Chapter 138 Linchuan Forum is a bit panic
"Boss, why are you like this? They were just being sarcastic and trying to disgust us, and you actually participated in their activities?"
"Don't talk on the street, discuss it when you get back."
Jiang Qin stopped everyone from complaining, waved his hand, and led the 208 people back to the entrepreneurship base from the college supermarket.
It is autumn these days. Even with the windows open in Room 208, the perceived temperature is a few degrees colder than in the corridor.
Everyone returned to their respective workstations, ready to listen to the boss's next counterattack plan.
Damn it, copying the activities we worked so hard to create, picking the fruits of our labor, and being so arrogant, who can tolerate this? You know, when the first school beauty contest was held, many people in the team worked overtime late at night to prepare.
Especially for students from the East School like Dong Wenhao, Pang Hai, and Lu Xuemei, it was very inconvenient for them to commute, and sometimes they just fell asleep in the office in order to revise their manuscripts.
The Linchuan Forum is just fine, people just use it, are there any laws in place?
Sunai was still angry and even sat on the stool with more ferocity, causing the whole office to creak.
Innocent and passionate college students would meddle in even trivial matters, not to mention that others have been bullying them at the door. Except for an old office worker like Jiang Qin, no one can regain composure in a short time.
"Boss, whether you want to smash the store or throw paint on us, I'll be the first one to do it!" Lu Feiyu shouted with a grin as soon as he sat down.
After hearing this, Yang Shuai rejected his proposal: "Smashing the store will only cause trouble. How about this, I'll go boil some water and then go over and water their money trees to death!"
Jiang Qin raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, I'll send you two to be Benboerba and Babolben. Don't worry, I'll take care of the pressure from behind for you."
After hearing this, Lu Feiyu's face froze: "Boss, what I said just now was more of a boast."
"Me too, boss. I was just bragging just now." Yang Shuai smiled awkwardly and sat back in his chair.
"So, don't act like a gangster. Their activity will probably not work out, so don't take it too seriously."
"Why?"
"There is an essential difference between choosing a campus beauty and choosing a top student. Which girl is pretty is a question that college students pay attention to in their daily lives. It is highly entertaining, just like discussing girls in the boys' dormitory every night. It is an active behavior, but do boys' dormitories discuss study every night?"
After hearing Jiang Qin's words, Lu Feiyu and Yang Shuai fell into deep thought.
Discussing study in the dormitory every night? That xxx in our class has a really cool way of solving problems.
It's no use being able to solve problems, you still have to be xx. Your study habits are so strong, you never put down your books. I'm so envious of you.
Do you know xxx? That little girl went to the library to study every morning and came back after the dormitory closed at night.
Ladies and gentlemen, since we can't sleep, let's have an English poetry recitation! I have a video of Professor XX's highlights. You lock the door and let's enjoy it secretly.
I bought a postgraduate entrance exam secret book yesterday. It's so good, and it even has illustrations! Holy shit, this is too weird. How can a dormitory like this be a place for people to stay?
“I understand. Without discussion, there will be no traffic. Without disagreement, there will be no popularity?”
Jiang Qin nodded, and then added: "Also, the reason for selecting campus beauties is that everyone has different concepts of appearance, which can easily lead to disagreements. However, academic performance is measured by exams, so how can it be selected through voting on a website?"
Sunai blinked: "Is it not possible?"
Lu Xuemei could understand: "Every year, there are scholarship winners in the departments and colleges of Linda University, and there are also winners of various competitions. It would be difficult to convince the public to just vote for a star student."
"Then why do they hold this competition?"
"It's pure marketing, just to attract attention. But they are probably overthinking it. Can studying attract attention? What a joke."
Sunai was stunned for a moment, then turned on the computer: "But boss, dozens of people have already signed up on the forum, and they haven't even distributed flyers yet."
Lu Feiyu thought for a while and then said, "The academic atmosphere of Linda University is still very strong. Even if there is no popularity of the school beauty, there will definitely be people participating in this event. It will not fail. After all, winning the award is helpful for further studies and career choices."
Lu Xuemei also nodded: "It's written on the website. This is the first public learning competition for the entire school of Linda University. It's probably very valuable."
“What if you don’t give credits?”
“…”
"What if it's not considered an official honor recognized by Linda?"
“…”
"What if no one knows about it?"
“…”
Lu Feiyu was stunned for a moment: "It's impossible that they won't even give credits, right? This is an honor that sounds very impressive anyway."
Sunai couldn't help but interrupt: "Yes, boss, the campus forum was jointly founded by four major universities. It's impossible for them to hold a learning competition without giving credits."
Jiang Qin sighed: "I told you before that you should learn to see the essence through the phenomenon. Now let me test you, what is the essence of this activity?"
Yang Shuai was aloof for a while, then spoke confidently: "It's essentially a competition."
Jiang Qin spat at him: "What's the difference between this and my handsomeness? Anyone can see it. Do you need to tell me? Next one!"
"Is this a...business event?"
