Chapter 422: 114: Anchoring (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 422: Chapter 114: Anchoring (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Wuda’s East Gate was a constant flow of people entering.

On a typical day, Wuda was not open to the public, but today it suddenly opened to everyone, naturally drawing a large crowd.

Many people, even if not interested in the “academic exchange” between the two universities, were very curious about the inside of the legendary university and wanted to take a look inside.

Of course, Wuda had made preparations in advance, and many areas were guarded, forbidding the entry of unrelated persons.

A stream of luxury cars entered the campus, following the guide signs towards the direction of the sports venue.

The “academic exchange” event between Wuda and Hongyi University today was set to take place inside the Wuda Arena.

Wuda’s Arena was like an “Inner City,” with a world of its own within its separate walls.

Many people who came here for the first time were greatly impressed, and several reporters were continuously filming at the entrance gate with their cameras.

Although Wuda claimed that today everyone could enter the school, not everyone was allowed into the Arena.

Even the largest sports venue can only accommodate a little over three thousand people, and with at least tens of thousands of people pouring into Wuda today, there naturally had to be a selection:

A portion were students and lecturers from Wuda.

A portion were reporters from various newspapers.

A portion were family members of the students.

The rest were the privileged individuals from Datong Prefecture City.

The Garrison Commander Bian Jingru, the Inspection General Bureau’s Inspector General, the Inspection General Office’s Inspector General, the Chief of Zhi Ge General Hospital… all of these top figures came today!

By 11 a.m., the largest sports venue inside Wuda Arena was already packed.

Hongyi University’s “professorial group” sat next to Bian Jingru and others.

Wuda brought seven professors and one vice chancellor today.

Chancellor Shi Caiming did not attend today.

As the time approached, Fang Guan, Wuda’s vice chancellor, and also the person in charge of the Zhi Ge Department, stood up from his seat.

He was a Martial Arts Master!

Aside from the Great Grandmaster Shi Caiming, Wuda had two other Martial Arts Masters: Xu Jing and Fang Guan.

Now that Xu Jing had left, and Shi Caiming usually wasn’t involved in the daily affairs, Fang Guan had become the “spokesperson” of Wuda.

“Ladies and gentlemen,”

Fang Guan’s voice rose within the venue, not loud, but it clearly reached everyone’s ears.

“Today marks the academic exchange event between the newly established Hongyi University and our Wu’an University. Given that Hongyi University only comprises the Zhi Ge Department, today’s academic exchange will be limited to Martial Artist sparring. I ask everyone here to bear witness.”

Fang Guan made a simple opening statement.

His opening remarks deliberately emphasized one point—that the newly established Hongyi University comprised only the Zhi Ge Department.

That statement surprised many people in the audience.

Regarding the newly established thirteenth university, there had been extensive news coverage, but most of it came from the official reports of Feng Province, which hadn’t emphasized that Hongyi University only had the Zhi Ge Department, leading many to mistakenly believe that Hongyi University was no different from the previous twelve universities.

Today, by leveraging the highly anticipated “academic exchange,” Fang Guan brought this point into the open.

In the audience, Nolan Zhi smiled slightly, unfazed.

The fact that Hongyi University only had the Zhi Ge Department was definitely not something that could remain hidden, so he didn’t mind it being specifically mentioned.

In fact, he initially didn’t agree with this “academic exchange,” for he believed that, given the current depth of the Green Mountain Sword Sect and the capital city, to compete with Wuda was a formidable challenge.

What was the point of an “exchange” where defeat was more likely than victory?

But Lu Wenzheng convinced him.

Firstly, under the pretext of an “academic exchange” in Datong Prefecture, the safety of Nolan Zhi, Gu Yufeng, and others could be guaranteed.

Bian Jingru wouldn’t allow anything to happen to them at this juncture, as it would be seen as provoking the Central Government.

Secondly, how Hongyi University would first present itself to the world was important.

How Hongyi University would be perceived by the public depended largely on this first appearance.

So Lu Wenzheng wanted to carry out this “academic exchange” with Wuda, aiming to make the first impression of Hongyi University: a university that could compete with Wu’an University!

There’s no concept of the “anchoring effect” in this world yet, but obviously, Lu Wenzheng understood very well the human psychology involved in this set of theories.

Therefore, the outcome of today’s “academic exchange” was not so critical to Hongyi University.

A victory would be a pleasant surprise; a loss would be acceptable.

What mattered was to firmly tie Hongyi University’s public image to Wuda!

What Nolan Zhi truly worried about were the two unparalleled prodigies of Wuda.

One, Wang Fengqing, and the other, Li Fei.

Although these two were still students, they possessed the Realm of Tao Foundation Stage already. If Wuda sent these two to “exchange” with Hongyi University’s professors today, the outcome for Hongyi University, win or lose, would be rather unsightly.

For this, Nolan Zhi had already prepared a set of responses, but to his surprise, he did not see those two prodigies at the venue today.

It was unclear whether Wuda intentionally kept the two hidden, to be sent out later, or if Wuda had decided not to let these two students take part in today’s “exchange” at all.

“Vice Chancellor Fang, can we begin?” Nolan Zhi asked with a smile.

Fang Guan sat back down and nodded to him:

“We may begin. The guest decides the framework; how would you like to proceed with the exchange?”