Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 240: The Past Corrected by Wealth
Student Zhang Xiu'e, who was called, was also confused. Wasn't she the second one to go on stage?
But at this moment, several leaders on the stage had already looked over at her, and the applause from the younger students in the audience also rang out. She had no time to think about it. She could only look at Lu Chen who was frozen in place with a strange look, and then hurriedly walked onto the stage.

"Hello, fellow students. I am Zhang Xiu'e..."

When the girl on the stage began her passionate speech, Lu Chen came to his senses, looked at Wang Qiaobin who was still snickering with embarrassment, and then quickly found a student union staff member nearby.

After Lu Chen expressed his doubts, the student union junior quickly spoke up:
"Um, Senior Brother Lu, I don't know what's going on. How about you wait here for a while, I'll go ask Teacher Ni..."

"Okay okay."

Lu Chen nodded, and after the junior fellow student left through the back door, he felt a little more at ease.

Maybe the process is wrong...

It was clearly the Youth League Committee that notified him to prepare the speech. It's impossible that they would not let him go at the last minute, right?
But Wang Qiaobin, you bastard, what the hell are you laughing at the same time?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I've dealt with all kinds of clients, and there are all kinds of people among them, so normally I don't smile..."

Seeing Lu Chen staring at him, Wang Qiaobin smiled and waved his hands.

After a while, when the second graduate went on stage to give his speech, the junior who had just graduated finally came back. He walked hesitantly to Lu Chen and said, "Um... Senior Brother Lu..."

Seeing the other party hesitating, Lu Chen, who had been anxious for a long time, had a bad feeling in his heart and asked quickly: "Junior brother, what's going on?"

"Well, um, there might be some problems when printing the activity sheet, so... so your name is gone, Senior Brother Lu. Sorry..."

The junior from the student union explained dryly, and anyone could tell that he was not being sincere.

"No, Junior Brother, what do you mean by printing error? Then why don't you just add my name back? I can also go on stage later... Or should I go and talk to Teacher Ni in person?"

However, Lu Chen still retained a glimmer of hope.

"Uh, well, Teacher Ni asked me to apologize to you because the process has been finalized and I can't add you in, so..."

The junior brother said with a wry smile.

When Lu Chen was stunned, the junior brother might have been afraid that Lu Chen would continue to ask questions, so he said "sorry" and quickly slipped away.

"puff!"

Wang Qiaobin couldn't hold it back and laughed again. Finally, Lu Chen, who was angry and embarrassed, couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Wang Qiaobin, are you laughing at your father?"

"Lu Chen, Lu Chen, you have all been out here for a year, why are you still so naive?"

At this time, Wang Qiaobin just smiled and said, "You obviously know that you were kicked out temporarily, but you are still deceiving yourself?"

Lu Chen's face darkened. He certainly realized that the problem was not as simple as "the list was printed wrong", but he really couldn't understand why the school treated him like this?

He, Lu Chen, has never offended any school leaders!

At this time, amid warm applause, the second boy who spoke also finished his speech.

By the way, this boy has also caused some heated discussions because after graduation he created a takeout brand called "Meat Tendon Wrap King", which has now swept Yunnan Province, with nearly 20 franchise stores, and the profit from franchise fees alone is close to one million.

In this age of "money matters," not only were the younger students listening with great interest and developing varying degrees of admiration for the boys, even Zhou Wang, who was standing backstage, felt somewhat emotional.

This senior's experience was really similar to his. They both started trying to start a business during college. The only difference was that the other party succeeded, while he was just like everyone else, and even fell into the dust, becoming like the other 99% of ordinary people.

When the boy's speech was coming to an end, a female student union cadre came trotting to the backstage and reminded Zhou Wang that he was about to go on stage.

Zhou Wang nodded and stood up. Jiang Qingkui, who had been silently accompanying him, came over and helped Zhou Wang straighten his cuffs and collar.

