You said you failed your college entrance exam and are now crowdfunding to build a university?

"Police! Drop your weapons!"

A sharp shout startled the five men so much that they nearly dropped their weapons.

Fu Qing reacted the fastest and ran away, but was immediately pinned down by Zhou Zheng and the others who reacted even faster.

Everyone received a pair of gleaming silver bracelets.

"Take them all back to the car." Zhou Zheng looked at the five people with a strange expression. He hadn't met the fraud gang he was waiting for, but he had inadvertently solved a kidnapping case.

Clearly, these people were after Wei Ying's enormous wealth and came specifically to target him.

Yenching University, President's Office.

Yu Tianzhou was glaring at Xu Yan, his face extremely displeased.

In front of him was a statistical document showing the total number of students applying to Yenching University this year. Not only had the target not been met, the number was also significantly lower than last year's.

Xu Yan lowered his head, hesitant to speak, wanting to explain but not knowing how to say it.

"The number of applicants this year is one-fifth lower than last year," Yu Tianzhou said quietly, giving Xu Yan a deep look.

"Given the current situation, we have no choice but to make an exception and lower the admission scores for a group of students."

As one of the top universities in the country, this kind of shortage of admitted students has only occurred during times of war.

For the first time in decades, they have made an exception and lowered the admission score! This also means that the students they admit will be far less qualified than those in previous years.

This is all due to the admissions office's ineffective publicity.

"Principal... Principal, this really can't be blamed on our admissions office," Xu Yan quickly explained with a mournful face. "The video we made has a huge impact online, but students from the four provinces aren't buying it."

The number of applicants this time was one-fifth less, and the problem lies in four provinces.

That university, which had been established for less than a month, intercepted the students who should have been theirs and took them all away.

"Haichuan University?" Yu Tianzhou frowned slightly upon hearing this. He had heard of this university; it had been the subject of much online discussion recently, with rumors circulating that someone was crowdfunding to establish a private university.

He stopped paying attention to it after that. Unexpectedly, someone actually built it, obtained the necessary operating license, and publicly recruited students, catching up with all the students from four provinces.

Nowadays, students from the four provinces are reportedly filling Haichuan University as their first choice regardless of whether their scores are high enough, which is extremely crazy!

"Have all the students from these four provinces gone mad?" Yu Tianzhou asked incredulously.

Haichuan University and Yenching University are worlds apart. One is a long-established prestigious university, a nationally and internationally recognized "Double First-Class" university. Anyone with a discerning eye knows which one to choose.

"I don't know why these people suddenly went crazy," Xu Yan sighed, continuing his accusations.

"The president of Haichuan University, Wei Ying, doesn't seem like someone who knows how to run a school at all. He actually planned to have internet cafes, karaoke bars, arcades, and massage parlors on campus..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tianzhou felt his blood pressure rise. Building these inappropriate places on a university campus was a complete insult to the institution and a desecration of knowledge!

Universities are ultimately places for learning; you can't learn anything at a school like Haichuan University.

After a long pause, Yu Tianzhou sighed and said regretfully, "What a pity for these students from the four provinces."

These students, indulging in momentary pleasure and blindly applying to universities, will likely regret it soon.

Meanwhile, top universities across the country are facing the same problem as Yenching University: the number of applicants has dropped significantly compared to previous years.

In order to ensure a sufficient number of admissions, they had no choice but to lower their admission scores.

Meanwhile, Haichuan University has aroused public outrage and incurred the jealousy of many universities. Many schools have secretly blacklisted Haichuan University, prohibiting any academic cooperation with it and banning the sharing of educational resources.

Some schools have even launched a joint boycott of Haichuan University, publicly declaring that they do not recognize Haichuan University student diplomas and certificates.

Some believe that students graduating from Haichuan University are just wasting their time and incapable of possessing genuine skills. They argue that university graduates from such institutions cannot contribute anything to the country or society!

Construction site near the mountain.

"Joint sanctions against Haichuan University?" Wei Ying's lips twitched a few times when he saw the joint statement issued by various universities online.

The statement also outlined numerous restrictive measures, imposing comprehensive sanctions on Haichuan University. He was also labeled by various universities as heretical and misleading, and was already notorious within the academic community.

However, he didn't take the sanctions imposed on the schools to heart at all.

On the contrary, students from the four provinces couldn't sit still after seeing the statement. They spoke out one after another, naming names and launching a vigorous online counterattack.

"@xx University? What about the talent you've cultivated? You train thousands of top talents every year, and they all end up going abroad?"

"What right do you have to stand on your moral high ground and dictate the world's affairs?"

"So what if I didn't apply to your university? Such narrow-mindedness! Looks like I made the right choice!"

"A top university in China, and this is all the magnanimity they have?"

Netizens were furious about the schools' behavior and refused to tolerate it.

Some netizens have also compiled statistics on the overseas study rates of the top talents cultivated by these universities, with the lowest being 42% and the highest reaching 73%!

"Your universities only train talent, you've forgotten about national borders, haven't you?"

"To go abroad after completing one's studies and dedicate one's life to the development of another country? What a beast!"

"If you're saying that Haichuan University can't produce talent, and you're referring to this kind of talent, then Haichuan University truly can't!"

"@xx University, what contributions have you made to the development of the country and society? What theoretical achievements have you made? What groundbreaking inventions have you created?"

In the flame war, netizens demonstrated superb arguing skills, thoroughly defeating all the schools and leaving them utterly humiliated.

"The fighting power of this generation of netizens is too strong!" Wei Ying couldn't help but swallow when he saw this.

Sure enough, when it comes to insults, it all comes down to the netizens. For a time, under the weight of public outrage, all the schools fell silent and chose to back down.

"Mr. Wei." Just then, Liu Dazhu found Wei Ying at the construction site.

Construction is currently underway on all four campuses. Transport aircraft have been a significant help, shortening the construction period. It is expected that the main structures of all four campuses will be completed within seven days.

According to the construction plan, the first batch of buildings they constructed were basic buildings, such as teaching buildings, office buildings, and dormitories. These were essential university buildings that students needed to use immediately upon enrollment.

Other buildings, such as libraries, canteens, and entertainment areas, were planned to be built later.

It was originally expected that it would take at least ten more days to complete the first phase of the project.

However, Wei managed to acquire a transport plane capable of carrying various building materials, which greatly saved time and improved efficiency.

"Seven days?" Wei Ying's expression shifted slightly after hearing the report.

The system's task is to "build a school within one month," and there are exactly seven days left.