Chapter 247: Planning

Nie Yan went through the exam smoothly without much difficulty. After about an hour and a half, he completed roughly half the questions. Looking up, he noticed everyone else was still deeply immersed in thought. Checking his score, Nie Yan found he had already accumulated over 700 points. This was sufficient; to keep scoring further would make him seem like an absolute prodigy, so he decided to stop.

After two hours, the exam ended. Scores appeared on the screen. First was Xie Yao with 763 points, second was Nie Yan with 731 points, and third was someone with around 590 points. Many others had scores that were quite disheartening; scores in the 300s and 400s were common.

In fact, scores in the 300s and 400s were not bad at all. The computer would evaluate each person’s correct and incorrect answers. A low score didn’t mean incompetence. Everyone had their own strengths, and the computer would give a fair assessment.

Seeing the scores, Zhai Hao glanced at Nie Yan in the distance and couldn’t help but exclaim in frustration, “Damn, he’s a monster!” Nie Yan was so formidable in hand-to-hand combat, and his academic performance was equally impressive. It was no surprise he’d been specially recruited by the top military academy.

Xie Yao, nearby, looked at Nie Yan in surprise. She hadn’t expected his academic performance to be this good either.

On the podium, Yang Boyi saw Nie Yan’s score and smiled in satisfaction. Previously, in his office, he had heard that the new student Nie Yan had defeated Liu Rui, which surprised him greatly. Nie Yan had transferred from Ningjiang and supposedly required some financial maneuvering to get in. Yang had assumed Nie Yan was just an underperforming student. He hadn’t expected Nie Yan to be so skilled, clearly a promising student worth cultivating. If Nie Yan could do well academically, he would definitely be admitted to the top military academy. He was even more surprised to find that Nie Yan’s academic performance rivaled Xie Yao, the top academic performer in the class. He estimated that Liu Rui would be doing well to achieve over 600 points on this test.

“I didn’t expect you to be this good,” Xie Yao looked at her new desk mate with some surprise.

“It’s okay,” Nie Yan was modest. He understood that he had the advantage of a second chance at life, so he felt somewhat guilty.

Nie Yan’s attitude was seen by Xie Yao and others as humility and composure.

Comparing Liu Rui with Nie Yan, the difference was immediately apparent. Liu Rui would want the whole world to know if anything happened to him.

Xie Yao thought of Nie Yan, who always remained calm in any situation, only becoming decisive and assertive when their guild was challenged. Her thoughts drifted, and the two figures completely merged in her mind.

Could they really be the same person? Xie Yao’s heart was in turmoil.

Yang Boyi looked at Nie Yan and found him increasingly agreeable. From his observations, Nie Yan was much more composed than Liu Rui, whose flamboyant personality wasn’t particularly endearing.

He really made a good decision this time; his year-end bonus was secured. Yang couldn’t help but think that deciding to accept Nie Yan had been a wise choice.

“Alright, that’s it for today. You’re free to do as you like. Tomorrow we’ll start classes officially. The first class is freestyle combat, so prepare yourselves,” Yang Boyi announced, wrapping up various class affairs.

Yang Boyi called Nie Yan over for a few words, mostly encouraging him to integrate into the class more quickly.

This teacher was quite good. During a class reunion in his previous life, classmates often spoke of him with respect.

When Nie Yan returned to the classroom, Xie Yao had already left. Nie Yan hurried after her and caught up with her at the school gate. She was chatting with five or six girls, and Nie Yan unhesitatingly inserted himself into the conversation, chatting with the group.

“I’ll give you a ride, Xie Yao,” Nie Yan asked for her opinion.

“Nie Yan, are you interested in Xie Yao? You’re being so considerate. You’ll have to work harder though. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people pursuing Xie Yao at our school. Your current performance isn’t enough,” Xia Ling teased Nie Yan with a smile.

The other girls also began to critique Nie Yan.

“You’re not handsome enough. Look at what you’re wearing; you should at least wear something like a Kalner suit. Otherwise, you’re just not good enough to chase our class goddess.”

“Good grades are great, but the most important thing for a man is to be gentle!”

The girls spoke freely, but it was all in good humor. They had to admit that Nie Yan was very attractive in many ways, with his calm demeanor and formidable skills. His kick that sent Liu Rui flying was still vivid in their minds.

Nie Yan laughed it off. These girls were uninhibited with their words, so he didn’t need to hold back either. There was nothing wrong with openly expressing his interest in pursuing Xie Yao.

“My car is here. I need to go back now.” Xie Yao was eager to escape this awkward situation.

Xie Yao said goodbye to everyone, exchanged a glance with Nie Yan, quickly averted her gaze, and got into the car.

The car drove away.

