Chapter 20 Li Xiaoming, who quit gambling
Douglas's Cadillac walks through the streets of Dallas, the bustling street scene outside the window is dazzling, and every brilliant or majestic or artistic building exudes the unique and evil charm of the United States, and there is a strong drunken gold fan everywhere.
Dallas is the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest city in the country.
This is a city founded in 1814 and has a history of nearly 200 years.
It is an inland city supported by the oil and cotton industry, which supplied almost 40% of the country's cotton production at the beginning of the last century, until the discovery of the Texas oil field in the thirties of the last century, the city ushered in a second rapid development.
At the same time, the presence of a large number of banks also provides a vital supply of vital blood to the city.
It was not until around the 50s of the last century that computer technology began to sprout and rise at an unimaginable speed, gradually becoming one of its pillar industries.
Li Xiaoming was a little intoxicated, he was not successful in his last life, half of his life has passed, but he has never even been out of the country, at most, he is occasionally idle and bored, find an entertainment platform on the computer, and use happy beans to cool a few handfuls.
And this time when I came to Texas, I knew that this guy must be a loyal fan of Texas Hold'em when I looked at Douglas's gushing appearance, and his more introduction to Dallas made Li Xiaoming feel more like introducing Las Vegas.
At that time, Li Xiaoming's refusal to go abroad was not due to income.
With the take-off of the domestic economy after the reform and opening up, the people's living standards have improved rapidly. But any small white-collar worker who has saved up for a while can go to these places.
At the turn of the century, there was actually a frenzied wave of going abroad in China.
Australia, Europe, Southeast Asia and other regions are very popular in China, as the world's first power, after the rise of the tide of reform, it is the yearning of countless people in China.
Therefore, in the eyes of some Chinese people, these places have become their hearts and their lifelong yearning.
In order to go abroad, the Chinese people came up with various ways to drill into it with all their strength.
For example, studying abroad, such as investment immigration.
No matter how bad it is, you have to get a green card, and you have to travel for the next time.
Li Xiaoming is not interested in these things, he is not angry, but he also does not worship foreign flattery.
Traveling alone to 318, go to XC to cleanse your soul?
Go abroad and mix a pheasant college diploma and come back even if you are a high-end talent?
Mix up a green card and become a superior person?
As an example, Liu Yiting, the hottest "Harvard girl" at the turn of the century, is really a pit for a generation. Back then, how many people were forced by their mothers to take the book Harvard Girl, forcing their children to learn like the big sisters in the book, so that the children in the family also had to take the Harvard exam.
Li Xiaoming, who is the common name of someone else's child, was once deeply hurt by Harvard girls.
"In the same province, in the same Sichuan Province, the young lady is still a girl, why can others, you boy, why can't?"
This is what Li Xiaoming's mother once said to him.
In 1999, Harvard admitted Liu Yiting, an 18-year-old girl, with a full scholarship, which caused a sensation across the country for a while. The following year, "Harvard Girl Liu Yiting" came out, and the original book alone sold 2 million copies.
It wasn't until it was later exposed by the media that I learned about the operation and secrets behind the success of the Harvard girl.
When Liu Yiting applied to Harvard, her Chinese school outside Rongcheng was acquired by the German and Swiss Education Group, and the school changed from a public school to a private school.
In order to increase its popularity, Diaverum Group set its sights on Liu Yiting, who was going to Harvard at that time, and invested a lot of resources in her to fully support her application for Harvard.
She was able to enter Harvard because she was trusted by heavy recommenders, and with the help of recommendation letters, Liu Yiting was finally able to enter Harvard.
Liu Yiting's blockbuster recommender, named Larry, is a government congressman committed to cultural exchanges between China and the United States
Later, Diaverum Group also helped Liu Yiting's parents publish books to publicize, and Liu Yiting's mother was an editor.
Liu Yiting herself is not very outstanding in terms of academic performance, competitions and artistic talents, and she did not have SAT scores when applying to Harvard, and her TOEFL score only just reached the admission standard line.
If you go abroad now, do you want to try a TOEFL IEP score like this? You're embarrassed to tell people that you're going abroad.
After the private establishment of the Diaverum Group, it became famous for its Harvard girl's personality, and since then it has continued to recruit students.
Liu Yiting's mother also made a lot of money because of the publication of the Harvard Girl's book.
At first glance, it is indeed worth learning from.
Because they are perfect at playing with birds with one stone, and have the ability to keep the masses in the dark and flicker, ordinary people can play it?
The Harvard girl still relied on letters of recommendation and exams to go.
Some time ago, the millions of dollars that went to Stanford were even more eye-opening.
Putting aside the disgrace for the time being, is the set of quality education implemented by the United States really suitable for China?
Not necessarily!
Huaxia has such a large size and population base. What is the proportion of peasants and workers in the country?
How many families can afford the cost of quality education?
What kind of situation will it be when the bottom is monopolized by the path of changing one's destiny through education?
The policies formulated by the state and the government have absolutely taken into account the interests of the broadest masses of the people.
The saying that the party represents the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people is not an empty phrase!
Just when Li Xiaoming was immersed in his own thinking and couldn't extricate himself, Douglas's charming voice appeared in his ears again.
"Hey, Lee, why don't you pull Daippa up and play two Texas Hold'em games together?"
Li Xiaoming retracted his flying thoughts, just now he was a little distracted thinking about the past of the previous life.
Xiao Ming hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, no, I quit gambling." ”
For the invitation to gamble, Xiao Ming did not dare to accept it.
Xiao Ming couldn't help but think of his "gambling career".
When he was fifteen years old in the future, he happily carried the 100 yuan pocket money that he had saved for half a year, and sat on the lower bunk with his roommate with great expectations to fight the landlord, got a good deck of cards, successfully grabbed the landlord, and played a king smoothly and confidently:
"Declaration! There's only one last one left!"
Then, he was blown up.
Looking at the only one left in his hand, a lone three of hearts.
Speechless.
I want to cry without tears.
Refuse to gamble, start with fighting landlords!