Chapter 263 The End of College
On the Internet, although Fuhua issued an announcement, the debate about whether Lu Yao meets the qualifications for admission to graduate school continues.

Others listed a series of things that universities need to ensure admission to graduate school, such as whether the academic performance is in the top 10% or 30% of the major, whether the research ability is available, and whether the tutor recommends him. Or in terms of comprehensive quality, whether Lu Yao has won enough awards, and many people even grasped a point, that is, whether his English has passed CTE-6.

After all, there are basically no exams in the first year of college. If he failed the English exam, there must be something fishy.

But he had passed it in the first half of his freshman year, so there was no problem at all.

Unfortunately, this matter seems to have ended here.

Fuhua did not respond to any further questions.

As for this matter, there was basically no news in the school forum after the school announcement came out.

Firstly, Fuhua’s credibility among students is still very strong, and secondly, the administrators have begun to lock and delete posts in a targeted manner.

In fact, they were not willing to do so, but the students spread more and more outrageous rumors, including news that Lu Yao was sexually exploited. If this continued, God knew why Lu Yao had obtained the qualification for continued study in graduate school, so they had to restrain themselves.

After all, the Internet is not a lawless place.

But… there are restrictions on the Internet, but no one knows what people think in real life.

Anyway, Lu Yao could clearly feel that when he went to the cafeteria to eat these two days, many people looked at him with something strange in their eyes.

Full of doubts.

However, at this critical juncture, the people from 305 chose to stand up.

Like several members of the band, he stood firmly beside Lu Yao.

Although they couldn’t be said to eat and live together, Mr. Xu had a few rare quarrels with others in school because of this.

He also made a list of these “enemies”, marked them in a small notebook, and gave it to Lu Yao, asking him to make things difficult for these people when he became a school leader in the future.

Lu Yao was left in a state of confusion.

However, he appreciated the good intentions of his brothers.

However, through this incident, he also realized that… the path he was taking would definitely be full of doubts.

Mediocre people will not understand, nor will they try to understand. They will only judge a person’s character based on their own imagination.

Fine.

Suddenly feeling that he had learned something, he pondered…anyway, it’s like this, how they want to see it is their business, and it has nothing to do with me.

What’s more, no one knows each other.

Just let them be.

So, in the following time, he stayed at home and rarely went out. Every day he was in the research room, dormitory, and canteen. He would occasionally play a game with Tian Dazhuang and a few others when they made an appointment. Most of the time, he was busy working on his own things.

The turmoil caused by this admission to graduate school is no longer in his world.

Just let it be.

……

Time flies and it is September.

On September 9st, Bai Yao finally appeared on the school playground.

Lu Yao glanced at her and started warming up on his own. Then he followed her rhythm with a set of Mark exercises and started running around the playground.

One lap, two laps, three laps…

After 8 laps, the two began to walk slowly around the playground to regulate their heart and lungs. Lu Yao wiped the sweat off his face and asked:

“What did that Doctor Smith say?”

“Rest, exercise and do rehabilitation. It’s no different from what doctors do in China.”

As she said this, she rolled her shoulders.

Originally, she expected to stay in Shenzhen for two or three days at most after winning the championship, but starting from the second day after Lu Yao left… her body seemed to relax in an instant, and the old injuries on her shoulders and elbows broke out without any warning.

Lu Yao had never experienced this kind of injury and didn’t know how painful it was.

But… judging from the fact that Aunt Bai took her directly to the United States, these injuries seemed to be quite serious.

I just came back from being in the United States for about ten days.

“You really won’t fight now, right?”

“Yeah. If you don’t fight now, there’s still hope. If you continue to fight, it might be difficult for you to do this kind of shoulder-lifting movement in the future.”

“Then you should take good care of yourself. Rehabilitation should be done in time…”

As he said this, he sighed:
“So, it seems that there is a reason why many athletes suffer from injuries as soon as they retire.”

“Yes.”

The senior student nodded, looked at her watch, and said:
“Let’s go.”

“…You can still exercise?”

“Yes, a small amount of reasonable exercise can help with recovery.”

Bai Yao looked at him with a look that said “You are so ignorant” and took him out of the playground.

Since Lu Yao’s electric car was charging, the two of them walked towards the hotel at a leisurely pace.

