The next day, early morning.
Tang Yuan and Guan Yuntao woke up very early. After a simple wash-up, they changed into the red POLO cultural shirts issued by Gaojin College and walked towards the school's stadium.
Today was the opening ceremony for Zhonghai Jiaotong University's 2018 graduate students. Not only the new students from Gaojin College, but also new students from other colleges, were to attend the opening ceremony at the school stadium.
The total number of Zhonghai Jiaotong University's 2018 graduate students exceeded five thousand. When Tang Yuan and Guan Yuntao arrived at the stadium, the scene was already a sea of people, looking exceptionally lively.
"Where is our Gaojin College's spot?"
Guan Yuntao stood on his tiptoes, stretching his neck and looking around.
"Our college's new students this year don't even add up to 100 people, which might not even be a fraction of those large colleges. I estimate we should be at the front. Let's look further ahead."
Tang Yuan said, taking the lead and walking forward.
During this time, Tang Yuan wasn't idle either. He briefly checked out the looks of the new students this year, but along the way, not a single one scored above 90 in Tang Yuan's mind, which made Tang Yuan sigh.
"Indeed, if you want to see beautiful women, you still have to go to art schools and humanities colleges. Although they may have low IQs, low academic qualifications, and low cultural levels, there are really many girls with good looks and good figures there… "
Tang Yuan shook his head, simultaneously quickening his pace.
Just as Tang Yuan had guessed, the location of their Gaojin College was indeed at the front. The seating was a nine-by-nine square formation, and by the time the two arrived, many people had already taken their seats within the formation.
Compared to the other college formations, which were uniformly yellow-skinned, the skin tones within the Gaojin College formation were more diverse, with yellow, white, and black complexions all present.
Gaojin College's student composition each year is divided into three parts: the first part consists of recommended students from various prestigious domestic universities, the second part comprises students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and the third part is international students, with a ratio of approximately 7:2:1.
Since it was everyone's first meeting, Tang Yuan didn't know anyone. He simply found an empty seat and sat down. Guan Yuntao, on the other hand, had many friends he knew. After greeting Tang Yuan, he excitedly ran to the front to catch up.
As time passed, all the seats were quickly filled. And just before the new student ceremony began, Tang Yuan finally met the counselor responsible for their class. He was a middle-aged man of about forty, slightly bald, wearing framed glasses, and when he spoke, his eyes squinted into a smile. His Chinese name was Huang Bin, and his English name was Johnny.
It was their first meeting. Due to time constraints, Huang Bin briefly introduced himself to everyone, then found a place to sit at the front. Soon after, the Zhonghai Jiaotong University 2018 Graduate Student Opening Ceremony officially began.
Although Zhonghai Jiaotong University is one of the top universities in China, it still couldn't escape the typical Chinese opening ceremony rut. Leaders, teacher representatives, and student representatives from the university successively took to the stage to speak, making Tang Yuan below the stage feel immensely bored. However, just as he was about to doze off, several successive sounds suddenly came from his mind, instantly invigorating him.
[Experience Mission 2/5: Collect 10 Seals]
[Grade Requirement: Collector's Grade]
[Time Limit: 7 Days]
[Reward: Unknown]
At the same time, four successive system virtual prompt boxes also appeared before Tang Yuan's eyes.
A new mission!
Thinking of the generous rewards the system gave him after completing the first mission, Tang Yuan's heart was filled with excitement. However, Tang Yuanquickly calmed himself down again and began to carefully study this new mission released by the system.
This second experience mission, compared to the first experience mission released by the system, had an additional grade requirement, which had not appeared in the first experience mission.
"Collector's Grade?"
Tang Yuan murmured softly.
Evidently, the system was starting to increase the difficulty. If he wanted to muddle through by simply buying a few cheap mineral crystals from a souvenir shop, like he did with the first experience mission, that would certainly be unrealistic. Otherwise, this system wouldn't be called da shou cang jia system; it might as well be renamed the Scrap Recycling System.
"Collector's Grade, what is the standard for its definition?"
Tang Yuan pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked the system.
[Collector's Grade: Collectibles with certain historical value, scientific value, and artistic value]
Originally, Tang Yuan didn't hold much hope, but he didn't expect the system to actually give him a corresponding answer.
After seeing the system's reply, Tang Yuan had a general idea.
… …
The entire new student ceremony lasted about 1 hour. After the ceremony, the new students of Gaojin College did not disperse. Instead, led by Huang Bin, they returned to the tiered classroom of Gaojin College for a relatively brief meeting. The main topics were daily management, teaching arrangements, and other matters. Finally, he created a large group chat for everyone on WeChat and announced that they could disband for free activities.
Huang Bin was the first to leave, but the students in the classroom did not leave immediately. Some voluntarily stood up to introduce themselves, while others moved through the crowd, making new like-minded friends.
As for Tang Yuan, he quietly sat in a corner, with no intention of proactively socializing.
Hmm…
It wasn't that Tang Yuan was acting aloof; he was simply lazy.
How tiring is it to move yourself?
It's most comfortable when others move!
In fact, even though Tang Yuan didn't move, many people still came forward to greet him.
Gaojin College is only so big, with fewer than 100 new students in total. The news about Tang Yuandriving five Ferrari LaFerrari Apertas to school had already spread throughout Gaojin College, and even the entire Zhonghai Jiaotong University Xuhui Campus, thanks to today's highly developed social networks.
Although the students who can study at Gaojin College generally come from good family backgrounds, for now, it seems no one can compare to Tang Yuan, and there isn't even anyone who can be mentioned in the same breath as him.
Such an excellent networking resource is naturally something everyone desires.
Facing the many proactive classmates, Tang Yuanaccepted everyone, adding each other on WeChat and exchanging contact information. After all, they would be seeing each other for the next two years, and perhaps there would be some funny and interesting classmates among them. It would be too much of a pity to miss out.
Just like that, noon arrived in the blink of an eye. Tang Yuan followed Guan Yuntao and his newly acquainted classmates, leaving the tiered classroom to head to the cafeteria for lunch…