Chapter 146 The Fake Daughter of a Wealthy Family 12
August is the start date for most universities in the United States. Countless young men and women who have just graduated from high school enter the university gate with full expectations and longings.
Here, they will spend the best four years of their lives, make many new friends, and possibly lose some old friends; there will be growth, as well as setbacks, joy, as well as loss and sadness; they will suddenly fall in love, as well as wade through the pain of a broken heart and move on to the next relationship.
No matter what, these will be precious memories in the future.
The beautiful campus of MIT is now at its busiest, with new students reporting in an endless stream.
"Lindsay this way!"
Emily, with her short light blonde hair and bangs that almost cover her eyebrows, stood under the shade of a tree, waving her arms excitedly.
Lindsay immediately trotted forward: "Emily? Oh my god, how did you recognize me?"
"You forgot you posted a photo before. You look exactly like in the photo."
Emily winked playfully: "Thanks to Facebook, we were able to find classmates before enrollment. I also made an appointment with a senior student, and she will take us on a tour of the campus after the opening ceremony."
"Facebook is really great. Come to think of it, none of the Rockefeller family's investments have failed. Is it true that they are blessed by God?"
Facebook, the social networking service website founded by Freire and Zuckerberg in the second year after Freire entered Harvard, was initially limited to Harvard University students and then expanded to all colleges and universities in the Boston area.
As of the end of last year, it had nearly 40 million active users, ranking first among all websites whose main business is to serve college students; it ranks seventh among all websites in the United States and is also the number one photo sharing site.
Last October, Microsoft spent nearly $300 million to purchase a 1.6% stake in Facebook, bringing the company's valuation to $15 billion.
In just three or four years, this growth rate can be said to be very amazing, and the net worth of several founders has skyrocketed as a result.
"I heard that it was that person who made the connection. When she went to Harvard to visit her brother, she happened to meet Zuckerberg's Chinese girlfriend. She accidentally talked about this matter and she was very interested. That's how she introduced Zuckerberg to Mr. Rockefeller Jr."
Emily held Lindsay's arm and lowered her voice involuntarily:
"I saw someone post a message saying that person will give a speech as an outstanding student at the opening ceremony. I don't know if it's true?"
Lindsay couldn't contain her excitement. "Really? If it's true, that would be great! I haven't seen the real person yet!"
There is a lot of information about her on Facebook, with many photos uploaded every day. Most of them are about someone encountering her somewhere, and they are often followed by long paragraphs of praise.
For example, she is super cute and beautiful, has a super nice personality, and has amazing grades, etc.
Emily couldn't help but sigh:
"Tell me, how can there be such a big gap between people? I am several years older than her, but she is already a senior, and she has been ranked first every year in MIT, which is known as the 'pressure cooker', and she studies the most difficult electronic engineering."
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a world-renowned private research school, known as the "best science and technology university in the world", and it attracts some of the best students in the world.
But as an MIT professor said, "No matter how good you are, you are still not good enough." Here, the intense science and engineering studies are known as a "pressure cooker."
Among studying, sleeping, and social activities, the average MIT student can only do two. If someone can do all three, he is a "superman".
MIT students must complete 360 credits to graduate. The heavy workload forces students to "survive in the cracks". They don't care about time when studying and they don't care about space when sleeping. The degree of hard work of students after entering the university is rare in the world.
The Department of Engineering is MIT's most famous department with the most applicants, but it is also the most "difficult" department to study. Among them, the most famous major is the Electronic Engineering major.
The executive director of the American Society of Engineering Education once said: "If MIT suddenly disappeared, national security would be in jeopardy. They are the IBM of engineering."
This shows the importance of this school and this major.
However, there are always people in this world who are geniuses among a small group of geniuses, with unique abilities and gifts.
Just like the person they are discussing, he is not only a superman, but can be called a god in the universal values.
Not only is the school far ahead in professional courses, but it has also made extraordinary achievements in art such as painting, music and dance.
Lindsay's face was full of admiration:
“There are very few of her paintings circulating on the market, but every one of them has been sold at a high price. The Madonna painting she made when she was ten years old is still a legend!”
There is even an art college that has set up a special research course to study her painting methods, techniques, and the unique spiritual world constructed by her paintings.
“And there’s a piano!”
If painting brings her high income and much discussion, then piano brings her high fame.
Emily clasped her hands together, with stars in her eyes:
"The youngest gold medalist of the Chopin International Piano Competition! The 'Olympics' of the music world and the 'Nobel Prize' of the piano world!"
This competition is held only once every five years. Its greatest features are high standards, strict requirements and the principle of preferring to have nothing rather than something mediocre.
