Kyoto University, first-year male dormitory, room 512.
"Brothers, I'm back!"
Gao Fei, wearing a mask and hat, appeared at the door of the dorm and shouted inside.
Li Shuishui, Zhang Cheng, and Xu Mingyang, who were diligently studying inside, looked up and then down again.
A moment later, the three of them simultaneously put down their pens and looked up again, their eyes suddenly lighting up.
"Holy crap, Old Gao!"
"Missing person, you finally showed up!"
The three immediately surrounded Gao Fei, helped him with his luggage and bags, and welcomed him into the dormitory.
After putting away their belongings and making their beds, Gao Fei immediately took the three of them to a restaurant outside the school for a good meal.
After eating and drinking their fill, the four roommates sat at the dining table to rest.
Li Shuishui, who they hadn't seen in months, had gained weight and was picking his teeth as he said, "Old Gao, people from the computer science department said you could graduate early and pursue a master's degree. We all thought you weren't coming back!"
"I can indeed graduate early and pursue a master's degree, but I still have to take exams, write theses, and participate in debates, don't I?" Gao Fei replied, burping.
The three nodded in realization. Zhang Cheng looked at him and chuckled, "Old Gao, your fame in the school is exploding right now. Many senior girls know we're in the same dorm and have been privately asking us for your contact information.
Old Xu even got together with a senior girl because of you, and he's been showing off their affection to us all day, making Shui Shui and me so jealous!"
Xu Mingyang, who was suddenly mentioned, blushed and glared at Zhang Cheng, saying, "Old Gao, I admit, I got together with a third-year senior because of you.
But this guy, Old Zhang, has been selling your private social media accounts everywhere. In just three days, he's made almost a thousand yuan!"
Gao Fei was stunned when he heard this. No wonder his account had been constantly buzzing with new messages when he logged in before.
So this guy had sold his account!
After speaking, Xu Mingyang pointed at Li Shuishui, "Ah Shui is even more outrageous. He cut out your name and signatures from last semester when we were training in the army, took pictures, and posted them on the school forum. In one week, he sold them for two thousand yuan!"
"Holy crap, Old Xu, didn't we agree to keep it a secret for you? How could you sell us both out!"
"Damn you, Mingyang, spit out the snacks I gave you. We agreed to keep it a secret, and you spilled everything as soon as you saw him!"
Zhang Cheng and Li Shuishui rolled their eyes at Xu Mingyang while shouting and starting to fight.
Watching the three of them tussle, Gao Fei felt as if he had returned to the military training last year.
During their military training, he and the three of them were all freshmen in Class Five, and they weren't too distant from each other.
Even though they hadn't seen each other for almost three months, after drinking two bottles of wine, their relationship was as familiar as it was in the army.
After the commotion subsided, the three began to ask about Gao Fei's recent experiences.
They asked about everything from when he started writing novels before the New Year to when he finished filming movies.
Gao Fei had nothing to hide and roughly explained all the things he had encountered.
After listening, the three of them stared wide-eyed. Gao Fei's descriptions were all things that students like them had never experienced.
Zhang Cheng, who had already learned to smoke, lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair, saying, "Old Gao, I thought filming movies was simple. I didn't expect so many twists and turns and treacherous dealings."
"It's that easy for big shots in the entertainment industry to blacklist a person or a company? I always thought the internet was just exaggerating," Li Shuishui chimed in.
Xu Mingyang, sitting on the side, swirled his cup and said, "What Old Gao is going through now is the path we will all have to take after we leave school and enter society.
Old Gao is essentially giving us a preview lesson!"
Seeing the three of them sighing with emotion, Gao Fei changed the subject and asked, "Brothers, I'm back in school now. Are there any gossip news recently? Tell me about it."
As soon as the topic shifted from society to school gossip, the three of them immediately perked up.
They talked about everything from the romantic gossip of senior students to the gossip of teachers, and then to the secret affairs within the school.
Gao Fei raised an eyebrow after listening, "You've said so much, but has there been any gossip related to me?"
"Of course there is!"
Li Shuishui coughed and said, "Your gossip is simple. Some students, bored, have been revisiting your past with Wang Shiyu in high school."
"Anything else?"
"It's the senior girls' gossip about you being a fanboy. What else could there be!" Zhang Cheng replied, taking a deep drag of his cigarette.
Gao Fei looked at Xu Mingyang and asked, "Old Xu, aren't you dating a senior fan of mine? You must know more than these two. Hurry up and tell me, is there anything else?"
"I...."
Xu Mingyang hesitated, then sighed and said, "Actually, there is, but it's not good gossip. Do you really want to hear it?"
"I'm fine even with so many haters online blackening my name, so tell me!"
"Alright!"
Old Xu lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, saying, "Your current gossip is related to the school's entrepreneurship competition!"
He exhaled smoke and began to talk about the gossip about Gao Fei among the sophomores and juniors.
(Fourth-year students have already participated in one round, and are either interning or preparing for postgraduate entrance exams, so they are not involved!)
It turned out that after the negotiation, the news that Gao Fei was forced to withdraw from the competition had spread widely among the sophomores and juniors.
