Bai Yejin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and it took her four or five seconds to react.

She reached out and pressed her hand on Lin Yifeng's forehead, then touched her own forehead.

Are you running a fever?

Lin Yifeng grabbed Bai Yejin's small hand.

"I'm serious."

"I'm starting to think about going to university."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yejin also showed a shocked expression. She carefully examined Lin Yifeng, her face full of doubt.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Why go to university?

On the contrary, Lin Yifeng explained very seriously.

"There's a reason for that."

"Mainly, it's time to go to university."

"I'd like to take you with me, and call on Zhou Xuelan, how about the three of us go to university in another city?"

Bai Yejin hesitated for a moment and did not respond.

Of course, this was not Lin Yifeng's spur-of-the-moment idea.

On the contrary, he has been thinking about this matter the whole time.

In the 1990s, vocational school graduates were undoubtedly highly sought-after. Every vocational school graduate was guaranteed a job assignment, which, in a sense, meant they were considered "state cadres."

For example, Lin Yifeng, Bai Yejin, and Zhou Xuelan, on the surface, are people who work at Shitou Village Primary School, but in reality, all three of them are registered with the Shuiyun Town Education Bureau. They are real cadres with absolutely secure jobs.

However, they can improve their professional knowledge at university, and Lin Yifeng and his friends will have even greater room for improvement in the future.

This is why Lin Yifeng is so supportive of Xu Wanxia's desire to go to university.

As long as Xu Wanxia gets into a university in Shanghai through adult college entrance examination, she will have no problem taking postgraduate and doctoral entrance exams in the future, before the education system is reformed.

It wasn't just Xu Wanxia; once the company stabilized a bit, Lin Yifeng also wanted to take advantage of the education system reform to send Xu Qingyi and the others to universities to gain experience and improve their professional skills.

That evening, Bai Yejin told Zhou Xuelan about it.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuelan also showed an incredulous expression, and she was also shouting out.

"Boss! Are you crazy! Or am I crazy?!"

"Are the three of us going to take the college entrance exam?"

Lin Yifeng nodded.

Zhou Xuelan was also forced to raise a practical question.

"Do we three think we can pass the exam?"

A brief silence fell over the room.

In this era, vocational school graduates are undoubtedly considered superior.

College students of this era are truly the pride of heaven.

Overall, the absolute difficulty of getting into university in 1993 was much higher than it would be twenty years later.

It can be described as "thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge".

However, if we look solely at the "difficulty level" of the exam questions, the situation is more complicated.

The most straightforward example is the acceptance rate.

Most of the students who took the college entrance exam in 1993 were graduates of vocational schools or high schools. Of these students, less than 30% were able to get into undergraduate or junior college programs.

Compared to twenty years later, when nearly 90% of people in China can easily get into a bachelor's degree program, compared to when they only had a junior college diploma, very few people could afford to go to university back then.

Not to mention that university admissions were very limited back then, and private and public universities were far less prestigious than they are now; very few people could even get into university.

Bai Yejin frowned as she watched Lin Yifeng deep in thought.

“If she can get into university, I think Xue Lan would really like to go to university.”

"but……"

"This is not so easy."

Lin Yifeng nodded in agreement.

"really."

"I can handle things at work."

"The question now is whether or not to take the exam."

Lin Yifeng looked at the two of them.

Bai Yejin and Zhou Xuelan were also somewhat hesitant.

There are still six months left. If we put in our best effort now, we might have a chance to get into university.

But they can't neglect filming in Stone Village right now, which means they need to devote more energy to preparing for the college entrance examination in advance.

These days, it's not so simple for vocational school graduates to enter university; the first thing they have to do is resolve the issue of their immigration status.

There are two key challenges for vocational school graduates taking the college entrance exam.

One requirement is that applicants must have graduated from a vocational high school; they cannot be current students.

The second and most important point is that the employer must agree. They need to go to various departments to get signatures and stamps to get their employer's permission to take the college entrance examination.

After all, vocational school graduates become government officials after being assigned jobs.

In this era, any organization short of manpower would certainly be unwilling to release its employees, let alone a poor and remote place like Shuiyun Town.

Fortunately, this matter was not too difficult for Lin Yifeng.

With his abilities, all he needs to do is give a word to the Shuiyun Town government, and the three of them can get all the paperwork done in a day.

But the problem always lies in Zhou Xuelan's question—whether they can pass the exam.

Zhou Xuelan turned to look at Bai Yejin, then turned back to look at Lin Yifeng.

Her gaze lingered between the two men, causing Lin Yifeng to frown slightly.

"Just say what you want to say."

"Then I'll tell you?"

Zhou Xuelan asked a probing question, and Lin Yifeng waved his hand, signaling her to speak quickly.

Zhou Xuelan looked at Bai Yejin and sighed deeply.

"There's another issue, I don't know if you've considered it."

"Xiao Jin and I both have good grades."

"But Lin Yifeng, you..."

Upon hearing Zhou Xuelan's words, Bai Yejin covered her mouth and chuckled.

Lin Yifeng's expression froze.

After analyzing so many problems, he realized that while he could solve them one by one, he overlooked the most crucial core issue.

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