In the end, he was admitted to Harvard University; he was really the envy of his peers. As a result, everyone in this small neighborhood wanted to emulate the boy from Hong Kong, and every boy was made to take violin lessons and to join a swimming club. It wasn't just the Chinese who did this: Koreans, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Thais all aped this fad.
結果，他那個村子的鄰居，都以他為模範，男孩子都送去拉小提琴，都去參加游泳隊，不但華人如此，韓國人、越南人、日本人、泰國人......，競相傚尤，一窩蜂地跟著趕時麾。