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  Chapter 139: Jiang Zhihua’s Ominous Premonition

  TL: Etude

  Although the Lin Campus Forum was jointly established by four major uies, its status had always been somewhat awkward.

  It didn’t fully belong to Lin Uy, nor did it belong pletely to the Uy of Sd Teology, the Polyteiiversity, or the Teachers College. Coupled with its own ckluster traffic, its current situation was akin to that of an unwaepchild.

  The forum had no authority to set school awards or trol the allocation of academic credits, making it extremely cautious in all aspects. Its only selling point was its official status.

  Why did it partner with Tongxing Driving School and the College Supermarket for a?

  Partly to gain some traffid partly to procure operating funds from these two iial businesses.

  However, it dared not deceive students or use the guise of postgraduate reendations or schorships to duct misleading, ercially tied activities.

  Sudertakings were far beyond what a small forum like theirs could handle. If any adverse impact arose and was traced back to them, Teacher Li might even lose his job.

  Thus, within half an hour of the post going live, a crification annou romptly released by the Lin Campus Forum.

  The gist of the annou was that the petition held no special signifid was merely inteo stimute uy students’ passion for learning, hoping to create a positive study atmosphere within Lin Uy. The talk of postgraduate reendations was pletely unfounded, and the final interpretation of the event y with the Lin Campus Forum.

  “Teacher, there should be at least some academic credits, right?”

  “Uh… no.”

  Hearing this respohe students dispersed in uproar, cursing and pining about being deceived. They wished for clearer unication to avoid misuandings, likening the situation to bei down after great anticipation.

  “Teacher Li, twelve students just celled their ats.”

  “It’s okay…”

  “Should we inform the College Supermarket and Tongxing Driving School?”

  “No, let’s pretend we don’t know and first secure the funding for the event. This bad idea was initially proposed by someone surnamed Jiang, so it won’t fall ba us.”

  “But what if Managers Jiang and Niu want to see the bad data?”

  “Keep them in the dark for now, say everything is going great if they ask.”

  Teacher Li responded nontly, though internally cursing and w who started these baseless rumors.

  Meanwhile, Jiang Qin was sitting in Professor Yan’s office, asking for his help to write two letters of introdu, one for the Polyteiiversity and the other for the Teachers College.

  After the School Beauty test at the Uy of Sd Teology, the group buying initiative was set to start a trial run at Lin Uy.

  Then, the team’s focus would shift from promotion to moization.

  By the time the trial run ehe muticipated winter vacation would be just around the er. It was not aime to unew promotional activities, as the holiday was much lohaional Day holiday, and any activity would iably see a drop in traffic.

  However, idleness was not in Jiang Qin’s nature. He po use the interval to work and build es.

  First, he wao wihe people in charge at the Polyteiiversity and the Teachers College. Starting activities in spring could also speed up the forum’s promotional efforts.

  Ye Ziqing’s views, though somewhat impractical, held a thought-provoking point.

  If external promotion was hindered by moization, he would ter be fio making money within a small circle, uo keep up with the tide of the i.

  Therefore, while moization was important, promotion could not stop.

  “Professor, you write the letters, and I’ll pour you some tea!”

  Professor Yan took off his reading gsses and looked at him expressionlessly: “I feel like I’m just a tool for you now.”

  Jiang Qin grinned, bringing over the tea cup: “How you say that, Professor? You’re like a godfather to me now.”

  “Nonsense, I’m old enough to be yrandfather!”

  “Grandfather wouldn’t work. Choosing a father figure could lead to a beating. But you’re a teacher, and ‘a teacher for a day is a father for life’ is perfectly reasonable.”

  Professor Yan thought to himself about the absurdity of it all: “Alright, you go baow. I’ll write the letters and have someohem to you. There’s o rush here eight times a day. You’re making my eyes dizzy.”

  “Okay then, but make sure you use the term ‘work-study program’. Don’t get that wrong!”

  As Jiang Qiurned from the main office, he hadn’t eveered the door when he heard a burst of cheers. He roughly guessed that the Lin Campus Forum must have made a move.

  “Boss, they really did issue a crification annou,” Su Nai said, looking incredulous.

  Jiang Qin was not surprised at all: “g to influence postgraduate reendations and deg schorship ownership – that hat was too big for them to wear. Things that were unclear before had to be crified now.”

  “So, what should we do now?”

  “Sign up for the petition!”

  “Huh?”

  Jiang Qin g Wen Jinrui: “Jinrui, you don’t have a driver’s lise yet, right? No one’s probably going to join this event now, but how you miss out on such a ce to learn driving at half the price?”

  Wen Jinrui had an epiphany: “Right, I haven’t gotten my lise yet. I go for the half-price driving lessons!”

  Yang Shuai was startled: “Damn, I think I don’t have a lise either.”

  “Those without a lise should all sign up. Later, let Su Nai see if there’s a way to create a small program for automatic registration, maybe t some votes, just to make sure nothing goes wrong.”

