"That’s not necessary."
"Just give me the keys..."
Lin Feng shook his head and took the keys.
After Lin Feng left,
the saleswomen in the sales center’s office immediately started to gossip.
"This homeowner is so young."
"Much better looking than those pot-bellied middle-aged guys from before."
"Oh, come on. That kid is handsome. He’d stand out even among people his own age."
Another gossipy girl leaned in. "Isn’t he obviously just a second-generation rich kid?"
"It’s all his family’s money, isn’t it?"
Hearing this, the others fell silent for a moment before nodding one by one.
After all, in today’s society, social classes had become quite rigid.
It was almost impossible for someone so young to start from scratch and make it big.
They almost always had some family backing.
So their speculation wasn’t unreasonable.
Just as their gossipy spirits were starting to die down,
a young, round-faced man wearing glasses suddenly let out a short shriek.
His cry drew everyone’s attention.
"Xiaofeng, what are you doing, making such a fuss? You scared me!"
A slightly older female manager next to him said.
The young man named Xiaofeng was holding a magazine, a look of pure astonishment on his face.
"I know who that kid who came to pick up the keys is!"
This one sentence immediately recaptured the attention of the gossip-hungry women.
"Quick, tell us! Which rich family is he from...?"
"As far as I know, there’s no one named Lin Feng among the famous second-generation rich kids here in Yang City,"
said a woman in the office who was known for being a gold-digger.
Xiaofeng slapped the magazine in his hand down on the table in front of the gossiping women.
"Look! Isn’t the person on the cover identical to the kid who was just here?"
Everyone looked closely. It was the Yang City University school journal.
And the person featured on the cover was indeed in a photo Lin Feng had casually chosen.
"He actually made it into the Yang City University journal!"
"Let me see what kind of person he is!"
One of the women immediately flipped the magazine to the page with Lin Feng’s interview.
After reading it, she looked at the others, her face filled with shock.
"Oh my god, I can’t believe that in this day and age, there’s actually a young man who started from nothing!"
By now, the magazine was being passed around among the others.
Since the magazine was mostly filled with information about the stock market, most of them couldn’t understand it.
They mainly focused on the section about Lin Feng’s background.
So when they read that Lin Feng had made his own way in the stock market and achieved great success,
every single one of them was amazed.
A guy nearby said sourly, "Even if he started from scratch in the stock market, his startup capital probably still came from his family."
The moment he said that, the others glared at him. "Is it that hard to admit someone else is outstanding?"
"Besides, he managed to make a killing in the stock market with less than 100,000 in startup capital."
"Was that because of his family, too?"
It was safe to say that after reading the interview and having just met Lin Feng in person,
most of the women in the office had been won over by Lin Feng’s personal charisma.
Especially since the magazine mentioned that Lin Feng was now a tycoon worth over a hundred million.
This sent the women’s imaginations running wild...
The influence of the Yang City University journal was far greater than Lin Feng had imagined.
The fact that a freshman student was featured in this issue caused a huge sensation across the entire campus.
Previously, the notable figures featured in the Yang City University journal were mostly alumni who had graduated many years ago.
Although there had been some students who had amassed a small fortune while still in school,
most of them hadn’t made a name for themselves as freshmen like Lin Feng had.
When they were freshmen, they were probably still agonizing over their future entrepreneurial paths.
But Lin Feng was already worth over a hundred million.
So now, Lin Feng was getting the celebrity treatment.
Almost everywhere he went, he could see the light of admiration in other students’ eyes.
Every time a class ended, he would see students with adoring eyes
crowding around, wanting to talk to him.
The underclassmen were probably motivated by pure admiration.
But the intentions of those nearing graduation were not so simple.
Lin Feng had even received a number of resumes recently,
all from upperclassmen who were older than him.
They wanted to join Lin Feng’s company and show what they could do.
After all, the alumni who had already graduated were hard to track down.
But Lin Feng’s class schedule, by now, was common knowledge.
Even Lin Feng’s roommates, Yang Qiniang and Cao Ming, were not spared.
...
「Back at the dorm.」
Cao Ming pulled a dozen or so resumes from his backpack
and dropped them on Lin Feng’s desk.
"If this keeps up, I’m going to feel like a secretary hired just to collect resumes."
"How about it, Brother Feng? You gonna put me on the payroll?"
"Actually, the job’s pretty easy. All I’d have to do is stand there with a sign that says ’Lin Feng’s Roommate’!"
Just as Cao Ming was complaining to Lin Feng, Jiang Chao walked in.
With a practiced motion identical to Cao Ming’s, he also pulled a dozen or so resumes from his backpack.
"I’ve never gotten this much attention in my life. I went to the supermarket and got mobbed!"
Jiang Chao and Cao Ming quickly stood together, presenting a united front as they looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng shrugged helplessly.
He had counted on the journal’s influence, hoping to build a reserve of future talent for his company from the Yang City University student body.
But now, the students’ enthusiasm was starting to disrupt his and his roommates’ normal lives.
"Just put up with this for another couple of days. I’ll take care of it."
Lin Feng patted his two buddies on the shoulder.
In reality, collecting the resumes was just a small favor for Cao Ming and Jiang Chao.
They were just using the situation to remind Lin Feng that he couldn’t let things continue like this.
Recently, because of Lin Feng,
there were often people looking for a shortcut blocking the entrance to the dorm and the classrooms.
Jiang Chao and Cao Ming had already heard complaints from other people.
After all, everyone’s daily lives were being disrupted.
If this went on, the positive impact from Lin Feng’s feature in the journal would likely be overshadowed by the negative consequences.
The three of them were in the middle of talking
when they saw Yang Qiniang push the door open, panting for breath.
He pulled out an oversized plastic bag and dropped it on Lin Feng’s desk.
"If this keeps up, I’m going to have to ask the university to let my dad’s bodyguards come protect me!"
Cao Ming and Jiang Chao had only received a dozen or so resumes each.
But because Yang Qiniang was often seen with Lin Feng,
most people had a stronger impression of him.
That was why Jiang Chao and the others only had a handful of resumes.
But Yang Qiniang was holding over a hundred of them.
Mindful of how it would reflect on Lin Feng,
Yang Qiniang had no choice but to accept all the resumes from the crowd.
Seeing Yang Qiniang’s miserable state, Jiang Chao and Cao Ming instantly felt much better about their own situations.

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