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Chapter 120 Successfully poached talent! (Third update!)

Wu Jingzhong did not reach out to take the money, because the scene was simply too bizarre.

Under the scorching sun, one person handed a stack of banknotes to another, while more banknotes were laid out on the table between them.

This scene just doesn't look right!

Although his mind was rational, his eyes were not; they were fixed on the banknotes, and Wu Jingzhong could also faintly smell the scent of new banknote ink.

At once----

After a brief standoff, Wu Jingzhong reached out and took the stack of banknotes. He separated his left index and middle fingers to hold the banknotes between his fingers, while moistening his right thumb and index finger with a little saliva. He then began to count the banknotes and check their authenticity.

In less than two minutes, he finished counting the stack of banknotes and verifying their authenticity.

It's all true!

This person wasn't lying to him!

Reluctantly placing the banknotes back on the table, Wu Jingzhong swallowed hard, feeling utterly ashamed. At the same time, he began to weigh the pros and cons and determine the truth of the matter.

After a moment's hesitation, he made an excuse: "Mr. Lin, are you thirsty?"

"I'm a little thirsty, I'll go buy a bottle of water. What would you like to drink?"

Knowing that Wu Jingzhong was probably making an excuse to leave to investigate, Lin Man nodded naturally and named the drink she wanted: "Pulse, peach flavor!"

After receiving the drink, Wu Jingzhong quickly got up and walked towards the other side of the community.

As he walked to the convenience store at the entrance of the residential area, Wu Jingzhong took out his phone and called his classmate who worked at the Municipal Education Bureau while buying things.

As soon as the call connected, he asked impatiently, "Old Han, I want to ask if the city is planning to close some village primary schools?"

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"Yes, why are you asking this?" came the reply from the other end, tinged with curiosity.

After all, the village primary school to be closed is too different from the No. 1 Primary School in Chengdong District where Wu Jingzhong works, so it is basically impossible for them to have any connection.

"Hey, what else could it be?" Wu Jingzhong gave a vague answer, and Old Han, sitting opposite him, naturally added, "Another relative has contacted you, wanting you to help them get a spot at the First Elementary School?"

Hearing Lao Han finish his sentence, Wu Jingzhong sighed over the phone, "What kind of mess is this?"

"The educational resources of the village primary school are completely different from those of the No. 1 primary school. If those children come here and can't keep up with the curriculum, their self-esteem will be hurt."

"If a child's self-esteem is damaged, their learning will become very difficult."

"I don't know what they're thinking. And what about the leaders?"

"It's true that the number of students is decreasing year by year, but is it really necessary to cancel it on a large scale all at once?"

"After all, we had a gathering with colleagues a couple of days ago, and two of our younger colleagues wanted to go to private schools, wanting to take a chance while they're still young."

"However, with the overall decrease in students, private schools are also struggling."

He cleverly steered the conversation to private schools, and the next second, Old Han chuckled, "Speaking of which, I have something funny to share."

"You know about that illegal fundraising case that was exposed before, right?"

"In the village where the illegal fundraising case broke out, our Director Wan went down to inspect yesterday and decided to shut down the primary school in that village."

"We were just talking about it yesterday, and this morning, the village secretary from that village came over with a bunch of documents, saying he wanted to set up a primary school."

"Although he's a bit impulsive, he's genuinely rich."

"Hundreds of millions of dollars in cash were just sitting in the account. When I helped them check the documents, I thought I had made a mistake."

"That illegal fundraising case?" Wu Jingzhong caught the key point. He had heard about that case before. It seemed that the main culprit's surname was Lin, and he was some kind of village secretary or something.

Thinking of this, he thought of Lin Man again.

That one also has the surname Lin, and he's rich!

Could that guy's money be from illegal fundraising?

After hesitating for two seconds and taking a sharp breath, he started trying to get information out of Lao Han again: "I remember that the funds for running a school can't be loans, nor can they have any debt disputes, right? They were involved in illegal fundraising, and you just approved it?"

"That wasn't money from illegal fundraising!" Old Han exclaimed. "Their former village chief was involved in illegal fundraising, borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates, doing all sorts of things, and creating a huge mess."

"The new village chief took office and in less than a month, he made more than 100 million yuan by relying on high-tech products."

"By the way, their people were present at the dual-use technology exhibition in Guangzhou a while ago."

