Chapter Ninety-Five: Admission Notice

  Even if we don't consider the various reasons, but even in HN where there are many stars, it's not guaranteed that they will have a chance to stand out. So why would anyone be foolish enough to give up Tianxing's strong support and high treatment to go to them?

  "I thank you all here, I hope that in the future we will work together to make the company even better, and all of you can become top stars in the country." Ji Xin'an smiled sincerely and bowed to them.

  Ji Xin'an's performance may not be perfect, but it has won the hearts of these people. With such a boss and shareholder, even if they become superstars in the future, they will not have the idea of jumping ship.

  Song Jiang's plan to introduce Zou Ze as the new CEO has been a success, and with An Xin as the company's shareholder, people's minds have been further stabilized. It is believed that in the future, similar poaching situations will be even less likely to happen.

  But he wouldn't let Ji Xin'an off so easily, keeping her at the company to participate in decision-making. Others might not know, but Song Jiangliang did - sometimes Ji Xin'an's ideas could make the company's profits soar several times over.

  So after telling Ji Xin'an about the company's situation, they began to discuss the company's direction and strategy with her. Liu Secretary was also asked to record every word she said, for future reference. Perhaps this was the last time Ji Xin'an could be so leisurely, as it would be impossible for her to manage the company's affairs again in the future.

  A few days later, Ji Xin'an's scores came out, and this time he not only became the champion of the city but also brought back the provincial science champion.

  She set several firsts this time, she is the first in the city to become the provincial champion, also the first female science champion in ten years, and also the first to apply for a military school with the title of champion, so many firsts add up to make this champion even more valuable.

  Ji Xin'an knew that such achievements would inevitably lead to interviews with reporters. At first, she politely declined several requests, but she underestimated their persistence. Some people even went to her school and asked the principal and teachers to persuade her to accept an interview. However, Ji Xin'an refused to be swayed by their advice, especially now that she had already graduated.

  Since she herself was not available for an interview, the reporter started interviewing her parents and friends, even classmates were not spared. However, Ji Xin An's real relatives and friends knew that she didn't like to show off, so they all declined the interviews. Instead, some of Ji Xin An's "classmates" whom she had never spoken to before jumped out to give their opinions.

  Ji Xin'an knew that things like this would blow over after a while, so she had her parents hide out for the time being and herself stayed in Song Jiangliang's office every day, with no one able to find her except for Zou Ze.

  There were no more interviewees, but the news still had to be written. So reporter friends began to compile at home by relying on those "classmates" interviews.

  When the three of them were holding the newspaper that Secretary had just delivered, Zou Ze was so delighted that he almost choked.

  "An An, these reporters are too formidable. Look at this, 'Top Female Student for Ten Years Running', it says you study every day until late at night, from primary school onwards without a break, even on New Year's Eve you don't put down your books. I say An An, when did this happen? How come I didn't know about it? It seems like this reporter has finally found the truth, and you're not some kind of genius after all, secretly putting in effort behind our backs." Zou Ze pretended to be suddenly enlightened, with a smug and pleased expression.

  "And this one, it's even more ridiculous. It says that you gave up the admission letter from Tsinghua University because of your poor family background and chose to attend a military academy instead, which doesn't require tuition fees. Are they implying that you should come to our company to audit our accounts?" Song Dangliang put down the newspaper, looked at Ji Xin'an, and chuckled.

  "Song Ge, you said that if Ji Xin'an's family was poor, then I wouldn't even be able to afford elementary school." Zou Ze also chimed in, saying that if she was poor, then there would be no rich people in the entire school.

  "You can stop laughing at me now, it's not like you haven't seen these reporters making things up before, but this time is just too ridiculous." Ji Xin'an was also flipping through the newspapers, and in comparison, what they had read earlier was actually better.

  "I really doubt if these people have eyes or not, just the place where she lives, there isn't even a working class, making up nonsense also needs to be based on some facts." Zou Ze threw away the newspaper in his hand, it seems that from now on, what these people say can't be trusted.

