"Cheng Ran, many people think that everything will be fine when they go to college, but this time I went to Tsinghua University and chatted with some seniors, only to understand that it is not what I imagined at all, the amount of knowledge I am exposed to every semester is comparable to three years of high school, and many people are just on vacation, do not go home, and use all the time to go into the laboratory and do homework. The most terrifying thing is that on the eve of the mid-term final exams, the study room is almost full all night, countless people are reading books and doing homework, there is no place, the dormitory building lights out, there are lights in the corridor, and there are people carrying stools densely crowded the entire corridor, there, the people around are excellent, and no one wants to be left behind. In that kind of atmosphere, if you just want to relax, you will be driven to learn together. That's why I'm going to say, I'm worried that you're missing out on one of the best platforms. When I get there, there is a high probability that I will not fall behind that competitive environment, and I will continue to work hard, don't you ...... I left behind. ”

Yang Xia said.

Cheng Ran smiled, "In the end, you are still worried that I will eventually fall because of the satisfaction in front of me, coupled with the fact that I went to Central South University of Science and Technology, which is not as good as the atmosphere of Tsinghua University?"

"It's true that my mother-in-law's mouth hasn't changed since I was a child......"

When Yang Xiaheng frowned, Cheng Ran nodded, "Going to college means that there are more things to do, and I won't relax, if you want to surpass me, I'm afraid it's not just talking about it in front of you, but you have to chase it hard." ”

"Stinky fake!" Yang Xia frowned, word by word, "I, but, no, yes, chase, you!"

"On the contrary," Yang Xia looked up, a little stubborn and a little arrogant, "I will be different." ”

The so-called difference is that it is better, more independent, and not much worse than the one in England.

Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "This momentum is a bit 'Stay until September 8 after autumn, I will come to kill a hundred flowers'." ”

"What!" Yang Xia frowned, but his narrow eyes were a little cold, "'I will kill a hundred flowers when my flowers bloom', which is not bad." ”

It's just that this sharp gaze fell on Cheng Ran's body.

Yu Xiao poked his head out from the side at this time and smiled at Yang Xia, "What did you just say that you can't chase, what's there to discuss, why did you go to the tenth middle school, I testify, it's chasing him!"

Then Yang Xia blushed and chased Yu Xiao everywhere with a murderous face, causing everyone to laugh constantly.

The parents of the family in the entertainment compound saw this scene, and everyone sighed with the smile of "The relationship from childhood to adulthood is really good", Yang Xia's parents glanced at each other, and then looked at their daughter who would not stop if they did not kill Yu Xiao, and their eyes were indescribably complicated.

……

The students of Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School are generally good, and 47 students have been admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, with a rate of 88% in science and 70% in liberal arts, which can be said to be a bumper harvest.

This session was also born to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, was recruited by the admissions team, and finally went to Central South University of Science and Technology to be the top student, which caused widespread discussion in the society.

People still don't care about the person's name, which mainly leads to controversies such as "whether the best talent should go to the best platform".

Many people did not see Cheng Ran, but they will see him in many places later, such as in some test papers and essays with this event proposition, or in the joint debate competition of colleges and universities, everyone has a quarrel between the pros and cons.

And Cheng Ran, the culprit who caused the incident, actually said that his life was still very peaceful, and there were not so many ups and downs. His circle of friends is not big, so he contacted those friends who were fixed, and Boss Ma had a phone call with him at a key moment in Ali.

"The NASDAQ in the United States is still falling, many companies have run out of money, and we are lucky that we have your funds and can still burn, but they can only last for six months. I think you're right about five bullets, and we've decided to lay off people. ”

When Ali got Cheng Ran's funds, from eating a boxed lunch every day to having money, he invited executives everywhere, and invited all kinds of vice president-level executives of 500 enterprises with terrifying names, and branches blossomed everywhere, in mainland China, Hong Kong City, the United States, Europe, and South Korea. made Ali really look like an international company, and Boss Ma also appeared in Time Magazine because of this, wearing a yellow shirt and posing with a fist rushing forward, this image of grassroots counterattack is very popular with American investors. Cheng Ran once said that the five battlefields opened up by Ali in the world are like five bullets, but only one can hit the bull's-eye.

At that time, Boss Ma disagreed, Ali's initial strategy was to use the best engineers to compete with Microsoft, Yahoo, and eBay, so he hired a large number of engineers and executives who knew international trade with high salaries, and the offices also blossomed more, resulting in high costs for a while. Later, the entire Internet winter came, and Ali had to seriously consider Cheng Ran's statement of five bullets.

Ali's investment was injected by Cheng Ran, and where the money was spent, Boss Ma would report regularly. When Ali decided to spend money like this, Cheng Ran did not raise objections, but just used the "five bullets" to implicitly knock on the side, Cheng Ran of course understood that Ali's current money burning method was completely useless, but he did not warn or forcibly interfere with Ali's upper decision.

