"Lin Aishi originally didn't want to be a tutor, but she couldn't resist the daily threats from her counselor and school leaders. They said things like not following school arrangements would result in deducted credits, not actively participating in social activities would affect her academic record, and being too withdrawn was a medical condition that would affect her future employment..."
"Think about it, Lin Aishi is just a little girl who has just left home. How could she withstand this kind of pressure? She didn't resist for more than two days before she took the initiative to sign up and then she got hooked. She ignored my brother and spent all her time hanging out with those foreign students."
Li Zhongxiao spoke angrily, while his younger brother sat to the side, a pained expression on his face.
"Is that so? Why would Changsheng University do something like this?" Zhen Huai frowned deeply, utterly puzzled. Wang Yao had attended a mediocre university before his transmigration and had barely even seen any foreigners, so he was even less inclined to believe it.
“Actually, we can’t blame the school for this. In the human realm, everyone wants to gain recognition from the foreign world, and our university is an important part of that. But it’s difficult to work with the foreigners, so our Imperial Academy in the human realm came up with an idea,” Li Zhixiao said from the side.
"There are three ways for our universities to gain recognition from foreigners. The first is to rely on our real strength and produce academic and research results that make foreigners envious. Then, there's no question about it. Even if foreigners are unwilling, they'll have to grit their teeth and acknowledge us..."
"Secondly, we can increase the proportion of faculty and staff in universities who have influence in the international community. When foreigners mention one of our universities, wow, they all have professors and lecturers that even they envy. That would work too, and they would naturally recognize our universities..."
"The last point is to increase the number of foreign students in our university. The Imperial College's idea is that if a university is full of foreign students, even if the foreigners are unwilling, they will have to admit it, right? The whole university is training talents for the foreign world. Can you not admit it?"
"Even if you don't admit it, do you think the foreign students studying at the Human Realm University will agree to it? As long as there are enough foreign students studying at the Human Realm University, when the foreign community turns against each other, our Human Realm University will naturally reap the benefits."
"There's a saying going around in the world now: 'Hope lies in the people.' It means that if we do a good job of working with the people, the higher-ups in the foreign world will have no choice but to follow public opinion and recognize our universities. It also means that working with the people is the easiest thing to do. What do ordinary people want from us?"
"Isn't it all about whoever offers the most benefits? Think about it, of the three methods, isn't the last one the easiest? If no students from the foreign community come, I'll offer free admission! If free admission isn't enough, I'll give them money! They can come to school and earn money at the same time, so do you think the students from the foreign community wouldn't come?"
Hearing Li Zhixiao's words, the people present couldn't help but nod in agreement. Wang Yao was also greatly impressed. Foreigners are really blind. There are so many talented people in our world. This idea of recruiting foreign students is simply an extremely brilliant method.
Both involve spending money, but if you want to recruit professors from overseas, even if they're willing to come, how much would it cost per person? But recruiting students is a different story.
How much money can be saved by "free"? Going to school is just like hosting a dinner party. Ten people make a table, eleven or twelve people make a table, right? It's just a matter of adding a couple of chopsticks. How can it compare to the real money you have to spend to invite a famous professor?
As for giving money, a foreign student like him has to spend money on food at home, and he still has to spend money on food in the human world. If the money you give him is enough for his food, and you give him a little more, wouldn't that be even more comfortable than being in the foreign world? He can eat his fill and earn money without having to work. Wouldn't anyone who doesn't come be a fool?
But professors are different. People take money not just to meet their basic needs; many other factors are involved. Shouldn't they compare how much professors of the same rank in their field earn? And shouldn't they consider the compensation for their hard work coming from a different background? ...
There's only one thing in this world that you can never have enough of, and that's money! As professors, which one isn't a master at spending money? Even if you live a simple life, don't people need money to do academic research? Not only money, but a lot of money!
While the impact of one student versus one professor is difficult to compare, what about ten or a hundred students? The combined cost might not even equal that of a single professor, yet the resulting scale effect could be just as significant.
That's a damn good idea! Low cost, and the results? It's just for recognition from the foreign community, not for competing for a top-three spot. If we go this way, foreign students will flock over like swarms. Who the hell would turn down money?
But... I don't think I've ever heard of any university being overwhelmed by foreign students. It seems that foreigners admitting to this doesn't really have much effect... Are all these foreign students idiots?
While Wang Yao was still confused, Li Zhongxiao continued speaking.
"However, even so, not many foreign students come. So the Imperial College sets quotas for each university and conducts assessments every year. If your school admits fewer foreign students this year, the school leaders will suffer the consequences."
"This... I just don't understand. Not only is the learning free, but they also get paid. Are those foreigners all idiots? They're so pretentious. Do they have a grudge against money?" Wang Yao really didn't understand.
"You don't know, in the eyes of foreigners, even universities like Changsheng University are no different from the mediocre universities here. Foreign students with good grades would never choose to come here, no matter how favorable the conditions we offer."
“No one will recognize my diploma if I go back, and I won’t have job security. Even if I can earn some money, the price is too high compared to my future prospects.”
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