Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 169 - 98: The Surprise from My Alma Mater

There was nothing to say along the way, but upon returning to Star City, his alma mater gave him a big surprise.

Old Zhang was no longer satisfied with just hanging a red banner at the school gate for celebration. This time, he directly rented one of those arch-shaped balloons typically used for celebrations, standing it at the school gate, with an air blower borrowed from the security room blowing loudly.

"Warmly celebrating our student Qiao Yu in grade one for entering the IMO national training team with his impressive result as the first place in the 66th CMO nationwide!"

Actually, Old Zhang wanted to add a few more words on the balloon, like breaking the zero record or defeating the four top schools of Star City. But the balloon was only so long, and adding more words would require the font to be smaller, so he had to give up.

After all, this was mainly for publicity, especially when photographed, the words in the back would proportionally shrink, so it had to be ensured that once the photos were printed on the newspaper, anyone glancing at it could clearly see what was written on the balloon.

This is a kind of technique, too.

You have to understand, bigshots are generally busy. Besides the relevant departments, other department bigshots might just glance over their headlines and eye-catching pictures beneath when they pick up the newspaper, without delving into the details of those written reports.

This is also why the font size of the headlines and the text part in the images must be bold and big enough.

When the school name Star City Railway First Middle School appears in the headline, matched with the content shown in the picture, it can immediately leave a deep impression on the bigshots.

It’s really the only way.

In this era of universal social media, those good at warfare can subdue others without fighting, but they can’t lack tangible achievements.

Especially for those who are still eager to strive for accomplishment.

Otherwise, with everyone bombarded by all kinds of dense information, who will know what achievements you have made?

For instance, Zhang Tiejun, he is still a year away from turning fifty. For the head of a provincial exemplary high school, there is still something to aim for.

If he can further advance, he might be able to go to more important positions, and with a broader perspective, realize his educational ideals and personal aspirations.

So naturally, when there are achievements, he’d want more people to see them.

Of course, these are just the things on the surface.

What truly warms Zhang Tiejun’s heart is that it has been confirmed that Qiao Yu will attend Yanbei University next year and will study under a bigshot like Tian Yanzhen in the future. This was an exceptionally unexpected surprise.

So even knowing that the travel would be exhausting, Zhang Tiejun repeatedly told Lan Jie on WeChat that after the provincial team disbanded upon returning to Star City, to first bring Qiao Yu back to school, mainly for issuing the reward.

This little guy will really be seen less and less in the future. But it’s okay, as long as Qiao Yu can remember the goodwill of his alma mater, then Star City Railway First Middle School won’t have to worry about the future.

In short, as long as a school produces an academician who still has affection for his alma mater, these schools typically develop very well.

At least in Huaxia, there are many ways for a big country’s academician to repay his alma mater, not just simple donations, but also establishing various cooperative projects, even providing various educational resources...

Although Qiao Yu is currently just in the sect of a bigshot-level academician, with such a high starting point combined with Qiao Yu’s own abilities, Zhang Tiejun has no doubt that Qiao Yu will rise to become a new generation academician in the future.

It’s just a matter of time.

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This time, the school dispatched a car to pick him up. As soon as he arrived at the school gate, Qiao Yu was overwhelmed by the grand scene organized by Old Zhang.

More exaggerated than last time, every leader whose name they could call in the school was waiting for him at the gate.

As soon as Qiao Yu got out of the car, two directors from the Academic Affairs Office and the Political Education Office personally fired air cannons filled with colorful confetti from both sides of the car. The crisp sounds startled Qiao Yu.

Then came the confetti rain from the sky, and before Qiao Yu could react, Old Zhang, full of good cheer, walked over, raised his hand, and patted him on the shoulder: "Congratulations, Qiao Yu! Come, let’s not say too much but come over for a group photo."

It was only then that Qiao Yu noticed that not only were there school leaders at the gate to greet him, but also reporters with cameras.

"No way, Principal Zhang, it’s just winning first place in the CMO. This time it’s such a big deal, what do you plan to do when I come back with an IMO gold medal?" Qiao Yu looked at Principal Zhang expectantly and asked.

"Hahaha, then it’s a deal. When you win the IMO gold medal, you must return to Star City and visit your alma mater. I’ll invite the bigshots from our higher-level governing departments to celebrate with you!"

As he spoke, Principal Zhang even brazenly put his arm around Qiao Yu’s shoulder.

"But we’ll discuss the future plans later. Let’s finish the process first and quickly gather for a group photo, Qiao Yu. You are now the pride of our Star City Railway First Middle School..."

Qiao Yu finally understood how those inept emperors in ancient times gradually lost their way.

With so many school leaders, one after another beginning to say all kinds of flattering words, bestowing all sorts of accolades on him like they cost nothing, who wouldn’t get dizzy?

If he had spent more time at the school gate and heard more pretty words, Qiao Yu might have changed his life mission to saving the world.

Fortunately, the distance from the school gate to Old Zhang’s office was far enough that the ten-minute walk was enough for Qiao Yu to calm down. Otherwise, still in that floating state, he would almost forget how to speak normally.