Zhang Lan touched her nose. I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: This excuse is really bad!

Regardless of whether the excuse is bad or not, as long as you can find an excuse that Zhang Lan can't argue, then this is a good excuse.

"Do you want to drink water?" I saw Zhang Lan coming. Sophie. Ma Dan was not polite at all, pushed the water next to him, and asked Zhang Lan. Since this period of time, this girl has been quite familiar with Zhang Lan, at least she seems to be quite familiar.

"Okay." Zhang Lan nodded, and did not talk to Sophie. Madan politely and directly put Sophie. The water that Ma Dan handed over, unscrewed it, drank the small half bottle.

Although Zhang Lan has a trace of jealousy of this girl in her heart, at least on the surface, it can't be seen that Zhang Lan has any opinions about this girl, on the contrary, after such a time of getting along, it seems that the friendship between everyone seems to be quite good, and this girl will indeed enjoy, just now this water has not been exposed to the sun, at this time this water still has a trace of cold feeling, it is very pleasant to drink.

Sitting Sophie. The cattle around Ma Dan looked at Zhang Lan with a faint hint of jealousy and envy. Ma Dan is definitely one of the most influential figures in the first school. Although her ability to call the wind and rain cannot be compared with Zhang Lan's super pervert, just by virtue of her coming from the mysterious French beauty, it is enough to make these boys in the budding period of youth maintain a considerable sense of curiosity about this girl, and this French beauty * woman is quite rich. Although some possibility is basically non-existent, this is not a reason to prevent everyone from maintaining a good opinion of this girl: let's think that it is not illegal after all, right? Not a lot of words

Of course, depending on Sophie. Ma Dan has a proud temperament on weekdays, and the only people who can become friends with her in No. 1 Middle School are Zhang Lan and Mo Liyan, and the others don't even have the courage to approach this girl in many cases. No way, everyone knows that the gap between the two sides is too huge, so it is natural to be able to fight with Sophie. Zhang Lan, who walked together with Ma Dan, naturally became a public enemy in the eyes of the male animals of No. 1 Middle School: at this time, the yin power that Zhang Lan had accumulated in No. 1 Middle School over the years would not work - anyway, these animals were just hostile to Zhang Lan in their hearts, and they didn't plan to really fight with Zhang Lan in the ring.

"By the way, Sophie, are you going to go back to your French university, or do you want to go to university on our side?" After drinking hard, Zhang Lan asked Sophie. Mardan asked.

"What about you?" Sophie. Ma Dan did not answer Zhang Lan's question, but asked a little curious Zhang Lan, "With your ability, even if you go to study abroad, there is no problem, and you can choose those universities that are ranked high among the world's famous universities, will you choose to go to university in China or abroad?" After asking, I seemed to feel that my question was a bit abrupt. The girl paused, and then added, "I found that in your country, parents really like to send their children to study abroad, but I think that if you go to a foreign university to study, you can really learn more than in your domestic university." ”

"No," Zhang Lan and Mo Liyan glanced at each other, the two had already discussed this issue before, "Although the education level of foreign universities is indeed much better than that in China, we don't plan to go out." ”

Although there is some dissatisfaction in his heart, Zhang Lan is not the kind of blind and arrogant person, in the level of higher education, the education level of foreign universities is indeed much higher than the education level of these domestic universities that are the products of examination-oriented education, although the status of the two most famous universities in the country in Beijing is almost deified, but looking at the international education community, the rankings of these two universities are really not worthy of the name of the pursuit they enjoy in China. Even the level of teaching staff is amateur, and the international universities with the same hardware facilities are very different. …,

But for an existence like Zhang Lan, the gap between domestic and foreign education level software. Is it a problem? As long as Zhang Lan is willing, these well-known experts at home and abroad can become Zhang Lan's private tutors, and ensure that when these teachers educate Zhang Lan, there will never be a sheep-herding education method, and they will definitely dig out their minds to teach Zhang Lan what they know in the most reasonable way.

Don't say anything about educational injustice, the world has never been truly equal, to a certain extent, all the excellent resources in this world are for the world's top rich people to serve, ordinary people work hard to create wealth, in the end only for the very few individuals at the top of the pyramid to expand their ruling base, so that the pyramid foundation is bigger and stronger.

"So?" Sophie. Madan nodded.

The above, although Zhang Lan and Mo Liyan did not mention it to her, Sophie. Ma Dan is not stupid, even according to the superficial wealth that the Zhang family now has, she can understand that from the traditional Chinese view of treating future generations, Zhang Lan's parents will do their best to let the best resources in the world serve their son.

