Chapter 248

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Working outside, one either seeks genuine knowledge or practical gain; the Wuguan Nei Nei invisibly offered both, inevitably drawing countless gazes. Most praiseworthy was the speed at which the Hall produced talent—one or two months to become a Level 1 Student, three to five months to become a Level 3 Student, nearly a universal standard. In other words, in 2001, to earn a salary five or even ten times that of the salaried class required only half a year of paid training.

Is there such a good thing under heaven!

Were it not for the Hall's shallow foundation and lack of notable examples, the threshold would long since have been trampled down.

As for those young people with some talent who could become Level 5 Students, Chen Yi had calculated their salaries and allowances based on the Saint Qiao Kingdom's Knight treatment and the level of people like Liu Xinyu and Stanik. An annual salary of seven or eight hundred thousand was already comparable to the Senior Management of the Chen Group; in a modern society that values literature over martial arts, this was obviously above the standard, at the very top. To put it bluntly, even Cao Zheng, the fastest in training, was merely of average talent, how could he compare with strongmen like Stanik and Liu Xinyu selected from the entire nation and ethnic group, let alone the Knights of the Saint Qiao Kingdom who risked their lives for fame and merit?

But Chen Yi still acquiesced to this high salary. On one hand, the Hall's High-level Students were still few, carrying the meaning of spending a thousand gold to buy a fine horse; on the other hand, the time for the students to contribute was not far off.

"The allowances remain as before; I'll talk to them."

"Together?"

"Talk separately. The Level 5 Students are one batch; the Level 3 and Level 4 Trainees are another batch."

"What about the rest?"

"Let them go." Chen Yi thought, with the help of at least one bottle of Divine Oil per person, if they couldn't become Level 3 Students in three months, they'd be cannon fodder on the battlefield anyway.

Liu Xinyu pursed her lips and smiled, saying "Okay," then was about to go notify the students.

Chen Yi coughed once and said, "What's going on with the land for expansion? How much was it expanded?"

"The back mountain is all ours; it was expanded tenfold. Didn't you agree?" Liu Xinyu seemed not to understand.

She was obviously still not very satisfied with being constrained by Chen Yi. Chen Yi had agreed to an expansion of two times, but she had suddenly increased construction to ten times...

After all, how vibrant and full of lofty ideals was the Human Development Research Society as an organization; as the Jiangning person in charge of this Secret Organization, Liu Xinyu's life was presumably full of the desire for power.

But under Chen Yi, she faced many restrictions, and the room she could play was ever smaller; if she could be satisfied, that would be strange.

Chen Yi, confident he held her handle, did not pursue responsibility but said seriously, "Not again."

"Yes." Liu Xinyu shrugged her shoulders, the twin peaks on her chest rebelliously protesting.

Chen Yi had no intention of punishing her and asked again, "How was it done?"

"Which family is willing to demolish their land and give it to the Wuguan Nei Nei? 100,000 yuan, prioritize accepting their children as students; those over 30 years old can be accepted as employees." Liu Xinyu said, pausing slightly, then said somewhat proudly, "The money is paid by the Mitsubishi Group."

"Mitsubishi pays?"

Liu Xinyu smiled like a cunning little chicken that had eaten a fox's eggs, explaining: "With our Wuguan Nei Nei blocking the way here, the Mitsubishi Group simply cannot demolish the residential area behind. I told them, if they are willing to pay local residents compensation of 100,000 yuan per household and temporarily lend the land to the Wuguan Nei Nei for use, then the Wuguan Nei Nei can step forward to persuade the residents to relocate."

"They agreed?"

Liu Xinyu nodded proudly: "I originally wanted the Wuguan Nei Nei to pay half and them half, but I didn't expect that fellow Yan Qi to immediately agree to pay money, so naturally I had to expand the Wuguan Nei Nei even bigger."

This price was two or three times the price announced by Mitsubishi, and was enough to buy commercial housing in places a bit farther in Jiangbei. Given the dilapidated state of the two state-owned enterprise family buildings, 100,000 yuan was indeed quite a lot.

And from Mitsubishi's perspective, after paying 100,000 yuan, they could demolish a bunch of holdout households in one package; the cost was not too high, and they got the property rights they wanted. Even if the Wuguan Nei Nei side could use the land for free for several years, they would eventually have to give it to them.

The construction of the Wharf dragged on; owning the property rights was most important—of course, this was also because Liu Xinyu's bargaining power was strong enough.

This method was still within Chen Yi's tolerance. In his eyes, property rights were the least important.

Matters in China were never decided by law; discretion outside the law was the way of survival for the public security, procuratorate, and court; negotiation outside the law was the basis of civil litigation.

However, Mitsubishi's approach still aroused Chen Yi's associations: whether the Institute's plan was going smoothly, whether Zhu Guangliang's ability was sufficient...

"In the current market, priority admission slots already have a price." Liu Xinyu's words interrupted Chen Yi's imagination; only to hear her say in a descriptive tone: "Look at the people kneeling outside in the Small Square; they are all those who bought priority admission slots. The previous market price was 20,000 yuan, but recently the market price has been 100,000 yuan. However, they are private transactions; whether to accept them or not is up to you to decide."

