My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 71 Golden Generation

morning.

After breakfast, Zhou Heming and Jiang Rui were led by Cheng Lingjun to the gate of Ningjiang University.

As one of the five universities ranked third in the country, Ningjiang University's old campus is located at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. The north gate faces Ningjiang Museum. Nearby is the popular Wutong Avenue, and it is not far from the bustling bar street, Beihu Lake, Qixuan Temple, the old street entrance in the center of Ningjiang City, and the Confucian Temple.

Therefore, unlike the university town, this place is not brand new, but rather has a touch of the old town's weathered charm.

As Zhou Heming walked to the school gate, he saw the Chaowumen Park that Cheng Shuangjiang had mentioned. His gaze fell on the stone lions in front of the dilapidated city gate deep in the park.

"So there really are stone lions."

With a sigh, he guessed that this legend was probably told to her by him in another timeline after he and Cheng Shuangjiang met again.

There is a legend about this place.

Cheng Lingjun noticed Zhou Heming's gaze and explained in a deep voice.

"Is it the one where sparrows land on stone lions, and lovers reunite?"

Zhou Heming replied immediately.

"Why don't you tell us?"

Cheng Lingjun fell silent.

"No, no, no."

Zhou Heming waved his hand.

"Do your best on the exam. If you have time after it's over tomorrow, I can show you around the place."

Cheng Lingjun looked at the school gate with the words "Ningjiang University" written on it, feeling a mix of emotions, and sighed slightly.

Cheng Shuangjiang was still packing at the hotel, preparing to go to the hospital with her uncle after their exams.

With practiced ease, Cheng Lingjun led the two to a four-story teaching building.

Around, college students who didn't have classes came and went. At this time, the library had just opened, and it was the most intense time to grab seats. Many students were still eating egg pancakes and sausages, running along with their backpacks.

Jiang Rui and Zhou Heming looked at these college students with curiosity, wondering if they might become one of them in the future.

"You guys go ahead, relax."

Cheng Lingjun patted the two of them on the shoulder from upstairs.

The two nodded and went up the stairs.

Cheng Lingjun watched their retreating figures until they disappeared around the corner of the stairs before letting out a long sigh and turning to leave.

"Old Cheng."

Suddenly, a slightly unfamiliar voice called out to him.

Cheng Lingjun looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man of similar age leading a girl in her twenties who was carrying a sealed file folder toward them.

The man was wearing a dark brown overcoat, a deerstalker hat, and a pipe. He had a scruffy beard and looked like a cultured old-school tough guy.

As for the girl behind him, although she was probably under thirty, she gave off a mature and gentle feeling, like a mother of several children.

Cheng Lingjun recognized the other person immediately.

"Old Cui."

He called out his old friend's name, paused, and then continued.

Smoking is prohibited in the teaching area.

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"There should be over two hundred people taking the exam this time?"

Jiang Rui climbed to the fourth floor and counted the number of examination rooms.

This teaching building consists of classrooms for large lectures. I glanced at the seating charts posted at the classroom doors and saw that each classroom had more than forty people, and five classrooms were occupied.

"Only fifteen spots will be available in the end, so the competition is fierce."

Although the ratio seems high, the more than two hundred students here are all top students who are at least guaranteed admission to 211 universities and are on the verge of becoming 985 universities. Competing for fifteen spots among this group of top students, who would easily qualify as the top exam room at Jiangcheng Middle School, is hard to say whether it is more difficult than the college entrance examination.

Jiang Rui walked to his examination room and raised his fist towards Zhou Heming.

The boy hesitated for a moment before reaching out and bumping fists with Jiang Rui.

"come on!"

Jiang Rui waved and walked into the examination room. Zhou Heming watched his departing figure for a while before slowly heading towards his own examination room.

There was a seating chart posted at the entrance, and each seat also had a corresponding name on it.

"Ok?"

Zhou Heming glanced at the list and saw a few names.

He secretly memorized the names of the seats, then went to his seat, put down his schoolbag, and took out his stationery.

