"Kid, those success stories I told onstage just now were pretty much all made up. Just listen to them. Don't take them seriously."
Gu Qing said nothing, waiting quietly for him to continue.
The Senior wore a half-smile. "Did you really think I made my fortune running overseas online stores?"
"To be honest with you, I actually made my big money through franchising."
"A lot of stay-at-home moms have quite a bit of savings, and they all dream of becoming business owners who make big money."
"I created an online store brand and specifically sought out those moms as franchisees, harvesting the hard-earned money their husbands had worked themselves to the bone to save and left in their hands."
Damn, was he really that scummy?
Gu Qing's face remained calm, but inwardly, he was shocked.
He had never imagined that this outstanding graduate, who looked so successful on the surface, could be so unscrupulous behind the scenes.
The Senior continued:
"Kid, remember what I'm about to tell you."
"And that is-"
"It's hard to earn money from poor people, but easy to scam it out of them."
The Senior patiently explained:
"It's hard to earn because poor people are stingy. They wish they could stretch every penny into two."
"It's easy to scam because poor people have limited understanding and are stupid enough to think starting a business and becoming a boss is easy. They always have unrealistic fantasies."
"And most of those moms who've barely worked and have always stayed home raising children are exactly that kind of poor, stupid person. Those little savings of theirs are the easiest money to scam."
"Well, I shouldn't call it scamming. Earning would be the right word."
"After all, making money through franchising is perfectly legal and compliant."
At this point.
The Senior revealed his true intentions, asking with a smile:
"Kid, I think you're exactly the talent my company needs. Interested in pursuing a career at my company?"
Gu Qing was puzzled. "Out of all those people, why did you pick me, Senior?"
"Because you're handsome."
"What do you mean?"
The Senior explained, "Apart from being a good talker, the more important reason I made my fortune harvesting money from moms is that I have a handsome face."
"And you're even better-looking than me, even better-looking than a lot of celebrities. With some dedicated training in sales talk later, your appeal to moms would be off the charts."
"You should know that a lot of those moms are lonely young wives whose husbands are away. They have practically no resistance to a good-looking guy like you."
"Rather than suspecting you're a scammer, she's more likely to think she's met her Prince Charming."
"With just a little coaxing, you could easily empty their savings and even get them to borrow money to join my franchise."
The Senior paused, then said earnestly, "I'm genuinely sincere about this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come clean with you right from the start. Would you consider working at my company?"
After hearing the Senior's heartfelt words.
Gu Qing knew what attributes he could get from his [Tycoon] tag.
One was:
[Money-making ability +1]
And the other was:
[Conscience -1]
Yes, conscience -1.
All he could say was that people without a conscience really did have an easier time making big money.
"No thanks, Senior. A career in sales isn't what I'm aiming for."
Gu Qing rejected the Senior's offer outright.
It wasn't that he didn't love money.
Nor was it that he had a conscience.
Rather, becoming a tycoon really held no appeal for him now that he had a cheat.
Compared to becoming a financially independent tycoon, he wanted far more to become a superhuman with off-the-charts combat power.
As long as he was powerful enough, money and authority would follow as mere byproducts.
Watching Gu Qing walk away.
The Senior shook his head and laughed:
"College students who've never entered the real world really are stupid. With a Senior like me willing to help them make money, they don't even know to latch on to the opportunity. Once they graduate and get beaten down by society, they'll know what regret feels like."
No sooner had he finished speaking.
A sweet, cute-looking girl appeared from somewhere and asked, "Senior, I'm good-looking too. Could I latch on to you and make money?"
The Senior turned toward the voice, and his eyes immediately lit up.
The girl before him was petite, with a fair face and a little baby fat. She looked like a high school student, so fresh-faced she practically glowed.
After concealing his wicked thoughts a little.
The Senior smiled. "Of course. A girl as pretty as you is exactly the high-level talent my company needs most. I still have a personal assistant position open. Would you be interested?"