Some of the answers are for themselves. Cheng Ran can certainly stand at the height of the two worlds and let them avoid detours, but some detours must be taken, and the result of wading through may be to shed a layer of skin, but the process of molting may be painful, but it is an experience of setting things right.

Of course, although he knew that Ali's blind expansion after financing the funds would inevitably bring them trouble at such a time, the reason why Cheng Ran did not interfere with the laissez-faire tossing was probably how to toss in fact, even if Boss Ma's trajectory was different from that of later generations, even if Ali was tossed hard and couldn't be maintained, Cheng Ran still had enough ammunition to come out.

can even take this opportunity to get more equity in Ali. But there are pros and cons to this, Cheng Ran will not deliberately lay out from it, in the final analysis, he treats Boss Ma as a partner, and the principle is not to sneak up on your partner, unless you only want to do this vote in your life.

In two lives, fame is the most important.

Cheng Ran said, "Then you have to think about it, which one is the most lethal of the five bullets." ”

Boss Ma was very firm, "Whether it is Hong Kong City, the United States, or Europe and South Korea, in fact, there is no need, we just need to keep the mainland, so this bullet is the mainland, it is Hangzhou." ”

"Then you're going to have to make a decision. ”

"I know it's a tough decision. ”

The dialogue between the two people at this time means a bloody storm for Ali, which means that there are less than three of the ten offices around the world. It means that all the new employees will be cut off, and no less than one-third of the old employees will be left, which is no less than the tragic process of plowing the snowy mountains and crossing the grassland. After Boss Ma discussed this decision with Cheng Ran, he lost sleep every day for the next few days, and the next few days laid off the employees one by one, that was the most tragic situation.

"This is something that must be done, and if it really doesn't work, just push someone out and make that white face. ”

"In fact, now that the company has developed big, I found that I don't know how to manage it at all, after this layoff, I want to take back my energy, rectify the internal, train the troops, and let the management go to a higher level. If the cold winter restricts us and retracts us to our strongholds, then we retract our fists and regroup. I believe that when the clenched fist is hit again, it will be more powerful. ”

Cheng Ran said, "I also believe that after this ban and rectification, although Ali has become smaller, the power of internal cohesion will be greater." ”

……

The year 2000 was a difficult one. The Internet encountered a cold winter, Fulong was blocked by the United States at the same time, Ali laid off employees, a large number of Internet companies closed down during this period, and the outside world was in turmoil, and no one knew where the dawn would be after this desperate winter.

At the end of August of this year, Cheng Ran embarked on his road to university.

……

Yang Xia arrived in Beijing on August 24th, taking a sleeper from Rongcheng to Beijing, and her parents also accompanied her, many of the new students in this car were new students who went to Beijing to report at the beginning of the university, Yang Xia also unexpectedly met a classmate from the tenth middle school in the same carriage, that was a girl in the third class, called Luo Qian, who was also admitted to Tsinghua University, and her grades were between Yang Xia Bozhong.

During the day and night trip, either Yang Xia went to find her, or she came to find Yang Xia, the two turned off the lights at night, or got up early in the morning to go to the train bathroom to wipe their faces with tap water, and sat on the rest table and chair of the sleeper to chat, chatting about the past and the future.

And inevitably, Rosie still mentioned some things in the tenth middle school, "It's really unexpected, in the past, Jiang Hongshao and Zhu Xu in the tenth middle school chased me, and it became a beautiful conversation, but after Cheng Ran transferred to the school, the pattern was broken, you know, in the past, Zhu Xu and Jiang Hongshao went out to compete, they had the privilege to compete, they all took that kind of minibus back to school, we still learned hard, they returned triumphantly, and at that time, they roared and called their names." As a result, as soon as Cheng Ran arrived, he became a Condor Hero with Jiang Hongshao. Now everyone is shouting 'Condor Heroes', how can you remember the time when they made fun of Zhu Xu and Jiang Hongshao...... It's a pity that we have fallen this time, and the children behind us are not as interesting as us, so it's hard to say!"

