Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 132 Choir Competition!

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature gradually became cooler.

After several consecutive autumn rains, the sky finally cleared up one day. Li Xu got up early and went out for a run.

Along the way, he jogged along the walking path, taking in the charm of this century-old prestigious university. Everywhere he looked, he could see the weight of history, as well as the vigor of technology and modernization.

Running to the artificial lake in the east district, Li Xu took advantage of his body still being warm to stretch on the spot, looking at the calm lake, thinking about something in his mind.

After the small incident regarding the military training yearbook ended, Li Xu began to truly devote himself to the intense studies in college.

In high school, I often heard the lie that college is the place where you can relax and play freely and learn independently. This is true in a sense, because in college, no one really controls your studies. But it's also wrong, especially at top universities. If you don't study, you won't learn, and if you don't learn, the consequences can be serious. Even at Peking University and Tsinghua University, many students fail to graduate and receive their degrees every year.

However, it is not easy to learn university knowledge.

After a period of studying at the School of Management of Peking University and Tsinghua University, Li Xu had finally caught up to the pace of study. At least from this point of view, his IQ was not a problem. Of course, it was also possible that his past life's experience had played a role; a person's learning ability always increases with age.

However, after actually entering this campus, you will still find that many places are different from what you imagined.

After staying there for a few weeks, the first thing Li Xu discovered was that people in the School of Management did not have a strong sense of belonging, or in other words, they did not feel particularly proud to be a part of the School of Management.

After thinking about the reasons, Li Xu felt that it was because the educational philosophy of the School of Management was very utilitarian.

Here, the definition of success, or rather, the standard, is very simple. Their department may have ten top scorers in the Gaokao, but few discuss dreams or aspirations. Most of the teachers here are young, and their primary focus is on getting into a better university or finding a lucrative job in four years.

Li Xu had two opportunities to communicate with seniors, and he found that the topic they talked about was also about how to get a job in some consulting companies or investment banks during college.

Li Xu wasn't the only one who realized this. Some students also felt that this atmosphere wasn't quite right, but they couldn't quite pinpoint what was wrong.

Human beings will be assimilated into the system. Except for a few individuals who stay for two or three weeks and really cannot adapt and transfer to other departments, most people will gradually become like that in such an atmosphere.

If I were to use a single word to describe the atmosphere at the School of Management, "utilitarian" might be the closest, but it's not comprehensive enough. To truly describe it, I'd add "pure." Of course, "utilitarian" here isn't a derogatory term; it's a neutral one, permeating the philosophy of practicality.

This morning, there was only one class, the last two periods, so Li Xu didn't have to rush back to change clothes and wash up. Overall, university life was a leisurely one for him.

He went to the cafeteria for breakfast. It must be said that top-tier universities have achieved the ultimate in material facilities for any university in this country. Each cafeteria is magnificently built, with a diverse menu and seating similar to those in cafes outside. Yet, the prices are shockingly low; you can even get a slice of roast duck for just two yuan.

Li Xu rolled the roast duck on a thin pancake, dipped it in sauce, and tasted it slowly. He had to say that the taste was as good as that in the roast duck restaurants outside.

At this moment, a table of three or four students from other colleges left together, talking and laughing. Seeing this scene, Li Xu's eyes flickered slightly.

If there's one thing that distinguishes the School of Management from other schools, it's that most of its students work independently. This is understandable. In other schools, many things require teamwork. They're always centered around a concrete goal, whether it's research or creating something new. Several people share a common goal, drawing them together.

But those who work in finance do not have such conditions.

Li Xu smiled dumbly, then stuffed the roast duck back into his mouth. He thought of what Ye Ruida had said. He said that the reason people from the School of Management were always disliked was because working in finance was essentially about empty things.

Li Xu was deeply impressed by what Ye Ruida said at the time. He said: "People who work in finance do not participate in value production, you are just playing with value." So, this is why some people with feelings will be confused when they arrive at the School of Management.

For everyone, the management school's definition of success is that so-and-so goes to a consulting firm before graduation, or so-and-so goes to a large investment bank like Morgan or Citigroup; then look at other colleges next door, and what they are proud of is that they have achieved a breakthrough in some cutting-edge field.

Li Xu sighed slightly, but compared to some people who would be assimilated into this environment and some people who felt confused in this environment, his mentality was naturally calm.

For him, learning the knowledge here is to enable him to see the essence of the capital game more clearly. After he sees through the essence, he still has to bend down and do practical things seriously.

Compared with the obscure knowledge in basic subjects, the courses in the School of Management are actually not that many, and practice is emphasized here.

