333 Finding Faul (1/2)

Yu Jiangu considered telling Guan Yilin not to interrupt Xiao Luo, as he was well aware of her overweening attitude. Guan Yilin had a very high opinion of herself and often asked loaded questions to make her teachers look incompetent. She was a handful as far as Yu Jiangu and all the teachers were concerned. In their eyes, she was an excellent student, but at the same time, also a b*tch of the highest order.

But he held back on second thought since Xiao Luo had the floor, and wanted to see if Xiao Luo could subdue this conceited and arrogant student.

Everyone in the class stared at Xiao Luo, many with wry smiles on their faces, waiting to see how he would respond.

Xiao Luo said, ”Of course I have regrets, everyone has regrets more often than not, and a life without regrets is not a complete life.”

”And what are your regrets?” Guan Yilin pressed further.

”My regret is that I didn't choose to go to graduate school or take the civil service exam in my senior year.”

Xiao Luo smiled and said, ”In today's society, there are too many college students entering the workforce, and there's fierce competition for jobs. Even many of the graduates from 221-tiered and 985-tiered colleges [1] are facing a crisis in the current climate of high unemployment. To get a better start and a stronger competitive edge, you must try to pursue postgraduate studies. But I didn't do so and have lost that opportunity to improve myself.”

”I didn't opt to take the civil service exam either. Many people are dismissive of the civil service, believing that while it offers stability, it's at best a middle-income profession. But it represents an invaluable career for a new graduate, offering you a platform you to settle down and think carefully about a new career path before you embark on what you wish to achieve in the future.”

These were indeed his two regrets; if it wasn't for the fortuitous integration of the genius system, he would still be toiling away as a hard-working, nine-to-five product engineer in some factory and would often have to work overtime.

Yu Jiangu agreed with Xiao Luo's view, and as a senior teacher, he had come to the same conclusion for some time now. Nowadays, there were hundreds of thousands of college students graduating every year, and while the number of job applicants increased on an annual basis, job availability did not grow at the same rate. Hence a more significant number of graduates were now competing for a limited number of jobs.

Under such circumstances, choosing to pursue postgraduate studies or to take the civil service exam was a smart path. As a testament, one of Yu Jiangu's students who pursued his postgraduate studies got into a large company with a starting salary of 10,000 dollars and often traveled on business trips abroad—although he had a late start, he quickly ran ahead of everyone else.

Xiao Luo shook his head as he replied, ”No, this is just from my personal experience. It's not suitable for everyone, it's just information that you can use to form your own decisions. It's for your reference only.”

”Oh, really? Then according to Senior Xiao, what should I do after graduation?”

Guan Yilin absolutely disagreed with Xiao Luo's viewpoint, and with a smirk on her face, she said, ”I am now a regional manager of CITIC Credit Services, and CITIC Bank has also offered me a position. As soon as I sign the contract, they will put a lot of resources behind me, and I will be able to develop quickly into a successful career woman. But, Senior Xiao, according to what you've just said, do you think I should turn down their offer and go to graduate school instead, or take the civil service exam?”

”Yi Lin's salary now is already 8,000 or 10,000 dollars, at least, she must be crazy to give up on CITIC Bank.”

”Yeah, I thought he could preach some useful life lessons, but then he starts talking about going to graduate school and taking civil service exams, this guy is really something else.”

”Haha, looks like he's just here pretending to be street smart!”

Guan Yilin posed her mocking questions and drew laughter from the class, as to everyone's eyes, Xiao Luo was making a fool of himself. As students who had successfully gotten through the challenging entrance exams to enter such a leading university, the students prided themselves as elites; therefore, they were not inclined to listen to anyone they thought was inferior.

Xiao Luo now understood that the overly confident girl sitting in the first row right below him was deliberately trying to undermine anything he said. Xiao Luo was usually a soft-spoken, accommodating person, though somewhat chauvinistic, once his temper flared up, it did not matter if the other party was a man or a woman, he would make them kneel down and admit defeat.

”I have to emphasize it again, that's just my regret, and one must adapt according to one's needs rather than blindly following what I have to say.”