Chapter 2524: Rustling Down (19)

At this time, Shiler didn't know that Raven had left with Killer Croc. Now he had another trouble to worry about.

Of course, it wasn't the students' studies, because studies had always given him a headache, and he was already used to it.

The source of students at Cat Getan University had improved quite a bit. In recent years, some young people who chased new trends had applied for this university out of curiosity about this city. After the concert confirmed that the security situation in this city had improved, there were also some achievements. But students with mediocre resumes who wanted to take shortcuts to develop in big cities on the East Coast also chose this university, which seemed to have a high ranking but actually didn't have many outsiders.

Theoretically speaking, there was no loophole in this world that no one would drill. Since people discovered that Cat Getan University's faculty strength and teaching conditions were good, and the ranking was also high, it was just that no one applied because of the special nature of the city, the quota was large, and the conditions were very loose, so many people followed the trend.

Although this group of people couldn't be called high-quality student sources, most of them were from less developed towns in the Midwest, but they were indeed much better than the local students in Cat Getan. At the very least, they were sincerely learning legal knowledge.

Generally speaking, the literature and social science colleges of Cat Getan University were more famous than the science and engineering colleges. Of course, the law school and medical school were also quite famous, but because they were independent systems, they were not within the scope of discussion.

Shiler could also be considered a famous recruitment signboard for Cat Getan University. Many people applied for this school for his reputation, planning to read from undergraduate to doctoral, mix a title of a famous psychologist's disciple, and lay the conditions for being a psychologist.

The problem was that the vast majority of people were ordinary people. The problem they had to consider was eating. Among them, the talent of the vast majority of people couldn't be a psychologist. It was already very good to be a psychological counselor. Only the more excellent ones among them could open a private clinic. Otherwise, most of them were destined to work in psychological counseling institutions for a lifetime.

Just having Shiler's name couldn't give them more advantages when looking for a job, so Shiler had been teaching undergraduates. At most, he could teach more than 70 hours of basic psychology courses a week, because this was one of the most important courses in practical application.

The small papers handed in today finally had some improvement. At least five or six papers in a class could be seen, and there were more than a dozen papers written seriously. It was becoming more and more like a normal university.

Just now, Shiler's mood was still good. He finished the last class in the afternoon and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat something.

The American tradition was that lunch was sloppy and dinner was rich. It was about the same in school. Lunch was generally brought by oneself, or bought a sandwich to eat. Dinner would go to a normal faculty cafeteria.

As soon as Shiler walked into the faculty cafeteria, he saw the professor of the sports department sitting by the window waving at him. This was the gold signboard of the sports department of Cat Getan University. He used to be a star football player, and the team he was in had won the world championship of the Super Bowl. After transferring to a coach, he also brought out a team with quite good results during his coaching in Chicago, but later he obtained a physical education license due to injury reasons.

In fact, he was also a gold-medal coach at Metropolis University before, but because his temper was too straightforward and he offended people, he couldn't mix anymore and didn't want to be too far from home, so he came to Cat Getan.

He came much later than Shiler, so he also caught up with good times. Since he came, the security had been changing for the better, so although he was just an ordinary outsider with a bad temper, he still lived to this day.

Shiler and his relationship were actually not bad, mainly because the football team of Cat Getan University had repeatedly achieved new highs under his leadership. Before, they even defeated the team of the University of Chicago, which were all old-school strong teams on the East Coast.

In order for Cat Getan University to enter the Ivy League, Shiler would go to watch football games from time to time. He could understand the rules and competition system after watching more, and this coach thought Shiler was really a football fan, so he introduced the rules and competition system to him very enthusiastically every time, so the two were very familiar.

"What's wrong? Vincent," Shiler sat down and signaled the waiter to share the table for the two. The waiter just wanted to open his mouth to remind that there were empty seats over there, but Shiler waved his hand, signaling no need.

After Shiler sat down, he examined the environment of the cafeteria. This cafeteria was located on the third floor of the exhibition area, with a floor-to-ceiling window on the entire arc-shaped wall, which could overlook the entire stadium and most of the campus. At this time, the women's track and field team was training on the playground.

The cafeteria was much larger than the old-school faculty cafeteria, with two floors, and the international kitchen that could provide more than a dozen national dishes was spacious, bright, and delicious.

The strong man called Vincent didn't seem to be in the mood to praise the new cafeteria. He squeezed his whole body into the small chair, put his strong arms on the dining table, and sighed deeply, as if he didn't know how to speak.

"What exactly is wrong?" Shiler picked up the water glass and took a sip of water and said, "Have you gotten into any trouble?"

"Ah, that's not it," Vincent was afraid that Shiler would misunderstand. He waved his hand and said, "The East Coast United Cup event has been canceled, the sponsorship of the All-American University Football Tournament has also dropped to a dangerous level, and more importantly, we don't have money to conduct 'paycheck games'."

