520: Chapter 520 Scumbag Cheng's Persuasion to Study

Not long after, Lin Miaomiao tiptoed over and sat down opposite Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng didn't even lift his head; he knew who it was, and his tone was light and breezy, "What's up?"

Lin Miaomiao glanced at Deng Xiaoqi, Jiang Tianhao, and Qian Sanyi standing behind Chen Cheng.

Deng Xiaoqi nodded encouragingly.

Lin Miaomiao pursed her lips and asked tentatively:

"Brother Cheng, is this plane really worth that much money?"

"Five 'small targets'?"

This question made Chen Cheng laugh out loud; were young people nowadays always this direct?

But thinking about it, it wasn't that strange coming from Lin Miaomiao.

He said grumpily, "Didn't you already look it up? Why ask?"

"Hehe~" Lin Miaomiao laughed awkwardly, "It's not as convincing as hearing it from you, Brother Cheng."

Chen Cheng rolled his eyes at her, "Something like that."

"However, it was bought with a loan, with only a 30% down payment."

Deng Xiaoqi was stunned, "Doesn't that mean you have to pay monthly installments, and... interest?"

Chen Cheng looked back at her, "Silly girl, bank money is the cheapest money there is."

"It'd be a waste not to use it."

Deng Xiaoqi blinked, "Then... Brother Cheng, how much money do you have?"

"I saw people online saying that Brother Cheng has tens of billions."

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment, "Are people discussing this online already?"

Deng Xiaoqi nodded, "Yeah, there's always been talk, but the posts keep getting deleted."

"You even have a codename online now, Brother Cheng."

"ZC Mysterious Person."

Chen Cheng made a constipated face; what kind of nonsense was that?

As for the post deletions, he didn't need to guess; Karen must have arranged it.

Ever since being backstabbed by the 'Era' last year,

Chen Cheng knew he couldn't be a truly transparent person on the internet.

He had specifically instructed Karen to have someone regularly PR any discussion posts about him.

Chen Cheng thought about Deng Xiaoqi's question, "Actually, I don't know how much money I have either."

Wang Tie Mei, standing behind, heard this and widened her eyes immediately.

Look at you showing off.

She reached into her bag, took out earphones, and stuffed them into Wang Moli's ears, "Come on, listen to some English."

Wang Moli rolled her eyes at her reluctantly.

Chen Cheng continued: "As for that number you mentioned just now..."

"You should all know that everything gets magnified on the internet."

"One person says a hundred, another says a thousand, and the next person dares to blow it up to ten thousand."

When others ask you how much money you have,

Just say you don't have any, and add that you're in debt to the bank; if you can't pay it back one day, help a brother out.

Lin Miaomiao blinked, "Then... Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng, how did you earn so much money?"

Chen Cheng paused, and then he understood.

These few were scared by the price of the plane.

They were no longer carefree teenagers; they had started thinking about life's direction and future development.

They were wondering how high the person beside them had reached and whether they could achieve the same.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment and smiled faintly, "Study hard!"

Thinking too much was useless.

It was better to trick them into studying more.

Lin Miaomiao frowned, looking very incredulous, "Just studying is enough?"

Chen Cheng nodded, "Yeah, just studying hard is enough."

His words were half-true.

The true part:

In today's highly technologically developed society, for a child from an ordinary family to earn as much money as he had gained using cheats,

the only path really is to study hard.

And it has to be in science and engineering, with research and development capabilities—top-tier innovative talent, a genius.

Only such talent has the possibility of soaring to the sky through innovative achievements.

For ordinary people, besides working for others or doing small businesses in food, clothing, housing, and transportation,

entrepreneurship in other directions is just being a middleman, a business with little or no capital.

There's no other way; no technology, no capital.

If one can start a business, it's usually after working for many years and accumulating some resources, then going solo.

But even if successful, it's very difficult to reach Chen Cheng's current height.

Except for industries that don't exist yet or haven't been fully commercialized,

other 'traditional industries' are already a red ocean.

The cake has already been divided up.

Forcing your way in might lead to success and financial freedom, but there is absolutely no chance of becoming an industry leader.

Without becoming an industry leader, it's hard to reach Chen Cheng's current height.

The false part is that studying is not the right method for Lin Miaomiao.

It's also not suitable for Deng Xiaoqi or Jiang Tianhao.

If they had Chen Cheng's help, they might have a chance to become small business owners, but there's a very, very small probability of becoming a towering tree.

Qian Sanyi, on the other hand, has a chance.

His father has a listed company.

His grandfather is an academician.

An academician of this age must have ancestors who were at least scholars.

It could be said that it took the accumulated efforts of several generations for him to have the chance to become a top scorer.

And if he remembered correctly, he was studying physics, in the field of quantum computing.

This kind of new industry is the easiest to provide opportunities to soar to the sky.

It's just a pity.

In the original show, his mentor suddenly discovered that what he had studied his whole life didn't actually exist.

His heart was shattered, and he committed suicide.

Qian Sanyi was also crushed and suffered from severe depression. His scientific research path was basically ruined.

Lin Miaomiao leaned forward, staring straight at Chen Cheng with wide eyes, "Brother Cheng, are you sure... you're not fooling us?"

Chen Cheng shook his head, "Would I have money to spend if I fooled you?"

"Uh..." Lin Miaomiao laughed sheepishly, shaking her head mischievously, "No money!"

Chen Cheng said grumpily, "Pixiu!"

This was what Ye Zhenzhen used to scold him, and now he was using it to scold Lin Miaomiao.

The world is truly a cycle.

Chen Cheng turned his head to look at the three people behind him.

He saw Jiang Tianhao, Deng Xiaoqi, and Qian Sanyi standing there looking at him with heavy expressions.

Chen Cheng pondered for two seconds, then turned back to look at Lin Miaomiao, "My undergraduate degree is in economics, and so is my master's. Now, I'm pursuing two doctoral degrees."

"One in Artificial Intelligence and one in behavioral economics."

"I also know a little bit about biochemistry, architecture, law, finance, history..."

He scanned their faces, "Do you think... me being able to drive luxury cars and live in villas is thanks to studying?"

"Uh..."

Chen Cheng's mouth curled up; seeing Lin Miaomiao's constipated expression, he knew he had succeeded in fooling them.

He waved his hand, "Alright, go do what you need to do, don't disturb my work here."

"It's useless for you to think about this right now."

"Go have fun."

After dismissing the youngsters, Chen Cheng blinked and sent a message to Karen on his phone.

[Don't worry about the post deletions anymore.]

It wasn't that Chen Cheng didn't want to manage it, but it was already August.

Company Name's quarterly position report would be released in the last few days of the deadline.

It would be in these next few days.

Once the positions were released, Company Name would definitely be pushed to the forefront of the storm.

At that time, no matter how much he suppressed public opinion, it would be ineffective.

All Chen Cheng could do was to not accept any interviews and keep a low profile.

If possible, he would even change his appearance.

However, the photos of him that existed on the internet were limited to his graduation photo.

And it was just a portrait of him in a large group photo.

[This chapter is a bit filler-y; I need to think carefully about the Beijing plot.]

[By the way, should I add Yuanyuan? Vote~]