Li Xu often saw sophomores and juniors dressed in suits and ties, going to class and talking at the podium.

Although he didn't stay there for long, Li Xu could already feel that the School of Management was indeed an isolated school in a sense.

In the eyes of outsiders, they are all tall, rich and handsome, and all of them are fair, rich and beautiful.

Although he usually attends classes seriously, Li Xu still feels bored in his spare time. As Ye Ruida said, studying those digital games every day does not create real value and lacks fun.

Although the plan is to participate in the entrepreneurship competition next year, Li Xu already has an idea and wants to make some noise this semester, but he has not yet decided on the form.

There are many advantages to studying in a prestigious school, one of which is that there are many top students here.

Li Xu is very popular and many top students like him.

This advantage brought him considerable convenience.

Li Xu shamelessly collected the study methods and experiences of many top students, as well as a bunch of study materials and notes they used in their senior year of high school.

Then he packed up all these things and threw them all to Xia Xiaohe.

When it comes to real achievements, he can't give Xia Xiaohe any guidance.

For Xia Xiaohe, this period of time may be the busiest period in her life.

She gets up at five or six o'clock every day and goes to bed in the early hours of the morning. I hope these learning materials can help her!
Compared to his busy studies, Tang Qiaoning from the university next door seemed much more relaxed.

After all, Tang Qiaoning is studying a language major, and it's a niche language.

Strictly speaking, language majors should be classified as literature.

In Li Xu's opinion, it is very strange that a university classifies a language as a major.

Language is essentially just a tool to help us understand other subjects.

If there is no real subject carrier, and it is just dry discussion language, it will not have much meaning.

Tang Qiaoning and her classmates' studies are based on literature. As for speaking, reading, writing and other things, they still need to learn on their own during their spare time.

The grammar that the teacher teaches in class can only be used to cope with exams. If you really want to communicate with others, relying on grammar is not enough.

Therefore, Tang Qiaoning and her classmates were particularly relaxed in their studies of their major. She had only been in college for a few weeks, but she could already brazenly skip certain professional courses.

Compared to Tang Qiaoning's leisure, An Duoduo spends much more time and energy on studying.

An Duoduo is different from most students in this major. She has no dream of working in a top consulting firm or investment bank, nor has she thought about taking the postgraduate entrance examination to continue studying in a top prestigious university in the future. Therefore, she is also incompatible with the environment here.

It can even be said that Xiang Manhua has given people a confused and ignorant feeling since she first entered Peking University and Tsinghua University and chose her major, and this feeling has continued to this day.

From the current perspective, she is a person without goals and direction, but this does not prevent her from being happy every day here.

Most of the time is spent studying, and then training with high-level sports teams.

As a member of the swimming team of Peking University and Tsinghua University, An Duoduo quickly became the new goddess of the school.

The word "goddess" has become a popular internet buzzword that has only become popular in the past two years. In several posts on the school's internal forum, people have posted candid photos of An Duoduo. No matter from which angle, her appearance is impeccable.

It was the weekend, and Li Xu was going to look at cars. Chen Feiyang and An Duoduo were going with him.

Chen Feiyang did successfully study at a university in the capital as he had wished in high school, but it was a little better than he had hoped, not a technical college.

Although Chen Feiyang's grades were very poor, he participated in off-campus training in his final year and tried his best, successfully passing the third-tier admission line.

If Li Xu remembered correctly, these two years should be the last one or two years of the three-year system. After these two years, with Chen Feiyang's scores, it would be really difficult for him to go to an undergraduate university.

The management of Chen Feiyang's university is actually stricter than that of Peking University and Tsinghua University. I heard that they have to do morning exercises in the morning and attend evening self-study classes in the evening in their first year, and the counselors check the dormitories at least twice a week.

Therefore, Chen Feiyang was relatively well-behaved in the first few weeks after entering university. Now that he was familiar with the place, he took the initiative to ask Li Xu and others out.

After all, they are classmates from the same high school, and they are in different places, so their feelings will naturally be deeper.

Unfortunately, Tang Qiaoning was not here today, so it was just the three of them.

Li Xu and An Duoduo arrived at the gate of Peking University and Tsinghua University, and saw Chen Feiyang standing there looking a little at a loss from a distance.

Li Xu went over to say hello, Chen Feiyang's eyes lit up and he walked over quickly.

Li Xu asked with amusement: "What are you doing here? Don't you want to go in and take a look?"

