"That’s it, these questions, can you ask Li Zhiyuan to help me with them?"
Zhou Yunyun handed over a notebook, Tan Wenbin took it and flipped through it. There weren’t many problems, just seven in total—four in math and three in physics.
"These types of questions, my Brother Xiao Yuan’s problem sets have them all, and they’re even more complicated."
"How many are there?"
"There’s a bunch of them, covering math, physics, and chemistry."
"Then... can I borrow it?"
The better the student, the clearer they understand just how effective dedicated problem-solving practice is, especially in the current era where supplementary educational materials are scarce.
What is most important, the progress made by Tan Wenbin himself served as proof of just how valuable these problems were.
Tan Wenbin furrowed his brow.
"That... can’t I borrow it?"
Zhou Yunyun, as class president, was used to keeping a straight face, and she seldom showed such a look of nervousness as she asked.
"I have to ask my Brother Xiao Yuan, but he probably won’t mind, I can lend it to you. You just have to promise me one thing..."
"What is it?" Zhou Yunyun took a deep breath, seemingly having made some kind of decision, with a determined look in her eyes.
Seeing her , Tan Wenbin was at a bit of a loss himself.
"Eh, it’s nothing big, just that only you can look at them, and you can’t lend them to anyone else or spread them around."
"Of course that’s okay, anything else?"
"Oh, alright, I agree." Zhou Yunyun’s tone carried a hint of disappointment.
No matter how studious boys and girls are at this age, they still can’t help but harbor some wonderful fantasies.
Particularly for someone like Tan Wenbin, who is outspoken and has an upbeat personality, he tends to attract more attention.
Add to that the fact that he’s also quite good-looking, with a style resembling the ruffian charm seen in Hong Kong and Taiwanese films, and his family is relatively well-off for a township.
As for his academic performance being poor, that’s not the focus of consideration, after all, boys who are both good looking and excel academically typically only exist in romantic fiction novellas.
In reality, most top-performing male students are a bit hard to swallow.
It’s just a shame that under the high-pressure parenting of his father, aside from getting into fights to defend his classmates, the most outrageous thing Tan Wenbin has done is stealing money from his mother to buy a Tetris handheld game console.
He has the potential to be a bully, yet it’s simply not in his nature.
Moreover, he has been unknowingly led astray by someone else, and in his eyes, puppy love is simply boring, after all, what fun is there in girls compared to playing Corpse?
"I’ll organize the problems and give them to you tomorrow."
"Mm, okay, thank you."
The two walked back to the classroom together.
As they entered, the classroom erupted in unison: "Ooh yo～"
Zhou Yunyun’s face went slightly red as she quickly ran to her seat and sat down, picking up her pen and began working on homework.
Tan Wenbin, on the other hand, looked around the room disdainfully, pointed to Li Zhiyuan who was sleeping with his head on the desk, signaling everyone to be quiet.
Then, he propped himself up on the table with one hand and leaped back to his own seat.
The pocket money given by his family was hardly anything, and he knew that Brother Xiao Yuan’s equipment must cost quite a bit, so he was inspired just a moment ago and even came up with a brilliant idea, including the advertising slogan:
"Do you want to make a leap in your exam scores like me?
Want to get your hands on the learning secrets of a genius?
Want to change your fate and rise to the top in one fell swoop?
Then come get your problem sets from me!"
In the next class, Li Zhiyuan continued sleeping.
Tan Wenbin also took a rare break from his duties and began drafting plans on a blank piece of paper. How much should he sell a book for? Should he sell the complete set or in parts?
He decided on parts—it made sense, after all, Brother Xiao Yuan would continue making problems for him.
He wouldn’t charge the poorer students in class; he’d just give it to them.
He could also give them a share of the profits to help sell the sets to other classes.
Hmm, could he sell to other schools too?
It seemed a bit difficult at present, but maybe it was possible in the future.
Tan Wenbin turned his head to look at the sleeping Li Zhiyuan and cheered himself on:
"Brother, keep it up! Win in math competitions and make our brand famous!"
That night, Tan Wenbin didn’t return to Zhuangzhuang’s house.
However, the next day after school, Li Zhiyuan noticed that Tan Wenbin was always missing during breaks, gathering a bunch of students around like they were having a meeting.
During class, Tan Wenbin started passing notes as well, apparently continuing some business discussion.
After school, Tan Wenbin went back to Li Sanjiang’s house with the others. In the workshop, he laid out his plan to Li Zhiyuan.
"Of course, I’ve done the market research. Everyone in our class wants to buy it. Even those guys sitting at the back row want to buy it!"
"You agree, Brother Xiao Yuan?"
Li Zhiyuan picked up a spiked whip from the table.
This whip appeared in the "Righteous Demon Extermination Records" and was called the Demon Suppression Whip.
Li Zhiyuan was skeptical, wondering if Wei Zhengdao had chosen the name at random.
But the materials for making it were expensive, many of them not available in regular markets, and Wei Zhengdao’s instructions for making it were too simplistic.
Perhaps in Wei Zhengdao’s eyes, those reading his book were supposed to belong to a sect.
But, turning over the gnomish contraptions backward, he figured out the making process. He could do it.
Equivalent to a black canvas in the shape of a whip, its practical value greatly increased. He could have one for each person in Run Sheng, and well, if Binbin makes money, he could also have one made.
"Brother Binbin, do you have the start-up capital? I mean, for the photocopying fees?"
"Yeah." Tan Wenbin took out a black plastic bag filled with change, "I’ve already collected the first batch of pre-order fees, didn’t you see?"