[DeepSeek Founder Liang Wenfeng's College Entrance Exam Throwback: Surpassing Tsinghua Line to Enroll at Zhejiang University] According to monitoring by Dongcha Beating, a 2002 college entrance exam top scorer photo and related newspaper reports of Liang Wenfeng, founder of Phantom Quantitative and DeepSeek, have surfaced on social media. The reports reveal that Liang Wenfeng achieved a score of 806, earning the title of top scorer in Zhanjiang City’s college entrance exam. Despite surpassing the admission threshold for Tsinghua University, his first-choice application was to Zhejiang University’s Electronic Information Engineering program. Born into a family of educators, Liang Wenfeng attended Wuchuan No. 1 High School during his secondary education. According to a newspaper report titled "College Entrance Exam Top Scorer" at the time, Liang Wenfeng excelled in science subjects during high school. With focused guidance from his physics and chemistry teachers, his ranking improved from the top 100 in his grade during his first year to the top 10, and he consistently remained in the top 3 during his senior year. He began learning about computers in middle school and often volunteered to repair computer equipment for his school. When filling out his college application, Liang Wenfeng’s exam score had already met the admission line for Tsinghua University. However, he ultimately chose Zhejiang University’s Electronic Information Engineering program as his first choice. The report noted that Zhejiang University ranked third nationwide in overall strength at the time, and Electronic Information Engineering was his ideal field of study. [Original Link]