Free Web NovelChapter 73: Chapter 69: The Best High School
Capital Universe Interactive is a mid-sized technology company with over two hundred employees.
About half of them are engaged in operations, human resources, legal affairs, sales, etc., and the core technical department has more than seventy people, including a general manager and two department managers.
Zhang Zhen is the manager in charge of product development in the technical team of Universe Interactive, a position second only to the general manager in importance.
Being able to become a technical team manager in just a few years after joining the company, Zhang Zhen’s capacity is evident.
He is a very successful overseas returnee.
After graduating from Capital University, he studied at the University of Michigan in the United States and worked at Microsoft for four years after that. He even joined the team responsible for developing the Windows system, but he eventually chose to return to China, giving up on his green card because he was unable to leave behind everything at home.
Zhang Zhen’s work experience is diverse, and he is proficient in various skills.
What he is most adept at is architecture, specifically the development of underlying frameworks, but he can also use the word ’proficient’ to describe his skills in algorithm development and high-level software design.
For instance, when it comes to the task of algorithm library partitioning, often a large part is completed by him and his colleagues working overtime.
Completely outsourcing all of this work would be very challenging.
For technical personnel in the computer industry, a nine-to-five schedule is a dream. Excellent algorithm engineers are often extremely busy, barely keeping up with their primary workload, let alone having extra time for part-time work.
It’s also unreliable to outsource all the work to other companies in a lump sum.
Money is just one factor.
Many small organizations that take on outsourced projects have uninspiring competence among their employees. Bottom-level algorithm library design, which is crucial as it is utilized by high-level software design, could cost ten or dozens of times in effort and money if there’s even the slightest mistake.
Zhang Zhen’s idea is to leverage personal relationships to offload some workload to reliable individuals and then gather all the work back for integration.
Actually, all he did was throw out a casual remark in the group, much like how a real estate agent would distribute promotion leaflets, even if the property doesn’t get sold, there’s definitely no harm in trying.
You never know, right?
However, almost no one in the group responded.
Fortunately, ’Zhao Yi from Zhengyang No. 13 Middle School’ answered and took a portion of the task to give it a shot.
Being able to offload even just one task is a victory!
Zhang Zhen did not have high expectations. In his mind, Zhao Yi was a hacker genius who exploits vulnerabilities.
Hackers and software engineers are like people from different worlds. They can be somewhat related but also not related at all.
Zhao Yi being very young and lacking in relevant work experience, it would definitely take some time to complete an algorithm package.
But unexpectedly!
Just one day later, the completed algorithm package was sent over, and it was successful with only one round of debugging.
Zhang Zhen was currently scrutinizing the code line by line.
The more he looked, the more astounded he became.
Simplified.
Clear.
Effective.
Those were Zhang Zhen’s impressions.
If it were merely effective, perhaps it wouldn’t be as impressive. But to achieve simplicity on top of effectiveness is quite a feat. Some of the procedure steps in the algorithms struck him with a sense of enlightenment.
For instance, there was a step requiring continuous monitoring.
Zhang Zhen felt that his own design would definitely require tens of lines of code, at least three or four screenings for such a task.
The other party solved it using only one loop.
"That’s really.... a genius idea!"
Zhang Zhen was captivated by what he saw.
As a professional technical expert, he felt as though he had discovered a new world within his own field.
...
When Zhang Zhen finished reviewing the last line of the code, three hours had already passed.
It was past one in the morning.
He finally came back to his senses and realized he hadn’t replied to Zhao Yi, and immediately regretted it.
No matter what time it was!
He sent a message urgently--
"Zhao Yi, Brother Zhao! Your work is fantastic!"
"It’s extraordinary!"
"Sorry, I lost track of time as I was fascinated!"
"What’s your bank card number? Send it to me as soon as you see this message, I’ll transfer the money to you! Two thousand is too little, three thousand!"
"It’s worth the price, and I’ve made a profit!"
"Do you have more time? Can you please help, I beg you, I’m grateful, the price is negotiable, brother I’m almost crushed by work..."
Zhao Yi was already fast asleep in his bed.
He didn’t care whether Zhang Zhen replied or not, it normally takes the other party at least half a month to check, confirm its usability, and then proceed with the payment.
...
Weekends were as usual filled with lessons, but they were relatively easier. For instance, morning self-study was postponed by half an hour, and there were no evening self-study sessions.
The classes were also lumped together into longer sessions. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
With this kind of schedule, there was plenty of spare time.