"100,000 yuan?"

"Yes."

"There are two or three hundred people outside, right?"

"Jiangning people still have money." Liu Xinyu sighed in admiration and smiled: "I've been thinking, should we just sell the priority admission rights directly."

In 2001, 100,000 yuan could buy a very nice commercial home in a second-tier city. Not stealing, not robbing, not greedy, not taking bribes, families that could save 100,000 yuan were few; it was something most of the salaried class could not achieve.

To contribute this money just to obtain a priority admission slot further explained the family's comfortable circumstances. Poor in literature, rich in martial arts—not only spending money on food and drink, spending money on teachers, but also inevitably having more expenses.

Chen Yi smiled bitterly twice and said: "We don't seem to limit the number of students, do we?"

"According to your requirement, 50 people per term, two to three terms per month; now it has reached the 15th term, but the number of people lining up is far more than that." Liu Xinyu calculated a bit and said: "If there are 5,000 people lining up, they would have to wait two years."

After half a year of getting along, the Jiangbei people now all knew that the early Wuguan Nei Nei students had many advantages; waiting two years, the difference was not merely various allowances. Furthermore, the more people outside know about the Wuguan Nei Nei, the more people line up; the Wuguan Nei Nei does not pay attention to first come, first served. Even if they really line up for two years and get their turn, wouldn't their age have increased too?

Liu Xinyu then added in a low voice: "We have only admitted a batch of priority admission students; most of them are children and relatives of the relocated households. However, in the future, should we accept those priority admission students?"

Seeing Chen Yi hesitate, she added force: "Now, most of the students in the Wuguan Nei Nei are Jiangbei people, children of the proletariat. If we accept the young people on the Small Square, the composition of the Wuguan Nei Nei students will change."

When she spoke, she had a retroflex accent, quite hard and firm.

"There's still composition now?" Chen Yi smiled with his mouth, but his expression was serious.

"Of course there is. Those who can produce 100,000 yuan, even 20,000 yuan, are the middle class of Jiangning; they have spare money and spare property, completely different from the original students. Some old students have already come to me, complaining that buying admission slots with money is non-compliant."

Chen Yi raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

"They say that students who buy admission slots with money value the conditions of the Wuguan Nei Nei, or even want to start their own school, so they should not be admitted." Liu Xinyu said while watching Chen Yi's eyes, wanting to see how he would handle it.

Every person standing at the front desk represents the interests of a group. She also wanted to know exactly which group's interests Chen Yi represented.

However, Chen Yi did not give a clear answer, but only said: "Order them to assemble."

Liu Xinyu went away resentfully.

Shortly after, three Body Technique Level 5 students, Cao Zheng, Xie Wuyang, and Li Feng, all came to the newly added fourth floor.

Cao Zheng had met Chen Yi several times; Xie Wuyang and Li Feng had not even entered the special training class. Fortunately, they worked hard enough, and their training speed always remained in the front ranks, receiving the reward of Divine Oil three times. Finally, after half a year, they reached their current level.

Seeing the Hall Master, Cao Zheng was fine, but Xie Wuyang and Li Feng were somewhat timid.

"You are all latecomers who surpassed others." Chen Yi used this as an opening, with a stern face he asked: "Are you satisfied with the learning and treatment within the Wuguan Nei Nei?"

"Satisfied." The three answered in unison.

A monthly allowance of 48,000, plus a monthly salary of 100,000 for the work—where could they find such a good thing? It could be said that the past few months had completely changed their own lives and those of their entire families. The Wuguan Nei Nei implemented doubled differential treatment; these three were the highest-ranking students below the Naked Bears, and their satisfaction with the Wuguan Nei Nei was also the highest.

Chen Yi wore the Listening Scroll, and he had a rough idea of what they were thinking, so his expression softened somewhat as he said: "You are all Level 5 Students now and have the qualification to take me as your master..."

Not only the three of them, but even Liu Xinyu was stunned.

Before they could answer, Chen Yi raised a finger and said: "Taking a master to learn an art is a major event in life; I give you three days to go home and consider it. A teacher is like a father; once you take me as your master, you must follow me to cultivate around the world, and there will be danger to your lives. You may not return home without the master's order, you may not marry, you may not have children; otherwise... I will personally take your lives..."

These words terrified the three so much they lost all color in their faces.

Liu Xinyu, however, sighed silently, knowing that her wish to control the Wuguan Nei Nei, and even become Second-in-command of the Wuguan Nei Nei, was completely shattered.

Chen Yi possessed the Wuguan Nei Nei's most important resource—the Body Technique. Without Chen Yi, it would be useless no matter how many students' children she recruited, let alone this matter of taking disciples now. It seemed that if they did not take him as master, there was no possibility of continuing to train.

As expected, just as she thought of this point, Chen Yi said calmly: "If you are unwilling to take me as master, that is also fine; you can still continue training in the Wuguan Nei Nei until Body Technique Level 6, but you must sign a lifelong confidentiality contract with the Wuguan Nei Nei, as well as a twenty-year employment contract. How to choose is up to your own needs; there is no need to feel any burden. Liu Xinyu, see them out."

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