A widower's entertainment

Chapter 383 [College Entrance Examination 1992] (Please Subscribe)
Lin Youcheng knew that director John Woo wanted to talk to him about the movie "Infernal Affairs" and also to get to know him so that they could continue to work together in Hollywood in the future. Lin Youcheng was also wondering if he would work with John Woo again if he went to Hollywood.

Of course, Lin Youcheng knew even better that Wu Yusen was better suited to action films, after all, the title of master of violent aesthetics films was not given lightly.

Although Lin Youcheng had his own ideas, he certainly wouldn't tell Wu Yusen right now. After all, "Infernal Affairs" hadn't even been filmed yet, and even after "Infernal Affairs" was filmed, Lin Youcheng felt that "Infernal Affairs 2" could be considered.

After all, the script for *Infernal Affairs II* wasn't bad either. The second film's story also begins with Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming brushing past each other outside the police academy gates. At the time, the Ni family held a firm grip on the triad leadership in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, with five bosses controlling different areas. However, the boss, Ni Kun, is suddenly shot dead. That night, apart from the newly appointed boss, Han Chen, the other four bosses all vie for the leadership. Serious Crimes Unit Inspectors Wong Chi-shing and Luk Kai-cheung also intensify their defenses, plunging all parties into a tense, high-stakes situation.

It is within this story that another classic character from "Infernal Affairs" emerged: Ni Yongxiao, the successor of the Ni family.

Lin Youcheng knew that Wu Zhenyu's portrayal of this character was deeply ingrained in the public consciousness. Although he was only nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the character's charm was undeniable. The character was extremely cunning and ruthless; Ni Yongxiao, single-handedly and without firing a single shot, controlled the four major bosses and became the new leader. This later aroused the suspicion of Inspector Huang of the Major Crimes Unit, who then sent Chen Yongren, a police academy student, to infiltrate the Ni family under the guise of being expelled. Meanwhile, Han Chen, to consolidate his power, had already arranged for his subordinate Liu Jianming to infiltrate the police department as his own mole. Five years later, Chen Yongren gained Ni Yongxiao's trust and held a high position within the family. Liu Jianming also rose rapidly through the ranks by providing intelligence on Han Chen to the police force. After consolidating his power, Ni Yongxiao decided to eliminate the five bosses in one fell swoop, making his position as leader truly legitimate. Overnight, the four bosses who had betrayed the Ni family were killed simultaneously, and Han Chen was attacked in Taiwan and went missing…

Although the story of "Infernal Affairs 2" is also very exciting, Lin Youcheng is naturally not in a hurry for this movie script. After all, we have to wait until the movie "Infernal Affairs" is finished and released to see how it is received. If the movie is ruined in the end, then it will be difficult to have a "Infernal Affairs 2".

Lin Youcheng believes that if "Infernal Affairs" is truly successful, the director of the second film will definitely be changed. Wu Yusen will probably not stay in Hong Kong to film anymore and will definitely go to Hollywood to develop his career, since he originally intended to make his way in Hollywood.

Of course, we'll only know the answer after the movie "Infernal Affairs" is released.

Lin Youcheng stopped paying attention to the filming of "Infernal Affairs" in Hong Kong. He was more concerned about his daughter, Lin Zhaoxi, who was about to take the college entrance examination.

Time flies like water, and before we know it, it's moving forward. The 1992 college entrance examination is just around the corner on July 7th.

Because Lin Zhaoxi was a science student, he needed to take exams in Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, politics, and biology. Chinese and mathematics were each worth 120 points, politics, physics, and chemistry were each worth 100 points, and biology was worth 70 points, for a total of 710 points. At that time, the college entrance exam included foreign languages ​​such as English, Russian, and Japanese, so Lin Zhaoxi naturally chose English.

The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is now extremely difficult, akin to a single-plank bridge for thousands of soldiers, especially since universities haven't expanded their enrollment yet.

With the college entrance examination approaching, the courtyard became much quieter. Lin Zhaoqing and the others knew that the most important day for their eldest sister, Lin Zhaoxi, was coming up, and they all sensibly refrained from playing around in the courtyard, afraid of disturbing Lin Zhaoxi's studies.

Although Lin Zhaoxi has always had excellent grades and studies very hard, it is, after all, the college entrance examination, so Lin Youcheng, as his father, naturally cares a lot.