The girl from the student union looked at Zhou Wang with hidden eagerness in her eyes, but because she was so attracted by Jiang Qingkui's aura, she didn't have the courage to ask for a photo with Zhou Wang...

Amid the applause, the male speaker left the stage, and Ni Hong returned to the podium on the side. After the applause in the lecture hall died down a bit, she held the microphone and said with a smile:
"Classmates, the next person who will take the stage to give a speech is a graduate who can be described as 'special'. Among the group of 'outstanding graduates' recognized by Caida, he graduated the shortest time ago. However, looking at all the graduates of Caida in the past ten years, he is the most dazzling one..."

This equally special introduction made many people look up in surprise. Suddenly, a girl screamed, attracting the attention of people around her.

"Could it be that someone..."

The girl lowered her head a little embarrassedly, but couldn't help but said something in a low voice.

Most people were very confused, but a small number of college students who paid more attention to current affairs remembered something and looked surprised.

Damn it, can’t you?

At this time, Ni Hong's introduction also came to an end:
"Let us warmly welcome with applause the 24th graduate of Caida Law School, one of the top ten outstanding young people in Jingcheng, Yunnan Province, shareholder and supervisor of the well-known domestic MCN agency Wuyou Media, young entrepreneur, billionaire, free investor... Zhou Wang!"

Just after Ni Hong finished speaking, the LED screen above the lecture hall lit up, and a line of large characters flashed out -

[Warmly welcome the well-known young entrepreneur Mr. Zhou Wang back to his alma mater]

Although Zhou Wang said that banners are not required, he did not say that LED screens are not allowed, right?

Ni Hong secretly praised herself for her cleverness.

After Ni Hong finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the classroom, and then a burst of noise and screams quickly broke out.

"It's really Zhou Wang who's here!"

"Oh my god, I'm going to meet my idol..."

"No, why are you so excited? Who is Zhou Wang?"

“Fuck, man, don’t you usually watch short videos? Even if you don’t, don’t you visit forums and Tieba? The top posts there are all about Zhou Wang!”

"..."

There was a constant stream of discussion in the lecture hall. Some people were confused, but more people had changing expressions because of the name.

They are the group that receives cutting-edge information the fastest, and most importantly... Zhou Wang is very lucky.

Not to mention that Zhou Wang had already caused a sensation on the Internet. Even if he was only famous in a very niche field, once he was noticed by a student of Caida University, it would quickly spread in the campus media of Caida University.

Therefore, if it were any other university, Zhou Wang, who had just “debuted”, would not be so famous, but within Caida, he had already become a very popular topic...

In the back row, when the dozen or so graduates heard Zhou Wang’s name, others might still be confused, but Lu Chen was startled and stood up suddenly.

Who the hell is coming?
After hearing the other party's discussion, Lu Chen knew that he was not mistaken, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Zhou Wang...

How could it be him……

There is no love or hate in the world without reason.

The main reason why he disliked Zhou Wang in the first place was actually that he had pursued Ding Yi, a 20th grade school beauty, but was rejected outright.

Almost no one knew about this incident, but Zhou Wang happened to be present at the time.

Lu Chen, who always prided himself on being a favored child of heaven, felt that his face was damaged in front of Zhou Wang, even though Zhou Wang did not show anything at the time... coupled with the ambiguous relationship between Zhou Wang and Ding Yi, Lu Chen was naturally extremely unhappy with Zhou Wang.

Small frictions on the court were normal. Until the fight broke out, Lu Chen even specially invited the security department teacher to have a meal and took a walk around the Academic Affairs Office...

So Zhou Wang was punished, he did play some dirty role in it.

After graduation, the name "Zhou Wang" was almost forgotten by him... He was just an insignificant little character and not worth remembering.

As a result, recently, the other party suddenly transformed himself and became a shareholder of Wuyou Media, a young tycoon with a net worth of over 100 million...

Compared to anyone else, Lu Chen was the most confused one, because he was familiar with the other party's family background and knew that the other party was in debt when he was in college. He was puzzled -

How did this trick happen?

