Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 75: Ji Xizhi Ranked First in Graduate Exam Written Test?! (Bonus - for Topping Yesterday’s Trending List)

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Ji Xizhi Ranked First in Graduate Exam Written Test?! (Bonus Chapter for Topping Yesterday’s Trending List)

"Read the book carefully."

Xiao Yuan had just muttered something when she was startled by Ji Xizhi’s light cough, quickly putting her phone away.

She had called Ji Xizhi in the early hours after being dismissed by Hangxing Entertainment shortly after providing testimony for Ji Xizhi.

With nowhere to go at night, she called Ji Xizhi on a whim, hoping to ask if she could continue working as Ji Xizhi’s assistant in the future.

Ji Xizhi answered the call and immediately agreed after listening to Xiao Yuan.

Xiao Yuan arrived at Ji Xizhi’s hotel with her luggage in the middle of the night. She thought that Ji Xizhi would still need a personal assistant in the entertainment industry, whether at a new company or not, and she planned to be Zhi Zhi’s assistant until Zhi Zhi became famous nationwide.

With this grand aspiration, she woke up early in the morning, planning to discuss her thoughts with Ji Xizhi.

Ji Xizhi also woke up early and, after hearing Xiao Yuan’s plan, directly handed her a stack of notebooks, saying:

"Then finish memorizing these today."

Xiao Yuan: "?"

She opened the stack of notebooks that were taller than her head, bewildered.

Inside were all notes related to law.

Before she could react, she heard Ji Xizhi say again.

"If you have any questions, you can ask me. This year’s exam registration is at the end of September, so starting now, you should be fine."

As Ji Xizhi spoke, she was writing and drawing with one hand, creating a plan for Xiao Yuan.

The exam time had already passed, so Xiao Yuan would have to join the next year, starting with preparing for the exam this year.

Ji Xizhi wrote away on the paper and finally wrote down "Qing University Law Exam Preparation" in bold and powerful strokes in the goal section.

Just looking at it made Xiao Yuan a bit terrified.

Xiao Yuan: "???"

Wait, it’s not like she wanted to be this kind of assistant!!!

She only wanted to be a personal assistant running errands, so how did it escalate directly to preparing for the law exam? And at Qing University!!!

Xiao Yuan wanted to explain, but when she looked up and saw Ji Xizhi’s incredibly serious expression, she hesitated.

Who dares to explain now!

She buried herself into memorizing the notes.

From six to eight in the morning, Xiao Yuan studied until her head was spinning. She had never been this serious even when her mom made her study before.

She finally made it through until breakfast was delivered to the hotel.

Xiao Yuan barely had a moment to catch her breath and could finally speak about the trending topic that was on her mind.

She handed her phone to Ji Xizhi, expressing frustration: "Sister Zhi Zhi, you have no idea, this course founder is just clout-chasing! They explicitly chose the day you got your results to buy trending spots, definitely on purpose, claiming you passed your exam because you secretly took their course! Ridiculous!"

Xiao Yuan had already used a burner account to criticize him online.

Ji Xizhi was about to tell her not to worry too much, but before she could speak, her phone rang.

The caller was Director Wang.

Director Wang had been bombarded with information these past few days.

After hearing about Ji Xizhi’s victory, he called He Qing to ask whether he had given Ji Xizhi any tutoring, which led to her sure win. He Qing unexpectedly replied that Ji Xizhi had tutored him quite a bit.

Director Wang was in a daze the whole day. Later, he had dinner with the casting director of the previous legal awareness ad, who praised Ji Xizhi to the skies, even complaining about labeling her as merely knowledgeable about law, when she was practically a walking ambassador for legal education!

After two major blows, Director Wang finally woke up to the fact that Ji Xizhi really understood law, and her level of expertise was comparable to He Qing’s.

This time, Director Wang called Ji Xizhi mainly to discuss her future development.

"I wanted to inform you that the legal awareness ad from before has been confirmed. When you have time, please go sign the contract, and we’ll start filming once the announcement is made."

Ji Xizhi still remembered the legal awareness program from previous talks, and nodded in agreement, saying: "Okay."

Director Wang: "Also, about your next agency, several agencies should have reached out recently. Have you found any you’re interested in?"

Ji Xizhi finished breakfast, glanced at the time, and replied while opening her laptop: "No."

Hearing this, Director Wang immediately said: "Deep Sea Interactive Entertainment, Ji Group’s new venture, is currently managed by Ji Tingzhou. They asked me to see if you’d be interested in joining them. Being backed by Ji Group, they surely have the resources, and the offer is quite generous. If you go, you’ll be the top in Deep Sea. But I’m just relaying the message; you should definitely compare your options! Your lawsuit with Hangxing Entertainment has just ended, and they surely won’t let you off easily, considering how much buzz it’s creating. Deciding quickly could benefit you!"

Director Wang genuinely hoped Ji Xizhi would sign with Deep Sea Interactive Entertainment. From his dealings with Ji Tingzhou, he found him to be a good person and the offer for Ji Xizhi was very attractive.

However, he didn’t push her to sign with Deep Sea, understanding it was wise for Ji Xizhi to be cautious after the previous incident.

However, he didn’t expect that Ji Xizhi would stay silent for such a long time without responding.

Director Wang: "Ji..."

His words were cut off by a scream.

"Whoa, 490! Number one!!! Sister Zhi Zhi got the top score in the written exam!!!"

Xiao Yuan’s voice nearly knocked Director Wang off his feet.

It took a while for Director Wang to recover from the ringing in his ears and finally hear Ji Xizhi’s response.

"Director Wang, I don’t plan to sign with an agency anymore."

"Thank you for your recommendation, but I’m preparing for grad school and will likely be leaving the industry soon."

For once, there was a hint of joy in Ji Xizhi’s voice.

Director Wang: "?"

Not signing? Then what does she plan to do?

Oh! He seemed to hear something about being number one earlier? Number one in what?

Ji Xizhi was number one in the written exam for grad school?!!!

-

The time for checking exam scores arrived.

Everyone online who took the exams was checking results, and website crashes were common.

People gradually started finding their results, with some rejoicing and others in despair.

Ji Xizhi’s exam results were about to be revealed once again.

President Zheng of Hangxing Entertainment had long gotten a hold of Ji Xizhi’s ID and candidate number along with her name, making it extremely easy to check her scores.

He had an assistant waiting for this moment.

As soon as score checking commenced, he ordered the assistant to frantically check using the computer.

President Zheng clutched a glass cup, his gaze menacing: "Has it been checked? What’s her score?!"

"No matter her score, buy trending spots and publicize it once you have her results out!"

"Did she pass the national line? Why hasn’t it been found yet? Check again, or you’re out of a job!!!"

President Zheng was anxious, and the score-checking website was prone to crashing, leaving the assistant sweating.

Having worked at Hangxing Entertainment for ten years, he didn’t know what the grad school exam situation was like, but Zheng’s pressure flustered him.

He finally found the score and only took a quick glance at it, 490? The score didn’t seem particularly high and seemed like last year’s standard?

"Found it, found it!" The assistant exclaimed joyfully, skipping Zheng’s urging, immediately taking a computer screenshot and posting it to Weibo in one click.