“Master, don’t overthink it. Just tell them that martial arts can’t be mastered in a short time, and let them choose whether or not to join the martial arts school.” Lin Yun knew Yan Dashan very well, and seeing this scene, he knew exactly what Yan Dashan was thinking. He smiled slightly and said.
"By the way, Master, how much tuition do you charge now?" After a pause, Lin Yun remembered something and asked.
He started learning martial arts from Yan Dashan more than ten years ago. Now, more than ten years have passed, and the tuition fee cannot remain unchanged.
"One thousand yuan a year." Yan Dashan, who had been pondering Lin Yun's previous words, immediately replied upon hearing Lin Yun's question.
"Is this the only tier?" Lin Yun asked.
“There’s only this one level,” Yan Dashan nodded.
He treats all students equally. At most, if a student is talented and willing to learn, he might spend more time and effort and not charge them tuition. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people are willing to learn martial arts. If a promising student stops learning martial arts because of tuition fees, he would feel it's a pity.
If the other party pays less money, he will hide some of it and not teach it, and he will feel guilty about it.
Lin Yun sighed softly.
Even after all these years, my master is still so genuine.
No wonder Master was so badly schemed against by that Wang Jie.
“This tuition fee is a bit too low, Master. If you don’t want to charge different fees for different years, you can charge 3,000 yuan for one year, 5,000 yuan for two years, and 6,000 yuan for three years,” Lin Yun said, shaking his head.
His experiences over the years have made him realize how precious the martial arts knowledge his master taught them was.
Martial artists are not easy to train. Hundreds or even thousands of martial artists may not be able to reach that level. He didn't know how things were in the past five years, but from the time he entered the Dashan Martial Arts School to the time he left, in ten years, his master trained a total of seven or eight martial artists. Although they were only at the early stage of Ming Jin, it was hard to say whether they would reach a higher level later.
By the way, Wang Jie has broken through to the mid-stage of Ming Jin.
This demonstrates the value of the martial arts knowledge his master taught them.
Three thousand yuan for one year, five thousand yuan for two years, and six thousand yuan for three years, it's really not expensive.
"This is too expensive!" Yan Dashan exclaimed in surprise.
"The martial arts knowledge my master taught me is worth the price," Lin Yun said with a faint smile.
“Three thousand a year is not expensive at all. I paid five hundred more at Yinghao Martial Arts School. I’m willing to pay. Please, Master Yan, teach me martial arts.” A student said quickly after hearing Lin Yun and Yan Dashan’s conversation.
“Three thousand a year, less than three hundred a month, that’s real kung fu. Brother Lin Yun is right, the price is worth it. What’s more, it’s a thousand yuan cheaper for two years and three thousand yuan cheaper for three years, which is equivalent to only two thousand yuan a year. I’m willing to pay this price to learn kung fu at Dashan Martial Arts School. I’ll pay for three years.” A student did a quick calculation and nodded in agreement.
"I'm willing to pay..."
"I'm willing to learn too..."
Many students nodded in agreement.
Some trainees were hesitant because they had just heard Yan Dashan say that it used to be only 1,000 yuan a year, but now, Lin Yun said it would be 3,000 yuan a year, an extra 2,000 yuan, which is not a small amount in Xianyuan County.
However, after seeing that many students agreed with the price, they quickly nodded in agreement as well.
They were afraid that if they spoke too slowly, Yan Dashan would not accept them, or that after accepting them, he would not teach them properly, which would be a huge loss.
In this regard, it's best not to skimp on money; otherwise, the other party might withhold some knowledge from you or hold back something, and you'll be the one who suffers.
Moreover, compared to Yinghao Martial Arts School's fees, Dashan Martial Arts School's fees are not high.
"Don't think this price is high. I'm telling you, it's not high at all. The reason your master charged a low price before was because he was too honest. As long as you follow your master's teaching methods and persevere, you will definitely achieve something." Lin Yun looked at these people and said calmly.
"Speaking of perseverance, there's something else I'd like to say on behalf of my master: not every student can achieve great things. It depends on a person's talent for martial arts and their perseverance in practicing. This is extremely important. This perseverance isn't a short period of time; it can take several years or even more than ten years, which is perfectly normal. I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and it took me fifteen years to reach my current level..." Lin Yun paused before continuing.
"So, you must think carefully about whether or not you want to learn martial arts at the Dashan Martial Arts School." Finally, Lin Yun looked at the group and said.
"Brother Lin Yun, please don't say anymore. I can persevere. It's just a dozen years or so. I'm still young now, and I won't be that old in a dozen years. It'll be fine. I'll study for three years first..."
"I have no problem either, I've been studying for three years..."
"Brother Lin Yun, I also want to study for three years..."
Lin Yun underestimated the shock value of the strength he had previously displayed. Although he had explained the difficulty of learning martial arts, he still couldn't stop these students' enthusiasm for learning martial arts. They were all excited and couldn't wait to pay their tuition and start learning immediately.
In the end, of the fifty or sixty people here, only a few did not study for various reasons; the rest all joined the Dashan Martial Arts School.
Furthermore, most of them had paid three years' worth of tuition.
Normally, 6,000 yuan is not a small expense for an average family in Xianyuan County.
However, Yinghao Martial Arts Academy is not an ordinary martial arts academy. The people who can learn martial arts at Yinghao Martial Arts Academy are from relatively well-off families.
