Chapter 28 The Afternoon of the 28th

The cafeteria was packed with people eating dinner.

"Who's on duty for evening self-study today?" Zhou Yu asked.

"I think it's Liu Fang," Tang Jian said after a moment's thought.

"Ah, well, although she's not as strict as Lao Mo, she's still okay," Zhou Yu analyzed.

"Just put your phone behind your books. I'll tell you if someone comes, and you can cover it up," Tang Jian said.

"The hell, it's not your phone!"

Zhou Yu didn't blindly decide on this bold suggestion.

"Let's go back to the dorm and see what happens. It's not necessary," Chen Yuan, the main character, said calmly.

It felt like the emperor wasn't worried, but the eunuch was.

After all, emperors had a broader perspective.

Those who dared to criticize the emperor's faults would have their entire clan executed.

"No way, this is my first time on TV. I have to support the premiere."

Zhou Yu had never seen anything like this in his life. Although it might only be a word or two, it was still the most prestigious TV station in Hai Dong. Even just showing his face or twirling a pen there would be meaningful.

"Why don't you discuss it with Liu Fang and ask her to play the TV in class?" Zhou Fu asked curiously.

"No way that's possible." He Si Jiao waved her hand, thinking it was too difficult. "Exams are coming up soon. Who would play TV for the students at this time? The leaders would scold us if they saw."

"You might be talking about ordinary leaders," Tang Jian said. "But if it's He Hongtao, the situation is different. He might even be happy to let everyone watch and even watch along with them for a while."

"Jiao, go find your uncle," Chen Yuan said.

"Heh, if Principal He was really my uncle, would I still be in Class 18 with you?" He Si Jiao's mouth twitched slightly as she sarcastically said.

"That's not true either. Tang Jian's dad is still the director of the Education Department—"

", you're starting again." Tang Jian warily interrupted Chen Yuan. "Trying to set my dad up, huh? Who said director? Don't make up stories about the ministry."

"Speaking of which, why did you come to Eleventh High—" Zhou Fu also looked curiously at Tang Jian, hesitating to speak.

"I really got in through the exam."

Seeing how curious these people were about his situation, Tang Jian had no choice but to say, "The classes are also divided according to grades. By the time the school leaders found out about my family's situation, I'd already been in this class for half a year."

Tang Jian's honesty made Chen Yuan couldn't help but speak up for him, "Did you hear that? It completely followed the process. Don't make fun of our Director Tang anymore."

"You're the one who's starting it!"

Tang Jian thought to himself, no one else was starting this trend.

"Yi, Chen Yuan."

Just as everyone was eating and chatting, 47 happened to pass by and took the initiative to say hello.

Seeing 47 coming, Tang Jian guiltily lowered his head to eat.

Although 47 hadn't said a word to him, he still felt guilty. Even looking at her a few more times made him feel sorry for Teacher Wu Tang.

He wished he had Chen Yuan's low moral standards.

"Oh, right." 47 suddenly said, remembering something, "My class is going to play your documentary during evening self-study."

Hearing this, everyone was a little confused.

"Why?" Zhou Fu asked in confusion.

"That's what the teacher in class said, and not just our class, the class next door too—Yi, don't you have this?" This time, 47 was the one who was surprised.

"I haven't heard anything about it," He Si Jiao said blankly.

"Then they'll definitely play it, since it's your class," 47 smiled, waved goodbye adorably, and left.

"Hiss, so there's such a thing." Zhou Yu was surprised and happy at the same time. "Then we don't have to be sneaky anymore, and we can even hear the sound."

"So, is the whole school going to play this during evening self-study?" Zhou Fu guessed.

"It feels like it, probably the school's requirement. Otherwise, why would other classes play this?" He Si Jiao said.

Hearing this, Tang Jian laughed, "Xu Chen just came out of the hospital, and then he sees Chen Yuan on TV. He's probably going to collapse."

"Don't deliberately use old jokes, Xu Chen has been discharged from the hospital for a long time," Chen Yuan said.

Previously, he even seemed to have been late for school once and had his name written down by a student cadre——

"Then if the whole school is watching—" Zhou Fu thought for a moment and suddenly became a little shy, "Then everyone will know about me praising you?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu was even more ashamed.

Although he wanted to see himself on TV, the things he said in that interview that day——

Were too damn simping for Chen Yuan!

