On March 9th, Monday, the fourth day of the second lunar month, Lin Xiaoguang, who will turn 20 in forty days, officially entered the University of Hong Kong and began his postgraduate life.
On this day, he had to go through the admission procedures.
He got up early in the morning, washed and tidied up, and walked to the University of Hong Kong campus from his new home on Conduit Road.
The sun rises in the morning, and the golden sunlight shines down. The trees surrounding the walls are covered with a layer of golden light. The early spring sunshine shines on people. Bathed in the sunshine, people feel a kind of warmth, which blows in the air from time to time.
The slightest cool breeze refreshed Lin Xiaoguang's spirits.
Passing by the four-character school emblem of "Gewu Mingde" and walking into the campus, he saw the students coming and going. The long-lost feeling came to his mind, and he couldn't help but think of the three years he spent studying at Tsinghua University.
At this time, someone suddenly asked: "Lin... why are you here?"
Lin Xiaoguang turned around and saw that it was Wen Yong'en. He was immediately happy and said with a smile: "I am a master's student at the University of Hong Kong. I will go through the admission procedures today. If I can't come today, when will I come?"
"Ah?" Wen Yong'en was a little surprised.
"You think I'm lying to you when I say I'm your senior. I'm really your senior. If you don't believe me, I'll take you there and see how I go through the procedures." Lin Xiaoguang was a little proud.
"Okay..." Wen Yongen finally believed it: "The admission procedures are at the Academic Affairs Office, I will take you there."
"OK."
Now they went there together. The University of Hong Kong was actually not very big, and the buildings were very close to each other. They walked there and it only took a few minutes.
When they arrived at the headquarters building, Man Wing-yuan took on the role of a tour guide and began to explain: "The University of Hong Kong was founded in the second year of Xuantong, that is, 1910. The Wuchang Uprising and the Revolution of 1911 broke out the following year. Mr. Sun Yat-sen is a famous alumnus of the University."
Lin Xiaoguang smiled: "As we all know, Mr. Sun Yat-sen has been working for the revolution. How could he study at the University of Hong Kong in the first year of Xuantong?"
Wen Yong'en hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes, and immediately defended: "I am talking about the predecessor of the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong School of Western Medicine. Mr. Zhongshan is a graduate of the School of Western Medicine."
"Then you should say that Mr. Sun Yat-sen was the first graduate of the Hong Kong Medical College, the predecessor of the University of Hong Kong. This is accurate, otherwise it would be a joke. People who don't understand history think that Mr. Sun Yat-sen did not work for the revolution, but studied at the University of Hong Kong.
Reading, then who is running for the revolution?"
Wen Yongen was a little unconvinced: "Is there any difference?"
"Of course there is a difference." Lin Xiaoguang said with a smile: "We who are academics must be scientific and precise. Have you read this article by Mr. Hu Shizhi's "The Biography of Mr. Almost"?"
Of course, Mr. Wen Yongen knew that she was just a slip of the tongue. When he got to the bottom of it, he said she was Mr. Almost, which made him a little depressed.
This person really doesn't know how to show mercy to others.
When Lin Xiaoguang saw that she didn't say anything, he stopped taking advantage and acting like a good boy.
"Continue to tell the story, my respected tour guide."
Wen Yongyan breathed a sigh of relief and stopped talking about the celebrities of HKU, but changed the topic: "This headquarters building is the oldest building of HKU. You see, the building is supported by granite colonnades in the Renaissance architectural model.
There is a high tower and four corner towers on the top, which has a typical Western architectural style."
"Well, it's very beautiful." Lin Xiaoguang admired this red and white building and silently compared it with the Li Mansion, the site of the First Congress in Shanghai.
Hearing this, Wen Yong'en felt slightly comforted and continued: "In the headquarters building, there are institutions such as the School of Liberal Arts, the School Board of Directors, and the School Board." After saying that, she looked at Lin Xiaoguang and asked: "I don't want to do it yet.
I know, what major are you studying?"
"Literary and Cultural Studies Direction."
