Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 159: Someone is coming to take pictures, remember to put your hands in your pockets
Is it more than ten million?

If you put it online, people will just say it's just like that...

But this is reality.

There is another very important concept.

There are many examples of people who spent 10 million to buy cars and houses and enjoy themselves lavishly, but if you go back 20 years, you won't find many people who have donated more than this amount to charity.

When the earthquake happened that year, most of the celebrities with assets worth over 100 million donated only a few hundred thousand yuan, and those who donated over one million yuan were already worthy of special mention.

That was a national disaster, and it attracted worldwide attention...

At present, it is just a private education fund of a high school.

The level of attention is completely not on the same level.

To be able to donate 10 million, how rich must one be!

The members of the Alumni Association in the front row were also shocked.

"Is it Mr. Chen from Hong Kong City?"

"It's Ms. Wang who manages a large fund..."

"But it shouldn't be that serious. Mr. Chen's company hasn't even gone public yet. Given his shrewdness, he wouldn't use tens of millions of cash flow like this... What's the point?"

Everyone was talking about it, but suddenly a loud cheer was heard at the scene.

"it is good!"

The cheers came from Academician Zhao on the stage, and he was the first to applaud.

Everyone came to their senses and started to applaud. There was really no need to guess blindly at this point. Since Li Xiuwen had mentioned this, she would definitely tell him...

Soon, warm applause filled the entire classroom.

Li Xiuwen also smiled and clapped. After a while, when the applause gradually died down, the auditorium became quiet again, as if nothing had changed from before. However, it was obvious that many people were leaning forward, staring at Li Xiuwen...

“This generous alumnus…”

Li Xiuwen kept smiling, and her voice gradually became louder: "He is a graduate of the 20th grade of our school, he is... Mr. Zhou Wang!"

As Li Xiumen finished speaking, most people looked confused.

Zhou Wang?

The name was undoubtedly unfamiliar, but it did not affect their shock.

"level 20?"

"If I graduate from high school in 2020, that means I'm only in my early 20s..."

"Shit, did the principal say something wrong? Shouldn't it be level 02?"

While most people were shocked by Zhou Wang’s age, the very few people who knew Zhou Wang were completely dumbfounded.

Even Old Ji, who already knew that Zhou Wang had become rich, couldn't help but open his mouth slightly and look at Zhou Wang standing aside.

"Brother Gou, did you really donate 10 million?"

"Ah."

Facing the gazes from both sides at this moment, Zhou Wang just nodded slightly.

Sun Xi Ningning covered her mouth with a "hmm" and just stared at Zhou Wang, while Lao Guo on the side was still a little dazed and hadn't come back to his senses at all.

Bang!

At this moment, a loud noise was heard in front of the classroom.

Many people looked in the direction of the sound and saw that a young alumnus had overturned his chair due to excessive movement and also fell to the ground...

Lu Bo climbed up in the surprised eyes of the crowd, not caring about being embarrassed anymore. He opened and closed his mouth again and again, even wanting to rush onto the stage to grab Li Xiuwen by the collar and question her loudly...

Are you sure you saw it clearly? Did you add an extra zero?

No, my junior fellow, you are crazy. Who would donate 10 million to a high school?
No matter how unbelievable Lu Bo was, since Li Xiuwen had announced it so openly, it could only mean that this matter was not only true, but also that the money had most likely been received...

Zhong Huilan just blinked her eyes, calculating how many years of income she would have to earn 10 million...

While everyone was reacting in different ways, Li Xiuwen continued with a smile, "Next, let's give a warm round of applause to our school's outstanding graduate representative of the 20th grade, a young entrepreneur who started from scratch, and also the spokesperson for today's new generation of alumni, Mr. Zhou Wang, to the stage!"

The applause gradually became dense and soon became uniform and warm.

At this time, Zhou Wang let out a sigh of relief and didn't bother to talk to the people around him. He straightened his clothes slightly, stood up, and walked forward along the aisle from the back.

During this process, more and more eyes found him. When hundreds of eyes in the audience gathered on him, Zhou Wang found that... he began to get nervous.

