The office of the Political Education Department at City First High School.
All the teachers were paying attention to the choice made by this symbol of youth in the new era.
Peking University offered an entrepreneurship project and a million-dollar prize.
Tsinghua University, on the other hand, offered guaranteed admission to postgraduate studies and guaranteed job placement upon graduation.
After much deliberation, Gao Fei finally wrote down the four characters "Peking University" on his application.
The two directors of admissions.
Xu Qing gave a victorious smile to Liu Jianguo. Although he was disappointed, he still generously congratulated her.
Ultimately, Lu Renjia, who had been more than twenty points behind Gao Fei, became a student of Tsinghua-Peking University.
When Lu Renjia heard that he had been admitted to Tsinghua, his face showed no excitement.
He felt as though he were a defective product eliminated by Gao Fei.
Although admitted to Tsinghua, the university's primary target was not him; he was merely a backup.
After choosing his university, Gao Fei joined the school leaders and teachers for a meal in the school cafeteria.
At seven in the evening, the graduation party was about to begin, and students from the school began to arrive one after another.
It was a tradition at City First High School to hold the graduation party on the last day for college applications.
In previous years, graduation parties were held in the school auditorium.
However, this year, due to Gao Fei, the double-top scorer prodigy, and the presence of provincial and municipal leaders at the party,
The school leadership exceptionally approved the party to be held on the school's sports field.
The stage temporarily erected on the sports field was comparable to that of a small concert.
Various lights, sound systems, and other equipment were all present.
Furthermore, this year's party would also be live-streamed online, so the school placed great importance on this event.
As leaders, teachers, and students gradually entered,
At 7:30 PM, the party officially began.
The opening ceremony, besides the host's introductory remarks, naturally included speeches from the leaders.
However, the leaders understood the students' feelings well, gave brief speeches, and then officially started the party.
The performances on stage were diverse, including song and dance, skits, piano performances, and more.
At 8:20 PM, backstage at the party.
"Xiao Fei, this is the speech draft that I had someone write for you. Please take a look at it first!"
Director Huang handed over the speech draft.
Gao Fei only glanced at it and his eyes widened in surprise.
A four-page speech draft, totaling several thousand words. What was the difference between this and a lecture?
Just as he was about to refuse, the host on stage announced, "Let us give a round of applause to invite tonight's graduate representative, the top scorer in liberal arts in Yun Province, the top scorer in liberal arts in Long Country, student Gao Fei!"
Crackling!
Enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
Gao Fei glanced at the speech draft in his hand and could only brace himself and walk onto the stage.
As he stepped onto the stage, the area below immediately quieted down, and thousands of eyes turned to him with anticipation.
Facing these thousands of eyes, even Gao Fei, who had seen many grand occasions in his previous life, felt an invisible pressure.
He took the microphone from the director, took a deep breath, and smiled at the teachers and students below, "Good evening everyone. How about some applause? You all looking at me like this is putting quite a bit of pressure on me!"
As he finished speaking, all the teachers and students immediately applauded, very cooperatively.
He took several more deep breaths, and the nervousness in his heart completely subsided.
"Thank you, thank you! Thank you all for your cooperation. I'm not nervous anymore, not nervous at all!"
Gao Fei grinned and then raised the speech draft in his hand. The four pages of the draft were immediately projected onto the LED screen.
Seeing the speech draft full of text, the students in the audience immediately gasped.
"It seems you are all afraid of this speech draft of several thousand words. Don't mention you, I'm afraid of it too. Thousands of words, if I read it carefully, my throat would be hoarse, and you would all fall asleep!
So!"
Gao Fei paused suddenly: "So, let's get straight to it!"
As his voice fell, the speech draft in his hand was scattered into the air.
The thousands of students in the audience applauded and cheered.
After the noise subsided, Gao Fei began his formal speech.
"I'm sure all of you know my grades over the past three years. I was always second to last, never last place, isn't that amazing!"
"Amazing!"
The audience shouted in unison.
"But do you know why I only revealed my ability to control my scores a month before the college entrance examination?"
"Why?"
Everyone asked in unison.
"Because I'm a genius!"
"Pfft!"
Although there were murmurs from the students.
Gao Fei immediately smiled and told the truth: "What I'm about to say is my personal experience. I hope you all don't take it to heart.
You all know that teachers pay attention to students who are either top scorers or troublemakers in class.
As for me, Gao Fei, if I wanted to be the top scorer in the entire grade, it would have been as easy as lifting a finger.
But do you know why I didn't choose the former, but instead became a slacker who gave the teachers a headache?"
In fact, this was not only what the students wanted to know but also what the teachers wanted to know.
Gao Fei's strength was undeniable, as his top scorer results clearly indicated.
Teachers and students were curious why, with his abilities, he chose to be a student who gave teachers headaches.
Of course, Gao Fei could not tell them that he was a reborn person with a system cheat that allowed him to achieve the title of top scorer in liberal arts.
He began to weave a plausible story for his past, cleared his throat, and said, "If I had been a top student, teachers would have only seen my year-round first-place scores.
But by being at the bottom, they would not only pay attention to my grades but also to my life.
You know, I come from a single-parent family. My mother worked tirelessly every day, from early morning to late at night, working overtime, just so I could have a life different from yours, so I wouldn't be looked down upon or ridiculed as a fatherless child.
My mother was busy working overtime, and people paid less attention to me, so I took a different path, always coming in last place every year, so that teachers would pay attention to me not just for my grades, but also for my life.
I came in last simply because I wanted teachers to pay more attention to me!"
The audience was silent.
The teachers who had taught Gao Fei for the past three years slowly realized that his violation of school rules and unconventional behavior were all aimed at getting more attention from the teachers.
And as he said, if he had been first place every year, which teacher would have cared about his life, only their grades?
Putting aside Gao Fei's scheming, his simple description of his circumstances evoked sympathy and tears in some.
On the online live stream, some netizens were apologizing and confessing their mistakes in the chat, regretting their past criticisms of him.
This clever fabrication not only explained why he had been at the bottom in the past but also, due to his single-parent background, garnered him widespread favor.
His objective achieved, Gao Fei continued to smile cheerfully, "But don't you all try to emulate me. Brother Fei here is a genius. Even if I was at the bottom for three years, I was still the top scorer in the college entrance examination.
If any of you dare to copy me, you'll be at the bottom forever, and you won't be able to turn things around in the college entrance examination.
After all, I'm a genius!"
His final act of boasting elicited gasps of disbelief from the students.
But every student knew that they were not Gao Fei, not geniuses, and could not follow his unconventional path.
After he finished speaking, the host, who was responsible for maintaining the atmosphere, saw that she had nothing else to do. However, according to the protocol, she still asked, "Top scorer Gao, based on your experiences over the past three years, can you offer a summary?"
"A summary..."
Gao Fei pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, recalling a line from a game quest in his previous life.
This line was enough to allow him to show off one more time.