Chapter 38: Batman's Expulsion Notice
On a morning in Cat Getan that was neither clear nor warm, the cold wind and damp mist of early morning crawled from the cracks in the windows onto the balcony, condensing into a series of small water droplets that sparkled under the light.
Shiler sat in his seat in the office, looking at the students' papers. After a while, a document was thrown over from the next desk. Shiler shifted his gaze from the homework in his hand and turned to read the document.
"Campus Prohibition? Which little genius is looking for trouble for themselves now?" Shiler asked.
His colleague Anna stood by the water dispenser, waiting for the water to fill, and said with her hands on her hips, "Obviously, it's our genius new principal. Rather than calling him a genius, it's better to say he doesn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth."
Before Shiler could continue asking her, the principal's assistant, Mrs. Mafi, moved her somewhat bloated body, knocked on the door, and entered. She said, "Professor Shiler, the principal wants to see you."
Just as Shiler stood up, Mrs. Mafi walked to his side. She patted his arm lightly and whispered, "He's really a handful. You'd better be careful."
Shiler arrived at the principal's office. The new principal had only arrived a few days ago. His name was Xie Dun, Xie Dun Shi Misi. He was a white man who supported the Donkey Party. It was said he was once a leader in the academic affairs office at Princeton University. No one knew why he couldn't think straight and wanted to come to Cat Getan University to be the principal.
Just as Shiler walked in, Xie Dun tapped the desktop, signaling him to sit down. He was a very typical white leader, looking energetic, like a lion. He said, "I think you should have already read the document I issued. Yes, campus prohibition is imperative."
"I really don't know how this school can allow brewery trucks to drive right up to the school gate. This is too absurd. If this is the mess left by the previous principal, then I will definitely clean it up, right now!"
"You know, in this situation, we must take a tough attitude. Based on your resume, Professor Shiler, I think dealing with a bunch of kids shouldn't be harder than dealing with those serial killers, right?"
Shiler heard the implication in his words: Although I want to start with a clean slate, you have to be the gun for me.
Shiler smiled and said, "Of course, of course..."
Then his tone cooled slightly, and he said, "In fact, dealing with anyone in this world is not harder than dealing with those lunatics in serial murder cases."
The principal heard the warning in his tone. He wasn't a stupid man, at least smarter than the previous principal. He said, "I've heard about the previous turmoil in the school, but that has nothing to do with me. This place needs a new order and a new manager."
Shiler showed a smile and said, "Your ambition is very great. To establish a new order in Cat Getan, I simply want to applaud this goal."
"Not Cat Getan, but Cat Getan University. This place will be my territory. I don't want to say any polite words about being responsible for the students. I just want to say that the previous principal was a cowardly idiot, so he got kicked out, but I'm different from him!"
As he spoke, he made various radical gestures, occasionally pinching his fingertips together and tapping the table according to the emphasis, a typical American politician's style.
Shiler glanced at his watch and said, "My class is about to start. However, since it's a task given to me by the new principal, I will definitely complete it perfectly."
After saying that, he left. The new principal watched his back, his face not looking good. His intuition told him that this person wasn't so easy to deal with.
The next day, an expulsion notice was delivered to the desk of Bulusi Wei En.
It read:
"... Due to your repeated drinking on campus and organizing parties containing alcoholic beverages, it has been verified that at least 50 students have consumed alcoholic beverages you purchased. I regret to inform you, Mr. Wei En, that we will cancel your student status. You must move out of the student apartment within three days. — Professor Shiler Rodriguez."
The next day, Xie Dun was holding his forehead in his office. It could be seen that he was a little panicked. He said to Shiler, "I didn't want... tough, oh, yes, indeed tough, but, I mean, not this kind of tough. This is too tough..."
The new principal cursed in his heart, what kind of lunatic is this? How dare he write an expulsion notice to the heir of the Wei En family? This is the biggest donor to Cat Getan University! Donating billions of dollars to Cat Getan University every year!
If there were no Wei En, then what kind of principal would he be!
And it was said that Bulusi was always messing around and didn't look like a good person at all. How could he not be afraid of offending the world's richest man at all?!
Shiler still had that emotionless smiling face. He said, "I think we must go to extremes to correct a wrong. If we dare to expel even Bulusi Wei En, then absolutely no one will dare not to follow your prohibition, right?"
Xie Dun opened his mouth and couldn't say a word. Now it was hard for him to describe his complex mood. He couldn't find words to refute Shiler. In fact, what Shiler said made too much sense.
Who in Cat Getan University could drink the most, dared to drink during the day, and dared to cause trouble after drinking on campus, if not Bulusi Wei En? And Shiler was right, if Bulusi was expelled, then the other students would definitely be as obedient as quails.
But the problem was, which private university principal would dare to expel their board chairman???
The principal wouldn't dare, but Shiler dared. He couldn't wait for Bulusi to get out of here quickly, otherwise, Cat Getan University would be in big trouble if the Joker came one day.
Xie Dun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "First, let's take back this expulsion notice..."
"I never take back letters I've written. However, as the principal, you can make a phone call and have him deliver the letter to my office in person."
Shiler also learned to tap the table like Xie Dun.
"Mr. Principal, I am a teacher. Do you expect me to bow and scrape to students who make mistakes? How to please the board of directors is the principal's job, not mine. My duty is to teach and educate people. I don't care if he is Wei En or anyone else, no one can act wild in my classroom."