One afternoon a few days later.
Gu Qing lounged in the dorm, wolfing down snacks with Qian Duole while gaming with Chen Zijie.
After these past few days of effort.
He had now raised all his attributes quite high.
[Reaction speed: cumulative +63] [Digestive ability: cumulative +78] [Physical Constitution: cumulative +20] [Learning ability: cumulative +26]
"This Physical Constitution is improving way too slowly..."
Gu Qing was a little troubled.
Of all his attributes, Physical Constitution was his favorite.
Unfortunately, basketball was an intense sport. Three hours a day was the absolute limit.
It wasn't that he couldn't handle it.
It was that his teammate Gao Fei couldn't keep up.
Because those three hours consisted entirely of intense competition on the court.
With him around, his team barely had any chance to leave the court and rest.
They beat every team that came at them.
They held the court from start to finish.
Every time Gao Fei played on his team, he would be utterly exhausted by the end, exclaiming that basketball was even more intense than his girlfriend, leaving his legs so weak he couldn't take it, and that he was done, absolutely done.
As for [Digestive ability] rising over ten points higher than [Reaction speed].
All he could say was that [Big Eater] Qian Duole really was formidable.
His chubby roommate never stopped snacking.
He ate while walking, during class, and while gaming.
He really just kept eating and eating and eating.
Gu Qing was having a great time farming attributes from him.
At this rate, in another two days at most, I'll accumulate 100 points of digestive ability and gain the attribute-Devouring.
Gu Qing thought as he looked at his digestive ability stats.
While he was thinking.
A creak rang out.
The dorm door opened.
Gao Fei, who had gone out on a date with his girlfriend, returned victorious, covered in bright red kiss marks.
Qian Duole and Chen Zijie were instantly filled with envy at the sight.
Both had been single since birth and had never even touched a girl's hand.
"Let me tell you guys some big news in secret."
Gao Fei took off his sneakers, changed into slippers, and said mysteriously to the three of them, "It's about that Senior who came to our college to give a talk a few days ago."
Gu Qing raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me someone he scammed tracked him down and beat him up."
"What scam?"
Gao Fei was rather confused.
He had no idea that the Senior had made his fortune scamming moms through brand franchising.
"Nothing. I was just saying. Go on with your big news."
Gu Qing handed the gossip spotlight back to Gao Fei.
Gao Fei took a sip of water and said:
"That Senior has gone missing. He disappeared the day he came to our school to give that talk. The surveillance footage shows he never left campus."
Hearing this, the other three all felt a chill run down their spines.
Qian Duole looked frightened. "What's going on? Why has someone else disappeared at school? There isn't some psychopathic killer at our school, is there?"
Gao Fei shook his head. "Rather than a psychopathic killer, I think it's more like he traveled to another world."
Chen Zijie's interest was piqued. "How so?"
Gao Fei said, "The public security officers have come to investigate several times already, but they haven't found a single lead. He just vanished into thin air at school. Traveling to another world is the only explanation."
Traveling to another world?
Actually, Gu Qing really did think it was possible.
After all, he had awakened a cheat himself. Someone else traveling to another world was perfectly reasonable too.
It was just that... both disappearances had happened at his school.
If those two hadn't traveled to another world but had actually been murdered, that would be a little terrifying.
I hope nothing goes wrong at school.
I just want to farm attributes and get stronger in peace.
Gu Qing thought silently.
P.S. Holding out my bowl, begging for monthly votes and recommendation votes!
Chapter 10: The Devouring attribute
Early the next morning.
Gu Qing had just gotten up and finished washing when he received a WeChat message from his mother, Wen Wanyi.
[Wen Wanyi: Your sister won first prize nationwide in the essay competition she entered last month. Are you free to come home this weekend and celebrate with her?] [Gu Qing: Of course I am. I'll come home tomorrow afternoon.]
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