What's wrong with me, a school principal, listening to students' suggestions?

Lin Yucai stared at the panel for a moment.

The two-star mission is one level more difficult than the one-star mission.

The rewards should be even better.

But the problem is...

If you accept the task, how much start-up capital will the system provide?

Is it enough to cover the cost of six or seven hundred thousand?

If it's not enough, he has to add more himself.

If enough...

"Accept the mission," he silently repeated to himself.

I gambled.

[Ding! Suggestion successfully adopted!]

[A special start-up fund of 150 million RMB has been issued! (The system has already transferred the funds to the host's personal account through legitimate overseas investment returns.)]

[Task generated: Within two weeks, complete the installation of air conditioners or fans in the teaching building and dormitory building, and the expansion of the dormitory shower rooms.]

Task completion rate: 0%

[Completion Reward: Green Rare Treasure Chest (quality varies depending on completion level)]

My phone vibrated in my pocket.

Lin Yucai took it out and saw that it was another bank text message.

150 million has been received.

With the remaining 1.5 million yuan, he now has nearly 3 million yuan in his hands.

enough.

"What's wrong?"

Su Qingyan noticed the change in his expression.

Lin Yucai put away his phone, stood up, and walked to the window.

Outside the window, one can still vaguely see people queuing in the dormitory corridor.

"Vice Principal Su."

"Um?"

"I'll figure out how to handle the air conditioning and shower room."

Su Qingyan put down her teacup and gave him a long look.

"You know what? Every time you say you'll figure something out, I get really panicked."

Lin Yucai smiled but didn't respond.

He turned around, his gaze falling on the pile of suggestion slips on the table.

"Start contacting the air conditioner supplier and construction team tomorrow."

"Within two weeks, I want to have air conditioning in every classroom and dormitory."

"The expansion of the shower room is also progressing simultaneously. Minor repairs will be carried out before the summer vacation, and a large-scale renovation will be carried out during the summer vacation."

"Are you serious?" Su Qingyan stood up.

"When did you notice I wasn't serious?"

Su Qingyan opened her mouth, wanting to say, "You're not very serious most of the time," but ultimately swallowed it back.

"Okay, I'll go find the construction team for a quote tomorrow."

As she spoke, she picked up her teacup and walked out.

"But let me make this clear from the start: if you don't have enough money, you'll have to explain it to the students yourself."

"rest assured."

Su Qingyan walked to the door and suddenly turned her head back.

"Lin Yucai".

"Um?"

"What exactly are you after?"

Lin Yucai leaned against the window frame, moonlight falling on half of his face, his expression half bright and half dark.

"I hope that these kids will one day be able to hold their heads high and be respected."

Su Qingyan was taken aback.

Then she pushed open the door and went out, the sound of her high heels clicking on the ground gradually fading into the distance.

Lin Yucai stared blankly as the door closed.

That last sentence sounded like a line from a TV drama.

But thinking about it carefully, maybe it's because I was a poor student when I was young, and the conditions weren't good when I was a child, so I empathized with these children.

"Never mind, it was just a honest opinion."

He rubbed his hands together, sat back down in his chair, and started searching for contact information for air conditioner suppliers on his phone.

On the screen, the task countdown in the system panel has begun.

[Remaining time: 13 days, 23 hours, and 47 minutes]

……

Early the next morning.

Lin Yucai then experienced firsthand the true value of a "two-star mission".

Finding an air conditioner supplier is not difficult.

There are tons of companies in Tomato City that do central air conditioning projects; you can easily schedule an appointment with them by making a few phone calls.

The difficulty lies in the construction conditions.

10:00 AM.

Gerry sent a project manager to conduct an on-site inspection.

Xu Jianfeng spent an hour walking around the inside and outside of the No. 13 Middle School teaching building.

When he came out, Xu Jianfeng looked as if he had just visited a dilapidated building.

"Principal Lin, to tell you the truth..."

He flipped through the survey records, shaking his head repeatedly.