"To be honest, I can't understand how these people's brains are structured, how they can be so smart."

"Oh well, I can't talk anymore, I have work to do, I have to hang up now."

After Lao Han hung up the phone, Wu Jingzhong took the bag from the shop assistant and scanned the code to pay.

After leaving the convenience store, he didn't rush back. Instead, he took his phone and searched for "dual-use technology exhibition" on Douyin (TikTok).

After searching for a while, he found what he wanted to see.

[The advent of ultra-high-performance batteries: a breakthrough, a leap forward, or a scam?]

Metallic hydrogen?

Where does the line lie between military and civilian technologies in high-power laser equipment?

As these videos played, he also saw Lin Man's figure in the videos. She was very young and confident, exactly the same as the person he had just seen.

Seeing this, Wu Jingzhong finally felt relieved. He turned off the video, picked up the bag, and returned to the community garden.

In the garden, Lin Man was still sitting on the stone bench, and he had taken back the banknotes that had been placed on the stone table.

Handing the drink to Lin Man, Wu Jingzhong picked up the herbal tea, unscrewed it, and drank half the bottle in one gulp. Then, he stared intently at Lin Man and said, "I still have a year left on my contract with the First Elementary School. If I breach the contract, I will have to pay a penalty of about 100,000 yuan, and there may also be a lawsuit."

Lin Man took the Gatorade but didn't drink it until Wu Jingzhong finished speaking. Only then did he turn on the Gatorade and let the cold drink down his throat.

When someone says this, it means they've already decided to have feelings for you.

If someone is interested in you, it means they've already mentally prepared themselves.

So what he had to do was go with the flow. He put down the bottle of Gatorade, his hands on his knees, and said, "It's a small matter. In education contracts, if a teacher breaches the contract, the school will recover the training fees. However, the court supports spreading the fees evenly over the year. You still have one year left. I don't believe the First Elementary School would be willing to invest 100,000 yuan in you for a year!"

"Moreover, we have a professional legal team, so we can deal with any situation that comes our way."

"You don't need to worry at all."

"So, has Teacher Wu decided to join?"

Faced with Lin Man's question, Wu Jingzhong did not answer immediately. He straightened up and stared at Lin Man: "One last question, how is the quality of the students? How are the parents?"

"Student quality—" Lin Man casually called out the system and found its characteristics.

[1. Villagers' learning efficiency and effectiveness have increased by 50%! (Activating now)]

After receiving the order from Wang Ju, he activated this system feature.

At the same time, observations began. After the system's features were activated, the learning ability of the people in the factory did indeed improve significantly, especially the young people.

They used to be restless teenagers who loved to ride motorcycles and perform acrobatics, but now they can actually sit down, quietly look at the blueprints, and even discuss them with each other, remembering the key points of the discussion.

If this is the case with young people whose physical development is already complete, then children who are still developing will definitely be stronger than the last generation if they receive sufficient nutrition.

As for those parents!

I am a reasonable person, but if people don't listen to reason, then I can only resort to the laws of my ancestors!

Lin Man closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again: "Children, don't worry, they are all smart and good children."

"Even if you're a bad kid, we'll beat you into a good kid."

"As for their parents, if they don't listen to reason, then I'll resort to the laws of our ancestors."

"It should be easier than you being here."

"Hitting people is unacceptable!" Wu Jingzhong quickly tried to salvage the situation, but Lin Man, on the other side, didn't listen to him at all. He opened his briefcase, took out 100,000 yuan, and slapped it in front of Wu Jingzhong: "As I said before, our school needs about seven or eight teachers. Of this 100,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan is for you. If the First Elementary School needs you to refund the training fees, you can return up to 50,000 yuan directly, and I'll make up the difference later."

"If it exceeds 50,000, I'll have my legal team argue with them."

"Then the remaining 50,000 yuan can be used as a referral fee; you can help me introduce some good teachers."

"You are the head of the math research group at the First Primary School, so we are still missing a head of the Chinese language group and an English language group."

"The rest are just ordinary teachers."

"The team leader's salary is the same as yours, but they have to stand the test. The average teacher's salary is 15,000 yuan, and there are subsidies for teaching well."

"Finally, there's the timeframe. I hope to see the staff in place within three days."

