Chapter 333 - What to talk about for the third lecture? (1/2)

Dong dong.

There was a knock on his door.

“Son!”

“Hmm? Yes!?”

“It’s time to wake up. I got you tofu pudding.”

“Got it Mom. I’m getting up now.”

“Hurry. You have a cla.s.s this afternoon. Eat it while it’s still hot.”

Zhang Ye stretched his lazy a.s.s. It was getting cold in the house and he did not feel like getting out of his blanket. He wrapped it around himself and searched for the clothes that he was going to wear today, pulled them into his blanket and got dressed piece by piece. Then he got off his bed to wash up and have his breakfast. He did not sleep well last night. He had a dream in which Water Lotus Moon appeared. Her very large b.r.e.a.s.t.s, which he saw in her photos, were bouncing about in his dream had tormented him for the whole night. It was very alluring. This big sis’ photos were really too coquettish.

After the meal.

His parents went to work.

Zhang Ye noticed the time. It was also time for him to leave.

When he went downstairs, he took out his cell phone and took a look at the avatar of Water Lotus Moon. It was darkened, probably not because she was on invisible mode, but rather because she was not online. He gave up and took another glance at the photos that she sent to him later on. He clenched his teethed. Even though it was so pitiful, he still deleted them as promised. After all, Water Lotus Moon had specifically requested him to do so as this was a matter of her privacy. If she had trusted him so much, then he would respect her request. What if he had really accidentally lost his cellphone or they got leaked out. This was not an outcome that Zhang Ye would want to witness.

Even though network security in this world was very strong, there was no guarantee that something like that wouldn’t happen. Thinking back of his previous world, didn’t those foreign celebrities cause an uproar and commotion when their cell phone photos were leaked out. No matter how secure it was, there were always some hackers who could outsmart the system.

He gathered up his mind.

Off to work.

Zhang Ye drove to Peking University. On the way, Zhang Ye’s phone rang.

Wu Zeqing had called. “Little Zhang, come to my office in a while.”

Zhang Ye said, “Alright President Wu. I’ll be there in 20 minutes.”

Then he drove faster and arrived at the entrance of Peking University. He parked his car at the building behind the man-made lake and walked up the stairs in large strides. This side of the building was newly constructed and not older than a few years. Compared to the Chinese department where Zhang Ye worked, this place was much newer and the decorations were much more exquisite.

When he went upstairs and turned around the corridor, he heard many voices chattering away.

The Vice President’s office was open. There were about eight people inside.

“President Wu, this has affected cla.s.ses for our other departments.”

“President Wu, the Chinese department is Peking University’s symbol, we understand that. Now that Zhang Ye’s cla.s.s is doing well and has attracted a lot of good attention from the public, it has raised the name of our Chinese department and would help in this year’s department ranking selection, but you cannot let this affect the other departments. It’s not that we don’t care about the overall situation, but every time Zhang Ye holds a public lecture, our students play truant and skip cla.s.ses to attend his lecture. They did not sign up for the ‘Appreciation of the Cla.s.sics’ elective, but still go to his lecture over their main cla.s.ses. In the end, the ones to suffer will be the students themselves, it would still affect the reputation of our university!”

“Our department’s teachers also have our views, President Wu. Don’t be biased, there are still other departments in Peking University.”

“You really cannot have any more public lectures.”

“Right, if that won’t do, holding it at night would be fine.”

When Zhang Ye heard this, he stood in the corridor and did not enter. He understood that these department leaders and lecturers had all come to President Wu to make their cases known. Zhang Ye’s contributions had fired up their Chinese department and given them something to cheer about, but the other departments were unable to compete with his popularity. Students from their departments had all gone over to the Chinese department to listen in on his lectures and those department leaders and teachers were not happy about it.

With a helpless laugh, Zhang Ye walked in. “President Wu.” After saying that, he nodded to the other teachers and professors. He did not know the people from the other departments well, so he could not name them. He could only give a simple greeting.

Upon seeing the person in question arrive, Teacher Zhou said, “Teacher Zhang, you are here. Did you hear what we said? Don’t put it to heart. We aren’t targeting you. The reason is that too many students are playing truant.” Saying that, he pointed to the doc.u.ments on the table. “Take a look. When you hold a public lecture, the cla.s.s attendance in our departments dropped by 30%! This is the lowest in all these years!”

“Same for the Mathematics department.”

“Same on our side.”

“The students don’t want to come to cla.s.s.”

The chattering increased. Some of their att.i.tudes were alright, while some teachers and professors did not give a good att.i.tude towards Zhang Ye. Their dissatisfaction was written on their faces.

Zhang Ye felt sorry and had nothing to say. “About that…”

Wu Zeqing knocked on the table and gently smiled. “Alright, I’ve heard what everyone has said. Go back now, I will handle this matter from here and will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer.”

“Teacher Zhou said, “Alright, then we will be leaving.”

Since President Wu had already give her promise, there was nothing left for them to say. Wu Zeqing’s reputation and authority in Peking University was very high. Everyone knew they could trust her.

The people left.

The door was closed.