Zhao Yi kept pace with his usual study regimen, perusing Chemistry and Biology, and when time permitted, he also practiced Physics and Math problems.
Others were different.
For example, Lin Xiaoqing who sat in front of him was constantly working on Mathematical Olympiad problems. Without asking, one could tell she was definitely motivated to break through to the city level competition.
Sun Liang was the same.
He really put his heart into the Math Olympiad, hoping to bring home a prize.
Zhao Linlin, on the other hand, kept sighing and looking listless at her books. However, her eyes sparkled every time she glanced at Zhao Yi.
Last time was so much fun!
She wanted to have another magical adventure skipping class.
Wait.
It’s the phone!
"God Zhao!"
Zhao Linlin leaned in closely, her eyes twinkling, whispering, "My aunt keeps smiling at her phone lately, there must be something up! Could you... hack my aunt’s phone and send me copies of the texts she sends and receives?"
"..."
Zhao Yi looked Zhao Linlin up and down then shook his head vigorously, "Don’t even think about it!"
"Brother Yi~~"
"I’m reading. Stop bothering me!"
Zhao Yi flatly refused. Inside, he pondered how, were he Linlin’s elder, he’d lay her across his knee and give her a good spanking.
What?
She wants more?
Keep going, spank harder!
As Zhao Yi was immersed in thoughts of discipline, a call came from the door, "Zhao Yi, go to the office. There’s a reporter who wants to interview you."
"A reporter?"
The entire class looked over, their eyes filled with a mixture of admiration and jealousy.
Zhao Yi calmly got up, waved to the class with a ’stay cool, stay cool’ kind of gesture, then followed the messenger out.
The reporter was in a vacant classroom on the fourth floor.
Zhao Yi was surprised that a reporter was allowed in the school, but upon arriving in the classroom, he understood why.
Nanjiang TV Station.
Nanjiang TV is a provincial-level station, with influence reaching beyond the province. Its main and satellite channels are easily ranked in the top twenty nationwide.
One reporter doesn’t represent the entire station, but for Zhengyang No.13 Middle School, accommodating a provincial TV reporter was a priority.
What if...
The school makes it on TV?
The twenty-something female reporter was clearly here for Zhao Yi.
The reporter held a microphone and introduced herself as soon as she saw Zhao Yi, "I’m Liu Huimin, a news reporter from Nanjiang TV. Could I conduct a simple interview with you?"
"Sure."
Zhao Yi pulled up a chair and sat down while gesturing for Liu Huimin to do the same.
Liu Huimin thanked him with a smile, but her words were less cordial, "’Youth Cup’ finals, your team from the Thirteenth won. I’d like to congratulate you first."
"During the competition, you individually performed exceptionally. You answered some questions in a remarkably short time."
"What’s your opinion on that?"
Zhao Yi listened patiently. Her first words were normal enough, but they took an odd turn later.
"What do you mean?"
"What are you implying?"
He immediately realized her intent, "If you want to ask something, just ask directly. No need to beat around the bush."
Liu Huimin nodded, "Well, someone has questioned if you had prior knowledge of the finals questions, which is why you provided..."
"Do you believe that?"
"I’m a reporter." Liu Huimin emphasized.
Her point was, as a reporter, she was neutral and just doing an interview.
Zhao Yi couldn’t help but laugh.
He stood up and looked out the window, took a few forceful steps, then turned and pointed at the floor, "Do you know where we are?"
"Zhengyang No.13 Middle School?" free𝑤ebnovel.com
Liu Huimin asked hesitantly, uncertain if this place held some additional significance.
Zhao Yi nodded heavily, "Exactly! This is Zhengyang No.13 Middle School, a very average, below-median ranked... garbage school in Zhengyang City!"
"Think about it!"
"If I had the ability to get the provincial education department’s ’Youth Cup’ to leak questions, why would I attend such a poor high school? At the very least, I’d pull some strings to get into First Middle School!"
Liu Huimin was left speechless, suddenly finding Zhao Yi’s argument reasonable.
At the door,
Principal Wang Chengmin and Director Li Lisheng stood together, hearing Zhao Yi’s words as soon as they entered.
Garbage?
Poor?
What kind of descriptions are those?
Principal Wang’s face darkened considerably.
Zhao Yi quickly realized, rushed to explain, "Hahaha, Principal Wang, Director Li, that was what outsiders said!"
"I deeply despise those people!"
"Actually, in my heart, No.13 is the best high school in the whole city, no, Nanjiang Province, and even the whole country!"
