Do You Also Know About Diminishing Marginal Utility? (Please Follow and Bookmark)

Do You Also Know About Diminishing Marginal Utility? (Please Follow and Bookmark)

The three of them were eating at the same table, so Luo Yao naturally heard Wang Ye's voice.

"Showing off?" Luo Yao recalled that some classmates in the small town had said the same thing about him before.

"Why would you say that? Didn't your schools give you admission rewards?" Luo Yao did not understand why merely mentioning the school reward had made them think he was showing off.

At that instant, Wu Tianming felt that today's meal no longer tasted good.

"Brother, we got in through the college entrance exam. Our scores were only about twenty points above the admission cutoff. Being able to enter Microelectronics Science and Engineering was already lucky enough. What rewards could there be?" Wang Ye complained from the side.

Only then did Luo Yao understand why Wu Tianming and Wang Ye had reacted so strongly when he mentioned rewards.

But this also showed that the two of them were not particularly smart.

"It's all right. Although you didn't receive any rewards, still..." Luo Yao trailed off.

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye both looked at him, eagerly waiting to hear what he would say next.

"Still, you're both such nice people. There will be other opportunities in the future."

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye nearly fainted.

This brat had eaten their big chicken legs and still did not know how to say something nice. His emotional intelligence really did not seem very high.

As good people, of course they could not hold it against Luo Yao.

Who told them he looked smarter than they were?

Afraid that if Luo Yao kept talking, they would not be able to finish this meal, Wu Tianming changed the subject. "How do you plan to spend the reward the school gave you?"

"You could replace your phone. Yours looks like it has... rather few functions."

Wu Tianming put it tactfully. In his eyes, Luo Yao's phone did not merely have few functions—it looked like a phone for the elderly!

Luo Yao took out his phone and said, puzzled, "My phone? I think it's quite good. A Nokia 5310XM—sturdy, durable, and one charge lasts three days."

"This is the first time I've heard someone praise a phone for being sturdy," Wang Ye muttered.

"It's Nokia. You could even use it to crack walnuts."

"But Luo Yao, can that phone install apps like Weixin or Tencent QQ?" Wu Tianming asked curiously.

Luo Yao shook his head. "It can't, and I don't use those."

"Huh? Then how do other people contact you?" Wang Ye was shocked. There were actually people these days who did not use Weixin or Tencent QQ? What an oddball.

"You can contact me by phone call or text message."

Wang Ye was speechless. He somehow felt that Luo Yao was looking at him as though he were a mentally disabled person in need of care.

"But Luo Yao, everyone in class uses smartphones..." Wu Tianming meant well too. He was worried that Luo Yao would be mocked because of his phone.

Luo Yao said indifferently, "After using smartphones, can their IQ become as high as mine?"

"So only the phones are smart, not the people using them. Replacing mine with a smartphone would be completely meaningless to me."

That made so much sense that I could not refute it.

Unwilling to give up, Wu Tianming continued, "Then what about a computer? You have to buy one, right? You'll need it for homework."

Luo Yao shook his head. "Rather than buying a computer I need separately, it would be better to use the school's. You should know the principle of diminishing marginal utility. When buying a computer, the one I purchase might only perform a little better than the school's, but the cost would increase dramatically." What he needed was a supercomputer, not an ordinary computer.

"So why would I be stupid enough to spend extra money on an ordinary computer?"

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye, who usually spent money freely, had never considered this question. Hearing Luo Yao's words, they both froze.

No, why did a top student's way of thinking differ so much from theirs?!

He even had to use economic theory to make a decision about buying a computer.

Wasn't he tired?!

If it were them, and the school had given them a reward of five hundred thousand yuan, they would absolutely buy whatever they wanted.

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye were deeply shaken and dejectedly dealt with the food on their trays.

Seeing that they had stopped talking, Luo Yao happily enjoyed his own little world alone.

Elsewhere, Teacher Ouyang was having a meal with the Luo family.

"Auntie, don't worry. We specifically arranged two roommates for Luo Yao, and there will also be a counselor keeping an eye on him. I guarantee nothing will go wrong."

Sun Xiulan had wanted to go see Luo Yao, but Teacher Ouyang talked her out of it.

"Mom, Teacher Ouyang has arranged everything so well. You don't need to worry about Luo Yao. He's just started university. If you keep following him around too closely, the other students will laugh at him."

Not just Sun Xiulan—Luo Zhu also felt that she should not go looking for Luo Yao at the university.

If others found out that Luo Yao had an older sister who had not even gone to university yet, they would definitely mock him.

Luo Xingguo, who had barely spoken until then, also advised her, "Zhu'er is right. Look at those university students—what parents follow their children to school? Do you still want Luo Yao to make friends?"

"If people see you following him around every day, who would dare approach him?"

Sun Xiulan thought that made sense and gave up on the idea of going to see Luo Yao.

"Now that Luo Yao has entered university, Auntie, what are your plans?"

"Several cafeterias in University Town are hiring staff. The work is relatively easy each day, and everyone divides the tasks. After preparing the three meals, the rest is free time. If you're willing to go, I can arrange it directly."

Sun Xiulan froze. Somewhat uncertainly, she said, "Teacher Ouyang, didn't you say before that you could help us find a storefront to start a business?"

"That? I just thought running your own shop would be too tiring. You and Uncle could work in the cafeteria instead. It would be easy and wouldn't carry much burden."

Only then did Sun Xiulan understand that Ouyang meant well and thought opening a shop would be exhausting for them.

"What's so tiring about it? No matter how tiring it is, it can't be more tiring than what my two children have gone through. Luo Zhu deliberately did not go to university so she could take care of the family, and from childhood until now, what day has Luo Yao not studied until late at night?"

Teacher Ouyang's eyes widened slightly. "Auntie, you said Luo Yao studied until late every night?"

Sun Xiulan nodded. "That's right. Luo Yao always said there was still so much knowledge he had not learned yet, so he needed to make the most of his time."

Outstanding. Truly too outstanding.

Being unexceptional was not frightening. What was frightening was when an outstanding person still worked hard!

Teacher Ouyang felt that Luo Yao was indeed a rare genius, and he could not help feeling fortunate that he had managed to recruit Luo Yao.

"Auntie, since you want to open a shop, let's go look at storefronts this afternoon. There are vacant spaces in University Town, so you can choose from them."

"As for Luo Zhu's school, I've already asked someone to get in touch with them. Once everything is arranged, we'll prepare for enrollment!"

"That's wonderful! Thank you, Teacher Ouyang!" The Luo family repeatedly thanked Ouyang. Where no one noticed, a trace of worry still flashed across Sun Xiulan's face.

She was worried that Luo Yao might be bullied at school.