udies on various topics, focusing more on examination-oriented materials since this was currently the most crucial matter at hand for him.No matter what steps he wanted to take in the future, at prese...Chapter 93: The Idealist and Thinker

*Before Su Cen's rebirth, including when he returned to his hometown during his initial rebirth, he had always felt that his life trajectory had deviated so far from its original path. At the end of his junior high school years, he came across figures from his past memories and then unexpectedly ended up at the prestigious city No. 1 Middle School.

The accumulation of strength in small steps led to a change in his family's fate; they moved to Chengdu. He transferred to the No. 27 High School, simultaneously becoming an international exchange student in America.

If someone had told Su Cen before that he would spend Christmas 2000 and Spring Festival of 2001 in the United States, he might have thought it was a fairy tale. But indeed, for Christmas 2000, he found himself under American skies. The school meticulously prepared a Christmas party for all boarding students with long tables set up for the Christmas feast.

On January 24th of 2001, Mark Zuckerberg returned from Dobbs Ferry in New York to his family gathering and participated in Su Cen and Tang Wu's Lunar New Year celebration at the Asian Club’s "dumpling-making" event with other Asian students.

The organizers wore red clothes while most people were dressed casually. Even American high schoolers made oddly shaped dumplings, but they seemed to be quite creative when asked how to make them; they would wrinkle their brows and捏出一個隨意的形狀，然後反問為什麼不能這樣，就像是“小熊餅乾”。

Under these impressions, Su Cen felt that 2001 had quietly arrived, and it seemed pretty good.

Zuckerberg leaned against the armrest beside him, wearing a pair of casual slippers with uncleaned flour on his hands. He was enthusiastically discussing strategic ideas with Su Cen: "I will randomly place students' life photos on the website pages, constantly updating them to make people vote for who’s hotter. Eventually, they might see online dating as common as drinking beer."

Time passed quickly.

After trials at Exeter High School and Phillips Academy among other New England schools, Zuckerberg logged onto Harvard in February.

"Each person has a photo on their page, personal information on the right side of the page, as well as a friend list. Of particular note is that the topic most intriguing to college students – sex – occupies an eye-catching spot." While Harvard was boiling with gossip, Zuckerberg was showing Su Cen his secretive and creative ideas.

"The information in 'Find Friends' and 'Current Status' indicates what kind of relationship you can establish with the profile owner. You can also assess yourself based on the conditions listed under 'What I Expect from a Friend.' An early Easter egg feature allows family members to send text messages via phone asking, 'Wanna do [something]' If the recipient is willing, their room number will be the response."

It was precisely these clever and daring designs that made the site a huge success.

The last month of Su Cen's exchange student life.

"More than just Harvard students have joined in, we now have a massive customer base at the university level. I'm launching the 'friend circle' feature that you mentioned. This function gives everyone an idea of what the future will look like: see how popular you are and what others think of you; discover which circles you're in, display your social network visually, and check your reputation. The calculation method for reputation is similar to the web page ranking algorithm."

Mark opened a webpage on his computer, "I've drawn up a structure diagram that allows users to see how many layers of separation there are between them and another user, based on their own network. How can you contact this person by jumping from 'this circle' to 'that circle' The number of layers between the two of you"

It was Su Cen's visionary mind, combined with Mark’s technology and American creativity, that made these deadly attractions irresistible in sweeping through Ivy League universities and elite schools like Exeter High.

The vast customer base of computer users in America, where almost every student has a computer on campus, resulted in an energy that could not be stopped or resisted. It was this change in the historical process that caused everything to happen four years earlier than expected.

In Mark’s Greek-themed dormitory, the chessboard that had been placed centrally was replaced by a map of America. The two were drawing on it with pens and pencils. Su Cen knew he didn’t have much time left; after discussing with Zuckerberg briefly, he would go to the International Office to complete all the procedures for his return home.

"Our next move is towards the west coast of America," said Su Cen as he drew a large circle on the map with a marker. Zuckerberg leaned forward, at eighteen already showing strategic acumen, furrowing his brows as he looked at the map.

“Silicon Valley has Stanford and Berkeley universities, tech giants such as Yahoo, Cisco, Apple, and Google are there; it's where everything about the internet took off. We need to establish our influence in these many colleges. Perhaps we can get venture capital there to serve as our initial funding. I hope you'll bring me good news from China this summer."

