How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 495 Crushing Achievements
"Buzz!"

Zhang Wen was about to return to the film set when his phone suddenly vibrated. He looked at the number on the screen; it was Xu Zining from the art exam training center calling.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that today was the day when Huaxi and Jingying would announce the list of those who passed the final exams for their undergraduate programs.

Early in the morning, he arranged for Xu Zining to count the number and list of students who passed the final exam at Xingxiang Art Examination Center. Looking at the time, it should be about time.

"Hello?" Zhang Wen swiped his finger across the screen to answer the call.

"Boss, I've finished compiling the list of students who passed the final exams for Huaxi and Jingying this year. There are 8 students from Huaxi and 27 from Jingying. Can we announce it on our official Weibo account now?" Xu Zining's excited voice came through the microphone.

After listening, Zhang Wen nodded to himself. In addition to the 15 members of the special training class, 20 other students successfully passed the final test. He was very satisfied with this result.

It's worth noting that even for traditional art exam giants like Jia Hua and Xin Ling, only a handful of students pass the final entrance exams for Huaxi and Jingying each year.

These 20 people should thank Jia Hua, Xin Ling, and other art exam training institutions. If these peers hadn't wanted to suppress Xing Xiang, he wouldn't have been able to eliminate the negative personality traits in these students, allowing those who didn't enroll in the special training class to also enjoy the benefits of the special training class.

Although we charged a little less tuition, helping so many students pass the final exam is like advertising for this year's enrollment.

"Have other art exam training institutions posted their good news yet?" Zhang Wen asked.

In reality, the day the final exam results for the performance majors at Peking University and Beijing Film Academy are announced is also a day of celebration for the entire arts exam circle. Everyone sends out congratulatory messages, and the purpose, of course, is to recruit more students and collect more money.

How many business owners can be as pure as Zhang Wen, solely for the sake of continuing the family line?
"It's been aired out, it's been aired out for a while now. Boss, you don't know, it's caused a huge uproar online," Xu Zining said, and then recounted some of the things that had happened that day.

Around noon, Huaxi and Jingying announced their final entrance exam results one after another. Jiahua was the first to post a red "good news" on Weibo.

The caption reads: "Congratulations to Li Bingyi, a student from our school, for achieving 7th place nationwide in the Performance major at the Chinese Theatre Arts!"

Congratulations to Wang Rui from our school for achieving 27th place nationwide in the Performance major at the Central Academy of Drama!

Congratulations to our student Chen Mingli for achieving 9th place nationwide in the Performance major at Beijing Film Academy!

"Congratulations to our school..."

"..."

A total of 7 students passed the final exam, one more than last year, which is why Jia Hua Art Exam Training Center was so eager to share the good news.

That's why the comments section received many congratulations.

Following Jia Hua Art Examination's lead, other institutions began to compete, vying to update their good news on Weibo.

Six people from Huanya passed the final test.

Five people also passed the final test.

Five people from Huaying passed the final test.

Four people from the film and television industry passed the final audition.

Besides the five major art exam training institutions, other art exam training institutions also posted their students' art exam results, some with three scores, some with two scores, and even those with only one score were posted.

While everyone was sharing their results, Xingxiang Art Exam Preparation, which hadn't shared its results yet, quickly attracted a lot of attention.

As the old saying goes: People fear becoming famous, just as pigs fear growing fat.

Once someone becomes famous, they will inevitably attract the attention of many people.

It's worth noting that Xingxiang Art Examination posted its results quite a bit during the preliminary and final exams for the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy, making it quite popular for many days.

Now that it's time to announce the final exam results, Xingxiang Art Exam Center is keeping quiet, which inevitably makes people wonder.

Many netizens left messages under Zhang Wen and Xingxiang Art Exam's Weibo posts, urging them to release the final exam results as soon as possible. However, Zhang Wen was not logged into Weibo, so he was unaware of the netizens' messages.

Because of this, those art exam training institutions that had grudges against Xingxiang Art Exam Training thought that Xingxiang had failed the exam, so they all secretly began to ridicule and mock them.

Jiahua was the first to launch an attack.

Not long after announcing the good news, he posted another Weibo post that subtly criticized Xingxiang.

"The day the list is released every year is the most exciting time. Seeing the children on the list makes all the hard work worthwhile. However, some institutions that promised to 'release the list as soon as possible' have not made any announcements yet. Is it because their results are not ideal and they are embarrassed to release the list?"

Although the Weibo post didn't name names, everyone knew it was referring to Xingxiang Art Examination Center. After all, Principal Zhang Wen's statement about "announcing the exam results as soon as possible" was still on Weibo, making it impossible to deny.

This Weibo post was like a stone thrown into a lake, instantly creating ripples in the art exam circle.

Other art exam training institutions followed suit, commenting below this Weibo post.

