Rebirth: Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Part 4：Bounty

Jiang Fan returned to his bedroom.

He typed into his phone's browser: "How can a student with 300 points in the college entrance exam get into Longke University?"
The first search result: "Which tech company is the best? Longguo's San Dong area is looking for Blue Sky!"
The second search result: "Failed the college entrance exam? Don't worry, come to Wenba and retake the exam, Wenba's retake school will help you get into your dream school next year!"
The third search result: "Jiangnan Leather Factory is hiring! Boss Huang He is recruiting with his sister-in-law!"
Jiang Fan scrolled down, utterly frustrated. What was all this nonsense?
He spent a long time searching and couldn't find any useful answers!
Throughout history, perhaps only Jiang Fan could encounter such a dilemma—an individual with 300 points on the college entrance exam, who would never dare to dream of attending Longke University!
Students at Longke University would never score only 300 points!
Jiang Fan closed the browser, opened Zhihu, and posted a question:
"How can a student with 300 points in the college entrance exam get into Longke University?"
In the post settings, there was an option for a reward. After a brief moment of contemplation, Jiang Fan entered a reward of 10,000 yuan.
Initially, he was considering a reward of 100 yuan, but then he made a bold decision and went for 10,000 yuan, believing that a generous reward would attract the right kind of help!
If paying 10,000 yuan could help him get into Longke University, it would be worth it!
"小凡, it's time for dinner!"
At that moment, Li Guiqin called out.
"Okay, Mom."
Jiang Fan stood up and went to the dining room, where he found his father smoking on the balcony.
"Jingguo, it's time to eat!" Li Xiu'e said.
"Okay."
Jiang Jingguo responded and took a deep drag from his cigarette before flicking it into an ashtray filled with water.
At the dinner table, everyone ate in silence.
Jiang Fan was lost in thought, pondering how he could possibly be admitted to Longke University. Jiang Jingguo was troubled by his son's future, while Li Xiu'e was more concerned about ensuring her son was well.
"小凡, do you have any plans?"
In the end, Jiang Jingguo couldn't help but ask. He wanted to understand his son's thoughts.
"Dad, I don't know yet."
At this point, Jiang Fan had no idea what to do. The system had given him a task, and he could only receive rewards by completing it!
But with his 300-point score, he couldn't figure out how to get into Longke University.
"Why don't I use some connections and get you into a junior college?"
Jiang Jingguo didn't support the idea of Jiang Fan repeating the year. If he failed again, it could have a serious impact on his son's mental health.
"Dad, let's talk about it in a few days."
Jiang Fan responded dismissively.
After dinner, Jiang Fan returned to his room, opened his phone, and checked the responses to his question on Zhihu.
As he had predicted, a generous reward brought plenty of attention. The responses were flooding in.
User 1: "Are you sure you're not crazy?"
User 2: "300 points and you want to get into Longke University? You must be dreaming!"
User 3: "Full-time self-study is your best bet, only 998 yuan, and you'll get an enrollment notice from Longke University!"
User 4: "My uncle's aunt's cousin's second uncle's sister's cousin is the admissions director at Longke University. 1 million, guaranteed acceptance!"
@User 4: "I'm a lawless rogue, Zhang San, and I've got my eye on you!"
User 5: "Just kneel at the entrance of Longke University. Let them see your sincerity. I'm sure they'll be moved and accept you as a student!"
@User 5: "Kneel at the entrance of Longke University, and you could make 1,000 a day. If you want to get into Longke University, you can forget it!"
@User 5: "If you beg at the entrance, you'll at least make 5,000 a day."
@Above: "Seriously? 5,000 a day? I'm going over there to kneel and beg right now!"
...
Jiang Fan read through these responses and nearly lost his mind. Just as he was about to search for another solution, he spotted a potentially useful comment!
User 9999: "You idiot, Longke University is a top-tier tech academy in Longguo. With only 300 points, you'd have a better chance of researching a spaceship than getting in!"
Suddenly, Jiang Fan had an idea. He couldn't currently build a spaceship, but with the controlled nuclear fusion formula in his hands, if he sent part of the formula and data to Longke University, he believed his admission could be secured!
Without wasting a moment, Jiang Fan decided to act. He sent a reward to User 9999 and quickly turned off his phone.
...
At Taobo Internet Cafe, machine 99, a teenager waited for his game to load. Due to network issues, it was slow to start. Bored, he opened Zhihu to kill time and noticed a post offering a 10,000 yuan reward.
Curious, he clicked on it.
"How can a student with 300 points in the college entrance exam get into Longke University?"
Unable to hold back, he cursed out loud.
"This idiot must be out of his mind!"
His friend leaned in to see what was going on and ended up cursing too.
The teenager quickly typed a response:
"You idiot, Longke University is a top-tier tech academy in Longguo. With only 300 points, you might as well be researching a spaceship!"
He then closed his phone and went back to his game. After finishing a round, he absentmindedly opened his phone again to check how the idiot who posted the question had been roasted.
To his shock, Zhihu notified him that his comment had been accepted by the original poster, and he was rewarded 10,000 yuan!
"What the hell is going on?"
He was dumbfounded, and his friend was equally stunned.
"Wow! This is insane!"
...
In the afternoon, Jiang Fan organized part of the controlled nuclear fusion formula and data on his computer.
He visited Longke University's official website and found the submission email for civilian research projects.
This was a special program set up by Longke University to accept research submissions from the public.
If a submission passed professional review, the researchers could receive funding for development.
Each year, Longke University received thousands of submissions, but only one or two projects were actually funded.
Jiang Fan packaged the controlled nuclear fusion formula and data into a compressed file and sent it to the relevant email address, along with a brief message: "I hope to be accepted to your university."
After sending the email successfully, Jiang Fan sighed with relief.
He opened WeChat and found that someone had added him to a class group chat for Class 36 of the First High School. The messages in the group were flashing constantly!
He entered the group and saw that the class monitor had posted a chart with everyone's exam results.
Among the 56 students in the class, the highest score was Chu Ruoxi with 708 points.
10 students scored between 600 and 700 points.
37 students scored between 500 and 600 points.
7 students scored between 450 and 500 points.
And there was one student with 300 points—Jiang Fan.
Clearly, Jiang Fan and Chu Ruoxi had become the subjects of all the students' discussions!
In the group, flowers, applause, and congratulations were showered on Chu Ruoxi, with everyone offering flattering comments.
Meanwhile, in their smaller subgroup, Jiang Fan became the subject of mockery and a source of confidence for others.