  After Jiang Qin finished speaking, he logged onto the Lin Campus Forum, pleted his previously unfinished registration form, and uploaded a handsome photo.

  Su Nai was fused: “Boss, don’t you already have a driver’s lise? Why are you still participating?”

  “Well, I do have a lise, but I also have a mother who dares to se.”

  “What does that have to do with anything?”

  Jiang Qin sighed: “To be ho, I’m probably going to fail my calculus this semester. It would be hard to expin when I go home for the holidays, but if I have a trophy for the Star of Learning, wouldn’t that be a bit better?”

  After hearing this, Su Nai looked dazed: “Are you using ohing to trick several groups of people?”

  “Choose your words carefully. What do you mean by trig? I’m just trying to give my mood New Year.”

  “Oh.”

  “Also, having a personalized milk tea cup is pretty cool. I wonder how Aunt Jiang would feel fag my milk tea cup every day. She must be very happy.”

  After hearing this, Su Nai felt his scalp tihinking to himself that the boss’s mind was incredibly devious. If he were Jiang Zhihua, he’d probably want to give up the store!

  At that moment, Lu Feiyu couldn’t help but join in: “Boss, maybe after seeing you often, Ms. Jiang might fall in love with you. Then you won’t have to start a business anymore, just fortably be supported by a wealthy woman.”

  “?”

  Jiang Qin gave him a look, his eyes filled with cold ughter and mockery.

  To think of the owner of a college supermarket as a wealthy woman – you’re really l the standard of what it means to be a wealthy woman. Any actual wealthy woman would probably give you a bone-chilling look.

  …

  The m, the autumn wind was rustling, and the weather turned cooler.

  Jiang Zhihua, the owner of the College Supermarket, had hired a few students to distribute flyers at the entrance of her store.

  The flyers promoted the Star of Learning petition, the first-ever campus-wide test at Lin Uy.

  She had the advertisements made, with her supermarket’s name and logo promily dispyed for maximum advertising impact.

  However, after distributing flyers all m, few students were willing to take them. Some even pushed away the distributors after reading the tent.

  Meanwhile, Niu Shangtian was also distributing flyers at the previous interse. His advertisements were printed by the driving school itself, also highlighting Tongxing Driving School’s logo and name, but they too were mostly rejected.

  “It’s really strange, Manager Jiang. Were your flyers easy to distribute?”

  “It’s not going well, and even when we do mao hand them out, they’re quickly thrown away,” Jiang Zhihua replied.

  Manager Niu was baffled: “Could it be because we didn’t make them into fans? I remember Jiang Qin distributed fans. Should we try making advertising fans?”

  Jiang Zhihua immediately shook her head: “Look at the weather. It’s almost winter, who would want a fan?”

  “But it doesn’t make sehe driving school ads I printed before, just pin red paper with bck text, didn’t have this issue. Some people even threw them into the trash as soon as they received them.”

  “Let them keep distributing,” she resignedly said. “Let’s go check the data with Teacher Li.”

  Jiang Zhihua and Niu Shangtian decided to leave the flyer distribution to the part-time students and headed to the office responsible for the campus forum.

  Teacher Li was not there at the time, only a student administrator responsible for monit bad data.

  “How’s the bad data, Little Jin?” Jiang Zhihua asked.

  “Ah, the situation is very good!”

  The administrator vividly remembered Teacher Li’s instrus from the day before. He was not to show the bad data; if asked, he was to say that everything was going very well.

  Jiang Zhihua’s mouth curled into a smile, thinking that as long as the situation was good, that was enough. The activity had just started, and it was normal for uy students to have a lotae initially. She assumed it would improve in a few days.

  However, Manager Niu ersistent about seeing the data. Though unsure if he would uand it, he wao have a clear picture.

  “Don’t worry, Manager Niu, you don’t o see it. The situation is very good!” she reassured him.

  “Oh, okay then…”

  In the end, her of them actually saw the bad data. They were slightly reassured after hearing it was good, and then they returo the streets to tinue distributing flyers and building momentum.

  Jiang Qin happeo drive by at that moment. As he approached the curb, he couldn’t help but roll down his window and wave at them: “Manager Niu, Aunt Jiang, distributing flyers? Let me take a look!”

  “…”

  Niu Shangtian and Jiang Zhihua exged gnces, surprised at the young uy student’s magnanimity. Despite their harsh words the day before, he still mao smile.

  “Mr. Jiang, please also support our petition,” they requested.

  Jiang Qin immediately nodded: “No problem, I’ll have my cssmates look at them one by one!”

  Manager Niu’s gaze became a bit dazed, thinking that uy students were indeed kied.

  “By the way, Aunt Jiang, you’re in charge of the materials, right? Please make sure the trophy looks impressive, and it would be great if there’s a certificate, the kind with an official stamp.”

  “?”

  Jiang Zhihua looked at him, feeling a sudden tingling in her scalp, as an ominous premonition began to rise within her.

  Why would he care about how the trophy looks?Weirdo!

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