I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

After listening to Shen Kang speak for a while, and only after Shen Kang finished, Long Xingchen finally spoke: "Shen Kang, according to you, our Miao embroidery can eventually sell for luxury goods prices? Tens of thousands? Or even hundreds of thousands?"

Thinking of this, he was immediately moved.

Shen Kang shook his head. "It's not that easy. You have to take things one step at a time and be down-to-earth. Take your embroidery piece for example. I reckon if you can sell it for 350 or even 400 in the early stages, that would be considered a success."

"Neither the theory of quick defeat nor the theory of quick victory is acceptable; this is a protracted war. As long as we persevere, I believe that in ten or twenty years, even if we cannot be like those foreign luxury goods with hundreds of years of history, we will certainly be much better off and more valuable than we are now."

Hearing Shen Kang's words, Long Xingchen's previously agitated emotions, which had been stirred up by Shen Kang's words, finally calmed down a bit.

Shen Kang added, "However, we can't rely solely on Long Yuewen's publicity. External skills are important, but internal skills are even more crucial. Do you know any embroiderers like yourself? Ideally, from your school, but from other schools or those nearby are also acceptable."

Long Xingchen thought for a moment and said, "I know some others, some from our school and some from other schools."

Shen Kang said, "Alright, contact them and call them all over tomorrow. Let's discuss how to train the internal energy of Miao Xiu and come up with a plan."

Long Xingchen nodded, "Okay."

Having finished their conversation, Shen Kang went to sleep in the dormitory that Long Xingchen had arranged for him.

Long Xingchen did not return to the dormitory for the time being, but stood in the corridor for a while, his emotions still somewhat agitated.

If Shen Kang had told him these things during dinner, he would have mostly just laughed it off and not taken it seriously, but it's different now.

He was also just pulled to look at the posts about Long Yuewen on that website.

Shen Kang only went out for one night, and he turned Long Yuewen into a popular figure on that website. He really has something going for him.

That's why he seriously considered what Shen Kang had just said.

Perhaps, if we do as Shen Kang suggests, we can really pave a good path for Miao embroidery. And then, he, as the inheritor of Miao embroidery, might have another promising path to follow.

Furthermore, the elderly women in the village will be able to sell their crafts for higher prices, leading to a better life for everyone.

What a wonderful day!

Long Xingchen stood in the corridor, thinking quietly for a while. Once he had calmed down, he picked up his phone and started contacting the embroiderers he knew.

"Hey, are you free tomorrow...?"

……

The next morning

Shen Kang was awakened by a ringing telephone.

The caller was Yin Mingyang, who immediately said, "Hey, Lao Shen, are you out alone again today? Want to come with me? Let's go to the internet cafe."

Yin Mingyang's voice was quite positive.

Shen Kang, without even opening his eyes, lay on the bed, holding his phone to his ear, and asked, "What are we going to the internet cafe for?"

"Attack them!"

Yin Mingyang shouted excitedly, then began to ramble on, complaining, "You have no idea how little time I have left for myself. Huang Jing knows my schedule better than I do! Whenever she has free time, she always drags me along. I haven't had a proper game to play in ages. Luckily, Lao Shen, you're here now, so I have a legitimate reason to go to the internet cafe with you and play all day long!"

Shen Kang kept his eyes closed, thought for a moment, and then remembered that he had something to do today. "Never mind, you go by yourself. I have things to do today."

"Ah..." Yin Mingyang on the other end of the phone was very disappointed. "How can I go alone? If you don't go, I have no legitimate reason to go alone. Lying to me won't help; she really will come to the internet cafe to investigate."

Shen Kang closed his eyes, silently mourning for him: "Well, there's nothing I can do about it."

After trying to persuade him for a while, seeing that Shen Kang was determined and seemed to have something really wrong, Yin Mingyang finally gave up, sighed, and hung up the phone.

After being talked to for so long, Shen Kang was no longer sleepy. He finally opened his eyes, got out of bed, and went to Long Xingchen's dormitory.

