In 1977, the American media received terrorist news from the East, and China was estimating the mysterious child nationwide
For a time, international public opinion was in an uproar, and what really happened in China at that time would touch the sensitive nerves of Westerners so much, all of which began with a mysterious letter on the vice premier's desk
In 1977, the Ministry of Education decided to restore the college entrance examination system that had been suspended for more than ten years, and for a time the whole country was thirsty for talents, and under the impetus of all aspects, the University of Science and Technology of China established a junior class
The establishment of the junior class alleviated the anxiety of the society's demand for talents at that time, and carried the expectations of the people and the mission of the times, because before this, the deputy prime minister received a ten-page recommendation letter
The first sentence of the letter is: I have never seen such an incredible child, if specially trained will become the future of public relations pets, the highly praised teenager in my heart is Ning Bo, a prodigy who is quite famous in the local area
According to the letter of recommendation: Ning Bo can memorize more than a hundred poems at the age of three, read the Go book at the age of five and can play against adults for a long time, at the age of six he began to learn Chinese medicine and use Chinese herbal medicine, and at the age of eight, he was familiar with reading medical books to diagnose people's diseases and medicines, almost to the point of elimination
After the premier read it, he immediately wrote down instructions, let the University of Science and Technology of China form an inspection team to inspect Ganzhou, such as the situation in the letter is true and it was admitted out of line, so the two professors of the University of Science and Technology of China came to Ganzhou with the purpose of seeking truth, and saw NingBo in a small reception, after some examination, they found that the teenager in front of them was more shocking than described in the letter, one of the professors in the inspection team was a Go player of the University of Science and Technology of China, but he lost twice, and after the game with NingBo, whether it was a literary work or a traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and medicine, he answered like a stream, No doubt
Ning Bo is a real genius, he also became the focus of the country, the promotion of Ning Bo also became a political task at that time, all the news reports called him China's first prodigy, with the example of Ning Bo, all over the country to raise letters, snowflakes piled up the mailbox of the University of Science and Technology of China, and then the University of Science and Technology of China set up a larger inspection team to go all over the country to find prodigies
In 1978, the University of Science and Technology of China admitted Ning Bo as a college student, and for this reason set up China's first university junior class, as the first child selected for the junior class, Ning Bo was in unlimited limelight for a time, when the vice premier visited the University of Science and Technology of China, he made an exception to personally receive this thirteen-year-old child, and also played two games of chess with him, and the photos of Ningbo playing chess with the vice premier in two games became well known
This picture was published on the front page by the media with the slogan of a Chinese prodigy, and the TV station also rushed to shoot a documentary for them, the beginning of the film was Ning Bo leading a group of young people with young faces, pointing out the starry sky under the night, at that time, Ning Bo could be said to be proud of the spring breeze, and he saw all the Chang'an flowers in one day, but at that time, Ning Bo would never have thought that the gifts given by fate had always been secretly marked with the price, and the beautiful name of the god unity that had made him proud would become the shackles of his life in the future
How did not expect, the former China's first prodigy into the university began to indulge in early love, but he is not suitable for love, plus the size is not high, so they only treat him as a child, their first impression of NingBo is a big head, do not like to talk, often wear glasses at the bottom of the glass bottle to stare at people carefully, he is not good at communicating with people, and female classmates will only say that I am Ning Bo, that kind of straight tone as if only by the name of Ning Bo, you can naturally get the favor of girls, In addition to the problems in the relationship between men and women, Ning Bo is not concerned about learning
After entering the school, Ning Bo was arranged to study the hottest field in the Chinese scientific community at that time, theoretical physics, although he was good at writing poetry and playing chess, but his professional results were not ideal, even much worse than the average classmate, because he was not interested in this, things he was not interested in made him less interested, and Ning Bo failed more and more subjects
A year later, he submitted a transfer application to the school, hoping to transfer to Nanjing University to study astronomy, but in that era when personal interests must be subordinated to collective interests, Zhongke Nature would not be willing to release people, and only six words were written on the reply
Teachers believe that he is the focal point of society and a role model for the children of the whole country, and that he should not be left to his own devices, but should use his genius in the serious disciplines of physics
Later, in Ning Bo's own words, at that time, he was like a live fish who was sold to death, at the mercy of others, after the transfer application was rejected, Ning Bo became increasingly depressed, his personality changed greatly, not only shaved a bald head, but also always liked to hide behind the crowd without accepting any interviews, and also stopped extracurricular activities, he began to observe the sky at night, study religion, and even practiced qigong in the dormitory
In 1982, the nineteen-year-old Ning Bo graduated from undergraduate and stayed on to teach, becoming the youngest lecturer in the country, during this period, Ning Bo did not make any academic achievements, and his only value was to play his mascot role in front of the camera every time the reporter visited
Colleagues wonder why he did not take the graduate school, but Ning Bo told everyone that he could succeed without taking the graduate school exam, so that he was worthy of the word prodigy, but the truth is that he was only afraid of failure, extreme self-esteem and extreme inferiority, Ning Bo while enjoying the aura of the prodigy, while trying to get rid of the shackles of the prodigy, in the end he still failed
He had tried to talk to his parents many times, but even his closest relatives were more willing to accept the genius portrayed by the media, and when Ning Bo was most desperate, Ning Bo said to his friends, I sometimes feel like a lamb on the altar, and I will kill me in order to pray for the blessing of the people
In 1998, China's first prodigy Ning Bo, participated in a CCTV truth-telling program, but when the host mentioned the topic of juvenile, Ning Bo suddenly lost control of his emotions, frequently grabbed the microphone, and fired fiercely at prodigy education
In 2002, Ning Bo left the University of Science and Technology of China and went to Wutai Mountain to teach the world to become a monk, from China's first prodigy to the sweeping monk in the temple, this defection under high pressure, Ning Bo has been brewing for ten years
In 2005, after twenty-six years of separation, the students of the first junior class returned to the University of Science and Technology of China for the first time, and the teenagers who had idolized Ningbo at the beginning have now become the president of Tsinghua Unigroup and the person in charge of Microsoft China, when they were hidden behind the aura of Ningbo, no one called them prodigies, and the only task seemed to be to study well and grow freely
Now it seems that those cold jades have brought them real freedom, there is no Ning Bo in the crowd returning to the school this time, there is no name on the school's welcome list, the living signboard of the past scenery seems to have been forgotten by everyone tacitly, that enrollment registration form, perhaps the only memory that Ning Bo left here, and now Ning Bo continues to study Buddhism
Having neither a family nor a career, he became fatter and fatter, like a middle-aged man who was blessed, and it is even more regrettable that although he has hidden in the Buddhist hall, the label on Ning Bo's body has never really been taken off, and many people have come to listen to him explain the Dharma, just to see the downfall of the prodigies of the past
Later, Ning Bo said in an interview that if the youth can be restarted, he will never study in the junior class again, if Ning Bo was not selected to enter the University of Science and Technology of China at that time, or successfully transferred to the Department of Astronomy of Nanda University, what kind of life awaits him
Although we can't imagine, what we can be sure of is that at least today's Ning Bo will be happier than the prodigy living in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, although he has a long intelligence, he has been forced to accept all the things he doesn't like, he struggles to resist until he finally leaves home, these forces that make Ning Bo breathless, and it is not the norm of our generation, we want to get rid of the expectations of others and find our true selves throughout our lives, even if that self is not as bright as imagined
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