and canvas shoes, looking quite fair-skinned and well-developed.Su Cen couldn't help but sigh slightly. Indeed, No. 1 High School had reasons to be proud. A large number of local officials and upper-...Chapter 89 Unexpected Encounter
The online version of the campus roster turned the concept of Phillips Exeter Academy upside down, becoming a topic of conversation among students who never imagined they could connect so closely with each other through the registered templates.
This caught the attention of nearby Phillips High Schools, where students connected to Exeter via external networks and opened up a Phillips High School section on Suen Zake's website. This section allowed students from nearby Phillips High Schools to categorically join this campus community.
The high school strictly prohibited mobile phone usage, and the current online communication tools were not yet mature enough. Therefore, Fangbibi’s form of communication with personal photo albums was almost equivalent to real-life interactions, which immediately sparked a craze upon its release.
Similar situations where students could hardly connect closely when Suen Zake entered the school and even missed the exchange student welcome meeting became a thing of the past.
The students from Phillips High School left messages expressing their gratitude to Suen Zake for his online roster.
"It makes us feel like we're part of this collective!" one person commented.
"Thank you. I believe whoever made this is a genius; it's simply perfect."
"I prefer your performance in convincing the school authorities very much. A brilliant speech! If anyone tries to stop such progress, they will be fighting against the tide; it cannot be resisted!"
For Suen Zake and Fangbibi, this was just the beginning.
Winter at Exeter Academy.
"The support from Exeter is growing stronger. We've accomplished something truly remarkable," said Zach as he sat down beside Su Chen in a chair under an umbrella by the school's rowing club, watching the crew practice on the water.
Tang Wu was making an international call at the club, talking to her parents about her recent life in America. Su Chen leaned back against his beach chair with an iced juice beside him; ice cubes inside the drink reflecting light like ripples of water.
Now that he was enjoying the seaside and beach chairs under a sun umbrella while sipping on iced juice at Exeter's backyard, how could he have imagined that back in China, students from No. 27 High School were hunched over their books with only an electric fan for comfort
"You must think that the support from Exeter is due to our ideas," Zach said with a slyness that hinted at his natural inclination towards conspiracy theories as he sprawled out in his jeans.
"Actually, no. This school has 150 years of history and currently hosts over 900 students with annual tuition and boarding fees totaling $34,000 per student. In reality, the school spends about $62,000 on each student—tuition only covers half of the educational expenses."
"The school’s operations mainly rely on its endowment fund. This fund now amounts to $150 million, which averages out to about $500,000 per student. If we calculate according to this average, it can be said that even among American universities, Exeter ranks among the top thousand wealthiest institutions."
"The New York Times has reported on this in detail; with the school requiring students to live on campus as if they were living at home, they expect a stronger sense of belonging from graduates akin to their own parents. So once we succeed and become successful, we will be able to give back 'to our parents' by putting more money into the endowment fund of the school."
"Since income comes primarily from donations and investment returns rather than tuition fees, in order to maintain long-term advantages, it must attract the most outstanding individuals. Relying on these people's success and future contributions back to their alma mater is expected. If the students are not as excellent or successful as those of other schools, they will lack the means to回饋母校。長此以往，學校就會失去競爭力。用股市作比方，買一個股票。不是為了今天省幾個錢。而是要看這個股票未來的升值潛力。一個一貧如洗的學生也許需要你一年花3萬多塊請來，但如果他日後成了比爾蓋茨，就撞上大運了。”
紮克最後直中要害。“菲利普斯高中一直以來和我們形成極大的競爭關係，埃克塞特學院去年的捐助基金投資回報率為引魄，淨收入一億多美元，競爭對手菲利普斯學院的引乙美元捐助基金則有引岔的回報。這上麵追得很緊，可以知道雙方幾乎達到了白兵戰的程度！為了和菲利普斯拉開差距。學校不介意扶持類似於我們這樣或許能夠在未來一鳴驚人，給予學校名譽聲望乃至於資本回饋的人物！”
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Chapter 89 Unexpected Encounter
The online version of the campus roster turned the concept of Phillips Exeter Academy upside down, becoming a topic of conversation among students who never imagined they could connect so closely with each other through the registered templates.
This caught the attention of nearby Phillips High Schools. Students there connected to Exeter via external networks and opened up a Phillips High School section on Suen Zake's website, allowing students from those schools to categorically join this campus community.