After last night's incident, Long Xingchen's roommates all had a good impression of this visitor from another school and were quite enthusiastic. Someone even contributed disposable toothbrushes they had gotten from the hotel, while Long Xingchen used his towels, which was considered their way of washing up for the day.

After washing up, Long Xingchen told him the results of the contact—the embroiderers that Long Xingchen knew would all come over this afternoon.

"...At that time, we can just find a place on the playground or in the woods next to Sword Lake to hold the meeting."

Long Xingchen had even decided on the location for the meeting.

Shen Kang thought for a moment, then didn't reply. Instead, he picked up his phone and called Lai Yuyang, the president of the fashion design company. "President Lai, it's me, Shen Kang..."

Lai Yuyang's phone number was one they exchanged last night.

After exchanging greetings, Shen Kang got straight to the point: "...President Lai, do you remember the Miao ethnic costumes from yesterday?"

"Of course," Lai Yuyang's voice came from the other end of the phone. He had a very strong impression of the Miao ethnic costume he wore last night.

Shen Kang blurted out, "To be honest, that Miao costume was actually made by a Miao student from your school; he's an embroiderer."

"We currently have a project related to Miao embroidery, and we've invited many inheritors of Miao embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage, to a meeting at the Thousand People's Congress to discuss this project. I feel that if Miao embroidery wants to develop, it can't be stagnant; it needs to absorb modern aesthetics and many modern clothing concepts to keep up with the times. So I'd like to ask President Lai, is your Meizhuang Society interested in this project? If you could select some elites to join this project, I feel it would be a win-win situation for both of us."

Lai Yuyang, who was on the other end of the phone, was lying on his bed in his dormitory.

Upon hearing this, the man sat bolt upright in bed like a zombie, exclaiming repeatedly, "Interested! Extremely interested!"

Lai Yuyang's eyes lit up.

He clearly saw the love and enthusiasm from everyone at the scene after he appeared in that Miao ethnic costume last night, which proves that it was a very successful work.

And now, Shen Kang is saying that the outfit was actually made by one of the embroiderers from their Qianmin University? And now, these embroiderers are going to hold a big meeting and launch a major project? And this major project is even going to involve their fashion design company?

He was so interested!

"so."

Lai Yuyang sat on the bed, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll personally select a few of the best... By the way, how many do you want?"

"I feel three is about right. Too many might lead to conflicting opinions."

"Okay, I'll pick three. Where are you having your meeting? I'll have them go there."

"It should be in the stadium, just find a quiet, open space..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lai Yuyang interrupted her, "How can that be? The stadium is so noisy and chaotic, how can we hold a meeting there? How about this, if you don't mind, we can use our club activity area for the meeting? What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang felt rather embarrassed. "Oh? How could I possibly accept this?"

Lai Yuyang was quite enthusiastic, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's settled then!"

Shen Kang, feeling rather helpless at Lai Yuyang's enthusiasm, could only agree: "Alright, we'll bring some water and snacks over then..."

"Hey," Lai Yuyang interrupted him, "we have all these things here, just come directly."

"Isn't this inappropriate?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's settled then!"...

After finishing the call, Shen Kang put away his phone, smiled at Long Xingchen, and said, "Alright, the meeting venue is ready: Room 316 of the University Student Activity Center. Just head over there. There will also be free water and snacks available, so please let everyone know that you don't need to buy your own."

"..."

Long Xingchen, who had been standing to the side and had only heard the whole thing, was speechless and silently gave him a "you're awesome" look.

They not only provided the venue, but they also took advantage of people by taking their water and snacks.

Then, someone else asked, "Who is this President Lai?"

"The president of your school's fashion club, we ran into him last night when we went to take photos..." Shen Kang then recounted the situation.

After hearing this, Long Xingchen thought that Shen Kang was really good at networking. He had only gone out for a stroll and had already gained this many connections at school.

Without further ado, he said, "Okay, I'll let them know later. By the way, they're not arriving until this afternoon. What were you doing this morning?"

"I'm not there. There are no plans for now," Shen Kang said.

Long Xingchen suggested, "We have class soon, why don't you come with me?"

