Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Big Shots, Your Personas Have Collapsed!
"Fiv... Five hundred thousand!!???"
Upon hearing this.
Everyone in the office completely lost their composure.
Goodness! A prime property within Imperial Capital’s Third Ring?
According to the current market, this price is already approaching tens of millions in Xia currency.
Besides, they don’t have to do anything. They only need to retire peacefully in Imperial Capital, one of the safest and top-tier base cities on Blue Star!
Getting 500,000 a month for free!
Call it a scholarship, but it’s basically a pension for Lin Guodong and his wife!
Accept it!
Why the hell are you hesitating!
If it were me, I’d probably be nodding like a pecking chicken by now.
Lin Guodong was completely bewildered.
He didn’t know the price of a house within Imperial Capital’s Third Ring.
After years of frugal living, he gave his all to support his child’s growth.
Working day and night underground, earning over ten thousand a month, he felt very proud of himself.
And now someone offered fifty times that amount.
He didn’t even know how to respond.
Hearing Lin Guodong’s long silence, Chen Le grew anxious and quickly explained, "Mr. Lin, the terms our university offered are just the initial offer. We can discuss more details!"
"Scholarship of 700,000, 800,000, or even a million, I can help negotiate that for you!"
"Or if you have any other requests, just let us know, and we’ll fulfill them!"
Everyone in the office, including Lin Guodong.
Could actually hear a hint of humility from the admissions director of this top university.
He was practically pleading with Lin Guodong.
But Lin Guodong wasn’t carried away by the joy in front of him.
He finally replied, "Mr... Mr. Chen, I feel the sincerity from your side."
"But regarding which university Xiaoyi wants to attend, even as his father, I can’t decide for him. I have to ask him first."
Saying this, Lin Guodong picked up the communal phone on his desk.
He dialed Lin Yi’s number.
Since the exams were confirmed to have ended last night, he didn’t have to worry about interrupting Lin Yi’s exam with his call.
Soon, the call connected.
Lin Yi’s voice came through: "Hello?"
"Xiaoyi! It’s me!"
Lin Guodong’s voice was a bit shaky.
After finding out his son had become the top student in Xia.
Hearing his child’s voice again, no parent could remain calm at this moment!
The next moment, Lin Guodong even shed a tear.
"Dad, I just got back to Dongjiang, still in Tianhai, I’ll be home soon."
"Don’t worry, don’t be anxious. I should’ve called you first to let you know I’m safe."
Hearing his father’s trembling voice.
Lin Yi felt a lump in his throat too.
Even though he was a transmigrator.
In this world for 18 years, his parents gave him all their love.
At this moment, how could he not be touched.
Lin Guodong took a deep breath.
Calming his excitement and longing for Lin Yi.
He brought up the main topic: "Xiaoyi, here’s the thing, I just received a call from Imperial Capital Military University offering a lot of benefits and asking me to have you apply there."
"I refused, saying it had to be with your consent."
After he said this.
Lin Guodong didn’t get a response from his son Lin Yi.
Instead, he first heard some loud cursing.
"Damn! Those at Imperial Capital Military are using this underhanded trick?!"
"Going directly to the parents, huh? That’s so despicable!!"
"Is this Lin Yi’s father? — Don’t believe it!! Every word, every punctuation they say at Imperial Capital Military is a lie!!"
"What kind of lousy university are they, competing with us at Beidou??"
"Mr. Lin!! We are Chang’an Qilin University, fifth in the nation!"
"All the benefits Imperial Capital Military offered, we can double it here!"
"Shut up!! At Longhua Academy, we’ll give five times!!!"
Though Lin Yi’s phone wasn’t a grand old model and didn’t have loudspeaker.
Everyone here trying to recruit was a top professional.
They all had sharp ears, effortlessly listening to the other side of Lin Yi’s call.
Now, they were all in an uproar.
Li Yuanjing was dumbfounded.
For a moment, the whole scene became like Lin Yi was choosing among suitors.
Each one eager for Lin Yi to pick them.
Most importantly, these universities are Xia’s true top academies!
Ranks aren’t just seventh or sixth.
There are also the fifth and fourth-ranked Qilin Academy and Longhua Academy.
Normally, if there were over a dozen students from Dongjiang getting into these two universities, it would be a miracle.
Now, influential figures from these Sixth and Seventh Transformations were passionately shouting curses like street brawlers.
If you wrote down those foul words one by one, they probably wouldn’t pass the censors.
You big shots, your personas are collapsing!
Where’s your usual aloofness?
Where’s your usual arrogance?
The high profile you’ve always sought, where is it now?
Why are you setting it all aside at this moment!
Lin Yi felt utterly bewildered.
He could only bite the bullet and say to his father on the other side, "Dad, as you can see, they’re all trying to discuss this with me too..."
"So, let’s talk later. I’ll hang up now, see you back home in the afternoon."
He hangs up the phone.
Turning to Chen Le, who had been listening in, Lin Guodong said, "Mr. Chen, you’ve heard it too. I know recruiting isn’t easy for you."
"But this decision has to be made by Xiaoyi himself. We won’t interfere."
"That’s it."
After saying this, Lin Guodong didn’t give Chen Le another chance to chatter and hung up directly.
The moment he hung up, Lin Guodong’s phone rang again.
Seeing the caller, Lin Guodong smiled and picked up: "Honey, what’s up?"
On the other end, Lin Yi’s mother, Xu Qingfang, said, "Just now, a recruitment director from some Magic City Martial University called, saying a whole lot, that our son got top marks!"
"I know already, Imperial Capital Military just called me too."
"No wonder your line was busy the whole time!"
"You didn’t promise them anything on behalf of our son, did you? Lin Guodong, I’m warning you, you can’t decide this for Xiaoyi!"
"Hahaha, we’re united in this, I didn’t promise them. Just got off the phone with Xiaoyi, he’ll be back in the afternoon!"
"Good then, I’m off work to buy groceries. You finish up early or take a leave if needed!"
"Got it!"
Lin Guodong hung up, feeling refreshed!
As he hung up, the whole office gathered around him.
"Congrats, Mr. Lin!!"
"Mr. Lin! Your son is truly soaring high!"
Surrounded by everyone in the office, Lin Guodong was radiant.
He waved his hand, "Oh, it’s just getting a top national rank. Did you have to call me at work!"
"I thought it was something huge, see, you’re all just laughing at me!"
Everyone who gathered fell silent.
No, Mr. Lin, your usual honest and humble facade has crumbled!
Your humblebrag could be textbook material!