#105: The Ripper of China (Serial Killer Gao Chengyong)
Rotten Mango
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The Golden Test
For three days straight you take a test that defines the rest of your life. It's like the SAT but a million times harder. You would have to rewrite all of the Confucius classics and if you were to even misspell a single word or if it wasn't in tip-top writing you would fail the whole test. They had over a 99% fail rate most years. There was also some really marketable perks. For example if you were exiled let's say you forked some stuff up okay you get banished from the country for a crime. You could actually pay to stay because you had passed this test. Also if a superior wanted to hit you with a stick for punishment
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