I Don’t Want To Reincarnate

Chapter 33

There was finally some exciting and big news for the students’ union after many years – a competition had commenced:

Parties involved: Chen Hansheng (freshman and class president of Public Administration Class 2) and Zhou Xiao (deputy officer of students’ union external relations committee).

Mission: Attract sponsors for the freshmen party

Location: Yiwu Business Center of Jiangling University Town

Judges: Zuo Xiaoli, Qi Wei, and other officers of the students’ union; the group of freshmen who had played witness

The competition was a sudden event that had culminated due to the egos of two students’ union officers and a freshman.

Although the students’ union was meant to serve the students, it had been tainted by a large number of bad bureaucratic habits. The governing body was not big, and its governance style was very bad.

Zhou Xiao might have been close to Zuo Xiaoli which was probably why the latter was willing to stand up for the former. But the other officers could not be bothered.

The freshmen, on the other hand, were unusually united. Wherever there was oppression, there would be resistance. And there was nothing wrong with that.

“The sponsors of the event are all in the Yiwu Business Center. I don’t think there’s a need to ask every single one of them. It’s a waste of time and energy. Why don’t we just randomly assign a merchant to each of the participants and see who can get a higher sponsorship?” Zuo Xiaoli, the vice president of the students’ union, announced the rules at the student activity center.

Zhou Xiao agreed. Although it was ‘random’, they already knew which merchants were familiar with and close to the external relations committee, and those who weren’t. So Zuo Xiaoli should act accordingly.

As expected, Zhou Xiao was assigned to a barbershop that had just opened as it still had the remains of firecrackers and confetti at its entrance, and was owned by a young man in his twenties. Chen Hansheng, on the other hand, was assigned to a stationery shop that was owned by a middle-aged man in his forties.

When Zhou Xiao heard the assignments, he smugly wondered if there was a real point in the competition. The shop he was assigned to had just opened, so it definitely needed publicity. Young people were easy to talk to so just a casual conversation should get them a few hundred dollars in sponsorship.

As for the stationery shop owner, he was rich, but he was also stingy. Moreover, he was in the wholesale business and did not have much interest in retail, so there was no need for excessive publicity.

This was Zhou Xiao’s chance to redeem the honor that he had previously lost.

Zhou Xiao excitedly pushed the glass door of ‘My Show’ barbershop open. The owner beamed with happiness as he had initially thought that the crowd of students outside was going to be his new customers. But after hearing Zhou Xiao’s purpose of visit, his face gradually turned cold.

“We have just opened and business has not been very good either.”

The barbershop owner was very reluctant to be a sponsor. Yiwu Business Center was the hunting grounds for sponsors by all university external relations committees in Jiangling University Town. Sometimes, several waves of students would approach the merchants in a month.

“It’s precisely because you have just opened that you need publicity. Our team is going to hold a freshman party soon. If you sponsor a banner to be put up at the event, the freshmen will be able to see it. If you sponsor a little gift, that will boost your publicity at our university.”

This was one method to persuade sponsors. It was one of the easiest but not the most effective, which meant it was usually meant to be used for smaller sponsors.

However, since they were in a competition, Chen Hansheng knew how sneaky the d*mn Zuo Xiaoli had been to set up such a trap. He already knew from before that Feng Jihua would not be a willing sponsor.

“Well, since university students are quite capable, how about this? If you help me settle my debt, I’ll sponsor your event.”

Feng Jihua stared at the students. The students were indeed capable. But they lacked the social skills so he knew they would not be able to succeed.

Zhou Xiao was the happiest here. He signaled Zuo Xiaoli to quickly announce the results of the competition. He couldn’t help but prepare to attack Chen Hansheng.

Chen Hansheng noticed how excited Zhou Xiao was becoming as he walked out and asked, “Mr. Feng, are there any businesses nearby that owe you money?”

Feng Jihua had been feeling quite proud of himself for the response he had given earlier and wasn’t prepared to receive a question from one of them. When he threw out his trump card, the students would simply retreat in the face of difficulties. It was rare for someone to dare ask.

“You plan to help me collect the debt?”

“My abilities are limited but I can settle things for you by this afternoon,” said Chen Hansheng.

Feng Jihua sized up Chen Hansheng. He was tall, big, and not ugly at all. However, there was an unruly confidence in his demeanor.

“There is one nearby.”

The stationery store owner, Feng Jihua, flipped through the account book and looked up something. “It’s the fruit store across the street.”

“Where’s the loan slip?” Chen Hansheng asked.

“That’s the problem. At the time, there were two copies of it, but the one I kept was lost. After he found out, he refused to admit that there was a loan. Otherwise, I would have asked it back long ago,” said Feng Jihua.

Chen Hansheng started to think, and then asked, “How much does he owe you?”

“2,500 yuan.”

Chen Hansheng nodded. After pondering for a while, he suddenly shouted, “Yang Shizhao, Shaoqiang, Zhu Chenglong, wanna come?”

“What’s there to be afraid of?”

“Hansheng, don’t doubt my loyalty.”

“Class President, your word is my command.”

With that, he strode across the street to the fruit store with his gang. The other students also followed curiously. Only Zhou Xiao was left with Zuo Xiaoli “Shouldn’t I be the one to win?”

Zuo Xiaoli had originally thought that he had a 100% chance of winning. Now that something had gone wrong, he impatiently said, “If you ask me, who the f*ck am I going to ask?”

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