Wang Hongwen's behavior was somewhat impolite, but Li Jianping, who knew him well, didn't care at all. He just smiled kindly and explained to Wang Hongwen, who was busy reading documents, "Principal, don't you know the level of our school best? It's the fourth-best in our county!"

Seeing Wang Hongwen looking at him unkindly, Li Jianping was not afraid of him at all. He just smiled and continued, "Although we are still the fourth place for eternity, the gap between us and the third place has narrowed again."

The "eternal fourth" that Li Jianping mentioned refers to the number of undergraduate admissions to No. 2 Middle School, which has always ranked fourth in Ruxu County.

There are more than ten high schools in Ruxu County, but there are only three provincial model high schools.

Ruxu Middle School, Ruxu No. 1 Middle School, and Ruyin Middle School located in Ruyin Town.

Among them, Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School have admitted fewer than a thousand undergraduate students in recent years, while Ruyin Middle School, which has always been the third largest, has admitted several hundred undergraduate students. It is difficult for Ruxu No. 2 Middle School to surpass Ruyin Middle School, which is the third largest, let alone the two huge mountains above.

Although he really wanted to surpass Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School in one go, Wang Hongwen knew very well that the gap between their No. 2 Middle School and the other three middle schools could not be achieved overnight.

A look at some intuitive data will show the gap between No. 2 Middle School and the above three middle schools.

Last year, 39 students from No. 2 Middle School passed the undergraduate entrance examination for the first-tier universities, 87 for the second-tier universities, and 232 for the third-tier universities. A total of 357 students from this year’s undergraduate program passed the entrance examination.

Doesn’t it look good?

If you look at it alone, it does feel very good, but if you look at it together with the other three provincial model high schools mentioned above, you can obviously see that it is not as good as the above three schools.

Last year, Ruxu Middle School had 840 students admitted to undergraduate programs in the college entrance examination, of which 575 students passed the first-tier entrance examination, 792 students passed the second-tier entrance examination (excluding sports and arts), with a pass rate of 90%, and 840 students passed the third-tier entrance examination or above, with a pass rate of 95%. The pass rates for first, second and third-tier entrance examinations ranked first in the province.

What about Ruxu No. 1 Middle School, which ranks second?

Ruxu No. 1 Middle School has 748 registered students for the current year, 377 of whom have reached the first-tier line, and 643 have reached the second-tier line. This does not include students who are studying on a temporary basis or repeating. If these students are included, the number of students who have reached the second-tier line or above would be more than a thousand.

Not to mention the two most powerful high schools in the entire Ruxu County, let’s just talk about Ruyin Middle School, which has been the third best for many years.

Last year, Ruyin Middle School had 126 students admitted to the first-tier universities and 359 students admitted to the second-tier universities and above, not counting the third-tier universities. This means that No. 2 Middle School is already far beyond its reach.

This is also the reason why Wang Hongwen has tried his best in recent years to improve No. 2 Middle School and upgrade it to a provincial model middle school.

Only when you are promoted to a provincial model high school can you have resources and attract good students. In this way, you can increase the number of students who pass the undergraduate entrance examination and the pass rate. Only when you increase the pass rate and number of students, can you attract better students and get more resources.

Only in this way can a virtuous circle be formed and No. 2 Middle School will become better and better. Otherwise, the current situation of middle schools like Wuzhou Middle School, which are getting worse and worse, will be the future of No. 2 Middle School.

Seeing Wang Hongwen continue to lower his head to read the documents in his hand, Li Jianping continued to introduce him, "Principal, don't blame me for sounding sarcastic. It's because our school can't compete with them!"

"But let's not give up. Look, our school has made great progress this year. 46 students have been admitted to the first-tier universities and 153 students have been admitted to the second-tier universities. This is double the number of last year!"

"The gap cannot be closed in one day! Let's take it slow. Sooner or later, we will be able to trample No. 1 Middle School under our feet. By then, you can retire peacefully! I will take over your job, hehe..."

Li Jianping kept chattering away, but Wang Hongwen seemed to be used to it and didn't seem impatient at all.

After a long while, Wang Hongwen raised his head and interrupted Li Jianping's chattering. He secretly smacked his lips and sighed, "Why is the liberal arts score line so high this year?"

It's no wonder that Wang Hongwen felt a little surprised. This year's score lines in Anhui Province were really outrageous. The science scores were okay, and even compared to last year, the score lines for the second and third tier universities dropped a little, and only the score line for the first tier university increased by ten points.

This year's science score lines are: 544 points for the first-tier, 478 points for the second-tier, 431 points for the third-tier, and 200 points for technical colleges.

But compared with science, the score line for liberal arts is too outrageous.

This year's liberal arts score lines are: 577 points for the first-tier liberal arts, 541 points for the second-tier liberal arts, 512 points for the third-tier liberal arts, and 200 points for junior college.

This year's score line for the third-tier liberal arts colleges would have been two points higher than last year's score line for the second-tier liberal arts colleges, and this year's score line for the second-tier liberal arts colleges is only 6 points less than last year's score line for the first-tier colleges.

Don’t worry about anything else, just look at this score line and tell me whether it is outrageous or not.

Li Jianping nodded. "It's a bit high indeed, but that's because the liberal arts exams this year are relatively easy. Otherwise, how could the score be so high? This year's score for the second-tier universities is almost catching up with last year's first-tier universities, don't you think?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hongwen nodded, expressing his approval of Li Jianping's words.

Then, he changed the topic to the number of students who passed the college entrance examination at No. 2 Middle School this year. "No matter what, this year, No. 2 Middle School has exceeded its target!"

At this point, Li Jianping seemed very happy, "That's for sure! 78 students have passed the first-tier line; 233 students have passed the second-tier line; 168 students have passed the third-tier line, which is not much worse than the third-tier Ruyin Middle School!"

"Based on the number of students who have passed the entrance exam this year in our No. 2 High School, if this number were placed in a place with less educational resources, it would definitely be a provincial model high school! That is, in Ruxu, alas..."

Seeing that Li Jianping was about to complain again, Wang Hongwen glared at him and said, "Stop complaining. If nothing unexpected happens, our No. 2 Middle School will be promoted to a provincial key school next year!"

"From now on, the situation of three major provincial key high schools in Ruxu County will change~"

Li Jianping's eyes suddenly lit up. "Did your friend in that province give you the accurate information?"

Wang Hongwen was cheerful. He didn't say anything, but just looked at Li Jianping with a smile.

Li Jianping immediately understood and was even more delighted. "Oh, that's great. Come to my house tonight and have a drink. I'll ask my wife to cook two more dishes!"

"Forget it!" Wang Hongwen waved his hand, "My grandson is back today, I have to go back to accompany him!"

"Okay, then I won't disturb you from accompanying your grandson. You should go back and have a good rest!" Li Jianping smiled cheerfully and did not force him. "Do you still want to see this document? If you do, leave it here. I'll go back and make another copy."

Li Jianping pointed to the document in Wang Hongwen's hand.

"Leave it with me first! I have to check the situation of other schools later." Wang Hongwen glanced at the file in his hand. This file was obtained by Li Jianping. It not only contained all the grade information of their No. 2 Middle School, but also included the grade information of other schools like No. 1 Middle School and Ruxu Middle School.

"Okay then," Li Jianping nodded.

"Oh, right!" Li Jianping suddenly remembered and said to Wang Hongwen with a smile, "I saw something interesting and I'll tell you about it. When you're free, can you take some time to read it?"