Shen Kang thought to himself, "I don't attend classes at Yang University of Science and Technology, so why am I coming to Qianmin University to attend classes?"

But then I thought, if I don't go to class, it seems like all I can do is go to the internet cafe with Yin Mingyang to play TA... Oh well, I'd better go to class.

I was kept awake by Yin Mingyang's phone call. I'll try listening to the teacher's hypnosis in class; that should help me fall asleep and catch up on some sleep.

"OK."……

After chatting for a while longer in the dormitory, it was almost time, so Shen Kang went to class with Long Xingchen.

This was a short class, with only Long Xingchen and his classmates, held in a regular classroom.

The two originally wanted to enter through the back door, but for some reason the back door was closed, so they had no choice but to enter through the front door.

Long Xingchen and his classmates are already in their third year of university.

There were only about twenty people in the class, which wasn't a lot. Everyone already knew each other, so when they saw Long Xingchen leading in such a new face, many of the students already sitting in the classroom looked over.

Shen Kang followed Long Xingchen and, under these gazes, habitually prepared to walk to the corner of the last row.

Long Xingchen stopped directly in the first row, seemingly intending to sit there.

"...You're sitting here?" Shen Kang asked.

Long Xingchen said, "Yes."

Shen Kang thought to himself, "I didn't expect you to be such a studious student, almost as good as me, a top student." But he was here to sleep, so it wasn't appropriate for him to sit here—snoring away here would be disrespectful to the teacher.

"I'm a little shy, I'll go sit in the back," Shen Kang said, preparing to go to the back alone.

After thinking about it, Long Xingchen followed.

Shen Kang didn't try to stop him or let him continue sitting in the front row. Anyway, good students will study no matter where they sit, while students who aren't that enthusiastic about learning will just be daydreaming even if they're sitting right under the teacher's nose.

So the two of them went to the last row and sat down in the corner by the window.

Long Xingchen's "good student" persona seems to be deeply ingrained in this class.

Many people looked on in surprise when they saw Long Xingchen sit in the last row.

Just as Shen Kang and Long Xingchen sat down, a figure quietly crept over and sat down next to Shen Kang.

It's Ma Xiaofeng.

Before Shen Kang arrived, he had heard from Long Xingchen that he and Ma Xiaofeng were in the same class, but Long Yuewen was not in the same class as them.

This also explains why, during dinner yesterday, Shen Kang noticed that the relationship between Long Xingchen and Ma Xiaofeng was slightly better than that between Long Yuewen and Ma Xiaofeng. Perhaps it was because of some camaraderie stemming from their time as classmates?

"In a good mood?"

Shen Kang glanced at Ma Xiaofeng, who was sitting down next to him, and asked casually.

Ma Xiaofeng smiled and said, "It's alright." Then she gestured for Shen Kang to lean his head closer.

Shen Kang leaned closer, and Ma Xiaofeng also leaned in a little, lowering their voices as they said, "After returning to the dorm last night, she was still concerned about her post, but she didn't have a computer and no one to borrow one from, so she came to me. Then she came to my dorm, and the two of us stared at that Beiming Community for ages, until lights out..."

Ma Xiaofeng is in a really good mood right now.

Just like Shen Kang said, it's good that this is the only thing that's happening; everything can be taken slowly.

Isn't that what it is now?

They talked more yesterday than they had in all of the previous semester combined.

If things continue like this, Ma Xiaofeng believes that her relationship with Long Yuewen and Long Xingchen will continue to improve.

After listening to her talk for a while, Shen Kang waited for her to rest before saying, "That's good."

"It's pretty good."

Ma Xiaofeng nodded, quite pleased, then suddenly remembered something else, "By the way, Shen Kang, after you went back to your dorm yesterday, did you check the Beiming Community again?"

Shen Kang: "No, what's wrong?"

Ma Xiaofeng revealed her discovery: "We later found that other people in that square were also posting photos of Yuewen." After a pause, she added, "Actually, it wasn't just Yuewen; it was from the fashion show we attended last night. It's just that Yuewen's photos were relatively the most numerous."