Chapter 364 - Weird Opening Remark (2/2)

Qin Sheng also responded smilingly, “Hello, Director Fang.”

Fang Huawei also graduated from the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. However, he chose to stay after his postgraduation. Since his family had some connections in the education system, he achieved his current status step by step. Qin Ran could be counted as his junior sister. His father-in-law was a well-known economist as well as a senior professor in the School of Economics and Management. Back when Qin Ran had been a postgraduate, her mentor was exactly Fang Huawei’s father-in-law. Consequently, they communicated with each other more often.

Fang Huawei knew about the issues going on in the Qin family, more or less, especially Qin Ran’s father, who was a mystery. As a guest of Tsinghua University, he had donated a lot of money to Tsinghua University in recent years and cooperated often with the School of Economics and Management. Later on, many leaders of the School of Economics and Management went to work for the company owned by the Qin family.

However, he did not know about the relationship between Qin Sheng, Qin Ran, and the Qin family. Since their family name was the same, he thought that they had to be descendants of the Qin family. Otherwise, the dean would not have taken the initiative to speak up at the last moment and decide to increase the quota. Only Qin Ran’s dad was that influential.

Fang Huawei got down to the point, saying, “You don’t need to be so polite. Just call me Brother Fang. I get along with Junior Sister Xiao Ran. When she was a postgraduate, her mentor was my father-in-law.” Fang Huawei was willing to deal with the members of the Qin family. Consequently, he made the level of the relationship between Qin Ran and him clear so that he could be closer to Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng chuckled and said, “Okay. I’ll call you Brother Fang.”

Fang Huawei said happily, “Hahaha, let’s go. I will take you to go through the formalities first. Let’s talk about other things on the way.”

Qin Sheng replied, “Sorry for troubling you, Brother Fang.”

Thereafter, Fang Huawei walked Qin Sheng into the main building of the School of Economics and Management. They went to the office in charge of the study program to go through the check-in procedure first. They talked with each other happily along the way. Qin Sheng also did not mind talking about the relationship between him with Qin Ran and confessed directly that Qin Ran was his sister. Originally, Fang Huawei had thought that Qin Ran was his cousin or something. That was because he knew that Qin Ran had no younger brothers and her father only had a sole daughter. If he were at the same age as Qin Ran, he would certainly have pursued Qin Ran without hesitation. After all, if he could be admitted as a live-in son-in-law of the Qin family, he could stand at the apex of his life.

Almost everyone had completed the formalities yesterday and went directly to class today. Qin Sheng was the last one. The procedure was not complicated at all. Instead, it was pretty simple. Qin Sheng finished the procedure quickly. Following that, Fang Huawei led Qin Sheng to his classroom.

At the entrance of the classroom, Fang Huawei stopped sensibly and said, “The classroom is right here. I won’t go in. Your classmates should have all arrived. It’s the vice dean of the college who is in charge of your class. You can directly call me if anything comes up.”

Qin Sheng said politely, “Thank you. Brother Fang.” Following that, he asked, “I wonder if you are available at noon, Brother Fang? I would like to invite you to have lunch to show my gratitude for your help as well as to ask you about some things.”

Of course, Fang Huawei would not miss this kind of opportunity. However, as an educated person, he had to act reservedly instead of playing up to those in power. Consequently, he was hesitant for a while before he said, “Well, I will have a meeting later and I don’t know when it will be over. But, since you just started the class this morning, you should only get to know each other first. After that, you would be familiar with the lesson schedule, the instructors, and so on. Send me a message after you are done. We will make another appointment at that time.”

Qin Sheng said casually, “OK. I am obedient to your arrangement.”

Fang Huawei nodded and left with a smile.

Qin Sheng pushed the door open and walked into the classroom. It was not an ordinary classroom for undergraduates but a lecture theatre, which looked like a half-underground and round-roofed auditorium. The seats were scattered around, circling the middle lecture hall. There was a full piece of blackboard on the wall across the lecture hall. Projectors were suspended separately on both sides. The whole lecture hall was filled with academic charm.

At this moment, the lecture hall was packed with people, who were busy getting to know each other well. After all, they came here to be engaged in advanced studies as well as to build up their networks. It was also the same for all business schools in China today, such as the well-known China Europe Business School and the Changjiang Business School. The classmate community was a powerful force.

There was a nameplate in front of each seat, where different names were written. Qin Sheng searched for his seat randomly and found it to the side eventually. He carried his things and walked over. On the way, all the classmates whom he had encountered before greeted him politely. Qin Sheng just responded while nodding smilingly and didn’t stop to have a deep conversation with them.

After he sat down, he was about to observe the classmates whom he would stay with for three or four months. After all, they were all descendants from rich and powerful families. At this time, a guy next to him took the initiative to greet him and say, “Hey, man. Who named you so? I thought that the Qin Sheng from Shanghai Shenhua was here. If it were him, I would definitely beat him since he made me lose a lot of money.”

Such a weird opening remark made Qin Sheng feel incredulous. He didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry as he said, “Should I be thankful to you for that?”