"But actually...... I also feel a pity......" Rosie said, "Jiang Hongshao is actually a better place to go than us, University College London, the world's top school, in fact, she did not take the college entrance examination, did not win the provincial champion, although it is a little regrettable, but think about her path, it is actually quite in line with Brother Jiang's ability." It's Cheng Ran...... It's a pity. ”

"You don't know, during our class reunion during the holidays, many people will chat, and if you slip your hand and didn't get into Qingbei, you are a grade lower than the school, and you feel that when you think about Cheng Ran, it will be balanced. There are also those who were also admitted to Central South University of Science and Technology, saying that they are very happy to be in the same school as Cheng Ran, and they have not met him before, and they will have to do it when they go to the tenth middle school of the university. The most excessive thing is that there is also a key one, but the result is that he was admitted to the ordinary one, Wang Mingtao of Class 7, do you know, the one who is usually very reckless, can get a full score in mathematics, and English is the passing line. I originally wanted to be admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology, but I could only go to Harbin Engineering University if I failed the exam, and asked him if he wanted to repeat his studies, but he directly said that Harbin Engineering is Harbin Engineering, and Cheng Ran finally went to Central South University of Science and Technology. Cheng Ran is simply ...... It can be said that with his own strength, he made a meat pad for us, and everyone felt unpleasant after the college entrance examination, when they thought of him, their breath was smooth. ”

The words of the two made Yang Xia's parents look at her across the bunk, and there was something indescribable in their eyes, which was incomprehensible to Cheng Ran, and on the other hand, they also looked at their daughter gently, and they were relieved to have the current situation.

Yes, in this era, what does Qingbei mean, especially the Yang Xia family, a family who came to Rongcheng from Shanhai City, and knows that there are not one or two Shanhai cities of Tsinghua University and Peking University in that year, such students can be said to be the pride of a region and the pride of a city. And when you come to Rongcheng, the place is big, of course, if you can get the score of Qingbei, your hand slips and falls to the following school, there are often, and you can be admitted to Tsinghua University, thinking that you can go to the next level of school to choose a major at will, which can also be understood.

The key is that he was admitted to the first place in the province, and he still rejected these two universities despite various solicitations by the Qingbei admissions team, which is really shocking.

During this holiday, Yang Xia heard the discussion of the people around her, and her ears were almost calloused, and even once combined the person in people's mouths with Cheng Ran, whom she had known since childhood, with a magical sense of alienation and strangeness, it was hard to believe that people were talking about people who were familiar to him.

The mood is depressed, and there is also a faint excitement for the future, in such a state of mind and the rumbling sound of the train, I arrived at the Beijing West Railway Station.

Then it is like a rush to take luggage, out of the station, looking for the point of Tsinghua pick-up station, the train station to see the red banner of Tsinghua, there are students wearing volunteer clothes in front of the set table to receive new students and parents, and then guide the past to take a special shuttle bus to pull groups of students to the school.

Luo Xi's family and Yang Xia's family got on a bus, and the two of them also huddled together, and arrived at Tsinghua Park along the bus, but the car had not stopped steadily, and the hula outside the campus was full of old students holding their own department signs, which were exaggerated to the point of hoarseness, almost frantically shouting the names of their own departments, "Engineering Physics!" "Department of Civil Engineering and Water Conservancy!", "School of Materials!Brothers and sisters!, assemble!" The battle was similar to robbing people.

Luo Qian and Yang Xia were dumbfounded, "This is Tsinghua?...... It's like crazy, are we that popular......"

After an almost war-like battle, Rosie was snatched away by the Department of Journalism, and Yang Xia was caught by his own department, and the consultation point temporarily set up by the department outside the school gate led all kinds of precautions and objects for new students to the school, Yang Xia's parents helped sort out all kinds of things, Yang Xia filled out the form, and there was a girl in front of the form, looking at Yang Xia's information, laughing, "You turned out to be Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School, do you know me well?"

Yang Xia was stunned for a moment, and the girl said, "I went to your tenth middle school with the admissions team...... Your provincial champion, no wonder you don't report to us Tsinghua......"

"Huh?" Yang Xia didn't understand for a while.

The girl took out a newspaper from the stack of materials stacked next to her, spread it out in front of Yang Xia, and pouted, "Huh." ”

Yang Xia looked at her fingers, there was a report on the admission of Cheng Ran by Central South University of Science and Technology, and Yang Xia didn't pay attention to the long story in the front, and the information started here: "...... Cheng Ran's fellow student is poor, but it is not easy to get such good results. In order to commend Cheng Ran, Central South University of Science and Technology gave a scholarship of 100,000 yuan. Such a high and generous scholarship is rare in the history of USTC, and this is the first time, but it does not seem too much for a provincial champion. Central South University of Science and Technology aims to encourage outstanding students to study hard and work hard, and generous scholarships can also help them successfully complete their studies......"

This year, a scholarship of 100,000 yuan is enough to smash the public's attention on this.

"Look, Central South University of Science and Technology is engaged in these crooked ways! No wonder we don't come to Qingbei, such a rich sum of money, it's no wonder if it is not corroded!" The senior sister was still a little indignant.

Yang Xia looked at this report dumbfounded, and her lips opened slightly.

Poor family......

Provincial Champion ......

100,000 Scholarship ......

These words.

Cheng Ran started school this time...... I don't know what to go through......