He has always had a good psychological quality, but this was the first time he experienced such a scene in his life.

Mixed in with those gazes were the flashes of cameras and the kind smiles of the official representatives on the rostrum, which Zhou Wang would never have seen in his lifetime...

At this moment, he is the focus of the whole audience.

The blood was speeding up, the forehead was hot, and Zhou Wang could hear his heartbeat like a drum...

Fortunately, at this time, the "etiquette training book" that had been digested came in handy again.

At least in the eyes of others, this handsome young man, with his steady steps and calm expression, looked unperturbed by praise or criticism. He looked like someone who could accomplish great things...

No, if he can donate 10 million, he has already succeeded.

After coming to the stage, Zhou Wang bowed slightly and shook hands with Li Xiumen. Then Li Xiumen left the podium and left the microphone to him.

Li Xiumen seemed to say something to him, but Zhou Wang didn't hear it clearly.

He turned around, faced the countless gazes from the audience, opened his mouth to speak, but paused.

There was silence for a few seconds. When Zhou Wang was still feeling a little dizzy, he saw a photographer with a camera moving towards him, as if to take a close-up of him.

Somehow, Zhou Wang suddenly thought of the lyrics -

"I feel so emotional wearing the flashiest clothes. If someone wants to take a photo with me, I have to put my hands in my pockets."

So Zhou Wang suddenly smiled, and his mood suddenly calmed down a lot. He relaxed his body, put one hand in his pocket, and used the other hand to put the lit mobile phone screen on the table, while holding the microphone at the same time.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Wang."

Warm applause sounded again.

"Let me introduce myself. I was born and raised in Jingcheng..."

In such a formal occasion with officials present, Zhou Wang naturally couldn't give an impromptu speech. First of all, he had to be serious when he needed to be serious, and secondly, he didn't have the ability to do so...

So, except for the very first paragraph which was a self-introduction that Zhou Wang had sorted out himself, for the rest, he just had to read it step by step according to the speech script sent by Jiang Qingkui.

Originally Zhou Wang didn't have high expectations. After all, Jiang Qingkui was not a language major. But her academic qualifications were there, and the manuscript she polished would definitely not be too bad.

But as he thought about it, Zhou Wang was really a little surprised...

Jiang Qingkui’s writing skills are great!
Listen to these sentences.

“Reading is not the only way, but compared to others, it is the best way…”

“Don’t chase your dreams, chase your passion…”

“The higher the mountain, the more beautiful the scenery. The longer the road, the more we must keep moving forward. When the wind is right, we must brave the waves and move forward. The road ahead is long and arduous, so we must work harder…”

As he read on, Zhou Wang himself was inspired.

Looking at the enthusiastic feedback from the audience, especially from the young people who were still in school, Zhou Wang knew that his speech was quite effective...

Only occasionally glancing at the front row, Zhou Wang saw Lu Bo's distorted expression and couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

No, buddy, you're in public, and there's a camera filming you. No matter how much you hate me, there's no need to look so ferocious, right?

……

Lu Bo was indeed going crazy.

What Zhou Wangnian was reading was clearly his fucking manuscript!

That was the speech he had spent two days writing with great effort. Although Jiang Qingkui made some changes and did not copy it completely, the golden sentences in it were all thought out by him after racking his brains.

It was fine that the honor of speaking on stage was taken away, because the other party could donate 10 million, but in the end, even the manuscript was plagiarized from him, and he couldn't say anything...

At this moment, Lu Bo only felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground again.

Zhong Huilan's beautiful eyes flickered as she stared at Zhou Wang on the stage without blinking. She felt as if she had become ten years younger...

It's been a long time since I've been so crazy about flowers!
It was not until Zhou Wang finished his brief but meaningful speech and left the stage that Zhong Huilan came to her senses.

She pursed her lips, picked up her phone and took a look, only to find that in just a short while, there were many unread messages on her phone.

Zhong Huilan opened her phone and found that a work group she joined, "Jiahui International", had exploded, and many people who usually lurked in the group appeared. Zhong Huilan was confused at first, but when she scrolled up, she saw the source of the group chat vibration.

