Why did you make me reincarnate?

On Saturday morning, the list of contestants was finally confirmed.

"Two of the top ten declined, but the rest were willing to participate."

Xu Chaoyang nodded. The internship opportunity at the TV station was quite tempting; he hadn't expected that even Qiu Fei would be interested.

What were the reasons that the two candidates declined?

"One is a senior from the sports academy, but she's under a lot of pressure and can't come. The other is Ning Qiushuang from the foreign languages ​​department, who doesn't seem to be swayed by the prize money or the TV station..."

"I'll communicate with Ning Qiushuang. Senior, you can try contacting her again. If that doesn't work, just pass it on to the next person."

After Xu Chaoyang finished speaking, he forwarded the list to Mu Yu, who quickly replied.

"I'll arrange the process, and a detailed plan will be released next week. At that time, we'll need your forum's cooperation in promotion."

"No problem." Xu Chaoyang replied to the message, then added after a moment's thought, "By the way, how are the judges for the event arranged?"

Mu Yu replied, "The station will send three, the school's Youth League Committee will send one, and we will also invite a company representative. The specific candidates are still under discussion."

A company representative? Xu Chaoyang's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't ask any further questions.

The weekend arrived quickly, and Xu Chaoyang arranged to meet Ning Qiushuang at the library entrance at 2 PM.

Today she wore a light blue denim skirt and white canvas shoes, looking fresh and neat.

Xu Chaoyang waved to her, "Come with me."

The two walked through the path on the side of the library and arrived at the equipment room at the very back of the second floor of the college.

Jiang Mingbai was debugging the server at the moment. Hearing the noise, he turned around and his eyes widened instantly.

What the heck? Why did Xu Chaoyang bring this person over?

"This is Jiang Mingbai, a first-year graduate student in the School of Computer Science."

Ning Qiushuang nodded politely, but her eyes were curiously taking in the small room.

Is this the secret place he's kept hidden for so long?

Everything in the studio was new to Ning Qiushuang. Several professional computers were neatly stacked on the table, and a pile of blueprints was stacked next to them. It was hard to imagine that there was such a formal office space in a corner of the campus.

Ning Qiushuang turned to look at Xu Chaoyang, "Where is this?"

"The studio of VV Forum".

Xu Chaoyang pulled out a chair for her to sit down and said, "I invested in this forum, and it's usually maintained by the senior students from the Computer Science Department."

Ning Qiushuang's eyes widened little by little. "What did you say?"

The founder of VV Forum is actually Xu Chaoyang? Wasn't he a student from a poor family?

No, no, how could a poor student possibly have money to invest in a website? Look at Xu Chaoyang's teasing expression as he tries to control it.

Ning Qiushuang finally realized that she had made a huge blunder. She remembered that she had asked her cousin to arrange a part-time job for Xu Chaoyang at the tutoring center, and she wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.

"So you're working at the library not because you need the money?"

Xu Chaoyang smiled and said, "It's just so I can come to the studio on weekends and maybe read some books here."

Ning Qiushuang's face flushed red instantly. She remembered how she had talked to her cousin about how hard Xu Chaoyang had worked these past few days, and how she had secretly looked for part-time jobs for him...

She glared at Xu Chaoyang, her tone tinged with embarrassment and annoyance: "Why didn't you say so sooner!"

"You didn't ask either," Xu Chaoyang said innocently, shrugging his shoulders.

Ning Qiushuang was amused by his shameless behavior, but her initial unease quickly dissipated.

She wasn't the petty type, and the more outstanding Xu Chaoyang was, the better her judgment was.

After explaining, Xu Chaoyang took the opportunity to say, "I need your help with something."

"What kind of help?"

"The TV station's offline event needs someone to help coordinate with the contestants."

Xu Chaoyang pointed to the list on the screen, "We invited you before, but you declined. Anyway, you don't seem to care about the prize money. Why don't you participate in the competition and help me coordinate things?"

Ning Qiushuang gave a half-smile after hearing this: "Okay, but how are you going to repay me?"

"Tell me what you want."

She thought for a moment, then said hesitantly, "I haven't decided yet, but consider it a favor you owe me."

Xu Chaoyang nodded in agreement: "No problem."

In his view, Ning Qiushuang would at most ask him for help when it came to postgraduate entrance exams and performance evaluations, and even if her demands were a bit excessive, he could handle it.

Xu Chaoyang picked up a document from the table and handed it to her. "Then it's settled. This is the preliminary plan sent by the TV station. Let me know your thoughts after you've read it."

Ning Qiushuang took the document and opened it. It detailed the event process and the composition of the judging panel.

Her gaze lingered on the list of judges for a moment, then she suddenly asked, "Who is this company representative?"

Xu Chaoyang shook his head: "It's not decided yet; we're in discussions with the TV station."

The two chatted for a few more minutes about the details of the event before Xu Chaoyang saw Ning Qiushuang off.

When she got downstairs, she suddenly turned around.

"Xu Chaoyang, does your girlfriend know what you're doing here?"

Ning Qiushuang's expression was calm when she asked this question, but there was something in her eyes that Xu Chaoyang couldn't quite understand.

He answered truthfully, "She doesn't know about the forum yet. I'll tell her after I'm done with this."

Ning Qiushuang's lips suddenly curved into a smile, but she didn't say anything more and turned to walk towards the dormitory building.

As Xu Chaoyang watched her walk away, he felt that there was something more to what the girl had said today.

That evening, the formal coordination with Mu Yu began.

"The venue is all set up in the TV studio, and the show will last about five hours."

"The judges are two from the TV station and one from the school's Youth League Committee. The company representative is the head of Lianhua Group's East China region."

Xu Chaoyang raised an eyebrow slightly when he heard the name Lianhua.

"Lianhua?"

"They've recently been developing new business in Yuhang, and when they heard about this event, they contacted us on their own initiative."

Mu Yu's tone carried a hint of satisfaction, "Lianhua was very generous, not only sponsoring the prize money for the event, but also providing two additional summer internship opportunities."

Xu Chaoyang's heart skipped a beat. Lianhua had taken the initiative to contact the TV station?

He recalled that Xu Lingyi had said before that Lianhua's core projects for the next few years would be located in the Yangtze River Delta region, and it seemed that the move was happening faster than expected.

"That's great. With such a large company backing it up, the event's prestige is elevated."

Xu Chaoyang echoed this, but did not mention that he knew the general manager of Lianhua.

"Therefore, I need your forum to cooperate in promotion. It would be best if you could create a special page to put the event process and the judges' lineup on it, so that the contestants and the audience can understand it."

"No problem, I'll have the tech team handle it."

Xu Chaoyang explained the contents of the plan to Xie Shu and the others, who all said it was not difficult.

"By the way, there's something wrong with Yan You, who came in second..."

Taking advantage of Xu Chaoyang's visit to the studio, Jiang Mingbai expressed his concerns.

"What's wrong?"

"She posted something on the forum this afternoon, saying she wanted to bring honor to the journalism school, and a bunch of people commented in support of her, but I felt there was something off about the tone..."

Xu Chaoyang glanced at the comments and saw that there was indeed some outrage, but he didn't take it to heart.

Everyone expresses themselves differently; some people like to be more high-profile, which is not surprising.

"I don't feel anything, you're overthinking it, Senior Brother Jiang."

Hearing him say that, Jiang Mingbai could only scratch his head and say, "I hope so."