Chapter 293 - Chinese department’s Leaders are Stumped! (2/2)

Wearing casual white pants and light yellow suit for ladies, Wu Zeqing sat at the end of the table. She sat down with a smile as she hung up the phone. She then placed the cellphone on the table beside a fountain pen, which she aligned almost perfectly, “He’ll be arriving soon.”

A middle aged man said with satisfaction, “President Wu’s network is really large. This hole in the wall has finally been patched up.”

Another old man said thankfully, “Finally someone has come. The students have become very unsettled over the past 2 months.”

A middle aged man, who was in a suit, said, “Yes. If there’s still no lecturer filling in, our ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’ elective would no longer be offered next semester.”

The three people who just spoke were:

Chang Kaige — Dean of the Chinese department.

Yan Jiantao — The oldest and most experienced professor in the Chinese department. He’s also a symbol of the Chinese department, as many students applied to the Chinese department just based on the name of Professor Yan.

Zhen Shuquan — The secretary of the Chinese department, the nominated head of the department, but had little real power. He was in charge of the administration of the department and his qualifications and prestige were not as high as Professor Yan.

These three people were the main leaders of Peking University’s Chinese department.

Wu Zeqing asked, “How is Professor w.a.n.g doing now?”

Yan Jiantao sighed, “I went to visit him at the hospital yesterday. His health is recovering slowly, but he’s definitely still not fit for teaching. I had a chat with him and he told me that he plans on retiring.”

Wu Zeqing nodded, “It’s more important to recuperate. Professor w.a.n.g has been at the forefront of education for so many years, even at his age. It was already very hard on him. About this year’s opening of full Professor, I think we should give it to Professor w.a.n.g. I will report it to higher management and push for it to be approved within the month. Does anyone have any objections?”

“No objections.”

“He deserves that.”

“Of course there’s no objection.”

All of the Chinese department’s representatives at the meeting nodded their heads.

Whether it was Professor w.a.n.g’s qualifications, or from a special treatment point of view, no one could refute this decision. Besides, the matter had already been decided by President Wu. They couldn’t possibly refute that. Wu Zeqing was Peking University’s Vice President, who also oversaw the Chinese department and several other key departments. She was the leader of all those present at the meeting.

Secretary Zhen Shuquan suddenly said, “President Wu, who is the professor that you invited to join us?”

Chang Kaige said, “I heard that Professor Sun from Renmin University retired? His research in the field of cla.s.sical works is considered to be very good. Did President Wu invite Old Sun over?”

Yan Jiantao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, “Old Sun would never come here. He spent his entire teaching career at Renmin University.”

Zhen Shuquan also frowned, “Professor Sun? It can’t be him, right?”

Wu Zeqing smiled slightly and took a sip of tea, “I did not look for Professor Sun. I recognize his teaching qualifications, but I didn’t think he’d be suitable for an elective like ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’. His style is too rigid and wouldn’t be attractive to the students. As for Doctor Chen, who was recommended by Old Chang, after finding out more about him, I did not ask him to join us either. I’ve seen Professor Chen’s literature research papers and though I found them to be very outstanding, I do not think that he has the eloquence in speaking. He can write, but not speak, so he would not be able to take over the role from Professor w.a.n.g.”

Oh?

Professor Sun was not suitable?

And neither was Doctor Chen?

Isn’t that setting too high a standard?

Yan Jiantao asked, “Then who did you find?”

Wu Zeqing casually looked at her watch, “When he arrives, you’ll know. I feel that this person is the most suitable candidate to teach such an elective cla.s.s. In my opinion, from his teaching style, his lecture style and his literary level in literature, no one domestically would be more suitable than him to teach a cla.s.s like ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’.”

Chang Kaige, Zhen Shuquan, and the others all looked at each other.

The other Chinese department professors and lecturers all had their curiosity roused.

No one more suitable than him? Isn’t President Wu’s a.s.sessment of him too high? Who could it be? Who was it? Which professor? Hai Gui? Or could it be someone from a famous school?

Suddenly, there was knock from the door.

Dong dong. A school administrative staff said from outside, “President Wu, he has arrived.”

“Come in.” Wu Zeqing revealed an elegant smile.

The door opened and the staff showed him the way in, “This way, please.”

The next moment, Zhang Ye walked into the meeting room, “President Wu.”

The moment they saw Zhang Ye, everyone except for Wu Zeqing looked dumbfounded! Who was this? Why was he so young? He looks like he’s just past twenty years of age?

Among them, someone had recognized him!

“Zhang Ye?”

“Isn’t this the lecturer from ‘Lecture Room’?”

Some did not know him well, as they were all in the academic field, but as Zhang Ye was quite well known in Beijing, they knew who he was the moment they heard his name!

“That’s him?”

“Isn’t he the one who did the Talk Show in Shanghai?”

With Zhang Ye’s appearance, Chang Kaige, Zhen Shuquan, and the others nearly fainted. They couldn’t react at all!

Wu Zeqing ignored the uproar and spoke calmly to Zhang Ye, “Teacher Little Zhang, why don’t you introduce yourself to everyone?”

So Zhang Ye introduced himself to them. Actually, even if he did not do a self-introduction, everyone would still know him. After all, Zhang Ye was considered to be a celebrity unlike those professors here. His exposure rate was so high, that even the old Professor Yan Jiantao knew him. In fact, he knew him to be a literary hooligan. In the literary circle, Zhang Ye’s name was notorious!

Subsequently, Wu Zeqing invited Zhang Ye to take a seat and then introduced him to everyone present.

Those who attended the meeting kept staring at each other, some wiping off their sweat, some tapping on their heads, some speechlessly looking at the ceiling. Their expressions were all very strange!

It was him!

Why did President Wu invite such a hooligan to join their department!?

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