As her figure vanished, Nie Yan felt a sense of loss in his heart.

“Xie Yao is gone. Feeling down? If you ask me out now, big sister might consider it,” a relatively pretty girl beside him teased Nie Yan.

“Hey, you’re being so unfair. As soon as Xie Yao leaves, you’re trying to steal her thunder,” Xia Ling joked, giving her a playful push.

“This is called striking first to gain the advantage, and hesitating means losing out,” the girl shot back without hesitation.

These girls were too fierce; it was time to make a quick escape! Nie Yan looked into the distance and said, “My car is here too. I need to go.”

Seeing his car arrive, Nie Yan quickly got in.

As Nie Yan’s private car drove away, the girls exchanged astonished glances.

“Despite his plain clothes, he’s actually rich. He has a personal driver and drives a Reifon 7 Series car. That car must be worth at least two or three million.”

“A rich person wearing simple clothes is just being low-key…”

The girls chatted animatedly. Nie Yan’s formidable martial arts skills, excellent academic performance, and good family background quickly elevated his status in the eyes of the female students, surpassing Liu Rui.

After getting into the car, Nie Yan wiped the sweat from his brow. These women were too fierce. Going to school today was quite fruitful; he had beaten up Liu Rui, keeping him away from school for some time, and had also left a good impression on Xie Yao.

He checked the time; it was still early. He first had lunch, then visited his parents’ company. The company was already running smoothly, developing at an astonishing speed. Just like in his previous life, his father made a large sum of money by trading metals, quickly purchasing a building, hiring talent, and rapidly getting the company up and running.

This metal trading business, although risky, offered extremely high profits. With some investment, raw materials were purchased from abroad, transported to factories for slight refining, and then sold to several military industrial enterprises, yielding profits of eight to nine times the investment. With today’s developed transportation, a round trip from the border to here took only two or three days. The speed of making money was even faster than a printing press.

Moreover, this business was unique; there were no competitors.

In his previous life, his parents’ company had developed at this frantic pace. With more money, the company couldn’t continue to expand, so like many companies, it began to expand into other fields. Nie Yan’s father then thought of the currently most popular virtual online game, Faith, and a proposal was submitted to Nie Yan’s father’s desk by his cousin, A Chen.

He couldn’t persuade his father to stop, so he could only keep an eye on the company’s progress in Faith. In the future, a massive influx of funds would flow into Faith, and discussions about the War God Tribe proposal had already begun.

Due to the fierce competition for Carol City, the War God Tribe’s initial development location would be chosen in Nisod City, the second-largest city in Griland, and had not yet made contact with the Bull Man Tribe. The guild’s name remained the War God Tribe. He wondered how it would develop in this life, but with the injection of substantial funds, it probably wouldn’t be too bad.

Nie Yan would, at the appropriate time, hand over everything he had built in the game to his parents. When the Bull Man Tribe and the War God Tribe could support each other in the future, it would be the time to defeat Cao Xu’s forces!

Another thing that reassured Nie Yan was that, due to his persistence, his uncle, aunt, and their group had not entered the company. Although they had come several times to cry and plead, they were firmly rejected by his father. What was the reason Nie Yan’s parents were now working hard to earn money? Both Nie Yan’s father and mother had a firm belief: to provide Nie Yan with superior conditions, especially since Nie Yan was now doing so well, which filled them with parental pride.

Even if Nie Yan’s uncle, aunt, and their group were not good people, Nie Yan’s parents would still forgive them out of family ties. But their ill-treatment of Nie Yan was unforgivable. Nie Yan was their own nephew; how could they treat him like that and still claim any familial affection!

Therefore, no matter how much they pleaded, Nie Yan’s parents did not allow them into the company.

Nie Yan thus breathed a sigh of relief. These hidden dangers had been removed. External threats were not scary; the real danger was internal! If these people had entered his parents’ company, they would have been a group of parasites!

After visiting his parents’ company, Nie Yan felt much more relaxed. Moreover, he received news midway that the central auction house and the mercenary auction house in Carol City had already been purchased by him. Although the prices of 1700 and 1600 gold coins were somewhat cheaper than in his previous life, they were still very high. Due to Nie Yan’s aggressive bidding, some big players withdrew, as they believed other virtual assets also had considerable appreciation potential, not inferior to the central auction house and the mercenary auction house in Carol City.

However, from Nie Yan’s perspective, having lived two lives, it was completely different. The central auction house and the mercenary auction house in Carol City were absolutely the two most profitable virtual assets!

Checking his account balance, he still had more than 2600 gold coins left, enough to compete for another location! He decided to first see which place would be more worthwhile to buy.

After returning home and having dinner, it was almost time to log on again. He wondered how the system upgrade would turn out.