Chapter 497

For Zhang Yu, a student of Civil Engineering, a few months ago, True Lord Lianshu had no impression of him at all.

Even if Zhang Yu had obtained a Military Certificate in his junior year, to him it might have only made the name sound vaguely familiar.

After all, for a student, obtaining a Military Certificate is incredibly difficult, remarkable, and rare — in a class of many students, there might not be a single one who succeeds in ten years.

But to True Lord Lianshu, although obtaining a Military Certificate is difficult, when looking at the entire grade or the whole school, the number of people with Military Certificates is actually quite large.

For instance, in his friend list's student group, nearly half hold Military Certificates.

What truly drew True Lord Lianshu's attention to Zhang Yu was the experiment with the Divine Transformation Dharma Skeleton.

After all, anything that can involve Divine Transformation, no matter how small, is a major affair.

Moreover, this time it involves the core technology of Divine Lord Qiongjiang.

And within the project teams of True Lord Ciji and True Lord Tianzhang, aside from Zhang Yu… there were no other experimental subjects who succeeded.

Even recently, though the school and the project teams have increased investment and recruited more students for testing, there has never been a truly successful case.

And it's not just with True Lord Ciji's Divine Transformation Dharma Skeleton; as far as True Lord Lianshu knows… the Divine Transformation Dharma Skeleton hidden within the Finance Department has also failed to find a successful experimental subject.

Thus, after Jiutian Liu failed to lease Zhang Yu, absorbing Zhang Yu into the Finance Department gradually became a new option.

If this option had originally been just a backup plan, then when Zhang Yu won the cross-school championship in the Civil Engineering competition, True Lord Lianshu decided to put the plan into action.

After all, even without considering the Divine Transformation Dharma Skeleton matter, given the abilities Zhang Yu has demonstrated, investing in him would definitely not be a loss.

So at this very moment, True Lord Lianshu descended his projection, intending to personally recruit Zhang Yu.

In his view, with the prestige of his Finance Department personally courting him, it would be a sure success.

As for the face of the Civil Engineering Department? Director Gao's face? In True Lord Lianshu's eyes, when did they ever have any face?

At the same time, hearing True Lord Lianshu's wholehearted recruitment of Zhang Yu, the scene instantly exploded into uproar.

Especially the many students present, though they said nothing outwardly, the information exchanged among them in the spirit realm surged abruptly.

Someone in the class group posted on-site photos.

"True Lord Lianshu from the Finance Department has come to snatch Zhang Yu!"

"And right when Director Gao was about to offer Zhang Yu a guaranteed postgraduate spot."

Ying Xin: It seems Senior Brother is about to move up to the Finance Department.

Li Xiao: From now on, can we all ask Senior Brother to apply for loans?

Ji Yuanshu, who was working overtime at the construction site, paused slightly, staring at the group message for a long time without moving.

In the cross-school competition group.

Shi Huaiyu: A talent war!

Xiao Yunji: It's not just Director Gao trying to snatch Zhang Yu; the Artifact Refining Department and the Finance Department all want him too.

Su Yanyang: If it were me, I'd definitely choose the Finance Department—they have the most money, and they even cover the penalty fees.

In the intra-department competition group.

Gongshu Jin: Since you didn't come to the banquet, you missed a huge drama.

Gongshu Jin: When Director Gao announced Zhang Yu's guaranteed postgraduate status, True Lord Lianshu from the Finance Department descended.

Gongshu Jin: He directly tried to recruit Zhang Yu into the Finance Department!

Yu Xinghan: Zhang Yu, are you going to become a Finance Lord?

Shi Yunxiang: Ascended.

In the Artifact Refining Department group, Feng Tingting sent a message: At the Civil Engineering celebration banquet, a big shot from the Finance Department descended from the sky and snatched a disciple on the spot! Slapped the entire Civil Engineering Department's face!

In that instant, countless messages about the Finance Department's talent theft spread wildly through the spirit realm, and even the frame of Director Gao, Zhang Yu, and True Lord Lianshu together was repeatedly photographed and sent out.

Under the gaze of countless people, Director Gao snorted coldly, stepped in front of Zhang Yu, and said to True Lord Lianshu, "Zhang Yu is a student of my Civil Engineering Department, my disciple. Thank you for your generous offer, True Lord Lianshu, but let's drop the matter of him joining the Finance Department."

True Lord Lianshu, however, smiled unconcernedly and said, "Whether to transfer departments or choose a teacher is a student's free choice. Why not ask Zhang Yu himself?"

"Director Gao has just taken over the messy bottles and jars of Civil Engineering; it’s best not to act arbitrarily, lest you harm the friendship between the Civil Engineering and Finance Departments and delay the projects in hand."

Director Gao's gaze sharpened slightly, and he could tell that Lord Lianshu was threatening him with various financial department methods such as loans, debts, investments, and so on.

After all, many projects in the Civil Engineering Department required large amounts of capital for turnover, and a considerable number of those spirit coins were obtained from the Finance Department.

It could be said that once the Finance Department began to choke the Civil Engineering Department, many construction sites in the Civil Engineering Department would not even be able to pay wages, and projects would immediately come to a standstill.

Since the past, the Finance Department had used this trick to control many internal affairs of the Civil Engineering Department. Often, with just a little pressure, many professors and experts within the Civil Engineering Department would surrender upon hearing the news.