1977: It all started with a wrong love

Chapter 73: The Competition for the Top School

After waving his hand to let Liu Changqing leave, President Zhou thought for a while, then decisively picked up the phone on the desk and called Liu Ta, the president of Tsinghua University next door.

There are some things that he can turn a blind eye to and a deaf ear to.

But when it comes to issues of fundamental principle, he cannot remain deaf and dumb.

Although we know whether all teachers and students can actively participate in the flag-raising ceremony.

If Tsinghua University fails to handle this matter well, it may decide who will be the top university in the end...

Of course, that was just the temporary end of the dispute caused by the genius student Lu Yifan.

Who is the real number one school in Beijing?

How could it really depend on which school a freshman chooses to attend?

That's a bit too frivolous.

Actually.

As early as years ago, when I first heard about this.

If it weren’t for the fact that Mr. Liu Changqing, who was in charge of admissions at that time, had already rushed to Qinxi Province in a hurry.

Given his temper, the best choice for a student like this who does not respect the rules of the admission application process, is arrogant because of his talent, and is too ostentatious is for Yenching University and Tsinghua University to join forces and not select him, leaving him out in the cold.

Wait until half a year later.

It’s this summer’s wave of college entrance examinations.

This candidate will surely learn how to respect the rules that everyone abides by and learn to truly seek common ground while reserving differences.

Instead of playing such brainless and childish games at every turn.

With the title of being the best university in Beijing, they wanted to disrupt the admission rules of Yan University and Tsinghua University.

To put it bluntly, this is no different from throwing out a meat bone and sitting aside watching two dogs fight over the bone.

But now...

Principal Zhou was actually somewhat glad that he did not act too impulsively at the beginning.

Even after the incident, during the few days leading up to the New Year, he was suddenly and harshly criticized by Minister Zhong's wife for this incident without any reason.

According to what Minister Zhong’s wife meant.

The education sector will not tolerate clowns making fun of established rules and regulations.

This is especially related to the fact that the relevant examination system has just been officially restored. The whole country needs to have a rigorous work style and be cautious and serious. The college entrance examination, which has just been restored, is selecting talents and is the most critical moment that the whole nation is paying attention to.

As one of the most famous universities in the country, how can we treat the rules as a joke?

The implication is that the school is strongly interfering with the school's policy of allowing examinees to violate the application process and system in order to gain fame.

To punish that misbehaving student.

Receive a severe lesson and endure the wrath from the higher-level education commission officials.

That day, after being criticized by Minister Zhong's wife, he had a telephone conversation with Tsinghua University President Liu Ta.

I was shocked to learn that Lao Liu had just been severely criticized.

At that time, both sides were quite troubled.

The superiors’ attitude was so firm that they wanted to protect these rare and outstanding talents, but they had to make some compromising decisions.

That is, we plan to wait until school starts and the candidate Lu Yifan arrives in Beijing to see how to appease him, so as to avoid the adverse effects of this incident as much as possible.

For example, both schools decide not to admit the student.

For the time being, we also need to provide some living arrangements such as food and accommodation.

Make appropriate logistical arrangements for the candidate Lu Yifan to take part in this year's summer college entrance examination.

In short, they really don't want to give up on such a talented student, but they also cannot allow the candidates to treat the application rules and regulations as a joke and go unpunished.

But no one could have imagined it.

The candidate Lu Yifan later accomplished such an earth-shattering event.

In one fell swoop, we negotiated a large military trade export order for 20 army divisions for the country.

It’s famous all over the country!

"Hey, Lao Liu, I want to share a very serious matter with you. Please listen carefully. It involves the competition between our two schools to determine which one is the best school in Beijing. However, we at Yanda don't want to win unfairly because of such a serious matter and watch your Tsinghua University being blacklisted..."

The pride of the literati and the style of the celebrities.

Yenching University President Zhou Peiyuan decisively shared all of his speculations with his old friend over the phone, and Tsinghua University President Liu Ta also knew about it.

soon.

Inside the office of Tsinghua University President Liu Ta.

Principal Liu urgently called Luo Fei, the teacher in charge of admissions.

"Luo Fei, can you explain to me what is going on?
Why would you hide such important information from me?
What do you think about what classmate Lu originally proposed, that all teachers and students of Tsinghua University can actively participate in the flag-raising ceremony every Monday?
Why do you repeatedly show hesitation in such a serious matter..."

"Principal, I just feel that Student Lu's request is too..."

Principal Liu said anxiously:

"Too what?! What do you think is too much about what Mr. Lu asked?! Luo Fei, I called you to my office to question you, but you still insisted on being stubborn and giving such an ambiguous response on a matter of principle!! You really disappoint me!!"

"President, our Tsinghua University is a university campus!

Every Monday morning, we have to make a big fuss and insist on doing something superficial like the flag-raising ceremony. There is really no need for us to be so serious about it! The university campus is already an adult world!
Student Lu is still using such an obvious formalistic and boring thing to threaten our Tsinghua University. Let me say that for such a narrow-minded and even poisoned student, we should just..."