"If I could, I would choose to go to university in your country, because I like this mysterious country, and there are so many mysterious things in this country waiting for me to discover," to Zhang Lan's surprise, Sophie. Madan gave this answer.

Originally, in Zhang Lan's expectation, this kid thought that Sophie. Even if Ma Dan will not choose such world-class universities as Yale, Stanford and Caltech, at least he will choose a top French university such as École Polytechnique, after all, in terms of this girl's academic performance and comprehensive ability. Zhang Lan thinks that this girl has no problem going to a first-class university in France, who would have thought that this girl would choose to go to university in China? Although it is not to belittle itself, but the level of education in China? Ahem, look at the top 100 universities in the world university rankings to see if you can find universities in mainland China, and you can know what kind of level the domestic education level is in the world.

"But if I could, I would choose to take a distance education course at our French university at the same time," said Sophie. The girl Madan gasped for breath, and after finishing speaking, she added, "Although it is a pity, after all, the education level of our France is better than that of your country, although I like your mysterious country very much, but this does not make me give up the opportunity to receive a higher level of education." Well, Zhang, you won't be angry when I say that, will you? Quite a few words"

After speaking, the girl looked at Zhang Lan with a little worry on her face, as if she was worried that she would lose Zhang Lan's friend because of this incident.

"Of course not," Zhang Lan's mind spun rapidly, pondering what the reason for this girl's stay in China was, but her face was happy, and by the way, she patted Mo Liyan's ass, "At least if you stay in China every day, I can often see this girl happy." ”

"Go!" Although she was very useful to Zhang Lan's sycophant in her heart, the girl who was very happy in her heart pretended to give Zhang Lan a white look. "Don't be a sycophant there."

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"Are you really planning to go to college in the country?" For Zhang Lan's answer, Alice was slightly surprised, the girl didn't expect this kid to plan for her future, in the girl's opinion, this kid is abroad to experience the atmosphere of a foreign university is very beneficial to his future growth, although this kid can only be described as a demon now, but this girl still thinks that it is still very important for Zhang Lan to go to a higher institution to experience the real university atmosphere, even if it is a full day of three days of fishing and two days of drying nets like now. …,

"Well," Zhang Lan nodded, "I think that's good." Even if there are some things you don't understand, I just ask you, don't say that in terms of specific subjects, even in terms of esoteric theoretical knowledge, I don't think that the professors on this planet and the level of this and that family can be compared with you, in this case, why don't I put such good teachers around me, and have to choose those schools that are not very good. ”

This reason is very strong, Alice nodded, she admitted that she was convinced, and this girl was indeed very proud of what Zhang Lan said: she was not ashamed to admit that there are indeed people on this planet who do not have the ability and knowledge level better than herself and others, just like this kid said, since this is the case, then he really has no reason to give up such a good condition and not take advantage of it.

"Okay, specific university, do you want me to arrange it for you?" After thinking about it for a while, Alice asked Zhang Lan.

"No, I have a plan for this." Zhang Lan hurriedly shook her head, this girl has already made plans for her upcoming college life, although she must not go to a school that is too bad, but of course all this is based on the premise of being able to fully enjoy college life.

"Okay then." Since Zhang Lan already has a plan for herself, Alice doesn't say anything, with this kid's current grades, any university in China is as simple as picking up things for this kid, since this is the case, then follow this kid's own will.

However, for Zhang Lan, all this has just begun, and being able to convince Alice and Chenxi does not mean that she has settled all these things, and how to get through her parents is the most important problem facing Zhang Lan at present. You know, the reason why Zhang Lan has been able to be so free all these years and completely use her almost demonic performance to win, if her college entrance examination results this time can't meet the requirements in her parents' minds, the ghost knows what kind of situation he will face?

However, all of this is a problem that Zhang Lan will face after a while. It will take a while for everything to be clear, but a news broadcast on the news network at dinner made Alice and Xiao Chenxi smell something unusual from it:

U.S. President George W. At a media conference held on the South Lawn of the White House today, W. Bush announced to the media in a high-profile manner that the US Government has agreed to a total of about $3 billion in arms sales contracts proposed by the Taiwan side, which includes a comprehensive upgrade of the software and hardware of Taiwan's F-16 fighters to ensure that these fighters will have a more powerful total air-ground combat strike capability in the new century, and that the Taiwan military's F-16 fighters will be equipped with the NATO-standard "No. 16" data link software system for the Taiwan Air Force. It is expected that after the "Lanting" pod is officially equipped with the Taiwan Air Force, Taiwan's military's F-16 fighters will greatly enhance their air and ground combat capabilities.