Chen Feiyang shook his head and said, "Forget it. I feel very pressured even when I stand at the gate of your university. I don't want to go in. Your world of academic tyrants has nothing to do with me."

Li Xu shook his head: "It's not as mysterious as you say. We are all ordinary people."

Today's mission is to go see the car.

Li Xu’s idea was to just buy a car.

There are not many people who can ride in his car, so there is no need to pursue too much space. After all, it will most likely be used only in urban areas.

As for the price, it didn't need to be too expensive. After all, he didn't plan to be too high-profile. It would be enough for commuting. But Chen Feiyang had a different idea. He really wanted to buy a luxury car.

This kid only got his driver's license during the summer vacation, and his driving skills are terrible, but after much persuasion, he actually got 500,000 yuan from his father to buy a car.

The three of them were sitting in a taxi, and Chen Feiyang kept asking along the way, what kind of sports car can be bought at this price?
Chen Feiyang said: "I don't pursue super sports cars. As long as it has the appearance of a sports car, I can go out and show off."

An Duoduo laughed non-stop and said, "I think you are very cool whether you drive or not."

Chen Feiyang was overjoyed at these words. He chuckled and said, "Duoduo, you're much more talkative than Tang Qiaoning."

Li Xu was a little speechless listening to this. Tang Qiaoning was like that, a little mischievous. When she heard Chen Feiyang say such a showy thing, she would definitely make a few jokes. But I don't think Chen Feiyang would dare to say such things in front of Tang Qiaoning.

Although Li Xu didn't plan to buy a particularly expensive car, with his financial resources, he naturally wouldn't buy a car worth tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Before making the choice, Li Xu had actually already made a choice. He directly chose a top-of-the-line AMG, which only took him one morning.

In contrast, Chen Feiyang was in a dilemma of making a decision.

Li Xu and An Duoduo accompanied him shopping for the whole day, but by the afternoon he still hadn't decided what car he wanted to buy.

I have to say that the price of 500,000 is really embarrassing.

Logically speaking, with so much money, he should have a wide range of choices, but it is very difficult to meet his requirements.

The price of a car that satisfies his pretentious nature is heading towards seven figures, but the ones he can afford are unlikely to give him that eye-catching and pretentious feeling.

Li Xu was very lucky. He bought the car off the shelf and paid for it on the same day. He could register the car and drive it away the next day when the Communications Administration opened.

Li Xu was too lazy to go himself, so he gave the salesperson a few hundred dollars more and asked him to run the store for him.

And Chen Feiyang was still struggling.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Feiyang hadn't decided on a car yet. He sat in his seat and sighed, "Oh, if only my dad could give me another 500,000 yuan."

Suddenly, Chen Feiyang seemed to think of something. He looked up at Li Xu and said, "Boss, why don't I start my own business?"

Li Xu blinked, lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of rice without responding.

Chen Feiyang seemed to have found the key to solving the problem and quickly said, "Boss, please say something. Give me some courage."

Li Xu put down his bowl and chopsticks in annoyance and said seriously: "Now, if you go to buy a car, you can still spend the 500,000 yuan, but if you choose to start a business, there is a high probability that you won't even be able to buy a 500,000 yuan car."

Chen Feiyang blinked, "Why is that?"

"You will definitely lose everything." Li Xu unceremoniously sentenced Chen Feiyang to death.

Just kidding, it would be great if starting a business was really that easy, especially for college students. Without any experience in society and relying only on passion, it is highly likely that it will not work.

If it were someone else, with some guidance from Li Xu, maybe there would be some hope, but as for Chen Feiyang, forget it. Even if Li Xu taught him step by step, this kid probably wouldn't be able to make any waves.

Chen Feiyang said angrily: "How dare you look down on me so much?"

Li Xu patted Chen Feiyang on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Brother, listen to my advice and be obedient. Let's squander these 500,000 yuan honestly and be a rich second-generation. Don't think about those trivial things all day long."

Chen Feiyang said unconvincedly: "It's a waste anyway, so I might as well start a business."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Chen Feiyang, Li Xu sighed slightly and asked him, "Since you want to start a business, have you decided on a project?"

Chen Feiyang thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to our school and talk about opening a shop and a breakfast shop."

"What are you selling? Breakfast? What kind of breakfast are you going to sell specifically? Fried dough sticks and buns, or bread and coffee? If you're selling fried dough sticks and buns, where are you going to hire people? Where are you going to buy the ingredients? The cost isn't that high. If you can afford to open a breakfast shop, why don't you just make it yourself? If you do it yourself, it's going to be so hard, are you willing to endure the hardship?"

