novelraw Chapter 80 : Successfully Becoming the Class Monitor
Chapter 80 : Successfully Becoming the Class Monitor
Chapter 80: Successfully Becoming the Class Monitor
Luo Wenjie held a cigarette in his mouth and turned his head to look behind him. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he spoke in a low voice.
"The other party clearly came prepared and threw the trash in the blind spot of the surveillance camera."
"On the surveillance footage, you can only see someone with their head lowered throwing trash, but their face can't be seen at all."
"However... I have a suspect in mind."
Chen Fan looked at Luo Wenjie.
"Tell me your thoughts."
Luo Wenjie grinned and chuckled, "It's simple, I think it was done by the nearby internet cafe owners."
Chen Fan frowned.
"You mean our competitors are sabotaging us? But why would they bother?"
Luo Wenjie laughed.
"Brother Fan, I'm not trying to insult you, but you're too naive."
"Competitors are rivals, you don't think everyone on this street welcomes your internet cafe, do you?"
Chen Fan shook his head.
"But there are enough university students around here. Even if my internet cafe takes away some customers, it shouldn't really affect them, right?"
Luo Wenjie chuckled.
"It seems you really should go and take a look at the other internet cafes."
"It's impossible that their businesses haven't been affected."
"Those internet cafes used to have at least a 70-80% occupancy rate, but now it's only 50-60%."
"Your Starry Sky is so well-decorated that you've spoiled everyone's tastes."
"Some students would rather queue up at Starry Sky than go to the nearby internet cafes."
"Ever since your Starry Sky internet cafe opened, the reputations of the surrounding internet cafes have been dropping sharply."
"If you were an internet cafe owner, could you stand watching your cafe's reputation decline continually?"
Chen Fan fell silent.
He had to admit that Luo Wenjie's analysis made sense.
But would it be too hasty to conclude that the internet cafe owners were behind this just based on that?
Luo Wenjie sneered coldly.
"Besides them having direct conflicts of interest with you, who else do you have a grudge against?"
Chen Fan shook his head, no one.
Among his close friends, only Luo Wenjie knew that he was the boss of Starry Sky internet cafe. Even his girlfriend Su Ruochu didn't know.
Even if someone held a grudge against him, they wouldn't think to target Starry Sky internet cafe.
So Chen Fan thought Luo Wenjie's analysis was highly likely to be correct.
"Let's not blow this up for now. Over the next two days, I'll have someone buy a batch of surveillance cameras and install them. After that, you can catch the culprit for me."
Luo Wenjie shrugged.
"No problem, I'm good at this kind of thing."
The two returned to the dorm room from the balcony. Ma Xiaoshuai complained, "What were you two whispering about outside?"
Luo Wenjie chuckled, "I was telling Brother Fan that I just downloaded a few of Teacher Muto's latest works."
"Are you interested too? Want me to send you a couple to study together with your Linlin?"
Ma Xiaoshuai scoffed. "I'll just study them myself."
Over on the other side, Han Xu, who was playing games, immediately raised his hand. "Second Brother, send them to me, I'll study them."
Chen Fan joked, "Look, even the well-behaved Han Xu has been corrupted by you."
Han Xu looked wronged, "Don't say that. I watch with a critical eye."
Chen Fan laughed.
"We all watch with a critical eye. Only Brother Jie studies it frame by frame."
Luo Wenjie flipped them off.
"If you ask me, the audience members who complain about the chef after eating their fill are the ones I hate the most."
"The teachers work so hard on their productions, and you guys just fast forward through most of it. Don't you have any professional ethics?"
Mentioning this, Ma Xiaoshuai couldn't help but lament.
"Ah, when I was younger and ignorant, I would see those teachers' works and think, 'Such a beauty, it's a pity she's in these kinds of movies.'"
"Now that I'm older, if I see a beautiful woman on the street, I can't help but think, 'She's so beautiful, it'd be a pity if she doesn't make a film.'"
Luo Wenjie laughed, "Heh, a kindred spirit."
At that moment, Wu Di came back from outside.
Chen Fan asked, "How did it go? What did you talk about?"
Wu Di smiled, "Gao Bo tried to persuade me to drop out of the class monitor election."
"He said he was determined to get this position and promised that if I withdrew, I would get a share of any good things happening in the class in the future."
Luo Wenjie sighed, "This guy is so naive to have grown up like this."
Wu Di smiled, "So I directly refused him."
"If it's a fair competition, I have no complaints about losing to him."
"But I can't just withdraw from the election."
Ma Xiaoshuai gave a thumbs up.
"Well done. With Gao Bo's social skills, if he becomes the class monitor, I'll do a handstand and eat shit."
Chen Fan laughed, "Xiaoshuai is planning to mooch food and drinks again."
Everyone laughed.
After Wu Di refused Gao Bo's request, Gao Bo resented him.
In the following days, some negative rumors about Wu Di began circulating in the class.
They said Wu Di had poor character, bribed classmates with money, was too selfish, and badmouthed the counselor behind his back...
Facing these rumors, Wu Di just smiled them off.
He knew the other party had no other tricks left and could only resort to petty tactics.
Finally, the weekend class meeting for the election arrived.
The counselor explained a few rules about the election and then went to sit down.
Gao Bo was the first to take the stage.
This guy deliberately wore a white suit, looking incredibly flashy.
On stage, he passionately spoke for a while, but it was all empty rhetoric.
Moreover, it was obvious he had copied the speech from somewhere and wasn't very familiar with it, stumbling over the words.
After Gao Bo came down, Wu Di stood up and took the stage.
Wu Di's speech was much more down-to-earth.
First, he told everyone that he had already joined the university's student union. If they supported him as the class monitor, he would wholeheartedly serve as their steward.
Additionally, Wu Di made some promises, such as improving the class' recreational activities next semester, being available 24/7 for anyone to call him about anything, and so on...
Wu Di's measures were all tangible and realistic, making Gao Bo's empty rhetoric seem even more vacuous by comparison.
As soon as Wu Di finished speaking, Chen Fan said to the nearby Ma Xiaoshuai, "The outcome is clear."
Sure enough, the counselor then took the stage and announced the start of voting.
In the end, with a score of 36 to 9, Wu Di won by a large margin and successfully became the next class monitor.
As for Gao Bo, apart from a few close friends, the remaining votes were all from his own roommates.
Faced with this result, Gao Bo's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a wok.
Without even waiting for the class meeting to end, he left the classroom with his roommates.
The counselor stood on the stage with a somewhat unpleasant expression.
Wu Di promptly stood up to help defuse the awkwardness.
"Um... Gao Bo must have an upset stomach. Later, I'll go visit Gao Bo on behalf of the class and bring him some medicine..."
"Haha, let's not worry about them for now and continue with the meeting."
The counselor was satisfied with Wu Di's quick response.
"Everyone, let's continue the meeting."
Seeing Gao Bo and the others leave in a huff, Chen Fan shook his head speechlessly.
With social skills like that, there was no way he could become the class monitor.