The university was so big yet almost empty, with even less than half of the students attending classes.
Shen Qiang was furious.
The director of the Academic Affairs Office said with an unpleasant expression, "Our students have run off to the neighboring school."
"What? Run off to the neighboring school?"
Since Fudan University is a prestigious school, usually students flock to Fudan.
But now their students were actually being drawn away to a neighboring school.
"What school exactly?" Shen Qiang asked.
Shen Qiang was taken aback; he hadn’t heard of this school before.
"Students from Star University won the championship in a world electronic sports tournament, so our students went over to celebrate."
What the hell is electronic sports?
The director of academic affairs explained the situation to Shen Qiang.
Shen Qiang’s face turned sour upon hearing it.
"Nonsense, a university actually supporting students to play games, what nonsense!"
Fudan University is a key university, so it always had a natural sense of superiority.
Their students were the best, and the Fudan brand was almost a guaranteed ticket to employment without exams.
Now even their students were being attracted to Star University.
If this goes on, if Star University’s influence surpasses Fudan’s, it’s something Shen Qiang does not wish to see.
In Modu, there can only be one best school, and that is Fudan University.
Shen Qiang realized that this championship’s weight could very likely allow Star University’s influence to surpass Fudan’s.
This kind of school must be suppressed.
Shen Qiang took a closer look at Star University and was immediately taken aback.
Star University’s educational system was simply too bizarre.
There were no teachers; students were the teachers, and with such freedom, the students could do whatever they wanted at school.
Is this still a university?
The more Shen Qiang looked, the more shocked he became. How could such a university exist?
After thinking it over, Shen Qiang called an old classmate.
The old classmate was a head in the Hu Hai education department.
"Old Chen, let me tell you something, suddenly in Modu, there’s this Star University with no teachers, students do whatever they want, and they even encourage students to play games."
Chen Mu was stunned for a moment.
This was the first time he had heard of this school too.
After all, there are many universities in Modu, both public and private, and he only paid attention to key prestigious schools.
As for grassroots universities, he indeed had no impression of them.
"There really is such a thing?" Chen Mu’s expression changed slightly.
After all, he was in charge, and if something really went wrong, he wouldn’t be able to avoid responsibility.
"Yes, Old Chen, you must manage such schools well. If something goes wrong, you should understand."
"I understand, rest assured, I will investigate thoroughly, and if the situation is true, I will handle it seriously."
After hanging up the call, Shen Qiang let out a long breath.
What he reported was the truth, he didn’t lie.
He believed once it’s investigated, this school would be shut down for sure.
Electronic sports major?
Interesting, should Fudan also set up this major?
However, he quickly dismissed this idea.
After all, Fudan is a prestigious school, how could it encourage students to play games?
Meanwhile, at Star University, a celebration was taking place.
Sitting in the principal’s office, Ye Chen watched the singing and dancing students, feeling very pleased.
This time, it wasn’t just the students from Star University but also students from Fudan and other nearby schools.
At this moment, a student wearing glasses approached Ye Chen.
"Principal Ye, I have something to request."
"What’s the matter?" Ye Chen asked with a slight smile.
"We want to launch a rocket."
Ye Chen spit out a mouthful of Longjing tea he was drinking.
"Launch a rocket, have our students become this impressive?"
"We’ve developed a homemade rocket and want to launch it."
This is downtown, would launching a rocket cause it to fall and hit anyone?
After all, now that Ye Chen was the principal, he had to be more cautious about such matters.
Wu Yong shook his head: "Principal Ye, don’t worry it won’t, we can even recover the rocket after launch."
At 8:08 PM, we will carry out the first test launch, could you please be our guest of honor for the rocket launch?
Ye Chen nodded, as indeed, the students actually developing a rocket was a proud moment for him.
"Sure, in that case, I’ll attend in the evening."
"Thank you, Principal Ye." Wu Yong bowed to Ye Chen before leaving.
Right now, all the students at Star University were grateful to Ye Chen.
Because Ye Chen gave them the opportunity to realize their dreams.
Without Ye Chen, they probably would have entered society by now, possibly working as delivery persons or in other bottom-tier jobs.
Once really in society, dreams would become even more out of reach for them.
Ye Chen’s lips curled into a smile, he suddenly had a plan.
He called Maoya Live Stream.
Soon, a news piece broke on Maoya Live Stream.
Star University students would attempt to launch a rocket at 8:08 PM.
Following the electronic sports tournament, Maoya Live Stream had become popular among young people.
Upon hearing this news, all of Hua Country was shaken.
A university, and a grassroots one at that, having students develop a rocket?
How is this possible?
The internet was full of skeptical voices.
By 8:00 in the evening, over ten million fans had flooded into the live stream room.
In the center of the Star University sports field, stood a miniature rocket.
The entire design looked no different from a real rocket, the only difference being that it was a miniature version.
There was widespread doubt about whether the rocket could successfully launch, and there was much discussion on Maoya Net.
"This is hilarious, a university can develop a rocket?"
"I bet it’s just a publicity stunt, the launch will definitely fail."
"I’m dying of laughter, today’s young people are more and more playful."
At the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a professor was reading a thesis when the phone suddenly rang.
"Professor Lu, have you seen the news? Students at a university are going to test-launch a rocket today."
"What? Test-launch a rocket? Which university? Huaqing, Kyoto University, or Fudan?"
"None of those, it seems to be called Star University, recently Star University became quite famous, it seems they just won the world electronic sports championship."
Professor Lu was momentarily stunned: "Oh, interesting, where can I watch the live stream? I’d like to see it."
As a rocket expert in Hua Country, hearing that students from a university had developed a rocket, he found it somewhat unbelievable.
After all, rocket launching belongs to high-end scientific research projects, and to complete it requires meticulous calculations, where no design can afford the slightest error.
This is virtually an impossible task for university students.
As news continued to spread, over thirty million viewers had gathered on Maoya Live Stream.