Luo Fei was saying this.

What comes to my mind is an accidental encounter on the street with Director Zhong Qingmin of the Municipal Education Commission many years ago.

The two of them accidentally talked about the candidate Lu Yifan.

I don’t know if he was overthinking it.

That day, after Zhong Qingmin heard about Lu Yifan's situation, his reaction was quite strange. It could be said that he was frightened by the candidate Lu Yifan.

Later, he found out after a little inquiry.

Zhong Qingmin's third sister, Zhong Xiuping, went to work in the countryside as an educated youth, which happened to be the hometown of the candidate Lu Yifan.

At the beginning, he went to Renhe Production Brigade of Longyan Commune and approached Lu Yifan, a candidate for admission.

There were some rumors that the candidate Lu Yifan was mentally traumatized because his beautiful educated youth wife abandoned him and returned to the city, and then his whole body seemed to be opened up all of a sudden. Coincidentally, the national college entrance examination was resumed a few months later, so he signed up for the exam, and unexpectedly got a good result, becoming the top scorer in the science subject of Qinxi Province.

Later, the shocking things that happened to the candidate Lu Yifan one after another were so unbelievable to be honest.

To put it bluntly, Luo Fei was unwilling to believe that a man was simply abandoned by a woman. Besides being greatly stimulated mentally, his intelligence, learning ability, and other aspects of his strength would undergo sudden changes.

Deep in Luo Fei's heart, he couldn't help but have some not-so-nice associations.

It is true that in the chaotic atmosphere of the past, all order at the grassroots level was in chaos, and there were endless people who dared to defy the will of heaven.

After careful consideration.

He was afraid that Lu Yifan would also be the continuation of this absurd chaos. There was a group of people who were unwilling to leave the stage and were supporting all of this behind the scenes.

Anyway, there is no way to explain the matter in detail.

First of all, he had no evidence at all, everything was just speculation.

Secondly, the matter is too damn sensitive.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain the bizarre and magical things that happened to this young man Lu Yifan, unless this person really underwent a genetic mutation and changed completely inside and out.

Otherwise, it is impossible to infer their behavior based on common sense.

Let’s put aside any other situations for now.

Let's talk about a situation: As a prospective college student, a child of destiny with unlimited future prospects, who the hell has so much free time to talk about the flag-raising ceremony all the time, no matter what?

Especially on university campuses, it’s all about adults, and their worldviews have already been formed. Doing these annoying formalistic little tricks…

What's the point of it?!

"Luo Fei!!!~~"

"You are so outrageous!!!~~~"

"You know what the hell you're talking about?!"

Principal Liu Ta was extremely shocked.

If I hadn't heard Luo Fei's words in person.

He simply couldn't believe that a young teacher in his school who had the most outstanding work ability and was widely praised by teachers and students would have such unorthodox ideas.

The flag-raising ceremony was described as boring and a formality...

Even Lu Yifan, the genius candidate who put forward the suggestion, was said to be narrow-minded and mentally poisoned...

What kind of poison could have infected him?

How come they have narrow cognition?

You are really crazy!

"Luo Fei, from now on, all your work inside and outside the school will be suspended. Go to the logistics department for a while!"

"Principal Liu, why did you suspend me?"

Luo Fei was extremely shocked and couldn't believe that the principal was going to suspend him from his job.

Seeing that Principal Liu didn't seem to be joking, he was confused and angry.
"I don't accept it. I haven't done anything wrong. I just expressed the common feelings of many teachers and students. If you really want to suspend me, I will report this to my superiors. The university campus is an adult world. It is for everyone to concentrate all their energy and not waste any time. We should grit our teeth and fight hard to regain the past years in the sacred temple of academic research, instead of holding formalistic gatherings like before..."

Principal Liu's eyes widened.

I really didn't expect that my scolding of my subordinates would instead trigger their complaints.

I even unexpectedly learned that there were actually quite a few teachers and students who had such an understanding...

So, in the eyes of many of you, the flag-raising ceremony has long been a very boring thing that wastes time and energy?
He began to understand why Lao Zhou suddenly called him to tell him about this.

He also began to understand why Lu Yifan, the talented freshman who seemed to behave unorthodoxly and unwilling to follow the rules, repeatedly used the weekly flag-raising ceremony, which seemed to be a boring thing, to test the reaction of the National Tsinghua University.

Does this mean that certain ideological trends in the school have long been rumored by the outside world?

Too scary!

As the principal, he was kept in the dark by the teachers and students of the school.

Maybe the whole world already knows about this, but he, as the principal, is the only one who has no idea about the situation?
In this world, nothing can be done without rules.

Student Lu had merely played a word game and broke the rules when filling out his application form, but he had already attracted countless criticisms, and even Minister Zhong's wife had directly issued a verdict.

If it weren't for classmate Lu's subsequent outstanding contributions to the country, he would have been expelled long ago.

But now, among the teachers and students of Tsinghua University, how many people are so resistant to the flag-raising ceremony and think it is a boring formalism, just like Luo Fei?
They were planning something big behind the back of the principal...

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