La forgeronne d'un autre monde

Chapitre 69

After asking a cleaning lady, Ma Yunteng walked along a small path toward the administration building.

There were almost no students left in the area Ma Yunteng passed by. He had originally thought he might have a chance encounter with a pretty girl, but he found that almost all the girls still outside at this time were with their boyfriends.

He had just passed through a grove of trees, and Ma Yunteng even noticed some girls sitting directly on boys' laps and passionately kissing, almost to the point of losing themselves in the moment. Some boys even placed their hands in inappropriate places, prompting their girlfriends to scold them incessantly.

Ma Yunteng has always despised this kind of male behavior! How could he flirt with his girlfriend like that in broad daylight!

Is that correct?

At this moment, all Ma Yunteng wants to say is: Let go of that girl, let me have her!

He sighed, then walked into the administration building and headed straight for the principal's office on the east side of the third floor.

Meanwhile, in the principal's office.

"President Lin, in this evaluation of 100 universities, are we at Peking University just going to stand by and watch Tsinghua University surpass us?" A middle-aged principal in a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses said angrily to the president who was over fifty years old.

"Do you think I wanted this? There's nothing I could do about it!"

Principal Lin stroked his beard and sighed, "After all, funding is limited, and this year's evaluation of 100 schools places great emphasis on infrastructure. As the saying goes, even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. We have no money! This is all we can do!"

In China, Peking University was definitely ranked first or second in terms of overall strength, but that was in the past!

In recent years, evaluations have increasingly focused on a university's infrastructure, which, simply put, means how strong your hardware resources are!

Although Peking University still receives government funding every year, it is clearly struggling financially. Many areas require financial investment, but the available funds are simply not enough.

Many schools are catching up with Peking University, and Peking University has fallen from first place to third place.

If it's just a loss to Tsinghua University, then it's barely acceptable, since both schools are among the top universities in China.

However, if Peking University were to fall to third place, it would be an absolute disgrace!

The atmosphere in the principal's office suddenly became somewhat oppressive. The five executive vice principals looked at each other, all at a loss, while Principal Lin, as the president of Peking University, was even more worried.

There's no way around it, money is the hard truth!

Without money, nothing can be accomplished!

“Principal Lin, actually, we haven’t reached the point of no return!” A young vice principal suddenly stood up from his seat, his eyes lighting up.

"Oh? Principal Zhang has an idea! Tell us quickly!"

"Principal Lin, do you remember last March when a tycoon came to our principal's office wanting to buy Weiming Lake for one billion yuan?" Principal Zhang said earnestly.

"Could it be that Principal Zhang is thinking of something?" A pretty female vice principal was the first to react; she had also heard about that matter.

“Hmm…” Vice Principal Zhang snapped his fingers and nodded thoughtfully, but his words were immediately met with opposition from Principal Lin.

"no!"

Lin Xiao raised a cold eyebrow and said sternly, "I'm warning you, don't think I don't know what you've been doing behind my back! Some of you should not lose your integrity because of a little temptation!"

Especially for teachers like you and me, who are dedicated to educating and nurturing students, we should set an example! Weiming Lake will always belong to Peking University, and no one should try to sell it by any means!

Although Principal Lin was over fifty years old, the sharp look on his face remained undiminished when he spoke these words. All the other principals who saw this knew that Principal Lin was angry! Principal Lin was definitely the most approachable principal in the principal's office. If he was angry, then he was truly angry!

"Boss, actually, it's not about selling!" Vice Principal Zhang said with a mysterious smile, "We can get the money, but Weiming Lake will still be Weiming Lake of Peking University!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he caused another stir in the principal's office. Everyone looked at him with suspicion, waiting to see what he would say next.

You won't sell it to them, but you still want their billion?

Are you dreaming?!

“Since we can’t sell it, then let’s rent it out!” Vice Principal Zhang said earnestly, “What does Principal Lin think of my idea?”

Upon hearing what Vice Principal Zhang said, the other principals all nodded in agreement, and then all turned their attention to Principal Lin. After all, Principal Lin was the principal, and if he objected, then this idea would not be possible!

"Sigh!" Principal Lin sighed deeply, took a small sip of tea, and looked expressionlessly at the principals around him.

He hesitated! It had taken him a full twenty years to climb to the position of president of Peking University, and in his third year in office, Peking University had fallen to third place. This ranking was a disgrace to Peking University! And for him, the president, it was no less so.

These days, he has had trouble falling asleep whenever he lies in bed, and he has thought through every possible solution in his mind. In fact, he had already considered Vice Principal Zhang's suggestion, and he had even thought of more specific implementation steps!

Principal Lin tapped his fingertips lightly on the desk, shook his head regretfully, and said, "There's no other way now! How about we hold an auction?"

Principal Lin stood up from his seat, hands behind his back: "Since we're going to rent, let's rent openly and honestly! One hundred million a year, with a minimum ten-year lease term! And a guarantee fee of one billion yuan must be paid!"

"Boss, this deposit... I'm afraid the tycoon won't agree!" Vice Principal Zhang said worriedly.

"If you disagree, then forget it! How can the value of Weiming Lake at Peking University be measured by these cold, hard coins? At worst, I'll resign early. I absolutely cannot allow Weiming Lake to be tainted in the slightest!" Principal Lin straightened his back, as serious as Mount Tai.

The principal's office fell silent for a moment. Everyone felt that the old principal was too idealistic, or even delusional!

The minimum lease term is 1 billion, plus a 1 billion guarantee fee, making a total of 2 billion!

This is no small sum!

Moreover, Weiming Lake is only famous; it has no practical value. Who would spend two billion yuan to buy a useless lake?

With that much money, how many villas could you buy?

*Slap slap*

Just then, a burst of crisp applause came from outside the principal's office. Then, Ma Yunteng walked into the office under the watchful eyes of the five principals.

"What are you doing here, student? Don't you know how to knock before coming in?" Vice Principal Zhang scolded sternly. Someone who walks in without knocking must not be a good student.