Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Three Recommended Postgraduate Places

"That's roughly the situation."

Medical College Dean Bo Wentong briefly finished explaining the matter entrusted to him by Dai Zhengguo.

Principal Xue, however, was thoroughly shocked.

"Are you sure the student's name is Gu Yu? Does Professor Dai insist on securing a postgraduate recommendation spot for him at another department? And for that, he's willing to give up a reserved retirement spot?"

Having been a principal for so long, Principal Xue truly thought he had seen it all until today.

A student actually got two postgraduate recommendation spots on the same day...?

Oh no, to be precise, three!

He had seen Gu Yu's performance during his time at the university, his grades ranked among the best in the entire faculty, and he had been the school's top student for two consecutive years. This year, if nothing unexpected happened, he should still be one of the top students.

Given these circumstances, it was inevitable that in the second semester of his junior year, Gu Yu would also get the recommendation spot from the College of Software and Big Data!

It was absolutely impossible, in Principal Xue's prior view, for a student to obtain postgraduate recommendation spots from three different colleges simultaneously! Searᴄh the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

But now, the reality was right in front of him.

Gu Yu was capable of earning a spot for postgraduate study on his own merit. And today, he had also secured another spot for Gu Yu from Dean Shu's tight grip—no sooner had Dean Shu left than Dean Bo from the Medical College came to discuss the same matter!

Professor Dai had personally asked Dean Bo to apply!

How highly must he regard this matter!

This student called Gu Yu, just how capable is he, to make the Affiliated Hospital's surgical golden signboard go through such lengths just to secure a postgraduate spot for him?

Principal Xue was truly too curious.

"Alright, I'll take note of this, and I'll bring it up during the university committee meeting."

Without a second thought, he agreed to the proposal.

Dean Bo nodded his head, stood up, and considered the task given by Dai Zhengguo as completed.

Watching Dean Bo leave, Principal Xue stood up and began to pace back and forth.

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After a moment of hesitation, he picked up the handset of the desk phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Jin from the Publicity Office? Has the decision for the campus ambassador been finalized? Oh, I've decided on this matter—it will be Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue, these two students."

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"Okay, understood, that's right! Got it!"

Jin Xu hung up the phone and exhaled deeply.

He hadn't expected the principal to personally get involved in the selection of campus ambassadors this time.

In the past, the most he would do was report the candidates upwards, and the principal's office would stamp the approval and that would be the end of it.

Principal Xue had never before personally called to inquire about this!

And this time, he directly made the decision without discussion!

"We can proceed with ordering the promotional materials and posters."

He looked at the other two staff members of the Publicity Office, and they both nodded in agreement.

The phone call had been on speaker, so they had all heard what Principal Xue said.

"What about the competition's voting? After all, it has been held; shouldn't we follow normal procedure to conclude it?" asked one of the teachers.

Jin Xu thought for a moment, then decided on a plan.

"Then let's follow the normal procedure and conclude it! We will initiate online voting across the entire university tonight at eight. I don't think anyone can rival the popularity of students Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue."

Although he wasn't present at last night's celebration, he had witnessed the frenzy of netizens firsthand.

The entire network's live streaming rooms for the celebration were flooded with the song "Lonely Brave" sung by Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue.

Several official media on Dou Ying had already contacted him, wanting to get an exclusive interview with Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue.

Some media also sought to establish a series of promotional relationships with Haidong University's Publicity Office on the occasion.

In short, these two students were incredibly popular, not only on campus but even beyond the school!

It can be said that in the upcoming period, any information related to Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue would lead the wave on short video platforms!

As for the Campus Popularity Contest, the original decision was made just so Shu Yinyin and Bi Jian would accept the results without an objection, wasn't it?

In fact, by that time, the nominees were basically already decided.

The competition was merely a way to earn public consent.

Now the outcome was clearly indisputable.

Having arranged the work for the final competition process, Jin Xu continued with his busy workload.

