Class Reunion

On his first day in the research department, Su Chen spent the entire afternoon in the data room.

Chaofan Group's current research stage had surpassed the mecha levels publicly announced by Longguo, but it was still far from the concepts in his mind.

If Chaofan Group continued at its current pace, it would likely take another hundred years to produce a true combat mecha.

However, the equipment here was all state-of-the-art. With the skills granted by the system and the powerful financial support of Chaofan Group, Su Chen was confident that this timeline could be significantly accelerated!

Within six months, he was certain he could build a mecha!

When it was time to leave, Su Chen packed up his things and headed out.

"Special Pass detected. All functions unlocked."

"A Special Pass!" the deputy team leader exclaimed, his face full of surprise.

"Heavens! Mr. Su has the same level of pass as the President!"

The team leader next to him shot the deputy a glare, but his own eyes, as he looked at Su Chen, were equally filled with shock.

This Su Chen must be incredibly powerful!

The farewell dinner was held at Guest Come, a local chain restaurant near the university. It was quite well-known in Zhonghai, and while not outrageously expensive, it was a place students might visit once a year, needing to ask their families for extra money if they wanted to go more often.

During their four years at university, Su Chen and his classmates had only been there once, right at the beginning of their freshman year. Back then, they were naive newcomers, just gaining financial independence, and that one meal had consumed half a month's living expenses.

Having learned their lesson, they hadn't returned since. This time, since it was a farewell dinner, no one could refuse when someone suggested this place.

They were all recent graduates, some still struggling to find jobs. With money for rent and job hunting, they felt compelled to attend this farewell dinner, even if it meant stretching their finances.

Wan Pin, who had suggested Guest Come, was putting on a show of poverty among the crowd: "Sigh, I haven't even gotten my first paycheck yet. Tonight's meal is going to cost me two or three days' income~"

While he was pretending to be poor, he was actually trying to hint that he had already secured a job.

And not just any job, but one with a good salary. The average cost per person at Guest Come was nearly six hundred, and with drinks, it could easily exceed a thousand.

A thousand in two or three days? That meant a monthly salary of at least ten thousand!

His classmates gathered around him, "Brother Wan, what kind of great job did you find? You're already making over ten thousand in your first month?"

Wan Pin smiled smugly and waved his hand, "No, no~ It's not that exaggerated. I just joined Hongxuan Group. I'm a junior assistant designer, and my internship salary is over seven thousand. After three months, I'll get a full-time position with a salary of ten thousand."

"Brother Wan is amazing! You got into Hongxuan Group! That's the second-largest car manufacturer in Zhonghai! Besides the unreachable Chaofan, Hongxuan is the most impressive!"

"Brother Wan, with such a great offer, your future is bound to be bright! My friends will be counting on your support!"

"Brother Wan is truly capable, quietly landing such a good company. You probably have the best job among us in the class right now!"

Wan Pin feigned modesty, waving his hands, but his grin was practically splitting his face. "Where do you get that? There are still many classmates who haven't secured jobs yet. Perhaps your jobs are even better!"

"Besides, don't we have a young master in our class too~"

Speaking of the young master, everyone looked around the crowd. Someone asked, "Is Young Master Lin here today?"

"Young Master Lin only attends our gatherings if he's in the mood. Today it's Guest Come, I wonder if he'll deem it worthy."

"Speaking of which, Young Master Lin didn't seem to participate in our spring campus recruitment, and we haven't seen him on campus recently. Could he have gone straight home to inherit the family fortune?"

"That's a given! While Lin's Group isn't comparable to Chaofan or Hongxuan, it's still a major enterprise with assets in the hundreds of millions. Plus, Young Master Lin is the young master of the family business. Returning home means becoming the heir. Isn't that job much better than ours as working dogs?"

"Sigh~ Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, that young master, truly enviable!"

Wan Pin's smile twitched slightly as he listened to these words.

Damn it, I only mentioned Young Master Lin as a way to be humble, expecting everyone to praise me more. How did the topic shift to Lin Tianxiang?

What's so great about a young master? Hmph! I got my offer from Hongxuan based on my own merit!

"Classmates, let's head to the private room first! I've reserved a room on the second floor. It has a prime location with a large floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the street, so we'll be able to see any classmates arriving right away." Wan Pin didn't want to hear them praise anyone else and quickly tried to steer the conversation back.

The group of early arrivals went upstairs. After sitting down, they kept looking out the window, chatting idly.

Suddenly, a bright red Maserati supercar pulled up to the entrance.

The classmates' attention was immediately drawn to it.

"It's Young Master Lin!"

"Heavens! That new car, it's so cool!"

Lin Tianxiang got out of the car, blew a cool whistle, and tossed the car keys to a nearby valet. "Park it in the best spot!"

The door to the private room was pushed open, and Lin Tianxiang entered, with the class beauty Qin Xixi in his arm, immediately becoming the center of attention.

"Young Master Lin, we all saw your new sports car just now, the red Maserati supercar. It's incredibly cool! That car must be expensive, right?"

Lin Tianxiang scoffed, "You guys clearly haven't seen much. It's just a sports car, only about five million!"

"I'm the general manager of Lin's now. Isn't driving a five-million-dollar car a normal operation?"

The classmates covered their mouths in surprise.

"Young Master Lin is truly extraordinary! He's become the general manager of Lin's right after graduation!"

"Young Master Lin, you're now successful in both career and love. Congratulations to you and Class Beauty Qin on finally becoming a couple!"

Lin Tianxiang smiled broadly, turned to look at the shy Qin Xixi in his arms, and said with a smile, "Xixi and I are getting engaged soon. You should all come then. I'll take you to see the world. Don't always settle for restaurants near campus for every gathering. How high-class can places in the university town that cater to students possibly be?"

"You all are going to be part of society soon. When we go out for meals and gatherings, the location should have a certain class, right? If it weren't for this being our farewell dinner, I wouldn't have come to a place like this at all."

"Oh right, where is everyone else? Isn't Su Chen here?"

He scanned the crowd but didn't see Su Chen's figure.

He had come specifically for Su Chen today, after all!

Wan Pin had personally called him yesterday, emphasizing that Su Chen would be attending, which was why he had come.

Lin Tianxiang was good-looking and a young master, a favored son of heaven since childhood. Unfortunately, having Su Chen in college meant he never got to be the class heartthrob for four years, and the campus heartthrob title was monopolized by Su Chen for all four years!

Thinking about it made him feel suffocated.

If it weren't for Su Chen, would he have been able to pursue Qin Xixi for over a year before finally winning her over?

Qin Xixi was just infatuated with Su Chen's looks!

However, her taste in people was bad, though her mind was sharp. When everyone else was looking for jobs, she finally realized the importance of money and stuck to him!

This time, he wanted to let Su Chen see clearly that he was much better than him!

"Quick, look, what a cool car!" a classmate standing by the window exclaimed.

Everyone looked over, and the Rolls-Royce emblem flashed past.

"Wow~ I didn't expect to see a Rolls-Royce near our school! These cars start at six million!"

"That car just now was definitely worth more than six million! It's clearly a high-end custom version! I remember seeing something like it on Douyin, what was it called..."

"Found it! Holy crap! That's actually a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe worth 170 million!!!"

"That emblem is red!! It's specific! It's particularly eye-catching! Only the 170 million custom version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe has such an exclusive colored Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament!"

"Oh my god, this car alone could buy 20 Rolls-Royce Phantoms!!"