Chapter 286: Why Are There So Many Smart People
“Peters?” Owen was taken aback when he saw the flirtatious man walking down the stairs, surrounded by women, and then called out his name.
Owen wasn’t surprised that Peters would appear here. Count Piersa’s territory was close to the Academy City’s sphere of influence. Although they didn’t have to pay taxes to the Academy City, they still paid a large sum of sponsorship fees every year, so it wasn’t difficult for them to send their sons to study.
However, Owen knew very well that Peters was probably not here to study, but to scheme against him.
The Legend that appeared that day couldn’t be hidden from Peters. The traces left by the battle between the two Legends were as obvious as lice on a bald head. Even if the traces were cleaned up, the aura burst and collision of Legend-level had already been revealed, so Peters knew very well that Owen had a Legend under his command.
A slightly mysterious Northland Count and a Northland Count with a Legend under his command were two different matters. The latter was already worth spending his connections to re-enter the Academy City to deepen his friendship with Owen. Moreover, the students of the Academy City were also treasures waiting to be excavated. No matter how he calculated it, he wouldn’t lose.
Owen wasn’t afraid of Peters’ schemes. Besides, Peters, who had just graduated from the Academy City less than two years ago, was very suitable to be a breakthrough point. Perhaps his Hydra plan could be implemented in advance.
Apart from Peters, the other roommate was called Coles. He was tall and thin and looked a little shy, but there was a lingering Yin Qi around him and a strange smell. He also didn’t choose to stay upstairs but lived on the first floor opposite Owen. It seemed that he also had secrets.
Peters happily called for delicious food and girls to celebrate.
They were all nobles. Even Coles, who was a bit shy and didn’t seem good at communication, was equally open to women. Obviously, he was also a man of pleasure.
After a night of in-depth communication, although the three of them were not like-minded, their relationship still took a step further. At least they could talk and laugh when they met. They were only a few meals away from becoming friends.
Peters, who knew how to play, wasn’t in a hurry to deepen his relationship with Owen. In his opinion, getting along with men was like picking up women. You couldn’t be too far away or too close, too dry or too clingy. Appropriate distance and proper frequency of communication were the keys to success.
However, the first benefit of Peters’ arrival was that Owen learned about the price list of the Academy City, the price based on appearance and ability.
Appearance wasn’t really a big deal for noble students who were used to seeing beautiful women. At most, it was a spice in their boring lives. Few people would be enraged or even fight for a woman. Even if there were, it was just an excuse.
The focus of the noble students’ competition was actually the capable commoner students. They acted as lords with discerning eyes or angel investors to increase their power and connections. It wasn’t that there were no noble students who bullied commoner students just to show their nobility, but there weren’t as many as imagined. They were considered fools who wasted resources by other noble students.
Of course, because of the existence of these fools, it was easier for the smart noble students to win people’s hearts. All they had to pay was a little humility and kindness.
In addition, Owen’s previous idea wasn’t unique. To improve the efficiency of searching for talents, the clubs he envisioned were not uncommon in the Academy City.
“Sometimes I really hate why there are so many smart people.” After learning about these situations, Owen gritted his teeth and said, feeling frustrated.
It could be said that the Academy City had everything he had envisioned, and even more perfect. Various benefits and slogans were shouted loudly, even he was moved and wanted to join a certain club to add luster. Unfortunately, the club only accepted female students, which completely wasted the countless modern classic underwear styles in his mind.
Although he failed to join and was full of frustration, Owen never gave up on establishing Hydra. He just needed to wait for an opportunity. He had even found his first target, the senior female student with plump lips that never seemed to get dirty no matter how much he rubbed them.
Academy City students had to take exams when they reached the age of eighteen and twenty. However, those who graduated and left weren’t those who had completed their studies, but those whose potential had reached its limit or who couldn’t continue studying. Those who could stay in the Academy City for further studies after the age of twenty were the real geniuses, and they might be able to stay in the Academy City as teaching assistants or even become teachers.
The senior female student was nineteen years old. Because of her beauty and her not-so-outstanding talent, she could only continuously consolidate and expand her basic subjects and occasionally buy advanced courses with the money she saved. However, this efficiency was too slow for her to stay in the Academy City after the age of twenty.
Fortunately, the senior female student met Owen. After spending a lot of time talking, her lips were almost chapped, but she managed to persuade him and obtained a generous sponsorship, which increased her chances of staying in the academy for further studies to more than fifty percent.
Although he paid a sum of money, Owen definitely didn’t lose. If the senior female student successfully stayed in the academy, he would definitely increase the sponsorship to help her reach a higher level and become a full-time teacher as soon as possible.
Let’s be clear, he definitely didn’t watch too many Tokyo Hot videos and wanted to experience the plot changes between teachers and students. He simply wanted to make Hydra great again.
When it was almost time for school to start, the last roommate finally moved in. Unexpectedly, it was a commoner student.
Peters’ eyes lit up because this kind of situation wasn’t unheard of. It was a special student who was rewarded by the Academy City because he was too talented.
Such students were inconspicuous when they first joined the Academy City, but as they studied, their deep potential would quickly be converted into strength, and they would stand out.
The purpose of the Academy City was to cultivate geniuses, not to divide classes. Noble students enjoyed special treatment because they paid.
If commoner students had no money, no power, and still wanted to eat well, sleep well, and live well, then they had to fight hard to show their value and obtain sponsorship from noble students and rewards from the Academy City.
Especially the latter, which meant that the genius was so talented that the Academy City wouldn’t ignore them.
The status of such a super genius was already above that of ordinary noble students. Even if they had received sponsorship from some noble students before, they had the confidence to refuse, at most owing them a favor.
If the noble students made a fuss about it, the Academy City would intervene, and other noble students would at most watch from the sidelines, but wouldn’t unite to protest.
They knew this in their hearts. Ordinary geniuses were the benefits of them spending money to study. True super geniuses who could become the foundation of a force wouldn’t be easily given up.
It wasn’t that the Academy City was monopolizing the geniuses and wouldn’t allow them to be recruited, but that they wouldn’t allow them to be subdued by force before they grew up. They had to sincerely offer real money.
As a result, the super geniuses who grew up under the protection of the Academy City were often full of gratitude to the Academy City. Even if they left, they would try their best to maintain the reputation of the Academy City and recommend outstanding students to expand its influence.
After thousands of years, no one, not even the most learned scholar, could say how many geniuses the Academy City had cultivated. Most of them had become the foundation of the Academy City, and it was also the confidence that allowed the Academy City to remain independent and not have to look at anyone’s face.
