CHAPTER 616: CHAPTER 616 JUNIOR LIN, WHAT DO YOU DO

Principal Zhao was afraid everyone would find out that Lin Fan was delivering food, so he tried to change the situation at the scene.

But Principal Zhao obviously failed. At this moment, everyone’s eyes fell on Lin Fan. Everyone wanted to know whether Lin Fan was qualified to like the goddess Lai Xiaomei.

Lai Xiaomei made a speech mocking those boys who overestimated themselves by wanting to chase her. She was so ordinary yet so confident. Lai Xiaomei’s brother even declared that anyone without assets over one billion wasn’t qualified to pursue his sister.

This caused a stir.

Since Lai Xiaomei was indeed outstanding, at the beginning, everyone praised her. But after these remarks, there were some criticisms, mainly from the boys.

"You need assets over one billion to deserve liking her? Isn’t that a bit too much!"

"Is she that impressive? Although she is indeed excellent, isn’t this a bit too arrogant!"

"Haha, I’ll pass."

A few boys started to mutter.

As for the girls, the majority admired Lai Xiaomei even more. Lai Xiaomei was simply their idol. They also wanted to be a successful strong woman, confident enough to say that only those with assets over a hundred million deserved to pursue them!

Due to his overconfidence, Liu Qiang ended up being humiliated.

He was a manager at a factory worth 50 million, with an annual salary of 300,000, and he had just fully paid 500,000 for a BMW, thinking he was capable of pursuing Lai Xiaomei.

As a result, he was humiliated by the mention of having assets over one billion. Liu Qiang blushed, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

He quickly found a way to shift the embarrassment by diverting the trouble to Lin Fan.

If he wasn’t qualified to pursue Lai Xiaomei, then Lin Fan was even less qualified.

Little Ming also noticed Lin Fan and inquired about what Lin Fan was doing.

Liu Qiang eagerly responded, "He’s called Lin Fan. He was in the same class as me in high school. He’s now..."

Principal Zhao hurriedly interrupted Liu Qiang, fearing everyone would learn about Lin Fan’s identity: "Everyone, today is the school’s centennial celebration. Why don’t we focus back on that and leave these topics for later discussion?"

Little Ming smiled and said, "Principal, it’s okay. I find Junior Sister Lai’s topic quite interesting. It’s a good chance to share some thoughts with the junior brothers and sisters, which I believe will benefit them as well."

Little Ming was a vice president of Orange Airlines and one of the sponsors of this celebration. Since a sponsor was talking, Principal Zhao couldn’t brush it off.

Principal Zhao said, "Alright, Senior Ming has something valuable to share. Let’s give him a warm round of applause!"

Little Ming said, "Junior Sister Lai is excellent, everyone knows that. Not only is she a successful career woman, but she is also very beautiful. Ordinary boys really don’t stand a chance with her. I think the mention of only men with assets over a billion pursuing her is a good quantification, illustrating a real-life issue we face — social matching. I’d like to ask the boys here: do you want to marry someone as outstanding as Junior Sister Lai? The answer is definitely yes, right? Now, I’d like to ask the girls here: do you want to be pursued by a wealthy billionaire? The answer is the same, right? The summary is, we all want an outstanding partner, but ask yourself, do you deserve it? A man who can’t even support himself — do you think you’re worthy of having a wife like Junior Sister Lai? A shallow woman — do you think a billionaire would marry you? Hence, we must strive to become excellent people so we can deserve an excellent partner."

Everyone applauded.

It turns out Little Ming was using this topic to educate the junior brothers and sisters to be ambitious, which was consistent with his core view before — the importance of working hard.

Admittedly, what Little Ming said made a lot of sense. The reality is just like that. There’s a saying that different circles don’t need to force a merge. If you’re just a delivery person trying to break into the billionaire circle, it’s basically impossible. Even if you have the chance to contact this circle, you’ll find yourself out of place. Only by becoming excellent and turning into a billionaire yourself, will it be the circles seeking you out rather than you seeking them.

When Lin Fan was still a delivery person, which billionaire would look at him? But when he became the mysterious tycoon Mr. Lin, countless billionaires approached to curry favor with him.

As someone who had been through this, Lin Fan agreed with Little Ming’s viewpoint and experienced it deeply.

However, he didn’t entirely agree with Little Ming’s motivational talk; while hard work is important, is it enough? Solely advocating for hard work is undoubtedly just a poisonous motivational talk.

Many people work diligently from morning to night, yet they never become vice presidents of a corporation.

Some people became vice presidents because they married the daughter of someone high up and relied on nepotism.

Hard work?

Some are born into farmer families, working hard their whole lives, unable to break the class barrier.

Some are born into wealthy families, where hard work is unnecessary, enjoying a worry-free life from birth, born into the upper class. As they grow up, their fathers casually hand them 5 billion to start a business, where 5 billion is just for practice. Can a child from a poor family earn 5 billion in a lifetime? Can your hard work compare to that?

So, solely emphasizing hard work is just a poisonous motivation.

In Lin Fan’s view, there are things more important than hard work.

At this point, Little Ming continued, "Today, both Junior Sister Lai and I were invited to the centennial celebration, along with a few junior brothers and sisters sitting in the guest seats, because we have achieved a bit and brought honor to our alma mater. I hope you can do the same in the future. Of course, it doesn’t mean those observing from the sidelines are not excellent. For instance, Junior Brother Liu Qiang, who we discussed earlier, with an annual salary of 300,000, is doing well but can do even better. I hope one day he can have assets over a billion and qualify to pursue Junior Sister Lai. Also, this Junior Brother Lin... Right, what is Junior Brother Lin doing now?"

Little Ming looked towards Lin Fan.

Everyone also turned their gaze to Lin Fan, curious about what he was doing.

Principal Zhao supported his head with one hand, feeling very helpless. In the end, there was no escaping it; this alumni who delivered food would ultimately bring disgrace to the school.

"Lin Fan?"

At this moment, Lai Xiaomei murmured. Suddenly, she remembered and blurted out, "Lin Fan, right, you’re Lin Fan. We were classmates in middle school. I thought you looked familiar, just couldn’t recall at the moment."

Lai Xiaomei’s brother Lai Xiaoming exclaimed, "Middle school classmates?"

Little Ming responded, "Oh, so you’re Junior Sister Lai’s middle school classmate, and then you entered Tianhai Middle School together in high school. That’s even more interesting."

Lai Xiaomei said, "In middle school, Lin Fan’s academic performance was once better than mine. Lin Fan, what are you doing now?"

Liu Qiang chuckled, "As far as I know, you were also the goddess of Lin Fan. However, he is even less qualified to like you than I am. He is currently delivering food."

What?

Everyone was stunned.

Delivering food?

A graduate of Tianhai Middle School, delivering food?

The whole room fell silent.