In reality, what's truly difficult for high school graduates isn't just the college entrance exam itself, but also the application process for university majors. It's important to understand that at this time, the college entrance exam generally implements a pre-exam application system, meaning students need to estimate their own abilities based on mock exam scores and usual rankings before the actual exam, and then fill out their university and major preferences.

This method, lacking reliable score references and thus highly uncertain, frequently leads to high-scoring students being admitted to lower-ranked universities or students failing to get into their desired universities. The discrepancies in the accuracy of score estimations exacerbate the unfairness. However, this is the current reality for students using estimated scores to apply to universities, and the risks are considerable. It's important to understand that top universities at this stage often do not accept applicants who list a university as their second choice. If the first choice is unsuccessful, even if the score meets the requirements for the second choice, there is still a significant risk of not being admitted.

Lin Zhaoxi was aware of her own academic performance. When she was still in junior high school, she had been thinking about applying to Yenching Medical University. Even though she didn't know much about medical universities at that time, she was very clear that she wanted to be a doctor, and an obstetrician-gynecologist. She was very clear about this. After she entered high school at Yenching University, she knew that Peking Union Medical College was at its peak, firmly in first place and unrivaled, but she still planned to apply to Yenching Medical University because it was a safer choice.

Lin Youcheng naturally respected his daughter Lin Zhaoxi's opinion. Although he felt that Lin Zhaoxi's grades were good enough to consider Peking Union Medical College, Yenching Medical University was definitely not bad, especially since it would be merged into Yenching University later.

Actually, Yenching University wanted to merge not only with Yenching Medical University at that time, but also with Yenching Film Academy, which was located on the same road. However, due to opposition from the older generation of filmmakers, it maintained its independence. A merger would have caused Yenching Film Academy to lose its unique position and practical orientation in the field of film education, turning it into a secondary college focused on theory and quantitative assessment. This was also to protect the independence of arts education.

Besides Yenching Medical University, there were also Yenching University of Posts and Telecommunications and Yenching Institute of Fashion Technology, none of which were successfully merged into Yenching University.

Knowing about this, Lin Youcheng naturally supported Lin Zhaoxi's application to Peking University Medical School, which was undoubtedly a very prudent move.

Of course, even if someone delegates the task, the process of filling out college application forms before the exam is still uncertain.

"You're nervous for her too?"

Xie Shuhua naturally knew that Lin Youcheng was worried about Lin Zhaoxi's college application, and said, "Anyway, Xi'er's grades have always been very good, there won't be any problems."

Lin Youcheng shook his head and said, "What I'm worried about is the college application process. If you apply first and then take the exam, you won't even know what the exam will feel like, let alone your scores and rankings. If you fill out the wrong application, your whole life will be changed."

As a father, his heart was also filled with anxiety, and he was nervous for Lin Zhaoxi.

The current college application process is truly a gamble, especially for rural students. With already low acceptance rates, the dice of fate seem to spin in their hands, often ending in silent disappointment. Some high-scoring students underestimate themselves, handing over prestigious schools to others, while others overestimate their scores, missing out on even the last opportunity.

Xie Shuhua said with a smile, "There's nothing we can do about it; that's how it always happens."

"This will definitely need to be changed later."

Lin Youcheng was well aware that the college application process would change in the future, but Lin Zhaoxi and his siblings probably wouldn't be able to keep up. However, Lin Zhaole might be able to. It seems that in 1999, Beijing and other provinces and cities took the lead in implementing the "three-know" model: candidates fill out their applications after knowing their scores, provincial rankings, and admission control lines.

Of course, none of this mattered to Lin Youcheng. What mattered most was his daughter Lin Zhaoxi's college entrance examination. The exam was on July 7th. The date itself wasn't particularly special, but like Lin Youcheng, many parents were also nervous. It was a fierce competition, and now it was time to see if Lin Zhaoxi could successfully cross that single-plank bridge.

The tense days of the college entrance examination ended amidst undercurrents. Lin Youcheng did not take the initiative to ask Lin Zhaoxi how the exam went, for fear that if something went wrong and he did not do well, Lin Zhaoxi would feel pressured. However, Lin Zhaoxi confidently told Lin Youcheng that he had done well.

He did well on the exam. It wasn't until the college entrance exam results came out that the entire courtyard truly realized just how well Lin Zhaoxi had done!

Lin Zhaoxi scored 606 out of a total of 710 in the college entrance examination!
This score is undoubtedly enough to get into Yanjing Medical University. You should know that the national college entrance examination score line in Yanjing that year was 710 out of 100. There was no distinction between first, second and third tier universities. The score lines for key universities and general universities were 538, 521, 513 and 505 respectively. Lin Zhaoxi's score of over 600 was an absolutely outstanding achievement.

