intention was definitely not to mock Lin Yuzhen. In fact, he was telling the truth. On the domestic rich list, those with a technical background are rare, even rarer than dinosaurs.
On the other hand, the United States has produced legendary companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google and Facebook.
Therefore, if you study technology diligently, you will only end up working poorly.
If you really want to make money, either start your own business or find a way to move to a management position.
Not to mention that Lin Yuzhen is a girl. It is extremely difficult for her to stand out in this circle where talent is the key.
Although the two of them didn't say much when they met, they actually had a pretty good relationship. Lu Yiming couldn't just watch her fall into a trap: "I think it's best for you to go in the direction of secretarial or accounting. Hong Kong is connected to the international community and has world-class universities. You can get in touch with related courses in advance."
"However, the most important thing right now is the college entrance examination, which will ultimately determine the direction of your future life and destiny. If you do well in the college entrance examination, you can enjoy life in the future. If you do not do well in the college entrance examination, you will have to work like a slave."
