“Then I won’t stand on ceremony, Principal Ji,” Ke Meiyu said with a smile, placing the notebook on the table. “Our school is adjacent to the Agricultural University on the east side, and a large area of buildings in the middle is vacant due to ownership issues.”
"So I was thinking, could we join forces with other schools to start a club, and then use it as our base? It would also be suitable for people from outside the school to participate. We could put foreign language books in these places, set up desks and chairs, and provide tea, drinks, and desserts. That should attract a lot of people to come and exchange ideas, right?"
Her proposal was very detailed, and her ideas were very much in line with the original intention of starting the club, so the principal and others nodded in agreement.
"Okay, our school has no objections at all, but we entrust you with the entire responsibility of handling the venue and the joint club arrangements."
Ke Meiyu was taken aback, then she smiled and nodded: "Okay, so that means you've created it through our club?"
"As long as you get the land use rights, everything will be fine."
“That place is jointly run by several schools, so each school contributes a portion of the funds to build and prepare the venue. I also hope that the credits and funds that the clubs can allocate will be in accordance with the standards of large clubs.”
The leaders didn't even need to make eye contact; they all nodded in agreement.
There are too few clubs related to foreign languages; this problem is prevalent not only at our school but throughout all universities in Xiahua.
A foreign language club can take on almost all related activities, such as speech contests, foreign language corners, foreign language dramas, and parties, making it difficult to spawn other clubs. Even if some do, they are small clubs and struggle to survive.
The country now attaches great importance to education, especially to universities. Each semester, they are allocated a considerable amount of funding. In fact, as long as the reason is legitimate, no matter how large the shortfall, the government will give priority to approving the funding.
Therefore, money is a minor issue.
"Xiao Ke, go for it with confidence. As long as you get this joint club up and running, funding from various schools will definitely not be a problem. In fact, if your club is successful, you might even get the same treatment as a super big club!"
With the principal's words, Ke Meiyu had no more worries and readily agreed with a smile.
However, she didn't rush to start the club. Instead, she first went to check out the venue, formed a preliminary idea in her mind, and then, accompanied by Qin Yuanjiu, visited several schools in the surrounding area to understand how their foreign language clubs operated, as well as the students' foreign language abilities and their expectations for foreign languages.
That wasn't all. She also took several classmates she could talk to to the south entrance of the city to distribute questionnaires, which happened to be a practical lesson in the textbook. However, the questionnaire was designed by Ke Meiyu herself, and the questions were all psychological, which made people baffled at first, but each one reflected the answers she wanted.
After doing a lot of preparation, the provincial foreign language speech contest was launched in full swing.
Ke Meiyu has so many books in the system store. Every day she watches an open course stored in the database and a debate competition from a famous university. Then, she integrates the information from her memory and takes notes. It can be said that she is very well prepared.
Although Qin Yuanjiu also participated in the competition, Ke Meiyu's prayers worked. From the preliminary rounds to the semi-finals, the two never faced each other. Only when they made it to the finals and the top three were decided did the couple stand on the same stage.
The final round was challenging, but it also tested the comprehensive qualities of the respondents. The last question was a debate topic, where each of the three people found a starting point and then analyzed it in a clear and concise way.
The three people, besides Ke Meiyu and Qin Yuanjiu, are the daughter of a provincial cadre. This girl comes from a good family. Her grandmother is a foreign language teacher and used to work as a maid for foreigners when she was young. So although her foreign language is not very fluent, it is a foundation she has built since childhood. Moreover, it was cultivated as a special talent, and she has been an outstanding student from elementary school to university.
Unexpectedly, she now faces two formidable rivals, the kind that would be easily defeated.
So the championship and runner-up titles were won by the couple with all their might. This is a sign of respect for each other and also a way for them to enjoy each other's company.
Qin Yuanjiu's approach stemmed from a broader perspective, while Ke Meiyu took a shortcut by focusing on the nation and its people, thus gaining an advantage in terms of her intentions.
The debate between the two was extremely brilliant. From their powerful speeches to their pleasant and fluent pronunciation, it was like a foreign language feast, leaving the audience feeling impressed but confused. Even most of the judges did not hear all of their content, but that did not stop them from giving high scores.
In the end, Ko Mi-yu won first place by a narrow margin of 0.02 points!
She received all the prizes, awards, credits, and prizes without missing a beat, and this added another impressive achievement to Ke Meiyu's file.
Because she won first place, the next day's provincial newspaper featured her on the front page, holding a trophy in one hand and a bouquet of flowers in the other, wearing a sash, her smile as radiant as the sun. In the interview, she shyly smiled and told reporters about starting her "Foreign Language Mobilization Campaign," hoping to use her modest efforts to improve the foreign language proficiency of the Chinese people together with a few university students.
This reporter was quite something; after interviewing Ke Meiyu, he also interviewed the relevant leaders watching the game from the audience.
The leader expressed his approval of Ke Meiyu's upcoming establishment of the Foreign Language Assembly, saying that the club's operating expenses would be directly allocated from the provincial foreign affairs department, and that it would also be allowed to undertake some large-scale provincial events.
In other words, the establishment of this foreign language rallying cry already puts it at the forefront of all student organizations, equivalent to half a provincial department!
How could universities not take such an important matter seriously?
Therefore, as soon as Ke Meiyu found the relevant persons in charge at other schools, she received an extremely warm reception and a sincere and affirmative reply. All matters were entrusted to her, including the deployment of personnel from her own school...
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