At the same time, the US military will sell the "Standard"-2 air defense missile system to the Taiwan military for the Taiwan military in order to enhance the Taiwan military's missile interception and defense capability.

Of course, at the end of the news, it is still the same old routine, and the government is once again "seriously protesting", but according to Zhang Lan's view, it is estimated that the probability of success of this US-Taiwan arms sale is extremely high, even as high as more than 90 percent!

The Americans, who are proud to use their nostrils to catch the rain, have just suffered such a big loss in their overt or covert confrontation with China, and according to the Americans' temperament of looking for something to stimulate and stimulate them if they have nothing to do, if they are once again swept away by the Chinese side, what prestige will they have in the international community in the future? Therefore, even for the sake of her own face, Zhang Lan believes that the Americans will do their best to promote the success of this arms sale, not to mention the biggest beneficiary group of this deal: American arms dealers are constantly fueling the flames. …,

However, if these things are still expected by many people, then the US military has agreed in principle to sell one of the cores used in the US National Missile Defense system: the "Pave Claw" large phased array radar system, to the Taiwan military.

The detection range of the "Pave Claw" phased array radar can reach 3000 km, and the maximum detection range can reach 5000 km! If this world's most advanced land-based phased array radar is put into use in Taiwan, it will undoubtedly have an unusually serious impact on the military balance between the two sides of the strait!

In order to purchase this kind of long-range early warning radar, Taiwan began to lobby the US Government and arms dealers in the late 90s of the last century; of course, the reason why the Taiwanese people made up their minds to buy this radar was that during the 1996 Taiwan Strait military exercises, the mainland's missiles that fell in the waters near Kaohsiung and Keelung frightened the Taiwanese people and let the Taiwanese know that one day the missiles from the mainland might fall on their heads.

Therefore, in 1998, the Taiwan side formally requested the United States to purchase the "Pave Claw" land-based phased array radar system in order to enhance the early warning capability of the Taiwan military, but the United States did not agree at that time. In 1999, Taiwan again made a request at the US-Taiwan arms sales conference held in April every year, but the United States still rejected it on the grounds that it was still to be evaluated. In April 2000, the Taiwan authorities repeatedly stressed their willingness to purchase radars, so the United States initially agreed to sell this type of radar system to Taiwan. Although the US Government has only agreed to Taiwan's intention to purchase military this time, and has not yet obtained the consent of the Congress, Zhang Lan believes that the probability of success in this matter is even as high as more than 80 percent!

But what makes Zhang Lan feel strange is that what he remembers is that the Americans originally agreed to sell the "paving claw" to Taiwan next year, but how can it be advanced to this time now? To Zhang Lan's feelings, the performance of Americans this time can even be described by the word "can't wait", could it be said that this change is because of his butterfly wings?

"I always feel that it seems that the US arms sales to Taiwan this time are not so simple," different from Zhang Lan's thoughtful face, Xiao Chenxi has a solemn face, "It seems that the Americans' arms sales this time still have some other problems." ”

Alice on the side also nodded frequently, expressing her agreement with Xiao Chenxi's opinion, it seems that this girl also found that there seems to be something wrong with this.

"Huh? How? Is there something wrong? ”。 Xiao Chenxi's solemn expression and tone made Zhang Lan's heart begin to feel uneasy, although Zhang Lan also felt that something seemed to be wrong just now, but this kid didn't think too much, but when Xiao Chenxi and Alice all showed this expression, Zhang Lan's reaction, even if it was slow, could understand that it was definitely not so simple.

"It's hard to say," Xiao Chenxi shook his head, "It seems that this is just the latest of all previous arms sales to Taiwan approved by the Americans as before, from the submission of the arms purchase order by the Taiwan side to the formal approval of the US government, which has only taken less than a year, setting a record for the fastest approval of US arms sales to Taiwan since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. ”

Is there something wrong? Zhang Lan frowned, also thinking hard, under the repeated prompts of Xiao Chenxi and Alice, it vaguely seemed to have caught something, but that hazy taste seemed to be always catching and seeking with Zhang Lan, obviously close in front of him, you can catch it, but that trace of feeling, it is like a naughty elf, coquettishly scratching your head in front of your eyes to seduce you, but you can't catch it, which makes people extremely depressed.

When the inside, when the inside! When Zhang Lan was depressed, Bush Jr. was proudly crossing Erlang's legs in his office, holding a huge cigar in his mouth, like a dog holding a thick bone in his mouth, she was in a good mood and was constantly swallowing clouds and spitting fog: Alice, Alice, I have made a move this time, can you catch my trick? If you can't, you're out of luck! ……，