Lu Chen couldn't figure it out, but it didn't stop him from trying to out of sight and out of mind. But he didn't expect that this day would come.

Turning around and seeing Wang Qiaobin's playful expression, Lu Chen suddenly understood something and his face became even uglier.

That's it!

With Zhou Wang's current influence, it would be very easy to deprive him of his speaking opportunity, just like the little influence he exerted in that incident.

This was a slap that Zhou Wang returned from a distance.

It's just that the levels of the two are completely different. He just used his personal connections to say hello to the familiar teacher, and Zhou Wang, using his toes to think, Lu Chen can also understand his current status in the eyes of the school leaders...

"Lu Chen, do you understand now, who is the joke?"

Wang Qiaobin chuckled, imitated his previous action, patted his shoulder, and then sat down. Only Lu Chen was left standing there with a gloomy expression.

……

When Zhou Wang, dressed in a neat suit, walked up to the podium, warm applause and screams rang out in the classroom. The school leaders on the rostrum also applauded and smiled warmly at Zhou Wang.

How does a university demonstrate its comprehensive strength?

Campus environment, faculty, hardware facilities, world ranking... there are too many indicators to measure.

The quality of graduates is undoubtedly the top priority.

It represents the heritage and reputation of a university, and also represents a memory that will never fade.

Take Harvard University and Bill Gates as an example. Bill Gates is definitely more famous than Harvard University. So some people who didn’t know Harvard before, after learning a little about Bill Gates, will learn about his famous experience of dropping out of Harvard, and then know that Harvard University is so awesome...

Just like the saying "Tomorrow the school will be proud of me", a great graduate will definitely be widely publicized by his alma mater and even have a monument and a building built for him.

No one knows how Zhou Wang made his fortune. Perhaps netizens would like to get to the bottom of it, but for the leaders of Caida, the process is completely unimportant.

He is a billionaire, a banner that Caida can hold up, and a highlight of the school's educational achievements. That is enough.

Except for Principal Bai, Ni Hong and a few others, no one knew that the event was scheduled for September 9nd. It was only because Zhou Wang said "I have time today".

No one knew that the reason why more than a dozen "outstanding graduates" were invited was entirely because Zhou Wang said "I didn't want to be too deliberate." No one knew that the briefing activity initially arranged four people to speak, just because Zhou Wang said "inappropriate"... This was a stage play specially built around him, just like what Wang Qiaobin suddenly realized -

They are all just NPCs.

Zhou Wang nodded to Ni Hong and stood on the podium. He glanced at the more than two hundred pairs of eyes below and listened to the screams, feeling a little surprised.

It seems that Ni Hong was not bragging to him. He has really accumulated some popularity in Caida and has also gained a group of fans...

"Hello everyone, I am Zhou Wang."

Facing the flash lights, Zhou Wang grabbed the microphone and said a few simple words, which led to another round of booing and applause in the classroom.

Zhou Wang pressed his palm down, and after the crowd quieted down a bit, he smiled and said, "First of all, I have to apologize to everyone. No matter what the reason is, meeting with you on a Monday afternoon actually takes up your academic time in disguise... Well, I know that we have the most classes on Mondays at Cai University!"

"Hahaha……"

There was a burst of laughter in the lecture hall, especially among the sophomores and juniors, who all smiled knowingly.

"Also, I also know that the original presentation time was set at 2:30, and everyone may have been waiting in the lecture hall for a long time. To be honest, I am very sorry for making everyone wait for a long time because I was late."

As he spoke, Zhou Wang bowed slightly to indicate his intention.

After a moment of silence in the classroom, cheers from the boys and screams from the girls were heard.

"Senior, you are too polite. We can wait!"

"That's right, we can sit here for a day..."

"Wow, Senior Zhou Wang is so handsome!"

"Senior, check me... ugh!"

Some girls were so excited that they lost their composure, luckily their best friends covered their mouths in time.

