Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 521 Visitors
"There were enough new students," Cao Youyi said, "My brother had been planning this two months in advance. He recruited six students in total, four of whom came from ordinary families, and the school paid for their qualifications to be tested.

“At that time, their parents all agreed to send their children to Houde School. But last night, when I asked Uncle Song to ask, two families said they had already sent their children to Bowen next door.

"There are two other students. One is the second son of the owner of a nearby textile factory, and the other is the daughter of the deputy chief of the Municipal Civil Affairs Department. Both of them went to Xiayin. This morning, Chief Jia came to apologize. I sent an urgent telegram to my brother, but it seems that he did not receive it."

"So there are only three new students in the school now?"

"Yes, including the girl you brought back... there are exactly three of us."

"So what happens if the minimum recruitment standards are not met?"

The two were talking about this year's enrollment when another guest came to visit.

The visitor was a baby-faced young man wearing thick black-framed round glasses, a suit and looking gentle and refined.

"Freshman?" Malu raised his eyebrows.

"A running dog of the Mingxia Group." Cao Youyi said indifferently.

The young man looked a little embarrassed when he heard this. "Ah, Youyi, we are all classmates after all. Can you please not speak so harshly..."

"Call me Teacher Cao."

"Okay, Mr. Cao, we are both graduates of Houde. You have to believe that I am just like you and I am devoted to Houde."

"So you're still working for Mingxia?"

"Ah, I don't work for Mingxia, I work for the Education Bureau. These two things are completely different." The young man pushed his glasses.

"I am the section chief of the Pingcheng Education Bureau. I am here to check the enrollment situation of various schools in the new school year. This is my job."

"Section Chief, you are so impressive."

"Ah, why are you here again? You've been sneering at me since I walked in. I'm just explaining to you why I'm here, Youyi."

"Call me Teacher Cao," Cao Youyi said with a straight face, "In my opinion, there is no difference between the Education Bureau and the Mingxia Group, they are all birds of a feather.

"Feng Ziwen, you should be very clear about Houde's situation. My brother recruited enough new students this year, but later the parents of those new students were bribed by Mingxia's people.

“They deliberately delayed until the time when the Education Bureau was about to conduct an inspection and suddenly said they couldn’t come, leaving us with no time to recruit enough students.

"You are coming here to perform your duties at this time, which means you are becoming an accomplice of the famous hero. If you really want to be kind, you might as well think about how to help the school overcome the difficulties during this inspection, Chief Feng."

Feng Ziwen sighed, "I'm just a section chief. Above me there's a director and a deputy director, and..."

He lowered his voice and said, "I heard that a senior figure from the Ministry of Education has informed us about this matter, and requested that the inspection be carried out strictly and without favoritism.

"If your case happened in the past, there might be room for maneuver, but this time... no one dares to take the money, and there is no chance to make arrangements.

"If you ask me, you should just sell the school as Mingxia said. You and Senior Brother Cao have persisted long enough, and you have fulfilled your promise to the old principal. Besides, Senior Brother Cao is gone now. How can you, a woman, hold on?"

Cao Youyi did not answer him, but looked at Feng Ziwen deeply, "Chief Feng is very well-informed. My brother just passed away a few hours ago, and Chief Feng knows about it now."

Feng Ziwen knew he had said something wrong, so he simply clarified the subject, "Yes, someone asked me to be a lobbyist and persuade you to sell the school. But what I said before was also my true words.

"You can't enroll students this year anyway, and you can't keep your school qualifications. You don't have a principal, so you might as well sell the school to Mingxia. At least the teachers and students will have a place to stay." Considering Houde's previous history, the price they offered was not low.

Feng Ziwen finished speaking in one breath. He felt a little thirsty, but he had been in for so long and no one had poured him some water. He looked around and finally his eyes fell on the millipede.

"A stranger. What do you do? Ah, never mind. Go get me something to drink. Do you have coffee? If not, tea will do."

"I'm Malu, the new principal of Houde." Malu extended his hand. "Chief Feng, nice to meet you."

"New...what?"

Feng Ziwen suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Principal." Malu repeated.

"You?" Feng Ziwen asked Ma Lu, but his target was Cao Youyi.

The latter nodded slightly, "Mr. Ma is an education expert specially hired by my brother from Xindu to be the new principal of Houde."

"A new principal? Are you kidding me? Senior Brother Cao just died in the disaster zone. Where did you find this expert in education? Youyi, don't be fooled by this kid!"

"Ma... the principal didn't lie." Qiu Tong was eavesdropping on the side and couldn't help but jump out when she heard that.

"Principal Ma was indeed in the disaster zone. I can testify that it was at that time that Principal Cao entrusted Houde and me to Principal Ma."

"How can we meet people in the disaster zone?" Feng Ziwen's eyes widened and he asked Malu, "Which school are you from?"

"This has nothing to do with you."

While Malu was still thinking about how to make up his story, Cao Youyi at the side had already spoken first.

"You are desperate and trying all kinds of methods," Feng Ziwen shook his head. "Even if we temporarily push someone out to be the principal, it will be useless. The school still cannot meet the minimum requirements for recruiting new students."

"When is the deadline for the inspection?" asked Malu.

"Tomorrow, before dawn." Feng Ziwen said, "The best I can do is to delay it until noon. If the list of new students is not submitted after noon, the Ministry of Education will revoke your school's qualification."

"That's enough." Malu said.

"What do you mean by enough?" Feng Ziwen felt that the man in front of him was probably crazy. "Don't think of just grabbing some ordinary people to make up the numbers. The Education Bureau will check the qualifications of new students. The consequences of cheating are worse than the school being closed. You will go to jail."

"Besides, the testing stations are closed at this time. They will not open until 10 o'clock tomorrow. Even if you take someone there at 10 o'clock, they will not be able to get tested because there are people waiting in line ahead of them."

In Feng Ziwen's opinion, Houde is doomed to fail, unless it tries to steal students from other schools like Mingxia. However, Houde is not Mingxia and is already at the bottom of the Ministry of Education's university rankings.

It has no appeal to students, and Houde has no money to buy out the parents, so it is still a dead end.

But Malu's tone was very certain, "I will gather enough people before noon tomorrow."

At this point, Feng Ziwen couldn't say anything more. He could only lick his dry lips and said, "Well, I wish you good luck."

(End of this chapter)