"New shareholder?"

Zhong Huilan blinked and clicked on the web page image about business registration information that a colleague had taken.

After a moment, Zhong Huilan covered her mouth and exclaimed.

"ah!"

……

A restaurant near Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School.

It was already six o'clock in the evening.

There was an opening speech in the morning, and in the afternoon there were tours and face-to-face exchanges with students.

Zhou Wang had never walked around the campus in this way before. All he could say was that his face was almost frozen from taking so many photos...

After a day's activities, dinner certainly couldn't be simply eaten in the school cafeteria like lunch, so everyone moved here.

But compared to noon, there were obviously fewer people.

In addition to school leaders and official representatives, those present were mainly outstanding alumni representatives.

Some alumni have already left early, such as Zhong Huilan, who only took one day off and had to rush back to Shanghai, and Lu Bo, who disappeared without a trace and didn't even say hello...

Zhou Wang was seated at the main table, and he wasn't too averse to this kind of dinner with such a thick atmosphere.

He has just become so popular today, and now is the time to consolidate the relationship, which will also be beneficial for his subsequent selection.

The meal was nothing more than eating, drinking and praising each other. The only thing that made Zhou Wang feel a little emotional was when Lao Guo came over to toast him in the middle of the meal.

Originally, Lao Guo was not qualified enough to attend this dinner, but Qin Li invited him because he was Zhou Wang's former class teacher.

Not only Lao Guo, but also several main teachers who taught Zhou Wang's class came as long as they were free.

Lao Guo seemed to be drunk. When he clinked glasses with Zhou Wang, he held the cup unsteadily, and the rim of the cup was obviously three inches lower.

Afterwards, he spoke a lot to Zhou Wang from the bottom of his heart, and Zhou Wang expressed his understanding.

After all, it is not an irreconcilable contradiction. There are too many things in this world that can be forgotten with a smile over a glass of muddy wine...

The dinner ended at eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Wang, who had obtained a lot of contact information, walked out of the restaurant with the help of Jiang Qingkui. It was not until he arrived next to the Mercedes-Benz G that Zhou Wang suddenly straightened up.

Jiang Qingkui was not surprised, he just smiled faintly, "You look pretty good pretending to be drunk..."

"I'm not a professional, but I've also read 'An Actor's Self-cultivation'."

Zhou Wang smiled.

"Now that you can stand steadily, can you move your hand away?"

Jiang Qingkui glanced down expressionlessly, looking at Zhou Wang's hand still around her waist.

What made her a little embarrassed was that, even if he hugged her waist, where should he put his hands...

"Sorry, I forgot."

Zhou Wang withdrew his hand without changing his expression. He knew that Jiang Qingkui was not really angry, so he smiled and said, "You really don't want to play with me for a while?"

"If you don't need to follow me, I'll go back first. I still have to help you prepare the application materials."

Jiang Qingkui shook his head.

"Okay, but you should go back and rest. You don't have to work tonight and there's no rush."

Zhou Wang didn't force it and nodded.

"Um……"

Jiang Qingkui responded, but strangely, neither of them was in a hurry to get in the car. They just stood facing each other.

Jiang Qingkui wanted to say something, but he didn't know what he wanted to say. Zhou Wang was simply distracted, and at the same time, he was a little surprised that Jiang Qingkui didn't move...

After about a minute, feeling the lingering warmth between his waist and hips, Jiang Qingkui finally couldn't stand this strange atmosphere anymore and turned around and ran to the passenger seat.

……

At half past eight, after sending Jiang Qingkui off, Miao Ying took Zhou Wang to the "Daomeng" theme KTV in Jingcheng.

It is not a high-end KTV, but a place for mass consumption. However, because of its trendy decoration style, it is deeply loved by students and young people.

When Zhou Wang was in high school, everyone came here often, whether it was for girls’ birthdays or boys’ gatherings.

Zhou Wang himself was basically the one who got it for free. After all, he didn't have much pocket money in high school, so he was just a marginal person who joined in the fun...