When the noise subsided a little, Zhou Wangfu smiled again and said, "Since I am expressing my apology, I can't just say it with empty words, so I have prepared a small gift for everyone present, but it will be kept secret for now. I will tell everyone when it's over."

When they heard that there were gifts, everyone showed curious expressions, but no matter what, even the younger students who originally had no feelings for Zhou Wang would find it difficult to feel annoyed with him at this time.

“Today’s event is called a presentation, but I think it’s more like a chat. I may be a bit pretentious, after all, I did achieve some small success, but I really hope that you can gain something…”

Zhou Wang stood beside the podium, smiling and speaking casually, which triggered another round of good-natured laughter.

"Where should I start? Well, let's start from a sunny afternoon when I woke up from my dorm room and decided to start my own business..."

As Zhou Wang spoke slowly and talked about his entrepreneurial experience during college, the classroom fell silent. Everyone became extremely focused, looking at Zhou Wang on the stage with eyes full of admiration and longing.

Jiang Qingkui stood silently in a corner of the backstage, where no one was paying attention, with a slightly dazed look on his face.

She had just returned to Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School with Zhou Wang at the beginning of last month. Although Zhou Wang did not show any timidity at that time, Jiang Qingkui could clearly feel that he was still a little nervous when he was giving a speech at Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School.

It hasn't been long since then, and the boy who was a little immature at the beginning has turned into a handsome man who can talk eloquently in front of him. His every move exudes confidence and sophistication.

As he watched, Jiang Qingkui gradually felt a little wet.

When she realized what was happening, Jiang Qingkui's cheeks flushed slightly, and she quickly adjusted her posture to prevent her legs wrapped in stockings from being so tight...

From "campus alcohol delivery" to "pet funeral", and from "campus matching" to "succulent potted plant retail", Zhou Wang talked about the entrepreneurial projects he tried when he was in college.

"…In short, my advice to everyone is that if you don't have a solid family background, or an extraordinary vision and market judgment, it's better not to try to start a business easily. It may be a better choice to complete your studies first."

When Zhou Wang sincerely finished his last concluding remarks, applause suddenly broke out in the classroom.

Immediately, many people raised their hands impatiently.

The briefing activity originally came with a free question session, but when the first two graduates came on stage, few people raised their hands to ask questions. It was nothing like now, when at least thirty to fifty people raised their hands at the first opportunity.

Zhou Wang glanced around and randomly picked a girl in the front row.

The girl was quite excited and stood up for a long time without being able to speak. It was only after being encouraged by the two girls next to her that the blushing girl finally mustered up the courage:
"Senior Zhou Wang, um... what type of girls do you like?"

There were boos and laughter among the boys, and Zhou Wang felt a little helpless.

"As long as we like each other, I don't have any strict requirements... Everyone should be careful and try not to ask questions that are not related to the topic of the lecture."

Zhou Wang said something perfunctorily and pointed to another boy who had raised his hand high.

"Senior Zhou, so how did you succeed in your comeback?"

When this question was asked, most people sat up straight and looked extremely interested, including some teachers like Ni Hong who were standing backstage.

Many people have discussed this issue in the school's Tieba forum, but just like netizens who are in the dark, no one can explain it clearly.

And this may be the first time that Zhou Wang answered this question in public.

Not to mention them, even Jiang Qingkui was somewhat curious. After all, as Zhou Wang's "close friend", she actually knew nothing about Zhou Wang's experience in making his fortune.

She only knew that Zhou Wang had won the first prize in the lottery...

Zhou Wang, who had been prepared, thought for a moment, then smiled and said:

"If we talk about the initial capital accumulation, it can be regarded as a stroke of luck. Well, let me put it this way. In 21 years, my friend tricked me into downloading a software called ibox, and then I spent about 20 yuan on it and bought more than copies of 'Chaos'..."

After Zhou Wang finished speaking, most people were confused, but a few who knew about the virtual collection software "ibox" were stunned.

"Fuck!"

"How many copies of 'Chaos' did Senior Zhou say he bought?"

"Oh my god, no wonder..."

