Chapter 27: The Founding of the Crimson Heart Society

You are happy to engage in conversation with the principal, who has been quite supportive of you. However, regarding the stock market, you only tell him that you have access to specialized information and offer to notify him next time if he wishes to make money. The principal cannot help but laugh at your response. As the head of a university, he commands vast resources; if he truly wanted to make money, he could earn more in a single day than your entire accumulated capital. Furthermore, as an educator, how could he possibly join a student in such frivolity? You say nothing to his refusal. The stocks like Mingxiu Group and the Dragon Spirit Research Institute that are set to multiply in value several times over are minor matters compared to the true "Pure Gold" event. You simply hope that, when that time comes, the principal will not regret his decision.

You are not as accommodating with the financial institutions. Of course, you accept the gifts; as the saying goes, when faced with the sugar-coated shells fired by your enemies, you take the sugar and fire the shells back. Thanks to the intermediate God-given crystals you received as gifts, your level increases to 13. In the end, no financial institution is willing to let you manage their funds, as a 90/10 profit split is simply too low for them. They provide the capital, and you only exert minimal effort at critical moments—why should you take 90 percent of the profits? Even though they know that without you, they would not earn even one percent, what does that matter to them? Their primary business is lending; with annual interest rates as high as 50 or even 100 percent, even with a significant portion becoming bad debt, they still make a fortune. They would rather pass up these profits than break the market rules for the sake of one person.

The reaction of these financial institutions is well within your expectations. In truth, you could have followed their demands, taking one part while they took nine. With the supply of such massive wealth, even a tenth would have yielded you a bountiful harvest. But you refuse to do so. You have not forgotten how these financial institutions hired mercenary squads to hunt you down in the last simulation. How could you let them eat the meat while you only drink the broth? If you can't make this money, you would rather leave it on the table than let these bastards benefit.

During the time you are actively trading stocks, the Red Heart Squad is also developing in tandem. After entering the Yuncheng Second University, Wang Meng is fortunately assigned under the mentor Wang Guang. Wang Guang’s targeted retaliation makes life difficult for Wang Meng, but you console him, telling him to ignore Wang Guang and just go about his business, waiting for the future. Out of trust in you, Wang Meng ignores Wang Guang’s demands, remaining indifferent even when insulted in public and receiving major demerits.

After familiarizing herself with the university's regulations, Lin Xue applies for the establishment of a student organization called the "Red Heart Society," based on the scale of the Red Heart Squad. She is aware of your plan to create a large-scale squad, and even a nascent combat legion. Lin Xue knows she cannot help you with money or financial investment, nor is she qualified to, but she wants to do her best to recruit for you and ease your burdens.

As a second-tier university, Yuncheng Second University has many talented professionals, including a group of impoverished students who have climbed their way up through the investments of others. These professionals are burdened by the expectations of their investors, trapped by endless loans and contracts. As the president of the Red Heart Society, Lin Xue targets these specific individuals. Most importantly, unlike other student organizations, the Red Heart Society requires no high membership fees, and there are no participation costs for the large-scale dungeon activities organized by the school. For a time, these impoverished professionals with silver-tier talents flock to join the Red Heart Society. Some even possess golden-tier talent.

For these prodigies, Lin Xue adopts the same "brainwashing" tactics you use. She secures office space for the Red Heart Society at the university, hires contractors to renovate it, and decorates it in the style of the Red Heart Squad's gathering place. Afterward, she organizes campfire parties every few days. Members don't have to pay to attend, and the parties feature "Clear Spirit Wine" mixed with psionic potions and delicious food that tempers the body. For students from wealthy families, this is nothing, but for those from poor or even middle-class backgrounds, the attraction is irresistible. Lin Xue knows her public speaking skills aren't as good as yours, so she decides to play to her strengths and turns the activity over to the rank and file.

She initiates an evening activity where, after everyone is well-fed, she brings up interesting or relevant topics and lets the members give speeches. All members are welcome to participate. Whoever gives the best speech, or earns the consensus of the judges, receives rewards including supernatural resources like primary God-given crystals. The judges are all members of the Red Heart Squad, and having been influenced by your rhetoric, their criteria naturally lean toward those who speak up for the underprivileged.

Consequently, more students at Yuncheng Second University want to join. However, the Red Heart Society has one rule: once you join, you cannot be part of any other student organization. Just like that, a large number of students begin quitting their old organizations to join the Red Heart Society, enjoying the food while participating in speeches to win supernatural resources. When these activities are in full swing, the presidents of over a dozen other student organizations complain to the school leadership, claiming the Red Heart Society is engaging in unfair competition.

The school leaders, after a brief inquiry, are completely indifferent. To them, this is just a minor squabble among students—children playing house, why should they care? The most important point is that Lin Xue, a freshman, can casually pull out so many supernatural resources as rewards—isn't this just a rich young lady out experiencing life? Why would they provoke such a person for no reason? If the others are unhappy, they should bring out their own money to reward performances. The school has no objections to this; in fact, they encourage healthy competition among student groups.

Of course, there is one minor reason: Lin Xue’s background. As for her outward identity? Fake news. Once you reach a certain level of society, all visible information is bound to be fabricated. Otherwise, how could a girl from an ordinary background, who only became a professional through "gratitude loans," take such valuable supernatural resources and give them away to others instead of using them herself? Most importantly, she does it just to hold something as trivial as a speech competition.