Author: TrojanRW

He beat and beat until after three in the morning before going to bed. All the set alarm clocks were wasted. It was not until the sunlight that penetrated the gaps between the blinds baked the bedding until it became hot that Han Yi woke up slowly.

Of course, he didn't need to panic at all. There was no class in the morning, or even before 3 pm. This was the last semester of Han Yi's undergraduate career. The application for graduate students was submitted two months ago, and the GPA had long been frozen at around 3.9.

I no longer move, and I am only 12 points away from the 133 credits required to graduate.

He chose four 4-credit classes for himself, from Monday to Thursday, one to two classes every afternoon, making it easy and enjoyable.

The University of Southern California is a private research university that is very open and friendly to international students. In 2016, USC's undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students combined totaled 44,000, and there were 10,424 international students, accounting for almost four of the total number.

Among international students, the Chinese student population is the largest, with 988 undergraduates, 4,003 graduate students and 110 doctoral students. No matter which level, it is far ahead of India and South Korea, which rank second and third.

Business management, computer science, economics, civil engineering, architecture... These STEM majors with strong employment guarantees and high starting salary are the most popular research directions among Chinese students. Han Yi has been more unique since childhood.

In terms of major selection, he chose a dual major that is rare among Chinese students: communication and music industry.

Unlike most international students, Han Yi did not study abroad in order to escape the cruel competition of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge, nor did he study abroad in order to change his identity and help his family retain overseas assets. He chose the United States and the Southern California University.

There is only one idea.

In this country with the most developed entertainment market in the world, in the gathering place of contemporary popular culture, learn the most core industrial knowledge. Then, after learning, return to China, help your hometown, and establish a complete entertainment industry system.

This is the seeds that took root and sprouted in Han Yi's heart when he first saw the live performance video of Michael Jackson Motang's 25th anniversary concert "Billie Jean" since the fifth grade of elementary school.

The moment the white crystal glove was slowly put on, Han Yi's life direction also changed completely.

Han Yi is a smart child. Since he was a child, he didn't have to worry too much about his studies, and this became his luck. As long as Han Yi came up with his ideas for his academic planning, his family will definitely support him.

It is the strong backing of the family and supports his "willfulness".

At the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, Han Yi can still see many Chinese faces and hear many familiar local accents. The communications studies at the University of Southern California, especially the communication management major, can be regarded as the well-deserved world number one.

It enjoys a high academic reputation internationally, and China is no exception. Most students who graduate from communication majors can be directly recruited into entertainment departments or TV stations of large media groups, film and television groups, and major technology companies, and have steadily increased.

The Ministry of Culture and Propaganda and Ministry of Education will also assign publicly funded international students to study many majors in the School of Communication and Journalism.

For Chinese students who are interested in the media industry, especially girls who have a wealthy family and don’t worry about their income source, the communication major is the most suitable starting point.

But it is not that easy for Han Yi to see Asian faces at the music industry major at Thornton Conservatory of Music. Although it is also the number one major in the world, when he first entered the school in 2012, he was the only one who was the first to do so.

In addition, after three sessions, Han Yi only found one senior in Hong Kong, China, and two Korean seniors. Most Asian families have already had a deep understanding of the power and influence of the media industry, but for

But there is still little knowledge in the music industry. I feel that after graduating from a music major, it is just that parents who make excuses for their children to have fun all day. There are many parents.

South Korea, which is much ahead of the music industry and idol industry, is still like this. You can imagine how the mainland has a professional impression.

In this way, Han Yi became the only Chinese student in the music industry major of 2016. It was a difficult challenge to completely get rid of the familiar cultural background and language environment, but Han Yi completed it very well. He firmly absorbed and had a solid reserve of professional knowledge.

He brought him all A results and made him the only student in this major who attended the president's luncheon for four consecutive years. Not only that, although Han Yi was introverted and calm, he lived in his heart a surging creative volcano.

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Whether it is a cooperative paper, a discussion group or a simulation project, Han Yi can always propose profound insights and wonderful plans that are different from ordinary people. Being able to be divided into a group with Han Yi is equivalent to an A+ for students in the music industry.

Assure.

It is difficult for most international students to truly integrate into the local cultural environment. Many international students can count the local friends who can chat frequently on Whatsapp until they graduate, but Han Yi happened to be the opposite. He doesn't know much about studying in USC.

It’s not because of some estrangement, but because Han Yi, who is at least one trip to a school apartment every day, and at most a three-kilogram friend, is really difficult to enter the glorious life of others.

This is probably the case with Scorpio personality. He doesn’t like the troubles caused by interpersonal relationships, nor does he like too many so-called friends.

How many friends have they? When I was in trouble, how many friends had extended a helping hand?

The only one who can truly make friends is Park Jae-woo, who loves and kills each other, probably her.

The thoughts in his mind evolved here, and Han Yi just finished the lunch in front of him. At this time, he was in the dining area of ​​the Ronald Tato Campus Center, which is the center of the main campus of Southern California University, and several chain fast food brands.

Open stores are built side by side here for students to eat in a canteen-like environment. Of course, each store checks out separately. Students who do not buy canteen packages generally choose to solve the lunch problem here.

Han Yi threw the white foam lunch box in his hand into the trash can, and the 11-dollar Panda Express was eaten without leaving any left. Every Chinese student went to the United States to experience a "panda express pain period". He doubted himself, doubted life, doubted

The profound and profound Chinese food culture.

But after two or three months, there are very few people who can't swallow Panda Express.

If you don't use it as a Chinese food, it's quite delicious.

Wallis-Annaberg teaching building is very close to the place to eat, only a university bookstore in the middle, and only a minute or two walk away. The Annaberg family has always been the largest donation entity of Southern California.