The entire courtyard, and even the entire Xinghua Hutong, was excited. The neighbors in the alley naturally knew that the daughter of the great writer Lin Youcheng was going to take the college entrance examination this year, and now that the results were out, it was naturally a joyous occasion.

Lin Zhaoxi was admitted to the Clinical Medicine program at Yenching Medical University. As for the Obstetrics and Gynecology program that Lin Zhaoxi wanted to study, it is a branch of Clinical Medicine.

No matter when or where, having a college student in your family is always a joyous occasion.

Now, it's not just Lin Youcheng celebrating this joyous occasion in the courtyard; his uncle, Lin Youcai, will also naturally come to celebrate.

In fact, Lin Youcheng felt that his daughter Lin Zhaoxi's college entrance examination score was high enough to get into Peking Union Medical College.

Although he was well aware that Yenching Medical University would later be merged into Yenching University, becoming the Yenching University School of Medicine, he believed that the most prestigious medical institution was actually Peking Union Medical College. Moreover, this college was quite unique, later becoming the only university directly under the National Health Commission. This college also had another name, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, but this was merely a nominal designation; it possessed independent legal status and was largely beyond the control of Tsinghua University. While Yenching University School of Medicine also admitted students independently, its independence was far less than that of Tsinghua University School of Medicine.

Clearly, Lin Youcheng was unaware that in that year's college entrance examination, three of the top five science students were admitted to medical universities. At that time, medical universities were extremely popular and sought after. It could even be said that Tsinghua University and Yenching University were not necessarily the top universities in the country.

This is actually the result of filling out college applications in advance; you'll only find out that there might be better options after the results are released.

However, this was also Lin Youcheng's thought as a father, but he naturally wouldn't say it out loud. He was very happy and proud of his daughter, Lin Zhaoxi. Since there was no ban on firecrackers in Beijing, Lin Youcheng happily set off firecrackers for his daughter to celebrate her admission to Yenching Medical University.

"Our family will have a doctor from now on!"

Lin Youcai was also very happy that Lin Zhaoxi had been admitted to Yanjing Medical University. It could be said that Lin Youcai had watched Lin Zhaoxi grow up. He had always been sensible since he was a child, which made him feel sorry for him. Now that he had been admitted to medical university, he, as the eldest uncle, was very excited. He handed Lin Zhaoxi a big red envelope and said, "Xi'er, study hard!"

Lin Zhaoxi didn't refuse the red envelope. She knew it was a token of her uncle and aunt's affection, so she accepted it with a smile and said, "Thank you, Uncle."

Lin Zhaoxi naturally knew that she had done very well in this college entrance examination, scoring 606 points. In fact, the score was quite high, but she was not the best student at Yenching University Affiliated High School, since there were many students there who scored higher than her.

In addition, the average score of science students at Yenching No. 4 High School was 568. About 100 students from the school were admitted to Tsinghua University and Yenching University that year, accounting for 41% of the total number of science students at Yenching University. These figures are enough to show how strong the teaching staff of the prestigious schools in Beijing is, not to mention that some of them were directly admitted to Yenching University and Tsinghua University.

Of course, Yenching University Affiliated High School, where Lin Zhaoxi studied, also had the top science student in this year's college entrance examination in Beijing, who scored 702 points.

Lin Zhaoxi was also well aware that her admission to Peking University Medical School was absolutely inseparable from her father's guidance. In particular, if her father hadn't brought her to Beijing to study, she wouldn't have dared to say that she could have studied hard enough in Decheng to get into Peking University Medical School.

She was very clear about the difference between schools in Beijing and schools in Dezhou.

Lin Zhaoxi watched as Lin Youcheng chatted with his uncle Lin Youcai with a smile about being admitted to Peking University Medical School, and then glanced at the thick red envelope his uncle had given him.

Deep down, she knew she should be grateful to her father, Lin Youcheng, because it was through his bringing her and her siblings to Beijing that she was able to get into Yenching Medical University.

"dad--!"

When Lin Youcheng heard Lin Zhaoxi call him, he turned around and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Lin Zhaoxi looked at his father, Lin Youcheng, and said with a smile, "Dad, thank you."

Lin Youcheng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why are you thanking your dad!"

Even so, Lin Youcheng felt as if his heart had been warmed by his sweet little cotton-padded jacket, making him smile even more happily.

(End of this chapter)