After Fang Bai sat down, Teacher Mo immediately handed out the test papers.
Fang Bai, upon receiving the test paper, glanced at the essay topic, then quickly scanned the other questions before starting to answer them.
Every student has this curiosity; the first thing they look at when they get a test paper is the essay topic.
Two and a half hours later, Fang Bai submitted his paper, barely finishing the essay. He thought to himself that he absolutely couldn't do this during the college entrance examination.
There were seven subjects in total, with exams even in the evening, finishing in two days.
On the third day, they began reviewing the test papers. Fang Bai went to the classroom to listen to the review sessions.
On the second day of Fang Bai's exams, his parents continued to sell televisions at their stall. That day, they sold 40 units, and it started raining with 28 units still unsold.
Fortunately, they had rainproof tarps, and the rain wasn't heavy, otherwise the televisions could easily have gotten wet, which would have been a big problem.
That evening, Fang Bai counted the money with his parents; the sales amounted to 23,000 yuan.
Fang Bai's wealth also reached 88,000 yuan, just one step away from upgrading.
He had thought that if he finished his exams today and they managed to sell all 68 televisions, it would definitely be enough for the upgrade.
Who would have thought that there would be unexpected weather changes; it actually rained.
It was November; logically, rain is very rare this season.
Regardless, when operating a business, weather factors need to be considered.
In the coming days, the possibility of rain is still very high. Fang Bai reminded his parents to be careful about rain if they set up their stall.
That evening, Fang Bai and his parents tallied how many televisions they still had at home to sell.
Currently, a total of 160 televisions have been repaired, and 140 have been sold.
Fang Bai purchased 390 televisions and a large batch of components, spending 11,320 yuan, which, including transportation and other fees, came to just over 12,000 yuan.
It's estimated that dozens more televisions can be repaired, and combined with the 20 unsold units, they can still earn about 40,000 yuan in revenue.
In other words, Fang Bai can earn over 110,000 yuan from this batch of televisions, with a profit margin of around 1000%, which is super profitable.
The next day, Fang Bai temporarily did not go to school, choosing to deal with business matters first.
He only went to school when the second class was about to end.
As he stepped into the classroom, his classmates all cast strange glances at him.
Before he even sat down, Wang Dakai pointed to the test paper on his desk and said enviously,
Boss, you're amazing! You scored 83 on English.
Is 83 points very high?
It's really good, okay? It's the highest in the class! I only got 55.
Mine was only 63.
Zhang Xiaoai, from the front row, turned her head, her eyes narrowed into two crescent moons as she smiled, and asked Fang Bai,
Fang Bai, how do you study English?
Fang Bai said
Oh,
so that's how it is.
With a perfect score of 100, his 83 points were only average. The questions were relatively simple, meaning, your scores aren't that great.
The current year's graduates did not participate in this monthly exam; they were still catching up on classes. They couldn't even pass the mock exams compared to the repeat students right now; they would only catch up next semester.
Fang Bai glanced at Zhang Xiaoai, who was waiting for an answer, and after a moment of thought, said,
Me? I just memorize more sentences. Every morning when I wake up, after noon, and before I go to bed at night, I recall the words I've memorized. That's just how I do it; it might not be suitable for all of you.
That's it?
Zhang Xiaoai's eyes widened, feeling like there wasn't any special learning method.
Fang Bai spread his hands:
Yes, that's it, but how many people can stick with it?
Zhang Xiaoai asked again:
It seems that's true, but do I have to memorize?
If you don't memorize English, what's the point of learning it? If you don't memorize, can you speak it?
Fang Bai countered, glancing at Da Ge Zi.
Wang Dakai saw Fang Bai look at him and quickly nodded, believing that whatever Boss said must be reasonable.
However, Zhang Xiaoai felt it didn't matter and said,
It's just for exams. Do you really think you'll use it?
I also don't think it will be used.
Zhang Xiaoai's deskmate said so, and several classmates nearby, hearing them discuss English, also leaned in to listen.
Fang Bai looked at the eyes of several classmates, who all seemed to agree with this view.
This wasn't their fault; they didn't understand the actual situation, and even the English teacher might not understand.
He could only patiently explain:
To engage in international trade, translation, or go abroad, you definitely need to understand English to communicate with foreigners. I won't elaborate on these. If you plan to pursue postgraduate studies and academic research in the future, your English must be very good. Otherwise, how can you write and publish papers? Well, talking about these might be a bit far-fetched. Then let's talk about work. If you're involved in scientific research, advanced technical documents are all in foreign languages. If you don't understand English, who will you rely on? Professional translators might not understand specialized vocabulary. The Oxford dictionary alone has tens of thousands of words; who can remember so many? There are many places where English is needed, but also many where it's not. However, if you learn it well, the directions you can choose will be much broader…
Fang Bai explained slowly. In this era, there weren't even translators, so doing scientific research without understanding English was truly troublesome.
