Lin Ruru's shout jolted everyone in Class 36 awake.
The whole class instantly erupted in excitement.
"Holy crap, really? Professor Ji is coming back to our school?!"
"Professor Ji hasn't been back for so many years, oh my god, I'm so excited!"
"Ahhh! So that means we're not just seeing Professor Ji on TV or online, but actually meeting him in person?"
"It's no exaggeration to say that at that moment, the little girl was so happy she almost fainted!"
Jiang Nian's second brother had told her a few days ago that he would be giving a lecture at Yingzhong tonight, so she wasn't surprised.
Jiang Nian didn't know why everyone in her class was so excited when they heard the news.
Seeing the confusion in Jiang Nian's eyes, Lin Ruru assumed that she didn't know who Ji Yanci was, so she explained it to her.
"Niannian, don't you know who Professor Ji is?"
After what happened yesterday, Lin Ruru has come to regard Jiang Nian as her most important friend, and her way of addressing her has changed from "Jiang Nian classmate" to "Jiang Nian" and then to "Nian Nian".
"Professor Ji is the youngest professor and vice dean of the Department of Finance at Peking University. He is only 28 years old this year."
"Ordinary people graduate with a doctorate at most by the age of twenty-eight. Especially at top universities like Peking University, professors and vice deans are at least close to forty years old. Professor Ji is so young, yet he has achieved such incredible success. Who wouldn't admire him?"
"Of course, Professor Ji's strength lies not only in his current reputation, but also in his resume."
"Professor Ji is our senior. Back then, he skipped two grades in elementary school and one grade in junior high, so he entered our Yingzhong at the age of thirteen. At the age of fifteen, he was directly admitted to Peking University because he won first place in the national math Olympiad. He was truly a genius who crushed everyone else."
"However, the girls are so excited not only because Professor Ji is outstanding and is a senior, but mainly because Professor Ji is so young and so good-looking."
As she said this, Lin Ruru's cheeks flushed, and her starry eyes were full of admiration.
“Niannian, didn’t you see the video of Professor Ji attending a seminar abroad last year? That video went viral on foreign websites.”
"In that video, Professor Ji was sitting in the corner, wearing a shirt, trousers, and gold-rimmed glasses, with an indifferent expression. His handsome and noble face was absolutely stunning. No girl could resist being moved by him!"
I didn't know my second brother was so amazing.
Jiang Nian suddenly remembered the group chat from a few days ago.
No wonder that after learning she was J, the third brother said in the group chat that the family finally had a second top student besides the second brother.
My second brother even said she was better than he was back then.
"No, I don't know the exact time and which auditorium Professor Ji's lecture will be in. I must go and grab a seat as soon as the school issues an announcement."
Lin Ruru said excitedly.
"Stealing a seat?" Jiang Nian frowned slightly.
“Yes, Niannian, you don’t know, our Yingzhong has four auditoriums for lectures. Apart from the old No. 1 auditorium, which is rarely used now, we don’t always use the other three auditoriums. We are notified half a day in advance each time.”
"Then each auditorium has a dedicated Q&A area at the very front, with fifty seats."
"The school stipulates that students who want to ask questions during the lecture should prepare their questions in advance and reserve a spot in the question area. After the lecture, students in the question area can take photos with the speaker and get autographs, etc."
"Of course, not everyone will be asked questions by the teacher, but the teacher will select people from the question area to interact with."
"So whenever a very famous and popular teacher comes to give a lecture, everyone rushes to grab a spot in the question area."
"As for teachers who aren't well-known, nobody wants to ask them questions or take photos with them, so the question area goes unfilled, and the school will arrange for some class monitors to act as shills."
"So, with Professor Ji coming tonight, I reckon the Q&A area will be scrambled for by the entire senior class as soon as the announcement is made."
Just as Lin Ruru finished explaining to Jiang Nian, someone in the classroom suddenly shouted, "Holy crap, you guys are looking at the forum!"
"Some people say that the top-performing class found out in advance that Professor Ji's lecture was at 8 pm tonight in the fourth auditorium, and all the seats in the question area have already been taken by their class!"
What?
His words stirred up a huge wave of discussion.
The students in Class 36 were in an uproar and rushed to check the forum.
It was posted by an anonymous person.
[Don't bother trying to grab seats in Professor Ji's question area anymore; it's already been reserved by the top-performing class.]
This post was only posted for a dozen minutes when it immediately became the most popular, with hundreds of replies.
Someone on the second floor asked, "Hasn't an announcement been made yet? How could the top-performing class know the time and location of the lecture beforehand?"
The person replied:
[I heard this from someone in the top-performing class. They said Professor Ji came to Yingzhong to give a lecture because the Song family sponsored his project at Peking University with three million yuan, and Professor Ji came to express his gratitude. Think about which class the Song family's young master is in?]
It's infuriating to compare yourself to others. The top-performing class already gets special treatment in everything, with all the best resources the school provides. Now, even for a lecture, they're informed in advance and told to reserve the best seats.
[Furthermore, I heard that Professor Ji's lecture this time is specifically about teaching high school seniors how to build effective learning methods. Maybe asking Professor Ji a question will clear things up instantly, opening up their thinking and making it easy to score several tens of points higher.]
But now, the opportunities are only for those in the top-performing class.
Upon seeing these words, hundreds of replies followed, some sarcastic, some cursing, and some envious.
The resentment of students from other classes was practically overflowing from the screen.
This is really bad.
The girls in Class 36 were excited for less than ten minutes, and they were all eager to grab seats.
Now they've been told to give up on the idea and not even think about having a chance to ask questions.
Everyone was angry and helpless, including Lin Ruru, who immediately became dejected and hung her head in dejection.
Even if it's unfair, what do the students in the regular classes have to compete with the top-performing classes?
Moreover, if Professor Ji really came because of the Song family, it would be reasonable to give preferential treatment to the top-performing class.
Seeing the heavy atmosphere in the class, no one was in the mood to learn. Jiang Nian couldn't help but frown: "Who said that Professor Ji came because of the Song family?"
Unexpectedly, these words were overheard by the students from the top-performing class who were passing by outside the door.
One of the girls, with an arrogant air, glanced at Class 36, not recognizing that Jiang Nian had asked the question. She raised her voice and spoke with disdain.
"Who else could it be but Ranran, the future daughter-in-law of the Song family? You have Jiang Nian in your class, but what good is she? The Song family doesn't even acknowledge her."
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