10: Chapter 10, 530 points! A lucky find of 211!

You barely even had to manage them!

It could be said that this was the happiest time for Taobao sellers, bar none!

In Zhao Yang's past life, his girlfriend was a Taobao seller, but she only started doing it after graduating from university.

That was around 2012 or 2013, a time when it was still relatively easy to build up a Taobao store.

But when she was with him, she often complained about not starting her Taobao business during the summer after high school graduation.

Because right now was exactly when Taobao was beginning to explode in popularity.

This period could be described as a paradise for Taobao sellers.

Users were many, but sellers were few.

One could say that by opening any random shop, you could sell goods very quickly.

Take a few decent-looking photos of models, decorate the shop a little, and link some slightly attractive clothes.

Then the traffic would just come pouring in!

It could truly be described as picking up money off the ground.

In that wild era, making money was easy!

But it wouldn't last later on.

After 2009, due to Taobao's influence and its continuous expansion to include individual sellers, the number of shops on the platform began to skyrocket.

Business became increasingly difficult to do.

It was still okay in 2012 and 2013, but the turning point was after 2014 when Taobao sellers reached near saturation; at that point, the competition for traffic became exceptionally brutal.

In his past life, while Zhao Yang was with his girlfriend, he learned quite a bit about Taobao operations through osmosis.

In fact, Zhao Yang didn't intend to put too much energy into the Taobao Online Store.

After all, to him, studying was still more important.

But similarly, making money was also a fairly important matter.

Mainly, making money this year was crucial because next year would be a recovery period for the stock market, and many stocks would experience a massive surge.

Zhao Yang had specifically studied the stock market in his past life, so he naturally had a certain understanding of the bull market rebound in 2009.

It would continue until the stock market peaked in 2015 and then crashed.

Zhao Yang basically understood this market trend.

If he earned some money this year, he could diversify and invest it in the stock market next year; making money would be much simpler then.

Because he had memories of the market trends, he only needed to remember to buy low and sell high.

Zhao Yang wasn't willing to go into business.

Running a business was too tiring, and he didn't have the time; he was currently more interested in academics.

With the system, Zhao Yang had erupted with an unprecedented passion for learning.

Only learning could make him happy!

Doing business and such was too much of a waste of study time!

By riding the wave of Taobao's market trend in 2008, he could earn some capital and then buy the dip in A-shares next year to earn money while lying down!

As Zhao Yang was thinking this, he and Wang Ming had already walked through the gates of Changcheng No. 1 High School.

“Brother Yang, I'll head to my class first then! Just send me a message on QQ tomorrow!”

Although Wang Ming didn't know what Zhao Yang was planning to do, as a childhood friend, he wouldn't refuse Zhao Yang's request.

“Mm!”

Zhao Yang nodded.

He watched Wang Ming's retreating back.

Zhao Yang smiled and arrived at his own class.

Changcheng No. 1 High School, Senior Three Class 17.

The Class 17 classroom was already buzzing with voices; most people had smiles on their faces, while a small number looked dejected.

As an elite class, most people here wouldn't have scores that were too bad.

Except for... Zhao Yang.

When Zhao Yang walked into the classroom, the originally noisy room instantly fell silent. Most eyes snapped toward Guo Hao as he entered.

They basically all knew about Zhao Yang fainting from a high fever during the College Entrance Examination.

He was a famous top student in the class, yet he had suffered such a failure in the exam.

Everyone was curious about how Zhao Yang was feeling.

Zhao Yang felt nothing at all...

“Why is everyone looking at me?”

As an adult with a psychological age in his thirties, Zhao Yang naturally wouldn't feel anything from these stares.

He spoke to his classmates in a somewhat annoyed tone.

“A Yang, I heard you fainted from a high fever during the exam! So how many points did you get? Are you planning to Repeat the year?”

Finally, a classmate couldn't help but ask Zhao Yang.

“534 points. I'm not planning to repeat.”

Just as Zhao Yang finished speaking, Class Teacher Huang happened to appear at the classroom door.

Hearing Zhao Yang's words, Class Teacher Huang was slightly stunned.

“Zhao Yang, you're not repeating?”

Class Teacher Huang frowned slightly and asked Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang turned to look at Class Teacher Huang.

Class Teacher Huang was a very good teacher whom the students liked a lot; he was the type of teacher who easily bonded with his students.

Zhao Yang also had a good impression of him.

“Yeah, I won't repeat. I plan to take the postgraduate entrance exam once I'm in university. Repeating the year is meaningless.”

Zhao Yang spoke frankly.

Hearing Zhao Yang's words, the students in the class had various expressions.

Class Teacher Huang showed a hint of regret on his face.

“Alright then, go back to your seat first.”

“Mm.”

Zhao Yang nodded.

He returned to his seat.

His seat was in the middle of the third row. As one of the top students in the class, he had been the first to choose his seat.

Throughout the three years of high school, he had chosen the same spot, so Zhao Yang remembered it vividly.

Sitting in his seat, looking at the familiar classroom and the youthful faces of these classmates in his memory...

Zhao Yang felt a surge of emotion.

No one can simultaneously possess youth and the wisdom to appreciate it—unless you are a reincarnator.

And it just so happened that Zhao Yang was that reincarnator.

“Zhao Yang, are you really not planning to repeat?”

At this moment, his female desk-mate looked at him curiously and asked.

Zhao Yang glanced at her, and her name quickly surfaced in his mind.

Zhao Xiaoxue. They had been desk-mates for over a year. Her grades were also consistently in the top five of the class, and she was a very pure-looking girl.

“Yeah, I'm not planning to repeat.”

Zhao Yang said frankly.

“But it's really such a pity.”

Zhao Xiaoxue looked at Zhao Yang.

“With your level, repeating for a year could even let you try for Tsinghua or Peking University. With this score now...”

Zhao Xiaoxue said to Zhao Yang, her face full of regret.

“It's fine.”

Zhao Yang smiled slightly.

In his past life, he had gone through a similar situation and choice. Although his current choice was the same as his past one...

His state of mind was completely different.

In his past life, he was lost and helpless; he didn't choose to repeat simply because he had a natural aversion to the idea.

But in this life, it was entirely different!

Having the system and his experience from reincarnation...

His path regarding which school to choose and his future development was very clear.

If nothing else, just regarding filling out the college applications...

In his past life, Zhao Yang had specifically researched application filling with his teachers and had paid attention to the final admission cutoff scores of various schools.

Even with his score of 534, there was an opportunity to snag a spot at a 211 university!