Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 418 Be Modest_1

Chapter 418: Chapter 418 Be Modest_1

"Class of 2000, Senior High School (2) Class"...

Wang Ye graduated from high school in the summer of 2000. After the college entrance examination results were released, his score could only get him into the worst Tier 2 schools or colleges.

Since he did not wish to compromise on his choices, he was bound to not attend university at all.

So he started looking for opportunities to study abroad. Due to a rather unreliable intermediary, he was delayed for half a year before he finally left around early January 2001, arriving in Moscow.

Now it’s February 2002, and his high school classmates should be in their Junior Year by now.

On the homepage of the class alumni directory, Wang Ye saw a notice saying that a class QQ Group had been established and asking all members to join directly.

Wang Ye was a bit surprised, had QQ Group functionality been launched?

He hadn’t noticed it before.

Could it be that Tencent got a huge investment from Polar Bear Investment, hastening the update and prematurely developing the QQ Group feature?

Speaking of QQ, Wang Ye did have an account.

Moreover, it was an attractive five-digit number, "77777"!

He asked for it from Little Brother Ma when he invested in Tencent. In Russia, people are fond of the number "7", his identity at the time was Russian "Mikhail", so it was a normal request to want such a number.

However, since getting it, Wang Ye has hardly ever logged in, it was practically useless to him.

In his contacts, there was only one friend, and that was Little Brother Ma...

.........

Wang Ye downloaded a QQ client onto his computer. Fortunately, QQ clients these days are quite small, only a few MBs. If it were the size of a client with an Unreal Engine inside, like it would be twenty years later, with the current internet speed, it would probably take a whole day to download!

After he installed QQ and saw the simple login interface, he typed in his 77777 account, thought for a while, finally remembered the password, and logged in.

He successfully logged on.

The avatar of Little Brother Ma in his friend list was gray, indicating he was not online.

Wang Ye checked, the Q Group feature was indeed online now, but creating a group required a fee.

He searched for the Group Number mentioned in the directory’s announcement, and indeed found the "Senior High School (2) Class" group.

After some hesitation, Wang Ye clicked apply and noted that his name was "Wang Ye".

To his surprise, within two minutes of his application, just as he was about to check out some news on the Sina Website, a QQ notification sound went off, his application to join the group had been accepted.

Perhaps everyone had already gone home for the holiday, so as soon as he joined, a few classmates popped up to greet him.

Even though Wang Ye didn’t perform exceptionally in high school and kept a low profile, some students did remember him, especially some of the girls.

After all, he was quite handsome...

"Eh, has Wang Ye joined the group?"

"Who’s Wang Ye? Is it that guy we used to call Little Lu Yi?"

"Wang Ye, did you really go study in Russia? We haven’t heard from you for nearly two years since graduation."

"Haha, everyone, come check it out, our class’s one and only ’sea turtle’ is back!"...

There were those who cared about Wang Ye, those who didn’t remember him very well, and of course, those who were there to joke around.

Watching these familiar but distant names, a smile appeared on Wang Ye’s face.

He typed out a message saying, "Hello classmates, long time no see, I’ve missed you guys."

He quickly glanced at the group member count, only over fifty people.

But the Senior High School (2) Class had over a hundred students back then!

Clearly, most of those who joined the group would probably be those who had made it into the universities.

As for those who didn’t go to university and set out to work and fend for themselves, there probably wouldn’t be many of them in the group...

"Wang Ye, you disappeared right after graduation. During last year’s Chinese New Year, there was a class reunion, I even visited your house. Your mother said you had just left for abroad and didn’t return for the holiday. You’re back this year, right? Just got home?" This was a message sent by class president Zhang Xiaoxi who was also the group administrator.

Clearly, it must have been Zhang Xiaoxi who visited his house last year.

No wonder, Zhang Xiaoxi also lived in the same area, only her house was to the north and his was to the south.

And since this area was quite large and their parents weren’t familiar with each other, it was no wonder Wang Ye’s Mom didn’t recognize Zhang Xiaoxi.

This girl was class president all through high school. She had short hair and a lively, boyish personality, which made her well-liked by everyone.

Even though, by Wang Ye’s current standards, Zhang Xiaoxi’s looks were just about average, and she was somewhat delicate looking.

But back then, she was the "goddess" and the secret crush of many boys in the class...

No wonder, she was a high school student after all, and it would be abnormal not to have a crush on a girl who was good-looking, vibrant, from a good family, and had outstanding academic performance!

Zhang Xiaoxi always came first in class during every high school exam. Among all the classes in her grade, she consistently ranked in the top three and occasionally came first.

After the college entrance examination, she was successfully admitted to Tsinghua University...

In Wang Ye’s neighborhood, Zhang Xiaoxi was the standard "neighbor’s kid"!

.........

"Yes, I just got home yesterday. Today, I was free so I searched the alumni directory and joined the group after seeing the announcement," Wang Ye answered truthfully.

At this moment, a classmate seemed to have noticed something and suddenly sent a message.

"Damn! Where did you get your QQ number from, Wang Ye? It has five sevens. That’s so cool!"

With his reminder, other classmates also noticed Wang Ye’s "77777" QQ number.

In these two years, QQ started getting popular. A nice number is something many people wanted.

In order to apply for a good number, some even applied for dozens or hundreds of numbers, then picked the best one.

But five-digit numbers have long been fully registered, let alone these special kinds.

Maybe many didn’t know that before 2000, QQ had four-digit numbers.

But later, they were forcefully reclaimed by Tencent, and since then, the shortest numbers became five digits. Moreover, the best numbers, like the straight and special ones, were no longer available...

So his classmates would naturally have never seen a number like Wang Ye’s.

"Oh, this number? I bought it from a friend online last year. Cost me 300 yuan," Wang Ye explained calmly.

Of course, he couldn’t say that he became a major shareholder of Tencent, so he asked Little Brother Ma directly for a number.

One needs to be modest!

Especially in front of his old classmates, Wang Ye didn’t want to show off, there was no need for it.

"Wow, spending 300 yuan on a QQ number, only the rich can afford such luxuries. No wonder you could afford to study abroad. That’s more than my living expenses for a month!" a classmate sighed.

"Exactly, I’ve never noticed before, but Wang Ye’s family is so rich. We’re struggling to study and get into university, and he doesn’t need to bother studying. Right after high school, he went abroad to study!" Someone started to be sarcastic...