Chapter 47: Listen to My Brother's Persuasion, Shanhe University Is Really Bad!
While other prestigious schools like the 985 and 211 attempted to showcase their qualities and made exceptional promotional videos, the bar had been set remarkably high. If Qin Mu were to make another microfilm-style promotional video, it would be challenging to surpass them.
Additionally, making microfilm required a large cast of actors, and the system had only given him a day. Gathering such a cast wasn't possible.
"If we can't get enough actors, then we'll simply do without them!" Qin Mu took a deep breath and made a quick decision. He chose to forgo the script and create a different style of promotional video.
He then opened the system's mall and checked the skills required to make a promotional video:
[Grandmaster Video Editing], requiring 500 challenge points for redemption.
[Grandmaster Photography], requiring 500 challenge points for redemption.
"Exchange!" After a moment, a bright light flashed. The system deducted 1000 points from his challenge points, leaving him with 3520.
Over the next five minutes, Qin Mu absorbed all the knowledge and skills provided by these two masters. When he opened his eyes, he had integrated their experience and skills.
Then he turned on his computer and started working on the video.
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Yenching University, Admissions Publicity Office.
"It has been viewed six million times," Xu Yan said, looking at the viewing data displayed in the background. A faint smile crossed his lips.
Their Yanda admissions promotional video has outperformed all other universities since its release. As a well-established university, only Qingbei University posed a comparable challenge.
While other universities had also released promotional videos, they paled in comparison to Yanda and Qingbei University. The quality of the videos and the presentation were in a league of their own, making it clear which university students should apply to.
Shanhe University, which had previously garnered attention with its sponsored content, had now gone silent, proving to be no threat at all.
"This year, we should be able to exceed our enrollment target," Xu Yan mused with his eyes half-closed.
Yanda University had a certain enrollment target each year. Last year, they enrolled 4,500 students, and this year's goal was 5,000.
Combining the current situation and the number of students they had already recruited, surpassing 5,000 was not an issue. These students were not just any applicants; they were high-achieving candidates who had met the admission score criteria.
What Qingbei University aimed for was also students of this caliber. However, they hadn't anticipated a sudden appearance by Shanhe University this year, a university that had been crowdfunded to establish its campus and was actively recruiting students from the four provinces of Shan.
Xu Yan shook his head, sneering as he said, "In the face of absolute strength, buying hot searches and using other indiscriminate tactics is useless."
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Qingbei University, Admissions Publicity Office.
"Our video has been viewed five million times, but it's still far behind Yenching University," Du Yushan said, studying the viewership data.
Although their promotional video for this year was weaker than Yanda University's and hadn't elicited as strong of a response, it had successfully met their publicity objectives.
At the very least, they should meet their enrollment targets this year.
"According to the information from the education system, there are approximately 45,000 candidates nationwide who scored above 650 this year," Du Yushan mumbled to himself, his eyes thoughtful.
Among those 45,000 candidates, around 10,000 were distributed across the four provinces of mountains and rivers. These provinces had a large population base, accounting for a quarter of the country's population, and their candidate numbers represented a third of the national total.
However, this year was unusual. A new university, Shanhe University, had emerged in the four provinces, founded through crowdfunding and specifically recruiting students from the area. The university was making waves with its extensive online promotion.
"Crowdfunded university?" Du Yushan shook his head and chuckled.
He believed Shanhe University's publicity was impressive, but the university had no established campus, and its faculty was woefully lacking compared to the old renowned institutions. As long as the students were discerning, they would know which university to choose.
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Jiangcheng, in a studio.
Eighteen-year-old Su Xueyi was deeply immersed in her drawing when her phone rang suddenly.
"Hello?" she answered.
On the other end of the line, a voice inquired, "Xueyi, I have to submit my college applications in two days. Are you really planning to apply to Shanhe University?"
"Did Dad tell you?" Su Xueyi sighed, her face showing a hint of helplessness. In recent days, as the application deadline approached, her parents had not been particularly supportive of her choice to apply to Shanhe University's art department.
Now, even her brother was trying to persuade her.
"Brother, it's not just about being old-fashioned. The main issue is that this university was established through crowdfunding by netizens, and it doesn't have a campus yet. Additionally, the faculty isn't very strong..." He began listing the shortcomings of Shanhe University to persuade his sister.