Along the way, whenever someone passed by the two of them, they would basically glance over here.

Seeing this, Bai Yao said:
“Are they looking at me or at you?”

“That’s a man, of course he’s looking at you.”

“Not necessarily. Your postgraduate study guarantee issue hasn’t settled down yet.”

Hearing this, Lu Yao smiled and shook his head:

“never mind.”

“Oh, so casual?”

Looking at her playful eyes, Lu Yao remained calm:

“Well, I was quite concerned at first and felt uncomfortable. But… time is really a magical thing, isn’t it?”

“That’s the right mentality.”

Bai Yao nodded:
“Everything is just a fuss for the mediocre, don’t worry about it. When we were playing, I could often feel the strange looks from those blockers. Dislike, disgust, fear, surprise, despair… I was not used to it at first, so I chose to ignore it. Later, I got used to ignoring it, and when I looked at them seriously again, I just found it ridiculous.”

As she spoke, she ignored a student who was riding an electric bike and staring at her, and continued:

“Besides, graduate students and undergraduates are two different worlds. From the moment you register, you are separated from them.”

“Ah.”

Lu Yao responded but did not continue the conversation on this topic.

There’s no need to talk about it, it’s all in the past.

but……

She had something very true to say.

Graduate students and undergraduate students are indeed two different worlds.

He deeply agrees with this point.

but……

As if he thought of something, he suddenly stopped.

Stopped at the school gate.

“?”

Bai Yao looked at him turning his head to look back and asked subconsciously:
“what happened?”

“I always feel…”

Lu Yao looked at the grass and trees in the school and said with a smile:
“My undergraduate career was too short.”

“Well.”

Bai Yao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded:
“It’s quite short. Why? A lot of thoughts?”

“Thoughts…”

Lu Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head:
“No. Let’s go and have dinner.”

As he said this, he walked straight forward and took a step out of the campus.

In a voice that only he and she could hear, he muttered:
“Goodbye, my college life.”

“…You haven’t graduated yet.”

Bai Yao simply rolled her eyes.

Lu Yao chuckled, ignored it and continued walking forward.

After walking all the way to the hotel, Lu Yao habitually pressed the gym floor.

But it was cancelled by Bai Yao.

He was stunned…

“No exercise?”

“Go back to your room.”

“…”

Looking at the senior whose face gradually began to turn red, he said speechlessly:
“I thought you were very disciplined.”

“I’m really disciplined.”

“So you don’t exercise?”

“Of course not. I’m going to exercise properly later.”

“So, this is what you mean by small movements?”

“Hmm, what do you think?”

“…”

Lu Yao was silent for a second, then nodded:

“Well, I’ll watch your performance today.”

“Well, look at me carefully. You are not allowed to take your eyes away for even a moment. Got it?”

She said in an extremely hot tone.

……

The biggest benefit of Bai Yao’s return is that he no longer has to worry about the trivial issues of daily life around him.

For example, on September 9, Lu Yao’s computer screen went black again.

He looked up blankly at the senior who turned off his computer screen. After slowly regaining consciousness, he saw that she was holding an envelope:
“Here’s your plane ticket. This is the bag I packed for you when I got back to my place. After dinner, we’ll go to the airport together.”

“…Where are you going?”

He looked confused.

“Yanjing.”

“……what?”

Lu Yao was even more confused:
“Why go to Yanjing?”

“You have a performance in Sanlitun, Yanjing. There is a performance venue that invites you to sing 5 songs. The fee is yuan.”

“Uh……”

Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and asked speechlessly:

“This week’s show is out of town?”

“Yes. In Yanjing, what do you think?”

“…I thought it was in a university, just like before.”

Although Wei Qianqian had told him about the performance before, he didn’t know it was going to be out of town. Bai Yao shrugged:

“Don’t worry about the other things. I’ve already taken care of them for you. I’ve also found a hotel for you.”

“…You’re going too?”

“Why not? I haven’t been back to Yanjing for a long time. This is your first real business event. I can’t miss it.”

“That’s…ok.”

Lu Yao nodded:
“when are we leaving?”

“Come with me to dinner now. The flight is at 9:10 pm and will arrive in Yanjing at 11 pm.”

“Oh, good.”

After realizing it belatedly, he saved all the engineering files, and the two of them walked out of the laboratory together.

