Ever since he'd seen the Two-Hoop card shop's fantasy card billboard, Chen Mu had lost interest in all the other fantasy card advertisements.
He couldn't quite understand why the scale of some of the shops wasn't any smaller than the card shop he'd just passed. So why was there such a big difference in the fantasy card advertisements?
But Chen Mu had gained a lot that time, at least seeing what a real fantasy card advertisement was.
In his eyes, those fantasy card billboards with the pretense of beautiful women simply couldn't be counted as fantasy card advertisements.
His knowledge had broadened, but reality was cruel.
The current Chen Mu had no way to make something of the level of that fantasy card billboard.
He was still planning to make a fantasy card billboard for Uncle Hua, of course not one of those beautiful women fantasy card billboards.
After strolling around, the mental draft of the billboard for Uncle Hua was more or less complete.
Now all that was left was to make it, which would take about three days to complete.
"Tingyi."
A booming voice came from behind Zuo Tingyi, and he stopped and turned around to see a tall boy in hot pursuit.
It was Zuo Tingyi's good friend, Hong Tao.
"Ha ha, I've finally caught you!" Hong Tao shot forward like an arrow, and suddenly hooked his arm around Zuo Tingyi's neck.
The skinny Zuo Tingyi was suddenly brought forward to stumble.
"Be gentle, and pay attention to your image!" Zuo Tingyi said in a low voice, frowning unhappily.
Hong Tao said with a face full of indifference, "Come on, what image? I say, you're a hypocrite. One word, fake!"
Hong Tao was 1.8 meters tall, with a fit and beautiful body, which tightly held up his school uniform. On top of that, he was handsome, cheerful, and full of sunny smiles, which made him extremely popular in the school.
And his outspoken and chivalrous character made him one of the most important people in the school.
By comparison, Zuo Tingyi's figure looked too frail.
But the tightened school uniform made him look even more elegant, with the unique refined temperament of a card master. Among the girls, he was even more popular than Hong Tao.
"Article 91 of the Eastern Wei Academy regulations: Students should pay attention to their image in public."
"Article 16 of the Eastern Wei Academy regulations: On school days, students must wear the school uniform into the school, and their clothes should be neat and clean, especially the collar, the discipline buttons, and so forth..
Zuo Tingyi stood up straight and smoothed out his school uniform. His face was expressionless as he spoke word by word, while his gaze fell on the open collar of Hong Tao's school uniform.
"Alright, alright, I surrender!" Hong Tao quickly begged for mercy.
Ever since Zuo Tingyi had entered the school's disciplinary office, he had become the first student in the school's history to be able to recite all 722 school rules, no matter how big or small, backwards.
He wasn't afraid that Zuo Tingyi would drag him to the disciplinary office, but he was afraid that he would nag.
"Hey, look, isn't that Xinyi?" Hong Tao quickly changed the topic.
Not far from them was a girl with a pink hairpin.
She was holding an ice cream in one hand and a colorful gossip magazine in the other. Behind her were two dogs, one big and one small.
Zuo Tingyi's expression returned to normal, and he lifted his foot to walk forward. Hong Tao hurried to keep up, and the two of them walked shoulder to shoulder.
Zuo Tingyi nodded, "You're interested in her?"
"Then forget it." Hong Tao quickly shook his head, "I wouldn't dare. Do you know who her brother is?
The chief of the Eastern Shang-Wei City Garrison. Ha ha, last time that kid 'Ah' Gong wanted to hit on her, he ended up being dragged straight to the garrison, and stayed there for five whole hours. I heard that when he came out he didn't even look like a human! "Hong Tao clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Hmph, serves him right." Zuo Tingyi made a nasal sound of disdain. He had always been very disdainful of 'Ah' Gong, that kind of hedonistic playboy.
Zuo Tingyi came from a famous family, and although 'Ah' Gong's father was a rich man, in the eyes of a noble family like Zuo Tingyi, he was no different from a nouveau riche.
But that guy was tactful, and didn't commit a crime in front of Zuo Tingyi's eyes.
"I heard that someone from the Star Academy will be coming to our school soon?" Hong Tao asked tentatively.
Zuo Tingyi looked at him with a little surprise, "You're quite well-informed." Zuo Tingyi was deeply loved by the teachers, and basically knew about all the big things in the school a step earlier.
Moreover, he was in the school's disciplinary office, and was involved in school affairs, so he was a lot more well-informed than the average student.
"Heh heh, that's right."
Hong Tao boasted shamelessly, and then said with a face full of resentment, "You're such a bad guy, and you didn't even tell me about such big news."
Zuo Tingyi explained, "I just found out not long ago.
The school asked us to be strict about school discipline, so that we wouldn't lose face in front of outsiders. "
"How long will it be?
What are they coming to do here? "
"More than a month. I don't know what they're coming for, but they said something like an exchange."
"What level do you think the students from the Star Academy are at?
I'm really looking forward to it! "
Hong Tao's eyes flashed with a blazing light, and he suddenly turned his head, "Tingyi, do you want to go to the Star Academy?"
Zuo Tingyi's footsteps stopped, and he tilted his head to think for a while, before shaking his head and saying, "I don't know, but although the Star Academy has declined a little these past few years, it's still one of the big six academies, and the depth of its foundation is something that ordinary schools can't compare to.
Besides, their coming this time may not necessarily have anything to do with enrollment. "
"Come on, as I see it, it's most likely to have something to do with enrollment.
The Star Academy hasn't had any exchanges with other schools in many years, and if it wasn't because of a source of students, then what would it be? "Hong Tao was a little unconvinced. If it really was as he thought, then his chances were very good.
Zuo Tingyi understood his good friend's strength, and Hong Tao's real strength was much higher than what he usually showed.
"Then why would they choose our school?" Zuo Tingyi got right to the heart of the matter.
Indeed, if it was because of a source of students, then why would the Star Academy choose Eastern Wei Academy?
There were so many academies more powerful than Eastern Wei Academy, and it wouldn't be Eastern Wei Academy's turn.
"Eh …" Hong Tao was a little speechless.
"I don't know if the students coming this time are from the inner courtyard or the outer courtyard." Zuo Tingyi said leisurely.
"It'd be best if they were from the inner courtyard, since the outer courtyard is boring." Hong Tao put aside the question he had just asked, and picked up where Zuo Tingyi left off.
Zuo Tingyi gave Hong Tao a look of disdain, "I'm afraid that the outer courtyard students of the Star Academy aren't people that some of the so-called aces from our school can handle." He enunciated the words "so-called aces" very clearly.
Hong Tao gave a hollow laugh, "Tingyi, you're boosting the morale of others and diminishing your own."