At this moment, Zhou Heming saw a tall, slender girl with short hair sitting to his side. She was looking at her peers with a cold expression, and she had a sense of vicissitude.

He remembered that the girl's name on the seating chart was Yang Hongye.

In his mind, he recalled what Cheng Shuangjiang had mentioned to him last night, the thing she originally wanted to say.

"Ah He, be extra careful in the exam room tomorrow. Some of those people later became very successful in the industry. It would be great if you could get to know them beforehand and build good relationships with them."

"Like this one, um, Yang Hongye, she later wrote a lot of award-winning screenplays, especially good at heartwarming themes."

Warmth.

Looking at the girl with the indifferent and cold expression, Zhou Heming was a little curious about what had changed her during her four years of university.

Seemingly noticing his gaze, Yang Hongye turned her head to look at him.

Zhou Heming immediately pretended to look around at the scenery.

Then, I saw a boy who looked like he hadn't woken up yet, yawning and exuding a gloomy vibe.

On the seating chart, his name is Du Ruo.

“Ah He, Du Ruo is also a remarkable person. He originally came here because the entrance exam for targeted admission was easier, and he planned to change his major after entering Ningda University. However, he won an award at the film festival in his freshman year, and later made several commercial films that were very successful.”

I originally wanted to change my major, but I ended up becoming a big shot in the industry. It's a kind of unexpected turn of events.

As Zhou Heming was thinking, he saw a girl with her eyes downcast, trembling with fear, walking in through the door. She sat down in the seat with Gu Yingying's name on it.

"Gu Yingying, don't be fooled by her trembling appearance. Her family runs a clinic and she practices martial arts. She later became an actress and is good at action scenes. She almost won the grand slam of supporting actress awards at domestic film festivals."

He is good at filming action scenes, that's for sure.

Zhou Heming found it hard to imagine that the girl, who was looking around and about to burst into tears, looked so heroic in front of the camera.

"Damn, I almost missed it! There's a traffic jam at this hour, what bad luck!"

At that moment, a boy with messy hair and wearing a red jacket rushed into the classroom. He looked around before sitting down next to Zhou Heming.

"Hello, classmate. My name is Su Hong, and I'm from Yannan No. 4 Middle School."

He gave Zhou Heming a hearty smile, showing no sign of panic at almost being late. Before Zhou Heming could answer, he glanced at the name on the table.

"Zhou Heming, what a nice name. There is a Heming Mountain in Sichuan, which is the birthplace of Taoism. I think you also have a bit of an ethereal and otherworldly feel to you."

It looks ethereal, but isn't it just lifeless?

Zhou Heming strongly suspected that Su Hong could smell the morgue odor on him.

Fortunately, the arrival of the proctor meant that Zhou Heming didn't have to seriously respond to this social terrorist's attack; he could only respond with an awkward smile.

At the same time, Cheng Shuangjiang's voice from last night echoed.

"Oh, and there's Su Hong. You'd better pay special attention to him. He's a genius among geniuses. He'll be famous in the future. He already had a famous work before he graduated. Later, he worked as a director and screenwriter. By the time he was thirty, he had won the Best Screenplay award for three consecutive years. Then, in the fourth year, he was defeated by your first screenplay. The two of you later became like sworn enemies, always competing for various awards."

"Upon learning of your passing at the age of thirty-five, he drank for the first time in his life, got completely drunk, and cried uncontrollably."

Zhou Heming looked around and wondered if it was a coincidence, but he didn't expect that several people that Cheng Shuangjiang had specifically mentioned were actually in his examination room.

"Because these individuals later achieved far greater success than their peers, other students in the drama major at Ningda University also benefited to some extent. Therefore, people later called this year's Ningda drama major the 'Golden Generation'."

The girl's whispers faded away amidst the sounds of the proctor distributing exam papers.

The boy felt a stirring within him, which even made him tremble slightly.

Will his name be mentioned this time in the "Golden Generation"?

Composing himself, Zhou Heming pressed his wrist and took two deep breaths before finally calming down.

He looked at the exam paper and began his own battle.

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