Chapter 283 Fully Packed Classroom
Headmaster Cao’s name was Cao Xian, and he originated from a well-off family. His parents didn’t wish for him to work hard his entire life and only wanted him to relax and enjoy life happily. Hence, they gave him the word “Xian’ (relax/idle) in his name.
However, things were contrary to their wishes. Cao Xian loved to read and after entering school, he became extremely interested in alchemy. He would use over ten hours every day to experiment in the lab. He wasn’t idle at all.
After he graduated, he became a teacher and held a teaching position. Then, he became the headmaster of the Myriad Daos Academy. On his path, Cao Xian had never even relaxed for a single day. He always said that by giving him this name, his parents were actually cursing him, causing him to actually work even harder in his life.
However, Cao Xian was fond of such a lifestyle. He felt that only by having a fulfilling lifestyle would one be able to experience life.
A few of his old friends felt that Headmaster Cao’s lifestyle was too tiring, and they urged him to rest more. Cao Xian would always say that after he crushed the Central Province Academy and made the Myriad Daos Academy become the number one school in Jinling, his ambition in life would be fulfilled and he would resign.
Because the Myriad Daos Academy was founded by copying the Central Province Academy, one could say that these two schools were clones of each other and were also competitors. This was why Cao Xian was very familiar with the Central Province Academy.
He stood before the teaching building and looked at the announcement board, searching for Sun Mo’s name.
“It can’t be right, does Sun Mo not have a lesson today?”
Cao Xian became depressed. His time was very precious, and he wasn’t able to afford wasting
it!
“Do you want to listen to Teacher Sun’s lesson?”
A freshman heard Cao Xian’s words, and he asked in a helpful manner.
“That’s right. Little student, do you know when he would teach a lesson?”
Cao Xian smiled, exuding an amicable feeling.
“Teacher Sun is very professional. I heard that he was grievously injured from the trip to the Darkness Continent, yet he still insists on holding two classes every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon!”
The tone of the freshman was filled with reverence and respect.
“Mn? Why didn’t I see the classroom he is teaching in?”
Cao Xian was bewildered, casting another glance at the announcement board.
The public announcement board of the Central Province Academy was listed according to the size of the classroom. The 30-pax classrooms were the easiest to spot. After that, the 50-pax classrooms were for the majority of the teachers. As for 100-pax and the 300-pax lecture halls, they were located at the bottom of the announcement board.
Because such classrooms were huge and limited in number, they were usually reserved for 2-star great teachers when they wanted to give a lesson.
Teachers of this star rank would always be extremely popular. Hence, all the students would have long since gotten a copy of the lecture timetable and would always come in advance to reserve seats.
Some of the students would come just on time, based on the timing indicated on the timetable. However, they would not be able to get a seat.
Cao Xian felt that with Sun Mo’s fame, his classroom should be a 50-pax or at most 100-pax one. But when he checked twice, he didn’t see anything.
“Hmm, it can’t be, right? Where is Teacher Sun’s classroom?”
The freshman bent his waist and pointed to Sun Mo’s name. After that, he looked at the planar graph on the teaching building and pointed to a spot. “Here!” “3..300-pax lecture hall? Cao Xian was shocked. “Yup!”
The freshman looked at Cao Xian in puzzlement. “Are you not a teacher of our academy?”
Even a tiny mouse here would know that classroom #301 was a lecture hall solely used by Sun Mo, let alone the students or teachers of the school.
“Hehe!” Cao Xian chortled, “Does Teacher Sun teach students on an exchange program?”
To normal teachers, only when they were sharing knowledge with students from another school, with other teachers present to hear their lectures, would they be able to get a 300-pax classroom.
“Nope!”
The freshman shook his head.
“Eh? Then why would he need such a big classroom?”
Cao Xian was surprised.
“Ever since Teacher Sun started to teach, he has always been using this lecture hall!” The students at the side could no longer bear to continue listening and decided to explain.
“What? You all are joking, right?”
Cao Xian couldn’t believe it. Those who could use such a large classroom had to be very qualified. But after that, he began to believe it somewhat. After all, this Sun Mo was a newbie that was admired by both Fang Wuji and Yue Rongbo.
“Aiya, I should have collected more information about him!”
Cao Xian felt some regret. “Why would I lie to you?”
The student frowned and surveyed Cao Xian. “Are you the parent of a student? Or a teacher from another school?”
“I’m a parent!”
Cao Xian told a little lie. If he dared to reveal his identity, he would surely be stopped before he entered the teaching building.
“Oh!”
After hearing that he was a parent, the attitude of the student became much better. Everything was fine as long as he wasn’t someone who came here to poach Teacher Sun.
Cao Xian didn’t dare to stay for long. He hurriedly entered the teaching building and searched for classroom #301. In the end, he was stunned the moment he entered it.
The lecture theater was fully packed to the brim!
(Is there something wrong? This is a 300-pax large lecture hall!),
Cao Xian subconsciously took out a pocket watch from his robes and glanced at it.
There was still half an hour before the lesson began.
“Did I enter the wrong room?”
Cao Xian exited the room to glance at the door label.
The words ‘301’ were clearly printed out there, large enough to blind his eyes.
‘”Hehe, my eyes are not as good now since I’m old!”
Cao Xian laughed mockingly at himself. He rubbed his eyes and entered the lecture theater again, widening his eyes as he swept his gaze all around.