"This organization should say something, instead of hiding like a coward."

"Weren't you so arrogant back then? Why are you so silent now?"

"Come out and talk, stop playing dead!"

"..."

The art exam community, which should have been a disorganized mess, has become more united than ever before because of Zhang Wen and Xingxiang Art Exam Center.

Soon, public opinion shifted from the institution's veiled criticism to ordinary netizens and art students.

The comment section of Zhang Wenhe Xingxiang Art Examination's official Weibo account is filled with inquiries.

Why hasn't Xingxiang sent out the good news yet?

"They said they'd announce it as soon as possible, but it's already afternoon. What's going on? Can you please say something?"

"Could it be that you really didn't pass the exam? I was planning to register with Xingxiang this year."

"Teacher Zhang, please come out and say something, don't keep everyone waiting."

"..."

For a time, Zhang Wen and Xingxiang Art Examination were thrust into the eye of the storm of public opinion.

After listening to Xu Zining's story, Zhang Wen felt a bit amused and exasperated. He was just busy with other things; why would he be associated with a coward?

Besides, if there are many students who pass the final exam, the statistics will take longer. Isn't that normal?

Can the time it takes to count dozens of numbers be the same as the time it takes to count thirty numbers?

And Jia Hua, she really knows how to make a big deal out of herself. She only got 7 trainees through, but anyone who didn't know better would think she got 70.

"Boss, some parents who came to inquire earlier just called to ask about Xingxiang's final exam results for the performance major this year. What should we do?" Xu Zining asked.

“Tell the truth to anyone who calls to inquire. As for online inquiries, there’s no rush,” Zhang Wen said calmly.

The attention this matter has not yet reached its peak, and the topic still has a lot of room to rise. It's not too late to let other training institutions make a fuss for a while and accumulate more buzz before making an announcement.

Anyway, the results speak for themselves; once they're revealed, they'll shut everyone up.

He wanted to turn this media frenzy into the best publicity for Xingxiang.

At 5 p.m., the crew of "Youth Glory" finished their filming for the day, and the staff gradually went home.

Zhang Wen said goodbye to the director and others and left the set, taking out his phone as he walked to access his Weibo account.

The discussion on Weibo was still brewing. Perhaps seeing that Xingxiang had not made any move, even some small training institutions couldn't help but jump out and post some sarcastic "comforting" messages.

"There are wins and losses in art exams. The important thing is to learn from the experience and look forward to Xingxiang's performance next year."

"Don't be discouraged, Teacher Zhang. Keep up the good work next year and strive for even better results."

"..."

Zhang Wen looked around and felt that the buzz wasn't quite there yet. After thinking for a moment, he started typing on the keyboard.

Soon after, the Weibo account was updated with a very simple message.

"There are too many people who have passed, so it takes a long time to tally the results. Please wait a moment." There was no announcement of good news or a list of successful candidates, yet everyone who saw it was abuzz with excitement, leaving numerous comments in the comment section.

"Am I seeing things? Too many people have passed?"

"How many people actually passed the final exam? It will take an entire afternoon to tally it up?"

"Teacher Zhang, are you kidding us?"

"No wonder Teacher Zhang hasn't announced it yet; he's been holding back something big."

"Haha, fellow travelers, tremble!"

"..."

With just one sentence, netizens were in an uproar. All previous doubts disappeared, and even the various art exam training institutions that had been making a fuss fell silent, as if they had been frozen in place.

Of course, the major art exam training institutions doubted the authenticity of this statement, but none of them dared to stand up and confront it, for fear that Zhang Wen would post good news at any moment, and then they would be proven wrong.

Time passed by, and Zhang Wen arrived at the parking lot from the film set. In just over ten minutes, the number of comments had exceeded ten thousand.

'Well, it's time to announce the results.'

Zhang Wen got into the car and uploaded the good news that Xu Zining had just sent him to Weibo.

Soon, the entire internet saw this good news.

"Congratulations to the 8 students who passed the final exam for the Huaxi Performance major."

Below are the students' exam numbers and rankings.

"Congratulations to the 27 students who passed the final audition for the Beijing Film Academy's performance major."

Below are the students' exam numbers and rankings.

Although the students' names were not published, their exam numbers cannot be faked, because the final exam results lists published by Huaxi and Jingying list the candidates' exam numbers, and it is easy to verify their authenticity.

The good news was like a bomb, instantly igniting the entire art exam community.

Netizens and art students alike were in an uproar.

"Holy crap, 35! That's more than the top five art exam training institutions in Beijing combined."

"Am I dreaming? This isn't an arts exam training school, it's clearly the cradle of Peking Opera and Beijing Film Academy!"

"Teacher Zhang is awesome. I would call Xingxiang Art Exam Preparation Center the mini-Beijing Film Academy."

