Chapter 143: Chapter 124: Stirring Up Trouble at the Door and the Big Fish Arrives

At ten in the morning on the main street outside the campus.

“Minister, are we going so early? His store just officially opens at ten,” a male student from the external relations department asked Wang Yuan.

“What do you know? That’s exactly why we should go as soon as he opens, and then plow right in,” Wang Yuan said indifferently.

“But Minister, what if the boss isn’t there? He has classes too, right?” the male student was still confused.

“Making a wasted trip is just par for the course for us; don’t ask such questions in the future. Little Chen, you still lack some experience,” Wang Yuan replied.

Many students join the external relations department indeed to gain some experience and mature a bit.

Whether or not it really has an effect, well, who knows?

Many people will go through the following stages in their life:

Immaturity—believing themselves to be mature—realizing they are still immature—becoming somewhat mature.

After all, the university is different from society; the student union is a rather special organization, filled exclusively with students.

When you enter society, you might still be under the tutelage of experienced people.

But in the student union, you’re following a bunch of folks who might just have started school earlier than you and joined the union first.

So, there actually are quite a few so-called little leaders who believe themselves to be mature.

The male student, having listened to Wang Yuan’s admonition, nodded slightly, and being rather good at asking questions, continued, “Minister, so in general, if we from the external relations department encounter an absent boss, do we just head back?”

“That depends on the person and the situation,” Wang Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

“Today, we’ll just loiter in his store for a while.” He looked around at the five guys following him.

This little claw machine shop was so small that with the six of them standing inside, they significantly disrupted the business.

He glanced over the group, and it was apparent that no one wanted to just stand there doing nothing.

Wang Yuan cursed jokingly, “You guys can’t even handle a place like this? I specifically called only the guys today, left out the girls, because this shop has a lot of pretty girls, and there might even be hot girls dancing. Time would fly just like that!”

Of course, he left out one detail.

He was afraid of bringing female university students here, failing to secure sponsorship, and then watching them go wild spending and taking photos…

This claw machine shop seemed to wield a fatal attraction to young women!

He couldn’t understand why that was!

“Did you bring everything?” Wang Yuan turned to ask.

One of the boys, carrying a backpack, nodded, “The flyers are all in my bag, brought a lot.”

The external relations department was planning two events at the university next week, one a big debate competition, the other a flea market.

Anyway, since they’d probably just be waiting around at the store, why not… distribute the flyers there?

The claw machine shop’s clientele was currently mainly students from Technology University.

It was a good opportunity to promote the debate competition and the flea market, saving everyone from idleness.

When they arrived at “Youu Come to Play,” Wang Yuan led the five boys inside, and they crowded around the cashier’s desk, practically blocking the aisle.

“Hello, may I ask, is Cheng Zhu, the junior student, not here?” Wang Yuan politely inquired while up to some sneaky business.

The clerk, Wang Wei, remembered him; the boss was annoyed with him.

“He’s not here. Can you guys move aside? You’re going to disrupt other customers from buying tokens,” she said.

“Oh sure,” Wang Yuan nodded, and then told the five boys, “Let’s move inside!”

Wang Wei frowned. Why were they sticking around?

What was more outrageous was that when the store got busier, they really started handing out flyers.

“Hello, are you a student at Technology University? Why not check out the debate competition and the flea market?”

“Hello, beautiful, next week there’s going to be a big debate competition with the theme…”

“This flea market isn’t just about selling old things; there will also be student union members selling homemade food, beverages…”

Wang Wei became more and more angry as she watched.

“Why would anyone come into someone else’s store, not leave, and constantly distribute flyers? It’s so disruptive to the business!”

She went over to chase them away, but they didn’t leave.

One newcomer to the external relations department even said, “Many people here are alumni anyway, what’s wrong with us promoting school events? Your boss is also a student, right? It should be natural to support the promotional efforts of the school’s activities!”

And he sounded entirely self-righteous.

Wang Wei was close to cursing out loud.

But she wasn’t new to the job and knew that the world was full of all sorts of messy people. If you think someone is outrageous, you probably haven’t met enough people.

As a clerk, she dealt with a whole range of people every day, so many damn weirdos!

The awkward part was that they were six guys in total.

If you went to reason with them, they felt even more justified, and if you went to argue, it was bad for business.

Just as Wang Wei was at a loss of what to do, a figure entered the shop.

Cheng Zhu noticed Wang Yuan and his group immediately, as well as the flyers in their hands.

“Boss, they…” Wang Wei hadn’t finished speaking when Cheng Zhu raised his hand, signaling her not to say more.

Upon seeing Cheng Zhu, Wang Yuan immediately approached with a smile, preparing to discuss sponsorship again.

“Wait here for a minute, I’ve got something to take care of,” Cheng Zhu said coolly, giving him a sidelong glance.

