Copper gritted his teeth. "Blockhead, I know what you're thinking.
You really can do it!
Believe me, when have I ever lied to you?
That 50,000 Oudi will be our initial capital, and I intend to invest it all.
Blockhead, what are you hesitating for? Let's do it together! "
Thunder's eyes were filled with fanaticism.
The two of them looked at each other for a long time. After some hesitation, Chen Mu nodded. "OK, I'll try."
"Yeah!" Like a child, Lei Zi suddenly jumped up.
Looking at the jubilant Copper, Chen Mu showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.
Therefore, the two of them immediately began to plan.
As far as a card play was concerned, 50,000 Oudi wasn't a lot. Chen Mu also threw in his savings and finally collected 100,000 Oudi.
But as far as a card play was concerned, it was still too little, so the two of them decided to make a short card play first.
It was up to Copper to brainstorm the script, while Chen Mu only had one requirement, which was to let him understand what the card play was really like.
It just so happened that Copper knew that Eastern Wei Academy was going to have a card play lecture the next day, and the two of them decided to go take a look.
Early the next morning, Copper arrived at Chen Mu's residence with two dark circles under his eyes.
He had been so excited the night before that he couldn't sleep. When he saw Chen Mu, he was yawning and listless.
"Why are there so many people?" Chen Mu was a little baffled.
At Eastern Wei Academy, the number of people having fun was many times greater than usual, and there were people everywhere.
"It's all because the Star Academy is coming. These people have nothing better to do after eating their fill, so they've come to join in the fun," Copper said as he yawned.
Chen Mu was startled. "Star Academy is coming to Eastern Wei Academy?"
"No way, you don't even know about such big news?" Copper looked at Chen Mu as though he were looking at an alien, "Hey, you really are a blockhead!"
Chen Mu was still digesting the news that the Star Academy was coming to Eastern Wei Academy.
In the eyes of Chen Mu and Copper, Eastern Wei Academy was a sacred place.
But if Eastern Wei Academy and Star Academy were placed together, no one would notice its existence.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the Six Great Academies were like myths and legends.
Three years ago, a boy from Eastern Shang-Wei City had been selected to enter the Central Repository of the Classics, which was also one of the Six Great Academies. That had caused a sensation in all of Eastern Shang-Wei City.
The boy was even personally received by the mayor.
The Six Great Academies had a very strict selection system. Their main targets of recruitment were the residents of the five flourishing districts and the capital.
As for the residents of the 22 common residential districts, the recruitment requirements were much stricter.
If a young man from the Common Residential District could enter one of the six great academies to further his studies, it was enough to show that he was extremely talented.
The Six Great Academies had always been high and mighty, and had always discriminated against the policies of the ordinary residential districts. Now that they had taken the initiative to come to Eastern Wei Academy, how could he not feel a little strange?
It looked like Eastern Wei Academy was entering a period of rapid development, Chen Mu thought to himself.
Eastern Wei Academy could get a lot of benefits by taking advantage of that momentum. Its reputation would be greatly enhanced, and there would be countless other benefits in every way.
After the initial shock, Chen Mu recovered his composure.
This news was indeed shocking, but it had little to do with him.
He wasn't a student of Eastern Wei Academy, and he wouldn't get anything out of it. His life wouldn't be affected in any way.
In the sea of people, Chen Mu and Copper were forcing a bloody path through.
Chen Mu was fine, since his previous training had made his body a lot stronger, so he didn't have to use much strength.
Copper looked a lot worse for wear, panting, his clothes wrinkled from being squeezed, and there were layers upon layers of shoe prints on his shoes.
Copper couldn't straighten his clothes, and stretched his neck to look around.
"Here, here!" Not far away, someone was waving his arms.
Copper was overjoyed, and hurried to squeeze in that direction with Chen Mu.
"Oh, my God, your school is getting rich now, and I almost couldn't squeeze in." Copper complained.
In front of Chen Mu was a student wearing a school uniform, but he looked shifty-eyed and short, and really didn't look like a good person.
"Ha ha, of course. I've heard that this year's financial revenues have shot up, and the school is even considering whether or not to waive next year's tuition." His words were full of pride.
"All right, all right, don't brag in front of us."
Copper looked to be very familiar with him, and introduced Chen Mu casually, "This is my brother Chen Mu."
He then turned to Chen Mu, "He's my friend, called Lao Shu, but everyone calls him Rat, the local snake here."
Looking around curiously at the people sitting around him, it was Chen Mu's first time entering an Eastern Wei Academy classroom, and most of them were students.
Still, Chen Mu found a few people who were like him, fishing in troubled waters.
The students were casually discussing which recent card plays were worth watching, and the atmosphere in the classroom was very relaxed.
A female student stood on the podium, and the crowd immediately quieted down.
"Be quiet, everyone. Today we are playing the recently acclaimed 'Summer Day Talk.'
Once this card play hit the market, it received a lot of attention. It has an outstanding story, and the portrayals of the characters are quite on point. You could say that this is the card play that deserves the most attention these days. "
Chen Mu suddenly realized that Copper was showing a pained expression on his face, and that his hands were trembling slightly on the chair.
Startled, Chen Mu suddenly understood, and asked in a soft voice, "Is that your play?"
"Mmmm." Copper bit his lip, looking a little scary.
Sighing to himself, Chen Mu didn't say anything more, but focused his attention on the card play that was about to be played.
It was his first time watching a card play, and he couldn't help but feel a great novelty.
Apparatuses could also be used to play card plays, but there were already instruments on the market that were specifically used to play card plays.
That was what was playing the card play in the classroom, and the illusions it emitted were even clearer, and it had a special sound card slot, so the sound effects were outstanding.
After half an hour, the card play finally finished playing.
"That's the card play?" Chen Mu asked Copper in disbelief.
Copper had already returned to normal, and he knew what Chen Mu was thinking, and gave a light laugh, "Yeah, now you have some confidence."
The card play was actually like that!
Chen Mu didn't know what he should say.
As far as he could see, whether it was the objects or the people, they weren't realistic, and must have been exaggerated and simplified.
As far as difficulty was concerned, the card play's difficulty was far below that of the fiery dragon fantasy card that Chen Mu had made, not to mention that fantasy card billboard at the Two-Hoop card shop.
Although he didn't know whether the card play's production level was good or bad, Chen Mu felt that the most brilliant part of it was still the card play's story.
It had to be said that there was no need to doubt Copper's talent in that regard.
Even such a cold and wooden person as Chen Mu was fascinated by it.
Chen Mu felt that if he made it more realistic, the results would certainly be better.
Without thinking about it, he was afraid that the cost would be an astronomical figure!
Only then did he realize that it was no wonder the card plays used such simplified and exaggerated illusions.
He didn't know that was only one of the reasons.
And to make the card play exactly like a real person, not only would the cost rise a lot, but the difficulty would also be a lot higher.
There were very few card masters whose skills could reach that level.
Following that, a few more classic card plays were played.