Chapter 61 Purpose

"Campus belle election?"

Sitting inside the car, Wang Wanjun unconsciously straightened her back, her expression full of astonishment.

This event was something Wang Wanjun had never expected.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Li Yan would not have been in the mood to pull off such an event.

He was merely borrowing some plot elements from novels he had read before.

Since novels always featured campus belles, yet most schools in reality did not have such a thing, why wouldn't Li Yan host a competition himself?

"Uhm... is there anything I can do?"

Wang Wanjun could hardly imagine how she could be of any help in this matter.

Would her role be similar to that of a group administrator?

Just reviewing the profile information of each newcomer joining the chat group? She figured the campus belle contest would probably entail the same kind of work.

Li Yan would have thought so too, before he met Wang Wanjun in person.

He currently had four administrators under his command, and his original plan was to establish the framework of the event himself and then let the four of them handle the specific tasks.

For instance, organizing the profiles of each contestant, promoting the voting, or publicizing the event, and so on.

However, upon seeing Wang Wanjun, Li Yan conceived a different idea.

A campus belle contest was not that easy to pull off.

It was not a matter of simply getting the publicity right or holding a casual event to attract genuinely stunning beauties to participate.

Of course, here he was referring to true beauties.

Beauty has always been a scarce resource, regardless of gender.

Many people express opinions online, such as complaining about this man or that woman making a living off their looks, as if it were somehow improper.

In reality, however, this is simply one of humanity's innate talents.

Naturally, this encompasses many aspects that need not be elaborated upon in detail.

Li Yan had always possessed a very clear understanding of this and would not change his perspective simply because of certain voices on the internet.

This point was crucial.

In the internet age, the speed of information dissemination has accelerated, and many voices and interpretations online constantly consume and alter people's perceptions.

Li Yan's approach was very simple: he would read, but he maintained a skeptical attitude toward many things.

He would never truly believe them blindly.

One should always retain independent judgment.

As for the campus belle contest Li Yan had planned, if he took the conventional approach, the foreseeable outcome was that top-tier beauties would never come to participate.

There would only be those seven-point beauties who caked on makeup, wore ultra-short shorts or yoga pants, or exposed their slim waists.

Eight points at the very most, not a fraction more.

It was not to say that seven- or eight-point beauties after makeup were not at the campus belle level.

Usually, if such an event could successfully select such made-up and photo-shopped seven- or eight-point beauties, the competition would already be considered a massive success.

And it could be anticipated that it would certainly attract a fair amount of attention.

Yet this event was different; Li Yan was hosting it specifically to find his future soulmate!

Naturally, he had to maximize the potential of this event!

With only modest prizes—such as tens of thousands in cash, plus perhaps a laptop and other miscellaneous items—

it would be exceedingly difficult to entice genuine top-tier beauties to enter the competition. That was a certainty.

While it was not absolute, Li Yan had no desire to waste his energy running an event that ultimately selected a bunch of girls indistinguishable from TikTok influencers.

Because the prizes and prize money Li Yan set were not exorbitant; they were merely slightly higher than average.

Such simple rewards were actually hard-pressed to attract true top-tier beauties.

If he were to expect top-tier beauties like those in novels to participate out of idle curiosity, Li Yan might as well rely on buying lottery tickets instead.

What defines a top-tier beauty?

Everyone has different perspectives and aesthetics, making it impossible to unify the standards completely.

Yet from Li Yan's perspective, judging purely by facial features, Wang Wanjun could definitely be counted as one.

That luminous, glowing skin, that delicate and charming face, that slender figure, and the hint of slight cautiousness yet underlying resilience revealed during their brief interaction—

all these were among the potentials of a top-tier beauty that Li Yan could perceive with his senses.

The reason he called it potential was precisely because she was still young and somewhat green.

Of course, Li Yan was of the same age, except that Li Yan's philosophy had always been: *I desire the youthful maidens, and I equally desire the mature beauties~*

Aside from exceptional anomalies like Wang Wanjun,

the rest of such top-tier beauties—while not necessarily hailing from wealthy households—would generally look down upon these rewards altogether.

Perhaps their families simply lacked nothing financially, or perhaps they were even wealthier; or simply put, for girls blessed with genuine top-tier beauty, such an event held virtually no attraction.

Now that Li Yan had crossed paths with Wang Wanjun, however, the situation changed completely~

It was a brilliant two-birds-with-one-stone strategy: he could persuade Wang Wanjun to participate, thereby handing her the prize under a plausible pretext, while simultaneously stirring up the competitive spirit of other top-tier beauties to join in.

Li Yan could naturally see that Wang Wanjun's family background was less than stellar, so what was the purpose of Li Yan's maneuver?

Naturally, it was to deepen the bond between the two of them.

Would it be feasible to pursue Wang Wanjun relying solely on today's incident?

From the perspective of a seasoned veteran in the romantic arena like Li Yan, it wouldn't pose too big of a problem.

Although given Wang Wanjun's appearance, she had undoubtedly been pursued by countless suitors to no avail, the mere fact that Li Yan appeared precisely when she was in difficulty made it quite easy to capture her heart.

Of course, a series of processes would still be necessary, and some obstacles would inevitably be encountered, since strictly speaking, the two of them had only known each other for a single day.

Through the upcoming events and operations, however, the relationship between them would rapidly warm up, and their understanding of one another would deepen profoundly.

This was one of Li Yan's objectives.

As for his other objective?

That was naturally to scout out and gather even more truly top-tier beauties!

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As the car drew closer to the tutoring center, Li Yan roughly outlined the subsequent event procedures and work plan.

Wang Wanjun listened in a daze. She had originally thought it was merely an entertainment-oriented voting event.

She had never expected Li Yan to have already drafted the procedures and the event in his mind, and it even sounded remarkably formal.

Glancing at the young man beside her, Wang Wanjun naturally remained unaware of Li Yan's true intentions. She simply nodded solemnly, clutching her Redmi phone tightly in both hands, and parted her delicate lips to speak.

"I will definitely help you!"

As for the money, Wang Wanjun planned to find a suitable time to explain things clearly to Li Yan and slowly pay him back bit by bit.

As for this event, it had ultimately been sparked because of her; Wang Wanjun could not bring herself to stand idly by with an indifferent attitude.