"Well, Xuemei is right. The essence of this competition is actually a commercial activity. The purpose is to promote sales and attract customers. If you can exchange credits for people with more votes by buying milk tea, then what's the difference between that and buying credits with money? Do you think those real academic masters will agree to this? If this gets out of hand, who will dare to take the responsibility?"
Lu Feiyu's mouth was crooked. "Fuck, there are no credits, it's not a formal honor. After all this time, they came up with such a high-sounding name, and they even boasted that it was the first school-wide learning competition, but the real prize is actually half-price driving lessons?"
Sunai pursed his lips and said, "Then why are there still people signing up?"
"Because everyone is like you, they think the old forum is serious and solemn. Suddenly holding a competition must be a great honor. At least they can earn a lot of credits. As long as everyone misunderstands this and attracts customers, the purpose of the college supermarket and Tongxing Driving School will be achieved. As for the result, they don't care, just like we don't care who the school belle is."
"Fuck, they are so mean, they are just beasts!"
Jiang Qin's face darkened: "Don't be sarcastic when you talk. I suspect you are scolding me. Our school beauty contest doesn't even offer half-price driving lessons."
Lu Xuemei disagreed: "People with the title of campus belle have their own halo. When I go to the cafeteria, I can hear people discussing the first and second campus belle and so on. Boys can also say that I was the one who made Linda the campus belle. But what's the use of the title of academic star? It is voted in itself, and the winner may not even have received a scholarship. They are too embarrassed to go out and show off."
"Xuemei, you actually know how to comfort people. You have really grown up and become a grown-up girl now."
"Boss, I didn't expect you to praise me. You said at that time that I was a young girl and how could I be blind." Lu Xuemei sneered.
Jiang Qin immediately changed the subject, and swept his sharp eyes across everyone's faces: "Everyone, as college students of the new era, can we just ignore seeing our classmates being tricked like this?"
Sunai shook his head: "No, we must tell them the truth!"
"Yes, so we want to let everyone know that this competition is nothing but advertising and marketing."
"How?"
"Since they are being deliberately vague and creating a gimmick like the first school-wide competition, we have to let them come out and admit that we have nothing. This award may not even be recognized by the school. This is purely for marketing purposes."
"This is too difficult, how could they possibly listen to us?" Sunai couldn't understand.
Jiang Qin smiled slightly, turned on his computer, and started a discussion thread on the official old forum.
《Shocked! It is said that the Study Star competition is very valuable. The top ten can be directly admitted to graduate school. Hurry up and sign up!》
After Jiang Qin finished posting, he turned around and looked at everyone: "Everyone, follow my instructions and reply to the following content under the post."
"Impossible, the guaranteed admission to graduate school is fake, but according to insider information, the quality of this competition is definitely comparable to a provincial-level competition!"
"There's just an internet cafe upstairs. I heard that the top ten students in the study star competition will become an important benchmark for professors to select students."
"It's not that exaggerated. It will just seriously affect the ownership of the scholarship."
"The winner of the Study Star Award will eventually be interviewed by Linchuan Youth Daily. This newspaper is very valuable and will be of great help to future studies and career choices."
Jiang Qin pinched his throat and imitated many people speaking, with a different accent for each sentence, confidently and elegantly.
"????"
Seeing this scene, although the people in 208 were puzzled, they still did as instructed. They not only left messages, but also created a traffic diversion on their own forum.
Half an hour later, in a general office, the administrator in charge of the old forum noticed Jiang Qin's post and instantly panicked after clicking on it.
Damn, who said I can get into graduate school?
Scholarships and newspaper interviews? Are these students crazy? How can they dream like this? Even a normal person can't believe it!
But the students who were unaware of the truth were extremely excited, especially those who were not very good at studying. They usually couldn't even think about getting a scholarship, but this time they could get it just by canvassing votes, and they could even be admitted to graduate school. Who wouldn't be excited?
As a result, countless messages asking whether the news was true were densely packed in a row.
Clear-minded and foolish college students can easily create a whirlwind under such guidance.
The administrator's scalp was tingling. When they were planning the event, they deliberately did not make these things clear in order to ensure students' enthusiasm for participating in the competition.
But... now the impact is getting bigger and bigger, and the exaggerations are getting more and more outrageous. If it is not clarified, it is likely to cause doubts later.
"Teacher Li, Teacher Li, please come and take a look at this. I don't know who spread the rumor that the competition we organized can help people get admitted to graduate school."
"ah?"
Linchuan Forum is a forum jointly founded by four major universities, and the person in charge of Linchuan University is Professor Li.
He glanced at the content of the post and his eyelids twitched wildly.
"Hurry up and issue a notice to clarify that the guarantee of admission to graduate school is all a rumor. This is just a competition organized to create a learning atmosphere and to motivate everyone to study. It has no other meaning!"
"Then... then no one will participate in the competition?"
"Even if no one is participating, we have to clarify. What if someone wants to be admitted to graduate school after the competition is over? If I don't explain it now, I won't be able to explain it later!"
(End of this chapter)
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