“On the first day of school on the 7th, should I report directly to Professor Sun?”

“Well, I’ve already told him about it. But he’s in a meeting in Guangdong Province right now and can’t come back this week, otherwise he would have met with you in advance. After we report on the 7th, we can just write the application.”

“Do you want to submit your resume?”

“No need, just hand over the application and he will sign it.”

“it is good.”

Lu Yao nodded, and followed her to the entrance of the graduate school. He saw the other four people already waiting there with boxes and luggage on their backs, and there were two business cars nearby.

After taking a look at the license plate number, Lu Yao knew that it belonged to Mr. Xu.

After saying hello, a few people went to eat.

During the meal, Lu Yao realized belatedly that this performance was arranged by Chen Pu and Wei Qianqian also agreed to it.

The total amount is 5 yuan, including food and lodging reimbursement, and for songs, each person can get to yuan in the end.

Tomorrow night.

As for the specific details of the performance, it was Bai Yao who helped him communicate.

So Lu Yao didn’t ask any further questions.

While eating, Xu Ruochen asked:
“How are your preparations for those songs going?”

Lu Yao was startled and subconsciously glanced at Bai Yao.

After noticing that the senior was also staring at him with shining eyes, he thought for a moment and said:
“There is an electronic song now… 90% done. The details still need to be improved. “DEMONS” is basically done, and there is another song called “Lugu Lake”. The lyrics have been written and the music has been roughly composed.”

“So… 3 songs?”

“At the moment, what are you doing? Are you in a hurry?”

“A little bit, mainly because I just play these same few songs every day, I’m tired of it.”

“…”

Mr. Xu’s words made Lu Yao’s face turn green:
“Brother, do you think these songs are easy to create?”

Mr. Xu ignored his stuttering and said as if it was a matter of course:

“That must be easy. Aren’t you a genius?”

“…”

That’s nothing.

The most speechless thing is that when he said this, the other people kept nodding their heads.

Lu Yao shook his head helplessly:

“Take your time. Don’t rush me. I’ll take my time.”

Or in other words… copy slowly.

he said in his heart.

……

Although Yan Jing’s boss was generous with his money, he arranged an economy class seat on the plane. But there was an exception. Wei Qianqian looked at her ticket inexplicably, repeatedly comparing it with others, and then she was sure that she was in business class…

alone.

She was speechless and looked at each other with a few people.

A few people were not picky, after all, their food and accommodation were provided.

This is also true for Mr. Xu.

Sit in economy class.

But Bai Yao also sat in business class… because when she booked the ticket, she naturally thought that everyone was in business class. But after getting her boarding passes, she saw that several people were in economy class, which caused a small misunderstanding.

But she didn’t ask everyone whether they wanted to upgrade their cabin. After all, if they really wanted to sit comfortably, Master Xu could actually get it done with just a few words.

She just refunded her return ticket and changed it to economy class.

We arrived in Yanjing at around 11 o’clock and met Chen Pu, but we stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Except for Lu Yao and Mr. Xu, the other four people including Chen Pu finally knew what the senior sister’s family did.

It turns out that the five-star hotel in front of the school… belongs to her.

Chen Pu was also quite surprised. He didn’t expect that the band’s die-hard fans were so powerful.

Then, after a night’s sleep, Bai Yao took them to the Forbidden City on Saturday.

Lu Yao and Mr. Xu both rolled their eyes, especially when they passed by their “home doorstep”, but for the village girl and Zhao Hang, it was quite fresh.

In the Forbidden City, everyone took photos and group photos together, and bought some cultural and creative products. It was already evening.

When they arrived in Sanlitun, the few people finally met the “sponsor” who paid for the performance.

He is actually a post-80s generation.

He came to the appointment in a Ferrari, wearing all expensive branded clothes.

Master Xu secretly rolled his eyes at Lu Yao when he saw this.

But when it was the sponsor’s turn to greet him, Mr. Xu’s attitude was sincere and polite.

No airs at all.

They all had a meal together which didn’t look cheap, and during the meal… everyone could see that the sponsor treated the squad leader very differently.

His attitude was so attentive.

From the air tickets to the concern and care.

But Wei Qianqian had no interest in this financial sponsor at all.