Under the cashier counter, there was a tiny trash can.

Cheng Zhu walked around the shop with the trash can in hand, smiling at customers, “Hello, you can toss your trash here.”

Many customers promptly disposed of their flyers in it.

Aren’t flyers meant to be thrown away?

They had come to play claw machines and take photos; what use did they have for a flyer? It’s just a nuisance!

But in the shop, some of the more conscientious college students genuinely felt bad about littering.

Cheng Zhu went around once, then approached each of the flyer-distributing boys.

One of the boys wearing glasses had just handed out a flyer when Cheng Zhu walked up with the trash can and asked the female customer, “Are you interested in these two activities?”

“Ah? Oh, well, I’m not from Technology University,” the girl looked at the handsome Cheng Zhu, somewhat nervous.

“Oh, I see, then it’s even more useless to you. Alright then, give it to me,” Cheng Zhu extended his hand, took the flyer from her, and in front of the bespectacled boy, shoved it into the trash can.

The guy was stupefied.

Cheng Zhu, however, turned and looked at him, “She’s not from Technology University, why give it to her? But I am from Technology University, why not give me one?”

The refined-looking young man swallowed hard for some reason.

He felt that Cheng Zhu’s questioning was overly assertive, and with his unapproachable face, he gave the impression that punches might start flying at any moment!

“Here, for you,” he said, genuinely offering a flyer to Cheng Zhu.

Cheng Zhu didn’t take it, instead, he forcefully grabbed the whole bunch from the boy’s hand and stuffed them into the trash can.

The thick stack of freshly produced flyers was taken, and the bespectacled guy was completely dumbfounded.

Having done that, Cheng Zhu ignored the other four guys with flyers and walked outside the shop.

It was quite a feat to see five people distributing flyers in such a tiny store.

“Wang Wei, come out for a moment, have somebody else handle the cash register,” Cheng Zhu told Wang Wei.

He then stood outside the shop with Wang Wei, waiting for Wang Yuan and his group to come out to find him.

In no time, Wang Yuan did come out with the five boys.

He looked at the trash can beside Cheng Zhu’s feet, at the big stack of flyers inside it, and for some reason, his eyelids couldn’t help but twitch.

“Junior Cheng Zhu, you…” He didn’t finish speaking before he was interrupted.

Cheng Zhu told Wang Wei, “If you encounter something you can’t handle in the future, go to the university security office and call someone.”

“Say that there are students from inside the school causing trouble in the shop; the surveillance cameras record everything, and if the school doesn’t give an explanation, you’ll post it online without any pixelation.”

“Also, you don’t know about the cigarettes I put in the cash register drawer, do you? Next time you go to the security office, take two packs of cigarettes with you. You’re not new to working here; do I need to say more?” Cheng Zhu raised an eyebrow towards the clerk Wang Wei.

When running a business, it’s common sense to keep cigarettes on hand.

People from the local streets or various offices, when they come by, you have to offer them cigarettes.

Listening at the side, some of the boys were indifferent, thinking he was just putting on airs, while others pondered the feasibility of this operation.

In front of them all, after Cheng Zhu finished advising Wang Wei, he abruptly turned to Wang Yuan and blurted out, “Wanna be famous?”

“Huh?” Wang Yuan didn’t understand.

Cheng Zhu gestured toward the inside of the shop, “My shop’s pretty hot online these days. We’ve got plenty of surveillance cameras set up, and they’re all super high-def. I’m asking if you want to become internet celebrities?”

Wang Yuan: “…”

“You’re scaring whom?” There’s never a shortage of impulsive young people in this world.

Just as the boys stiffened their necks, perhaps wanting to retort, Cheng Zhu’s gaze moved past them to a man with a balding head and another wearing wooden-framed glasses coming their way.

The bald man looked older, probably in his fifties.

The middle-aged man in wooden-framed glasses appeared to be just over forty.

After recognizing the newcomers, Cheng Zhu lost interest in the group.

Instead, he picked up the trash can he had placed by his feet.

He walked past everyone, heading straight towards them with a greeting, “Hello, Dean, hello, teacher.”

The Dean, who had spoken on stage at the beginning of the semester, was naturally recognizable to him.

“Oh, hello, hello.” A student greeting them will, of course, receive a smile in response from the teachers.

They found this student quite odd.

Standing at the entrance of the claw machine shop with a trash can in hand, held up high!

It was rare to see someone greeting others with a trash can in hand.

And the thick stack of papers in the trash can was rather conspicuous.

This prompted the short-statured Dean Zhang, with his balding head, and Director Li, with his wooden-framed glasses, to glance inside.

Then, the two of them couldn’t help but furrow their brows simultaneously.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on Novlove.com