Xia Lan found it unbelievable.
Her score ranked second among everyone!
Even if someone else's admission is revoked, it's impossible to revoke hers.
It's one thing for the others, but how could Dean Qian have read her name out?!
“Of course I’m not joking,” Dean Qian said coldly, unmoved. “Anyone whose name I call out will not be allowed to study in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Tsinghua University.”
Whoosh—
The whole classroom erupted in excitement.
They didn't understand what was going on either.
Chen Li, who was ranked last and didn't even pass, was able to stay.
Why were those who ranked higher and had better scores disqualified?
What's more, among them is Xia Lan, the daughter of Mingxia Pharmaceutical, who came in first place in the preliminary exam.
I heard that Chairman Xia and his wife are right outside the door. How could they sit still when their precious daughter was publicly disqualified from admission?
Sure enough, the next second, Xia Changqing pushed the door open and entered.
With a displeased expression, she came to question him in order to protect her daughter. However, considering Dean Qian's status, she had to suppress her anger.
"Dean Qian, what's going on? My daughter clearly ranked second in this re-examination, why did you cancel her admission?"
"Why—" Dean Qian said, "Chairman Xia, I think your daughter should know the reason, and everyone whose name I just called out should also know the reason. I won't say it here."
With so many reporters present, it wouldn't be a glorious thing for word to get out.
What's the reason?
Xia Lan was stunned.
Could it be that Dean Qian discovered she had asked Zhao Lili to do the questions for her?
But there were clearly no security cameras in the classroom, and no one was proctoring the exam. How could Dean Qian have discovered it?!
Dean Qian wanted to save face, but Madam Xia wouldn't let it go, her eyes widening: "Dean Qian, what do you mean by this?"
"Does your school think you can just expel whichever student you want without even giving a reason, and do whatever you want? If you handle things this way, I'll have to go and have a serious talk with the president of Tsinghua University."
The Xia family had donated several million yuan to the construction of Tsinghua University's campus.
Her daughter's admission was revoked by a college dean. Where does that leave the Xia family's reputation?
Dean Qian was speechless.
They wanted to save face for the Xia family, but the Xia family insisted on turning their backs on them and asking to be beaten.
"Mom! Forget it, let's just..."
At this moment, Xia Lan realized what was happening and, without thinking of anything else, hurriedly grabbed her mother, trying to stop her from talking.
But before he could finish, Dean Qian spoke coldly: "Fine, since Chairman Xia wants to know the reason, then I'll show you the reason."
With a glance, the teacher standing on the podium used his phone to project a video onto the big screen, and the picture quality was extremely high.
Is it surveillance video?
The students in the classroom stared in shock.
They didn't see any cameras in the classroom at all.
The first video shown on the big screen was of Zhao Lili, who was sitting in the front seat, handing Xia Lan a fully filled answer sheet, and Xia Lan writing her name directly on the answer sheet.
When handing in her exam paper, Xia Lan also submitted this answer sheet.
Everyone gasped.
What does this mean?
In other words, Xia Lan's test paper was done for her by Zhao Lili, and she didn't do the questions herself at all.
"What?" Xia Changqing gasped in disbelief as he saw the surveillance footage. "This, this..."
Dean Qian retorted bluntly, "Chairman Xia, your daughter bribed someone with 100,000 yuan to do her homework. Do you think I should let such a student stay at Tsinghua University?"
Just moments ago, Madam Xia was all high and mighty, but now she was completely dumbfounded.
In that instant, Xia Lan felt her blood rush to her head, and she almost lost her balance.
There really are surveillance cameras!
And they even filmed everything she did!
It's over, she's really finished now!
Dean Qian looked around and said, "Last week, Mr. Shen from Qinglan Group contacted me, saying that he was supporting the development of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and had helped us replace a batch of new teaching equipment."
"The old-fashioned cameras have been replaced with newly developed embedded cameras by Qinglan Group."
Dean Qian pointed to the front of the classroom.
Everyone followed the gaze and, sure enough, saw an inconspicuous little round box on the wall, which no one had noticed before.
Dean Qian looked at the seated students and finally explained, "This re-examination was proposed by me to the college."
"The fact that you all passed the preliminary test shows that you are all academically excellent. I set up the second test not only to further confirm your academic level, but also to see how much you know about traditional Chinese medicine so that I can make arrangements for teaching in the future."
"So I had someone prepare some questions on traditional Chinese medicine, because I knew many people might not know the answers to those questions. So, according to my original plan, as long as someone is of good character, takes the questions seriously, and demonstrates their true abilities, they will still be admitted to the TCM department even if they fail."
"But the problem lies precisely in this matter of moral integrity."
"When studying medicine, especially traditional Chinese medicine, being down-to-earth and principled is far more important than getting high scores on exams."
"After the exam started, I deliberately left the classroom with another teacher and did not confiscate everyone's phones. I just wanted to see if anyone would cheat in order to avoid being disqualified from admission or to get a high score."
"So, the result is that, those students whose names I just called out—except for Xia Lan who had someone else do her questions—do you all need me to have the surveillance footage of your cheating released?"
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