"Bah! Scumbag!"
"Dammit!"
"The richer they are, the stingier they get!"
Feng Yaoyao furiously put on her slip dress and slammed the door as she left.
"She's mad!"
Wang Yi shook his head, completely unconcerned.
Past thirty, many truths had long been understood.
In this society, the general public accounts for over 99%, but only possesses 1% of the total wealth.
Like a cog in a machine, diligently working a lifetime, exhausting themselves, they are merely trapped in an information cocoon, working and earning money for the 1% wealthy!
Throughout their lives, it is difficult to achieve class mobility!
The so-called middle-class elite, with millions in cash and assets starting from several millions.
They seem to have a certain social status, are admired by the public, have various halos… and feel good about themselves.
But they still have to constantly strive, struggle, compete, start businesses…
One mistake, and they might go bankrupt, experiencing class degradation…
Only by becoming capital can one truly transcend!
Letting the general public work for them, earn money for them!
Letting the middle-class elite manage for them, create profits for them!
But class mobility is inherently as difficult as ascending to heaven.
It not only requires immense strength but also great luck.
For example, Wang Yi, with good luck, a house appreciated by over six million yuan, barely allowing him to advance from the general public to entry-level middle class!
If he speculated in stocks or started a business, he might accidentally go bankrupt, experience class degradation, and be deeply in debt.
As for going further, becoming capital…
He wouldn't even think about such a thing!
He was already over thirty, long past the age of dreaming.
However, owning a 7.6 million yuan large flat in a second-tier provincial capital city, having resigned from a major company in Beijing and secured a state-owned IT position with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan, without worrying about a mid-life crisis, Wang Yi was already very satisfied!
He was too lazy to leave his comfort zone to mortgage his house and venture into entrepreneurship, stock speculation…
Wang Yi stopped thinking and went straight to sleep.
Breaking up with Feng Yaoyao was like a gust of wind, not worth a smile.
He slept a very long and comfortable sleep.
Until someone woke him up:
"Don't sleep, we're almost at school!"
"You are…"
Examining that both strange and familiar face, Wang Yi's expression sharply changed:
"Sun Rui! So young?"
"???" Sun Rui's mouth twitched.
"Something's not right!"
Wang Yi's mind was aghast, looking around:
The old bus that had long been out of service, the terribly ugly school uniform, the shop-front houses that had long been demolished, his best friend who was a decade younger…
"Did I get up too fast?"
Wang Yi closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
"What 'got up too fast'? Are you still groggy from sleep!"
Sun Rui woke him up again.
Wang Yi frowned slightly, looking at the billboard outside the window:
"Evergrande Real Estate, Shining in Qingyun, 2011!", finally confirming the fact.
He had been reborn!
Reborn in 2011!
Back to his third year of high school, the poor student who didn't have a 7.6 million yuan large flat, no 200,000 yuan annual salary, and no small Benz!
"Wait, third year of high school! Is the college entrance exam over?"
Wang Yi was suddenly alarmed!
The knowledge he had learned more than ten years ago had long been returned to his teachers, with interest.
If he were to take the college entrance exam again, let alone getting into a top-tier university, he wouldn't even get into Lanxiang!
"It's long over, the scores are out! Didn't you forget? The first-tier score for science was 567, and you got 569! Today we're going to school, Old Liu will guide us in choosing our majors." Sun Rui said.
"Good that it's over."
Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
The score was also exactly as he remembered.
"Yi Ge, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable? Or were you stimulated by a bad exam performance?"
Sun Rui was a little worried:
"Well, you used to score 620+. If it weren't for being half an hour late and missing one subject, 'Basic Abilities', you wouldn't have scored so low!"
Wang Yi suddenly remembered that on the afternoon of the college entrance exam, he did encounter something and was half an hour late…
If you are more than 15 minutes late for the college entrance exam, you cannot enter the examination hall.
The 'Basic Abilities' subject, with a full score of 60, directly received 0 points!
Otherwise, he really could have scored 620+!
"Alas, what a pity. You were set for a 211, but now you're just two points over the first-tier line, it's hard to get into a first-tier university. You should choose a good major in a tier-2 university!"