In other words, she behaved politely enough, but she was able to bounce back and block the burning gaze of this person in various ways, and her social skills made several people marvel at her.

It’s a bit too sophisticated.

In the end, although they left each other their phone numbers, they just went to each other’s music bar after dinner, sang 6 songs including an encore, then politely declined the boss’s invitation for a midnight snack and returned to the hotel.

The performance actually took less than 20 minutes in total, which included a segment where the band chatted with everyone to liven up the atmosphere.

The bar was full of people and the atmosphere was quite good.

But what’s even better is the fees transferred to Chen Pu’s company account.

For a commercial performance, each person earned six or seven thousand.

Apart from anything else, I obviously don’t need to ask my family for living expenses for the new semester.

As for the boss’s attitude towards the squad leader…anyway, when the performance was over and everyone went back, the squad leader made it very clear to agent Chen that he would never take any work from this guy in the future.

You’re crazy. You look at yourself with such slimy eyes.

And we guys also understood why the performance fee was so high this time. After all this time, it was because of the class monitor’s blessing.

Then, on Sunday morning, everyone followed the senior sister for a stroll and some food, and returned to the Magic City with satisfaction at the successful completion of their first commercial performance.

And the event for next week has also been confirmed, still in Yanjing.

Another LIVE performance venue invites bands to hold a small LIVE, which is the kind of performance that lasts 3 hours. Several bands work together, and their remuneration is 30% of the performance fee of their own performance.

The ticket price is 220 per person and the venue has a total of 495 seats.

Reimbursement of round-trip airfare.

If the seats are full, the band will get about 35,000 yuan, and after the division, each person will get about 4,000 yuan.

Quite a few.

In fact, according to Chen Pu, the current income of mainstream bands comes from this kind of LIVE performance. However, if a new band wants to be qualified for this kind of performance, it really needs to have some outstanding works. Otherwise, it can only take advantage of other people’s performances and get a very small portion of the fees.

People like Lu Yao already have an absolute “second-tier” income.

Going a step further, they would hold their own concerts and generate their own revenue… Judging from the current popularity of the band, this day will not be too far away.

But these things are not Lu Yao’s concern.

On the 5th, he started work as normal.

After his senior returned, he could immerse himself in his own world with more peace of mind.

Now the design of the large model is almost finished. He estimated that the remaining key links would take at most ten days or half a month to enter the simulation stage. By then, everything can be handed over to the computer.

Once he gets the post-simulation data, he will be able to completely design the architecture of this chip, and then his mission will be accomplished.

After the model is submitted, there will naturally be professional verification researchers to conduct verification.

Only at that step can it be considered truly completed. The next step is to submit the research for approval, review, funding approval, and form your own small team to carry out relevant scientific research.

That was when he could truly relax.

You just need to sort out your thoughts, and then leave all the miscellaneous work to the hard-working people in the team, put blinders on them, and let them follow your own ideas.

In a blink of an eye, two days have passed.

On Wednesday, which was the 7th, Lu Yao took his admission letter and went to the graduate student registration office with Bai Yao.

The two of them were the first to arrive, after all, they still had to do research later.

And after everything is settled, these reports and the like are just formalities.

After the two of them filled out various application forms, they just walked out.

The mission is over.

Then, that evening, Professor Sun Liqiang invited Lu Yao and Bai Yao to dinner.

Or a family dinner.

Obviously it is the highest standard.

That evening, Lu Yao and his senior schoolmate brought some gifts to the dinner, and he also met his graduate supervisor for the first time in real terms.

He is a middle-aged man who looks very elegant.

Even though it was the first time they met, everyone didn’t seem strange at all, after all, there was the relationship with Bai Yao.

At the dinner table, Lu Yao talked about the progress of his research, including ideas and thoughts, etc., which received frequent nods from Sun Liqiang.

Although it was not stated explicitly, Bai Yao understood what her mentor meant when she saw his shining eyes.

“I found a treasure.”

At the end of the dinner, Professor Sun asked the two to come to his place early tomorrow and take them to meet their seniors.

Finally, the drinking party ended with Lu Yao, who was drunk, staggering.

His body was picked up by his senior and taken home.

In a daze, he looked at the senior student who was sitting on him and working hard, and an idea flashed through his mind.

It turns out… my college life is really over.

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