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

Compared to the position of dean, this requirement is indeed much more "approachable." Although it is still ridiculously high for ordinary people.

A few hours later, on social media platforms.

The #Haichuan University Recruitment Announcement# has become a trending topic.

"Wow, all the professors need PhDs? What's this school trying to do?"

"Judging by this approach, they really want to become a world-class institution? Are they going to require all the deans to be academicians?"

"I bet five cents that not a single academician will come. This school doesn't even have land; you can't just make empty promises like this."

"It's just a publicity stunt."

After the initial shock, almost no one was optimistic. Academicians? Doctoral students? Who would be interested in a university built "in the cloud"?

The idea is good, but building a top-tier university from scratch is nothing short of a pipe dream.

That night, in the rented room.

After the broadcast ended, Wei Ying glanced at his bank account.

The balance has jumped to 300 million. Although there are still sporadic inflows, the pace has clearly slowed down. Most of the people who were supposed to send the letter have already donated; the rest are waiting and seeing.

"Three hundred million should be enough to buy the land," Wei Ying calculated.

He had checked, and a typical university campus occupies about 800 acres. In remote mountainous areas, land costs several hundred yuan per square meter.

He plans to locate the school in the area where four provinces meet, where land prices are cheap, and acquiring it for 300 million shouldn't be a problem.

"It's time to get going."

He booked a flight for tomorrow to the nearest city in the border region.

Late at night, Chuannan Police Station.

"Deputy Director, Wei Ying has made a move. He just bought a plane ticket to Huaicheng for 10 a.m. tomorrow," the technician reported.

Zhou Zheng immediately walked to the monitor screen, where the lights in Wei Ying's rented room were still on.

"The person behind him is finally about to show their face." Zhou Zheng clenched his fist, somewhat excited.

After waiting for so many days, the fish is finally moving. How could anyone really build a university? This is all definitely a scam.

"Deputy Director, should we contact the airport to take him into custody?" the deputy asked.

"No." Zhou Zheng waved his hand. "Play the long game. I want to see who he goes to see. Frontline personnel, get ready, come with me to Huaicheng. Keep a close eye on him, but don't alert him."

Arresting him is easy, but the evidence isn't solid enough yet. Wei Ying hasn't touched the large sums of money in his account, nor does he show any signs of absconding. Perhaps we should follow him; we might be able to uncover the gang behind him.

He had a feeling that this case was going to be big.

The next day, Wei Ying boarded a plane, first to Huaicheng, and then transferred to a long-distance bus.

The mountain road wound its way through the streets, making everyone dizzy. The scenery outside the car window changed from towns to fields, and finally only the rolling mountains remained.

In the afternoon, he arrived at his destination—a small county town called Linshan.

The county town is surrounded by mountains, and a large river flows through it. This is the border area of ​​four provinces.

Wei hailed a taxi and started a live stream, pointing the camera out the window.

"Find a piece of land where we can build a school," he told the live stream audience.

The car drove around in the mountains for an afternoon, and all we could see were slopes and valleys, with hardly a flat open space to be seen.

The comments section was too crowded to watch.

"Principal, give up. This terrain is difficult enough to build a bed and breakfast, let alone a university!"

"I spent the whole afternoon looking at mountains, and I even took two motion sickness pills. All I saw were mountains."

"How about we change locations? I think the capital of Haixi is quite nice."

"Nonsense, Haichuan University has to be located at the intersection of four provinces, that's its origin."

Wei Ying ignored the comments. He asked the driver to stop at the edge of a relatively open valley, got out of the car, and took a look.

The mountain wind was quite strong, making the clothes rustle loudly.

The task progress bar was faintly flashing in the corner of the field of vision.

Wei Ying stood at the edge of the valley, the mountain wind making the hem of his clothes flutter.

As far as the eye can see, there are only mountains. Building a university is out of the question; even building a village would be a huge challenge. Transportation is even worse; getting in and out requires taking several hours on winding mountain roads.

"It's really not suitable," Wei Ying admitted.

However, the system instructions clearly state that the school address must be located at the intersection of four provinces. There's no way to change it.

He stared at the rolling hills in front of him, and a thought popped into his head.

"Twenty-seven colleges, one college per mountain, how about that?" he muttered to himself. "Bridges connect the mountains, and the school gates are nestled between two mountains."

This mountain range is part of a spur of a mountain range. The peaks are not very high, each about thirty or forty acres. The mountains are two or three kilometers apart, and connecting them is theoretically feasible.

"But construction design is the tough part; we need drawings first."

He brought up the system shop and started browsing. Soon, a [Grandmaster Architect Skill Book] popped up, priced at 500 challenge points.

Wei Ying didn't hesitate and exchanged the money immediately.

"Ding! Redemption successful."

A deluge of knowledge flooded his mind: structural mechanics, materials science, construction technology, topographic surveying... It took him ten minutes to recover.

"They're really capable." His eyes lit up. With this professional knowledge as a foundation, that wildly imaginative idea actually had a chance of becoming a reality.

Haichuan University should be built amidst mountains and rivers.

That evening, outside a hotel in Linshan County.

A black van was parked in the shadows. Zhou Zheng and several police officers huddled inside, taking turns watching the hotel entrance.

"Deputy Chief, this kid led us around in the mountains all day, I was so nervous I almost had bile in my mouth," a young police officer said with a pained expression.

They followed along, and Wei Ying looked at the mountains, and so did they. The mountain road was narrow and steep, and several people in the car vomited.

"Cunning." Zhou Zheng stared at the hotel window with its lights on, gritting his teeth. Wei Ying was lying comfortably inside, while they had to keep watch outside, exposed to the wind.

"Deputy Chief," another officer hesitated before speaking, "I peeked at the live stream this afternoon, and it seems that Wei Ying is indeed choosing a site to build a school."

This place is where four provinces meet. What if we haven't met up with our accomplices yet?

"Impossible." Zhou Zheng said decisively. "This place is all mountains. What kind of school would you build here? Would a normal person choose this place? He's deliberately wandering around here. He must be trying to make contact with the person behind him."

His gaze was sharp, as if he could see right through everything: "Keep watching. The more convincingly he acts, the more suspicious he is. He'll be exposed sooner or later."

At eight o'clock the next morning, Wei Ying left the hotel and went straight to the local land management department.

The person who received him, surnamed Wang, was a middle-aged cadre. Wei Ying got straight to the point: "I want to build a university here."

"Build a university?" Old Wang was stunned.

"Yes, Haichuan University." Wei Ying handed over a stack of documents, including the site selection area and all the necessary qualifications for running the school. "I've got my eye on this area, 800 acres, and I want to buy it."

Old Wang flipped through the documents, his hands trembling slightly. Their area was poor, and the roads were difficult to travel. They hadn't seen any outside investment for many years, let alone the construction of a university.

"We would definitely support building universities in our four provinces. But this place is all mountains, can it really be built?" Old Wang couldn't help but advise.

Wei Ying nodded: "Yes. I've already drawn up the design drawings."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Lao Wang didn't say anything more and quickly called a meeting.

Half an hour later, the results came out: the land price was discounted, calculated at 450 yuan per square meter, for a 50-year land use right for 800 mu.

"There's one more thing," Wei Ying added, "Could you help me find a reliable construction team? The sooner we can start construction, the better."

"No problem!" Old Wang patted his chest confidently. "Leave it to me, I'll find you the best team!"

This is a huge achievement delivered to his doorstep; the entire county is eager to give him the green light.