I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 23 A Single-Minded Person Blocks Both Ends

Since Shazhou City had a national-level high school, the only junior high school with a pass rate of over 5% in the high school entrance examination is the junior high school section of this school. Moreover, it has not been a unified enrollment system for a long time. Instead, it selects students from primary school and then puts together two to four experimental classes.

This is the first time that a large, unfamiliar corporation has "massacred" the entire city.

This year, the total number of students in the third grade at the main campus of Dongweigang Middle School is 121, which is much less than last year. This has resulted in two crowded classes with more than 60 students each, and the number of students is even less than that of the "top scorer's tutoring class".

It is precisely because of this that, when the overall score was tallied, Dongweigang Middle School's rate of meeting the national high school admission score exceeded 50%.

It has become the middle school with the largest and most significant improvement in the city's high school entrance examination results, far ahead of other schools.

Following Dongweigang Middle School, Taizigang Middle School, another rural middle school, also benefited a little. Principal Xu Xingchu, who was thick-skinned, managed to attend two classes last year after much persuasion. After discovering that Zhang Da'an was an Iron Man, Superman, and Robot, he immediately realized that this kid was not to be underestimated.

So, despite everyone's objections, they bought lecture notes and tapes from "Zhang An Education" every month, and then divided the students into three categories: A, B, and C in the third year of junior high school. Category C students aimed for regular high schools, Category B students aimed for provincial key high schools, and Category A students aimed for national-level high schools.

A total of 73 people were selected for Category A. This year, 47 people scored 638 points above the passing mark, which is about 20 more people than last year and the year before, equivalent to doubling the number.

In addition, Port-au-Prince High School has produced five or six top scorers in the city's high school entrance examination in the past, so it has a solid foundation and such an improvement in results is normal.

However, when the results came out this year, Xu Xingchu regretted it so much that he slapped his thigh. He bought courseware, handouts and tapes from "Zhang An Education" for 3,000 yuan a set, and that was after a discount. In total, Xu Xingchu specially approved 30,000 yuan, which was quite painful, and he was also criticized by some teachers.

Now he just wants to slap himself hard. He's already spent 30,000 yuan, what difference would it make if he spent another 30,000?
I was too short-sighted. Such a good opportunity probably won't come again in the second half of this year or next year.

However, I'm still quite happy, after all, this year we beat Chengdong Middle School. In the city, only Chengxi Middle School had a slightly higher number of students who scored 638 points above the cutoff than Taizigang Middle School.

However, the number is limited. Of the 638 students who scored above the passing mark at Chengxi Middle School, only 49 students were above the passing mark, just two more than expected.

In previous years, a record of over a hundred was the norm for Chengxi Middle School.

This is the smallest edition in history.

Dongweigang Middle School emerged as the biggest winner, yet no one was truly happy.

There are just too many troublesome things, far too many.

Following normal incentive and encouragement methods, Dongweigang Middle School achieved remarkable results last year, producing the top scorer in the Wudu City Junior High School Entrance Examination. However, ultimately, only one top scorer is truly commendable and worthy of praise. But this year, the statistical data shows that the school as a whole has made great strides, with no top scorer but a plethora of students achieving the same result on the second-tier exams…

If there's no explanation for this, then there's no point in bothering with teaching management anymore; it's all the same whether the work is done well or not.

But here's the problem: if an awards ceremony is held at this point, or if good news is reported to higher authorities, what will happen when the city's education leader opens the speech next year and sees that the schools to be awarded... are gone?
The notice regarding the closure, merger, and relocation of students at Dongweigang Middle School was issued at the end of May, and many people made sarcastic remarks about Principal Zhang Zhengdong's noble character and unwavering loyalty.

Now it's all right. Uncle Zhang's performance back then was absolutely loyal. He carried out the organization's orders seriously and resolutely, without seeking special treatment or making any differences, and completely obeyed the organization's arrangements.

Everything was perfect. They even managed to squeeze the last bit of value out of Dongweigang Middle School, sell it for 1.35 million, hand over 1 million, and use the remaining 350,000 as funding for the future operations of the private education department... Isn't that great?

And you ended up causing such a huge mess?
Everything was normal during the mock exams, right? How come they all mutated after just one month?

This created a very big dilemma for the bureau, which could even be described as "being stuck in one direction and blocked at both ends".

"Zhengdong, today's meeting is to discuss how to properly handle the closure and commendation of Dongweigang Middle School. We need to reassure the higher-ups and the people."

"……" ah?
Does this matter... require my attention?

To be honest, Uncle Zhang didn't take this matter to heart at all, because his nephew said that everything was under control!
It's guaranteed to be safe.

He trusted his nephew.

Therefore, the consistent strategy was implemented: strictly obey orders!
He was like this when he was in the army, and he is like this now.

Of course, this attitude would have satisfied everyone a month ago; now the situation is special, and many people feel that Section Chief Zhang is a bit of a "stubborn coward".

Anyway, when the meeting ended, they said everyone should go back and think about it, discuss it, and figure it out...

Uncle Zhang ignored everything else and drove straight to Donggang Central Primary School to go shopping with Teacher Li.

The engagement banquet is coming up soon, and he's in high spirits right now, so he's wasting his time thinking about these trivial matters.

However, after shopping with my fiancée, I still went to Dongweigang Middle School in the evening to chat with my nephew for a bit.

Zhang Da'an, who is busy making up the new enrollment rules for the "Top Scholar Accompanying Class", is also continuing to reassure his uncle.

"Will anything unexpected happen? I noticed that all the bosses at work looked rather grim this morning. Will this affect my work performance?"

"What kind of work are you even talking about? What kind of work are you even talking about...?"

Zhang Da'an saved the document and then closed "Wen Dao Si 92". The computer was usable enough, and he stored a bunch of floppy disks to save the course materials.

Last year, Microsoft released a new version of Windows, but the complete system was still too expensive, so we can still make do with this old computer.

"Everyone's eyeing your million-plus in your account right now. If you ask me, just close down. You can do any business with that million-plus. Why are you doing this?"

"Alright, now you're worried about me. I'm covered in golden statues, unlike you."

As he spoke, Zhang Da'an took out a file folder from the safe, slammed it on the table, and gestured with his chin while holding his thermos. "Take this back and have a look at it. You can submit it tomorrow."

"What? Let me see."

Upon opening it, Uncle Zhang discovered it was a project proposal. He glanced at the main title and began reading aloud, "Some thoughts on retaining the name of Dongweigang Middle School and actively developing privately-run, publicly-assisted education..."

Uncle Zhang, whose mind wasn't quite up to par, understood a little after reading it: "Oh~~ you mean, keep the sign for Dongweigang Middle School, but change everything inside?"

"That's right, we just need to change the operating entity of Dongweigang Middle School during this period. The sign will still be the same. Of course, you can also mention at tomorrow's meeting that the Dongweigang Middle School sign is worth some money."

"This is worth absolutely nothing... Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Seeing his nephew's disdainful look, Uncle Zhang immediately agreed.

The next day, after he submitted the materials, he realized that Zhang Da'an was absolutely right!
(End of this chapter)