"The electrical system in your teaching building is an old circuit from the 1980s, and its load-bearing capacity is seriously insufficient."

"Installing a high-powered air conditioner directly will trip the circuit breaker in no time, and may even cause a short circuit and fire."

"To install air conditioning, the electrical circuit needs to be modified first."

"Re-lay cables, replace the distribution box, and install residual current devices."

"This alone will add at least 200,000."

Lin Yucai frowned.

"Where's the dormitory building?"

"The dormitory building is even more troublesome." Xu Jianfeng smiled wryly, "The walls of your dormitory building are made of hollow bricks, which have limited load-bearing capacity."

"The outdoor unit is mounted on the exterior wall; I can't guarantee that nothing will go wrong."

"The best solution is to install the outdoor units on the roof, but the roof waterproofing layer has aged and needs to be renovated first, otherwise it will leak when it rains after the air conditioners are installed."

"How much more money will it cost?"

"Waterproofing plus outdoor unit installation, that'll add another hundred thousand or so."

Lin Yucai did some mental calculations.

Air conditioning equipment costs, electrical circuit modifications, waterproofing renovations, labor costs...

It adds up to at least seven or eight hundred thousand.

In addition, there's the additional cost of 200,000 to 300,000 for the expansion of

The initial investment of 1.5 million was barely enough, leaving only 500,000.

And there's an even more crucial issue... time.

The system gave a deadline of two weeks, or fourteen days.

Electrical circuit modification and air conditioner installation typically take at least twenty days.

Expanding the shower room takes even longer; from laying the foundation to installing the pipes, it will take at least a month.

"Principal Lin, even if we work overtime, it will take at least half a month to reinstall the air conditioning in the teaching building."

"You said you'd get everything done in two weeks... to be frank, that's not very realistic."

Xu Jianfeng had obviously thought of this as well.

"What if I pay more? The construction team will work in three shifts, 24 hours a day."

Lin Yucai pondered for a moment.

"The workers' overtime pay and night work subsidies add up to a considerable expense."

Xu Jianfeng took a breath.

"And we also have to coordinate with the surrounding residents about the noise issue..."

"I'll handle the money issue, and I'll coordinate the noise problem."

"Just tell me, if it's a three-shift system, how long would it take at the earliest?"

Xu Jianfeng thought for a moment.

"Seven days in the teaching building, ten days in the dormitory building."

"If the construction is carried out simultaneously, the air conditioning part can be completed in ten days."

"Where's the shower?"

"Shower rooms are not within our service area; you'll need to find another construction team."

"However, I can recommend a company that does plumbing work. The boss is my classmate."

"Okay, you make the appointment for me."

Xu Jianfeng nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"Principal Lin, I've been in this line of work for over ten years, and this is the first time I've ever seen a high school principal pay out of his own pocket to install air conditioning for the students."

"What is this...?"

"Stop asking questions, let's sign the contract."

Xu Jianfeng smiled and shook his head, then opened the folder.

After the contract was signed, Lin Yucai immediately began coordinating the construction arrangements.

At noon, he convened a short meeting with all the faculty and staff of the school.

There are only about thirty teachers in total at No. 13 Middle School, and less than twenty of them were present.

The rest either asked for leave or said they had "something to do," which basically means they were too lazy to come.

Ma Desheng, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, sat in the first row, his gray hair neatly combed.

Next to him was Wang Tiezhu, the physical education teacher, a burly man who was leaning back in his chair and practically snoring.

There was also Li Wan'er, an English teacher, a young female teacher in her early thirties, with her hair in a ponytail, looking down at her phone.

"Everyone."

Lin Yucai stood at the front, his hands supporting him on the podium.

"Starting tomorrow, the school will undergo hardware renovations."

"Air conditioning will be installed in the teaching buildings and dormitories, and the shower rooms in the dormitories will be expanded."

"During the construction period, classrooms in the teaching building need to be moved in batches, and dormitories also need to be temporarily adjusted."