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  Chapter 138: Panic at Lin Forum

  TL: Etude

  “The boss, why did you do that? They were clearly mog us just now, a you’re still participating in their event?”

  “Let’s not talk about this oreet. We’ll discuss it whe back.”

  Jiang Qin stopped everyone’s pints, waved his hand, ahe 208 team back from the college supermarket to the Entrepreneurship ter.

  The autumn chill was in full swing these days. With the windows open in Room 208, the temperature felt even colder than in the hallway.

  Everyouro their workstations, ready to hear the boss’s pn for a ter-attack.

  “Damn it, they copied the event we worked so hard to create, reaping the fruits of our bor, and they’re sant about it. How aolerate this?You should know, during the first campus beauty test, many team members stayed up te preparing.

  Especially Dong ang Hai, and Lu Xuemei from the east campus. It was inve for them to ute, so sometimes they just slept in the office to revise the drafts.

  And here es Lin Forum, just taking our idea and using it without any respect for the w.

  Su Nai was still furious, even her movements while sitting down were mgressive, causing the whole office to creak and groan.

  The naive and passionate college students, who would even meddle in trivial matters, let alone when they’re being bullied right at their doorstep. Except for Jiang Qin, the seasoned office worker, no one could calm down quickly.

  “Boss, whether it’s smashing their pce or throwing paint, I’ll be the first to go!” Lu Feiyu immediately shouted, showing his teeth as soon as he sat down.

  Yang Shuai, after hearing this, dismissed his idea: “Smashing the pce could cause trouble. How about this, I’ll go boil some water right noour it over their money-making tree!”

  Jiang Qin raised an eyebrow: “Good, I’ll assign you two as the leaders. Don’t worry, I’ll hahe pressure from the rear.”

  Lu Feiyu’s face stiffened after hearing this: “Boss, I was just boasting a bit when I said that.”

  “Me too, boss. I was just bluffing.” Yang Shuai said sheepishly, sitting back down.

  “So, don’t make yourself out to be a gaheir event is uo succeed, don’t take it too seriously.”

  “Why?”

  “Choosing a campus beauty and a top student are fually different. Which girl is pretty is a question of everyday in college life, carrying a stroertai value, just like how boys in dorms discuss girls every night, an active behavior. But do boys in dorms discuss studies every night?”

  Hearing Jiang Qin’s words, Lu Feiyu and Yang Shuai fell into thought.

  Discussing studies every night in the dorm?“Our cssmate xxx, his problem-solving approach is amazing.”

  “Being able to solve problems is nothing special. It’s xx, his study habits are s, always with a book in hand, I’m so envious.”

  “Do you know xxx? That girl, she goes to the library to study every m and only returns when the dormitory closes at night.”

  “Guys, since we ’t sleep anyway, let’s have an English poetry recitation! I have a video highlight of Professor xx, lock the door, a’s enjoy it secretly.”

  “I bought a postgraduate entrance exam book yesterday, it’s so good, even with illustrations!”“Damn, that’s just too bizarre, no human could live in such a dorm.”

  “I get it, no discussion means no traffio troversy means ?”

  Jiang Qin hen added: “Besides, the campus beauty test is because everyone has a different cept of beauty, which easily leads to troversy. But academic performance is measured by real exams, not by oing, right?”

  Su Nai blinked: “’t it be?”

  Lu Xuemei seemed to uand: “Every year, each department at Lin Uy has schorship recipients and winners of various petitions. It would be hard to vince people with just a vote for a ‘Star of Learning’.”

  “So, why are they holding this test?”

  “Purely for marketing, to attract attention. But they might be overthinking it. studying really attract attention? What a joke.”

  Su Nai paused, then opened her ptop: “But boss, there are already dozens of people signed up on the forum, and they haven’t even distributed flyers yet.”

  Lu Feiyu pondered for a while before speaking: “Lin Uy has a strong academic atmosphere. Even if it doesn’t have the popurity of a campus beauty test, this event will surely attract partits. It won’t fail, as winning awards help with further studies and job hunting.”

  Lu Xuemei also nodded: “It’s written on the website that this is Lin Uy’s first public academipetition across the entire campus. The prestige must be quite high.”

  “If they don’t offer credits for it?”

  “…”

  “What if it’s nnized as an official honor by Lin Uy?”

  “…”

  “What if nobody even knows about it wheioned?”

  “…”

  Lu Feiyu was startled for a moment: “It’s impossible that they won’t even give credits, right? It sounds like a prestigious honor.”

  Su Nai couldn’t help but interject: “Yeah, boss, the campus forum is founded jointly by the top four uies. They ’t possibly anize a study petition without credits.”

  Jiang Qin sighed: “I’ve told you before, you o learn to see the essehrough the appearanow, let me ask you, what is the essence of this activity?”

  Yang Shuai, after a long silence, fidently spoke up: “The essence is a petition.”

  Jiang Qin snorted dismissively: “That’s like saying I’m handsome – obvious to ah eyes. Do we need you to state the obvious? !”

