Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 49 Successful people are all top students

After learning that Lu Jie was the author of "Battle Through the Heavens," Sun Bo understood why Lu Jie had the money to invest in Kafka.

Although he had never written any online novels, he had seen some news about them, such as the three teenagers earning over a million yuan, and the top spot on the monthly ticket ranking receiving a bonus of ten thousand yuan.

Lu Jie's "Battle Through the Heavens" consistently ranks first in monthly votes, and its popularity in discussions surpasses that of Tang Jia San Shao's books.

That income is definitely higher than that of Tang Jia San Shao.

In his opinion, this income was already incredibly impressive.

He couldn't help but continue to sigh:

"If I were you, having written such an amazing novel as 'Battle Through the Heavens,' I would definitely drop out of school to write novels."

"How much money can you make by studying? You'll still have to find a job after graduation anyway. It's not as lucrative as writing novels, and it's free and comfortable."

Lu Jie listened quietly to Sun Bo without saying a word.

He knew that Sun Bo's words, seemingly expressing envy for his ability to earn money and enjoy a relaxed and free life through writing novels, were actually an excuse to slack off in his studies.

Sun Bo's academic performance has reached a plateau; his efforts are yielding less and less improvement, and his grades have begun to stagnate.

The positive cycle of learning, improved grades, increased motivation, and further learning has begun to stagnate.

However, the fatigue and hardship of studying did not diminish at all.

If he were to stop studying now, or even reiterate the idea that studying is useless as he did in his previous life, then Sun Bo would likely follow suit and start to slack off as well.

His grades eventually dropped, and he gave up on himself.

The reason I know this is because he is also very tired.

Sometimes I get so tired that I want to rest.

He even considered copying "Battle Through the Heavens," then "Swallowed Star," and finally "Mysterious Resurrection," but there was no need to go through all that trouble.

He had studied these three books extensively in his previous life because he had written fan fiction, so he could rewrite the original books.

If he can maintain his previous level of performance, it will be enough for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life.

However, he dismissed the thought as soon as it arose.

The success of "Battle Through the Heavens" has indeed reached the level of his previous life, because the publication time of "Battle Through the Heavens" and "Battle Through the Heavens" in his previous life were close.

There were no changes to the timeline of his online novels before he published "Battle Through the Heavens".

However, after he wrote "Battle Through the Heavens", the development of online literature was already different from that of his previous life.

Who knows if "Swallowing the Stars" and "Mysterious Resurrection" will be written ahead of schedule?

Even if it wasn't written down beforehand, can it achieve the same level of success as in the previous life if it's written now?

That's really not certain.

What if his self-promoted books flop? What if his original books also flop?

Without studying properly, he couldn't consistently produce online novels, and without a degree to back him up, wouldn't he be repeating his past life's experiences?

Therefore, you must take advantage of the one or two years when your learning ability is at its peak to get into a good university as much as possible.

Once he understood this, he felt he had to persevere no matter how hard or tiring it was.

Of course, he could understand Sun Bo's discouragement, since high school studies are indeed very tiring and difficult.

After Sun Bo finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then said:

"Do you think it's possible that my second book after 'Battle Through the Heavens' failed and nobody reads it?"

Sun Bo was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief, "How is that possible!"

"Your first book, 'Battle Through the Heavens,' was such a huge hit. Isn't it supposed to be easy to make money with your second one?"

Lu Jie said seriously, "How could it be impossible? I did write 'Battle Through the Heavens' very smoothly, with ideas flowing like a spring, but I don't know what I can write for the second book, or whether I will run out of inspiration."

"If I can't write a second book, and I haven't gone to school or have a college degree, what can I do?"

"Should I study all over again to take the college entrance exam? Wouldn't that be a waste of time?"

"Besides, I'll be older then. Do you think I could still learn as quickly as I do now?"

Sun Bo agreed: "Studying is definitely not as easy as it is now when you're older."

Lu Jie nodded: "Yes!"

"I started writing 'Battle Through the Heavens' as a hobby because I was inspired by it. I never expected it to become so popular, which is why I kept writing it."

"If my novels weren't popular and didn't make money, I would have stopped writing them long ago."

