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Although questions about Su Nian working illegally arose again, Chen Yuan's sophisticated rebuttal to the videographer in the video sounded very logical and successfully divided the students into two camps.

One side believes that Su Nian is indeed engaging in social practice.

The other party insisted that Su Nian's behavior constituted illegal work.

The two sides argued endlessly, and soon a tall building was erected.

Chen Yuan also came across the video that sparked the discussion that night, and without a doubt, it was most likely instructed by Olivia, the environmental leader hiding behind the scenes.

However, he had to admit that the video did indeed hit the ultimate flaw in Chen Yuan's "social practice" rhetoric, namely, procedural legitimacy.

According to immigration regulations and USC's rules, international students can only engage in social practice at companies that have signed formal cooperation agreements with the university.

As an obscure street restaurant, Rongding Pavilion is clearly not qualified to partner with USC University.

If Olivia reports this to the school administration, Su Nian will still be in deep trouble.

Just as Chen Yuan was thinking of a solution, his phone suddenly made a soft sound, and then he received an "informal invitation" in his email from the USC Department of Public Affairs.

The title was "Explanation Regarding Recent Student Participation in Off-Campus Community Observation Projects," and Chen Yuan was asked to participate in a small-scale communication meeting in his dual capacity as "student on campus/head of Rongdingge."

Clearly, the latest video released by Olivia's side has finally caught the attention of the school authorities.

Fortunately, Chen Yuan's explanation of "immersive ethnographic research" provided a solid theoretical basis for Su Nian's "social practice" at Rongding Pavilion.

Otherwise, Chen Yuan would be attending a "questioning session" instead of a "communication meeting".

Even so, it's still difficult to pass the test easily.

After all, Olivia is the head of policy affairs for the student council. Although this is not a position held by the university, she has considerable influence within the framework of student self-governance.

If Olivia insists that Su Nian was working illegally at Rongding Pavilion, the school will definitely be more inclined to agree with her judgment.

But in any case, I will definitely attend this "communication meeting".

Things will work themselves out. At worst, we can just provoke the other party and trigger the system when we get to the scene. As long as we can find something to hold against Olivia, there will always be a way to resolve the situation.

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The next morning, Chen Yuan drove to the main campus of USC. Because the holiday was not over yet, there were not many students on the vast campus.

Those still running around the school at this time were mostly student council officers and club leaders who were keen to accumulate political capital.

Chen Yuan quickly located the Public Affairs Department in the administration building and went straight in.

What came into view was a small, formally furnished conference room. Four student representatives were already sitting upright in front of an oval walnut table.

Olivia was seated to the left of the main seat.

She was still wearing a well-made women's suit, and her long flaxen hair was simply tied into a low ponytail at the back of her head, revealing her slender jawline.

Perhaps due to the cold indoor lighting, her face appeared very pale, and her expression was as cold as ice.

Chen Yuan naturally didn't recognize any of the remaining two men and one woman.

Fortunately, each of them had a nameplate in front of them displaying their full name and position.

The white girl sitting next to Olivia is the administrative secretary, while the boys on either side of her are the campus discipline assistant and the international student program coordinator, respectively.

Chen Yuan also found a nameplate with his name on it at the end of the table. In front of his seat, there was a neat stack of printed documents.

The top few pages prominently featured screenshots of posts from the USC campus community forum, verbatim summaries of Su Nian's videos, and clear photos of her selling fried chicken at the Rongding Pavilion window.

It seems the other side has made quite thorough preparations to convict him.

None of the four people in the room spoke, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Chen Yuan simply pulled out a chair, sat down, found the most comfortable position to lean back in, and then took the initiative:

"Our second meeting was indeed at the school, Director Green."

A casual opening remark instantly broke the serious atmosphere in the meeting room.

Olivia, who was directly opposite, frowned slightly.

She had already reviewed Chen Yuan's campus file in detail beforehand.

Logically speaking, Chen Yuan should be like most Asian students: although he has excellent academic performance, he is introverted and timid and rarely participates in campus political activities.

But Chen Yuan, who was sitting opposite her at this moment, was completely different from the stereotypical description in the file.

