NABC Chapter 153 - 153 - 154: Rumors Abound
Chapter 153 - 153 - 154: Rumors Abound
Chapter 153 – 154: Rumors Abound
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But now, they were actually going to change the teacher, and naturally, they were very dissatisfied.
The troublemakers never felt that things could be too big; on the contrary, they wished to make things as big as possible, because for them, only when things blew up would they get attention. Thus, they gathered quite a crowd, some family members even brought all their relatives, young and old. The office outside Hanmen Training Class was packed with people.
Li Dapang was also getting anxious.
If these people merely wanted a refund, it would have been fine, but they stubbornly refused to get their money back or withdraw. Li Dapang rolled up his sleeves, stood at the office door with hands on hips, and looked at the crowd of family members at the door, feeling genuinely irritated.
“What exactly do you want?” Li Dapang said out loud.
The family members gathered and whispered among themselves. It seemed they wanted to come up with a plan together.
Finally, a parent stepped forward: “If they’re going to be this overbearing, then why are we even staying here? Since the teacher has been changed, there is no longer any reason to continue staying in this training class. So, let’s all withdraw.”
“Right, let’s withdraw!” many parents echoed.
Afterward, more than ten people began the withdrawal process. However, most were still watching and waiting. Seeing others actually going through with the withdrawal, some in the crowd wavered, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to withdraw as well. As previously mentioned, since they had already withdrawn, what was the point in staying?
Soon, more than twenty people had completed the withdrawal process, and the Big Fatty brought over seventy to eighty thousand.
The withdrawal of over twenty people only amounted to a little over twenty thousand. Now, Hanmen Training Class wasn’t afraid of anyone withdrawing. Once students withdrew, there would naturally be others to fill the spots.
And as expected, right after these people withdrew, a flood of parents rushed in.
“We’re here to sign up!” The person leading the charge was a middle-aged woman with disheveled hair, who said in a rush, “Here’s a thousand yuan; please take a look.”
After speaking, she hurriedly placed the thousand yuan in front of Li Dapang.
Li Dapang was taken aback and asked, “Others are withdrawing, and you want to sign up?”
“Yes, yes!” the middle-aged woman quickly nodded and said, “I believe in Hanmen Training Class; it definitely wouldn’t destroy its own reputation.”
“Alright!” Li Dapang said, and immediately he smiled.
Suddenly, Li Dapang began processing the registration for these people.
Twenty-three people withdrew, and twenty signed up, leaving three spots vacant. However, Li Dapang wasn’t worried at all. The news hadn’t spread yet, and once it did, rather than having just three empty spots, he could fill up thirty.
Of course, the upheaval did have some impact on Hanmen Training Class, causing some potential students to hesitate about signing up. It’s a Chinese characteristic to chase the rising tides and not the falling ones. Many people signed up for Hanmen Training Class in response to a surge, attracting a wave of followers. Now, as people were withdrawing, it naturally discouraged new enrollments.
As soon as the news of withdrawals came out, the whole city of LJ was in an uproar.
“Alright.” Li Dapang nodded, resigned.
As the person in charge of Hanmen Training Class, Li Dapang had almost become the spokesperson for Hanmen Training Class. He immediately contacted a reporter from LJ City TV Station. Upon hearing there was news to announce, the reporter immediately drove over at top speed, fearing that other media might scoop the most up-to-date news.
“Mr. Li, what message are you announcing?” the reporter asked eagerly.
“Here’s the deal.” Li Dapang stood solemnly in front of the camera, straightened his clothes a bit, and then said, “To ensure the quality of teaching and to raise our educational standards, we have decided to reduce the number of places at Hanmen Training Class. We’re decreasing from the original one hundred places down to eighty.
Moreover, depending on the situation, we might reduce further at any time.”
“Why is that?” the media reporter asked with a chuckle, “Is it because of the recent pressure from public opinion? So, the enrollment at Hanmen Training Class is not full, and therefore, you’re cutting down?”
Media reporters always have a way of cutting to the heart of the matter.
Furthermore, the implication of his words was clear, leading to wild speculation that Hanmen Training Class was reducing seats to save face, using the pretense of ’ensuring teaching quality and raising educational standards’ to disguise the reduction.
“No.” Li Dapang shook his head, saying, “Actually, we have always been troubled by having too many students. Though we wanted to reduce the number of students, not a single one of the one hundred students dropped out over the past six months. Consequently, we had to persist and support this situation. Now, with some ripples occurring, we feel that this is the best opportunity.
Therefore, we’ve decided to decrease the number of places.”
“Then...” the reporter quickly asked, “Is it true that there’s news about Hanmen Training Class planning to change teachers recently?”
“No!” Li Dapang shook his head, saying, “That’s absolutely not true!”
“What?!” The reporters were flabbergasted. Could the news that had been rampant recently actually be false?
“Of course!” Li Dapang quickly said, “We are not looking to replace teachers, but to alleviate the teaching pressure, which is why we’ve added another teaching staff member. On Saturdays, our original Teacher Xiao will take classes, and on Sundays, our new teacher Li Yunpeng will teach...”
Li Dapang’s words were watertight, offering a full and final response.
Soon, the news about Hanmen Training Class reducing the number of places spread rapidly, immediately attracting a flood of parents. However, when they arrived, they found the doors to Hanmen Training Class’s office tightly locked, with no one to welcome them.
“Why do they have the right to reduce places!” The leading parent was enraged. Just a few days ago, they had processed a withdrawal, but upon learning that the number of places was being reduced, and that the original Teacher Xiao would continue teaching, they naturally wanted to return.
But leaving was easy; returning proved difficult.
“Make a phone call!” A parent in the crowd began dialing Li Dapang’s number. Unfortunately, they were met with the sound of a phone switched off.
The group of parents was at a loss.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
Over three consecutive days, the winds of change kept blowing strongly, and the name of Hanmen Training Class was widely circulated in LJ City. Of course, the love and hate for Hanmen Training Class was mainly because its quality of education was evident. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been pushed by so many and become the target that so many parents in LJ City sought after.
Even parents of ninth-grade students were trying every possible means to get their children into Hanmen Training Class.