  "Who made you unsatisfied with their curiosity, and you're so special, so just to get by, you can only make it up. Besides, they might not be able to think of any other reason why a top scorer in the college entrance exam would take the military academy exam, so this explanation is more believable." Song Jiangliang has been dealing with these people for years, so he's used to it.

  "Yes, Song Ge is right. Because you're too special, everyone's very curious about you. This makes the reporters even more eager to dig up things from you, but you don't give them the chance. Can you blame others for making things up?" Zou Ze nodded, but didn't forget to tease Ji Xin'an. Such an opportunity was rare and he had to grasp it well.

  "I'd rather be like this now than face them, I still remember Zhang Xiaowen, and it's not enough for me to worry about running into another one like that. Now they can say whatever they want, anyway it's just these few days, after it's over no one will pay attention anymore. I don't believe a champion can be hyped by them for too long." Ji Xin'an said helplessly, if possible she didn't want to deal with these reporters again.

  The two of them laughed when they heard her words and picked up all the scattered newspapers on the table so she wouldn't get annoyed.

  The results are already out, and the admission notice should be coming soon. Everything else has been passed, it's just a matter of time now.

  There is no online admission or mobile phone notification, and the notice can only be mailed to the address you filled in, so this address is very important. If it's wrong or can't find the exact location, it may not be received.

  So most people fill in the school address, which is safer. Ji Xin'an filled in the place to receive the notice with the school like others.

  Ji Xin'an was still discussing a new script with Song Jiangliang at the company when he learned that the notice had arrived, and then Zou Ze pulled him away to pick up the notice together.

  Arrived at the head teacher's office, unexpectedly saw Yu Yao was already there, arguing with the head teacher about something.

  "Teacher, how can this be? I didn't even apply to this school or major. How did this happen?" Yu Yao looked at the admission notice with some agitation, a piano major at a certain Liberation Army Art Academy in Beijing, which was not the school she had applied to.

  "Yu Yao, don't get agitated first. The situation is like this: after you all filled out your volunteer forms that day, I contacted your parents. Your mother strongly disagreed with you taking the national defense university exam and personally came to change your form. Originally, she wanted to apply for the Central Music Academy on your behalf, but considering that you want to be a soldier, she changed it to this school instead. This way, you can still be a military person and won't waste all those years of piano study." The class teacher patiently explained to her, knowing that she must be furious at the moment, trying to calm her down as much as possible.

  "How could she change my volunteer work without my consent?" Yu Yao was excited after hearing this, and she almost tore up the admission notice in her hand.

  "She also wanted to discuss it with you, but she knew that if she told you, you would definitely quarrel, and the quarrel would be for nothing. She was afraid that it would affect your college entrance exam, so she took the initiative to change it for you. In fact, attending this school is not a bad thing, and your mother did it all for your own good. Besides, you like playing the piano so much, wouldn't it be a waste if you didn't learn it? It's really pitiful how parents think of their children with all their might, but still don't get appreciated."

  "How can that be the same?" Yu Yao was getting anxious, but it was already too late for that. Wasn't heaven even giving her a chance to just follow him?

  "Yu Yao, what's wrong?" The two outside the door only heard a rough idea, Ji Xin'an didn't understand, but Zou Ze already understood.

  "My mom changed my college application behind my back." Yu Yao said with a bitter face as she saw them coming in.

  Zou Ze took her admission letter, looked at it and unexpectedly let out a sigh of relief. "It's better this way, so you won't waste all those years of piano study, besides these are more suitable for you."

  "But she didn't even ask me and just changed it, that's too disrespectful to me." Yu Yao heard Zou Ze say this and felt wronged, with tears almost welling up in her eyes.

  "You didn't tell her when you were filling out your application form either." Zou Ze smiled and thought he was like coaxing a little kid.

  Yu Yao couldn't get a word in edgewise, and Ji Xin'an was even more bewildered after listening to their conversation, taking the admission notice from Zou Ze's hand.

  "How could your mom send you to an art school in the military, how can that compare to the Central Conservatory of Music?" Ji Xin'an was stuck in his own thinking and didn't consider other options.