"Su, our collaboration is seamless, but now you're leaving!" Mark sounded a little sad; who would have thought that at only 17 years old he was still just an adolescent and not even old enough to legally drink in America. When Jiang Chi became the world's youngest billionaire at age twenty-five, it was four years ahead of schedule. But Su Cen estimated that perhaps Mark could only reach his later achievements at this age.

Right now they each had fifty percent shares; therefore, although Su Cen might not become the world’s youngest billion-dollar bachelor like Mark did, he might be the second-youngest billionaire after him.

To some extent, it was all due to the efforts of this young man. Su Cen blushed a little at the thought that the creative ideas he brought were only possible because of him.

However, rebirth was also a process of leveraging trends; many things didn't need his personal involvement. Because there are some industries and careers where you would realize that you're merely human, not a god, if you don’t do it yourself.

Just like Su Cen refusing invitations to sports clubs or teams at Exeter Academy because of the rigorous physical demands involved in activities such as hockey, baseball, golf, track and field, fencing, and squash.

Few people can participate in all three simultaneously; even participating in two is already incredibly impressive.

This also applies to the reborn Su Can. He merely provided the ideas and implemented them. For those who work hard for this cause their whole lives, he inevitably has intricate connections with them. From these world-changing projects, he can gain benefits and find his own value in existence, which is the greatest happiness.

"I have to go now, but we created ZaoAo, and I hold the highest permissions here. We can still work, just that it will be online from now on. With your current honors, as long as you maintain your Greek and Latin scores, getting into Harvard shouldn't be a problem. This is merely one phase of your life. As for this project, perhaps it will be your future career. I'll offer my advice and support for you in China."

Su Can walked to the door to leave.

Behind him, Zack said, "This is our business!"

Su Can nodded and turned to close the door.

In Exeter High School, Su Can's efforts were not in vain. The exchange student evaluation document he received was filled with full marks from Exeter High School for every category.

Usually, the school would give the evaluated students an appropriate title, just like Mark Zuckerberg later became known as the "Prince of Crime" at Harvard. Su Can's given title by Exeter Academy was "A Debater Endowed With Eloquence," likely derived from his lecture convincing the school to open a database.

Tang Wu's evaluation read: "The Little Thinker of Exeter."

This assessment might have been summarized by Tang Wu’s mentor. Because Tang Wu usually asks many questions, and at the same time, the school praises her for being excellent in mathematics. Her language communication skills and adaptability to multicultural environments left a deep impression on the school.

Upon receiving full evaluations from Exeter Academy, Su Can and Tang Wu were informed that their exchange student period was over. They would depart New Hampshire in February of the following year and return to China.

Suddenly feeling a lack of reality in this foreign land, just as when they arrived in America everything happened too quickly and naturally, without time to react or summarize their American life and those American high school students who cheered for them. They had already received tickets to fly back to Shanghai.

Yet all these things had truly occurred: the school, these students, that night's kiss and passion at the party, the future billion-dollar career.

All of these events have indeed taken place and are still happening.

Su Cen's departure wasn't overly dramatic; not too many people came to see him off. Only Zack and some other close friends were present—among them, the presidents and members from societies who once tried to recruit Su Cen for gatherings. They watched as he boarded the bus heading towards Boston Logan Airport from their school.

Everyone joked collectively about the three most unforgettable classic sayings at Exeter Academy that could be enshrined in its hall of fame, eliciting cheers and applause.

The bus started moving. Su Cen and Tang Wu waved to the people outside the window. These past three months had been an unexpected fluctuation in their destiny; just a slight turn, leaving behind some American faces.

When they arrived, Chengdu was shrouded in gloominess; now that they were departing, Boston was cold and icy.

This flight connected them to the blooming spring city of Chengdu and the aerial route back home.

As well as that summer when the college entrance exam would heat up across the Chinese Republic.

But Su Xiaocan, the "well-intentioned one" bringing back full evaluations from Exeter High School, and Tang Xiaowu, the "philosopher," seemed to have transcended worldly affairs.

This chapter of high school life is hoped to be unforgettable; I've been striving all along.

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