Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 273 Two new projects, will there be new case studies?

Faced with Nan Zhuren's choice, Weng Pingting thought for a moment and said:

"Although the teacher has decided to accept you, at most this will give you a green light in the 'interview' stage of the postgraduate entrance examination, and then make your three years of master's studies go smoothly."

"But you can't avoid the basic procedures of the postgraduate entrance examination. Because of the consideration for your future development, the professor hopes that you can take the exam for a master's degree in Applied Psychology or Basic Psychology - which means you will have to take the national unified exam."

As mentioned before, the postgraduate entrance examination is divided into the [Academic Master's Examination] and the [Professional Master's Examination]. After passing the examination, students will receive an [Academic Master's Degree] and a [Professional Master's Degree], respectively.

Among them, there is more room for maneuver in the professional master's program because some advanced universities can set their own exam papers for the professional master's program, and each school's exam papers are different; if candidates have connections, they can obtain information about the school's exam preferences through senior students or even professors, thereby narrowing down their study scope.

However, the situation is different for academic master's programs—the exams for academic master's programs are national unified exams, so there is no possibility of "narrowing the scope of review".

Even if there are review institutions or tutors, the help they can provide is limited to teaching some study methods or using tactics similar to those used in the college entrance examination to help candidates improve their test-taking abilities.

Of course, it seems that the exam for academic master's programs is more difficult; however, once admitted, academic master's students have more development opportunities and choices compared to professional master's students.

Gains and losses.

Meanwhile, some top-tier universities, even after informing you of the study scope in advance, can still create incredibly challenging and novel exam questions for their self-administered professional master's programs.

Those are special cases.

Overall, Bai Qinghua's desire for Nan Zhuren to pursue an academic master's degree clearly indicates that he has higher expectations for him.

“But in other words, if you want to pursue this graduate degree—” Weng Pingting said, “the first hurdle of memorizing and practicing questions is crucial for you. If your score doesn’t meet the national minimum requirement, there’s no point in discussing anything else.”

Weng Pingting shrugged.

"The original plan was for the teacher to take you to Beidu and find some familiar teachers to give you offline tutoring. At the same time, the teacher would give you an internship position at their company so that you could take on some small consultations in your spare time to supplement your family income. Afterwards, they could also issue a work certificate so you could take the exam directly in Beidu, saving you the trouble of traveling back and forth."

Weng Pingting smiled with a hint of schadenfreude: "But now it seems that this plan will have to be changed."

This is indeed a very thoughtful plan, even a bit too thoughtful, taking into account study, work, and life.

Nan Zhuren said somewhat embarrassedly, "Please apologize to Teacher Bai for me."

Weng Pingting waved her hand dismissively: "It's nothing, it's not important."

"Now that you've decided to stay in Jiangdu, your senior sister will make the arrangements for you!"

If she hadn't been holding the steering wheel, Weng Pingting might have already been pounding her chest.

Oh, it might not even ring.

Nan Zhuren blinked. Why did Weng Pingting's tone sound a little excited?

"Let me think about what to do with you..."

"First, there's your client. If you want to continue working with Li Minglu, you can arrange for him to stay in my consultation room."

Weng Pingting pondered for a moment and said, "I've already started looking for a space for my studio, and Xiaojia is handling it... According to the progress she reported to me this morning, we should be able to sign the contract in the next couple of days. We don't need to spend too much time setting up the new place; if all goes well, we can start receiving visitors next week..."

Nan Zhuren heard an unexpected name in this conversation: "Xiao Jia?"

Although Nan Zhuren already knew that Lu Jia, the receptionist, was working for Weng Pingting, he hadn't expected her to be in charge of venue procurement.

Weng Pingting said matter-of-factly, "You should also be able to tell that Xiaojia comes from a very well-off family—probably because we had a lot of contact before, so she is very familiar with the price fluctuations of various office buildings in Jiangdu, and her negotiation skills are surprisingly high."

Nan Zhuren blinked and nodded.

Upon closer reflection, this makes perfect sense.

"So I handed this job over to her, and she only had one condition—"

Weng Pingting shrugged: "—Continue to be the receptionist at my studio." She truly loved this job.

Nan Zhuren shrugged as well.

Weng Pingting steered the conversation back on track: "So, regarding Li Minglu's consultation, you can place it in my new consultation room. Why don't you just register under my office and get paid..."

That's absolutely fine.

"But if you want to take the national unified exam, you'll need to start full-time studying by October at the latest; however, Li Minglu's consultation fee is unlikely to cover your subsequent expenses, and the postgraduate entrance exam itself is a considerable expense..."

Weng Pingting started worrying about how to help Nan Zhuren make money.

She didn't mention arranging more visitors for Nan Zhuren, because given Nan Zhuren's personality, if she encountered a case similar to Li Minglu's, she might have to take full responsibility and disrupt her study progress.

For Weng Pingting, ensuring that her junior apprentice successfully passes the exam and becomes her disciple is more important than anything else.

[How about I just give him a card, consider it a loan?]

[Wouldn't that seem too strange?]

Nan Zhuren obediently said, "Senior Sister, can you arrange more consultations for me?"

Weng Pingting ignored him.

"correct."

Weng Pingting's eyes suddenly lit up: "When I was in Jiangdu before, I helped my teacher get a cooperation project with Jiangdu No. 1 Middle School, and another project commissioned by the Jiangdu Health Commission. My teacher said that he wanted to send a junior doctoral student over in a couple of days."

"Let's assign you to be that junior's assistant as well, so you can get familiar with the group's operation mode in advance, get to know your future senior brother—and at the same time, the teacher can give you some gold coins."

This feeling is good.

To be honest, if Weng Pingting had given the card directly to Nan Zhuren... well, whether he accepted it or not, it would have been a bit strange.

But if it's earned through labor, I feel at ease.

Moreover, Nan Zhuren was willing to engage in two psychology-related projects.

What kinds of projects are they?

Weng Pingting thought for a moment: "As for Jiangdu No. 1 Middle School, I remember they wanted to have us install an 'intelligent emotion monitoring system' on their surveillance system to observe their students' 'micro-expressions' in real time and detect students' psychological problems in a timely manner..."

Nan Zhuren raised an eyebrow: "[Micro-expressions]?"

"Oh, our teacher studies micro-expressions, didn't he tell you?"

Nan Zhuren blinked and suddenly felt that many things made sense.

Weng Pingting continued, "And the second project commissioned by the Health Commission is also related to the first one—a student at Jiangdu No. 1 Middle School jumped off a building. Although he was saved, there were some problems with the student's psychological evaluation, which caused a lot of controversy. So, it was necessary to commission an external expert to evaluate him. After changing hands several times, this project ended up in my hands..."

Nan Zhuren blinked.

He is now more interested in both projects.

Especially the second project.

There are just too many keywords in it, and it sounds like a dramatic story.

Meanwhile, Weng Pingting's arrangements for Nan Zhuren are still ongoing.

(End of this chapter)