Chapter 295 - The Excited Peking University Students! (1/2)
Downstairs.
Chinese department in the school campus.
While Wu Zeqing and Zhang Ye were walking downstairs, they had already discussed his compensation and cla.s.s schedules. There was nothing to haggle over, since the process went very smoothly.
“Little Zhang, have you decided on what you want to teach?”
“Not yet, but I have a rough idea.”
“Oh, anyway the syllabus is up to you. I trust you will do it well.”
“Definitely. I mainly want to communicate with the students later. I want to see what sort of lessons they would like to have. If I’m lecturing, I definitely want to find something that can incur their interests. If not, even if I were to lecture till the flowers bloom, and feel good about it myself, it would be meaningless. The main point is that the students must be interested in listening to me.”
“It’s good that you have such thoughts. Come, I’ll bring you to the cla.s.sroom.”
Next to the garden, they headed towards the cla.s.srooms. On the way, Wu Zeqing even made a phone call to get things done.
8 something.
The P.A. system rang.
On campus, in the field, along the corridors, an announcement blared repeatedly.
“Notice: ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’ elective cla.s.s students. Please gather at Building 2’s lecture theater. Kindly pa.s.s on the message!”
As it was still the 2nd of January, there were no cla.s.ses scheduled for the Year 2 and 3 students. Only a portion of the Year 1 students had cla.s.ses. Some people were currently preparing for cla.s.ses and some were resting in their dormitories, while there were also others who had not yet returned from their holidays. When the announce was made, many of those who heard it ignored it as it did not concern them. Only the handful of the Chinese department students who were registered for ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’ elective p.r.i.c.ked their ears.
Yao Mi had just finished breakfast and was at the field playing badminton with a few others.
“Eh? The announcement is for us!” Li Ying said in surprise.
Li Li was wondering, “What’s the matter? Go to the lecture theater?”
Yao Mi smiled as she swung her badminton racket returning the ball, “Do you still need to ask? It’s definitely about the new teacher. We no longer need to be raised by a ‘step-mother’.”
The few of them stopped playing and sat down to catch their breaths.
Li Li said, “What kind of a teacher do you think it will be?”
Yao Mi speculated, “It must be an old Professor who has no hair. Otherwise, it might also be an old lady with a head full of white hair. The teachers from the Chinese department are all like that.”
Li Ying said happily, “They’ve finally managed to get that old person over.”
Yao Mi’s dorm mate beside her, a girl also said, “Yea, our chance of flunking this elective cla.s.s is now much lower. At least we will have a teacher who can let us know what we will be tested on.”
Around the campus, many others also heard the announcement.
“They’re talking to us!”
“A new teacher has arrived?”
“The cla.s.ses are starting so soon already?”
“That won’t happen. Today’s probably just a meet up session to get to know each other. I guess the lessons will start tomorrow. Let’s go take a look.”
“It must be another old man, so it’s going to be dull.”
“We still have to go, he’ll be the one who decides our elective credit.”
On the west side of Building 2 on campus.
At the lecture theater, students were making their way in.
The lecture theater was not large. It looked like it could accommodate, at most, 150 people, but the number of students who had registered for the course only numbered around 120, including all students from every batch. Of course, if you compared it to other schools, 120 was a lot for an elective course, but at Peking University, this was not a large number. Since it was not a popular elective course, the people who registered for it were mainly those who wanted something simple, easy to get through, and score well.
Other than those who had not returned to school, most of the students for this course had arrived. The front row of the lecture theater was a restricted zone, so no one sat there. Everyone had gathered towards the back of the lecture hall, chatting amongst themselves while waiting for their mysterious new teacher to appear.
“Still not here?”
“It’s not 9AM yet.”
“Wanna play a round of cards?”
“Come on, we’ll get caught again by the new teacher.”
At the other side, Yao Mi took out her cellphone and browsed the web. She couldn’t help but say disappointedly, “Why has the broadcast not returned yet!? I’m getting impatient!”
The girl asked, “What broadcast is returning?”
Yao Mi replied, “Zhang Ye’s Talk Show.”
Li Ying said in an interested manner, “Cla.s.smate Little Mi, you watch Zhang Ye’s programs too?”
“You are the Little Mi! Your whole d.a.m.n family are Little Mis!” Yao Mi scolded. Then she replied, “Of course I watch them. I’ve watched the first few episodes over 3 or 4 times in a row. Zhang Ye is so funny!”
A senior that they did not know that was also seated beside them added, “Yes, yes. That Zhang Ye’s mouth is d.a.m.n wicked!”
Yao Mi looked over, “Right? I’ve been refres.h.i.+ng so many times!”
That senior said, “Me too, but I think we have to wait until the Lunar New Year is over. Didn’t you watch the news? The SARFT hasn’t reinstated Zhang Ye as a host. He can’t broadcast anything yet.”
Li Li said, “Yao Mi, didn’t you say that your dad knows Zhang Ye while we were eating diner the other day? I watch his Talk Show too, when will it be broadcasted again?”
The senior’s eyes lit up, “Your dad knows Zhang Ye?”
Yao Mi replied, “Of course, they have a good relations.h.i.+p.”
“So who’s your dad?” Li Ying asked, “I still have no idea.”
Yao Mi smiled and said, “You wouldn’t know even if I told you all.”