Their shame gradually gave Chen Yuan a sense of humiliation——

Originally, he felt okay, but now, thinking about his words being criticized by the whole class, watched by the whole school——

Wait, did I say anything stupid?

After evening self-study began, everyone was studying on their own.

At around 7:20, Liu Fang called Zhang Chao up to set up the projector.

Now, everyone knew what was going to happen.

Liu Fang didn't hide it and directly said, "Tonight's self-study, Principal He has arranged a benefit for everyone, watching TV for a while."

As soon as these words came out, everyone went 'oh!'

Because the final exams were in a few days, it was unheard of for the teacher to show a movie at this time.

Could it be because this year's students did well on the exams, and the principal was happy?

"I don't know what kind of documentary it is, watching Chen Yuan show off."

"It feels like it's going to be a classic."

"Let's make some more memes."

The students below were already chatting excitedly. Liu Fang was also curious, so she asked directly, "Chen Yuan, is this scripted, or are these all your own words?"

This question made everyone look over with great interest.

"—" After a brief silence, Chen Yuan opened his mouth and said, "It's basically all scripted, it doesn't have much to do with me."

"Ah? Is there really a script?" Liu Fang showed a surprised expression.

"Teacher, don't listen to his nonsense, he's trying to distance himself here."

"The fact that he's saying this means there's no script, it must be very authentic."

"He's definitely showing off."

Liu Fang didn't understand what 'distancing' meant, but she could tell that the students in the class knew Chen Yuan very well.

Damn it, these guys have predicted it in advance——

The more everyone said this, the more panicked Chen Yuan became.

Did I say anything too arrogant back then?

I shouldn't have...

At this moment, Chao Zi had already set up the projector.

And there was sound too.

Fortunately, it was still playing commercials.

Before long, the documentary began.

A title slowly appeared.

"Listening to the Genius"

"Genius, speak!"

"Chen Yuan, say something."

"Come on, say a few words."

A title was all it took to get these bastards started.

To be honest, this straightforward title had been controversial at the time. There were several other alternative plans, such as "The Big Exam,"

"There Must Be a Teacher Among Us," "Their Days and Nights."

But after consideration, they chose a more attention-grabbing name.

After all, people are curious.

What did the genius say?

He could only endure everyone's consumption of him.

Until the documentary began.

The camera started with the students pouring out of the dormitory building in the morning, rushing to the cafeteria. At this time, a male voice-over appeared.

"How long does it take to go from 504 points to 664 points?"

"His answer is, three months."

After this sentence was finished, Chen Yuan appeared on camera sitting for an interview.

"Oh, damn!"

"Why are you so handsome, bro."

"Really three months? Damn, it seems like it really was three months."

In fact, the director originally interviewed about how long it would take to go from 500 points to 700 points, but after filming, the others discussed it and decided to change it to from 504 to 644.

"Two hundred points in a few months, that's too damn unrealistic. We're going to get roasted if we broadcast this."

These were the director's original words.

It could only be said that he was too rational.

But even without making it so outrageous, Chen Yuan himself felt it was a little too arrogant when this section was played——

Now he finally knew what it felt like for the protagonist in cultivation novels to attract hatred everywhere.

He would be sanctioned by the Immortal Alliance!

"But you're quite photogenic," Zhou Fu said, looking at Chen Yuan in the video.

Some people look quite good, but they look much worse on camera.

But there was basically no difference between Chen Yuan in real life and on TV.

"Look at the substance, don't just look at the appearance," Chen Yuan criticized.

"Yo yo yo, how would you choose between someone good-looking and someone with substance?"

"Good-looking."

"—Sometimes you're so real that you're a little bit despicable."

But Chen Yuan on TV looked very serious, like Liu Chengxi.

On TV, the introduction continued.

"Chen Yuan is a high school student in his second year, from Eleventh High School in Hai Jing District, Xia Hai City. This is a provincial demonstration high school, known as the Twin Stars of Hai Jing District along with Fourth High School in the same district——"

"Who's being called twins with them!"

Looking at the TV screen, Zhang Jianjun slammed the table angrily, and the thermos next to him shook slightly——

He was about to faint from anger when he saw the introduction on TV.

What he had said at the time was that they had to say that Fourth High School was the best high school in Xia Hai before he would agree to the filming, but now how did they come up with "Twin Stars?"

