Louis Restaurant is one of the most prestigious canteens at Haishan University, attracting many visitors from outside the university. The elegant name "Louis Restaurant" comes from the gluttonous French King Louis XIV, subtly hinting at the delicious food served there.
This restaurant, decorated in a classic European style, can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time, but it's not peak dining time yet, and the students haven't finished class, so Louis Restaurant is sparsely populated. Duanmu Ci and Tang Luoluo are slowly selecting their food with their trays.
Duanmu Ci picked up a piece of fried egg and asked, "Why didn't we eat out? Why did we come here?"
Tang Luoluo asked the restaurant lady for a glass of grape juice, "Because it's close by."
Duanmu Ci silently calculated the distance from the School of Literature to Louis Restaurant in his mind. He felt that this statement was not very convincing, but he was too lazy to ask any more questions and let her do as she pleased.
Tang Luoluo didn't want to rip off customers outside the school, and instead traveled a long way to eat here—there was a reason for that—the cafeteria was always crowded…
After choosing their lunch, Duanmu Ci and Tang Luoluo sat down at a long table in the restaurant, each with a napkin on their lap. Although it was a school cafeteria, it felt like dining in a high-end Western restaurant on the Bund. However, looking up at the restaurant's magnificent dome, Duanmu Ci didn't feel that it was much less impressive than a Western restaurant.
While eating the cola-braised chicken leg on her plate without any politeness, Tang Luoluo asked, "Teacher, why did you invite me to dinner?"
Before Duanmu Ci could answer, Tang Luoluo said again, "Teacher, you're not trying to hit on me, are you? That's against school rules, you know~~ Seriously, is this what the older students call the 'troubles of pretty female students'?"
Poor Duanmu Cicha sprayed out the orange juice he was drinking. How can a child talk like that?
He said sternly, "What nonsense are you spouting! I've come to you to ask you something, it's not as...evil as you think!"
Tang Luoluo said "Oh" absentmindedly, sticking the roasted ham into her chopsticks. Her expression was hard to tell—whether it was relief, disappointment, or calmness. Perhaps... she just didn't find it fun?
Duanmu Ci asked, "Do you know what rights students have at Haishan University? Um... I mean, what kind of work can students do for the school?"
The reason Duanmu Ci chose Tang Luoluo as his confidante was not only because he had some interaction with her, but also because he had heard that she was quite capable at Haishan University.
Without a second thought, Tang Luoluo said, "Students have a lot of power, needless to say! Haishan University is so big, how can the school leaders manage everything? So most small things are handled by the students themselves, such as scholarships, dormitory checks, student awards, etc. Anyway, the school doesn't really get involved in anything except teaching and maintaining order."
Although Haishan University is a public university, its democratic system is unmatched by many foreign universities. Students have a great deal of power; apart from finance and education, they can almost manage the operation of the school independently and maintain its normal functioning.
Duanmu Ci was clearly surprised that students held such a high status in this school. "How does this power operate? There must be a representative, otherwise wouldn't it be chaotic with so many students?"
"It's the student council!" Tang Luoluo grinned, showing her teeth. "The student council is where students and school affairs are managed. Teacher, you can think of the student council as a representative body entrusted with the power of the students. It's very powerful!"
Duanmu Ci asked, puzzled, “Haishan University is so big, with so many students, how can the student council manage?”
Tang Luoluo suddenly had a strange expression on her face. "Teacher, do you really think that there's only one student council at the entire Haishan University?"
"This..." Duanmu Ci really didn't know, "Are there many?"
"Of course there are many!" Tang Luoluo suddenly raised her voice, then lowered it again. "There are many kinds of student unions, such as department student unions, college student unions, and university student unions... Teacher, do you know how many departments and colleges Haishan University has? There are so many student unions!"
"Then it's a matter of management at each level, with suppression at every level, right?" Duanmu Ci had figured out the trick.
Tang Luoluo picked up another piece of fried chicken cutlet. "Yeah, big fish eat little fish, little fish eat shrimp, and Luoluo eats fried chicken."
What the heck was that last sentence... Duanmu Ci was speechless. "Besides the student council, are there any other student organizations?" The student council was too big to handle, so Duanmu Ci wanted to see if there were any other organizations that were the right size.
"Yes, there are." Tang Luoluo sipped her grape juice. "The school has many clubs! There are also many club activities. Almost every student at Haishan University participates in a club?"
"Club?"
"Yes, there are so many clubs at school! Regular first-graders have guitar clubs, Go clubs, and tennis clubs; advanced first-graders have sailing clubs, kendo clubs, equestrian clubs, and so on. There are so many, but why are you asking about this, teacher?"
Duanmu Ci sipped his orange juice and pondered slowly, "I also want to organize a club, the kind that can encompass all the other clubs and merge them into one big club. What do you think?"
"Teachers participate in clubs too?" Tang Luoluo's eyes widened. "I've never heard of that."
Duanmu Ci chuckled, "What? Can't teachers participate in clubs?"
"Of course! But..." Tang Luoluo hesitated.
"But what?" Duanmu Ci asked.
"It's just that nobody wants to play with the teacher!" Tang Luoluo said matter-of-factly, her eyes wide.
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