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

Registration for the extracurricular classes officially began at noon on the second day.

Su Qingyan set up a table at the entrance of the cafeteria with six registration forms on it, corresponding to the six directions.

Music, art, programming, street dance, photography, writing.

The results were surprisingly good.

Lunchtime wasn't even over yet, and the six forms were already more than half full.

The music class was the most popular, with 53 out of 47 spots filled, so Su Qingyan had to add a waiting list.

Although the programming class had the fewest enrollments, the students who registered were all very serious.

Zhao Siqi, a girl with black-rimmed glasses who was learning programming on her own in the classroom, was the first to come and sign her autograph. She also attached a study plan she had written herself.

Su Qingyan glanced at the schedule, which was filled with more than twenty items, covering everything from Python basics to data structures.

"This child is a talent." She made a mental note of it.

The street dance class was also very popular, with most of the students being boys and a few girls.

The leader was a tall, thin guy from Class 4 of the first year of high school named He Xiaoyu.

It is said that he posted several street dance videos on Douyin, with the most liked video having more than 3,000 likes.

Three thousand likes isn't much on Douyin, but it's quite good for a sixteen-year-old high school student.

The only problem is that there are no application forms for the esports class.

One hundred and fourteen students who wanted to learn e-sports stood in front of the table, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Doesn't the principal offer e-sports classes?"

"It seems not."

"Tsk."

Disappointment lingered in the crowd for a moment, but was quickly dispelled by the lively atmosphere of other classes.

After all, having a choice is better than having no choice at all.

Many students who originally wanted to apply for esports hesitated for a moment and then filled out forms for photography or programming instead.

Lin Yucai did not appear at the registration site at all.

He stared at the new batch of slips of paper that had just been emptied from the suggestion box in his office, flipping through them one by one.

He stopped when he turned to the twelfth page.

The handwriting on the note was crooked and heavy, almost piercing the paper.

"Class is so boring! Can we watch movies and play games in the classroom?"

"I promise I won't bother anyone! (Seriously)"

Signed: Li Daqiang, Class 4, Grade 11.

Lin Yucai vaguely remembered the name.

Li Daqiang, a legendary figure at No. 13 Middle School.

He is 1.85 meters tall and weighs a little over 200 pounds, with broad shoulders and a thick waist.

It is said that he overturned a long table in the cafeteria by himself when he was in junior high school.

However, this strong man's academic performance was inversely proportional to his physical strength.

In the final exam last semester, he scored 93 out of 750.

Ninety-three points.

All six subjects combined.

I got 8 points on the math test.

Six out of the eight points were guessed from the multiple-choice questions.

Such a student would be rejected by any school.

But his suggestion... to watch movies and play games in the classroom?

As Lin Yucai was pondering this, the system panel flashed.

[Student suggestion detected: They want to watch movies and play games in the classroom.]

Recommended rating: One star (standard)

[Should we adopt this?]

One-star rating, not high.

But the rewards shouldn't be bad either.

As Lin Yucai looked at the suggestion, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Watching movies and playing games... what if we did it differently?

"Accept".

[Ding! Suggestion successfully adopted!]

[A special start-up fund of 300 million RMB has been allocated!]

[Task Generation: Upgrade all classroom multimedia equipment within two weeks and establish a reasonable incentive mechanism for film/game content.]

Task completion rate: 0%

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

Three million.

A one-star mission gave three million?

Lin Yucai rubbed his eyes and looked at it again.

That's right, three million.

It is estimated that the "multimedia equipment upgrade" involves replacing the hardware in all classrooms across the school, which is quite expensive, so the funding provided by the system has also increased accordingly.

My phone vibrated.

Three million has been received.

Lin Yucai locked his phone and took a deep breath.

He had thought about upgrading the multimedia system before.

The classrooms at No. 13 Middle School are remnants of the last century; the blackboards are old-fashioned frosted boards painted green, and chalk dust fills the entire classroom.

The only "multimedia" device was a CRT television with two horizontal lines on the screen that would never disappear.

Replacing teaching equipment with modern, intelligent teaching equipment can not only improve teaching efficiency but also lay the foundation for various teaching reforms in the future.

As for "film/game incentive mechanisms"...

He already had a plan in mind.

That afternoon, Lin Yucai made seven or eight phone calls, contacting three teaching equipment suppliers.

Ultimately, we selected a local company specializing in educational technology, Boyuan Technology.

When the sales manager heard that all the classrooms in the school were to be replaced with 8K smart interactive blackboards, and that the school's computer labs were to be upgraded, he almost jumped out of his chair.

"Principal Lin, this order of yours is quite large."

The voice on the other end of the phone trembled with excitement.

"We can offer you the most favorable group purchase price, with the unit price of the smart blackboard controlled within 30,000 yuan, and the total price of 36 units is 1.08 million yuan."

"What about the server room?"

"The cost of a computer room depends on your needs. If it's just for general teaching purposes, twenty computers plus network equipment would cost around 300,000."

"Don't go with the ordinary stuff." Lin Yucai leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and said, "Upgrade the server room to esports-grade specifications."

"Esports level? You mean... a high-performance graphics card and a high refresh rate monitor?"

"Yes, forty machines, all top-of-the-line."

"Network bandwidth is maximized, and latency is kept to single digits."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"Principal Lin, the cost is... forty gaming-grade computers, plus network upgrades, it'll cost at least 1.5 million."

"Okay, give me the total price."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yucai did some calculations on a piece of paper.

The smart blackboard costs 108 million, the e-sports computer room costs 150 million, and the construction cost and miscellaneous expenses are estimated at 30.

Total: 288.

I have 300 million, which is just enough.

On Monday, the equipment began arriving on site.

The No. 13 Middle School has once again become a large construction site.

However, this construction was much faster than installing air conditioning.

The smart blackboard is wall-mounted. Simply remove the old blackboard, install the bracket, and connect the power and network cable. It can be set up in a classroom in just two hours.

Boyuan Technology dispatched a six-person installation team, which was divided into three groups to work simultaneously.

Six classrooms were installed on the first day.

The students started peering out the windows to watch the commotion again.

"What is that big black screen?"

"A smart blackboard, I heard it can be operated with a touchscreen, just like a super large tablet."

"Really? We're going to use this for classes?"

"Even No. 1 High School doesn't have this, right?"

"The No. 1 Middle School still uses a projector. I went to see it last year when I attended a parent-teacher meeting, and the projector was old and yellowed."