Spend Money on Goddess, Use more! Gain more!-Chapter 323 - 207: Pretending and Getting Burned, He Xinzhu’s Favorability Keeps Rising_3

Chapter 323: Chapter 207: Pretending and Getting Burned, He Xinzhu’s Favorability Keeps Rising_3

"Weicheng College."

Wu Wei answered openly.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhili’s face quickly showed an almost unconcealed sneer.

He deliberately stretched his tone, speaking with a doubtful air, "Weicheng College? Never heard of it, is it in Weicheng? Just from the name... it sounds like a second-tier college, right?"

Wu Wei nodded, his expression unchanged, "Yes, it’s in Weicheng, just an ordinary second-tier college."

Zhao Zhili’s eyes gleamed with satisfaction as he continued to press, his tone dripping with superiority, "Oh, degrees these days are getting less valuable, graduating from a second-tier college and trying to find a good job in society, that’s really tough. I’m wondering where Mr. Wu is currently employed?"

"Yes, good jobs are indeed hard to find."

Wu Wei followed his lead, maintaining a calm tone, "So I started my own business, a small shop, I’m my own boss."

"Oh? You opened your own shop? What kind of shop?"

Zhao Zhili’s eyes lit up as he pursued the question.

"A hot pot restaurant," Wu Wei replied.

Upon hearing the words "hot pot restaurant," Zhao Zhili could hardly conceal the smugness and disdain in his eyes.

In his view, a small-time boss of a hot pot restaurant, graduating from a second-tier college, was not on the same level as him, a Wharton DBA and a university associate professor.

"Opening a hot pot restaurant... that’s nice, but the food industry is fiercely competitive these days, and opening a hot pot restaurant is even harder, not to mention the hard work and the big risks. In my opinion, those of us who have a stable job teaching and doing research in universities enjoy a certain level of social status and lifestyle that might be more... fitting."

His words were full of implicit condescension, suggesting that Wu Wei’s capabilities did not match He Xinzhu’s.

Listening to Zhao Zhili’s increasingly rude and arrogant speech, He Xinzhu’s face gradually darkened.

She couldn’t help but speak up, "Zhao Zhili, why are you asking so many questions? Are you doing a background check?"

Zhao Zhili quickly waved his hand, pretending to be relaxed, "Oh, Xinzhu, don’t be mad. I’m just chatting casually with Mr. Wu, making a friend."

He turned to Wu Wei and asked, "Mr. Wu, you don’t mind, do you?"

Wu Wei smiled, nodded, and said, "Of course not, just chatting."

Appearing completely unconcerned, he suddenly blinked and showed a bit of appropriate "puzzlement" and "curiosity" as he looked at Zhao Zhili and asked, "By the way, Professor Zhao, the Wharton Business School you mentioned, where is that? I don’t think I’ve heard of it before?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhili’s expression immediately turned exaggerated, as if he had heard something unbelievable. His voice rose a notch, "You’ve never heard of Wharton? It’s the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, United States! One of the world’s top and most famous business schools! It has produced countless business leaders!"

He seemed to have found the perfect opportunity to brag in front of He Xinzhu, eager to recite Wharton’s history and accolades.

Wu Wei maintained that "puzzled" look, as if trying to understand, then nodded and continued his "innocent" questioning, "University of Pennsylvania? Oh... is it a ’985’ school?"

Zhao Zhili was momentarily stunned, then his face showed even more disdain, looking at Wu Wei almost as if he were an ignorant bumpkin, and sneered, "Of course not! I said it’s a school in the United States! The University of Pennsylvania is part of the Ivy League! Do you know the Ivy League?"

"Ivy League?"

Wu Wei frowned, shook his head, and continued his "ignorant" act, "Then... is it part of the ’211 Project’, or a ’Double First Class’ university?"

Wu Wei asked so seriously that even He Xinzhu couldn’t help but glance at him in surprise.

Could Wu Wei really be unaware of such common knowledge, or is he doing this on purpose?

Zhao Zhili was getting a bit impatient, replying testily, "No! I said it’s a school in the United States, not the same as our country’s ’985’, ’211’, or ’Double First Class’!"

Wu Wei, however, seemed not to understand the impatience and persistently asked, "So... is it an ordinary first-tier university? Or second-tier?"

Zhao Zhili was almost driven to laughter out of exasperation, speechless, "It’s not first-tier, nor second-tier, and definitely not third-tier! It’s a school in the United States! Get it?"

Towards the end, he was almost shouting.

Looking at Zhao Zhili’s frustrated face, Wu Wei suddenly grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Oh—then your school isn’t great! It’s not ’985’, not ’211’, not even a third-tier, not even as good as some backroad school!"

"At least Weicheng College, where I studied, is a legitimate second-tier institution."

Wu Wei spoke with righteous confidence, as if he were engaging in a serious academic comparison.

"You...!"

Zhao Zhili was utterly stupefied by these words, his eyes wide, mouth agape, unable to utter a word for a long while, his face turning red.

The thing he prided himself most on in his life—his degree from the University of Pennsylvania—had just been devalued to nothing through this absurd, nearly nonsensical logic.

Not as good as a second-tier school in the country, this was simply an unprecedented humiliation!

He Xinzhu was also stunned; she looked at Wu Wei’s "serious" rebuttal expression, then at Zhao Zhili’s choked expression as if he had swallowed a fly, and suddenly realized.

It turns out Wu Wei had been playing dumb all along!

He deliberately applied domestic standards to prestigious foreign universities to use this absurd tactic to "insult" and retaliate against Zhao Zhili’s obnoxious boasting!

Realizing this, a surge of indescribable satisfaction welled up inside He Xinzhu!