Chapter 140 Teacher Tiger
Since they knew each other, Wen Le naturally didn't reject the idea of becoming his disciple. Knowing Teacher Hu's temper, he was afraid that if he agreed too late, he would get angry, so he quickly called him "Teacher".
Teacher Hu glanced at Wen Le and grudgingly hummed a yes. From his expression, anyone who knew him would have thought he was dissatisfied with Wen Le as their disciple. If someone familiar were here, they would have known that he was actually quite pleased with himself. The reason he had a stern face was simply because he was worried that Wen Le would become proud and stop studying.
Unfortunately, Wen Le didn't know Mr. Hu's true thoughts, and assumed he was naturally serious. However, Wen Le had long been accustomed to Mr. Hu's serious expression. If he were to suddenly become friendly, he would wonder if he had traveled through time. This way, he felt more secure.
When the people around heard Wen Le call him "Teacher," they all congratulated Teacher Hu, congratulating him on finding a successor and praising him profusely. It was nothing more than Wen Le's good judgment in finding such a talented disciple, and so on. Teacher Hu was so pleased with himself that his serious expression almost broke.
When everyone saw him like this, they knew his fur had been smoothed out. Look at his smug look, almost cocky, and he thought he was disguising himself well, but in fact, everyone had already seen through him. They were just afraid that he would get angry, so they all tacitly agreed not to expose him, fearing that he would disappear again if they disagreed.
Everyone praised him and looked at Wen Le with gratified eyes, all thinking, this time, someone has finally been able to calm this willful person down. This is truly a cause for celebration. They'll go home and open a bottle of good wine to celebrate. Now they even have an excuse to drink, and the tigress at home will definitely stop interfering.
The more I think about it, the more beautiful it becomes. I made a happy decision.
So if you have expectations for life, you will have more hope.
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The ceremony is completed only after the apprenticeship is completed and the relationship is recorded in the association's therapist profile. From then on, the two are bound together and have a vested interest. Absent exceptional circumstances, an apprentice who betrays their master will have their therapist license revoked and expelled from the association, and will be blacklisted. At that point, not only will they be unable to continue working as a therapist, but they will also be unable to find a regular job to make a living.
Apprentices are also obligated to support their masters, which simply means they must provide for their masters' retirement. This fully demonstrates the saying "once a teacher, always a father." It is because of these guarantees that masters are more willing to support and teach their apprentices. Of course, just as they are strict with their apprentices, they are also strict with their masters. If a master does something excessive to an apprentice, the apprentice can unilaterally terminate the master-apprentice relationship.
If a disciple unilaterally terminates the master-disciple relationship, the master will be blacklisted by the Therapist Association and, depending on the severity of the offense, punished. This can range from being banned from accepting new disciples to being expelled from the association, ultimately ruining the master's reputation. Therefore, therapists are extremely cautious about accepting disciples and becoming apprentices, and generally won't easily accept a disciple or become an apprentice unless they are completely satisfied with the person.
For therapists, the master-disciple relationship is, in a sense, closer and more solid than that between partners and children.
Therefore, once they became master and apprentice, they were completely bound together, sharing both their success and their failure. Therefore, countless people secretly envied and hated Wen Le for becoming Teacher Hu's apprentice, especially the young therapists who hadn't yet become his apprentices. Even those who had already become his apprentices couldn't help but feel envious and secretly sighed at Wen Le's good fortune.
Being chosen by such a great master as his disciple was a blessing one could only dream of in eight lifetimes, even rarer than winning the Interstellar Grand Prize. After all, there were winners of the Interstellar Grand Prize every year, but being accepted as a disciple by a great master was a rare occurrence, with only one person in all those years.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, the apprenticeship banquet followed, though that step was omitted. Wen Le, led by Teacher Hu, greeted each of the prominent figures present, both recognizing their faces and soliciting red envelopes. Having finally secured a disciple, how could this group of people not pay a small price? They quickly brought out any goodies they could as a gift for their precious apprentice.
Although Mr. Hu usually disdains getting involved in these mundane matters, that doesn't mean he doesn't understand the ways of the world. It all depends on his willingness to put up with the effort. Now, to protect his beloved apprentice, Mr. Hu, no matter how impatient he is, has to put up with the effort. No matter what, he'll definitely get back the entire gift for his apprentice today. After all, his apprentice is so poor, and as a master, he has to help him earn some pocket money.
The most important thing is, he has given away so many red envelopes over the years, and now that he has finally accepted an apprentice, of course he has to take back all the red envelopes he gave away, not a single one can be lost! That's how smart~
As for why he didn't subsidize his apprentice himself, it was because he was afraid his apprentice would develop a habit of relying on him for everything, which would be bad. What if the little apprentice became proud? Therefore, he absolutely couldn't subsidize his apprentice himself. Since he couldn't do it himself, he naturally had to find more suckers. After all, when it comes to suckers, the more the better. As many as possible, there's no such thing as too many.
Everyone was a shrewd person, and they knew what he was up to the moment he saw it. So, upon hearing the news that he was looking for a disciple, they quickly returned to their stash, pulling out their treasures as a gift. After all, this investment wouldn't be a loss. Even if they couldn't please the master, they could still build a close relationship with the younger one. Being noticed by this person and accepted as a disciple showed talent, and perhaps their achievements would eventually rival their master's. Now was the time to build up their favorability so that they could ask for help later. Otherwise, they wouldn't even know who they were.
