Chapter 303 - An extremely packed public class! (2/2)
When many of Peking University’s teachers and professors pa.s.sed by the 9:30AM cla.s.s for “Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics”, they too were shocked!
People!
People everywhere!
“Aiyo, don’t pus.h.!.+”
“Let me in!”
“Who are you all? What are you doing in our cla.s.s?”
“F**k, I’m registered for this cla.s.s, but why can’t I even get a seat?”
The tiny lecture theater was packed with people. The 200 seats were fully taken. Some people even brought their own chairs from their dormitories and sat along the aisle. The groups of people had even nearly taken up the s.p.a.ce around the podium. This was not even the end! Because the lecture theater was situated on the 1st storey, the windows facing the sports field were also packed with people outside. Numerous Peking University students just made themselves comfortable outside the windows. There were also reporters in there carrying video cameras. A rough estimate would say that there were about 30-40 journalistic workers present. They were all from the various television stations and newspaper publishers. How they managed to get in, no one knew!
A few hundred people!
A full several hundred people had filled up the entire lecture theater and the corridor outside it!
Zhang Ye nearly fainted. My elective cla.s.s only has slightly over a hundred people. Why the f**k are there so many here now? How am I supposed to conduct my lesson this way!
“Quick, look!”
“Zhang Ye is coming!”
“Teacher Zhang! Please accept our interview!”
“Right now, everyone’s doubting your teaching level, what do you have to say about this?”
“I’m the reporter for Beijing Daily newspaper, can you tell us…..”
Zhang Ye put out his hand and blocked them, saying with a straight face, “Sorry, this is not a public lecture. I won’t take any forms of interview right now, please go back. Please don’t disturb the students or their chance to learn!”
But the reporters did not listen, they just surrounded him.
The department Dean, Chang Kaige, and Secretary Zhen Shuquan were also startled. They brought along a wave of teachers and rushed over. There was even a security team dispatched to maintain order. None of them had expected this. Zhang Ye had already been denounced so badly, being scolded like he was a piece of dog t.u.r.d. Why were there still so many people here to join in the hustle and bustle!?
“Reporters, please leave! This is a school!”
“Please come after the cla.s.s to do the interview! Teacher Zhang Ye needs to start his lessons now!”
“Dean Chang! Can we observe the lecture? Everyone in society is very concerned about Zhang Ye’s lecture this time. We would also like to do a first-hand report about it to give answers to the society!”
“Let me say it again, please leave!”
“And those students who are not enrolled in ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’ should leave as well! There aren’t enough seats for the cla.s.s! If you’re not in this cla.s.s, what are you doing here?!”
Chang Kaige and Zhen Shuquan were furious!
Not only did the number people not decrease, instead it increased. A number of Peking University students who heard also rushed over, as if they all wanted to listen to Zhang Ye’s lesson!
Chang Kaige said dumbfounded, “Why are there so many people?”
Zhen Shuquan said helplessly, “It looks like we’ve underestimated Teacher Little Zhang’s influence amongst the younger generation.”
Indeed, there were many people who doubted and scolded Zhang Ye, but there were also a lot of people who liked him, especially among the younger generation. Zhang Ye had a certain appeal to them!
Yao Mi arrived!
Her dormitory mates and cla.s.smates also arrived!
When they saw the scene, they all exclaimed together at once!
Professor Zeng and a few Chinese department teachers had also arrived. They came hoping to join the cla.s.s and listen in, but seeing the situation here, they were all stunned. Don’t talk about listening in, it looked like they wouldn’t even make it into the cla.s.s with all these people!
“Secretary Zhen, Dean Chang, what should we do?” Professor Zeng had been stepped on quite a few times and his face was green. It wasn’t easy just to squeeze in to come to the side of the department leader.
Chang Kaige and the other also had no ideas. The place was chaotic and they couldn’t maintain order, so they ended up calling the management for instructions.
Two minutes later.
Chang Kaige called Zhang Ye over and brought him away from the people, “Teacher Little Zhang, there’s a last minute change. You can’t give your lecture here, so the management has specially arranged for you to use the auditorium. You will be giving a public lecture today. Would that be a problem?”
Zhang Ye smiled, “No problem, it’s all the same.”
“Alright then. Go to the auditorium to prepare!” Chang Kaige instructed. Then he and Zhen Shuquan addressed the students and reporters, “Everyone, please quiet down, quiet down. There will be a change in the lesson to become a public lecture. Would the reporters please proceed to Auditorium 3. We will arrange for someone to receive you all. Students, please also proceed to the hall for seating. Don’t jam up this place anymore. Please do not push and be careful, proceed to the next location in an orderly fas.h.i.+on!”
With that, everyone rushed out of the doors and cleared the lecture theater!
Many of the reporters were carrying their video cameras and running towards the auditorium!
Many of the students also rushed out after hearing the change in lesson plans. They had to be there early to get their seats. Whoever went there first would get the better seats in front!
Yao Mi was going crazy, “Why is it like this?!”
Yao Mi’s dormitory mate pulled at her, “Let’s go, quick! If we get there late, there won’t be any seats left!”
“This is really amazing!” The brothers Li Ying and Li Li ran along while being at a loss whether to laugh or cry, “We’re only trying to have our elective cla.s.s! Why does it feel like we’re at war?! Those who’re less fit might not even make it in? I have known Zhang Ye to be quite popular in Beijing, but this is still too exaggerated…..Aiyo! Who b.u.mped into me!” Li Ying nearly fell flat onto the floor as his shoes were trodden black!
This was the also what many of the Chinese department professors and lecturers wanted to say as well. It was just an elective cla.s.s, how on earth did it attract so many people? From the looks of it, it seemed like many more Peking University students were intending to skip their cla.s.ses to come listen to Zhang Ye’s lecture? Not attending their own lessons? This made the Chinese department teachers a little angry!
If they had a 100 students in their cla.s.ses and 95 showed up, it would be considered a very good turn out since there were surely some who would be late or absent.
But just look at Zhang Ye’s cla.s.s!
An elective cla.s.s that initially had only a hundred over students was now attracting over 500 to 600 people?
How can it be! There was a d.a.m.n increase of 500% in attendance!!
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