This was the busiest time he'd had since he started his job, never before had he had to deal with promotional affairs with dozens or even hundreds of media outlets in a single day.

Looks like I'll have to work overtime until late night tonight!

More than half of the entire school's departments were set into motion because of Gu Yu.

Meanwhile, Gu Yu was on the phone with the counselor, Zhou Ying.

"Yes, I understand, Teacher Zhou, I can empathize with the school on this matter."

"Thank you for your understanding, Gu Yu! Your performance last night was simply amazing! Our whole software engineering class takes pride in you!"

"Hahaha, Teacher, you flatter me!"

"..."

Gu Yu hung up the call and looked around at his three older 'brothers' surrounding him.

"What, they won't let you out of the dorm? Isn't this making a fuss over nothing?"

Boss Pu frowned, he had just heard what the counselor said.

To actually tell Gu Yu to stay inside the dorm and not to show his face these next few days!

The reason was that the accident during last night's performance must not be leaked out, as it would impact the school's reputation!

"Yeah! Teacher Zhou has always been so nice, why is she acting like this when something's come up? You've brought honor to the school, yet the school is restricting your freedom! I won't accept this! Let's go, we'll argue this out in the teacher's office!"

Yu Laoer too was indignant, clearly Laosan had brought glory to the school, but now the school was asking him not to reveal news of his injury to outsiders.

Isn't this just shirking responsibility?

"Laosan, let's go! To the office to find Teacher Zhou!"

Saying this, Yu Shutong tugged at Qin Shan.

But Qin Shan didn't move, instead, he pondered for a moment before speaking:

"Well, actually, I find it understandable."

"Understandable? They are restricting personal freedom, after all!"

"Exactly! I think it's very unreasonable!"

Qin Shan's words met with simultaneous objection from Boss Pu and Yu Laoer.

"Haha, stop arguing, this time I'm on Laosan's side, indeed there's a reasonable side to it."

Gu Yu said with a laugh as he watched the three of them quarrel endlessly.

Boss Pu and Yu Laoer looked at him with puzzled expressions, why would Laosan say that too?

Had Laosan become foolish from being treated unfairly?

Or was he cowed by the school's authority and decided to submit to his fate?

"Laosan, you better not wimp out! If the school is being unfair to you, we'll make a fuss about it! Damn it, who's ever heard of treating a hero this way? I never would have thought Haidong could be so repellent!"

Boss Pu thought Gu Yu was caving in and, rolling up his sleeves, was about to pull Gu Yu out the door to confront Teacher Zhou.

Gu Yu broke free from his grasp and shook his head with a smile.

"No, Boss, Laoer, you're definitely overthinking it! Besides, what good would it do to argue with Teacher Zhou? This is surely a requirement from the higher-ups in the school; Teacher Zhou is just passing on the message.

"Actually, it's quite simple to understand, isn't it?"

"The 120th anniversary celebration was a huge event meticulously planned by the school, aiming to use this opportunity to boost its reputation."

"Last night, everyone thought my injury was part of the show, which prevented any chaos from breaking out."

"Now, I've become quite the celebrity. If I go out, I'll definitely draw attention. Just look at my hand; anyone with eyes can tell that last night's incident was not just an effect but an accident!"

"If this got out, Haidong's image would suffer greatly!"

After Gu Yu's explanation, the deeply furrowed brows of Boss Pu and Yu Laoer finally eased.

With that explained, they understood why the school had arranged things this way.

But that wasn't right either, was it?

Asking Gu Yu to help keep the news under wraps, shouldn't they offer some sort of benefit?

Just a heads up? That seemed rather dismissive!

Just as the two were starting to feel indignant.

"Knock knock knock—"

The dormitory door was suddenly knocked on.

Gu Yu was about to answer it, but quickly remembered that his hand must not be exposed to others and hastily hid on the balcony.

He let Boss Pu go to open the door instead.