The high school strictly prohibited mobile phone usage, and existing online communication tools were not yet mature enough. Therefore, Fangbibi’s form of communication with personal photo albums was almost equivalent to real-life interactions and immediately sparked a craze upon its release.
Similar situations where students could hardly connect closely when Suen Zake entered the school and even missed the exchange student welcome meeting became a thing of the past.
The students from Phillips High School left messages expressing their gratitude to Suen Zake for his online roster.
"It makes us feel like we're part of this collective!" one person commented.
"Thank you. I believe whoever made this is a genius; it's simply perfect."
"I prefer your performance in convincing the school authorities very much. A brilliant speech! If anyone tries to stop such progress, they will be fighting against the tide; it cannot be resisted!"
For Suen Zake and Fangbibi, this was just the beginning.
Winter at Exeter Academy.
"The support from Exeter is growing stronger. We've accomplished something truly remarkable," said Zach as he sat down beside Su Chen in a chair under an umbrella by the school's rowing club, watching the crew practice on the water.
Tang Wu was making an international call at the club, talking to her parents about her recent life in America. Su Chen leaned back against his beach chair with iced juice beside him; ice cubes inside the drink reflecting light like ripples of water.
Now that he was enjoying the seaside and beach chairs under a sun umbrella while sipping on iced juice at Exeter's backyard, how could he have imagined that back in China, students from No. 27 High School were hunched over their books with only an electric fan for comfort
"You must think that the support from Exeter is due to our ideas," Zach said, revealing a slyness that hinted at his natural inclination towards conspiracy theories as he sprawled out in his jeans.
"Actually, no. This school has 150 years of history and currently hosts over 900 students with annual tuition and boarding fees totaling $34,000 per student. In reality, the school spends about $62,000 on each student—tuition only covers half of the educational expenses."
"The school’s operations mainly rely on its endowment fund. This fund now amounts to $150 million, which averages out to about $500,000 per student. If we calculate according to this average, it can be said that even among American universities, Exeter ranks among the top thousand wealthiest institutions."
"The New York Times has reported on this in detail; with the school requiring students to live on campus as if they were living at home, they expect a stronger sense of belonging from graduates akin to their own parents. So once we succeed and become successful, we will be able to give back 'to our parents' by putting more money into the endowment fund of the school."
"Since income comes primarily from donations and investment returns rather than tuition fees, in order to maintain long-term advantages, it must attract the most outstanding individuals. Relying on these people's success and future contributions back to their alma mater is expected. If the students are not as excellent or successful as those of other schools, they will lack the means to回饋母校。長此以往，學校就會失去競爭力。用股市作比方，買一個股票。不是為了今天省幾個錢。而是要看這個股票未來的升值潛力。一個一貧如洗的學生也許需要你一年花3萬多塊請來，但如果他日後成了比爾蓋茨，就撞上大運了。”
Zach's final remark hit the nail on the head. "Phillips High School has been our main competitor all along, and Exeter’s endowment fund investment return rate last year was 15%, yielding a net income of over $10 million. Our rival Phillips Academy, with an endowment fund of $80 million, earned only a 9% return. The competition is so tight that it has reached the level of bare-knuckle fighting! To distance itself from Phillips, the school doesn't mind supporting individuals like us who might become prominent figures in the future and bring prestige and financial returns to the school!"
Saying it down to the essence, Su Cen seriously doubted that Zack was only seventeen years old. However, he was naturally a strategist and conspiracy theorist, and policies encouraging students' self-reliance and independent entrepreneurship were essentially about laying groundwork for the school's future development. The real purpose behind all this was to enhance the school's core competitiveness.
Therefore, Exeter High School willingly let them proceed with their plans and even more so looked at the helpless expression on Phillips Academy’s students when they joined a roster website centered around their high school.
The cooperation from Exeter High School made everything go smoothly; this was a favorable wind that Su Cen borrowed.
Su Cen stroked the rim of his glass and said, "The next step is to roll out simultaneously in ten Ivy League universities. These include Harvard, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, etc."