After leaving the money and explaining its intended use, Lin Man stood up, took a business card from his pocket, and placed it on the table: "This is my business card!"

"When you find the right person, just have him call me and give me your name."

After leaving his words, Lin Man left with his briefcase, leaving Wu Jingzhong staring blankly at the banknotes in front of him.

this----

After looking at it for a while, he stuffed the banknotes into a plastic bag, picked it up, and prepared to go upstairs. Just then, a neighbor from the same complex passed by and whispered to him, "Mr. Wu, you don't want others to know you accepted money, do you?"

This distinctly Japanese remark both amused and annoyed Wu Jingzhong. He turned around and said to the speaker, "You can talk about this all you want. Goodbye!"

Carrying the plastic bag upstairs, Wu Jingzhong returned home and called his wife over, placing the banknotes in front of her, Li Lan.

Upon seeing the money, Li Lan immediately became agitated: "Are you crazy? People are asking you to help them get a spot, and you're taking money from them?"

"Given the character of these people, even if you get the spot, they'll still report you."

"It's alright, this isn't for the quota!" Wu Jingzhong counted out five stacks of banknotes and put them aside. He picked up the remaining five stacks and took out the business card that Lin Man had given him: "When I was exercising downstairs just now, a young man approached me. He said that his village was going to start a primary school."

"There are over a hundred students, and the students are of good quality."

"They need about ten teachers. The position he gave me is the head of the mathematics research group, with a monthly salary of 30,000 yuan, 15 months' salary, and travel activities during major holidays."

"We are still short of a Chinese language research group leader, an English language research group leader, and a few other teachers. We will offer 10,000 yuan for each teacher we introduce. Of the 100,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan is for paying the penalty for breach of contract, and the remaining 50,000 yuan is a deposit for the introducer."

"Did you understand?"

"You want to switch jobs? Are you crazy? The First Elementary School has a permanent position. If you go to that private school, aren't you giving up your permanent position?" Li Lan said sharply. As a teacher herself, she couldn't understand her husband's idea at all.

Why give up a good government job, a stable job, to go to—go to—

Looking at the banknotes on the table, Li Lan's mind went blank. She wanted to suggest going to a private school with an uncertain future, but with these gleaming banknotes in front of her, she couldn't go against the objective facts and say that there was no future there.

Finally, she sat down in a chair, feeling utterly exhausted, and began to think about where things had gone wrong.

Meanwhile, Wu Jingzhong, who was sitting next to him, also sat down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, took out his phone and started making a call: "Teacher Wang? Yes, this is Lao Wu from the math group. A friend of mine went to be the principal of a new school, and they are short of teachers. They asked me to help them find two teachers. Are you interested?"

"The research group leader—I heard him say that there seems to be a shortage of him."

"The salary he mentioned seems to be 15 months' pay, and 30,000 a month, but the requirements are very high, so it might be a bit difficult to meet."

"A regular teacher? 15,000 a month. Students? There are over a hundred students in the whole school. He said the quality of the students is okay, but you and I are both teachers. We can only judge the quality of the students by seeing them with our own eyes."

"I'll give you his number. You can contact him and just tell him my name."

"It's not like you necessarily have to go; just getting to know them might just lead to something special?"

"By the way, he's in a rush to apply for school accreditation, you'd better contact him as soon as possible, within the next day or two!"

"It's dead!"

"Teacher Gong, this is Lao Wu from the math group. We've been colleagues for so long, and you don't even have my number saved?"

"There's something I need to tell you. I have a friend..."

After making one call, Wu Jingzhong made another, making about ten calls in a row, contacting his wife in Chinese, math, English, art, and music. Only then did he return to his wife and was about to speak when his phone rang.

When I picked it up, I found that the caller ID showed Principal Ge Fei.

Upon seeing these three words, Wu Jingzhong's face twitched. His intuition told him that there was a spy among the group of people he had just contacted on the phone, and that he had told Principal Ge Fei what he had said to them.

Ge Fei's call at this time is probably to cause trouble for me.

Having mentally prepared himself, Wu Jingzhong answered the phone: "Principal Ge, what's up?"

"The penalty for breach of contract is 500,000 yuan, to be paid to the school's finance office within a week. If you don't pay, then I will—"

Before Ge Fei could finish speaking, Wu Jingzhong's voice instantly turned cold: "Then you can talk to my legal department!"

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