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The bicycle made a creaking noise as it stopped outside the dormitory complex. Tang Wu got off and took the book from Su Can, walking alongside him while he pushed the bike.
"A few days ago, I met Lin Luoran. Zhang Xiaqiao invited her to a gathering with our dorm mates."
"Hmm." Tang Wu naturally knew about this; she had heard recent rumors but understood that misinformation can spread easily. Her worries faded quickly because of her trust in the situation.
"We went for a walk later, and I saw her back to school. When returning to campus, I was recorded as coming late again. This bad record is bothering me lately, and I’ve been thinking about getting Dorm Leader Wang Dongjian’s help to solve it. As such, we might have to compensate your father with a meal, but that shouldn’t be a problem, right"
Tang Wu felt much better for some reason and nodded, "It's nothing to worry about."
Is everything really okay Su Can wasn't sure. Although he had stolen the contract from Chao Yue last time, it might have worsened the situation. Tang Wei’s father was hired with investment to revitalize Donglin Group’s business and profit-sharing contracts. However, if they were sued for compensation, Donglin Group would have to pay back the money with all its assets, leaving Tang Wei's father to bear the brunt of it, possibly losing all his investments.
Managing billions of assets doesn't mean one can avoid being held back by small details. Nowadays, in business, making many mistakes is common; who among today’s bankrupt companies wasn’t dragged down by so-called "good projects" Internet bubbles were inflated by myths, resulting in 90% of enterprises failing, leaving only a tenth to survive and thrive as the backbone of future information times—just like Ma Yun said: The future is bright, but most people die trying to get there.
Therefore, when the other company transferred funds through Hong Kong, using Donglin’s money to reach their account before transferring it back, this financial chain could be traced by Donglin Group. How deep Tang Wei's father can dig and if he finds a breakthrough depends on the power of the Tang family.
After all, Su Can isn’t Conan; he couldn't possibly involve himself in everything. If he did, people would get annoyed at him being everywhere. He had done what he could early on, so now his immediate concern was to stay alert for Lin Guangdong's magazine and prepare a sharp counterattack against the Jiangsu-Zhejiang businessmen, to avoid making a big mistake after one month.
After seeing Tang Wu back, she went into her dormitory to put away her book. Su Can parked his bike on the first floor of the dormitory building and handed it over to the guy responsible for bikes there—it was three yuan per month. This person always greeted Su Can enthusiastically whenever he saw him.
Tang Wu came down with her three roommates. Although Tang Wu usually maintained a certain distance from them, when they saw Su Cen riding his bike to drop off Tang Wu from their balcony today, they all descended as if united in opposition.
"Let's have some food; it’s been ages since we last met, Su Cen. Why haven’t you appeared below our dormitory recently Are you feeling guilty" Cheng Congcong smiled brightly, linking her arm with Tang Wu's.
Ruan Sige and Tong Tong had very natural expressions and did not seem puzzled by Cheng Congcong’s last remark at all.
They settled down in the campus canteen. The four girls surrounded one boy, and under the envious glances of many onlookers, they noticed nothing effeminate about Su Cen or any sisterly behavior from these girls towards him. Thus, everyone's gazes turned to envy.
Su Cen was quite casual; he said, “I’ll treat you,” and the three girls didn’t hesitate to swipe his canteen card for 300ml bottles of cola, thinking that with recent weight loss goals requiring them to avoid overeating, they should at least make Su Cen spend some money to satisfy their sense of justice.
This guy hadn't suffered any setbacks since coming to university. After pulling one prank on Qian Zhongyuan and his group during the freshmen orientation meeting, he managed to win Tang Wu, an exceptionally outstanding student among new students. Moreover, when treating others to drinks, he cleverly spent only 200 yuan to entertain a large group of people, gaining face while handling social obligations without severely impacting his finances.
Cheng Congcong was present that day, but she returned and spoke quite objectively about it, saying things like watching Lin Luoran follow someone out, then leaving herself, unsure if she had come back. If others said they spent the night outside together, who knew Perhaps everyone just went back to their respective schools; as for not answering phones, perhaps her battery ran out by chance.
Ruan Sige and Tong Tong in the dorm felt uncomfortable, standing up for Tang Wu's honor. Didn't anyone know what kind of man this was Lin Luoran stood out with her excellence, absolutely on par with Tang Wu; a girl like that throwing herself at him, who knew what happened after they spent the night outside.
Strangely enough, Tang Wu trusted him completely, while Su Cen's smile left them unable to find an opening. The group was like nomads circling a fortress with no siege weapons and no inside accomplices; thus, despite the impregnable fortress, they could only wander aimlessly.
It’s said that first impressions can be inaccurate; one should judge people over time. Everyone understands the principle of judging a horse by its long journey. So combining their impression of Su Cen from the past two months since school started, they gave him an apt evaluation:
No room for flattery.
Ruan Sigu in high school was the class representative for math and was a well-known figure at Hangzhou No. 14 High School. Now, as she studies economics in university, she feels right at home. She thinks that Su Cen should open his "golden mouth" and says, "There's an economic concept called opportunity cost: resources can be used in various ways, but when you use them for one purpose, you have to give up other uses. The value of these abandoned opportunities is the opportunity cost of creating other values. Strictly speaking, whenever you do something, you inevitably abandon doing something else, generating an opportunity cost. When you love someone, you inevitably sacrifice the chance to love another person. So there's no question of whether or not opportunity costs exist; it's a matter of whether they are worth it.