"By the way, please tell him for me that if I smell even a hint of alcohol in my classroom in the future, I will kick him out directly. Don't blame me for not warning him."
Crazy! Crazy! Xie Dun thought.
What kind of lunatic is Shiler? Why does he always have to go against Bulusi? That's the world's richest man!
"Your stubbornness shocks me." After a while, Xie Dun said with a gloomy face, "I hope you can keep your hard-boned style."
Shiler smiled and said, "I will. In fact, in countless major cases, I have faced those vicious psychopaths and lunatics. Compared to them, Bulusi is like a newborn foal. I hope that before he learns to run, he can stand up in front of me first."
The principal looked at Shiler. Shiler's face was somewhat sickly pale, and those gray eyes, hidden behind the lenses, seemed to be shrouded in an inescapable gray mist.
After Shiler left, the principal pressed the switch of the recording pen under the table. He thought, a playboy couldn't possibly endure such insults from such a teacher. It would be better if the words Shiler said today were carved on his tombstone.
If one expulsion notice wasn't enough to make Bulusi furious, then he would add more. I wonder what Bulusi would think after listening to these recordings?
Xie Dun thought, such a reckless and young billionaire, no matter what skills Shiler had, he would never be able to defeat the power of capital. The Wei En family had ten thousand ways to make a professor disappear from the world. Even if Bulusi wasn't that cruel, he wouldn't let someone who insulted him again and again have an easy time.
After Bulusi received this recording, his expression was very strange. He wasn't angry, yes, he wasn't angry at all.
In fact, even if this person wasn't Shiler, Bulusi wouldn't be too angry, because he wasn't as impulsive and reckless as he appeared.
But after listening to the recording, he actually felt relieved. Fortunately, Shiler didn't throw some questions at him again that gave him a headache and were hard to answer, nor did he use that worse tone he usually used when chasing Bulusi for homework.
Bulusi knew this reaction was wrong. How could his requirements be so low? Shouldn't he be happy only if Shiler praised him?
No, no, what does this matter?
Bulusi threw the recording pen onto the table and scratched his hair. He had to admit that after listening to it, he couldn't help but associate it with the fact that maybe Batman had been doing well in Cat Getan recently, which was why the professor's attitude had changed.
Of course, he was Batman after all, and soon, he began to think about serious matters.
This principal targeting Shiler so much didn't seem to be without a target. He seemed to have some extra information channels and could know that Shiler participated in the trial of the previous principal.
Bulusi narrowed his eyes. Wanting to build order in Cat Getan University was more like wanting to turn Cat Getan University into his own personal fiefdom, and dangerous people like Shiler were naturally his first targets.
The next day, Shiler went to class as usual, didn't even look at Bulusi, picked up the textbook, and started lecturing.
Xie Dun, who could mobilize the classroom cameras, couldn't help but frown. Bulusi actually didn't go to trouble Shiler. What was going on?
Bulusi, disguised as a playboy, hadn't caused less trouble. Just among classmates, he had beaten up several. Although beating a professor wasn't right, for the world's richest man, there was no one in this world he couldn't beat, and no one he couldn't afford to pay for beating.
Then he saw an even more incredible scene. When collecting homework, Bulusi actually handed in a stack of paper, and judging by the thickness, he was afraid he really had written enough 3000 words.
When had Bulusi ever handed in homework? Which professor at Cat Getan University dared to collect his homework? Which course at Cat Getan University dared not give him full marks?
Thinking of this, the principal opened the Cat Getan University credit system and found that in the psychology course Shiler was responsible for, Bulusi's homework score was less than two points, and his overall grade was at the bottom. The teacher's comment column read:
"As a rich man, he is indeed dutifully enjoying life, but as a student, he is really rotten."
The principal's hands were shaking a little. This wasn't some internal website, but a website that all students had to check at the end of the semester. They could clearly see the comments each professor gave them, and they could also leave comments for all professors.
Thinking this, the principal scrolled the mouse wheel down, and then he saw that the comment Bulusi left for Shiler was:
"I promise I will finish all the homework next semester. If I do so, can my homework score be added to two points? Or 1.8 is fine. If I can get over 90 in the final exam, I sincerely hope my credits won't be deducted completely, even if only one point is deducted."
Isn't this a version of "Teacher, I'm a noob, help me"?
The principal had a dark face and turned off the computer with a slap. His heart was full of frustration. Many people wanted to get on the line with the Wei En Group, which would bring them huge benefits. The principal was of course one of them.
But it seemed he had no chance. Bulusi didn't care if he was the principal of Cat Getan University. To him, the principal was just a position that could be changed if he wanted to.
But it seemed that this Professor Shiler really had controlled this world's richest man. Xie Dun thought, no matter what, he must get rid of Shiler. To go further, he must have an irreplaceable position with Bulusi. Shiler was his biggest stumbling block.
On the other side, Bulusi began to be dissatisfied with this new principal.
Because when he went to return this expulsion notice to Shiler, Shiler almost wrote the words "get out of here quickly" on his face.
Before this new principal came, everything was going smoothly. Whether it was communication with Shiler or cooperation with Gedeng, this was social interaction very favorable to Batman's career.
As a result, the new principal suddenly came up with some prohibition, which caused Shiler to find an excuse to expel him again. Bulusi would naturally feel dissatisfied. ===== CHAPTER 39 =====
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