  “Is it… a ercial activity?”

  “Right, Xuemei got it. The real meaning of this petition is actually a ercial activity, aimed at promotion and attrag ers. If they give more credits to those who buy more milk tea, how is that different from buying credits with money? Do you think the real top students would agree to this? If this blows up, who would dare to take the responsibility?”

  Lu Feiyu’s mouth twisted: “Damn, no credits and not an official honor? After all this fuss, giving it such a grand name, g it’s the first uy-wide study petition, and the real prize is just a dist on driving lessons?”

  Su Nai pursed her lips: “Then eople still signing up?”

  “Because everyohinks like you, believing the old forum is serious and formal. Suddenly anizing a petition must mean a big honor, at least a lot of credits to be earned. As long as they mislead people on this point, attract ers, the college supermarket and driving school achieve their goals. As for the results, they don’t care, just like we don’t care who the campus beauty is.”

  “Damn, they’re too wicked!”

  Jiang Qin darkened his face: “I suspect you’re insulting me. Our campus beauty test didn’t even offer half-price driving lessons.”

  Lu Xuemei disagreed: “But having the title of campus beauty brings its own aura. I hear people in the cafeteria discussing the first and sed campus beauties. Boys say they brought up the campus beauty of Lin Uy. But what use is the ‘Star of Learning’? It’s just voted for, and the winner might not even have received a schorship before. They wouldn’t dare t about it outside, would they?”

  “Xuemei, you’re actually f people now. You’ve really grown up, being a young dy.”

  “Boss, I didn’t expect you to be good at giving pliments. You used to say I was a young girl, blind to reality.” Lu Xuemei snorted coldly.

  Jiang Qin immediately ged the subject, his gaze sharp as he sed everyone’s faces: “As new-era college students, we ignore our peers being tricked like this?”

  Su Nai shook her head: “No, we must tell them the truth!”

  “Right, so we o let everyone know that this petition is nonsense, purely advertising and marketing.”

  “How do we do that?”

  “Si’s deliberately ambiguous, even using a gimmick like ‘the first uy-wide petition,’ we o make them e out and admit that we have nothing to do with this, and the award might not even be reized by the school. This petition is purely for marketing.”

  “That sounds difficult. How would they ever listen to us?” Su Nai wondered.

  Jiang Qin smiled slightly and opened his puter, starting a discussion thread on the official old forum.

  “Shog! It’s said that the ‘Star of Learning’ petition holds great value, with the top ten being guaranteed direct admission to graduate studies. Hurry up aer!”

  After creating the post, Jiang Qin turned back to his team: “Everyone, follow my lead and reply to the post with the following tent.”

  “It’s impossible for direct graduate admission to be true, but insider information says this petition is definitely as prestigious as a provincial-level test!”

  “The person above must be o the i. Haven’t you heard that the top ten iar of Learning’ will be an important factor influeng professors’ sele of students?”

  “It’s not that exaggerated. It’s just going to heavily impact the allocation of schorships.”

  “The winners of the ‘Star of Learning’ will be interviewed by the Lin Youth Daily. This paper holds a lot of weight and will greatly aid in future studies and career choices.”

  Jiang Qin, with a fident and elegant demeanor, imitated many people’s speech, each senteh a different tone.

  “?????”

  Seeing this, although puzzled, the members of Room 208 still followed his instrus. They not only left ents but also created a post on their own forum to attract more attention.

  Half an hour ter, in a prehensive office, the administrator responsible for the old forum noticed Jiang Qin’s post and panicked instantly.

  “Damn, who said anything about guaranteed graduate admission?”

  “And schorships, neer interviews? Have these students gone mad? What kind of dreams are they having? No sane person would believe this!”

  However, students unaware of the truth were extremely excited, especially those who usually struggled academically and never even dared to dream about schorships. But now, just by gathering votes, they could potentially earn schorships and even guarantee graduate admission – who wouldn’t be thrilled?

  sequently, tless messages questioning the authenticity of these cims crowded the forum.

  The foolish college students, under such guidance, were easily swept up in the frenzy.

  The administrator felt a tingliion in his scalp. When they inally phe event, they iionally didn’t crify these matters, aiming to eudents’ enthusiasm for participating.

  But now… the influence was growing, and the exaggerations were being more eous. If they didn’t crify now, it could lead to serious questions ter.

  “Teacher Li, Teacher Li, e ahis. Someone is spreading rumors that our petition guarantees graduate admission.”

  “Ah?”

  Lin Forum, jointly founded by the top four uies, was ma Lin Uy by this Teacher Li.

  He g the post’s tent, his eyelids twitg untrolbly.

  “Quickly issue an annouo crify. Cims about guaranteed graduate admission are just rumors. This is merely a petitiao foster a learning atmosphere, aimed at motivating everyone’s study enthusiasm. It has no nifice!”

  “But… then won’t no one participate in the petition?”

  “Even if no one participates, we must crify. What if, after the petition ends, people demand their guaranteed graduate admission? If we don’t expin now, it’ll be too te to do so ter!”

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