In Classroom of the Elite, My Love Stock Market Only Wants a Full Position

The quick-witted students immediately proposed this idea.

"That's right. The reward granted by the school this time is an increase of 100 Class Evaluation Points for Class B. If these aren't deducted, every student will receive an extra 10,000 Private Points next month. Are you all happy?"

"That's amazing!!!"

"I knew trusting Hashiba-kun was the right move. With this, his plan..."

Now, everyone had joined Hashiba Hikaru's 20-million-point plan. These 100 Class Evaluation Points would turn directly into 400,000 Private Points by next month. Regardless of anything else, this was a pure, unexpected windfall.

"As for Hashiba-kun's personal reward, that is 500,000 Private Points," Chie Hoshinomiya looked at Hashiba Hikaru with a beaming smile and asked, "Why don't you check your Student ID to see if it has arrived?"

"Understood."

Hashiba Hikaru looked down at his phone, and sure enough, the number of Private Points had already changed.

[Student ID]

[Name: Hashiba Hikaru]

[Student ID Number: S01T004617]

[Gender: Male]

[Personal Account: 536,000]

It seems the Student Council President is indeed highly efficient. Less than two hours had passed since they parted ways, and he had already fulfilled his promise.

What an incredible guy.

Since this matter was temporarily concluded, it was time to officially formulate the point-collection plan for Class C. Hashiba Hikaru took out his notebook, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Chapter 18: Class B's Collective Action

After Chie Hoshinomiya announced the school's reward, the classroom remained lively for a while before settling down. Everyone knew they would face fierce class competition in the future, but thanks to Hashiba-kun's excellence, Class B had started with an immediate 100-point increase in Class Evaluation Points, which was already a perfect opening.

"Alright, let's start the lesson. Please take out your English textbooks."

Once the joyful atmosphere had mostly dissipated, Chie Hoshinomiya reined in her smile and began to perform her duties as a teacher.

The first day's lessons were not too strenuous, and the students of Class B studied very seriously.

Coupled with Hashiba Hikaru's repeated emphasis on not violating school rules to avoid deductions to their Class Evaluation Points, the classroom maintained a strong atmosphere of study, with everyone striving to persevere.

Until the afternoon classes ended and the teacher announced the end of the school day.

For the remaining time, students could either participate in club activities or return to their dorms to rest if they had no club commitments.

But after the teacher left, not a single student in Class B moved. They were all waiting for one person to take the podium and announce his plan.

"Let's go, Ichinose-san."

Hashiba Hikaru softly called out to Ichinose Honami, who was sitting beside him. During the break, he had already discussed some of the finer details of the plan with the girl, reaching a preliminary consensus.

"Okay, Hashiba-kun."

After the two walked to the podium together, the classroom instantly fell silent. Every student began to focus their full attention on the front.

This was the first meeting for Class B to formulate a collective action plan, and it was very important to everyone.

"Then, I will explain the first collective action plan to everyone."

Hashiba Hikaru nodded toward Ichinose beside him. The two had already divided the labor: the boy was mainly responsible for formulating and verifying the class competition plan, while the girl was responsible for the collection and management of Private Points.

"First is the phased point-harvesting plan I proposed yesterday."

Hashiba Hikaru explained his plan in detail, writing every step on the blackboard while the students below listened intently.

"The transaction with Class A is finished, and everyone has signed the contract, so I believe they won't risk expulsion by violating the rules."

"Next are Class C and Class D. My preliminary thought is to carry out the point collection for Class C in a week, so we need students to go and scout the situation in Class C."

"Does anyone know any students from Class C? Please raise your hand."

"I do."

The one who spoke was a boy with an ordinary appearance named Beppu Ryota.

"Beppu-kun, how do you know a student from Class C?"

"I looked at the club recruitment flyers on the bulletin board yesterday and wanted to join the school's Volleyball Club," Beppu-kun explained slowly, still a bit unaccustomed to the gaze of his classmates, "Then I met a new student at the Volleyball Club's recruitment desk who happens to be Oda Takumi from Class C."

"So you both joined the Volleyball Club?" Hashiba Hikaru showed a hint of approval in his eyes and nodded, saying, "Very good. Then leave this matter to Beppu-kun. You can gather information about Class C by chatting with him more."

"But don't be too hasty. Just casually ask about their current class situation and who their elected class leader is. We can get the rest of the intelligence slowly."

