Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

January 8th, today is the first day after the holiday. The dormitory building was bustling early in the morning. The sound of talking and walking in the corridor was constant, unlike the previous days when the whole building was still quiet until around 1 o'clock.

Wang Feiyang was also woken up by the alarm clock. He got up early, washed up, ate something simple, and then someone knocked on the door.

When I opened the door, it was Liu Yingying. "Feiyang, are you all packed? Let's go to school together later."

"Okay, let's invite Zhang Liang and the others too. The four of us are in a new class, so our pace is different from yours," Wang Feiyang said with a smile and a nod.

With his Russian proficiency, he didn't need to attend classes at all, but he still had to show up at school anyway. Besides, Wang Feiyang had already planned that since he wouldn't have time to attend classes for a while, he might as well take the exam in advance and get the language certificate.

The Moscow State University's education center offers Russian language proficiency tests. You can apply for the test at any time, and if you pass, you will be issued a language certificate. This certificate is valid throughout Russia and can be used to apply to any university!

Of course, this exam is more difficult than the normal graduation exam for preparatory students. People like Liu Yingying and Hu Xiaoyun would naturally not take this exam. Their Russian is not good enough and they need to learn through classes. Moreover, there will be a normal exam when they graduate from the preparatory course, which is free. There is no need for them to apply for this language exam.

Generally, only graduates of preparatory programs at other universities want to transfer to Moscow State University (MSU), but their preparatory program diplomas are not recognized by MSU. In such cases, they need to take the language certificate exam at the education center. Only after passing the exam can they transfer to MSU.

Wang Feiyang had this plan in mind: he didn't intend to attend the preparatory course, but instead would directly obtain a language certificate. Then, the preparatory course teacher would tell him that when he could apply for his first-year major in June, he could simply use the language certificate to apply.

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After everyone had finished getting ready, they went out together. It was still snowing heavily outside, and everyone was fully bundled up with thick, long down jackets, wool scarves, hats, leather gloves, and so on.

However, no one was wearing thick pants, let alone thermal underwear or anything like that. The boys were basically wearing jeans with bare legs underneath, maybe with a thin pair of thermal underwear on top.

Girls are even more outrageous; some wear stockings with bare legs, or at most, thick stockings or jeans.

Since everyone dresses like this, there must be a reason. Just like in the dormitory, the classrooms are heated to nearly 30 degrees Celsius. Thick down jackets, scarves, gloves, etc. are taken off when entering the education center and stored in the special clothing storage area on the first floor. But how can you take off thermal pants?

You can't just take your pants off in public...

But if you don't take them off, in a room temperature of around 30 degrees Celsius, can you imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear thermal pants or long johns?!

Therefore, people would rather be cold than wear too many layers on their lower body.

It takes three stops by tram from the dormitory to the education center. After boarding, everyone puts the change they have prepared into the coin box. Everyone who boards at this stop is a preparatory student living in the dormitory.

The bus wasn't just full of Chinese students; there were also many students from other countries, including some Black people. They were all around the same age, and some were even classmates. They chatted in broken Russian.

Zhang Liang looked around, then leaned close to Wang Feiyang's ear and whispered, "Feiyang, look at that dark-skinned girl behind you. Her figure...tsk tsk...I never expected that some dark-skinned girls could actually be so pretty."

Wang Feiyang glanced in the direction he pointed and sure enough, there was a black girl standing by the back door, holding onto the handrail. She was wearing a sporty, waist-cinching down jacket and tight jeans. Her long legs were incredibly thin and straight, and her proportions were amazingly perfect.

Her skin wasn't that dark; it was more like that of someone from Latin America. Her features were elegant and beautiful, and she did indeed look as Zhang Liang had described—delicate and pretty.

However, Wang Feiyang had no intention of provoking Xiao Hei. He glanced at it and then turned away to talk to Liu Yingying and the others beside him.

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About ten minutes later, the tram arrived at the International Education Center. Everyone got off in an orderly manner and lined up to enter the lobby on the first floor.

After taking off their thick down jackets, scarves, and gloves and storing them in the storage area on one side of the lobby, Wang Feiyang, along with Zhang Liang, Hu Xiaoyun, and Guo Juan, went up the stairs to the second floor.

Liu Yingying and the others had already gone to their respective classrooms, but Wang Feiyang, Zhang Liang, and the others were in a newly opened class and were not in the same class as them.

While searching and asking around, we finally found their classroom at the corner of the corridor on the second floor. When we pushed the door open, there was no one in the classroom, only a few tables and chairs.

Everyone found a seat and sat down. Wang Feiyang checked the time, took out paper and pen from his backpack, scribbled a couple of sentences, then tore off the paper and handed it to Zhang Liang. "I have something to take care of. When the teacher comes, please hand over my leave slip."

"Class is about to start, what are you going to do?" Zhang Liang asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'm getting down to business." Wang Feiyang didn't explain, picked up his backpack, and hurriedly left the classroom.

He had only been gone for a minute when the teacher pushed the door open and walked in.

This was a middle-aged man, slightly balding on top, wearing an ill-fitting suit, with a hooked nose, of medium height, and who seemed fairly amiable.

He glanced around after entering and, seeing only three students, frowned slightly and asked, "There should be one more student here, right? Hasn't he arrived yet?"

This was already a very simple sentence, and he even spoke it very slowly. But when he looked at Zhang Liang, Hu Xiaoyun, and Guo Juan, they all looked completely bewildered, clearly not understanding what he was saying. He could only sigh; the school really would take any student just to make money…

Remembering Wang Feiyang's request, Zhang Liang quickly got up and handed the note to the teacher, his face beaming with a smile as he tried to explain. But when he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say and could only manage an awkward laugh.

The teacher took the note and was immediately stunned. Although the note contained very simple information, it was just Wang Feiyang giving a brief self-introduction and saying that he had some business to attend to at the Foreign Affairs Office, so he might miss the first class.

But the fact that he can explain such a simple thing clearly and write it out in fluent sentences means that his Russian level is already quite high!

At least most international students who graduate from foundation programs can't do that...

He really wanted to have a chat with Wang Feiyang to see how good his Russian was, but unfortunately Wang Feiyang wasn't there. So he could only accept the leave slip and start teaching Zhang Liang and the others the basics of Russian.