"I can write the novel whenever I want; I'll have plenty of time later."

"Moreover, the older one gets, the more one's experiences deepen, making it easier to write good novels."

"But when it comes to learning, have you ever seen an older person learn more easily than a younger person?"

Sun Bo shook his head.

Seeing that Sun Bo had taken it to heart, Lu Jie thought for a moment and then changed the analogy:

"If you have 100,000 yuan to invest, and at that moment ten people come to you asking for that investment money."

"Among the ten people, there are students from the University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui University, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui Merchants Vocational College, and Urban Vocational College, as well as students who graduated from No. 12 Middle School but failed to get into any school and those who dropped out of school after finishing junior high school."

"Assuming they have no special skills and you can't see their past experience, you only know their education and age."

"To whom would you give this investment?"

Sun Bo said very seriously, "It will definitely go to the University of Science and Technology of China!"

"USTC has a number of outstanding entrepreneurs."

Lu Jie then asked, "What about Anhui University and Anhui University of Technology?"

Sun Bo thought for a moment and said, "That's fine too."

"Give them the money. If they fail, they should be able to return the 100,000 yuan to me."

Lu Jie continued, "Would you choose to work after graduating from No. 12 Middle School without getting into university, or after graduating from junior high school?"

Sun Bo glared at him: "What, are you looking down on our No. 12 Middle School? It's not like we don't have talented people in our school."

Lu Jie chuckled: "Right? You see, you instinctively set a threshold for people who didn't get into university in high school—they have to be really capable."

"But what exactly constitutes 'very impressive'? It's actually quite difficult to prove."

"This is still No. 12 Middle School, the school you have feelings for."

"As for graduating from junior high school, you haven't even considered it."

"But if you have a degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, then that degree is proof that you are quite capable."

Sun Bo felt somewhat unconvinced, but upon reflection, he realized it made sense and he couldn't refute it.

He could only nod sullenly.

Lu Jie said with some emotion:

"No matter how well I do with 'Battle Through the Heavens,' I can't use the success of that book to find a job in the future."

"But if I can get into a good university, I can at least find a decent job with a minimum wage of a few thousand yuan."

"It won't stop me from continuing to write my novel."

"Moreover, if I want to start a business with the royalties from 'Battle Through the Heavens,' it will be easier to find partners and teams at a good university."

"Maybe we can even attract investment through the alumni network of good universities."

Sun Bo was still somewhat unconvinced: "That Ma Yun who seemed so impressive in the news last time, she didn't even attend a very prestigious university!"

Lu Jie was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Sun Bo would know Ma Yun.

At this time, Ma Yun was not very famous yet, not as famous as Ma Yun's father.

"He is indeed not at the level of Tsinghua or Peking University, but Hangzhou Normal University, which he attended, is an undergraduate institution, and he was admitted in 84."

"Back then, getting into a regular undergraduate university was about as difficult as getting into a 211 university like Anhui University or Hefei University of Technology now."

Sun Bo was surprised to find that the university Ma Yun attended, which sounded like a junior college, was actually a bachelor's degree program.

He repeated, "The boss of 'Zhengtu'..."

Lu Jie interrupted directly: "Boss Shi is a top student from Zhejiang University, majoring in mathematics."

Sun Bo exclaimed, "Ah! He's from Zhejiang University?!"

He thought for a moment and then said again, "Bill Gates didn't graduate from university, but he still founded Microsoft!"

Lu Jie pointed out, "Bill Gates got into Harvard, earned his first pot of gold while studying there, and then used that money to found Microsoft."

"I dropped out of school later."

"It's not that I failed to get into university and went to start a business."

Sun Bo's expression froze.

He really hadn't expected this; the articles he saw all emphasized that Bill Gates didn't graduate from university and founded Microsoft.

Yes! Although I haven't graduated yet, at least I passed the exam!

Now he couldn't find any reason to refute or prove that even if he didn't go to a good university or even didn't go to university, it wouldn't affect his ability to start a business.

Subconsciously, they even began to believe that what Lu Jie said made sense.

Successful people seem to be mostly high achievers, right?