Sun Rui felt a little sympathetic, and a little schadenfreude.
In his parents' mouths, Wang Yi had always been "someone else's child," causing him no small amount of trauma.
But who would have thought, he actually didn't score as well as Sun Rui!
Truly, fortunes change!
"Can I only get into a tier-2 university?"
Wang Yi frowned slightly, then his entire being became excited!
569, in his previous life, he did attend a tier-2 program at a certain first-tier university!
However, the university itself worked hard, and in his junior year, that program was actually promoted to a first-tier program!
But what excited him even more was that in 2011, most provincial candidates applied to universities within the province, causing the admission scores for provincial universities to skyrocket by dozens of points!
Many candidates who scored one or two dozen points above the first-tier line ended up with no offers!
Meanwhile, some 985 and 211 prestigious universities outside the province unexpectedly didn't fill all their spots, and their admission scores dropped by nearly a hundred points!
For example, Peking University's School of Medicine, which usually required 681 with no guarantee, didn't fill all spots this year, and 581 was enough to get in!
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which usually required 667 for science students to even consider, didn't fill all spots this year, and the first-tier line of 567 was enough to get in!
And Xiamen University, Tianjin University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Beijing Forestry University… a string of top-tier 985 universities, all didn't fill all their spots, so the first-tier line was a sure bet!
Even the leader among financial institutions, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, only required 567!
This was a tear of an era!
When Wang Yi saw this news back then, like many other candidates, he regretted it so much his intestines turned green!
Now, however, he was incredibly excited!
He, who should have gone to a tier-2 university, could completely pick up a spot at a prestigious 985 university!
He could even pick and choose!
Such good fortune, something he dared not even dream of, directly landed in his lap!
How could he not be excited?
"Rebirth, it's truly wonderful!"
Wang Yi was beaming, the depression of missing one subject completely vanished!
He no longer had the 7.6 million yuan large flat, but he had the chance to pick up a 985 spot with a tier-2 score!
More importantly, with the information advantage of a reborn person, such opportunities were abundant!
The old, dilapidated houses on the roadside, now worthless, would soon be demolished, right?
A certain coin, which would later rise to 400,000 per coin, was now only dozens of yuan.
Buying too many was unrealistic, but getting a few dozen and holding onto them, earning tens of millions then would not be a problem.
And those giants, unicorns, were now just starting, or hadn't even started yet.
Endless business opportunities!
Originally, he would never have been able to achieve further class mobility, to become the top, to become a rule-maker.
But now, it seemed anything was possible!
Reborn, he must live a wild life!
Starting with picking up a 985 spot with a tier-2 score!
"But getting into Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics with 569, wouldn't that infuriate many people?"
"And Tianjin University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Beijing Forestry University, Xiamen University… all excellent 985s, which one should I choose?"
"Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is also very good…"
For a moment, Wang Yi found himself in a dilemma.
Sometimes having too many choices was also a problem.
As for low scores possibly not allowing him to choose a good major… for him, this was completely not an issue.
The IT he studied in his previous life, plus ten years of work experience and self-study, was already completely sufficient in terms of specialization.
Going to university in this life was just to find a good platform, to make those senior students, and even professors, work for him!
The car arrived at the station, and the two got off.
Gazing at the long-unseen No. 1 Middle School, Wang Yi's expression was complex.
"Sun Rui, you scored well, 580, more than ten points higher than the top student Wang Yi!"
A piercing voice came, and a boy walked over.
Next to him was a beautiful girl, very familiar.
Sun Rui smiled slightly:
"It was just an exceptional performance. As for Yi Ge, he was just late and missed one subject."
The boy glanced at Wang Yi, full of schadenfreude: "569, just two points above the first-tier line, he can only get into a tier-2 university! Haha."
He was even secretly thrilled: 'The former top student, how glorious he used to be!'
'How about now? He didn't even score as much as me!'
'So satisfying! Hahaha!'
Wang Yi frowned slightly:
"Who is this fellow?"
They already had a normal relationship, and after more than ten years of not seeing him, he really couldn't remember!
(End of chapter)
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