491: Chapter 491 There's nothing new under the sun

Nowadays, for the college entrance exam, the steps for scoring and how many points you get are actually marked in great detail.

Even for Chinese reading comprehension, it's the same—what you need to write and which points to mention to get points are all clearly laid out.

Therefore, as long as you remember your answers and grade the paper strictly according to the answer key, your estimated score will be basically close to the actual score.

The two spent two hours fussing over it, estimating their scores themselves.

They then wrote down all the answers for the four subjects, except for the essays, onto the papers and handed them to Chen Cheng to look at.

Chen Cheng didn't even pick up a pen; he quickly went through their estimated scores in his head.

He then added the scores for the Chinese and English essays based on their performance in previous mock exams.

Brother Cheng, what's the score?

Just as Chen Cheng put down Deng Xiaoqi's paper, Lin Miaomiao asked again, unable to wait.

She had already asked once just now when Chen Cheng was looking at her paper.

However, Chen Cheng didn't answer her directly; instead, he looked at the paper where Deng Xiaoqi had estimated her own score.

Seeing both of them looking at him with anticipation, Chen Cheng chuckled.

Miao Miao, you're estimated to be around 566 points...

[The Shanghai college entrance exam has 450 points for the three main subjects and 210 points for the three minor subjects, for a total of 660. In the original plot, Lin Miaomiao got 534 points and was admitted to Jiangzhou University. This fits the reality of the 660 total points; the admission cutoff for Shanghai University in Shanghai is around this score.]

[534 points, if converted to a province with a 750-point scale, would be over 600 points based on the percentage.]

[Though called a poor student, she's a poor student at a key high school; in reality, her score is not low at all.]

Yay!

Yay!

Before Chen Cheng could finish, Lin Miaomiao was already jumping three feet high.

Seeing her so excited, Chen Cheng felt quite happy for her too.

For the last half month or so, she had been even more diligent than this.

Of course, this might be because Chen Cheng kept sending her small red envelopes. She's just a foodie; as long as there's money and food, she's willing to do anything.

Deng Xiaoqi looked at Lin Miaomiao and smiled, then turned to look at Chen Cheng, "Brother Cheng, what about me?"

Chen Cheng smiled slightly and looked at her, "Didn't you estimate it yourself?"

Deng Xiaoqi raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "The score is so high that I suspect I estimated it wrong."

Chen Cheng chuckled, "It's about the same as what you estimated, around 450. You might even be able to compete for the top spot in the cultural studies entrance exam at the Central Academy of Drama or the Beijing Film Academy."

Really? Deng Xiaoqi was somewhat incredulous.

Chen Cheng nodded faintly.

Ahhh~~~

Suddenly, Deng Xiaoqi shrieked and jumped excitedly onto Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, but still reached out to catch her.

Lest she break her tailbone before even starting college.

The girl was so excited, wrapping her arms around Chen Cheng's neck and hugging him tightly.

She just pressed her chest against his face like that.

After a long while, feeling Chen Cheng's hot breath on her chest, she finally realized what was happening. A blush crept up her fair cheeks, and she hurriedly jumped down.

Lin Miaomiao had been looking at the two of them with a scrutinizing gaze for a long time.

Feeling Lin Miaomiao's gaze, Deng Xiaoqi felt even more embarrassed.

Lowering her head, her face full of shyness, she said, "Sorry, Brother Cheng, I was just too excited."

Chen Cheng chuckled and shrugged, "As long as you're happy. It doesn't matter."

Saying this, he turned his head to look at Lin Miaomiao and opened his arms, "Miao Miao, do you want a hug?"

Lin Miaomiao glanced at Deng Xiaoqi ambiguously, seeing her blushing like a peach.

She blinked and nodded, "Yes!"

With that, she gave Chen Cheng a hug.

Thank you, Brother Cheng. If you hadn't helped us review, I definitely wouldn't have scored this high.

