The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

At 3 p.m., a director's office meeting was held, which lasted from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting focused on the pilot work of basic education, aiming to complete the centralized management of basic education and eliminate all substitute teachers by 2015.

The decision to close three township high schools and rebuild three key high schools in the county seat has yielded remarkable results, but there are also shortcomings. For students, it is necessary to provide individualized instruction.

Chen Shi, Huang Ming, Li Zhe, and Yang Xiaobo delivered important speeches.

Chen Shi looked at He Chunsheng: "After the meeting, Principal He Chunsheng, come to my office for a moment."

Meeting adjourned.

All eyes turned to He Chunsheng. Previously, the monthly exam scores of the first-year students at No. 7 Middle School surpassed those of No. 6 Middle School, with over 80% scoring above 600. However, in the final exam, their scores were drastically reduced, falling to a level below No. 6 Middle School and even falling behind No. 8 Middle School.

It goes without saying that He Chunsheng became a laughing stock because the monthly exam results at No. 7 Middle School were falsified.

After the meeting ended, everyone left one after another. He Chunsheng slowly stood up, thought about what he was going to say, and went to Chen Shi's office.

Director Chen

Chen Shi sat down and looked at He Chunsheng: "Principal He, can you explain why the monthly exam results reported by No. 7 Middle School are usually better than those of No. 6 Middle School, but in the final exam, the results plummeted, even falling behind No. 8 Middle School? What is the reason for this?"

He Chunsheng said solemnly, "Director Chen, I'm getting old and have rheumatism. My thighs ache after standing for a long time. Could I sit down to talk?"

Chen Shi looked at He Chunsheng. There must have been a reason why this man had been sidelined before. No leader doesn't want to achieve political success.

There aren't many capable subordinates. If a leader suppresses a capable subordinate, there's only one reason: that subordinate is arrogant and doesn't respect the leader, let alone their colleagues.

No matter how capable you are, arrogance will inevitably lead to disaster.

Chen Shi remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "Bring a chair and sit down to talk."

He Chunsheng brought over a chair and sat down opposite Chen Shi's desk.

"Director Chen, I was just about to report this to you. The freshmen admitted to No. 7 Middle School generally have poor foundations. In order to improve their learning enthusiasm and increase their self-confidence, the monthly exams will focus on basic knowledge questions, mainly testing their mastery of basic knowledge."

The final exam was too difficult, and I think that will dampen students' enthusiasm. Regular exams should focus on basic knowledge.

The students at No. 7 and No. 8 Middle Schools have a very poor foundation and should not take the same exams as No. 1 and No. 6 Middle Schools. No. 1 and No. 6 Middle Schools have more difficult questions, which is fine; they are aiming for high scores. The students at No. 7 and No. 8 Middle Schools have a poor foundation, so it is enough for them to get the points for the basic knowledge.

I've done the math. As long as students with weak foundations can get the points for the basic knowledge questions in the college entrance exam, they'll have no problem getting into a university. As for the later, more difficult questions, students with weak foundations should just ignore them. Those questions aren't for them; they're for top students. Trying them is a waste of time for them, and they'll likely get them all wrong. Not only is it a waste of time, but they also won't have time to check their answers for the basic knowledge questions, so they can't guarantee they'll get them all right. It's not worth it.

Didn't you emphasize individualized instruction at the meeting? This is individualized instruction.

Chen Shi looked at He Chunsheng and said, "You're teaching me how to do things. What you're saying isn't entirely without merit. For students with weak foundations, his method is still feasible."

"Principal He, the college entrance examination is a province-wide unified examination. Regardless of whether a student has a good foundation or a poor foundation, everyone takes the same test. The unified examination is very necessary. As for the monthly exams, your school can arrange them itself."

The problem now is that the minimum admission score for freshmen at No. 8 High School is the same as that of No. 7 High School, but in this final exam, your average score was six percentage points lower than theirs.

He Chunsheng crossed his hands and placed them on his thighs: "Director Chen, one exam can't prove anything. I guarantee you that this semester, the freshmen of No. 7 Middle School will be divided into arts and sciences tracks. There will be one key class for arts and two key classes for sciences. If the average score of arts and sciences at No. 7 Middle School does not exceed that of No. 8 Middle School by ten percentage points in the final exam of the second semester of the first year, I will resign voluntarily."

Chen Shi was waiting for this sentence: "It seems that Principal He is very confident and has made a solemn pledge. I am waiting for your good news. If you cannot fulfill your promise, you will resign voluntarily."

Chen Shi did not give He Chunsheng a chance to back out. He took out some stationery and placed it in front of He Chunsheng.

Chen Shi handed him the pen, and He Chunsheng took it, made a pledge, and signed and pressed his fingerprint.

Chen Shi took the military order, glanced at it, and put it in the drawer with satisfaction.

"Principal He, someone has reported that you are forming cliques at school, isolating those who don't listen to you. Is this true?"

"This is a complete frame-up. I want to confront whoever reported me."

Chen Shi looked at He Chunsheng: "Principal He, don't get agitated. I'm just asking you, is this true?"

"No, Director Chen doesn't believe me. You can send someone to No. 7 Middle School to investigate."

He Chunsheng did not consider himself to be forming cliques; he believed that everyone in the school was his own person. He held absolute power at No. 7 Middle School, and Hou Weigui, the vice principal, was merely a figurehead with no real authority.

Chen Shi asked in a deep voice, "Do you have a conflict with Principal Hou?"

He Chunsheng did not deny it and nodded in agreement.

"Director Chen, I have a conflict with Hou Weigui. Our conflict has been brewing for a long time. I made him the vice principal just to disgust him."

"Principal He, this is where you are wrong. If you have a conflict, you can resolve it privately. You cannot take advantage of my trust in you to seek personal revenge."

Your conflicts should not be brought into your work. Principal Hou is the vice principal appointed by the Education Bureau; you cannot treat him as a mascot or a mere decoration.

Principal Hou's specific responsibilities are as follows: logistics and infrastructure, finance, canteen catering, campus safety, school building maintenance and renovation, material procurement, campus greening, canteen food safety, general affairs management, teacher personnel, teacher ethics and conduct, continuing education, and professional title evaluation and appointment.

The corresponding secondary departments are: General Affairs Office, Canteen Management Center, Security Office, Infrastructure Office, School Bidding and Tendering Office, and Personnel Office.

Within Principal Hou's designated area of ​​responsibility, anyone who disobeys orders or argues with superiors will be immediately dismissed and publicly reprimanded throughout the school.

He Chunsheng quickly said, "Director Chen, I have a conflict with Hou Weigui and we can't work together. I'll apply to the bureau to have him transferred away from No. 7 Middle School."

Chen Shi sneered inwardly. Too late. Hou Weigui was the vice principal you requested. It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away.

"Principal He, no matter how big your conflict with Principal Hou is, you should put it aside for the sake of your work. He was the one who proposed to become the vice principal of No. 7 Middle School. He did nothing wrong, so it's not good for him to be transferred."

You need to cooperate well to improve the academic performance of No. 7 Middle School.

He Chunsheng has shot himself in the foot; he doesn't have time to deal with Hou Weigui now and force him to resign.

Once the first-year high school final exams are out and the results are released, we'll figure out a way to get rid of Hou Weigui.

Chen Shi's intervention in Hou Weigui's work was a warning to He Chunsheng, telling him to be more restrained and not to act arbitrarily or run a one-man show.