Beppu Ryota took this assignment from the boy very seriously and responded in a low, firm voice: "I understand. Please leave it to me, Hashiba-kun."

"Of course, it's impossible to leave such things entirely to Beppu-kun alone. If others have many friends, you can also mobilize your own social circles. It would be best if you have connections to Class C."

"Only by verifying through multiple sources can we ensure that the information we obtain is true."

"Understood. Please continue, Hashiba-kun."

Everyone in the class took his words to heart, and some were already thinking about whether they had any contact with students from Class C.

"Next is the intelligence gathering regarding point consumption," Hashiba Hikaru said after finishing the plan for scouting Class C, shifting his focus to another direction.

"After all, we don't currently know how the students in Class C will spend the 100,000 Private Points they received for the first month. If they don't have points when we go to sell our rules, that would be troublesome. Furthermore, we must also pay attention to this aspect for Class D, not just Class C."

"My idea is that the students of Class B can form small groups to collect information daily from the consumer venues where students frequently linger, and then compile and analyze the statistics."

"How are we supposed to go about that? Could you explain in more detail, Hashiba?"

Someone raised their hand to voice their confusion.

"It's very simple."

Hashiba Hikaru picked up a piece of chalk and began writing several key locations on the blackboard: Family Restaurant, cafe, karaoke, clothing store, and electronics store.

"When I was dining with my classmates yesterday, I observed the situation at Keyaki Mall. These five places have the highest foot traffic and are crowded with students every day."

"What you all need to do is go to these places and observe the spending habits of the students from Class C and Class D."

"But today is only the second day of school. We don't know them yet, so how are we supposed to tell who is from Class C and who is from Class D?"

Hearing this question, Hashiba Hikaru smiled slightly, then picked up a stack of documents from the podium. This was the First-Year Student Roster he had just gone to print with Chie Hoshinomiya during the lunch break.

The roster included a headshot and basic information for every student.

Of course, this information didn't come for free; Hashiba Hikaru had paid 100,000 Private Points to Chie Hoshinomiya to acquire it.

The price wasn't high. After all, there were only 120 first-year students in total; as long as someone was socially adept, it wouldn't take long to figure out everyone's name and class.

"This is the First-Year Student Handbook I bought from Chie Hoshinomiya. It records everyone's name, photo, and corresponding class. Everyone can take a copy."

"That's great! With this, we don't have to worry about not recognizing them."

"Did you spend your own points again, Hashiba?"

"It's fine. Didn't I just receive a reward from the school?" Hashiba Hikaru nodded at Shibata, who had asked the question, and continued to explain the details of the plan.

"You can form your own groups and decide which areas you will be responsible for."

"The process of gathering information isn't about stalking others; you just need to know what they buy or what their spending habits are."

"Then, all information will be funneled to me. The timeframe is tentatively set for one week. I will process everything during Friday's homeroom, and then we will decide on our next course of action."

At this point, Hashiba Hikaru's tone turned much colder as he spoke sternly to everyone in Class B.

"Unlike the deal with Class A, I hope everyone participates and contributes their own strength to the class."

"More importantly, please don't forget our original intention. This plan must absolutely not be leaked. Even if you can't get any information, please don't do anything unnecessary that might arouse the other side's suspicion."

"Does everyone understand what I mean?"

"Understood. We will do as you say, Hashiba."

"Please trust us, Hashiba."

"That's right, I'm very tight-lipped. I definitely won't leak anything."

The students in the classroom began to respond loudly, expressing that they would never leak the information.

"Alright, I've finished explaining my plan. Next, I'd like to invite Ichinose to explain the plan regarding point collection."

Chapter 19: Expulsion Insurance and Excellence Exemption

When Ichinose Honami took the podium after the boy, the students in the classroom couldn't help but feel the atmosphere lighten significantly. After all, when Hashiba Hikaru was explaining the plan earlier, his face had been almost devoid of expression, and he had even ended with a cold warning.

As the most popular "archangel" figure in the class, Ichinose Honami always maintained a gentle smile on her face, making people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

"Now that Hashiba's plan has been explained, it's my turn."

Ichinose followed Hashiba Hikaru's lead, picking up a piece of chalk and beginning to write and draw on the blackboard.

"Since everyone has joined Hashiba's plan to collect 20 million points, it means we must establish a detailed system for how our Class B Private Points are used."

