The next morning, Comrade Lao Du drove to the living area, intending to ask about the land issue first, and then go to the unit and take a look around the repair shop, ready to confront the current section chief.
On the other side, Du Chen was already sitting in the classroom, holding a paper and pen in his hands, feeling a slight headache.
Du Chen took a pen, paper and a ruler and wanted to draw the rendering of a two-story villa. After thinking about it, Du Chen wanted to build a third floor and make it into a sunroom. He could grow flowers and fish in it, which would definitely make Comrade Du very satisfied.
He had an idea for a structural diagram in his head, but his hands weren't. After a while, it looked like a child's stack of building blocks, and Du Chen found it awkward. Annoyed, he threw his pen on the table and prepared to take a break. He figured he'd have to ask his brother, Du Bin, to draw the diagram. Initially, he didn't want to bother Du Bin; after all, Du Bin's priority right now was studying.
"Hey? Du Chen, what are you drawing? It looks like something, am I right?"
The classmate looked at the white paper full of lines on Du Chen's desk with some curiosity. It looked vaguely like some kind of drawing, but he couldn't understand it no matter how hard he looked.
"Go away, go read your book, why do you care about me?"
Du Chen was a little angry and embarrassed. Was he going to tell the other party that his drawing looked like dog shit? Wouldn’t he become the laughing stock of the whole class? Wouldn’t his glorious image be ruined?
"Tsk, if you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me!"
Du Chen's deskmate said this with disdain, but then he curiously glanced at Du Chen's drawing, let's just call it a drawing!
"Du Chen, come to the office now!"
At this time, Du Chen's head teacher was standing at the door of the classroom, calling Du Chen over. Du Chen walked out of the classroom in a daze and followed the head teacher to the office.
After entering the office, Du Chen looked at the head teacher and asked him after he sat on the chair.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?"
While asking the head teacher, Du Chen thought to himself that he had been relatively honest and low-key these past few days and had not done anything bad. It shouldn't be someone who was looking for trouble with him, right?
"Du Chen, you performed very well at the school celebration a few days ago. You brought honor to our class and received praise from the principal and other leaders..."
The head teacher sat on the chair, drank a sip of water first, and then gave a long speech. Du Chen could only stand there obediently and listen to the head teacher's speech. Like a praying mantis, he nodded from time to time to agree with what the other person said.
"Du Chen, because of your outstanding performance, the Municipal Education Bureau hopes you can participate in this year's New Year's Eve Gala. This is the first student gala organized by our city, and it aims to showcase the spirit of our young people in the new era. It will also be broadcast on our Municipal Education Television Station. Think carefully about what you plan to perform this time."
The head teacher finally got to the point and hoped that Du Chen would participate in the city's middle school New Year's Eve party. Du Chen felt that his head was too big and he had absolutely no interest in it!
"Teacher, can I not participate? Didn't you say that the Education Bureau wants me to participate? Then it seems that this is not mandatory, then I won't participate!"
Du Chen and the head teacher were arguing over words, and the head teacher was shocked when he heard it, and for a moment he wondered if he had heard it wrong?
"Du Chen, you said you don't want to attend the party?"
"Well, teacher, the high school entrance exam will be after the New Year, so I don't have the heart to attend the party. I just want to study hard and prepare for the high school entrance exam!"
Du Chen was talking nonsense in a serious tone. He didn't want to attend any party because it was a waste of time and energy. He also had no interest in going on stage to entertain others.
"Du Chen, I forgot to tell you that if you participate in the New Year's Eve party, the Municipal Education Bureau will award each student who performs as a City-level "Three Good Students" and they will receive an extra five points on their high school entrance exam scores!"
The head teacher seduced Du Chen.
"Teacher, I was already a city-level "Three Good Students" when I was in elementary school!"
Du Chen answered indifferently that it turned out that because he had published a book, his primary school teacher had helped him get the city-level "Three Good Students" award, so Du Chen didn't care at all.
"No, Du Chen, elementary school students don't count. Only the city's top three students in junior high school get extra points!"
"Teacher, this is only five extra points. Forget it. If the performance can guarantee admission to high school, that's fine, but with just five extra points, I don't think those five points are going to be of any use to me given my grades! Teacher, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to class first!"
Du Chen looked so angry that he was about to die, and his disdainful attitude towards the five extra points made the head teacher feel a little bit angry.
"Du Chen, don't be impatient, the teacher hasn't finished yet!"
The head teacher took a deep breath and decided to persuade Du Chen again.
"Du Chen, there are more benefits than just these. This performance will also be graded and ranked. If you can get first place, you'll get 20 extra points on your high school entrance exam score! Second place plus 10 points! Third place plus 5 points! Don't tell the teacher you don't have the confidence to get into the top three!"
Finally, the head teacher resorted to provocation.
"Teacher, I really don't want to participate. It's such a waste of time. Besides, I have to rehearse and stuff. If I had that little time, I could have done a few more questions and probably gotten more points! And provoking me doesn't work!"
After saying that, Du Chen rushed out of the office at lightning speed. The last sentence was a naked provocation to the head teacher. Although Du Chen did not have a strong presence among his classmates, he usually dealt with various teachers and was familiar with them. Moreover, Du Chen himself could not expect a man with a mental age of forty to respect teachers.
Looking at Du Chen escaping from the office, the head teacher didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Teacher Lu, is that student Du Chen from your class?"
The teacher next to Du Chen's head teacher had been listening to the conversation between the teacher and the student. Seeing Du Chen running out, he was a little stunned, and then asked Du Chen's head teacher next to him.
"Yes, he is Du Chen!"
The head teacher said to the teacher beside him in a helpless tone.
"Du Chen is always first or second in the class in every exam, right?"
The other party asked uncertainly.
"Well, I'm usually first or second in the grade every time."
"Oh, this is a little different from what I imagined. I initially thought this student would be the kind of obedient one who only listened to the lectures and did his homework every day. I didn't expect that after looking at it this way, Du Chen actually looks like a problem student!"
The teacher next to Du Chen's homeroom teacher did not teach Du Chen, so he had only heard of Du Chen's name. This time he finally matched the person with the name.
"Not really. He's a problem student to begin with. He looks well behaved, but he's not exactly that obedient. Although he doesn't cause trouble, he does what he wants and has his own ideas."
Du Chen’s head teacher didn’t know whether to praise or complain.
"So that's it?"
The teacher at the side asked Du Chen's head teacher curiously.
"How is that possible? I have already thought of other ways!"
Du Chen, the head teacher, said this confidently, with an inexplicable smile on his face.
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