He paused for a moment then continued, "Zack, the Internet era has gone through two stages before this point. The first stage was one-to-one communication with typical interaction methods being emails. The second stage was one-to-many communication, which is phase 1.0; its representative form is the rise of various portal websites. In this aspect, there are many people who have walked ahead of us and are at the forefront. Many of them are listed on NASDAQ, and most of their CEOs are billionaires. Simply imitating their successful experiences will make someone a leader in our country too. The second stage belongs to their era."
"But now we're entering the third stage, many-to-many communication, where human interaction becomes the central information phase, which is the next era of the Internet. In the previous era, we couldn't keep up with them; we could only look up to those heroes. But now, we are grasping this era's most critical pulse. We're on the crest of a wave at the forefront of change, and it's our time!"
"It seems that new heroes will emerge soon!" Zack raised his glass and lightly clinked it with Su Cen’s, "But maybe we aren't just heroes; what matters is that strategically, we hope to turn this into a global platform like telephones, simple yet highly interactive and indispensable. They will become the gateway to the digital world, which connects the globe."
"Su, I'm sorry about your departure; actually, you could have stayed if you wanted us to work together. This is our venture!" Zack sounded a bit regretful since each day that passed meant Su Cen was getting closer to returning home.
"Don't worry. You have things to do at this stage while I have my own agenda. In America, you're a big deal and so am I; we'll meet frequently in the future. This is just a brief separation. Don't forget our strategic goal isn't limited to the U.S."
After convincing the school administration to open up their databases during the school debate meeting, and with his sudden fame this week, Zack had tasted the sweetness of success and decided on this as the first step in his career.
Su Cen finally found a suitable soulmate for overseas operations.
On Wednesday, a deep black Lincoln car parked outside the school. After talking with the administration, these people were allowed to enter the school's reception room.
In the meeting hall, Su Cen and Mark Zuckerberg met this group of outsiders. A plump man in a suit and tie introduced a young and energetic man in his twenties: "This is our Mingda Corporation’s executive president. We find your idea of building a network at high school very interesting. Last week when you launched on Harvard University, it was highly influential; we heard that within two hours over three hundred people signed up for it, and now it already has two thousand clients at Harvard. Our company is willing to invest thirty thousand dollars to acquire 30% of your shares."
"Thirty thousand dollars Thirty percent share" Su Cen raised an eyebrow. Standing beside him, Zack remained silent as he stared at the young man from the fourth generation wealth family, who clearly disapproved of his casual appearance with shorts and flip-flops.
The plump man thought these two kids hadn't expected such a sudden opportunity, so he felt somewhat proud when saying: "Firstly, we congratulate you! You know that for our company's investment projects, this is already a significant amount for small websites like yours. And you've earned such an opportunity with your talent!" He tapped the table excitedly with his pen.
"Sorry, I have to inform you that thirty thousand dollars can only buy us three-thousandths of our shares," Su Cen said after some thought.
The cool fourth-generation rich man sitting across from them froze in expression. He then tried to stand up but the anger surging inside him made him return quickly and sit back down before them.
"Your lack of sincerity and arrogance is overshadowing your own brilliance. I don't know what makes you so arrogant; at your age, getting thirty thousand dollars investment should be something to feel fortunate about! Because I helped you precisely when you needed it!"
"Thirty thousand dollars for thirty percent of our shares This sounds like plundering. Perhaps you can consider a different form of venture capital: thirty thousand dollars as a loan to us, and we'll give you the expected returns," Su Cen responded.
"I don't understand why everyone's attitude is so inflated; do you think you will be the next Bill Gates But look at what kind of unrealistic dreams Bill Gates has made all American high school students have!" The Mingda Corporation president was agitated, "I can agree to an additional investment but your shares shouldn’t be treated as treasures that you keep tightly shut like women's buttocks, because that’s impractical!"
Su Cen shook his head. "I think it's necessary to declare a principle: we are willing to choose our investment partners and hope that all investors can benefit from this. However, we will not sell out to any company or individual, even in the face of Microsoft’s acquisition."
The idea of every person having a personal computer was considered crazy at that time. But my goal aligns with Zuckerberg's; we aim to create a commercial revolution.
Su Cen pointed at Zuckerberg. He appeared very confident and assured, "The Empire has changed the course of human society in many ways. Why can't this boy be the next Gates"self.Tired of lengthy speeches, upon hearing Su Cen’s story, everyone felt refreshed. "Interesting. Interesting."However, the seasoned debater and young writer who excelled at impromptu speeches, seei...