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Ye Chen's name was put on the Wall of Honor, and in truth, several teachers were happy for him.
After all, this was the Wall of Honor of Jiangzhou Middle School.
In over thirty years, only one person had ever made it onto the Wall of Honor; Ye Chen was the second.
"Student Ye Chen, as the Top Scholar this time, the school has decided to award you an additional 100,000 yuan."
Previously, the school had already awarded him 50,000 at his home. This additional 100,000 was because the influence Ye Chen brought was simply too great.
Xia Yingluo and Li Sitong also received awards of 50,000 and 10,000 respectively.
When the three of them returned to the Classroom, Ye Chen was immediately surrounded by the students of Class Five.
"Our Top Scorer in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is here!"
"Ye Chen, you're amazing! The provincial top scorer!"
"Top Scholar Ye, hurry up and give me an autograph. Who knows, maybe it'll be worth money later."
"Haha, let's do an interview. How does it feel to be the Top Scholar?"
Ye Chen looked at his teasing classmates and smiled helplessly.
"How did everyone do on the exam?"
From the happy expressions on his classmates' faces, Ye Chen knew everyone had done quite well.
Just then, Wang Chao walked in carrying a stack of university application forms.
"Quiet down, everyone."
Wang Chao looked at this group of precious students, feeling extremely happy.
Right now, he could be described as being in high spirits!
Not only did his class produce a Top Scholar like Ye Chen, but their class also occupied three of the top five spots in the province.
Moreover, even the ordinary students' grades were much better than he had expected.
When Wang Chao saw the passing rate for Tier 1 and Tier 2 universities for the class, he could hardly believe his eyes.
This was just too impressive.
The class's passing rate for Tier 1 and Tier 2 universities was as high as ninety-eight percent.
This result was simply terrifying.
Wang Chao smiled and said, "Everyone performed very well. I would like to congratulate you all on achieving such great results."
Hearing Teacher Wang's words, the students all burst into applause.
This applause was for Teacher Wang and Ye Chen, but also for themselves.
Ye Chen smiled happily.
He knew that the reason his classmates achieved such good results was partly due to his lectures, but mostly due to their own hard work.
Therefore, everyone deserved this applause.
"Alright, everyone, fill out your application forms."
Wang Chao handed out the forms.
"I believe you've all considered which university you want to attend. Fill in your preferred schools; this will determine each of your future fates."
When Ye Chen and Xia Yingluo got their forms, they naturally filled in Kyoto University.
The only thing that surprised everyone was that Li Sitong filled in Kyoto Film Academy.
Given Li Sitong's grades, she would have had no problem getting into even Kyoto University or Huaqing University.
Seeing that Li Sitong applied for the Film Academy, Wang Chao was originally dead set against it.
But since this was a decision made by Li Sitong and her father, there was nothing he could do as a teacher.
Wang Chao walked over to Ye Chen's side. Seeing that Ye Chen had written down Peking University, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"Ye Chen, I am very lucky to have been your teacher," Wang Chao said with deep emotion.
He could say that everything he had today was thanks to Ye Chen; Wang Chao spoke these words from the bottom of his heart.
Ye Chen also smiled slightly. "Teacher, I am also very lucky to have been your student."
"Mhm. Once you're at Kyoto University, you must take good care of Yingluo." Teacher Wang looked at Xia Yingluo, feeling a bit reluctant to see her go.
Xia Yingluo was an orphan who had gotten into Kyoto University through her own hard work; Wang Chao was also happy for her.
Everyone had actually discussed which schools to apply for with their parents before coming.
So very quickly, everyone finished filling out their forms and handed them to Wang Chao... News about Ye Chen's National Higher Education Entrance Examination results also sparked great attention online.
Major newspapers and news outlets in Jiangzhou were all reporting on Ye Chen becoming the provincial top scorer.
Ye Chen's score was ranked first even nationwide.
Even the video of Ye Chen's previous interview was dug up again.
Many people had mocked Ye Chen back then, thinking he was just bragging.
Who would have thought that Ye Chen really was a Top Student?
Seeing Ye Chen's results, these people felt like their faces were burning.
Many people quietly deleted their comments mocking Ye Chen under the video.
Besides the matter of Ye Chen's exam, another event caused a storm in the stock market.
"Holy crap, have you guys heard? China's garlic reserve warehouses were flooded."
"Yeah, I heard. They say it was a rainstorm like nothing seen in a hundred years. Because the protective measures weren't adequate, the garlic was all submerged by the flood."
"Tsk tsk, that's half of the national garlic reserves."
"If I'd known, I would've stockpiled more garlic. I could've made a killing selling it when the price goes up."
"Brother, you don't get it. To stockpile garlic properly, you should buy garlic Futures. You'd definitely make a fortune."
"Futures? You think those market makers are stupid? As soon as the news broke, those Futures companies probably stopped trading."
Just as everyone said, after the news of the reserve warehouses being flooded came out, all garlic Futures trading was closed.
Unless you had bought in beforehand, you had no chance of making this windfall."
On the internet, many people regretted not buying garlic Futures back then.
However, no one knew that in Jiangzhou, a High School student who had just finished the National Higher Education Entrance Examination had actually bought 2.85 million US dollars worth of garlic Futures."
When Ye Chen returned home after filling out his application, Mother Ye ran out excitedly.
"Ye Chen, the price of garlic really went up!"
Father Ye was also full of joy, his face beaming with delight.
Three days ago, when Ye Chen was certain the price of garlic would rise, he had Father Ye and Mother Ye stockpile some garlic.
In fact, he originally wanted his parents to invest in Futures, but since they didn't understand Futures, Ye Chen did this to help his parents rebuild their confidence in doing business.
After all, stockpiling garlic was a guaranteed profit-making business.
In Ye Chen's memory, the price of garlic would continue to climb for a period of time.
Stockpiling garlic and then selling it when the price was high would definitely earn a lot of money.
At first, Father Ye and Mother Ye were bewildered when they heard Ye Chen tell them to stockpile garlic.
After all, they had never thought about becoming vegetable farmers.
But after listening to Ye Chen's analysis, Father Ye made a prompt decision, took out the family savings, and bought all the garlic he could.
Father Ye chose to trust his son.
That same day, Father Ye and Mother Ye contacted a garlic supplier,
and directly ordered 100,000 yuan worth of garlic.
Because they bought in bulk, the wholesale price was thirty-eight cents.
In addition, the two of them specifically rented a warehouse to store the garlic they collected.
On the day of the heavy rain, they had already put all the garlic into the warehouse.
Sure enough, it rained heavily at the garlic reserve warehouses that night.
Early this morning, the price of garlic rose to eighty cents, more than doubling instantly.
Mother Ye and Father Ye were extremely excited, but Ye Chen remained very calm.
One had to realize they invested 100,000, which was equivalent to earning 200,000.
Ye Chen smiled. "Mom, Dad, stay calm. The price of garlic will continue to rise!"