"What kind of system is it, Ichinose?"

"Please, everyone, stay calm. I will explain the specific situation regarding the use of points." Ichinose Honami divided the key points of the system into two parts on the blackboard.

"The first part is the Private Points halving system. Since our goal is to collect 20 million points to prevent any student from being expelled in the future, I hope that after everyone receives their monthly Private Points, you will hand over half of them to me."

"Everyone must contribute. Hashiba and I will also contribute our points. We will absolutely not use them for ourselves, and we welcome everyone's supervision."

Ichinose Honami's gaze swept across everyone in the classroom. This plan to collect points was actually quite risky. Although everyone had enthusiastically joined Hashiba's plan just moments ago, at the end of the day, the level of trust between classmates had not yet reached the point where they could ignore their own interests.

Even if they trusted Hashiba Hikaru and Ichinose Honami, when the money actually in their hands was cut in half every month, feelings of dissatisfaction would inevitably grow from the bottom of their hearts.

This was an unavoidable problem.

That was why Hashiba Hikaru hadn't wanted to drag everyone into this directly earlier; coordinating everyone's selfish interests was a very troublesome matter.

But since they had been pushed to this point, they had to be ruthless and see it through.

This was also Ichinose Honami's obsession, which was why she had suggested to Hashiba Hikaru that she be the one to announce this plan.

On the podium, the pink-haired girl watched as the students' initially expectant expressions gradually became hesitant. She silently clenched her hands on the podium, her nails digging into her palms uncontrollably.

"What does everyone think?"

Ichinose added another sentence. The air in the classroom remained quiet, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat heavy.

Although everyone had agreed to the plan, they hadn't expected that they would have to hand over half of their points every month, so they were internally weighing the trade-offs.

Just then, someone stood up and took the lead, shouting: "I agree with this arrangement! As long as we are led by Hashiba and Ichinose and ensure that our Class Evaluation Points aren't deducted, the points we get each month are actually quite a lot."

"Don't forget, Hashiba just increased our Class B evaluation score by 100 points. If we keep this advantage, maybe we'll be able to get more than 100,000 Private Points every month in the future."

"It wouldn't matter if we split half of it, right? What does everyone think?"

The one who stood up to speak was Shibata Sou. Thanks to his good looks and the naturally cheerful temperament that came with being a student athlete, he was quite popular in Class B.

"I agree. Besides, aren't we the ones who will ultimately benefit from this plan?"

The person who chimed in at this moment was a girl—none other than Ando Sayo, who had organized the gathering yesterday.

After casting a comforting look at Ichinose, who was standing on the podium, she appealed to her classmates: "After all, in the class competition ahead, none of us can be one hundred percent sure that we won't be expelled, right?"

"If everyone contributes points now, then if anyone faces the crisis of expulsion in the future, they can use these points to ensure their safety. It's the same for everyone."

"It's just like buying insurance, isn't it?"

Kanzaki Ryuji also found an opportunity to interject. He turned to the group and said, "Everyone contributes a portion, but everyone has equal access to the opportunity to avoid expulsion."

After several students with significant influence in the class began to guide the discussion, the students of Class B weighed the feasibility of the plan. After about a few minutes, everyone eventually agreed.

After all, since everyone had to contribute and anyone could use the funds if they faced an expulsion crisis, it was fair. No one could guarantee what would happen in the future, and having a safety net for a "resurrection" made everyone feel more at ease.

"I agree. Anyway, I trust Hashiba."

"Let's do it this way. Starting next month, half of the incoming Private Points will be deducted and handed over to Ichinose. I think she can help us keep the points safe."

Seeing the atmosphere in the classroom shift from heavy to relaxed, Ichinose Honami felt a sudden sense of relief, and her clenched little fists finally loosened.

Hashiba Hikaru stood to the side without saying a word. Since he had entrusted the entire point-collection plan to Ichinose, he did not want to do anything unnecessary that might interfere with her train of thought.

The road ahead might be filled with thorns; if she couldn't even handle this much pressure, then the girl had no business being a class leader.

"Alright, now that the first part is settled, let me continue to explain the other part of the point plan to everyone."

A gentle smile appeared on Ichinose Honami's face, drawing everyone's attention back to her.

"The second part is about the rewards. After all, if we have to hand over a portion of our points every month, wouldn't everyone be at a disadvantage if there wasn't an alternative plan?"