Judging from the man's undisguised gaze, he clearly didn't take the four "student bureaucrats" present seriously at all.

Little did she know that Chen Yuan, standing before her, was a major villain who dared to scheme against even gangster bosses and the LAPD.

In Chen Yuan's eyes, these so-called student council elites were just a group of young people who had not yet left campus playing politics.

At this moment, Olivia gave her administrative secretary a wink, who immediately cleared her throat and began in a formulaic manner:

"Mr. Chen, the purpose of our invitation to you here today is to discuss the serious disciplinary issue of your alleged violation of regulations by, as the actual controller of an off-campus restaurant, in which you are suspected of illegally employing international students from the university to perform illegal profit-making work."

Olivia reached into the folder in front of her and, in a bureaucratic, businesslike tone, slowly said:

"Although you argued in the online video that the international students from the same school working in your restaurant were doing social practice during the holidays, the fact is that your restaurant does not have the official CPT practice qualifications recognized by the school, but has been making students participate in high-intensity heavy physical labor under various pretexts for a long time."

"This is essentially a fallacy of misrepresentation, using so-called 'sociological surveys' to circumvent the strict federal immigration laws governing the employment of international students. This behavior not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of students but also seriously undermines the basic boundaries between schools and the surrounding communities."

Olivia's speech was clear, logical, and impeccable.

Instead of getting bogged down in the easily contentious issue of whether Su Nian was an undocumented worker, she directly pointed out from the perspective of "illegal procedures" that Chen Yuan had not signed any agreement with the school.

Following this logic, if Rongdingge lacks the necessary qualifications, then the so-called "social practice" is completely invalid.

Chen Yuan was well aware that Rongding Pavilion lacked the necessary qualifications for cooperation recognized by the school, a fatal flaw that couldn't be ignored. If he tried to refute it solely from a procedural or legal standpoint, the other side had countless school rules that could effectively shut him down.

Fortunately, all he has to do now is provoke the other party.

So he sneered:

"Please stop with your high-sounding rhetoric, Mr. Green. You've never cared about student rights, much less community health."

"All you want is to figure out how to trample an Asian restaurant with no background, a group of poor people who can't even afford to eat, and a powerless international student under your feet, and then write it as the most beautiful political pledge in your graduation resume."

Chen Yuan's voice wasn't loud, but every word was piercing, striking Olivia's ears without missing a single one.

Her cheek twitched slightly. Although her expression remained largely unchanged, her gaze gradually turned cold.

After a long while, Olivia gritted her teeth and retorted coldly:

"I originally thought you would have some grand pronouncements. In the end, when you couldn't answer questions about rules and procedures, you could only try to save face by speculating about other people's motives."

This was accompanied by a disdainful remark.

A red information panel finally appeared in Chen Yuan's field of vision:

[Target: Olivia Green, 22, Director of Policy Affairs for the USC Student Council, and initiator of the "Blue Lung Project" on campus.]

[Recent criminal acts: Last night, in order to prepare hearing materials against Rongding Pavilion overnight, the target not only violated regulations by using the high-end printing equipment within the student council office's limited usage quota, but also privately used public activity funds to order a $200 vegetarian pizza delivery for their team as overtime meals.]

Looking at the words on the panel, Chen Yuan's heart sank.

Surprisingly, Olivia still doesn't have any obvious weaknesses!

What was detected last time was that she had intercepted several charity meals and distributed them to her own team.

This scan revealed a mere $200 misappropriation of funds?

Chen Yuan believed that if he read out the information prompted by the system word for word, it would only elicit sneers from the student bureaucrats in front of him.

$200 is just a day or two's living expenses for these future elites; it's hardly a threat.

His mind raced, and he suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question:

"Mr. Green, I've heard that your 'Blue Lung Project' is a noble independent environmental movement. Then I ask you, is the funding for every protest and every piece of material you organize completely independent? Has it ever used the public education budget paid by all USC students?"

Olivia scoffed dismissively and replied arrogantly:

"Of course not. Every environmental initiative we launch is initiated by volunteers and never takes up any public resources of the school or ordinary students. This is the bottom line of our actions."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan's lips curled into a slight smile.

They finally slipped up!