"I can help you, but I can't guarantee that I can make you successful in the election." Cheng Maixiang was afraid that she would have too high hopes for herself, so she had to give her a heads-up in advance.

When Ruan Peiling heard that Cheng Maixiang was willing to help her, her mouth twisted with joy and she nodded repeatedly, "Of course, even if you get married, you can't guarantee having a son. Whether it succeeds or not, I won't blame you. But Maizi, I have great confidence in you."

When Ruan Peiling thought of Cheng Maixiang’s speech at the city’s advanced collective selection meeting, she felt that she had great hope.

Cheng Maixiang shook her head helplessly and said, "Then tell me your thoughts first. If this were the election meeting, how would you plan to compete for this position?"

Ruan Peiling briefly talked about her speech plan, which was nothing more than detailing her past work experience at the daily newspaper, and expressing her determination that if she was accepted by the student union, she would work hard and live up to the expectations of the student union leaders.

After Ruan Peiling finished speaking, she sat up straight, staring at Cheng Maixiang without blinking, hoping that she could give some constructive suggestions.

Cheng Maixiang thought silently for a while, then picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Ruan Peiling immediately helped her fill her teacup and scratched her hair. "Do you think what I said is quite old-fashioned? I think so too, but I can't think of anything new no matter how hard I try. The most I can do is imitate the style of your speech in the city that time and try to be more approachable."

The word "affinity" was also introduced to her by Cheng Maixiang. She has a high acceptance of this word and often uses it to evaluate a person.

"Pei Ling, this is what I think." Cheng Maixiang thought for a long time before speaking. Ruan Peiling hurriedly sat up straight, ready to keep her suggestion in mind.

"This time, the provincial university has broken the rules of the past few decades and allowed freshmen to join the student union. I think this is the school's idea. They want to take advantage of the policy relaxation and social reform to create a new trend in the school. Therefore, your campaign speech must include some of your new ideas and new propositions.

But there's one thing you need to keep in mind: no matter how you reform, you can't change the existing structure of the Student Union. I imagine many veteran members won't be convinced by the fact that freshmen are now allowed into the Student Union. At this juncture, if your reforms are too radical, they'll inevitably resent you, making it difficult for them to accept you."

Ruan Peiling understood what Cheng Maixiang meant.

Except for this class of freshmen, the other third-level students were workers, peasants and soldiers who entered the university through recommendation. They had long been dissatisfied with the society's vigorous propaganda that freshmen were the hope of the country's future. Moreover, the school specially adjusted the teaching syllabus for this class of freshmen, which made these old students think that the school was just perfunctory towards them.

Furthermore, the school's insistence on allowing freshmen to join the student union inevitably led them to believe that the school was deliberately trying to deprive them of their authority and allow these freshmen to be the masters of the situation.