I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 54 Can you really make money this way?
After having a meal of glutinous rice balls, Zhang Da'an started his exam preparation mode, maintaining the same daily schedule of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The students still had plenty of energy.

After the more than three million yuan worth of plastic running track was put into use, the students still had enough exercise every day. They also needed to build up their physical strength for the exams, as no exam can be taken without physical strength.

Everyone was in good spirits after the New Year. The first round of full-subject practice exams took about seven or eight days. The two liberal arts classes were slightly worse, but still exceeded expectations. In last year's college entrance exam, the students in the two liberal arts classes scored around 15 points above or below the second-tier university cutoff. If they were admitted to a second-tier university with a lower cutoff score, they would be basically guaranteed admission.

But obviously, it's impossible to only pursue this much. If you spend 58,000 yuan, just like last year, wouldn't that be a waste of a year?
This year, Zhang Da'an looked at the increases and found that the increase in liberal arts mathematics was the largest, exceeding the previous level by fifty or sixty points. In the "Politics, History and Geography" section, a lot of scenario design was done for the political science section, which enabled students to accurately understand the questions, rather than being ambiguous.

The history score was already met last year, and the geography score was generally good for the students, who didn't lose points on the noon sun altitude angle, which was usually a bit low.

So the two liberal arts classes were only slightly worse, but not by much, and the improvement was still quite significant.

At "Zhang An Education," we don't use suppressive teaching methods. Whether it's the main lecturer or the co-lecturer, in the past, schools would habitually use phrases like "Don't be complacent with a little achievement" and "There's still a gap between your exam scores and those of students from other schools" to prevent arrogance and complacency.

This approach is feasible when integrated into the overall teaching schedule. From a KPI perspective, it involves selecting high-achieving students, because students with average or above-average grades in a class will not be affected by such comments.

However, this doesn't apply to students with lower grades. They are already experiencing setbacks, and further suppression will only escalate the situation to the point of harming the collective interest.

For an institution like "Zhang An Education" that is purely profit-driven, such operations are absolutely unacceptable. They would rather have students who are extremely proud than those who are discouraged for a few days.

Suppressive management and education are for students after they enter university or the workplace. How can students improve further if they don't even know how to shake their heads and show off at fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen?
As for authority, Zhang Da'an's mere presence exudes authority; the top scorer in the national college entrance examination is far more impressive to the students than any special-grade teacher.

Among peers, the greatest authority is: You're awesome.

This applies to everything, whether it's studying, playing basketball or soccer, or even playing ping-pong.

"You're awesome" is both the highest praise and the greatest authority.

Moreover, the notice posted by Zhang Da'an on the bulletin board at the main entrance of Xindongwei Port Middle School, stating "Zhang An will become the top scorer in the 2014-1997 college entrance examination in XX days," was simply too cool.

To the parents of the students, this was outrageous; to the students, it meant that every day during the multimedia lectures they would clamor for Director Zhang to ask, "When are you going to become the top scorer in the college entrance examination?"

After six months of contact, Zhang Da'an's incredible energy led to the nickname "Iron Man" being born a second time. It wasn't until alumni from the "Top Scholar Accompanying Class" visited their alma mater that the college entrance exam takers learned that Zhang Da'an had also been known as "Little Cannon" last year.

That's really powerful, with an unlimited stamina bar.

“I’ve been filtering through the college entrance exam scores from various districts and counties in our province these past few years. Those who rank in the top 1,000 in the province have a chance to become the top scorer in their district or county. Liu Xingyun, are you going back to the city or the county to take the exam? Your mom told me you’re going back to the city, but my suggestion is to go to the county. You’re guaranteed to be the top scorer there. With that title, I’ll give you a computer when you fill out your college application.”

"Really? You're giving me a computer?"

"You have to pass the exam first before you start barking like a dog, making it seem like you've already passed."

"Hahahahahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, Zhang Da'an called out several more names, saying, "When you guys fill out your college applications, don't focus on the schools. With this score, you don't need to choose schools, but rather majors. When the time comes, bring two thousand yuan for consultation fees to me to see how to fill out your applications."

"Holy crap, no way, Brother An, you have to pay to fill out college applications?"

"They want to consult me ​​and charge me. Who am I? We've known each other for so long, do I need to introduce myself? In short, give me the money, and I'll take care of choosing a major for you."

"..."

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The students still found it difficult to adapt to Zhang Da'an, the head of the grade's teaching department, and his profit-driven style of doing things.

We're all the same age... Pshaw, we're all at least a year older than you, so how come there's such a big difference?

However, during dinner, some parents came in for a meal and we talked about this. I realized that filling out college applications and choosing schools and majors is actually a skill.

Although the school distributed a national university application directory last year, all the majors looked pretty much the same.

Chinese Language and Literature Major? What does that mean? Studying Mandarin? I don't know.

Physical chemistry and chemical physics were originally two different majors?

What is mechanical design? What is industrial design? What the hell is engineering design? And what is art design? Aren't they all design?

The terrible memories of filling out college applications last year suddenly sent a chill down my spine.

The mothers who were there for a free meal also called their husbands at home, saying that the head lecturer, Zhang An, had said that if they sought his advice on filling out college applications... they would have to pay two thousand yuan.

I've already taken 58,000, so 2,000 won't make a difference.

That's exactly 60,000.

The efficiency with which they amassed wealth left even Principal Zhang dumbfounded.

For the city's first joint exam this year, the front-line lecturers were given a break. Uncle Zhang also took some time to come over from the Education Bureau for a stroll. He didn't manage the school, but he kept an eye on the school construction, mainly the construction site.

He would criticize any substandard materials or workmanship. He had dozens of men under his command who all called him "Uncle Zhang." The foremen once thought that Uncle Zhang was there to collect "protection money."

"No, you can get paid to fill out college application forms?"

"Why can't I charge? I provided a service, so what's wrong with charging a service fee? When you go to a law firm, you're expected to spend money. Consulting on the law is consulting, but consulting on college application is not. This is also part of the tertiary industry."

"..."

If it's risen to such a professional level, then it makes perfect sense.

Uncle Zhang was filled with emotion. He shook his ancestral East German watch, a gold watch that Zhang Da'an had given him before, but he really couldn't wear it. He glanced at the time and sighed, "The Zhang family has been around for so many years. From the time our ancestors settled down here until now, you are the one who is best at making money. Of course, you are also the one who is most successful in studying."

"There are golden houses in books; our ancestors knew this principle."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Uncle Zhang nodded seriously.

reasonable.

(End of this chapter)