When some people were shouting, the people around them naturally rushed to ask questions. Fortunately, Zhou Wang took the initiative to answer their questions:
"For those who don't know, you can think of this 'Chaos' as a kind of electronic collectible. I bought it for 20 yuan, and when I sold it later, it happened to be at its peak price. The price of a 'Chaos' was probably close to 3..."

"Fuck!"

"WTF..."

Zhou Wang's simple and clear explanation instantly caused the entire classroom to burst into noise.

Even if you don’t understand what electronic collectibles are, the simplest way to make profits, “buy low and sell high”, is easy to understand.

He started with 20 yuan and sold it for nearly 3 yuan, plus more than units, which means that Zhou Wang gained tens of millions of wealth in just this round trip!

"Of course, this is just the first pot of gold I made. Later, I made some profits from other investments. Today, time is limited, so I won't go into details. Students who are interested can buy a copy when I can't make ends meet and want to publish a book to make money..."

"Hahaha!"

Amidst laughter, the topic was brought to an end.

At this time, another boy sitting in the back row raised his hand.

"That junior, please!"

Because he raised his hand high, Zhou Wang called his name, and the student union cadre in charge trotted over and put the microphone in his hand.

The junior who stood up was not as excited as the others. He just looked at Zhou Wang, adjusted his glasses and asked, "Senior Zhou Wang, I heard that you were punished for fighting in college and didn't even get your degree certificate. Is that true?"

The classroom suddenly became quiet, and all kinds of looks filled with surprise and suspicion were focused on Zhou Wang's face.

The school leaders on the rostrum also changed their expressions slightly. Principal Bai was surprised and looked at Director Wang of the Academic Affairs Office with an unfriendly look. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

How come I don't know about this?

Facing Principal Bai's stern gaze, Director Wang's cold sweat ran down his back... I don't know either!
Only then did he suddenly realize, no wonder Zhou Wang said “long time no see”.

But the Academic Affairs Office has to deal with so many student incidents every year, and most of the disciplinary records will be removed from the files when the students graduate. It is impossible for Director Wang to handle these matters personally, so how could he remember Zhou Wang!

At the same time, Lu Chen, who was standing in the back row, showed satisfaction in his eyes.

That senior was an acquaintance of his in the School of Economics. For a thousand yuan, Zhou Wang could be embarrassed in public. This money was totally worth it...

But what puzzled Lu Chen was that Zhou Wang did not look panicked at all. He just smiled slightly and did not even respond to the junior student. He just looked in the direction of the podium with a questioning look in his eyes.

While Director Wang of the Academic Affairs Office was still a little at a loss, Vice President Bai Lisheng glared at him, then took the microphone and smiled in the blink of an eye:
"Let me explain this student's question."

The executive vice-president spoke, and the attention of all teachers and students naturally and subconsciously shifted.

"During his time at school, Zhou Wang was indeed involved in a student fight, but after an investigation by the school, it was discovered that Zhou Wang was a unilateral victim in the incident. Therefore, the so-called punishment was completely nonsense. Zhou Wang not only successfully obtained a degree in law, but also obtained the qualification for guaranteed admission to graduate school. However, due to his personal wishes, he chose to graduate directly..."

After Bai Lisheng finished explaining with a smile, he stared at the senior student who asked the question:

"Student, do you have any questions?"

"No, no more..."

The boy was stared at by Bai Lisheng, and only then did he realize that he seemed to have done something stupid. He was sweating profusely and quickly waved his hands.

With Bai Lisheng's official endorsement, the students at the scene no longer took this incident to heart, and the atmosphere in the lecture hall became warm again.

"next."

Seeing Zhou Wangyun calmly pick up the microphone again and continue to answer questions, Lu Chen's face twisted and he kept roaring in his heart:
What the hell, Zhou Wang has clearly been punished...

You are confusing right and wrong and talking nonsense!
From the side, Wang Qiaobin's sneer with some disdain was heard again.

"Relieve your sorrow."

(End of this chapter)