After a brief scramble, a slightly plump girl snatched the table tennis ball. She took the microphone Teacher Bai handed her and stood up.
"Hello, Dean Song and Dean Xiang! My question is: How do you think people our age should grow? How can we achieve world-renowned accomplishments like the two of you? Do you have any advice for us during our university years?"
After the girl finished asking, quite a few parents in the back row nodded to themselves. Compared with the questions asked earlier, this one seemed somewhat more useful.
Song He and Xiang Xiaotong exchanged a glance. Neither spoke for a moment as they fell silent in thought.
The girl who had asked the question waited for a long while without receiving an answer. She grew somewhat uneasy, holding the microphone and hesitating to speak.
The parents in the back row were puzzled. Wasn't this question supposed to be easy to answer? Why did it look as though the two deans had been stumped?
"Your question is easy to answer. We could casually throw out some platitudes and brush you off, but if we really want to give a good answer—one that will genuinely benefit the new students of the Former University of Science and Technology—it's very difficult." Song He spoke.
"You've stumped us." Xiang Xiaotong smiled.
"My first reaction is a simulation game," Song He said. "The rules are very simple. Think of the peers you know well and bet on their futures. You can invest in three of them. The more glorious their achievements, the greater your returns. At the same time, you have to short three other peers. The worse they fare in the future, the greater your returns."
"Calm down and think carefully. Among the people you know, who would you dare to