Shili Gou of Sanhe Town first became famous among the country's top universities in a very peculiar way.
While the president of Beijing University was on his way there in person, other schools had also intercepted the information of the top 100 exam takers.
Among them, the information for An Ning, Zhou Xiaoshan, and Jiang Xia appeared before the major universities with startling consistency.
The admissions office of every top university was asking the same question.
"The top three are all from the same place?"
"Not just the top three. The fifteenth, twentieth, and twenty-seventh ranked students are also from the same place."
"Sanhe Town, Shili Gou?"
"All of them have this address? Have the exam papers been verified?"
"They've been checked. Everything matches up."
Spurred by these questions, the major universities were moved to action. They made the same decision as Beijing University's president: to go there in person.