"That's right, it's the School of Liberal Arts." Wen Yongen was a little surprised. He never expected that a young man like him would study a seemingly useless major.
"Well, I was here during the previous defense and exams."
"Then let's go in."
Lin Xiaoguang nodded, and the two of them walked in together.
Entering the headquarters building, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Is there a Luk Youtang here?"
"You know it well?" Wen Yong'en turned around and smiled, nodded, and said: "There is this Luk Yau Hall. It was built in the first year of the Republic of China. It is a senior building of the University of Hong Kong. It used to be a student dormitory and a temporary hospital. Now it is a place for important activities.
For example, if you want to go to cultural performances, etc., I will take you there later."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoguang looked forward to it.
This Luk Youtang is one of the filming locations of the movie "Lust, Caution". When he thinks of Lust, Caution, his mind wanders, and he can't help but think of the classic paper clip position in the movie. Suddenly, his lower abdomen feels slightly warm, and then he sees the young and beautiful woman in front of him.
Wen Yongen couldn't help but feel hot inside, and an impulse surged up inside her.
Why did Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty not eat minced meat? He had not eaten minced meat for a long time, at least for more than ten years, more than three thousand days and nights.
He endured it very hard.
"Here we are, this is it." Wen Yongen suddenly stopped.
Lin Xiaoguang woke up from a dream, with an unnatural look on his face, and said hastily: "Then you stay here, wait a moment, I will come out soon." Then he pushed the door open and entered.
Behind him, Wen Yongen looked at him strangely.
The admission procedures are actually very simple. You need to show your files from the previous stage to register as a student, pay tuition and various tuition and miscellaneous fees. Some students also need to receive new textbooks, but Lin Xiaoguang does not. The staff of the Academic Affairs Office are very professional, and they should have received them before.
To remind you, he didn't face any difficulties.
However, after showing Tsinghua's graduation certificate and bachelor's degree certificate, the staff couldn't help but be surprised.
Hong Kong University has the most master's degree students from Hong Kong, followed by many from Southeast Asian countries and Macao and Taiwan. Finally, there are a few students from Western countries, but there are no students from the mainland. He is the first, which is very special.
After paying the tuition, he received his student ID card and a key.
After coming out, he asked Wen Yongen: "Why, HKU still provides accommodation for graduate students?"
"The school has a student dormitory building, which houses not only undergraduates but also graduate students. It is purely for students to live in. However, there are very few seats. There are only thirty-six dormitories for men and women."
As the two walked side by side, Wen Yongen spoke eloquently: "In addition, there are non-residential dormitories. Students who are far away can only live in this. The dormitory re-examines the qualifications of dormitory students every year, mainly based on the performance of activities in the dormitory.
, the dormitories have various activities, and some students want to focus on their studies or do not want to participate in too many extracurricular activities, so they have to live outside."
"I know a little bit about undergraduate students, but I'm not familiar with graduate students." Finally, she shook her head.
"I live in a graduate student apartment off campus, and the accommodation fee is HK$10,000 a year. I paid a total of HK$20,000 for two academic years, which is quite expensive."
"Of course the graduate student apartment is expensive. I heard it is a thousand-foot mansion with only four people." Wen Yong'en secretly clicked his tongue, tilted his head and asked, "What about the other expenses?"
"The tuition fee is not bad, 20,000 a year, and the tuition and miscellaneous fees are not much, but there is a student union membership fee of 150 Hong Kong dollars. Do you know this?" The two walked out of the headquarters building together, and Lin Xiaoguang asked casually as they walked.
"I also submitted it when I enrolled." Wen Yongen was not surprised: "The 'membership' item in the Hong Kong Student Union's constitution clearly stipulates that 'all full-time students of the university are members of the student union.' That is to say, when you
Once you are admitted to HKU, you will become a member of the HKU Student Union."
"What if I don't pay?"
"If you don't hand it over, then I won't know." Wen Yong'en lowered her head. At this time, she happened to pass by a building and shouted: "This is Luk Youtang. Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Then Lin Xiaoguang thought of the paper clip position again.