He glanced at Da Ge Zi, who was still nodding vigorously, indicating agreement.
Fang Bai's words opened the eyes of his surrounding classmates, making them admire him even more.
Fang Bai, you know so much. No one has ever told us these things.
Yes, even the homeroom teacher didn't say anything.
Boss is Boss; it's normal for him to know more than us.
Wang Dakai felt that being able to speak English was really cool, like those high-class people in movies who could blurt out a few English sentences—that would be simply awesome. That was his motivation for studying.
As for other things, he had no motivation.
He felt that Fang Bai had two admirable qualities: mystery and genuine sincerity towards others.
Now, add one more: good English!
Other classmates, at first, admired Fang Bai simply because they felt sorry for his broken finger.
Also, they admired Fang Bai's eloquence; even the school's student council president wasn't as articulate as him.
However, as classes progressed during this period, Fang Bai often skipped school, making his classmates feel that he was slacking off, not at all like someone who came to repeat a year, but just going through the motions.
Now, Fang Bai's English was much better than theirs, which surprised everyone slightly and made them look at him in a new light.
Fang Bai chatted for a while, then checked his English test paper. When everyone saw Fang Bai seriously studying, they stopped disturbing him.
With such good grades, and still so hardworking, they had no reason not to work hard.
It's just that they usually didn't see his efforts.
On Fang Bai's test paper, the teacher had marked and corrected all the errors, so he knew where he went wrong without having to check the answers.
The third period was Chinese.
The teacher still handed out the test papers first, and still read out the scores before distributing them.
Fang Bai, 92 points, not bad. Review the basic questions more, and you can improve a lot.
Chen Yang, 72 points, your essay is a mess.
[Chinese and Math are 120 points each, English, Physics, Chemistry, and Politics are 100 points, Biology is 70 points, total score 710 points]
...
Fang Bai's Chinese score was at the upper-middle level in the class. He was quite satisfied with this score, as he hadn't really reviewed much.
He looked at the test paper; the reading comprehension questions were mostly correct. It was just that he made more mistakes on some basic questions, not even getting basic poetic lines right.
After Chinese class, physics and math followed in the afternoon. Fang Bai scored 65 and 100 points, still at the upper-middle level in the class.
His classmates weren't surprised by his scores. The highest physics score in the grade was 80, and math was even 112.
The next morning, the last chemistry test paper was distributed, and Fang Bai's score was 75 points.
Except for English, his scores in other subjects were all at an upper-middle level: Politics 65, Biology 50.
But his overall performance was not ordinary. His total score added up to 535 points, significantly higher than most students.
By the third period, it was just in time for Zhan Feng's class, the homeroom teacher.
Over these two days, teachers from all subjects had been working overtime to grade the test papers. Zhan Feng had received the scores for all subjects yesterday and finished compiling them this morning.
After compiling, she would compare each student's scores with their college entrance examination scores.
Although it was not the same as the college entrance examination paper, it still had great reference value, as it was a mock exam and the difficulty difference was not significant.
Overall, there wasn't much change for most students, but a few students showed noticeable improvement.
And Fang Bai's score improved the fastest, +55 points!
His total score also reached 535 points, ranking fifth in the class and fourteenth in the entire school.
Under normal circumstances, if Fang Bai could maintain his stability and improve a bit more, he would have hope for the key university admission line in next year's college entrance examination.
The repeating class does not lack students who can pass the undergraduate line, but very few can pass the key university line. How many people were there in the whole school last year?
Only a dozen or so!
Among them, students from the repeating classes accounted for the vast majority of those who passed the key university line, with only a few from the current year's graduates.
There were six repeating classes in the entire school, with a total of about four hundred students, while there were nearly a thousand current year's graduates.
Repeating classes one, two, and three were the elite classes, aiming for undergraduate and key universities, while classes four, five, and six aimed for better vocational colleges.
Zhan Feng walked into the classroom and found that Fang Bai was not there.
Standing on the podium, she scanned the students below and said in a calm tone:
Classmates, the scores have been compiled. The highest score in the entire school is 565 points, from Class Two. Our classmate Wu Jian scored 553 points, ranking third in the entire school. He missed the key university line by two points in this year's college entrance examination due to not performing well. I hope he continues to work hard! ... Fifth in the class, Fang Bai with 535 points, a very significant improvement, an increase of 55 points compared to his college entrance examination score. He is also the student with the biggest improvement in the entire class, and I would like to specifically commend him here...
The scores of the first four students did not surprise the entire class, as it was their normal performance.
However, Fang Bai's total score truly shocked everyone.
Frequent truancy, and such a big improvement—it was too exaggerated!
There was no reason.