Chen Cheng chuckled, "It was just a small favor."

They hugged briefly and then separated.

Afterwards, Chen Cheng sat back on the sofa and picked up his tablet to check the gold trading situation of the Hong Kong team.

Lin Miaomiao went to the cat area to clean the litter box, and Deng Xiaoqi was helping her film a video.

Lin Miaomiao had picked up her old livestreaming account again. She was preparing to film a vlog.

The cat area was just a corner of the living room.

Chen Cheng had someone install a glass partition to enclose a five or six-square-meter cat house.

It was convenient to lock them up when he didn't want the cats running around everywhere.

Usually, Aunt Qiu fed the three cats. Chen Cheng was rarely at home, so he rarely bothered with them.

The two of them chatted with Chen Cheng while cleaning the cat house.

Brother Cheng, what major do you think I should choose?

Chen Cheng didn't even look up, "Doesn't that depend on what you want to do in the future?"

However, since you're purely in liberal arts, there aren't many choices.

Chinese language, law, history, education, finance, economics, accounting.

And there's also Journalism, which I don't really care for.

Lin Miaomiao listened, paused for a moment, and turned to look at Chen Cheng, "Brother Cheng, why?"

Isn't it pretty good to work in news?

Investigative reporters are really cool.

Chen Cheng chuckled, "What are the three elements of news? Authenticity, timeliness, and freshness."

But in this era of traffic, even state media gets swayed by traffic, forwarding and reporting news without verifying its authenticity. To keep up with timeliness and grab hot topics, they just forward and report it directly.

And they shamelessly attribute it to "according to such-and-such news" or "such-and-such source" to evade their own responsibility.

If they reported it themselves and later discovered factual errors, they just delete the draft and call it a day.

Then they continue to chase the next hot topic.

The current society is so full of hostility, and journalism students are responsible for a third of it.

Deng Xiaoqi was thoughtful. Seeing that Chen Cheng hadn't spoken for a while, she asked, "What about the rest?"

Uh...

Chen Cheng frowned, then a smile curled at the corners of his mouth, "I can't say that. Wait until you get to college, and you can slowly figure it out for yourselves."

Lin Miaomiao pouted, not very happy, "I still wanted to be a reporter."

Chen Cheng thought for a moment, "You can be one; I didn't say you couldn't."

Anyway, you need to think clearly about what kind of person you want to be.

News is also reported by people. As long as you are tough enough and can withstand the KPI pressure from your leaders, it's actually manageable.

As he said this, Chen Cheng thought of Wang Tie Mei, "If you really want to be a reporter, I'll introduce you to a sister, and you can be her assistant for a while."

Just take it as an experience of life.

If it's law, go find Qin Shi. For finance and accounting, go find Guan Guan and Lucy.

You have their contact information, talk to them yourself.

For other majors, I can't help.

As he said this, Chen Cheng frowned and put himself in the shoes of a college entrance examinee, "If I were to choose... I might choose history."

Both girls were stunned, "Why, Brother Cheng?"

Chen Cheng chuckled, "There is nothing new under the sun."

If you understand history, you will find that the operating rules of this world have never changed from beginning to end.

Almost all hot topics have likely happened in the past; you can find reflections with extremely high similarities.

Lin Miaomiao nodded, "Brother Cheng, what about the economics you studied?"

Chen Cheng smiled slightly, "Economics is also known as the soothsayer major."

You can look at those economists who attend various forums and give reports every day.

They are always saying ambiguous things, acting all mysterious and rambling all day.

If you want to pursue a doctorate or postdoctoral degree and work in social economic research or policy research in the future, economics is worth considering.

Otherwise, if you want to rely on this major to make money right after graduating with a bachelor's degree and work in the financial industry,

Then I suggest you retake the exam, switch to science, and choose a major like computer science, microelectronics, or electrical engineering.

The directors and VPs who hire people under our company prefer other science and engineering majors, not economics or finance.