Economics is cold and detached by nature, but sometimes I feel that economics, which transcends value judgments, can be more humane and moral than some people. Is this true What do you think—whether something is worthwhile"
Directly aggressive.
This made Su Cen somewhat distracted. In his previous life, he didn't understand the jargon of grand theories; him and his friends had yet to rise to the level of expanding their understanding of life when some of them were already gone.
Only after being reborn did Su Cen see Tang Wu and truly understand what opportunity cost was.
To complete his life with a rebirth, to make up for regrets, he inevitably paid the price of opportunity costs. These opportunities cost him the chance to become an overnight billionaire and compete in the realm of capital warfare.
But then again, would it have been better to suffer through billions of dollars being eroded away over a decade without his rebirth's advantages What would he still have left
In his previous life, when Su Cen saw students from the collective competition classes at school, he felt that their intelligence was out of place in those times; they were incredibly dazzling, like Tang Wu and other prodigies who had participated in events such as the China Physics Olympiad (CPhO) and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Unlike him, who struggled daily over a few math problems, they would surely return to their hometowns wealthy for life.
At later class reunions, Su Cen learned that although these people were sharp and lived vividly in his memory, not everyone would lead the times after ten years. Some might be successful but still just middle-class citizens, busy making a living.
Some were nowhere to be found, their whereabouts unknown. These individuals had once lived in Su Cen's past; with his rebirth, they faded away like clouds and smoke. The lost opportunities cost him the foundation for reshaping himself, becoming the basis of his growth. His youth flowed by as he gained development. This era wouldn't let him fade into the past but would make him ever more brilliant.
So Su Cen smiled and said, "I don’t understand opportunity costs, but I know a joke. Economists, surgeons, and engineers discussed which profession was the most ancient. In Genesis, God took Adam's rib to create Eve; thus, surgery is the oldest profession. But an engineer disagreed, saying that God separated land from sea before creating humans, implying that engineering preceded it all. The economist then said, 'Before God even appeared, the world was in chaos. Only an economist could have made such a chaotic world.'"
The women covered their faces with a gentle laugh, inwardly admiring Su Can's capability.
Ruan Sigu had a slightly flushed face. Was this a counterattack to imply that they were deliberately complicating the matter and stirring up trouble Although they did indeed intend to confront him over his guilt, they also felt uneasy about it. This guy spoke so righteously; he must either be kind on the outside but sinister within or genuinely without fault. Moreover, they couldn't help feeling a twinge of jealousy towards the rapport between Su Can and Tang Wu.
Su Can's amiable and candid attitude finally made the three women in front of him feel overly petty. They even felt guilty, thinking that it was too much to want to see something like her boyfriend having an affair with another woman when Tang Wu was so outstanding.
But rationality ultimately triumphed over lurking malevolence. The women began to feel ashamed for overspending on Su Can's meal card while the couple themselves had no complaints at all.
Tong Tong, who studied mathematics, interjected with some interesting anecdotes about math to liven up the atmosphere.
Mathematics can delve into philosophical questions. Sometimes, Su Can felt that this Tong Tong was on par with Xiao Xu from his dormitory. If they were brought together for discussions, they might elevate their discourse to a metaphysical level.
Tong Tong, like most people of her generation, had gone through the examination-oriented education system of the 1980s. She majored in mathematics, which made her feel anxious because she often heard from her parents that professors working on nuclear bombs couldn't compete with sellers of tea eggs. She was苦惱於她的專業，物理學家至少還有科學院力學研究所可以去，化學家可以製藥牟取暴利，男人學數學到高層還可以光頭搞學術講座滿世界飛，而女人學數學無非就是鳳凰拔毛。
現在她是數學院係的金花之一，但四年下來也許一站進火雞堆裡誰也不把你當外人。
童彤抱怨未來就業意向問題的時候蘇燦倒是讓她大可放心，數學是萬王之王，將來畢業之後可以試試去金融係統工作，這是條明路。
這讓童彤半信半疑，後來大學出來過後她纔對蘇燦所說有深刻的認識，金融上麵的東西也都是數學演變過來的，人家金融公司一聽你是搞數學的這類人才一聽就得給牢牢抓住。
童彤在這一行左衝右突多年後得出結論，學數學的基本都是牛人，弄得懂理論數學的就看不起研究應用數學的，能弄懂應用數學的人可以發動一場金融戰爭，競爭力什麼的比搞金融和經濟的強太多了，有資本看不起學經濟金融的。於是童彤後來走到了一個很牛的高度，但對蘇燦崇敬有加。
Tong Tong was one of the top students in her mathematics department, but after four years, standing among others might not make anyone take her seriously.
When Tong Tong expressed concerns about future job prospects, Su Can assured her that mathematics is a key discipline. After graduation, she could try working in the financial system, which was a promising career path.
Tong Tong initially had doubts but later deeply understood what Su Can said after graduating from university. Financial concepts are all derived from mathematics; those in finance companies would eagerly hire someone with a background in math due to their expertise.
After many years of working in the field, Tong Tong concluded that mathematicians were generally exceptional individuals. Those who understand theoretical mathematics look down on those studying applied mathematics, while those who grasp applied mathematics can initiate financial wars and have far greater competitiveness than those in finance and economics, giving them reason to look down upon students specializing in these fields. Consequently, Tong Tong reached a highly respected position but held Su Can in high regard. difficult opponent as Zhou Rong and got upset; Zhang Feifei might be on the same level with such women in ten years but right now, she fell far short. She was steaming inside.Zhou Rong should not hav...