  I thought it was originally the Central Conservatory of Music, but it turned out to be a school for troops.

  Yu Yao knew that Ji Xin An still didn't know the true situation, so she suddenly didn't know what to say, lowered her head and fell silent for a while, lost in thought.

  "Yu Yao, don't think too much, although the schools are different, aren't we still in the same troops?" Zou Ze thought that since Ji Xinan would find out about his own affairs soon anyway, there was no need to hide anything.

  "Don't worry, I'm fine. If heaven doesn't even give me this little bit of hope, maybe it's just trying to make me start over." Yu Yao lifted her head and forced a smile, but it looked more painful than crying.

  Ji Xin'an also realized it wasn't what she thought, but knew now wasn't the time to ask questions, so she just looked on.

  "You all carry on with what you're doing, I'll be off first," Yu Yao said, and then turned around and left dejectedly.

  "Zou Ze, what's going on?" Ji Xin'an looked at Zou Ze and asked after Yu Yao left.

  Zou Ze smiled and said, "You'll understand in a moment."

  The class teacher sighed at Yu Yao's appearance and picked out their two letters from a stack of envelopes.

  Ji Xin'an took it over and found that Zou Ze's school address was the same as his own. He quickly grabbed it and looked at it carefully, except for the recipient's name being different, everything else was the same.

  "Alright, let's go back first and I'll tell you slowly." Zou Ze put it away, smiled and pulled Ji Xin'an to leave.

  Ji Xin'an also felt that it was not quite suitable to say these things here, so after taking the notice, she thanked the class teacher and left with Zou Ze.

  "Tell me, what's going on?" After coming out, Ji Xin'an stopped when she saw no one was around, tore open his envelope, and found that it was from the same school as hers, just a different major.

  "Yes, yes, I've always heard you and my dad say that the military academy is so great. I want to go take a look and see what's so good about it, why you're all so obsessed." Zou Ze said with a smile, not wanting to let Ji Xin'an know that he was going for her sake, but also knowing that this reason was too unbelievable.

  "It's impossible. You love music so much, how can you just give up like that? And you've never liked military school, didn't you say you'd rather die than attend one?" Ji Xin'an looked at him incredulously.

  "How is it impossible? You allowed me to be the top scorer and go join the army, but you don't allow me to take the military school exam out of curiosity. Besides, when did I ever say that?" Zou Ze teased her, seeing that she didn't believe him.

  "Is Master forcing you to take the exam again? I'll go find him." Ji Xin'an knew that since Master had said he wouldn't oppose him, he couldn't possibly go back on his word, but Zou Ze wouldn't tell the truth otherwise.

  As expected, Zou Ze heard it and quickly pulled her back. "Don't go, it has nothing to do with my dad, I want to take the exam myself."

  "What's going on? Tell me the truth." Ji Xin'an turned around to look at him.

  Zou Ze lowered his head, "I can't let you face danger alone. If war really breaks out, I'll go to the battlefield with you."

  Ji Xin'an was stunned for a moment, didn't expect it to be for himself. "What about your music? Are you giving up on the dream you've had since childhood?"

  "What does this mean compared to being with you? If I really went to music school to achieve my dreams, but saw you facing danger alone, how could I be at peace?" Zou Ze revealed a smile, he had no regrets now, being able to stand together with Ji Xin An, he felt there was nothing happier than this.

  "What's the point of this, I'm not worth it." Ji Xin An's eyes moistened after hearing this. For her sake, he had given up on music, which he had loved since childhood, and chose that military school he had always resisted. This made her feel like she owed him too much.

  "You don't have to mind, and you don't have to feel like you owe me either. After all, you've helped me achieve my dream once, and many music academy graduates can't achieve what I did." Zou Ze smiled at her, knowing what Ji Xin'an was thinking in her heart, so he used this to persuade her, not wanting Ji Xin'an to feel guilty about his own affairs.

  "So now we're even, you helped me achieve one of my dreams, and now it's my turn to help you achieve yours. Although I may not be as good as you are, I'll always stand by your side and support you no matter what you do."