144 Ben the honor studen (1/2)
Despite the shameless forecasters trying to play chess with godBen won a guaranteed A!
How rare was that? It was difficult to get guaranteed A even as a married man!
Other students still mumbled in disbelief, though not daring to be too loud for fear of drawing the ire of the poison dragon
Sitting in the classroom, Charlottes little face turned red as everyone gazed at them. She glanced at Ben and couldnt believe he succeeded. He did itjust like he said he would Her chest and head cloud with mixed thoughts and feelings
As for Ben? He experienced the pride of a champ. Im the boss here now. From this moment forth, Ill have hot and cold running p*ssy on tap”
Despite the outcome, his victory wasnt simple. He learned from pick up that the best line wasnt the most exotic but the most effective. What was most effective? The line that fit each woman best. In the context of the competition, that was the segment that best suited the market conditions and countered competitors.
It was Bens realization that pick up concepts mirrored principles in the class textbook that allowed him to formulate a winning strategy. Thats how he learned to view the world through the lens of p*ssy
All the other teams selected the segments high in glam and short term gains. In the beginning, this helped them take the lead. Yet later on, due to the high supply of companies and limited growth in their sectors, their profits stagnated. Meanwhile, Ben chose the unpopular corporate niche and monopolized it. It all relied on his munching the box thinking
Professor Tremblay addressed Ben and Charlotte. ”Ben, would you please say a few words to the class about your winning strategy?”
”Actually Professor, Ive prepared a PowerPoint…” Nodding to Charlotte, he stood and held up a pen-drive. At the same time, he glanced at Lawrences group. It all started with a pen drive, and itll all end with a pen drive. Once again, weve come full Squirtle
Ben was damn good at using storytelling techniques
His declaration caused the other students, including Olivia, to gawk once more. ”He knew he would win in advance?”
Ben wasnt certain hed win. He only prepared the presentation just in case, but no one would ever know that, so he planned to look as cool as possible
6th stratagem of web novels: always appear at maximum coolocity even if you know nothing whatsoever.
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With the professors bootys blessinghe stepped toward the front of the class. Plugging in his pen drive into her laptop, he loaded his PowerPoint.
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When the first slide came up on the projector screen, everyones attention was drawn to the most savage part of it
The terrible and disgustingComic Sans font
As for the remainder, it was a breakdown of class concepts.
”Thats it?” Many showed expressions of doubt…
Despite their dark thoughts, some of the students who still trusted in the inherent goodness of humanity released sighs of relief, feeling spared from execution
Watching their reactions, Ben shrugged. Im a proper student before anything else. Education comes first…
Ignoring them, he began his speech. In it, he not only explained his strategy, but ill.u.s.trated his thorough understanding of the textbook and subject matter. His knowledge left everyone convinced, so much so that even the professors eyebrows raised at his comprehension.
It wasnt strange. Ben only missed 3 weeks of school. This past week, using the stat gain multiplier, he was able to make that up with 10 weeks of results. It meant he was now several months ahead of his classmates. Whats more is the multiplier not only granted an acceleration effect but also increased motivation, allowing Ben to study with full focus, something that normal students couldnt match.
Depending on who you asked, there was one other debatable point, which was Ben was already smart to begin with…
Of his original stats, knowledge was the highest for a good reason. It wasnt an accident he got into NYU which was a high ranking university. Although not a top tier Ivy League school, it wasnt far off, with the difference between him and students who entered those schools existing more in work ethic than book smarts.
Ben was a stay at home otaku. He didnt participate in clubs or flatter teachers. As a result, his college application wasnt gleaming, lacking the necessary extracurriculars to get into the best schools, but his grades were top tier!
Soon, Ben finished the presentations first section on theory. He then moved onto the tactical portion, which would ill.u.s.trate the specifics of how his group achieved victory in such a tough field of competitors.
The students squinted when they observed labels for their nine teams and circular oval-shaped GIFs grouped underneath them
”Why are cutouts of all our heads on the slide?”
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Watching the confused faces of the audience, Ben explained what was happening. ”This will be an animated re-enactment of the tactics my group used during the game.”
Some of the students nodded in understanding. ”I see. Hes going to dive into the details, breaking down how he rose past the groups one by one.”
Next, something else appeared in the middle of the screena white Mickey Mouse hand
They became suspicious again. ”Whats the hand for?”
Ben put his hands up to calm them down ”Relax. Its just a prop for making certain gestures for better ill.u.s.tration of tactics”
Nodding again, their tensions eased.
Ben continued. ”As you know my team started dead last in 10th place and climbed our way up the ranks.”
”It was impressive”
”Id also like more info on how he did that”