Kyoto University, Project Meeting Room for the Entrepreneurship Competition.
Vice Principal Qin Cheng, the main person in charge of the competition, Director Jiang Ming, the head of project review, and Director Li Changhuang, the head of entrepreneurship fund auditing, sat side-by-side on the podium.
Below, on the left and right, sat three students, representatives of the student entrepreneurship teams.
The slightly thinner young man on the left was named Fu Chuan, a third-year finance student.
Next to him, wearing glasses and slightly plump, was Hao Yunlai, a second-year student majoring in marketing.
Opposite them sat a girl named Lin Lin, with short hair and an oval face, a third-year student majoring in language and literature.
Because Gao Fei had privately applied to misappropriate 300,000 yuan in entrepreneurship funds during the holiday, it had caused dissatisfaction among every student entrepreneurship team and eventually escalated to the Dean's office, creating a significant impact.
Therefore, to avoid further escalation of conflict, after communication between the school and the various teams, three individuals were elected by vote to represent the teams and negotiate this matter.
The leaders and representatives of the entrepreneurship competition had all taken their seats, and everyone was waiting for the arrival of Gao Fei, the person at the center of the incident.
At 9:30, a knock sounded from outside the meeting room.
Gao Fei, wearing a hat and mask, pushed open the door and walked in. He first scanned the attendees and then, at Vice Principal Qin's signal, pulled out a chair and sat down.
He knew all three leaders. He had met and dined with them before when he was targeted during filming, in order to secure filming locations.
As for the three students, he had already received word from Director Li before coming, informing him that they were the student representatives for all the entrepreneurship teams.
Now that Gao Fei had arrived, the negotiation officially began.
Vice Principal Qin, the main person in charge of the competition, took a sip of strong tea and looked at the three below, saying, "Student Gao has arrived. Let's hear it, what are your main demands!"
Fu Chuan, among the three student representatives, spoke first, saying, "Our proposal is for Gao Fei to return the entrepreneurship funds and withdraw from the entrepreneurship competition!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the female representative Lin Lin took over, saying, "Principal Qin, Director Jiang, Director Li, Gao Fei's entrepreneurship application is to use 300,000 yuan to invest in himself.
But everyone knows that besides being a student at Kyoto University, Gao Fei is also a well-known internet personality in Long Country, and now he has founded a company and is making movies.
He himself has extremely high investment value, and using 300,000 yuan to invest in himself will definitely bring huge returns.
But for other students, where is the fairness and comparability?"
Hao Yunlai, wearing glasses, chimed in at the same time, "Leaders, if Gao Fei continues to participate, all our entrepreneurship teams will apply to withdraw!"
The three spoke, directly stating the demands of all entrepreneurship teams, requiring Gao Fei to withdraw from the competition.
There was no room for negotiation whatsoever!
Moreover, their reasons and explanations were very sound.
Given Gao Fei's current personal value, let alone 300,000 yuan, even a few tens of thousands of yuan invested would yield astonishing profits.
The representatives' points were all valid, and even Li Changhuang, who had a good relationship with Gao Fei and wanted to secretly help, could not find an excuse to explain for him.
"Student Gao Fei, do you agree to the joint proposal of the three student representatives? If you are unwilling, you can defend yourself!"
Vice Principal Qin, as the head of the competition, had to be fair and just.
Even though Gao Fei had a connection with him, he could not show favoritism and could only let Gao Fei seize the opportunity himself.
The three student representatives turned their eyes to see how this prominent underclassman would defend himself.
Gao Fei, sitting at the back table, had already anticipated this day.
He had tricked Li Changhuang into getting 300,000 yuan in entrepreneurship funds back then, to guard against unexpected needs.
The 20 million yuan investment in Feihe Pictures had emptied his entire fortune.
And that 300,000 yuan was to ensure the system's professional simulation in case of difficult problems.
Now that the difficult phase had passed, it was fine for him to return the entrepreneurship funds.
However, he absolutely refused the demand to withdraw from the competition.
What Gao Fei cared about was not the substantial prize money in the entrepreneurship competition.
The prize money of several million yuan, he used to care about it, but now for him, it was equivalent to the income from writing a song casually.
What he mainly valued were the hidden conditions within the competition.
"As long as it is a participating project, it will be affiliated with Kyoto University!"
Affiliation with Kyoto University meant that each project and each entrepreneurship member had the background of Kyoto University.
Although Gao Fei had the support of the military behind him, it was impossible for them to help him at any time, and any slight carelessness could lead to immense trouble.
Moreover, a month ago, he heard from Yao Qiang that there might be a major internal rectification, at which point it would be even more difficult to rely on powerful backing.
As for his membership in the Poetry Research Society and President Tang's high regard for him, those required a gradual process, and he couldn't seek help from the research society every time trouble arose.
With the background of Kyoto University, not to mention its great influence nationwide, even within half of Long Country, any business or company's future and development would be exceptionally smooth.
Besides, who would dislike having too many backgrounds?
In Long Country, the more backgrounds, the better!
Therefore, Gao Fei certainly could not agree to the condition of withdrawing from the competition.
"300,000 yuan, I can return it, but because my personal value is too high, making me withdraw from the competition is impossible!"
He looked at the three student representatives and, before they could speak, continued, "If I don't reveal my identity, don't need the entrepreneurship funds, and hand over the entrepreneurship profits on time, with the school supervising and auditing, would you agree?"
The three leaders on the podium exchanged glances and remained silent, waiting for the three student representatives to speak.
Fu Chuan, Hao Yunlai, and Lin Lin immediately huddled together and began to whisper.
After a moment, the representative Fu Chuan directly shook his head and said, "Student Gao Fei, although the conditions you proposed are harsh, wanting to compete while concealing your identity, for the sake of fairness, we still cannot agree to your participation!"
The female representative Lin Lin also chimed in, "Student Gao, you must know a saying, there is no secret in the world that is completely impenetrable.
Even if we agreed, if your identity were accidentally revealed, the entrepreneurship competition would certainly lose its fair competition."
"Well said, fairness!"
Gao Fei leaned back in his chair and applauded, then looked at the three leaders in front, "Principal Qin, Director Jiang, Director Li, what are your opinions?"
Vice Principal Qin Cheng, Director Jiang Ming, and Director Li Changhuang did not immediately express their opinions but exchanged quiet words.
After a moment, Principal Qin said, "Xiao Gao, Fu Chuan and the other two are representatives of the entrepreneurship teams, and their reasons are very well-founded.
Since they do not agree, and for the sake of the competition's fairness, we still cannot agree to let you participate!"
"Whether it's for fairness, or because you're afraid I'll snatch your opportunities, everyone knows the truth!"
Gao Fei slowly stood up, his gaze coldly fixed on the three student representatives, "Since you three are using fairness to restrict me, and don't want me to participate, fine!
As soon as I walk out of this door, I will personally take out ten million yuan to play with you.
For every entrepreneurship project in the competition, I will start a new project to invest, and if I don't bankrupt all your projects, I, Gao Fei, will not stop!
You bind me with fairness, and I'll crush you with capital!"
With that, he turned and walked out of the meeting room without looking back.
The entrepreneurship competition could wait, but the boycott of his movie and the public opinion needed his immediate attention.
(I will receive another injection tomorrow and resume normal updates the day after tomorrow!)