Looking at Ji Qi, who was wearing a safety helmet and blue overalls and was covered in dirt, Chen Xiaoqing felt very curious: "Mr. Ji, I would like to ask, you said that you, a top student who graduated from Jiaotong University and a graduate student, should be able to

You should only join a good enterprise or institution, why would you want to start your own business? Starting a business is a very risky thing."

Ji Qi smiled and said: "I come from a rural area, and my family is very poor. How poor can we be? I remember when I was in junior high school, in a cold winter with heavy wind and snow, I walked for an hour and came home to have lunch.

, but my mother told me that there was no food at home. In the end, I had to walk for more than an hour back to school on an empty stomach. I wiped my tears while walking and vowed to get into college and escape from this poor place."

Chen Xiaoqing nodded slightly and said, "So that's it."

Ji Qi's experience can be said to be the epitome of most poor families in Xia State, so his words also touched Chen Xiaoqing deeply.

Ji Qi has never complained about his background. Not only that, he is also very grateful to his parents for raising him under such difficult conditions.

He smiled and said: "So in the college entrance examination, I got my wish and entered China Jiaotong University with the second place in the county. In fact, I originally wanted to apply for automation or computer, which sounded very fashionable majors, but my class teacher

But they told me that those majors had no future, and asked me to apply for engineering mechanics, saying that in the future I would help the contractor do earthwork calculations, and if I did the calculations, I would get more bonuses."

Lu Yiming joked: "That's a shame for you. Civil engineering is not a good major in the first place, but in the end, what you learned is not as good as civil engineering."

Looking back on this, Ji Qi is still a bit dumbfounded, saying: "That's right, I didn't know until I got to school that this major has nothing to do with earthwork calculations. All I learned was how to calculate the force on submarines and the take-off of missiles.

Issues such as speed.”

Although he is a professional cheater, Ji Qi is still very happy.

Because he finally successfully set foot in a big city like Zhonghai, he was no longer like his parents who could only wallow in the dirt.

After taking a deep breath, Ji Qi continued: "I still remember that day, when the ship docked at Shiliupu Pier in the early morning, I, a child from the countryside, was instantly stunned by the prosperity of Zhonghai.

This impact was so strong that staying in China Shipping became an important reason for me to make decisions at several major decision-making junctures in my life."

When Ji Qi talks about his past when he was studying, it is inevitable that his heart will have ups and downs.

As a "country boy", he was poor and uncivilized on Zhonghai's campus, and he was inferior to others in everything. Those days were quite difficult.

Ji Qi picked up the beer in the cup, drank it in one gulp, and said to himself again: "When I was a sophomore, I experienced the darkest moment in my life. Looking back now, there was actually no special reason at the time.

Suddenly I felt that my life was so boring, I felt like a zombie, everything was arranged by the outside world, and I didn’t have any free will.”

"In order to relieve my depression, I spent a lot of time in the library, looking for answers to life from philosophy, literature, and poetry. The final result of my thinking was: life has no meaning, only process and experience. So after graduating from college, he

I don’t want to go back to Nantong to work, I want to stay in Zhonghai, I want to take my destiny into my own hands."

Chen Xiaoqing said: "It was almost 1990 when you graduated. The distribution situation of college students in those years was indeed not good."

As for why it is not good, that is a topic that cannot be discussed in depth.

Ji Qi said: "My situation at the time was very difficult. It was already very difficult to find an employer to take over my job in those days. It took a lot of connections and it took a lot of effort to get it. Moreover, my family's situation was such that I was waiting for me to make money as soon as possible.

But after much thought, I finally gave up my job and chose to go to graduate school.”

Lin Yuzhen was puzzled and asked: "If you are short of money, why don't you join the work earlier to make money?"

Ji Qi looked at her and explained with a smile: "Because if I had gone out to work at that time, I wouldn't have been able to make much money. If I only had a bachelor's degree, I might not be able to climb to a higher place or realize something more powerful.

I am a human being, so I can only fight hard. Only by gritting my teeth and getting through it can I control my life."

Lu Yiming recalled his last life. He just couldn't grit his teeth like Ji Qi and endured it, so he took many detours.

Therefore, I admired Ji Qi's choice even more, and immediately raised his glass to Ji Qi: "This is a toast to your original choice. Instead of following the crowd, you walked your own path."

Ji Qi sighed with emotion: "Yes, I am also grateful to myself for not choosing a shortcut, but taking the most difficult road."

Is it difficult to study?

It’s very difficult. There is no doubt that the most difficult path is to take the exam, because it tests a person’s IQ and perseverance. No matter what family background and background you have, whether you are lucky or unlucky, you just can’t pass the exam.

Ji Qi was able to withstand the pressure of life and obtain a master's degree, which shows that his talent and determination are very comparable to others.

Lin Yuzhen asked curiously: "Didn't you learn something like missiles? Why are you doing the Internet again?"

Ji Qi said with a smile: "When I was in graduate school, I chose the robotics major in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and then I started to get exposed to computers. Only then did I understand the 'huge profits' of this emerging industry, so in order to make a lot of money in the future, I started working

It took a lot of effort to get in."

I have to say that Ji Qi is a genius.

It didn't take much time for him to grow from a rookie who didn't even know how to turn on a computer to a master who was proficient in computer use, installation and other skills, and even learned networking technology.

As more and more people came to him to install computers and set up networks, he simply opened a computer company with his classmates and started working part-time.

By the time he graduated with a master's degree in 1992, he had already saved tens of thousands of dollars.

This is tens of thousands of dollars in 1992!

Prices at that time were not what they would be more than ten or twenty years later. Meat buns cost 10 cents a piece, vegetable buns cost 5 cents, White Rabbit toffee cost 2 cents, and a bag of instant noodles cost 50 cents.

During the Chinese New Year, ten yuan is considered a favor, and the New Year's money is generally one or two yuan.

Talking about this past event, Ji Qi's smile also spread: "When I earned my first 10,000 yuan, I was really happy, and I was more convinced of my original choice. So while working part-time,

I did not give up my studies, after all, I earned my money from the knowledge I learned. In 1992, my paper was published at the International Robotics Annual Conference. At that time, the school’s department head hoped that I could stay at the school to teach.

.”

Lin Yuzhen's eyes lit up when she heard this. In her opinion, Ji Qi's experience was very similar to Lu Yiming's.

Studying while making money to support her family is simply her best example.

Although she has made a lot of money now, the money makes her a little uneasy. After all, Lu Yiming and Ji Qi make money by relying on "technology", and they are irreplaceable. And the money she makes is made by

It's "luck" and "looks", and someone might knock her down at some point, making her restless.

Lu Yiming asked with a smile: "Then why didn't you choose to stay in school?"
Chapter completed!