1. More than $350 million has been donated so far. This Wallis-Annaberg teaching building is their latest donation project. It has a total height of five floors and an area of ​​more than 88,000 square feet. It is the first floor that follows the world.

The media center built by the top news broadcast room standard occupies 20,000 square feet.

If the school badge is covered, everyone will mistake it for CNN or BBC's headquarters broadcasting center, rather than a university's journalism teaching venue.

The Wallis-Annenberg Building, which was completed in October 2014, is the pride of USC and the absolute jewel of the School of Communication and Journalism. This semester, most of the communication courses have been placed here, and Han Yiyuan

The next two communication courses are no exception.

Today, the courses taught in ANN228 classroom at 15:00-17:50 are COMM 395-M, Gender, Media and Communication, taught by Professor Daniela Barofio.

A very left-right course.

The reborn Han Yi's impression of this teacher is a little blurred. He only remembers that she is a professor who is easy to talk to and has a gentle score. He and the other 34 people who chose this course are all aimed at the high probability of getting an A.

Here comes.

He chose a corner by the window. Before the professor arrived, Han Yi opened the iPad that he bought to listen to classes and take notes, connected it to the keyboard, and continued to improve his plan.

"Yiyi, are you rushing to due?"

When Han Yi heard the sweet accent of this treasure island that was so rich that it could be placed directly in the 8 o'clock idol drama, he didn't have to raise his head to know who it was.

"Xiao Xu, here you come." Han Yi gave everyone a nickname, and he had the style of an old cadre.

"It's quite cold today." The girl hummed twice and sat in the empty seat beside him. The auxiliary tone was a specialty on the other side of the strait, but the inverted sentence was a new thing she learned from her, a good friend in the mainland.

"I originally said I'd like to invite you to drink, so I'd better forget it."

"Where is the stuff?"

Hearing this sentence, Han Yi raised his eyelids and looked at his friend beside him.

Xu Yiru, in his previous life... No, it should be that in this life, Han Yi was one of the best friends at South China University of South China. Annaberg Bachelor of Journalism, Master of Communication Management, and Bachelor of Master of Bachelor's degree in six years.

He completed the super academic master. His father was an executive of Oracle Company who worked in Silicon Valley, while his mother was a well-known international interior designer in Taipei.

The parents' achievements are too outstanding, which may put too much pressure on their children, making them far inferior to the previous generation. But this law is completely ineffective in Xu Yiru. In fact, the achievements, honors and status accumulated by her parents are accumulating together.

, not as good as their daughter's achievements within five years of graduation.

Graduated from a master's degree in spring 2018, and joined Zhongtian News Channel in March of the same year and became a reporter. The first news report that appeared on the screen caused a sensation across the island, so popular that Zhongtian Light Speed ​​has helped her to become the youngest news anchor since the establishment of the TV station. 2021

In 2019, Dongsen even paid a huge penalty for eight-digit NTD to poach her and became the pillar of 51 News Channel.

Until Han Yi was reborn in 2023, 27-year-old Xu Yiru was already the most outstanding journalist on the island. Whether it is sports, entertainment, finance or international news, as long as there are important people visiting Taipei, she speaks fluent English.

He is the best candidate for in-depth visits.

Of course, on the treasure island where entertainment is dying, professional ability alone will definitely not be able to rise to the peak like a rocket in such a short time.

In addition to his excellent news broadcasting skills, Xu Yiru also has unique advantages.

What are the advantages?

As the first news reported by a reporter, it was specially burned and edited and uploaded to YouTube. It was played 38 million times in five years, and some netizens even specially made silent versions and ten-hour loop versions.

During the anchoring period, every day of news broadcasts was produced by fan clubs and distributed on major platforms in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions.

Japanese and Korean beauty fans can't understand the content, and some people have specially organized subtitles for Chinese translations of Japanese and Chinese translations of Korean.

The 2019 issue of the Bazaar Island edition, which was listed on the cover as an interviewer, was sold directly to the printing factory for three reprints. That's it. A magazine was also hyped up to more than four times the normal retail price, just because the inner page has

A photo blockbuster film taken by Harper Bazaar for her.

Mirror Weekly's "The Most Popular New Generation Goddess Anchor Ranking" ranked first for five consecutive years.

In 2020, PTT netizens voted for the "most positive female anchor" and won the prize by 54% of the votes that exceeded the second place Yu Chengxuan.

Sanli News Network "Selected Celebrity Daughter-in-law Most Liked by the Mother-in-law in Baodao". This online voting without authoritativeness and honor finally attracted 1.4 million people on the island to vote, of which 1.2 million were

All voted to Xu Yiru.

In the past five years since becoming a news anchor, Xu Yiru has not participated in a variety show, and even only took magazine photos that time. Instagram is not only professional news content, but also some daily light makeup photos. In this case, as of 2023

Her Instagram followers also reached an astonishing 11.3 million, and even the mainland social media has a total of 6.4 million followers.

In 2022, Xu Yiru is the only Asian woman selected as a news anchor in the world.

Let the Chinese Internet forget who Patty Hou is the news goddess.

This is Xu Yiru's unique advantage.

In 2016, although her appearance has not reached its peak, Xu Yiru, who is full of collagen, is still the most dazzling star in this classroom. Not only for Asian students, but those who look back from time to time steal

The members of her fraternity also felt deeply.

The so-called aesthetic differences can be ignored in the face of absolute beauty. Communication major is a place with extremely high average appearance. The main reason is that there are few core courses in communication undergraduate courses. If you want to graduate from Southern California University, you must at least take it.

It is enough for 128 credits, while the required core courses for communication are only 44 credits. Even if you add the 24 credits you must take in the college, you only have 68 credits to be put into the courses you really need to spend your time taking.

The remaining 60 credits are allocated at will.
To be continued...