Many people who don't have that much money on them can call home and explain the situation, and they'll have it.
Li Xing'er was in charge of collecting fees and issuing receipts. She collected fees from dozens of people and wrote dozens of receipts, until her little hands were almost sore from writing so many.
"Alright, everyone go back first today. Tomorrow, you can come here and start learning martial arts!" Yan Dashan said excitedly as he watched this scene.
"Senior Brother Lin Yun, you are amazing! Dashan Martial Arts School has taken in more than fifty students today, and most of them have paid six thousand yuan in tuition. We have earned about three hundred thousand yuan in total today!" After the crowd dispersed, Li Xing'er rushed to Lin Yun's side and said excitedly.
Three hundred thousand is equivalent to the income of Dashan Martial Arts School when it recruited three hundred students. Dashan Martial Arts School might not have been able to achieve this level in two or three years before, but now, it only took one afternoon.
Originally, she didn't quite understand Lin Yun's three-year fee reduction standard, but now she does.
If that weren't the case, why would so many students pay for three years' worth of tuition at once?
Three thousand yuan a year, six thousand yuan in three years, that's a difference of two times.
Moreover, she also realized the many advantages of this decreasing standard.
For example, some people want to learn martial arts, but it's just a passing interest. They might pay for three years' worth of training, only to come for three months, or even just one month, and then stop. This saves a lot of resources.
There are many people like that.
Some people learn martial arts, and the first year of instruction requires a lot of effort. In the second year, as much of what needs to be taught has been taught, the effort required is much less. Similarly, in the third year, even less effort is required. Therefore, from a resource perspective, this decreasing standard is quite reasonable.
However, it requires people to pay three years' worth of money in advance.
At this moment, Li Xing'er admired Lin Yun to the extreme.
In her view, Lin Yun was not only incredibly powerful, but even those bureau chiefs wouldn't dare to provoke him. Even a casually mentioned fee schedule was incredibly impressive; he was practically omnipotent.
Yan Dashan was also deeply moved.
He hadn't expected that Lin Yun's arrival would cause such a big change at Dashan Martial Arts School in such a short time.
Thinking back to what Li Xing'er had told him about the events at the Heroic Martial Arts Academy, he realized that Lin Yun's current abilities were probably extraordinary.
Thinking back to the little kid he recruited back then, who has grown up to this point and is still helping him so much today, how could he not be gratified?
"Lin Yun, come here, I have something to tell you!" Thinking this, Yan Dashan looked at Lin Yun, as if he had made a decision, and said.
"Yes, Master!" Seeing Yan Dashan's appearance, Lin Yun's heart stirred, and he nodded slightly.
Soon, the two walked to the back, to Yan Dashan's room.
“I’ve told you many times that I haven’t accepted you as my disciple, so you don’t need to call me master!” Yan Dashan turned around, looked at Lin Yun, and then said.
"In my opinion, my master is the one who guided me into the field and taught me so many things!" Lin Yun said with a smile.
"Your martial arts talent far exceeds my expectations. It's such a pity that you've chosen me as your master!" Yan Dashan shook his head.
"I'm planning to introduce you to a master. Would you be willing to become his disciple? With your martial arts talent, you're sure to achieve even greater success if you go there to learn martial arts!" After a pause, Yan Dashan looked at Lin Yun and asked.
"Are you planning to introduce me to a master?" Lin Yun asked, frowning.
“Some time ago, I wasn’t sick, but I was injured by someone. That person is my junior brother’s disciple. You should remember that I once told you that there are some martial arts sects in this world, and my sect is one of them. Our sect is called the Seven Wounds Sect.” Yan Dashan nodded and said.
“Back then, my master passed away, leaving behind some resources within the sect. My master had two disciples, one was me, and the other was my junior brother. At that time, we were both at the late stage of Ming Jin, but my martial arts talent was not as good as his. He was only about thirty years old, while I was thirty-nine. I had no intention of competing with him, but he…” At this point, Yan Dashan’s feelings were very complicated.
"Finally, I left the sect and came here to live and open a martial arts school."
“Some time ago, one of my junior brother’s disciples came to me. He said that one of my senior uncles had always felt guilty about my departure back then. Recently, my senior uncle broke through to a higher realm and, after learning about my situation, asked my junior brother’s disciple to come so that I could go back and visit him when I had time.”
Then, Yan Dashan continued.
“I was raised by my master since I was a child. That uncle had a very good relationship with my master and was also very familiar with me. Back then, he wanted to share some of the resources my master left behind with me, but the other elders of the sect had a dispute because my junior brother’s talent was better than mine. Perhaps because of this, I took the initiative to leave, and he felt a little guilty…” Yan Dashan looked at Lin Yun and smiled.
“If I recommend you to become his disciple, given your talent, he will most likely not refuse. Why don’t you go to my sect and give him my regards as well?” Yan Dashan said with a smile after a pause.
The last sentence seems to have been added by Yan Dashan out of concern that Lin Yun might not want to take on another master.
In his opinion, Lin Yun has a great talent for martial arts, and it would be a real pity if he didn't have a good teacher to guide him.
“This is a letter I wrote. Give it to him and he will understand that my martial uncle’s name is Zhu Haoran, and our sect’s address is…” Then, Yan Dashan took out a letter from under the bed, placed it in Lin Yun’s hand, and said.
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