Li Xu asked a few random questions, leaving Chen Feiyang speechless.

Chen Feiyang sighed slowly, frowned, and thought seriously.

After a moment, although he hadn't figured out anything, he still said stubbornly, "I've decided. I won't spend this 500,000 yuan. I must use it to start a business."

Li Xu smiled dumbly and said, "Okay then, keep going."

In the past two years, Chen Feiyang's family still has some capital for him to squander. It would be good if he could realize earlier that he is not cut out for this.

After returning to school, I called Xiang Manhua.

Li Xu and An Duoduo stood at the school gate. An Duoduo looked at Li Xu's phone curiously.

Li Xu didn't shy away from it and picked it up casually.

Xiang Manhua said on the phone: "Li Xu, what have you thought about the matter I asked you to do last time?"

Li Xu was silent for a moment.

What Xiang Manhua told me about was actually the first large-scale group activity after entering university - a choir competition.

The chorus competition is a school-wide event with colleges as participating units.

The choir competition is very important to the School of Management.

Peking University and Tsinghua University have many such major school-wide events. Each college has its own strong projects, and the School of Management always takes first place in the chorus and ballroom dance competitions every year.

This is very stressful for the freshmen of this class, and it can be said that every class of freshmen faces a lot of pressure.

The previous seniors were able to get first place, but when it came to their class, there was a sudden break, and they would be the ones to blame.

The choir competition is naturally the main organization of the college’s student union, but the class monitor of each class must also participate in it.

Xiang Manhua, knowing that he was not capable enough, went to Li Xu, hoping that he could give him some advice on how to coordinate and organize some things.

Of course, there is a more important point. Xiang Manhua said on the phone: "I think you are the beauty representative of our college. You must participate."

An Duoduo also heard the leak of the phone. She held back her laughter and looked at Li Xu seriously, then chuckled twice.

Li Xu touched his chin, then said helplessly: "Okay."

Anyway, I don’t have anything else to do during this period, so I might as well participate in the choir competition.

The next day, sunlight shone through the window onto the floor of the tiered classroom, creating patches of light and shadow.

Today is the first meeting of all students participating in the choir competition gathered in this lecture hall.

Students walked into the classroom one after another, some chatting in groups of two or three, while others quietly found seats and sat down.

Not long after Li Xu sat down in an empty seat, he heard a slight movement next to him and someone approached quietly. Li Xu turned his head and saw a look of surprise on his face. It turned out to be An Duoduo.

He leaned slightly to the side and asked quietly, "Won't your choir competition interfere with your training?"

An Duoduo raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a sweet smile. She shook her head gently and said with a smile, "The choir also needs logistics staff. I mainly run errands for everyone."

Today is the first plenary meeting of the chorus competition. It can be seen that Luo Xin’s main goal is to unify thoughts and make everyone deeply aware of the importance of this chorus competition.

Luo Xin stood on the podium, cleared his throat, and then tapped the console lightly. A large number of photos slowly appeared on the display screen behind him, each of which recorded a wonderful moment from a past chorus competition.

Luo Xin's eyes revealed a hint of pride. He pointed at the photos and said in a loud voice, "Our college has won thirteen consecutive championships. Do you see these people? These are your seniors, and they are all your role models."

Then, he operated skillfully and brought out close-up photos of some people.

He pointed to one of the photos and said, "This is Lin Feng, the conductor of the first season choir. He is now the vice president of Greater China for a multinational company."

"This is the pianist from the third season of the choir competition. And now he's the CEO of a company with a market capitalization of hundreds of millions."

"this……"

Luo Xin listed a number of outstanding figures who had achieved remarkable success in their respective fields. He paused, his expression becoming more serious, and finally came to a startling conclusion: "Everyone can see that the seniors who won the choir competition championship in each class are now remarkable figures. The legacy cannot be broken in our class. If you lose, you will become the sinners of history!"

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but burst into laughter, and some students even laughed out loud. The classroom was suddenly filled with a relaxed atmosphere.

Luo Xin pushed his glasses, his expression became serious, and a hint of determination appeared in his eyes.

He looked at the students in the audience and said, "Okay, I know you all scoffed at what I just said, so I won't scare you anymore. But in short, we must give our all in this chorus competition and leave no regrets in our youth."

"Next, we need to finalize some important matters. First, we need to determine the key individuals responsible for this chorus competition. The College Student Union's Arts and Culture Department will be responsible for the specific rehearsals for the chorus competition. I think this should be no problem. Next, we need to determine a general conductor and a financial manager."

(End of this chapter)