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Director Liu is quite reasonable. Originally, he was unwilling to get involved in such matters because even if a book earned him a profit of five dollars, with every student in the school buying one, it would only amount to a small sum for him. However, he knows that for Wei Yuan, this money is still quite significant!
After listening to Wei Yuan's proposal, the businessman within Director Liu was ignited. After discussing with Wei Yuan, they formulated a plan. Of course, it was still Director Liu who was orchestrating the details. In his plan, he decided to organize an event at the school, similar to a reading month promoting extracurricular books, encouraging parents to spend money on books. They could leverage the school's slogan of caring for students to enforce purchases, as those books would be beneficial rather than harmful to the students...
Wei Yuan disagreed with this approach. When he was in school, he was most annoyed by mandatory requirements from the school, such as buying books, donating money or items, and attending tutoring classes, which disregarded students' own needs. Thus, they began discussing several issues.
Wei Yuan knew that Liu Haisheng played this game well; he understood the psychology of both students and parents. Especially with today's parents being mostly single children, when it comes to their children's education, their intelligence seems to drop several points. To ensure their children do not fall behind, they are willing to invest all their resources and actively seek ways to pay...
Wei Yuan said, "The price of each book should not exceed twenty dollars to make it acceptable for all students. Secondly, your role in the school should be limited to promotion; whether students want to buy should be their own decision. The school can guide them but should not use coercive methods!"
If this book sale at school were treated as a business venture, then Liu Haisheng indeed played his role well by ignoring who the consumers were and only thinking about how to make a profit. However, Wei Yuan fully stood in the students' position.
Just two months ago, he was still a student himself; he had only temporarily left campus but still had a deeper understanding and empathy for students' feelings.
"Do as you wish; after all, we are classmates in the same school. You have your reasons for doing this," Liu Haisheng said helplessly.
This wasn't a major deal anyway, so soon the two reached a verbal agreement. Liu Haisheng did not ask for too much; instead, he only took two dollars from each book sold. This was merely to reassure Wei Yuan—he wouldn't even make enough for his smoking expenses.
"Then thank you, Director Liu," Wei Yuan said with a smirk.
Liu Haisheng asked, "When are you planning to return to school? Are you really not preparing for the college entrance exam?"
Originally, Wei Yuan had no plans regarding this matter; however, he changed his mind now: "I will definitely return at least two months before the exam. At that time, I will trouble Director Liu for more assistance."
Liu Haisheng lightly punched him on the shoulder: "You brat, hurry up and get lost. You took someone's daughter out for a whole night; are you planning to do something bad? Quickly send her back."
Lan Xue, who had been sitting beside them, listened to their conversation and once again lowered her head shyly when she heard Liu Haisheng's last remark.
Refusing Liu Haisheng's kind offer to drive them home, the two walked along the road. Wei Yuan's mind began to ponder. If each book sold for twenty yuan, his profit margin would be at least eighty percent. The store still had about one or two thousand books, and nearly a thousand of them were genuine. That would amount to at least ten or twenty thousand!
Why did he choose to repair books? Wei Yuan was mainly curious about the newly emerged Dark Ink-colored Mist in his mind. Repairing some relatively inexpensive and mass-producible items could quickly increase the quantity of Dark Ink-colored Mist. Of course, he saw two possible outcomes: the first was that things would worsen, putting his life at risk; the second was that his Repairing Ability could evolve. He was incredibly eager to know what effects such an evolution would bring!
"Wei Yuan, are you really planning to go back to school for the college entrance exam?" Lan Xue asked on the way.
Wei Yuan had left school mainly because he was worried that even if he got into university, he wouldn't be able to afford the tuition. However, now he no longer needed to worry about that, so there was naturally no reason not to return: "Of course!"
Hearing this, Lan Xue felt inexplicably excited, even she herself didn't understand why she felt this way: "Then why don't you go back now?"
Wei Yuan didn't know how to answer that either. He seemed to have started feeling that staying in school was a waste of time, yet he still couldn't let go of the emotions tied to going to university. Growing up with the notion that attending university would lead to success, and seeing peers regard university as the freest years of their lives.
Originally, based on reality, he might have had to give up on the idea of going to university, but now he had no reason to let his life remain incomplete. Just like his Repairing Ability, he wanted to restore his originally incomplete life!
Seeing Wei Yuan lost in thought, Lan Xue quickly said: "Since you don't plan on going back to school for now, how about I help you with tutoring?"
Wei Yuan wasn't foolish; on one hand, it would ensure he wouldn't be flustered during the college entrance exam, and on the other hand, it provided a legitimate reason to spend more time with Lan Xue. Only a fool would refuse such kindness from a beautiful girl!
Lan Xue was a smart girl. Although she hadn't expected that Director Liu would so brazenly use students as a front before, she had to admit that approaching Director Liu was a very wise choice for Wei Yuan. However, she still subtly reminded Wei Yuan not to get too close!
After listening to Lan Xue's words, Wei Yuan couldn't help but praise the girl in his heart. Although the overall amount and profit from selling books on campus with Liu Haisheng were not significant, they were still in a cooperative relationship. Moreover, in this collaboration, Liu Haisheng was clearly just a friend helping out. If Lan Xue directly questioned Liu Haisheng's character, it might actually provoke Wei Yuan's displeasure.
Therefore, Lan Xue's way of subtly reminding him made it easier for Wei Yuan to accept her perspective. In fact, he was well aware of what kind of person Liu Haisheng was. Just like his own summary, this old guy was a genuine yet lovable jerk. He was greedy for money and stingy, but how many people like that are there in reality? At least he was sincere with others and never pretended to be someone he wasn't, which made Wei Yuan feel most comfortable around him.
Wei Yuan had no need to hide his impression of Liu Haisheng from Lan Xue. After hearing Wei Yuan's analysis, Lan Xue nodded in agreement. Indeed, real people are at least more lovable than hypocrites; however, the problem with Liu Haisheng was that he belonged to the upper management of a school, and such behavior inevitably made one feel particularly heartbroken.
After stopping the discussion, the two walked down from the industrial area. Just as they reached the intersection and were about to wait for a taxi, Lan Xue suddenly instinctively touched her chest and realized that her sachet, which had been following her all along, was missing!
Before she could explain to Wei Yuan, Lan Xue had already turned around to start searching. When Wei Yuan looked back, Lan Xue had retraced their steps along the path they had taken.
Along the way, she took out her phone and used its faint light to search for it. Wei Yuan hurriedly ran up to her and asked, "What did you lose?"
Lan Xue replied anxiously, "I lost my sachet!"
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