According to the information Xu Mingyang got from his girlfriend, two-thirds of the teams currently participating in the student entrepreneurship competition supported Gao Fei's withdrawal and did not allow him to participate.
The remaining one-third felt that Gao Fei's participation would not affect them and opposed the teams that jointly banned Gao Fei from participating.
In addition, the harsh words Gao Fei had spoken during the negotiation were also treated as a joke by the sophomore and junior students.
They ridiculed him for being desperate and making empty threats.
Otherwise, how could a student come up with ten million yuan to argue with them?
In short, there were students who opposed his participation, and students who mocked him...
Xu Mingyang finished a cigarette and said, "Several teams have said that you only became famous by riding the wave of the internet.
If you dare to mess around, they will make you taste the bitterness of failure."
Taste the bitterness of failure.
Gao Fei shook his head and smiled. Although it sounded a bit childish, it was indeed something students would say.
Especially students from Jingda University, a group of elites.
"Roughly how many entrepreneurship teams are there in the school now?" he asked, tapping his fingers on the table.
"According to what I've heard, there are about fifteen."
After Old Xu finished, Zhang Cheng and Li Shuishui chimed in.
"I heard there are six!"
"I have eight here!"
According to the three of them, the total number of entrepreneurship teams they knew of was around twenty-five.
Gao Fei nodded silently. The information from the three was too scattered, and more precise information was needed.
For example, the total number of entrepreneurship teams and the projects each team was working on.
...
After dinner, Gao Fei treated his roommates to a massage and bath, then took them to an arcade, and then to a KTV. That night, they went to a food stall for drinks and skewers.
He paid for everything the whole day, from food and drinks to entertainment.
Gao Fei had originally planned to have the three of them stay up all night playing games at an internet cafe, but they all refused.
Because they had military training last semester, all of last semester's classes were scheduled for this semester, and the three of them had full schedules every day.
Finally, the four of them returned to school just before the dormitory closed.
As soon as Gao Fei, without his mask and hat, appeared in the dormitory building, it immediately caused a sensation among the first-year students.
Two-thirds of the first-year male students in the entire building crowded in front of room 512, taking photos and selfies with Gao Fei.
They had all gone through military training together last semester.
But the current Gao Fei was no longer the same; he had filmed movies and was becoming a star.
In addition, his popularity was soaring, and every male student rushed to take photos with him, and then bragged about it on their class groups, school forums, and other platforms.
Through the photos posted online by the first-year students, the news of Gao Fei's return to school was finally revealed.
Numerous senior girls and female fans of Gao Fei immediately swarmed the school forum.
"Wow wow wow, junior Gao Fei is finally back! I'm going to squat at the dorm entrance tomorrow. Anyone want to join me, sisters?"
"Ah, I have classes all day tomorrow, I really want to take a photo with Gao Fei. You first-year boys have met him, right? Hurry up and tell us, is he very aloof?"
"Little comrade Gao, I didn't expect to see you back at school so close to graduation. As a fourth-year senior, I must use my advisor's connections to get a photo with you and an autograph."
The school forum was filled with fan posts from senior and junior girls, making the male students extremely envious.
Outside room 512.
After the intervention of the dormitory manager, the boys finally dispersed.
As the aunt left, she didn't forget to take a photo with Gao Fei and ask for an autograph for her daughter.
"Holy crap, Old Gao, you really charm everyone, young and old! I'm so jealous!"
"Damn it, I'll turn my frustration into motivation and study hard tonight!"
Li Shuishui, Zhang Cheng, and Xu Mingyang grumbled as they started to read and study.
According to the rules of other universities, lights out was at eleven o'clock.
But Jingda University was different; all dormitory buildings had 24-hour power, as long as they didn't use high-power appliances in the dorm.
After taking a shower, Gao Fei lazily lay on his bed, glanced at his three roommates diligently studying, and with a tear in his eye, opened his laptop, connected to the campus network, and started playing games and grinding monsters.
Half past midnight.
Only after all three of them had fallen asleep did Gao Fei officially begin his work.
At this time, as long as no one was watching adult videos, the campus network wouldn't be too slow.
Since the information about the known entrepreneurship teams was incomplete, Gao Fei planned to hack into the main server of Jingda University's internal network to find all the information about the teams and members of this entrepreneurship competition.
After a while, the laptop was downloading a 3MB file.
It contained information on all the entrepreneurship teams, from their projects to their members and proposals.
Ding!
The file download was complete, and Gao Fei exited the server without leaving a trace.
He opened the file and immediately checked the entrepreneurship projects of Fu Chuan, Hao Yunlai, and Lin Lin.
"I can't believe your entrepreneurship projects are so high-end, and you lead the charge in barring me from participating, only to be working on convenience stores, express delivery stations, and packaging design!"
Looking at the entrepreneurship projects of the three student representatives, Gao Fei scoffed.
He stared at the screen and chuckled twice, then continued to review other people's entrepreneurship projects.
At the same time, he was mentally calculating the investment amounts.
Since they wouldn't let Gao Fei have an easy time, they would all go down together!
(Transition!)