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Chapter 617 - 608, Life Is Different From Now On (First Update)_1

Chapter 617: 608, Life Is Different From Now On (First Update)_1

The Qinghe Club, among high school students, was like a unique entity. From its inception, it had only a handful of members. Who would have thought it would become so dazzling?

In school, everyone liked to pass around stories. Once students talked about an incident, it would turn especially legendary.

"Don’t just play murder games. You know, this was created by a group of high schoolers. Now there are high school students who earn tens of millions each year!"

"Murder games are now popular worldwide. It’s said that every member of the Qinghe Club has received invitations from renowned international universities!"

"It is said that everyone in the Qinghe Club is a true genius! Especially their president, even the current members of the Qinghe Club praise him in the media as an unparalleled legend!"

In China’s elite schools, this is the most mysterious and compelling club—a club so many compare to America’s elite clubs. Some ponder whether even American elite clubs could match the nearly one billion in revenue created each year.

Of course, this comparison is only among student clubs, not entities like the Fraternity, External Relations Committee, or Trilateral Committee.

From its very beginning, the Qinghe Club maintained the strictest standards for selecting new members, which initially faced criticism. However, now people flock to it.

After Jiang Haoyang took over, the selection requirements for the Qinghe Club became even more stringent, to the point where applicants had to be observed for a year before they could join the Qinghe Club.

After years of transformation, the Qinghe Club now boasted 17 members. Yet, the aura of the Qinghe Club never faded, even after Ren He had left.

Liu Bing won the first place in the International Mathematics Competition, Jiang Haoyang won the first place in the International Physics Competition, and within two years, he filed 12 physics research patents. Meanwhile, Liu Jiamin swept countless piano competition awards and was sought after by Liu Fei, a master-level performer in the Chinese piano world, who wished to take her as a student.

Yet Liu Jiamin’s answer was very polite and simple: "The real teacher is only one, and that is the president of the Qinghe Club."

For Liu Jiamin, if it hadn’t been for Ren He giving her the opportunity to learn piano in the Qinghe Club, she wouldn’t have reached the level she had today.

Back then, she would have to sneak in practice time at the piano store, without even owning a piano of her own. Her grandmother had fallen seriously ill, and the financial burden on the family was worsening by the day. Her only solace was the piano, believing that if she could play well, it would help improve her family’s circumstances.

But... was it really that easy? Liu Jiamin was very clear that if she hadn’t met Ren He, she might have struggled for many more years before either being forgotten in the dust of history or achieving fame and fortune. But how many years would that have taken?

At that time, Liu Jiamin had only one burning desire inside her, to see her dreams come true. But it still felt so far away...

There’s a common truth in the world of piano: to reach a higher level, you first need a renowned teacher. China’s piano education was far too rudimentary. Many parents thought any teacher would do, as long as they could play the notes, right? But is that really the case?

The reality was that after so many years, many piano teachers in China were still a joke. They themselves couldn’t create expressions with the piano keys. A whole piece could be played without distinguishing light from heavy tones, utterly bland and tiresome.

However, the appearance of Ren He made all this possible. Liu Jiamin was exposed to a new level in the field of piano, and then, when her state of mind needed a breakthrough the most, Ren He took her on a trip to Mount Everest.

Sometimes Liu Jiamin wondered if Ren He had planned to take the club to the summit when he asked everyone to undertake basic physical training.

Later, when Liu Jiamin paid more attention to this matter, she realized that it was indeed the case. The amount of exercise Ren He prescribed for them was never too great; it was more about aerobic exercises that gradually improved physical fitness.

Before summiting Mount Everest, one cannot engage in too much training because the stronger a person is, the more severe their altitude sickness can be.

Without the experience of summiting Mount Everest, Liu Jiamin wouldn’t have received the nickname ’ice mountain snow lotus-like piano sound’ that the master had given her. Now everyone began to call her that, but only Liu Jiamin knew that she had earned it because that legendary club president had dared to do what others would not.

When they first reached the 6000-meter camp, Liu Jiamin already had a strong reaction to the altitude. Ren He led them through daily acclimatization training and gave them psychological counseling, then led them on a grueling climb to an altitude of 7200 meters. The torment of those two weeks reminded Liu Jiamin of... the darkest time before dawn’s first light, and although it was dark, it signified brightness.

By the time they reached an altitude of 7200 meters, Liu Jiamin was almost unable to go on, yet Ren He used a massive "bug" by buying unlimited oxygen canisters. Liu Jiamin later understood that many untrained wealthy people relied on Sherpa people to carry oxygen canisters up Mount Everest, but at that time, could she have made it without Ren He? The answer was no.

When Liu Jiamin struggled to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the view from that Forbidden Zone for Life... was truly beautiful! The vastness of heaven and earth, the sky a deep blue, the ground an endless black, and the huge mountain range covered in white snow, something she had never seen before.

The night they came down from Mount Everest, Liu Jiamin joined in the fun and drank a little alcohol. In her 16 years of life, there were too many things she didn’t dare to try, just practicing piano, her life was practicing piano.

Only by doing so could there be a new way out for life.

But that night she drank, and she felt a bit dizzy after not drinking much. In her dizziness, she saw Ren He raising his glass, exuberant, saying, "People with dreams will not die, a toast to dreams!"

Yes, a toast to dreams.

Dreams, a word so full of passion.

In those brief two weeks, Liu Jiamin felt as if she had lived an entirely different life, and then her life became truly extraordinary.

Later, when Liu Jiamin found out that their club president was that most daredevil of Knights, she didn’t know what to feel. For the past two years, what she wanted most was to thank Ren He in person. So, when master-level pianist Liu Fei wanted to take her as a student, Liu Jiamin didn’t think too much before refusing. She felt that the honor of a great teacher producing a distinguished student must be reserved for Ren He, although he didn’t seem to need this honor, because he was like a poetic young professor.

Liu Jiamin just quietly watched Jiang Haoyang, Li Yifan, and Liu Bing gather around Ren He, peppering him with questions. It seemed that their president had long taken root in everyone’s lives.

Thank you, President.