After careful consideration, Chen Bing realized that his condition had been gradually deteriorating since the New Year of 2009.
On the one hand, there was the economic reason of purchasing Bitcoin and Chen Shichao's business getting on track, which made him feel that it didn't matter if he didn't have to work hard anymore. On the other hand, there was his inherent laziness, which was stimulated by his carefree childhood.
Chen Bing, look at the state you've become!
The exercise plan I made for myself has been put on hold for more than half a year. I usually just sleep through kindergarten, and when I don't have classes, I just stay at home playing games, which makes my mom angry.
Even his long-standing passion for calligraphy has gradually faded. Think about the changes in your grandfather's expression lately.
He thought back to the principle of perseverance that he had suddenly told himself before.
Grandpa is very old. You did a great job, allowing him to see the success of his children and grandchildren in the twilight of his life. But now, you are destroying that joy with your own hands.
Don't you understand yet? Your real advantage isn't the information gap after your rebirth, but understanding the meaning of hard work a few years earlier than your peers! If you continue like this, you'll probably end up like Fang Zhongyong, just another ordinary person!
After figuring all this out, Chen Bing's mindset completely changed.
Fate has given him a chance to be reborn, but if he only uses this opportunity to make a little money and then become a carefree otaku, what is the point of his rebirth?
The achievements and contributions to society in the future may not even be as great as in the previous life.
"You're right, Shang Yunmiao, I know I was wrong."
Shang Yunmiao, who was focused on drawing, suddenly heard this. She thought that Chen Bing knew she shouldn't be playing games, which was why she said that.
It felt good to persuade someone to do good. Shang Yunmiao slightly revealed her cute little tiger teeth and said to him with a smile, "A good child is one who knows his mistakes and corrects them."
Good boy... I feel inexplicably ashamed.
For some reason, Chen Bing felt exceptionally good after being praised by this little girl.
He realized that he had become complacent and lacked goals, which led to his decline. Now, while he was still young, he decided to set himself a few small goals and work hard to achieve them.
"Shang Yunmiao, what are your dreams? Do you have any lofty ideals?"
As her benefactor who inspired her, Chen Bing doesn't mind helping Shang Yunmiao achieve some of the things she wants to achieve.
Hearing Chen Bing ask this question, the cute little girl frowned and thought about it seriously.
"Hmm... I want to revitalize education in my hometown."
Okay, that's enough.
No, I really have to talk to you about this. How come your first choice is so ambitious and idealistic? Are you really a four-year-old?
Shouldn't normal little kids at this age be saying things like, "I want to be a scientist," "I want to be a teacher," "I want to be rich," or "I want to travel the world"?
Why don't you just say you want to strive for the prosperity and strength of the motherland? Go ahead and say it, who can argue with you?
Why would you think that?
Despite her inner complaints, Chen Bing was still quite curious as to why this young girl, who hadn't even grown up yet, would say such a thing.
(I knew someone was going to make a dirty joke in the last sentence, so I put the handcuffs here. Anyone who says something outrageous will be handcuffed and executed.)
"Well... because Dad often tells Mom that his biggest dream in this life is to revitalize education in his hometown."
Judging from Shang Yunmiao's thoughtful expression, it was clear that she had no idea what those words meant; she had simply memorized the sentence.
The businessman's father's dream was to revitalize education in his hometown.
Chen Bing didn't think this was something an ordinary citizen would say. Considering Yun Xuan's identity as a junior high school Chinese teacher, Chen Bing had some guesses about his profession.
"What does your uncle do for a living?"
"Uh... teacher?"
As expected.
Chen Bing guessed that Shang's father was most likely a high school teacher at the county middle school.
The reason he didn't think it was primary or junior high school wasn't because he looked down on primary and junior high schools, but simply because compared to high school students taking the college entrance exam, their efforts in revitalizing education were somewhat behind the scenes.
Revitalizing education in our hometown?
The hometown mentioned here should refer to Shangping County, where Chen Bing was born and raised, right?
Indeed, according to his memory, as an inconspicuous small county in Shandong Province, a province with a large number of college entrance examination candidates, it only produced talents from those two top universities in 2001, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2021, 2025 and 2027 between 2000 and 2028, which can be said to be quite rubbish.
Besides, the percentage of students admitted to C9 universities, Double First-Class universities, and undergraduate programs is also quite poor.
Although the county's education system is terrible, it has a large number of high schools, nominally a total of six.
The reason it's described as "nominal" is because the two worst township-level high schools in the county are usually overlooked due to their small student population and poor educational quality.
Besides those two schools, there are also Shangping Experimental Middle School and Shangping No. 3 Middle School, which are tied for first place, with undergraduate admission rates hovering around 45%.
Then there are two county high schools with an undergraduate enrollment rate of only 30% and Shangping No. 2 High School and Shangping Hongtu High School, a private school with exorbitant prices.
Even though Shangping County has such poor student quality and so many high schools, there are still high schools from the city competing for outstanding middle school students.
If you only look at the college entrance examination results of people from Shangping County, you will find that this small county has people who are admitted to T2 universities almost every year. However, those are people who go directly to high school in the city or other places after the middle school entrance examination and then take the exam in other places. Therefore, it cannot be counted as an educational achievement of Shangping County.
Thinking about it this way, the education system in this small county is quite pathetic.
It's no wonder that Shang Yunmiao's father had such a dream.
Revitalizing education in our hometown?
If someone born and raised in this small county town, who received a full twelve years of education, were to become the top scorer in the city or even the province in the college entrance examination, wouldn't that revitalize education?
Chen Bing chuckled softly, a laugh that reflected his own arrogance.
Learning is something that really requires talent; it's not as simple as just studying it a couple of times and becoming a top student. In this life, getting an acceptance letter from a top-tier university is already a contribution to the development of this county, right?
Although that's what she thought, on that day, a seed called "top scholar" took root and sprouted in Chen Bing's young heart.
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