blenderwars Chapter 424 Renowned Teachers Gather in Jiangjia Village, Chu Family's School District Housing
Chapter 424 Renowned Teachers Gather in Jiangjia Village, Chu Family's School District Housing
"They're here! They're here! The first vehicle has entered the village!"
Jiang Shitou stood on the century-old locust tree at the entrance of the village and shouted at the top of his lungs into the village.
That shout was even more effective than the village committee's loudspeaker.
The entire Jiangjia Village instantly erupted in excitement.
The drum troupe kicked off the festivities, and Chen Jianjun swung his drumsticks, striking the large cowhide drum with a sound like thunder.
The firecrackers stretched from the village entrance all the way to the gate of the village committee compound, a distance of over 300 meters. Once lit, they filled the air with blue smoke and crackled for a full five minutes.
The entire village, young and old, including eighty-year-old Jiang Baichuan, all wore brand-new traditional Chinese jackets and fanned themselves with palm-leaf fans. With joyful expressions, they lined up in two long rows on both sides of the cement road at the village entrance.
The spectacle was ten times more grand than welcoming the God of Wealth during the Lunar New Year.
The first luxury bus came to a smooth stop at the village entrance.
The car door opened with a hiss.
Qi Shi'an was the first to get off the bus.
The old man was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit. Although his hair was completely white, he was in high spirits and his back was ramrod straight.
As soon as he got out of the car, he took a deep breath of the air in Jiangjia Village, then looked around and nodded.
"Hmm, the air is fresh."
Immediately afterwards, the second and third buses arrived.
Song Xianming carried an old leather suitcase, Ma Wenying helped her husband, and Old Liu from Northeast China looked around as soon as he got off the bus, muttering, "This place isn't bad!"
In total, eighteen national-level distinguished teachers, plus more than thirty provincial-level backbone teachers, along with their families, a total of nearly a hundred people, all arrived.
Jiang Chen rushed forward and grabbed Qi Shi'an's arm.
"Old Qi, you must be tired from your journey! From now on, we'll leave these little rascals in the village to you old sages!"
Qi Shi'an patted Jiang Chen's hand, said nothing polite, and only asked a question.
"Can I take a look at the lab today?"
"at any time."
Jiang Baichuan couldn't contain himself any longer. Holding a palm-leaf fan, he shakily squeezed forward, grabbed Qi Shi'an and Song Xianming's hands, and began to spout classical Chinese phrases.
"It is a great joy to have friends coming from afar! The presence of such talented individuals in our humble village is truly a blessing for the Jiang family!"
Song Xianming was amused by him: "Old sir, how old are you?"
"I am eighty years old!" Jiang Baichuan puffed out his chest.
"Goodness, you're nine years older than me, I have to call you senior brother!"
The two old men immediately started chatting, one quoting classical texts and the other discussing physics. The villagers nearby were completely confused, but they all chuckled along.
The group slowly made its way into the village.
As the teachers passed by the brand-new education park, everyone slowed down.
Qi Shi'an stood at the entrance of the math lab, staring wide-eyed at the neatly arranged German-imported teaching aids and the latest smart blackboard.
He glanced back at Jiang Chen, his lips trembling slightly.
"The conditions are more than ten times better than when I was in the provincial experimental high school."
Ma Wenying went into the library with over 100,000 books and never came out.
She squatted in front of the bookshelf, touching the spines of the brand-new books one by one, and as she touched them, tears began to fall.
"I've taught Chinese my whole life, and I've always dreamed of having a library like this."
After checking out the school, let's look at the accommodation.
Jiang Chen led them to the newly built, fully-furnished, single-level apartment complex on the back hill.
It has three bedrooms and two living rooms, is well-ventilated, and is fully furnished with all kinds of furniture and appliances, even toothbrushes and towels.
Old Liu's wife pushed open the bedroom door and saw a brand-new set of blood pressure monitor, blood glucose meter, and emergency medicine kit on the bedside table, with a note attached: "Aunt Liu, this is your personal health management equipment. If you feel unwell, press the red button anytime, and medical staff will come to your door within five minutes."
The old lady burst into tears on the spot.
"Old Liu, let's not go."
Qi Shi'an stood on the balcony, looking at the vast super farm and rolling green hills in the distance, and remained silent for a long time.
Finally, he turned around and said something to all the old professors behind him.
"Everyone, let's give it our all one last time in this lifetime."
"good!"
……
at the same time.
In Qinghe County, there is the Chu Family Bilingual Elite School.
A grand admissions information session is being held in the school's multi-functional lecture hall.
