The more luxurious a university campus is, the less it stands out; on the contrary, the older and more venerable it is, the stronger the school’s reputation.
Comparing Huadu University to the Foreign Affairs College, in terms of modernization alone, the Foreign Affairs College can beat Huadu University hands down.
But any observant person can immediately tell which of the two has more strength.
Huadu University, with its ancient and grand atmosphere, instills a sense of one’s own insignificance just by standing at its entrance.
Whereas the Foreign Affairs College is lavish and regal, with various luxury cars parked at the entrance, and many students arriving with their families. Someone like Lin Beichen, arriving in the school’s official car, is hardly noteworthy at the Foreign Affairs College.
The official car stopped, and a student responsible for reception got on the bus to guide each student to sign up.
It wasn’t Lin Beichen’s first time entering university, so he politely declined the help of a kind senior student and walked through the campus streets, feeling quite fresh.
When Lin Beichen entered Huadu University, he was highly anticipated, continually causing upheavals, and within a few months, he shocked the academic community of the Imperial Capital. Later, he mastered the Spiritual Qi, wielded the sword for the nation, and took on tasks abroad.
To be honest, although Lin Beichen was entering university for the second time, he didn’t actually have many memories of the school.
Lin Beichen released a bit of his perception and quickly found his student dormitory.
His dormitory roommates were all very shy, nodding silently when they saw Lin Beichen enter.
The three briefly introduced themselves, and one of them suggested having a meal, to which the other two gladly agreed. However, Lin Beichen politely declined the offer.
After traveling a long way, Lin Beichen just wanted to rest well and didn’t want to participate in any social gatherings.
Seeing Lin Beichen rest, the other three were slightly taken aback, finding Lin Beichen a bit hard to approach, but they didn’t insist on inviting him.
After the three left, Lin Beichen casually threw his backpack on the floor and flopped onto the bed, falling asleep within seconds.
Early the next morning, Lin Beichen checked his phone and found that Zhao Weinan had sent a message yesterday.
"Mr. Lin, Huadu University has already passed the review, you can report to the Life Frontiers Technology office."
Lin Beichen raised his eyebrows and smiled a bit.
Zhao Weinan’s efficiency was unexpectedly high.
He thought Zhongcheng Hall’s sphere of influence was in the North and couldn’t handle matters in the South so quickly, but within a day, they managed to secure him a professor’s position.
Recently, Ruan Yunyun felt she was always unlucky.
She finally earned her master’s degree and secured a school offer through fierce competition. The professor had promised that as long as she worked hard for two years, she would personally lead a course.
However, as the two years were ending and she could ask for the professor’s promise, the professor was seduced by a foreign woman, neglected the school research, and disappeared abroad to enjoy life.
The professor wasted school resources, causing the school great losses, and negatively impacted Ruan Yunyun’s evaluation.
Two years of hard work with no hope of becoming permanent, she remained just an assistant lecturer.
For Ruan Yunyun, it was sheer misfortune.
Although Huadu University is a key school, as an assistant lecturer, she could barely make ends meet.
Her classmates, who studied at the same school, became supervisors in large companies or responsible for businesses, with annual salaries ranging in hundreds of thousands, compared to her life, it was like heaven and earth.
"Heavens, what sin did I commit?"
Ruan Yunyun, wanting to cry but unable, buried her head in the pile of documents, not even having a large desk of her own.
Ruan Yunyun’s figure was quite full, and her overly plump peach pressed on the desk, immediately attracting some wolf-like gazes.
Gulp gulp.
Several swallowing sounds suddenly echoed, piercingly loud in this quiet office.
With Ruan Yunyun’s education and qualifications, she had long been eligible to lead students independently, but the professor’s irresponsibility caused the school to have a bad impression of her.
The school couldn’t manage the old professor who was far away, so they vented on her, causing Ruan Yunyun to be repeatedly targeted.
"Ruan Yunyun, I heard a piece of news on the first day of school, our college hired a new professor."
From behind the pile of documents, a pair of gossip-filled eyes appeared.
"A new professor?"
Other teachers perked up their ears upon hearing this.
They all belonged to the group of junior teachers and assistant lecturers, usually sharing an office with ten people, whereas old professors and senior lecturers had their own exclusive offices.
The difference between the two was enormous; they shared a room, dared not buy large desks, and piled up documents only by placing them at their feet or purchasing multi-tiered bookshelves, otherwise lacking space for writing lesson plans.
What about professors and senior lecturers?
They had offices of at least 20 square meters, with enough room for desks and bookshelves, and even a single bed.
Comparing people could truly be infuriating.
This was only standard professors’ treatment; it’s said that some professors’ projects ranked nationally, their offices alone had reception rooms of up to 80 square meters.
University professors could be categorized in several types, some being research scholars, others being lubricant scholars.
Research scholars were easily defined, leading projects receiving national subsidies and passing national reviews, enhancing the school’s reputation, belonging to the research scholar category.
Lubricant scholars, however, were diverse.
Some helped the school secure journal publications, some obtained funding, and others with divine techniques acquired banned equipment and materials from abroad.