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Huaqing Business School in Jianye City is a very special and independent entity in the entire education circle of East China.

Located at the foot of the scenic Zijin Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Jianye City, it covers an area of ​​several thousand acres. Unlike the rigid red brick buildings of traditional universities in China, the architectural style here perfectly blends the classical Gothic clock towers of Ivy League schools with the highly modern panoramic glass curtain walls. Even the shuttle buses that shuttle between campuses are custom-made retro trams.

This school is not a public university that relies on government funding to build up its reputation. Basically, only two distinct types of people can study here.

The first category consists of top scorers and academic prodigies from all the prefecture-level cities in the province who had painstakingly entered the university. These individuals were exempted from all exorbitant tuition fees and received generous scholarships provided by the school's board of directors.

Their purpose is to solve problems, win awards, and publish in core journals, thereby enhancing the academic reputation and competition rankings of Huaqing Business School nationwide.

The second category consists of a privileged class that makes up more than 80 percent of the students. These students pay tuition fees of tens of thousands of yuan per year and live a luxurious life in this ivory tower that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

They come here not to study hard for the final exams, but to build a network of connections for the next twenty years.

Here, academic transcripts are never the only measure of status. Student councils, business investment clubs, and even private supercar clubs are the real yardsticks for dividing classes and circles.

Walking on the wide, tree-lined avenue, even the cars parked casually on the side of the road have Porsche or Maserati logos flashing in the cold light.

The smiling senior students under the welcome tents, the Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets casually peeking out from their wrists, or the limited-edition red-soled shoes on their feet, all silently proclaim the unfathomable consumer class here.

"Brother Xiao, I just roughly counted, and I've seen at least five Ferraris just walking from the South Gate to here." Zheng Hao pushed Rimowa's suitcase, swallowed hard, and whispered in Li Xiao's ear, "Wow, in my dad's Jiangyang County circle, driving a Mercedes S-Class is enough to make you look good. Here, it feels like you're embarrassed to even greet people if you're driving a BMW, Mercedes, or Audi. The waters in this provincial capital are really deep."

Seeing Zheng Hao's astonished expression, Li Xiao simply smiled faintly.

To ordinary students, this is a rigidly hierarchical arena of fame and fortune; to Zheng Hao, it's a concentration camp for privileged second-generation rich kids. But in Li Xiao's eyes, this extremely luxurious business school is nothing more than a super hunting ground that highly concentrates the province's best capital and power networks.

Behind every spoiled rich kid dressed in haute couture and wearing a Richard Miller jacket lies one or more massive industrial chains. Making a breakthrough within Huaqing Business School is tantamount to obtaining the master key to unlocking the entire provincial capital's core business district.

"Stop looking around, let's go to the registration area for the School of Economics and Management first." Li Xiao patted Zheng Hao on the shoulder and walked in the direction indicated by the road signs.

The School of Economics and Management at Huaqing Business School is the absolute core and trump card of the entire school, and also the place where the top second-generation elites gather the most.

The two arrived at the welcome tent set up by the School of Economics and Management, which resembled a high-end cocktail party. Several senior students, dressed in well-tailored school uniforms and wearing student union badges, were sitting behind a long table covered with a velvet tablecloth, checking the information of the new students.

Li Xiao handed over his and Zheng Hao's admission notices.

The senior student in charge of registration was casually typing on her keyboard, but when she looked up and saw Li Xiao's handsome and refined face, which exuded a maturity far beyond his years, her eyes lit up. Although Li Xiao was dressed extremely plainly today, his white T-shirt didn't even have a prominent brand logo, this seasoned student who had spent three years in business school could immediately tell that the T-shirt's excellent drape and expensive thread count indicated it was definitely a custom-made Italian piece.

"Li Xiao and Zheng Hao from Class 1 of the Economics and Management Department...right?" The senior's voice unconsciously softened as she warmly handed over two access cards with sensor chips. "You're lucky; you've been assigned to the best male dormitory building in our school, Building S. This is a two-bedroom suite, which you two can share. You won't have to squeeze into a regular four-person room with others."

"Thank you, senior." Li Xiao politely accepted the access card, nodded slightly, and his perfectly timed cool smile instantly made the girls behind the registration desk blush.

Only after Li Xiao and Zheng Hao pushed their suitcases away did the female students huddle together and start gossiping in hushed tones.

"That junior was so handsome! He had such a clean-cut vibe, completely different from those greasy rich kids at our school who're always revving their supercars!"

"What do you know? People who wear haute couture like it's Uniqlo and don't even wear a watch are either genuinely poor academic geniuses or extremely low-key members of top-tier wealthy families. I saw that chubby guy next to him; the suitcase he's pulling is a limited edition Rimowa custom-made model from this year, worth at least 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. For someone carrying a suitcase worth 70,000 or 80,000 yuan to walk behind like a little follower, this Li Xiao is definitely not an ordinary person."

Li Xiao paid no attention to the whispers behind him. He pushed his suitcase and strolled along the tree-lined path where a gentle breeze blew, listening to Zheng Hao excitedly planning which upscale restaurant they would go to for a big meal that evening.

The sun was shining brightly, and the campus was quiet.

The two followed the retro tram tracks northward, and about ten minutes later, they stopped in front of a cluster of Italian-style apartments hidden deep among the plane trees. This was the S Building apartment, which the senior had described as having the best conditions in the entire school. From the outside, it looked more like a secluded high-end resort villa area.

The spacious 120-square-meter room features a smart home system throughout the entire house, genuine leather sofas imported directly from Italy, and even a marble island with a temperature-controlled wine cabinet in the center of the living room.

Outside the huge panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains at the foot of Zijin Mountain can be seen in full view. This is no longer a student dormitory, but a show flat of a top-tier luxury apartment in Jianye City.