"I'm definitely going to Xingxiang Art Exam Training Center!"

Netizens were simply amazed by Xingxiang's achievements, while the aspiring art students who dream of becoming stars had already made their choice in their hearts.

For art exam preparation, Xingxiang is the only choice!
Principal's Office, Jia Hua Art Examination Training Center.

Zhou Maoquan was completely stunned after seeing the good news posted by Zhang Wen and Xingxiang Art Examination's official Weibo account.

"This, how is this possible?"

He had already seen the final exam results for the college entrance examinations published by Huaxi and Beijing Film Academy. This year, Huaxi's performance major had 39 people on the final exam list, with a planned enrollment of 25; Beijing Film Academy's performance major had 152 people on the final exam list, with a planned enrollment of 75.

In other words, among the 39 students from Huaxi Academy of Fine Arts, 8 came from Xingxiang Art Examination, while among the 152 students from Beijing Film Academy, 27 came from Xingxiang Art Examination.

This ratio is outrageous.

No, it's simply defying the heavens.

What he found even more unacceptable was that among the eight students from Xingxiang Art Examination who passed the final exam of Huaxi, five were among the top 25, while among the 27 students who passed the final exam of Beijing Film Academy, 14 were among the top 75.

In other words, as long as these 19 students pass the college entrance examination, they will definitely be able to enter Huaxi and Beijing Film Academy.

As for the other students, their college entrance examination scores will be considered based on the scores of the students ranked higher.

"Principal, I just checked the official website, and it's...it's true." Zhu Zhengyan, the director of teaching, said in a trembling voice, with fine beads of sweat already appearing on his forehead.

He has been engaged in art exam training for more than 20 years and has never seen any art exam training institution produce such incredible results.

In comparison, the good news that Jia Hua previously posted could only be described as 'shabby'.

35 to 7, one year equals seven years for them, there's no comparison at all.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Maoquan's face turned several shades paler.

For art exam training institutions, academic performance is not only a reflection of the school's strength, but also the best admission prospectus.

However, now that the results of Xingxiang Art Examination Performance Training Class have been released, looking at the entire art examination training industry, there isn't a single one that can compete. When art students and their parents choose performance training classes, will they still consider these training institutions? Definitely not.

Finished!

Jia Hua's acting training program is going to go out of business.

"Principal, what should we do?" Zhu Zhengyan asked in a low voice.

Zhou Maoquan glanced at the other person and said irritably, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

"..." Zhu Zhengyan shrank his neck, not daring to make a sound, shrinking back like a quail.

Zhou Maoquan stared at the good news for a while, then suddenly sighed deeply and said weakly, "This year, we will reduce enrollment in performance training classes and increase enrollment in art, music, dance, and broadcasting."

Zhu Zhengyan was taken aback for a moment, but quickly understood what the principal meant.

Although the tuition for the performance training class is the highest, with Xingxiang, other training institutions will always be the second choice for candidates and their parents.

Instead of following Xingxiang around and getting leftovers, we should increase our investment in other types of training; maybe we can even get a piece of the pie.

If you can't compete with performance training classes, then compete with other training classes. This is similar to the strategy of "Tian Ji's horse racing" (a Chinese idiom referring to a strategy of using one's best horse to outmaneuver another).

Meanwhile, the official WeChat account of Huanya Art Examination...

The staff members were stunned when they saw the good news from Xingxiang Art Examination Training.

They were still subtly criticizing each other's grades that afternoon, when the other person suddenly produced a set of overwhelmingly superior data, which was a blatant slap in the face to them in public.

I don't know if it's too late to delete those Weibo posts.

However, the most oppressive atmosphere was at the Mindful Arts Examination Training Center.

Back then, on the first day of the art exam, the three sisters of the Traffic Light Bet made a bet with Zhang Wen. If Xinling lost, she would have to go to Zhang Wen to apologize while wearing the uniform she wore for Xinling's art exam training, and she would also have to admit that Xingxiang was better than Xinling.

Now that the results are in, not only have 8 students passed the final audition for the Beijing Film Academy, but the number has more than doubled, making an apology unavoidable.

“Principal…” Li Mei, Wang Fangfang, and Liu Xingrong stood in front of the principal, each with their heads down, like elementary school students who had made a mistake.

Looking at the three troublemakers in front of him, Cui Hongli felt like strangling them.

Of all people to mess with, why did they have to provoke that guy surnamed Zhang? Now look what's happened, the reputation of Mindful Arts Exam Training, which has been around for over 20 years, is about to be destroyed.

At this moment, he felt frustrated, helpless, and a little unwilling.

It's true what they say, "You're just sitting at school, and trouble comes out of nowhere."

“My temple is too small to accommodate three great Buddhas like you. You… should find another job.”

"..."

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(End of this chapter)