[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group":3,"chapter-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-494":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},983778,1286,"Chapter 494 - 490: The New Exchange Student (Part 1, Subscription Requested)","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-494",494,"\u003Cp>The next day, Star University welcomed fifty new faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fifty were elites selected from ten of Hua Country’s top schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They specialized in computer science, mechanical engineering, as well as physics and chemistry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen was speechless; weren’t these principals being too hasty? They held a meeting yesterday and sent the students today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifty students were integrated into classes according to their different specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When these students first arrived at the school, they wore expressions of arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were geniuses in their own schools, the top talents of each institution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying such a halo, they entered Star University with an air of superiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen was very happy to see these students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of these students was exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were the trump cards of their respective schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they’ve come to the school, you think Ye Chen would let go of this opportunity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen believed that once these students realized how awesome Star University was, even if driven away, they wouldn’t leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple speech, Ye Chen called the class monitors of each specialty to take these students back to their new classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaoming was studying computer science.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Kyoto University, he was the God of Computers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he walked into the computer science classroom, he was instantly dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell, what are these codes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What stunned him even more was that these students’ codes could easily navigate through M Country’s SHIELD system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was incredible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xiaoming was almost in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, at Kyoto University, he was the God of Computers, but at Star University, he was merely an underling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, inside Star University’s experimental building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang was a manufacturing ace from Modu University, having won numerous national awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he entered Star University’s technology building, he was immediately stunned by the facilities there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incredible, Star University’s experimental building is a hundred times better than Modu University’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang even felt that even the world’s prestigious universities might not have such equipment as Star University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering the mechanical engineering workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang was dumbstruck looking at the gigantic mecha before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell, the students at Star University are so incredible, they’re actually working on mechas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was staring in awe, a student busy with welding called out: \"Hey, new guy, grab me some lunch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang nodded and ran off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Aiyong was a PhD student in the new energy department at Zhejiang University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, he was very reluctant to come to Star University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was the rising star of Hua Country’s new energy sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His papers were frequently published in international journals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have him come learn at Star University? What is there to learn, it would be more suitable for him to mentor those students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arrogant demeanor shattered the moment he entered the laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there, he saw students conducting nuclear fission reactor experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy shit, the students of Star University are this exceptional?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students from other specialties experienced the same shock, quickly amazed by Star University’s incredible teaching facilities and super impressive students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They used to wonder how these students learned without teachers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out, these students didn’t need to study; they were geniuses themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star University’s most important experiment now was mecha manufacturing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a new project just launched by Star University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Star University won the 1st place in Hua Country’s Technology Awards with the intelligent robot made by Lü Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, that robot was just a miniaturized model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Returning to Star University, Wu Gang began the mecha production directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only good thing about Star University is that as long as you have a creative idea, you’ll have whatever materials you need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, the prototype of the mecha was already coming together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang was completely overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that what he used to take pride in at school was practically a pile of junk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Star University was already making mechas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechas, often seen in cartoons before, were in reality under development by various countries, but none had succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This project was a collaboration between Lü Gang and Wang Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because such a large mecha required a massive energy source, and Wang Meng’s nuclear fusion reactor perfectly provided the strong heart for the mecha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, all the functions of the mecha were complete, and it lacked only this powerful heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Guang initially just played a supporting role, but quickly integrated into the production team with his astounding talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only spending a day at Star University, Wu Guang felt he learned more than he had in a year at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modu University’s principal called Wu Guang for a check-in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Wu Guang’s mission was to learn Star University’s technology, and the school had even promised that once he returned, he’d directly be given a teaching position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, Wu Guang, how are your studies at Star University?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, great, principal, I’m busy, catch up later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he hung up the call directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modu University’s principal was left a bit bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These students used to be very respectful at their own schools, but once at Star University, they seemed to become way too impressive, even hanging up on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation occurred with other principals and students too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every department at Star University offered something unique, even in fields that are nationally leading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bright students loved to learn, loved to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to Star University, they felt like fish in water, greedily absorbing all the knowledge here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for returning to their original schools, that idea was long gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although each school had offered them lucrative terms, Star University provided the opportunity to realize their dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principals frustratingly found out that, initially, these students simply dismissed them, and later, they outright ignored their calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These principals were anxious inside, harboring an uneasy feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that day, a video swept across the Internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video was of Star University’s manufactured mecha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mecha was extremely impressive, somewhat reminiscent of an Optimus Prime from the past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the video was uploaded, it set off a heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Modu University, several students were watching videos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a fierce mecha appeared on their phones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, is this mecha real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feels like it’s computer-generated, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it’s real. Look, isn’t that Wu Guang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wu Guang working on the mecha, everyone was stunned, oh my god, it’s actually real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, an elder in Hua Country was watching the video, his eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this mecha real?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man in uniform said, \"We’ve verified, the video is real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, Hua Country has actually made a mecha?\" The elder was ecstatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, it might not be complete, but a prototype seems to be there. Our tech department analyzed it, and the mecha’s completeness even surpasses Japan’s current progress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find out which university it is, I want to visit personally.\" The elder exclaimed excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>",1160,"2026-06-03T08:12:36.329Z","2026-06-03T08:12:40.945Z",1,"novelbin.me","a6d890eb58cf9e178a30472955af5e7d392219eda8269b5ad99b79a0456489cf","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-495","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-493",1261,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-cover.jpg"]