Who was out there being twin stars?

Who exactly was spreading this nonsense?

Angry, very angry.

Holding the thermos, he prepared to take a sip to suppress his emotions and continued watching the documentary.

And inside, it was also talking about Chen Yuan's journey of progress——

As he watched, Zhang Jianjun suddenly realized that Chen Yuan's improvement in grades was actually quite scientific.

In particular, it talked very well about overcoming inertia.

Students seem to be working hard, but they can't improve their scores. Sometimes it's because they put too much enthusiasm into subjects they like, and even small changes in scores make them complacent. As for subjects they're not good at, they instinctively reject them——

Isn't this talking about some of the students in Class 1 who are bad at English?

The better they are at a subject, the more desperately they study it, and they're complacent every time they improve.

As for English, not only do they avoid it, but sometimes they even use it as a joke, saying they're patriotic, their science scores are almost perfect, and their English just barely passes 100.

Patriotic my ass, isn't science also a foreign subject?

Just making excuses for themselves!

And talking about English, such a previously difficult subject, Chen Yuan's process of overcoming it can be described as inspiring, and he even cheekily chatted with a foreign teacher all night——

As he watched, Zhang Jianjun increasingly realized that Chen Yuan was a good student.

His only flaw was his school affiliation with Eleventh High School.

Holding the water in his hand, he still didn't drink it.

"Do you usually play games?" the host asked.

"I don't play."

"Why not? Are you not interested in games?"

"Although games are fun, ever since I started chasing scores, there's no room for games on my schedule." Sitting in his seat, Chen Yuan said with a smile, "After fully focusing on something, some of the original hobbies actually become less necessary. Sometimes I even feel that challenging some difficult problems is quite interesting."

A smile gradually appeared on his face.

Then, he nodded frequently.

Just like Fei Jian looked at Uchiha Itachi, Zhang Jianjun thought so——Chen Yuan, he is the best Eleventh High School student.

It's really a shame that such a good kid is in Eleventh High School.

He Hongtao, what virtue or ability do you have?

Putting down the thermos in his hand, looking at this documentary that was a bit interesting, and most importantly, really shared useful information, Zhang Jianjun suddenly felt that it should be widely publicized.

Those students who are weak in some subjects, who are satisfied with their current high scores, who think they can just go to Hua Qing or Ji Da, should all receive the correct values indoctrination!

Zhang Jianjun admitted that he had previously misunderstood Chen Yuan.

He was not the source of all evil that led Shi Yi astray.

He was the one who made Shi Yi better!

Through this film, he realized who the real Chen Yuan was, and he immediately had a regret of meeting him too late.

If it were him, he would definitely understand his hard work and greatness in 'dedicating himself' to Fourth High School.

At this time, he dialed a phone number.

"Principal Zhang, good evening." The person on the other end of the phone immediately said with a smile.

"After the evening self-study, during the evening-evening self-study, play that documentary from Hai Dong TV for the students, the one with our school's Shi Yi in it."

Zhang Jianjun said.

"Ah? But the exams are in a few days—"

"Sharpening your weapon at the last minute isn't worth these forty minutes." Zhang Jianjun said.

"Okay, then I'll arrange it."

"Wait." Zhang Jianjun instructed, "Can you cut out a section when you play the TV?"

The film was good overall.

But 'Hai Jing District Twin Stars' has to be deleted.

"That's not possible——" If we cut the film, we'd have to get the school's propaganda department to do it, and we wouldn't be able to play it today.

"Then forget it, just broadcast it."

Just like that, Zhang Jianjun made a decision with a bit of reluctance.

After ending the phone call, he continued to watch TV.

The host asked, "So what was the reason for such rapid progress? I mean subjectively, were you inspired by something?"

Yes, this is very important.

Zhang Jianjun thought this was a good question.

Now many students like to be against the school, against the teachers, and they don't understand at all what the meaning of their studies is.

Come on Chen Yuan, tell them why a student's duty is to study.

Zhang Jianjun picked up his thermos, drinking water while watching.

On the computer screen, Chen Yuan paused for a moment, then showed a somewhat reserved smile, "When I was a day student, there was a Fourth High School girl with a ponytail next door——then, I felt that studying hard was still necessary."

Zhang Jianjun, whose lips had not yet touched the water, froze.

I was careless.