Song He discovered that Dean Gu really was a very shy person. He could even get bashful. By rights, someone his age should no longer be shy, especially since he was the dean of the School of Information Engineering. That kind of personality was rare among leaders.
Unable to withstand Song He's soft and hard persuasion, Dean Gu finally relented.
"I first became famous in this field when I was fifteen."
Song He was startled, then felt relieved. Apparently, quite a few incredible figures had already shown signs of greatness during middle school.
He thought Dean Gu had started learning computers at fifteen and become exceptionally skilled or something. Given Dean Gu's age, personal computers had probably only just begun becoming widespread domestically when he was fifteen.
But what he heard next completely exceeded his imagination.
"When I was thirteen, a large number of computer cities sprang up across the country. My father opened a small repair shop and fixed computers for all kinds of customers. I watched from the side whenever I had nothing to do, and gradually I learned. Sometimes, when my father went out to pick up goods, I would help him repair computers at the shop. Once I finished, I would use the customers' computers to go online and play."
"Back then, there weren't any decent games. You watched movies on discs, online novels hadn't gotten off the ground, and livestreaming platforms were still far in the future. The internet wasn't very entertaining, so I had the patience to delve into technology."
"Once, a customer's computer got infected with a Trojan. I found a Hacker Forum and asked how to crack that Trojan. The internet culture back then was remarkably good—so good that your generation can't imagine it. There were no attacks or insults, no scam