Originally proud of his achievements, the tall, thin boy was now completely conceited after being praised by his classmates.

The tall, thin boy looked at Ye Chen with a defiant gaze.

"Oh right, I also bought a Lamborghini and an apartment in the center of Shanghai. All of these together probably cost close to 100 million."

The tall, thin guy continued to show off:

"Senior Ye, if a junior like me has assets of over 100 million, then as a senior, shouldn't you have even more assets?"

"How many are there?"

This was a rather private question. As soon as the tall, thin boy finished speaking, everyone's attention shifted from him to Ye Chen.

The tall, thin boy makes a good point. This is a finance and economics college, and most of the students will work in finance and economics in the future. Money is actually a more straightforward topic.

They are junior students, and even the junior students have assets exceeding 100 million. Shouldn't this senior student, who is an outstanding student, be even more impressive?

Otherwise, how can we win people's hearts?

Hearing the tall, thin boy's question, Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged as he slowly spoke:

"Actually, I don't have much in assets, just a few more zeros than you."

Not wanting to discourage these energetic junior students and cause them to question their lives, suffer from depression, or contemplate suicide in the future, Ye Chen deliberately answered modestly, without mentioning a specific number.

Even though Ye Chen was trying to keep a low profile, the scene still caused a huge uproar!

The tall, thin guy just said he had over 100 million in assets, and now Senior Ye says he has a few more zeros...

How much is that? A billion, a hundred billion, or more?

Everyone stared at Ye Chen in astonishment, looking utterly incredulous.

"Impossible! How could this be? Absolutely impossible!"

The tall, thin boy thought for a few seconds and then shook his head repeatedly.

How could a guy who's a year older than him have so much more assets?

“I’m the youngest and most successful entrepreneur in our district. My assets have just exceeded 100 million. You’re only a year older than me, how could you have so much more?”

The tall, thin boy shook his head.

"Don't be so skeptical. Your senior Ye was just named the number one of this year's Top Ten Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs in Shanghai. How can you compare?"

Even the principal couldn't stand it anymore and said something directly.

The number one among Shanghai's Top Ten Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs?!

Wow, is this Senior Ye in front of me really that awesome?

Shanghai is a well-known metropolis in China with such a developed economy. To be ranked first among Shanghai's Top Ten Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs is truly astounding!

Many new students admired Ye Chen even more.

"Number one among Shanghai's Top Ten Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs?!"

The tall, thin boy stared blankly at Ye Chen, swallowing hard, his voice trembling.

At that moment, he finally understood what it meant to have one mountain higher than another.

He was also proud of being the youngest entrepreneur in his district, with dozens of employees and assets worth tens or hundreds of millions.

Senior Ye has already surpassed all the young entrepreneurs in Shanghai.

That's what it means to be young and accomplished; that's what a real man is like!

The tall, thin boy was completely shocked and sat down in a daze.

"Does anyone else have questions?"

The host asked.

After the questions from the quiet girl and the tall, thin boy, everyone was already shocked by Ye Chen, so naturally no one wanted to speak.

Not a single freshman raised their hand.

Seeing this, the host prepared to move on to the next segment.

"Wait a minute!"

Before the host could even speak, a young man suddenly walked up from backstage.

"I'm also a freshman this year. I was at the back just now and listened to Senior Ye's speech. I also want to ask Senior Ye a question."

The boy spoke.

This young man is a representative of this year's freshmen and also the student with the highest college entrance examination score among the freshmen of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics this year, without exception!

Most importantly, he is only fifteen years old this year, which makes him a child prodigy.

"Oh, what do you want to ask?"

Ye Chen spoke.

“Senior Ye, I’ve been called a prodigy since I was a child. I skipped grades many times. It takes ordinary people 12 years to go through elementary, middle and high school, but I only took 7 years.”

The gifted young man spoke eloquently.

"Actually, I took the college entrance examination last year, but I only got into an ordinary undergraduate university. So I repeated a year and got into our university of finance and economics."

After the prodigy finished speaking, the scene immediately erupted into noise.

That's insanely powerful.

They had heard before that there was a freshman with outstanding grades this year who was very young, but they didn't expect him to be so young and so strong.

They studied for 12 years before getting into university, but this guy only took 7 years.

That's absolutely outrageous.

"Since Senior Ye is an outstanding student representative of our Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, I would like to ask how many years Senior Ye spent from elementary school to junior high school and then to high school."

"I don't think Senior Ye will study for 12 years like those good-for-nothings."

The genius boy's words immediately aroused public outrage.

"What do you mean?!"

"Exactly, so what if we study for 12 years?!"

"Useless? Who's useless? Do you think everyone is a prodigy like you?"

Before Ye Chen could speak, countless people below the stage began to loudly question him.

The principal and vice-principal shook their heads helplessly as they watched this scene.

The quiet girl and the tall, thin boy from before were both alright. The biggest troublemaker among this year's freshmen is this genius boy in front of them.

Because he was a genius, he became even more arrogant and disdainful of others.

To accomplish in 7 years what others took 12 years to achieve certainly gives one reason to boast.

No matter how great other people's achievements are, they cannot use this to refute this genius boy.

The principal didn't want this to happen, so he specially chose this genius boy as the representative of outstanding freshmen, so that when Ye Chen was speaking, the two of them would be separated backstage and not bump into each other.

Unexpectedly, this gifted young man took the initiative to go on stage.

"It took me 12 years to go through elementary school, middle school, and high school."

Ye Chen gave a calm reply.

Although Ye Chen was so calm, his aura far surpassed that of the genius youth.

"You only took 7 years, which is really impressive. However, a person's achievements cannot be judged solely by the length of time they have studied. In the world, ordinary people are the majority, and geniuses are far too few."

"Hehe, I don't think so."

The prodigy confidently retorted.

"I am 15 years old this year. I plan to finish my undergraduate degree in 2 years, then my master's degree in 2 years, my doctorate in 2 years, and then spend 7 to 9 years trying to become a professor before I turn 30."