Li Jianjun—the foundation project director who had his contract thrown in Jiang Chen's face in Dahe Town—was demoted by the Chu family to be in charge of the school's admissions work because he messed up his job.
He stood on the podium, wearing a wrinkled suit, holding a microphone, and boasting wildly.
"Dear parents! Our Chu's Bilingual School employs only top-tier foreign teachers from the UK and the US! We offer a fully immersive English learning environment!"
"Moreover! Parents who buy property in our school district will have priority for their children's enrollment! Buy a property in our school district now, and its value will double in five years!"
A few dozen parents sat scattered across the audience.
The atmosphere was as cold as an icebox.
A burly man with a large gold chain around his neck, clearly a construction foreman, took out his phone and sneered.
"Come on, Mr. Li! In Jiangjia Village, the math teacher is Qi Shi'an, the former national team math Olympiad coach! The Chinese teacher is Ma Wenying, who participated in compiling the textbooks! The physics teacher is Song Xianming, retired from Beijing High School!"
He shoved his phone screen right in front of the parent's face.
"See that? This video just came out today, and all the teachers are here! Eighteen national-level distinguished teachers!"
"You bunch of blond foreigners, honestly, aren't you unemployed people you found at a bar?"
"Hahahaha—" Several parents in the audience burst out laughing.
Li Jianjun's face was ashen, and his hand gripping the microphone was white.
"Our foreign teachers are all properly qualified—"
"Qualifications my ass!" Another parent stood up; she was a woman in a floral cotton-padded jacket, and her voice was even louder than Li Jianjun's.
"Let me ask you, can your foreign teacher help my kid get into Tsinghua or Peking University? That teacher, Professor Qi, has coached seven provincial top scorers! What makes you think you can compare?"
Li Jianjun opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
The news spread too fast.
The video of eighteen national-level retired teachers from Jiangjia Village arriving together went viral in the parent groups of Qinghe County within just half a day.
Parents who were originally hesitant about whether to grit their teeth and buy a house in the Chu family's school district have all changed their minds.
That afternoon, a line even longer than the one at the Chu family's school district housing sales office formed outside.
But they're not here to buy a house.
They've come to get their deposit back.
"Refund! Refund!"
"What a terrible school district! People in Jiangjia Village have free schooling, and their teachers are national-level! What am I paying millions for this house? To be far from home?"
"Your school hasn't even started yet, and you've already been outdone! Buying this house is a complete waste! Give me my money back!"
The saleswomen at the sales office were so surrounded that they didn't even have time to drink water, and they were all terrified and their faces turned ashen.
Upon hearing the news, Li Jianjun rushed to the sales office. Seeing the dense crowd of people canceling their purchases at the entrance, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
The Chu family invested over a billion yuan in a prestigious school and school district housing project, but before they could even hold an opening ceremony, it was already facing the prospect of becoming an abandoned project.
He shakily pulled out his phone, wanting to report to his superiors, but he didn't dare dial the number.
He knew that if he reported this, he would not have a good ending.
……
Jiangjia Village, Village Committee Office.
Jiang Chen leaned back in his armchair, holding a cup of Da Hong Pao tea brewed with the revitalized spiritual spring water, leisurely gazing out the window.
Outside the window, on the playground of the education park, Qi Shi'an was already leading several senior professors in discussing the course schedule for next week.
Several village children surrounded the elderly, chattering and asking questions.
A smile appeared on Jiang Chen's lips.
Just then, that familiar mechanical voice sounded in my mind.
[Ding! The system has detected that the host has successfully cracked an education monopoly conspiracy, using a retired renowned teacher to break the deadlock and open up educational opportunities for ordinary people!]
[Trigger the epic hidden achievement - "A Hundred Years of Tree Cultivation"!]
[Bonus Reward: 300 billion RMB! Legalized through an overseas trust fund, deposited into your Swiss bank account ending in 8888!]
Jiang Chen took out his phone, glanced at his balance, and shook his head with a smile.
There's money in the world, it's truly inexhaustible.
He put down his teacup, grabbed the landline on the table, and dialed Wang Dagou's number.
"Da Gou, the school is safe."
"Hehe, Brother Chen, that's for sure! Once those old fogies arrive, that lousy Chu family school won't even be a fart!"
"Don't get too cocky." Jiang Chen's tone turned serious. "Tell Hu Lahua and the others that I'm going to town tomorrow."
"What's wrong, Brother Chen?"
"I heard that the Chu family has been trying to take advantage of the market in our old town of Qingshui?"
On the other end of the phone, Wang Dagou was silent for two seconds, then his voice suddenly changed.
"Brother Chen, your information is amazing! I was just about to tell you about this! Those old guys in town have been driven crazy these past few days!"