The top jury will judge the six grand prizes and special prizes of each competition based on the actual performance of the contestants. However, if they believe that no one is qualified enough for a certain award, they would rather leave it vacant than let a latecomer take over.
Before her, the Gold Award had been vacant for nearly twenty years!
"How can there be such a perfect person?"
"Did you forget about ballet?"
Lindsay laughed so hard:
"Is the gold medal of the Varna International Ballet Competition, the oldest and most prestigious ballet competition in the world, an honor not worth mentioning in front of that person? Hahaha!"
Emily couldn't help laughing: "So there are many other awards. I guess we can't count them all even if we spend a whole day and night counting them all!"
Lindsay touched her chin and suddenly said:
"In that case, that person still has shortcomings."
"What?" Emily's eyes widened, a little unhappy: "Lindsay, don't talk nonsense, how could she have any flaws?!"
That is the God in the hearts of countless people...
Lindsay held down her hand as she tried to pull it away, fearing that her new friend, with whom she had become close friends, would ignore her because of this. Her words came out like a machine gun:
"Listen to me. If I have to point out a flaw, it's that she adds pressure to children all over the world! Every time she participates in a competition, the training courses for that event will see a peak in registrations, all of which are parents signing up for their children."
Emily was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh. It was true. It could be said that she had influenced several generations to some extent.
This influence may not be obvious now, but in a few years or even a dozen years, when a new generation of young people grow up, they will find that many of their choices were derived from that person.
The elective course she took in high school has been known all over the world and has been the most popular elective course in recent years.
There are even some schools that did not offer those courses before, but were forced to add them as elective courses due to strong requests from parents and students.
Not to mention that after she was confirmed to attend MIT, its servers were once overwhelmed.
"It is our fortune, but also our misfortune, to be born in the same era as her..."
Fortunately, they witnessed with their own eyes an unprecedented bright star slowly rising before their eyes.
They feel amazed, proud and relieved that she exists in this world.
Unfortunately, that person's brilliance is too dazzling, and everyone is destined to be her foil and can only follow her path.
Just like her, how much of her choice of this school was because she truly loved it, and how much was it because that person was here?
"Hey, did you see the news report not long ago?" Lindsay saw that the atmosphere was not right and quickly interrupted: "It's about the incident in China!"
"She actually went to China to participate in the search and rescue operation without telling anyone. Mr. Rockefeller was so angry that he sent dozens of people to kidnap her and brought her back! She even dominated the headlines of the social news..."
In May this year, a major earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province of China. Although a bunch of related "prophecy posts" and "warning posts" appeared from nowhere before, there were always people who did not believe them, and some casualties were still caused.
After hearing the news, she not only donated 200 million US dollars immediately, but also contacted several international professional rescue teams. However, no one expected that she would actually go to the dangerous area in person to participate in the rescue.
You know, there were still some aftershocks of considerable magnitude at that time...
When the ground began to shake, Su Youran was squatting in a deep pit with a crying child in her arms.
It has been two days since she arrived here, and no one recognized her because she was wearing a mask.
Although she is very well-known in China, no one was in the mood to pay attention to other people at this time. Everyone was focused on the rescue.
She came here with the international rescue team, and others took her for granted as one of them. Every day, she did what others did, ate what others ate, and never complained about the hardship or tiredness.
Only here can you realize the preciousness of life. They will shout loudly for rescuing another person, and they will also break down and cry because they have not found any signs of life for a long time.
The mood was depressing every day, but no one gave up, they were all trying their best.
Especially those in military uniforms, they are the most tired and the most selfless.
“Come up quickly!”
Yan Zhen extended his hand to Su Youran. His eyes were bloodshot from not sleeping for several days. His handsome face was tanned and his brows were furrowed.
"Hurry up, it's not safe down there!"
Su Youran glanced at his rough hands that were covered in bloody cuts. She picked up the child without hesitation and held him above her head.
"Pick up the child first! I can climb up by myself."
When Yan Zhen handed the child to others and looked back, he saw the thin girl whose face could not be seen clearly climbing up in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
It had been raining and the road was muddy. Every time she stepped down, a thick layer of mud was stirred up. The weight under her feet also increased, making it quite difficult for her to climb.
The rain wet her hair. Perhaps it blocked her vision, so she pulled all her hair behind her head. However, she did not notice that her hands were covered with mud. Suddenly, her originally fair forehead was covered with mud marks.
It looks like a harlequin cat, pitiful and cute.
Yan Zhen couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips, but she didn't expect that her feet slipped the next second and she fell down!
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