Chapter 66: Summer Finale
Lin Wanzhou has a very delicate lyrics notebook, which is filled with various beautiful patterns.
Last summer, the sentence she copied down was "Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long time." This summer, she copied "You are the only one I want to understand" in her notebook.
The stockings sold very well, and Xu Cheng and his friends did the same business again. In the end, they divided the spoils equally, and each person received a reward of 1,000 yuan, which was enough to cover all expenses for this semester. With the remaining money, they voted to go to KFC for a big meal.
In mid-July, the results of the quiz were announced. As expected, Xu Cheng, Lin Wanzhou, and Yu Yu were all admitted to the Third Middle School they had applied for, and Li Qiuyang also " miraculously" performed exceptionally well and entered the same school as them.
The announcement of admission results is just the beginning of a long summer vacation.
After sleeping in for a few days, Xu Cheng started a crazy self-disciplined mode. He and Lin Wanzhou made a plan to go jogging together every morning. The two made a bet that whoever gave up first would have to grant the other a wish.
Xu Cheng didn't expect that the little foodie really had such great perseverance. She was worthy of being the future academic master. She could persist almost every morning. He had to calculate the days before her period and deliberately lost the bet to her. For this, the little girl was very proud for a while.
The knowledge points of the first year of high school became dense and complicated, and biochemistry even made Xu Cheng confused. During the summer vacation, he only had time to quickly review the knowledge points of the first semester of the first year of high school. His plan was to review each round of knowledge points three times before jumping into the next level of study. He roughly estimated that he could start studying the knowledge of the second semester of high school during the winter vacation.
On the third last day before the end of summer vacation, Xu Cheng's family got up early and waited in front of the TV. The commentator on TV excitedly shouted "12.91 seconds!" "Liu Xiang!" Xu Cheng's whole family screamed excitedly. That day, the whole country was excited for this "flying man".
On the last day of summer vacation, Xu Cheng saw the news online that Baidu had acquired the world's largest URL site ha123. This move would most likely be Baidu's final preparation before listing on NASDAQ.
As for the transaction price, it has not been announced. According to an uncle who is a spectator and sweeps the floor at Baidu, it was 50 million plus 50,000 shares. Another uncle said it was 10 million plus 40,000 shares. The uncles were arguing with each other, but no matter what the price was, it must have been very nice.
When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king. Ha123 has been incorporated, and the only competitive URL navigation on the market is 16. The 265 that only appeared in 2003 is no match for 16 at all.
Xu Cheng remained calm and waited for someone to take the bait.
Ding, your summer vacation balance is insufficient, please recharge in time.
On September 1, primary and secondary schools across the country will start the new semester.
In the new semester, Xu Cheng did not stay in bed.
After all, at his age and at this stage, how can he sleep well?
At the breakfast table, He Ying grumbled, "What kind of people are in your company? They can fight over work matters during a meal. Do they take you, their leader, seriously? I have to go to the police station in the middle of the night to get someone out. Isn't it a hassle..."
Xu Jianghe sighed, "A small temple is home to many evil spirits, a shallow pond is home to many turtles, and there are many open and covert attacks. If you sit in this position, there will always be people who want to test your attitude."
Two years of being in a high position gave Xu Jianghe the bearing of a superior, and he no longer looked at things as immaturely as he did when he was young.
Xu Cheng licked the milk on his lips and asked curiously, "Dad, what's the matter? Tell me about it."
"The 5th generation of Jingting is under development. Your uncle Xiao Wang and another uncle from the unit had a big fight at the dinner table last night because of a disagreement. They even went to the police station."
Xu Jianghe was not like before, completely too lazy to tell Xu Cheng about work. He felt that Xu Cheng had started to remember things, and it would be beneficial for him to learn about his work experience.
"Disagreement... What kind of disagreement? It can't be a dispute over chips and sound effects, right?"
Xu Jianghe was surprised, "Oh, you also know this?"
"Hey, Dad, you know me... I have always been interested in these electronic products and the Internet. Now that the chip faction and the sound effect faction are arguing so fiercely, of course I know about it."
"Well, your uncle Xiao Wang disagreed with the other uncle over this matter and ended up arguing with him."
MP3 has gone through such a period. The chip faction firmly believes that using a good main control chip is the basis of good sound quality, while the sound effect faction believes that good sound effects can make up for the shortcomings of the main control and the sound quality can also be equally excellent. The debate between the two sides is as intense as the battle between Messi and Ronaldo fans.
But everyone knows the final result. It is meaningless to simply focus on chips. Without Philips, you can still make excellent MP3s with the cheap SigmaTel master control.
Xu Cheng thought about it and drank all the milk in the cup. "Dad, I saw a quarrel in the forum before. Someone said that there is a manufacturer called Iodi in South Korea. They use very ordinary chips to make high-quality MP3. From this point of view, the mainstream chip-only theory doesn't seem to be so correct..."
"Tieba? There are all kinds of people on the Internet, and what they say may not be correct."
"Not really. There are a lot of talented people in the forum. You can also go and learn more about Iodi... I'm going to school first."
He felt that his hints were obvious enough. He hoped that after watching Iaudio, his father would not be superstitious about chips and spend too much time on them. Instead, he would study circuit layout design and signal processing, which are the key points that a top MP3 manufacturer should do.
"Jinghai No. 3 Middle School"
Four large gold-plated characters are inlaid on the school gate.
In his previous life, Xu Cheng, who did not study well in elementary school, did not get into this key junior high school. For the first time in his life, he experienced the feeling of failure and inferiority...
This time, I will win back everything I lost!
"Hand, down, defeated, general..."
The sudden whisper in his ear made Xu Cheng shiver.
"Hehe..." Lin Wanzhou put her hands behind her back, and her laughter sounded like the swaying of wind chimes and the continuous spring rain.
She was wearing a white sailor shirt today with a light pink bow at the collar, paired with a light pink pleated skirt, a small brown bag slung across her chest, black calf socks, and a pair of brown leather shoes on her feet.
The girl went to her grandmother's house at the end of the summer vacation and hadn't seen Xu Cheng for more than two weeks.
Xu Cheng stared at her blankly, "Lin Wanzhou...your voice..."
"What's wrong?"
"It's so different from before..."
"Ahem." Lin Wanzhou coughed twice with a slightly red face. "Mom also said that my voice has changed. It's very obvious. Doesn't it sound good?"
"It's okay, at least it's not as harsh as before."
In fact, it sounds quite nice. Her voice is less loud than before, but has a more charming feel.
Lin Wanzhou patted him on the back gently and said, "You start saying bad things about people as soon as you meet them... Hey, the watch is pretty nice..."
This black Casio watch was brought by Xu Jianghe to Xu Cheng when he went on a business trip to Japan. It was a gift to celebrate his admission into No. 3 Middle School.
"This is the first time I see you wearing it. You never wore it before."
Xu Cheng's attention has always been on Lin Wanzhou.
I haven't seen her for a while, and she seems to have grown a little taller.
In her sight, Lin Wanzhou inexplicably began to overlap with the serious girl in high school.
Seeing Xu Cheng standing there in a daze, Lin Wanzhou raised her little foot in leather shoes and gently kicked Xu Cheng's calf, "What are you thinking about... Go and see which class we are in..."
"oh."
Xu Cheng agreed.
Looking at her back, an indescribable emotion suddenly lingered in his heart.