(Oh my heavens, my eyes weren’t mistaken, there are really no seats left!)
Cao Xian took out his pocket watch again. After that, he grew depressed. There was still half an hour before the lesson started, so why was the classroom already full?
Was this the treatment a newbie teacher should have? What a joke, even the influence of a 2-star great teacher was inferior to this! Cao Xian smiled and asked a student at the side. “Hi student, sorry for disturbing you. Can I ask if Teacher Sun Mo will be conducting a class here later?”
“Yes!”
The student’s reply was filled with certainty. “Seems like I’ve underestimated this Sun Mo!”
Cao Xian’s expression grew heavy. He was a headmaster; hence, he knew what this current situation meant.
If a teacher could maintain this situation for four months, it meant that they truly had exceptional capabilities.
The students weren’t fools. Maybe a teacher might use their eloquence and achieve a one-time achievement of a fully-packed classroom. However, if they didn’t have true capabilities, the number of people listening would absolutely fall in the end.
Only when the students felt that they had benefited could the teachers build up a good reputation over time, resulting in this phenomenon of having a full class.
Ding!
Favorable impression points from Cao Xian +30. Neutral (80/100). Cao Xian was here to listen to the lecture, so he naturally wanted a seat at the back that was not too prominent. Hence, he walked to a corner and smiled at the students there.
“Hi, I’m a parent of a student. I heard that Teacher Sun’s lectures are all very impressive and I wish to listen to it. However, I didn’t expect the class to be so full.”
Before Cao Xian finished speaking, he was interrupted.
“It would be full for sure!”
“You have to come two hours in advance for Teacher Sun’s lesson before you can get a
seat!”
“Just come earlier next time!”
As they spoke, there was a grumbling look on their faces. They had to wake up early if they wished to listen to Teacher Sun’s class. Hence, to students who loved to sleep, this was basically a type of torture.
However, that look swiftly vanished and was replaced with gratitude. Because they woke up early to occupy seats, during these two hours, the students were all studying even if they failed to get any seats. It was impossible for them to return to the dorm to sleep after coming all the way here, right? Hence, they would then go to other classes.
Honestly speaking, who wouldn’t like to sleep in? But because of Sun Mo, many students started to rise early and made use of their time in the morning optimally.
“Two hours?”
Cao Xian took in a gasp of cold air. Did Sun Mo give out gold bars in his lessons?
However, from their expressions, the students didn’t seem to be joking. “This was so in the past, but because Teacher Sun went to the Darkness Continent almost a month ago and didn’t give any lessons for over ten days, many students have questions they want to ask. Hence, during these few days, they basically had to come three hours earlier!”
A thick-brow student explained.
“Aiya, my house is very far from here and it isn’t easy for me to make a trip here. I wonder if I can purchase a seat from one of you?” Cao Xian pretended to be helpless.
The students fell silent.
“I can pay up to 300 taels of silver!”
One must know that Jinling could be considered one of the top cities in the Tang Country, and it was very wealthy. However, the yearly income of an ordinary family of three would at most be 200 taels of silver. Hence, 300 taels was considered a large sum of money. Naturally, Cao Xian didn’t lack money; hence, he thought this offer would move the hearts of the students for sure. However, he discovered that after waiting for a few minutes, these students showed no signs of interest in it. They lowered their heads and began their revision.
“Eh?”
Cao Xian was stunned. His luck wouldn’t be so bad, right? Had he actually encountered a bunch of affluent second-generation that didn’t lack money?
“Unlucky!”
Cao Xian felt a little depressed. No matter what, he was still a headmaster and wanted some face. It was impossible for him to tell the students to give him a price.
“Students, can you please help me out? I’m willing to pay 500 taels!”
Cao Xian spoke. However, to his shock, he discovered that no one seemed interested.
“Old man, you better come again tomorrow!”
The thick-brow was a nice person and advised Cao Xian.
“Why? Are 500 taels considered too little to you all?”
Cao Xian couldn’t understand. Why didn’t they even place 500 taels of silver in their eyes? It was enough to have fun with the most famous prostitute in the Concentrated Fragrance Brothel for half a night.
ice
“For Teacher Sun’s lessons, selling seats is not allowed. Once this is discovered, that student will lose the qualifications to attend all of Teacher Sun’s future lessons!”
The thick-browed student explained.
“Ah?”
Cao Xian started. Usually speaking, the price of a seat would depend on the great teacher’s level of fame and influence. The majority of great teachers would close one eye with regard to this matter. After all, how would they have the time to catch these scalpers? In fact, quite a few great teachers even felt honored because of this.
Naturally, there were also people like Sun Mo.
“Teacher Sun said before that if you want to listen to his lecture, you have to wake up early. Lazy students are not worthy to listen to his lesson!”
A student at the side spoke.
Upon hearing this, Cao Xian’s countenance changed. His expression became solemn and respectful.
It was still that saying – if your life had no worries, why would you be willing to wake up early? Everyone would naturally sleep all the way until the sun was high up in the sky.
For lessons given by great teachers, they would usually set it in the afternoon or after 9.30 a.m. Why? Because the great teachers wanted to sleep as well. And at such timing, the majority of people would have woken up. Even if they couldn’t get a seat, there would be many people who would listen from the side. The great teachers could then expand their influence.
This was like those major shopping malls that chose to open after 10 a.m. Because even if they opened earlier, there would be no customers.