The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 59 Badminton is great, I should learn it.
Xu Huanshan's expression immediately turned rather unpleasant.

Seeing this, Gu Jia quickly stepped in to smooth things over:

“Everything has two sides. From the perspective of those who eventually left the student council, Cheng Feng’s opinion is indeed valid. But I believe that none of you here are afraid of competition, so why don’t you dare to take on the challenge?”

Out of consideration for Gu Jia, Cheng Feng also took a step back: "Mainly because I feel that joining the student council is meaningless, at least for me and Mu Ye."

"So you two really don't plan to join the student council?" Gu Jia asked with great regret.

"No."

This time, it was Yang Muye who spoke.

"What about clubs?"

Gu Jia pressed on, unwilling to give up.

Generally speaking, the most popular clubs in universities are the Youth Volunteer Association and the University Student Entrepreneurship Association.

The former, in particular, refers to the fact that the university student volunteers for the recent Olympic Games were selected from the youth volunteer associations of various universities in Beijing.

Even though the Olympics are over, the popularity of the Youth Volunteer Association won't drop anytime soon.

Moreover, with the Olympics underway, the entry requirements for the Youth Volunteer Association have also increased significantly.

It mainly concerns physical appearance.

Of course, this is not a problem for Yang Muyi.

However, Yang Muye does not plan to participate in either of the two popular clubs.

The Youth Volunteer Association is not interested, after all, volunteer work is hard. If Yang Muye wants to do public welfare, he can just donate money directly, instead of forcing himself to do it.

Although the Entrepreneurship Association has "college student" in its name, for Yang Muye, who is 59 years old in total across two generations, joining such a club is like playing video games with a bunch of elementary school kids. Isn't that ridiculous?
"Senior, does our school have any fun clubs?" Yang Muye asked humbly.

Gu Jia was clearly taken aback.

"For example?"

"I like playing badminton. Are there any dedicated badminton clubs?"

Before Yang Muye could finish speaking, Zhu Suosuo pressed her face against him and asked, "Do you want more girls?"

Xu Hongdou chimed in, "And the girls should ideally wear short skirts or leggings, and they should be pretty, right?"

Yang Muyi raised his wine glass: "They say that having one true friend in life is enough. I never expected that God would be so kind to me and let me meet two right away. If it weren't illegal for the three of us to drink a toast together, I would definitely drink a cup with you two. How about the three of us become sworn brothers?"

Xu Hongdou and Zhu Suosuo said in unison:
"roll!"

Although their tone was dissatisfied, it was clear that neither of them was angry.

This alone made the four boys in the tourism management class extremely envious.

Gu Jia also made a rare joke: "There really is a badminton club, and I heard there are quite a few girls there."

Yang Muye laughed and said, "Since my senior says so, I have to go and see for myself."

Gu Jia immediately issued a disclaimer: "I only heard it from others. If it is not true, I will not be responsible."

Yang Muye looked across at the other side: "Xu Hongdou, how about we team up and go check it out?"

Xu Hongdou replied decisively: "Don't worry, I won't team up with you."

"Zhu Suosuo, what about you?"

"roll!"

Zhu Suosuo looked disgusted.

It's not that I'm not interested in badminton, but rather that badminton equipment is too expensive.

"Squad Leader Xia, what about you?"

Xia Qing was so angry she laughed. "You only remembered me now?" she thought. "No need. I'm afraid my boyfriend will misunderstand if I play ball with you."

Just as Yang Muyi was about to ask Guan Wen and Xie Meilan, Cheng Feng couldn't stand it anymore.

"A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow. It's one thing to be eyeing those girls in the badminton club, but to go after your classmates is really going too far."

Ding Ning nodded vigorously to the side.

Suddenly, Guan Wen said, "I really enjoy playing badminton, but I'm a bit bad at it. Joining the club will help me improve."

Cheng Feng was heartbroken: "I never thought that someone as upright and honest as you, the Youth League Secretary, would become a traitor. I really misjudged you."

Guan Wen playfully stuck out his tongue: "I really only want to practice more because I'm bad at the game."

"If that's the case, then I'll have to go and see the beauties in the badminton club too." Cheng Feng was quite open-minded; if he couldn't beat them, he could join them—it wasn't shameful.

Ding Ning and Xie Meilan also expressed their desire to go and see for themselves.

This level of enthusiasm is much higher than when we were discussing joining the student council.

Even Wu Di chimed in, saying, "If you ask me, with so many of you, you shouldn't join any clubs. Just form your own club and have fun on your own."

Cheng Feng immediately slammed his hand on the table and exclaimed, "That's a great idea!"

Just as things were getting interesting, an untimely voice rang out:

“Setting up a club is not as simple as you think. The most basic requirement is to gather twenty initiators, and at the same time, you need an affiliated unit and an affiliated advisor. Apart from the colleges, only the school's Youth League Committee has the qualification to be an affiliated unit. This is why I just told you about the importance of joining the student union. If you don't join the student union, how will you get to know the teachers in your college or the school's Youth League Committee?”

After Xu Huanshan spoke these words with a vengeful tone, what he hoped for most was to see regret on Yang Muyi and Cheng Feng's faces, but the result greatly disappointed him.

Cheng Feng at least frowned.

Yang Muye's expression didn't change at all.

"Senior, do you know anyone in the student union or the Youth League Committee?"

"You've really come to the wrong person. I joined the university student union when I was a freshman, but after becoming the vice minister of the college student union in the second semester of my freshman year, I was too busy to handle both, so I left the university student union."

As soon as Gu Jia finished speaking, Xu Huanshan couldn't wait to say, "In terms of organizational structure, the school's Youth League Committee and the college are on the same level. It's best to join the college's student union during your undergraduate studies."

Unless it's a less popular major, students who want to switch majors for postgraduate entrance exams or get a guaranteed admission to postgraduate programs will consider the student union.

Most importantly, only graduate students are eligible to serve as the president of the student union and the deputy secretary of the Youth League branch of Yanjing University of Economics and Business.

In the student union, the ceiling for undergraduates is only a department head position, and the earliest they can get that opportunity is in the second semester of their sophomore year.

"Can't we just go directly to the teachers in the school's Youth League Committee to set up a club?" Yang Muye asked again.

He was asking about Gu Jia, not Xu Huanshan.

"You really want to start your own club?" Gu Jia finally realized what was going on and looked at Yang Muye with shock in her eyes.

"Yes, I want to give it a try."

"I can recommend a professor in the department to you, it's—"

You must make your identity clear to the college.

Before Gu Jia could finish speaking, Yang Muye flatly refused.

"I want to create a club that is open to the whole school, and it would be more suitable to find a teacher from the school's Youth League Committee to be the advisor."

"What kind of club is it? Is it related to entrepreneurship?" Gu Jia asked again.

"Of course not, it's just for fun... um, I mean it's a hobby. Does our school have a board game club?"

"some."

“Great! Since there’s a precedent, setting up a similar board game club shouldn’t be a problem.”

(End of this chapter)