Chapter 42

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The video "Police Academy Student Bravely Fights Kidnappers" went viral on the school's intranet, and Li Xiangdong also became famous.

However, the reason for his sudden fame was not just this incident.

On Monday morning, several leaders from the Armed Police Force came to the school to talk to the school's leadership.

Li Xiangdong was also called to the meeting room to accompany them. It was said that the leaders of the Armed Police Fire Brigade praised Li Xiangdong in front of several important school leaders.

They praised his bravery and composure in the face of danger, stating that it was his heroic rescue that gave the firefighters the opportunity to control the fire and prevent a tragedy.

So, this young man is the pride of your police academy, a good student of yours. We from the Armed Police Fire Brigade also thank you for educating and nurturing such an outstanding student.

If it weren't for his timely and effective handling, the two students who were accidentally set on fire and injured might not have survived, and there could have been a much more serious major accident.

Such an incident, whether for the fire department or the police academy, should be used to establish a positive image.

Moreover, the leaders of the Armed Police Fire Brigade praised him in front of the school leaders, which greatly enhanced the school's reputation. Even some school leaders who originally found Li Xiangdong very troublesome now looked at him more favorably.

As for the principal, Hao Rentong, he was even more impressed, directly indicating that he would apply for a Third-Class Merit for Li Xiangdong.

A Third-Class Merit, many old-timers in the public security system haven't even achieved one in their entire careers, but this young police academy student, who hasn't even graduated, has already earned one. This made many school leaders secretly criticize the old principal, thinking he was truly promoting his relatives without hesitation!

However, once the official documents and commendation orders from the Municipal Bureau arrived, no one dared to criticize the old principal's actions anymore.

Li Xiangdong, who had just saved a fire at dinner time, participated in a hostage rescue case an hour later, personally stopping the kidnapping vehicle and even engaging in a one-on-one confrontation with the vicious criminals.

This was a real achievement, with video evidence to prove it, not fabricated. Even the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team confirmed that without him, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

This was a matter that brought great honor to the school, and the school naturally had to promote it vigorously.

Thus, Li Xiangdong, who was once unknown and even considered a disgrace to the police academy, became a hero and a positive role model in the school.

Every evening before dinner, the school's broadcast would tell his heroic deeds, which had been embellished with literary beauty. Under such extensive promotion, it only took a week for Li Xiangdong to become a motivational idol in the police academy.

From being unknown to being the center of attention, Li Xiangdong quickly adapted to this change. In his view, this feeling was really great!

At the cafeteria, he could get more scoops of vegetables and more pieces of meat than others.

On campus, no matter where he went, people would come up to him and greet him enthusiastically. Some girls would even look at him with affectionate eyes, and the bolder ones would even slip him a note on the road.

This was the benefit of being a celebrity, and which young person wouldn't want such benefits?

Every young person wants to be famous, respected, and admired, and Li Xiangdong was no exception. He just didn't have the ability before, and even if he had the desire, he could only keep it in his heart.

But now that everything had become a reality, he naturally wanted to enjoy and indulge in it.

By the weekend, Li Xiangdong discovered even greater benefits of fame.

"Cough, cough, cough, classmate, what are you looking at?"

The weekend was the unified judicial examination for the provincial public security, procuratorate, and court systems, which was essentially a targeted recruitment exam for police academy graduates or law students.

Passing this exam would allow one to enter units such as the Public Security Bureau, Court, Procuratorate, and Judicial Bureau.

In fact, such exams were known to have a strong internal recruitment bias, with significant favoritism towards police academy students.

Li Xiangdong hadn't prepared much for the exam and originally planned to use his eagle-eyed power to cheat.

However, as soon as the exam started, he felt something was off because the invigilator kept circling around him.

Seeing this, Li Xiangdong inwardly cursed, thinking his cheat sheet would be useless.

But unexpectedly, whenever he couldn't answer a question, the teachers would give him hints, either openly or subtly.

For example, now, the teacher was asking him what he was looking at, but the fingers tapping on his desk were continuously tapping the option B of the multiple-choice question that stumped him.

Wasn't this clearly telling him to choose B?

Li Xiangdong looked up and smiled at the teacher, who smirked and turned to walk away.

The two invigilators and the roving invigilator almost always stopped by his side when they patrolled the classroom.

One would give him five hints, another six. For the thirty multiple-choice questions, Li Xiangdong didn't answer any himself; the teachers did it all for him.

When it came to the fill-in-the-blank and short-answer questions, the invigilators went even further.

"Classmate, you dropped something."

The roving invigilator came to Li Xiangdong and reminded him. Li Xiangdong looked down and saw a small paper ball at his feet.

Picking it up, he found it was filled with the answers to the fill-in-the-blank questions.

Li Xiangdong was almost moved to tears. When he looked up, the roving invigilator had already disappeared from the exam room, having hidden his good deeds.

After a while, after copying the fill-in-the-blank answers, only the most difficult short-answer questions remained. Li Xiangdong hadn't prepared for these at all and was starting to feel a bit nervous.

Another invigilator came over, and this time, it was even more exaggerated. He directly brought a sheet of paper filled with answers and "accidentally" dropped it on Li Xiangdong's desk.

Being famous was really great, Li Xiangdong thought, almost in tears, as he picked up his pen and started writing on his exam paper.

He, of course, knew why the teachers were doing this. He was about to be established as a positive role model, and if this role model couldn't pass the judicial exam, it would be a slap in the face for the public security system's leadership!