Chapter 43: For Whom
From the moment the old man began to speak of responsibility, the venue was much quieter.
Looking at those young faces, the old man's expression was very calm: "The four years of college are the last opportunity in your life to enrich yourself and allow yourself to catch up with this era, no matter what major you study. My advice is for you to read more and read good books. The teaching materials are explained by the teacher, but they are not necessarily useful for your future. I want you to read works that will influence your life in 10 or 20 years. I have taught all my life, and I have not been able to talk about peach and plum all over the world for decades, but at least I can use this old bone to ensure that as long as I study hard to enrich myself, no matter how bad a person's background is, no matter how ordinary the family background is, one day, the toad can eat swan meat, and the carp can jump over the dragon gate. As for whether you will become famous and known to the world at that time, or whether you will be drunk and lying on your knees and take charge of the world when you become famous, it has nothing to do with me. The reason why I ask you so much has nothing to do with your grades or my personal honors, for a simple reason. ”
The old man's gaze swept over the entire auditorium, and then patted his chest: "People, always live for yourself!" ”
After saying this, the old man waved his hand: "That's all for today's lecture, let's go back." ”
From the moment the old man walked on stage, Ye Leiyang began to listen to every word he said with a serious face.
Unlike most of the alumni who were surprised and then showed puzzled expressions, Ye Leiyang understood the meaning of the old man's words. This is an old man who has accumulated a philosophy of life over the years, preaching to his descendants. Everyone has some vision for the future, but most people's lives end up in mediocrity, partly because they don't know how to get rid of mediocrity, and partly because they don't think their lives need to change.
Ye Leiyang knew that at this time, in a certain city on the southern coast, a university teacher who was not very outstanding in appearance had already gone to sea, and he had just founded a website with 500,000 yuan, and he was desperately trying to leave his mark on the big cake of the Internet, and by 2005, someone would buy 40 percent of the shares of the website he founded with several billion yuan.
"Hmm, shouldn't I be a piece of the pie?"
Such a thought flashed in his mind, Ye Leiyang shook his head, he thought a little too much, not to mention whether there were so many funds, just with that person's character, I am afraid that he would not accept his own capital injection.
Some people are born to do big things, and as a little butterfly, it's better to live your own life. But he didn't know that sometimes many things in this world were not transferred by his will.
The old man was not alone when he left, and there was a large group of school leaders who rushed to hear the news around him, Ye Leiyang noticed that the person who was responsible for supporting him was a woman in her twenties, who couldn't see the front clearly, but just by the side and back, it could be concluded that this woman would be named a goddess even if she was placed on the Internet in later generations.
At that moment, Ye Leiyang's little heart was pounding uncontrollably, he took a deep breath, and kept telling himself: "It's not time, it's not time, maybe it's the old fox's family." ”
It wasn't until the pure little white flower Wang Meiyu came over to call Ye Leiyang that he came to his senses, smiled at the other party awkwardly, left a sentence I have something to do, turned around and fled, leaving Wang Meiyu with an inexplicable face.
The following days were very peaceful, to be precise, Ye Leiyang was used to this kind of life, getting up on time every day to exercise, and then reading and going to class. It's like a sponge, constantly absorbing the knowledge that I missed in my previous life. Ye Leiyang knows very well that under the current education system, English has become a subject with a strong purpose. In his impression, many students practice a lot of questions, concentrate on assault, and after a series of difficult training, the score can also see results, but that is only the score, and the mastery of the use of English words required by the entire question system is still a difficult level to overcome. This is the reason why the current education is too instrumental and purposeful, and it is also a problem that many people are not aware of.
However, in Ye Leiyang's eyes, this is not a problem, he has read a lot of original English books, and his English level has improved by leaps and bounds. However, at this time, the Internet did not become popular, and the legendary foreign affairs indecision to ask Du Niang had not yet taken shape, so sometimes when he encountered words that he didn't understand, Ye Leiyang could only turn to the "English-Chinese Dictionary" that he bought from a senior for fifteen yuan, in Jiang Zhi's words, this is Ye Leiyang's heart and liver baby.
Sometimes others are also curious, what is the reason why Ye Leiyang works so hard, he smiled and didn't speak, but he knew very well in his heart that living again, if it was just to keep himself from the old path of his life, it would be a bit too much of a failure.
But Ye Leiyang is really a little confused, he wrote the book on a whim before, in order to earn some manuscript fees. Parents were encouraged to open restaurants in order to prevent the family from falling into another economic crisis. But what to do next, he didn't know. Do you want to drop out of school and go home to help your parents in business, and then complete the myth of self-made, similar to the experience of the protagonists of novels that they read in their previous lives and become super-rich?
Not to mention whether this thing can succeed in the end, just by dropping out of school, Ye Leiyang can be sure that his parents can beat him to death. What's more, making this decision, Ye Leiyang did not dare to guarantee that he would be successful. You must know that the business world is changing rapidly, even if you have the advantage of foresight, but who can guarantee that there will not be a trace of change in the future because of some of your behaviors?
He has failed too many times in his previous life, and now Ye Leiyang is tired of failure, he prefers a life of planning and then acting, rather than a big gamble on fate, in his opinion, it is impossible to really succeed just by relying on himself now.
Therefore, Ye Leiyang needs to replenish his energy, since he has no background and external forces to help him, the only thing that can help him is to exercise his strong learning ability in college, only in this way can he be sure to truly win every battle in the future and win the victory of his destiny.
In this autumn when the weather is getting colder and the leaves are quietly falling, Ye Leiyang began to re-acquaint himself with the strange Nietzsche, the tragic Hugo, and the radiant Faust, because he understood that it was the key to making himself a flesh-and-blood person. His heart began to become full, and gradually returned to peace.