Shiler frowned. He understood this game form that Vincent mentioned last. Simply put, one university invited another university to play a game and had to pay the invited party.

In the past, the ranking of Cat Getan University's football team was okay, but it couldn't be ranked on the East Coast, belonging to a weak team. Many teams liked to invite Cat Getan University's football team to play games because sitting at home could collect tickets, and winning the game could greatly promote their own university and city, which could be said to be a sure profit.

At that time, the football team not only didn't spend money but could also earn money for the school, because an invitation game could earn hundreds of thousands of US dollars, which could be said to be a sky-high appearance fee in that era. Being invited twice a year, the funds for the entire sports department were available.

But as the team's strength became stronger and stronger, let alone those universities in the internal state, even these old-school strong teams on the East Coast didn't dare to invite Cat Getan University very much. After all, last time the University of Chicago bit the bullet and invited it once, but it was beaten 56:42 in its home court, losing face to the grandmother's house.

Cat Getan University also invited some weak teams in the internal state to play games, and also borrowed the light of concert publicity, accumulating many fans, and of course, wrote several large checks, with a total expenditure of more than 2 million US dollars.

But at that time, their sponsorship was abundant, and they relied on the Wei En Group, and Roy didn't hesitate to invest in all projects that could promote the city. Cat Getan University could be called wealthy.

The game effect was also good, with big-score victories in every game, and also cultivated some young star players. Although the ticket sales situation was average, it could be considered to have achieved the effect in terms of publicity.

But today is different from the past. Vincent complained, "The Wei En Group has reduced investment sponsorship for all projects outside the group, and the municipal government no longer gives so many appropriations. The school's faculty and staff have all been cut in salary. Even if there is money, how dare we write checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars to play games?"

Shiler nodded. He could also understand that the school had always had financial inclination toward the sports college, which made other colleges have little investment, and each had sponsorship. On the other hand, the sports college could earn money and promote the school. You must not underestimate the appeal of football games to teenagers.

In this era, there were not so many entertainment projects, and video games were not particularly popular. Watching ball games was the most important entertainment activity for the vast majority of teenagers. Even Pamela, who had always been uninterested in sports, was very knowledgeable when talking about football.

Because if you don't know this, no one will take you to play in the bar, you can't chat at all at the party, and you can't even talk to the postman who came to deliver letters when you hit a lawn in the yard.

So the sports college had always been relatively wealthy, and there was a lot of disposable funds. And even until now, they should be the wealthiest college, but the problem was that they couldn't take out money.

Everyone was cut by 30% in salary now, and as a result, you wrote checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars to other schools. How could other faculty and staff be willing?

But if you don't invite other teams to play games, you can't increase the heat, and you can't earn ticket money. Sitting and eating the sky is not a way. Plus, after the economic crisis came, the sponsorship of many events dropped again and again. Whether it could be held as scheduled was a problem. Maintaining training under the condition of only output and no input was not a way. It was no wonder Vincent was worried.

"Tim told me, why not lower the food standard," Vincent frowned deeply and said, "But now the children are growing, and in order to prepare for this year's playoffs, the training intensity is very high. If nutrition can't keep up, it will hurt the body too much. It is completely gambling with their professional life."

"Are there no games recently?" Shiler asked.

Vincent shook his head and said, "There are no games in the next two months, but if there are no accidents, the playoffs will be held as scheduled, so training cannot be relaxed."

"In the final analysis, it is still a money problem," Shiler said. "If the school doesn't cut salaries, you can also take some money to invite other teams to play games, which can also divert the attention of citizens. At least a victory will make them feel better."

"Who says it's not? But the problem is that the school's financial situation is not good, and salary cuts are sooner or later."

"Who made the decision to cut salaries?" Shiler asked. He had too many classes usually, so he didn't know much about the school's management system, and he wasn't familiar with the management personnel.

"The directors held a meeting and decided," Vincent said. "I was also present at the time. I originally wanted to invite you, but you have classes every day, and I know you wouldn't be willing to delay teaching to attend a meeting, so I didn't call you."

"Does Cat Getan University have no principal all the time?" Shiler asked.

"Yes, it should have been decided by the board of directors, but the chairman is Wei En. If he doesn't designate anyone else, there is no way."

"So now daily affairs are managed by the government department?"

"Yes, we don't even have an acting principal. Most of the daily affairs are decided by the faculty and staff of the government department holding meetings," Vincent sighed and said. "It's not that I speak ill of others behind their backs, but most of the teachers in the government department are not professional managers at all. They have big problems with the division and use of funds, and they can't come up with a unified outline. The chaos of school management is also one of the reasons for the poor financial situation."

"You think we should have a principal."

"Of course, wealthy life doesn't need to be carefully calculated, but since you decide to flow for a long time, you must have a professional housekeeper, don't you?"

Shiler fell into deep thought. ===== CHAPTER 2525 =====