Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 440 - 439: Ye Mingyue Stands Up for Justice (Part 2)
Among them, the first person Gu Xiaoqing recognized was none other than the former dean of her college. This guy was really adept at navigating both sides, chatting with the people from the education bureau and then talking with Jon.
However, his English was somewhat awkward, making communication less effective, and even Jon found it a bit challenging.
Very soon, Dean Chang entered the room.
With a broad smile, he warmly welcomed Jon, and then started the introductions: "This is Vice Director Lian from our city’s education bureau, and this is Dean Zhou from Finance University..."
When the university was mentioned, Ye Mingyue tugged Gu Xiaoqing’s arm and asked, "Is it this university?"
"Yes, it is."
Gu Xiaoqing nodded and didn’t say much.
Upon hearing this, Ye Mingyue immediately understood that the person in front of her was probably the leader who had expelled Gu Xiaoqing.
At this moment, Dean Chang smilingly said, "And this is Miss Ye Mingyue, Jon’s student."
"Ye Mingyue?"
The old gentlemen glanced at each other, the name sounded familiar, but they couldn’t recall where they had heard it before.
At this time, Vice Director Lian suddenly remembered and looked at Ye Mingyue, asking, "Are you the Ye Mingyue from New Horizon?"
As one of the most influential educational institutions nationwide and having also established a private university in Shanghai, it’s impossible for someone in the educational bureau not to have heard of New Horizon.
As for other university professors not having heard of Ye Mingyue, that’s still understandable. After all, private schools in the country don’t usually attract the attention of public schools, so they naturally wouldn’t notice a young girl.
However, after Vice Director Lian mentioned it, all the professors suddenly remembered.
Of course, given the financial strength of New Horizon, they had to show some respect. Very soon, someone raised a glass to Ye Mingyue and said, "Miss Ye, achieving so much at such a young age is truly impressive."
"All of you are senior figures in the education field, if there’s anyone to admire, it should be this insignificant girl like me."
Saying this, Ye Mingyue raised her glass, swaying step by step towards Dean Zhou of Finance University, deliberately placing her hand on his shoulder: "Right, Dean?"
"Uh..."
Ye Mingyue’s sarcastic look and reckless behavior made Dean Zhou quite embarrassed, but he still forced a smile, raised his glass, and said, "You’re too kind, Miss Ye."
Seeing Ye Mingyue’s actions, Dean Chang felt that things weren’t going well, and quickly ordered the food to be served.
Then, he stepped forward with a smile and invited Ye Mingyue, saying, "Miss Ye, please sit down, let’s eat first and talk while we eat."
"Oh, sit down? I’m afraid having a meal with certain someone might give me a stomachache, I might even throw up what I eat."
Ye Mingyue didn’t say anything else, but looking at her big eyes staring at Dean Zhou, everyone knew who she was targeting.
"Ahem, Miss Ye, some personal matters can be discussed slowly later. In a public setting..."
Vice Director Lian coughed twice, not expecting the meal would turn into such an awkward situation.
What annoyed him the most was that Ye Mingyue didn’t respect them. Or rather, Ye Mingyue, being domestic, didn’t care about their whole system.
Not only that, Vice Director Lian was also getting impatient with Dean Zhou, thinking the old man surely hadn’t cleaned up his mess properly.
"Vice Director Lian, you see what you said. What private matters can I have with this ugly, old, and incompetent guy who only knows how to bully the weak?"
What Ye Mingyue said made Dean Zhou’s face turn dark.
He slammed the table, glaring at Ye Mingyue and shouted, "Young girl, don’t go too far. You’re just a teacher at a small educational institution, people here were showing you some respect, did you really think you could do whatever you want?"
"I may not overturn the world, but I can definitely overturn you!"
Ye Mingyue retorted sharply, determined to stand up for Gu Xiaoqing. She knew that with Gu Xiaoqing’s personality, she would likely still smile at the opponent.
But Ye Mingyue couldn’t tolerate it; she wanted to slap the opponent in the face, and it had to be loud and painful.
"Are you threatening me?"
Dean Zhou looked at the people from various universities, then said to Vice Director Lian, "Director Lian, you heard it, she’s threatening me."
"I am threatening you."
Ye Mingyue stared at Dean Zhou, then turned her head to look at Vice Director Lian, who was preparing to ’uphold justice,’ and said, "I believe Vice Director, you’ve heard, to foster the rapid adoption of English domestically, our New Horizon this year will be distributing a set of entry-level textbooks for free to students in impoverished mountain areas, and our various branches will offer a thirty-day free summer English camp for a certain number of students."
Although it’s just an entry-level textbook, in this ever more English-focused era, Ye Mingyue’s approach was indeed popular.
And what concerned Vice Director Lian the most was, of course, the summer camp quota.
Because the New Horizon summer camp was quite expensive and accompanied students abroad, broadening their horizons and immersing them in the best environment for learning English.
To expand New Horizon’s influence and let domestic people know about the vast and solid overseas partnerships, this free summer camp served as a preliminary advertisement.
Free book distribution and free quotas, New Horizon’s actions were significant. Otherwise, how could New Hope have been squeezed so tightly!
"If Vice Director Lian disappoints me, the Shanghai branch will protest against your discrimination against our private educational institution. We will refuse to provide any free textbooks and summer camp quotas."
Ye Mingyue’s words made the vice director very uneasy.
Free textbooks were one thing, not causing too much of a stir. Just distributing them elsewhere and not in his area?
On just this point, he could endure!
However, if the expensive summer camp free quotas were canceled because of him, surely the parents’ group wouldn’t let him off the hook, making a scene at the municipal government would be the least of it.
The most lethal outcome would be having it published in the newspaper, during an era encouraging private enterprises, his actions would undoubtedly be against the trend.
The result...was obvious...
Backing on a strong entity, Ye Mingyue wasn’t afraid, at worst returning to the United States, carefreely, but there wasn’t just one vice director around him...even if he wasn’t vying for the position, others wouldn’t miss the chance to kick him when he’s down.
"Ahem, Miss Ye, look at what you said. What I meant was, if there’s something, why not talk it over?"
Vice Director Lian conceded the next moment, feeling that for a dean, there was no need to fight against the financially powerful and now renowned Ye Mingyue.
Not to mention anything else, just Ye Mingyue telling her students something could tarnish his reputation.
