Awakening Elementary School System in University

After replying, Chen Lin finally opened the "406 Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons" group chat, which had been quiet for a long time.

Fatty Zhao: [HOLY SHIT! @Chen Lin Brother Lin! You’ve hit the big time! Jask offered you an annual salary of seven million?! For real?!]

Li the Monkey: [@Chen Lin Brother Lin, do you still need roommates? The kind who can warm your bed and be your personal hype man!]

Wang Tao: [Tsk, you guys are thinking too small, aren’t you? Lin is President Chen now! Professor Chen! A great scientist bringing glory to our country! As if a mere seven million could sway him? @Chen Lin Lin, how about I be your driver? No salary necessary, just cover my meals!]

Watching these three jokers banter, Chen Lin’s mood lightened. He smiled and replied in the group: [Piss off. In your dreams.]

Next, he opened the "Yanhai Startup Squad" group chat.

The first thing that caught his eye was a screenshot of Weibo’s trending topics, sent by Sun Yu an hour ago. The glaring hashtag, #ChenLinJAMSpaper, was right at the top, followed by a purplish-red character for "Viral."

Sun Yu: [Boss, you’re a legend!!! I was scrolling Weibo this morning and it literally shocked me awake! (voice cracking)]

Sun Yu: [Boss! You’re my god!!! (starry eyes)]

Huang Yiyi: [President Chen, congratulations! This has really put the company on the map. The impact is extraordinary. (rose)]

Shen Yan: [Congratulations. (party popper)]

Yunqing: [Way to go, Boss! This buzz is even crazier than last time!]

[@Chen Lin Want me to contact a few major social media influencers for you? We can strike while the iron’s hot and get you a long, in-depth interview. It would be a great wave of free publicity for the company! (witty)]

Reading Yunqing’s message, Chen Lin nodded to himself.

’As expected of a former head of the Student Union’s Public Relations Department. Her commercial instincts are sharp.’

However, he didn’t plan on taking her suggestion.

The reason was simple: he had already covered everything he wanted to publicize during his last interview at the university.

Now that he had gone viral again, he was sure netizens would dig up that old interview and replay it endlessly. The goal of getting his message out would be achieved naturally.

Spending more money on another interview was completely unnecessary.

Neither he nor the company was short on cash, but money had to be spent where it mattered most.

Sponsored deals with top-tier influencers started in the six-figure range, and that wasn’t even including the platform’s promotional fees. The return on investment just wasn’t there.

He was about to reply in the group chat when a new message popped up.

It was from Sun Yu, sent ten minutes ago.

Sun Yu: [Boss, get to the office, quick! The building is surrounded by people!!!]

Chen Lin’s heart dropped, and he shot up from his bed in an instant.

He didn’t even have time to wash his face properly. He just hastily scrubbed it with a towel, threw on some clothes, grabbed his keys, and bolted out the door.

He ran to the entrance of his residential complex and frantically hailed a taxi, heading straight for Yannan University.

After getting out at the university gate, Chen Lin broke into a jog, rushing toward the Innovation Space Building.

Even before he reached the building, he saw the spectacular scene.

A massive, swarming crowd had blocked the entrance to the Innovation Space Building, making it completely impassable. Inside the throng were traditional media reporters shouldering large cameras and print journalists holding out audio recorders. Even more numerous, however, were the influencers and content creators, easily identifiable by their phones and stabilizers.

And the focus of this forest of "long guns and short cannons" was the trio at the center of the crowd, surrounded several layers deep: Shen Yan, Yunqing, and Huang Yiyi.

Sun Yu, meanwhile, was like an ignored background NPC, shoved to the periphery of the crowd. Not only did he look far from nervous, but he actually wore a cheerful, relaxed expression, clearly enjoying being left out of the chaos.

Chen Lin couldn’t help but find the sight a little amusing.

He could completely understand the reporters’ behavior.

After all, the fact that two of a startup’s four employees were campus belle-level beauties was an incredibly newsworthy angle in itself.

Today, Shen Yan was dressed in her usual simple white T-shirt and jeans. Her jet-black hair was draped casually over her shoulders, and her cool, aloof aura stood out starkly against the noisy crowd, perfectly fitting the internet’s image of the "first love" campus belle archetype.

Yunqing, on the other hand, wore a bright, fashionable, French-style floral dress. A poised and gracious smile on her face, she handled the reporters’ questions with unhurried composure. She had a star-like quality that made her sparkle in the crowd.

Even Huang Yiyi, standing beside them, was incredibly eye-catching. Although her looks were perhaps a notch below the other two, her well-tailored, all-black professional suit, paired with her sharp and competent demeanor, exuded the charm of a career woman.

Chen Lin stopped some distance away. Relying on the enhanced hearing granted by his "Little Champion" title, he could clearly make out the conversations in the crowd.

A female reporter in glasses was holding a microphone out to Yunqing. "Hello, Yunqing. In your experience, what kind of person is Chen Lin in his daily life?"

Yunqing answered with a radiant smile, "Chen Lin? He’s a remarkable person, always full of unexpected surprises.

"For example, when I first met him, I had no idea he was a math super-genius. I only knew he was an underclassman... who was a very good singer."

Singing?

The moment she said this, a buzz went through the crowd of reporters, and surprised expressions appeared on all their faces.

Yunqing seemed to have anticipated their reaction. She took out her phone, pulled up a video, and readily showed it to everyone.