So it’s better to be like this now. The relationship between each other has been brought closer at once. If you are a little thick-skinned, you can also act like an elder. It’s really killing two birds with one stone.
Although everyone was calculating their own plans, it didn't slow them down in giving out red envelopes. Looking at their gestures, someone uninformed might have thought the gifts were worthless, but in reality, they were items that would be snapped up everywhere. Furthermore, these gifts were all rare and precious medicinal herbs that were hard to find outside, perfectly fitting for Wen Le's status as a healer.
Wen Le glanced at Teacher Hu, and only after he nodded did he put the things and the red envelope away. To be honest, he felt that these things were a little hot to the touch. He was a little flattered that so many big men had collectively given him gifts.
Teacher Hu saw Wen Le's thoughts and snorted inwardly, thinking his young apprentice still wasn't calm enough and needed to strengthen himself. How could he be bribed with such a small amount of things? The things these people gave him were merely rare in his eyes. Furthermore, the things he'd given away were far more valuable than these unprocessed herbs. So, he was still losing money.
Thinking of this, Teacher Hu felt that these people were really stingy. Even the red envelopes they gave were so insincere. He had plenty of herbs, so why did he need them? It was rare for him to accept such a disciple, and they were so reluctant to give a small gift. It seemed that he was really too generous in the past, giving away those medicines as if they were free.
He must never be so generous in the future. If these people want him to help make some potion again, he will definitely ask for hard work fees. After all, he now has apprentices to support, which is definitely not the case before.
Everyone didn't know that they had been blacklisted by a willful guy and would become the focus of "care" in the future. They were happy thinking that they had given the right gifts. Maybe this guy would be so happy that he would agree to their commission to help make potions. After all, it was not easy to catch this guy. Wouldn't it be a shame not to take this opportunity to gain more benefits?
Because they had just thought of a terrible possibility. Although they were extremely reluctant to accept this conjecture, given this person's temper, he might really do it. That is, this person might disappear not only himself, but also take his apprentice with him.
After all, one can teach a disciple anywhere, and with the current advancement of communication, almost all planets are covered by the interstellar network. Simply logging into the interstellar network allows for online teaching, which is incredibly convenient and hassle-free. Thinking about it this way, it seems like there's no need for the master and disciple to be together. Direct teaching via the interstellar network is much more convenient, and there's no need to worry about interfering with each other's privacy. It's like killing two birds with one stone.
As soon as they thought about it, everyone wanted to cling to Mr. Tiger's thighs and not let him leave, fearing that if he left, they would play the disappearing trick again. If Mr. Tiger knew what these people were thinking, he would definitely scoff at them. If he wanted to leave, it would be useless to cling to his thighs. He had to leave anyway.
Just so willful~
And these people actually guessed correctly. Teacher Hu really did plan to leave after this exchange meeting. The world is so big and he hasn't had enough fun yet, so of course he can't stay here for too long. As for his apprentice, he will continue to teach him the same way as before, and it won't interfere with his fun at all.
He's so clever by this calculation.
Now that he had accepted a disciple, Mr. Hu planned to flee. He knew these people too well. If he didn't leave now, he would definitely be stuck later. Although they were no match for him, they were all civilized people. Fighting in public was inappropriate and would damage his image.
Mr. Hu, who prides himself on being a civilized person, naturally would not do such a thing as pulling and tugging with others in public. Besides, if he really got into a fight with these old guys, the follow-up would be very troublesome to deal with. Maybe these old guys would take the opportunity to blackmail him for his medicine. He is not stupid.
Everyone present had dealt with Mr. Hu many times before, some even growing up together. How could they not see his little tricks when they knew him so well? So, before he could even get away, they quickly surrounded him. Those who didn't know the situation from the outside would have thought they were just gathering to chat about something interesting.
When Teacher Hu saw this group of people surrounding him, he was so angry that his nose was about to be crooked. He thought to himself that this group of people were so treacherous that they actually relied on their large numbers to surround him!
It was impossible for everyone to really surround the person and prevent him from leaving, so they hit the nail on the head and said, "If you leave now, who will introduce your little apprentice to others? What will outsiders think? You just accepted your apprentice and you leave first and leave him here. That will have a bad impact."
Others also followed suit, saying that Wen Le was too pitiful, being abandoned right after he had accepted a master, and they didn't know what people would say about him behind his back in the future.
Now Teacher Hu couldn't leave even if he wanted to, because there was an unwritten rule among therapists that when a master accepted an apprentice, he had to take the apprentice to meet the seniors. In fact, to put it bluntly, it meant introducing the apprentice to colleagues of the same generation as himself, telling these people that this was his apprentice and asking them to take better care of him in the future.
This is also the time for apprentices to gain access to their master's connections, and secondly, it is also to show off their reputation and let everyone know him.
Although Wen Le is quite popular among therapists, he used to be a freelancer, which is completely different from being introduced to everyone by the master after becoming his apprentice.
Teacher Hu naturally thought of this, wrinkled his nose and reluctantly stayed. There was no other way, after all, he had a disciple now, and he had to think about his disciple more.
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