But no matter what, this place still carries many of his youthful memories.

When Zhou Wang saw the address sent by Lao Ji, he was still sighing that this KTV has not fallen behind after so many years. The boss must be quite capable...

It was naturally impossible for Lao Ji and others to attend the dinner, so they found a place to eat by themselves, and Zhou Wang came to join them in the second half.

It’s a rare opportunity to come back, so we should get together when it’s time.

Arriving at the "Duke 777" private room alone, Zhou Wang pushed open the door and discovered, amid the off-tune singing, that there were actually quite a few people there. Many of them were their former classmates from Class 16 who just didn't attend the back-to-school activities during the day.

Several girls headed by Sun Xiningning were also there. Zhou Wang was very suspicious that it was because of these flashy girls that only about twenty people could sit in this private room at this moment.

"Dog brother!"

Old Ji, who was holding the microphone and wailing a song "Father", was the first to see Zhou Wang pushing the door open. He immediately shouted.

All eyes in the private room focused on him, and at the same time, there was a burst of booing.

"Wow, here comes the billionaire!"

"Zhou Wang, donate 10 million, so cool!"

Most of the people who were making a fuss were girls. Among the boys, only two classmates who were relatively familiar with Zhou Wang made a joke with him.

Most of the boys still maintained the "calmness" unique to this age. They would laugh along with him but would not take the initiative to answer Zhou Wang.

Zhou Wang smoked a few cigarettes in accordance with social conventions and then sat down. However, before he could even sit down, Lao Ji came over with a bottle of wine.

Zhou Wang accepted everyone who came, and was reserved during meals, naturally so that he could deal with the "enthusiasm" of these old classmates at this time.

However, apart from Old Ji, who came from a cadre family, Zhou Wang saw the others as just a bunch of "young noobs", so he had nothing to fear...

Of course you have to play games when drinking, but because there are so many people, gradually, different small circles are formed in the private room.

The microphone masters all sat in the front consciously, so that they could sing and perform without any restraint. A group of boys who were not good at socializing sat on the other side, shouting and yelling at each other and drinking.

As for Zhou Wang...

He turned around and saw that except for Old Ji on the right, all the others were girls...

Sun Xiningning, with a sweet smile, sat next to Zhou Wang again at some point. Her fair thighs under her black miniskirt were within Zhou Wang's reach...

There may have been other boys who wanted to join in, but they probably couldn't find a suitable position, which led to this special scene.

Zhou Wang could only silently endure the joy of being surrounded by girls.

He couldn't help but feel a little sad. In the past, he had never enjoyed such treatment when sitting in a private room at such a party.
All I can say is that he finally became the person he once envied...

When boys and girls are together, they of course can't just drink without doing anything. I don't know which girl proposed it, but everyone started playing "Angel Devil", which is a more exciting version of "Truth or Dare".

So what is the difference between it and "Truth or Dare"?

To put it simply, there is no truth or dare, only big dare...

The punishment proposed by Sun Xi Ningning was also quite harsh. Those who failed to complete the dare would be directly emptied of a bottle.

But the only boys are Zhou Wang and Lao Ji...

This kind of rule is really great for both of them.

In the second round, the girl who got the "King" card announced the content of the big adventure with a sly smile:
"Number One plants strawberries for Number Seven!"

Although Zhou Wang knew not to doubt the strength of girls when they were dirty, but if Zhou Wang remembered correctly, this girl with glasses was the discipline committee member of their class...

Zhou Wang reluctantly showed the poker card with the number "7" in his hand and was about to pick up the bottle to drink, but Sun Xiningning stopped him.

Sun Xiningning quickly showed the Ace of Hearts in her hand. Before Zhou Wang could react, she had already stretched out her arms and hugged Zhou Wang's neck, and leaned her head forward amid the screams and cheers of the girls.

The scorching breath made Zhou Wang feel itchy, accompanied by a little wetness. He lowered his head to look at Sun Xiningning, whose eyes were closed and cheeks were flushed, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Okay, okay, you want to play like this, right?

(End of this chapter)