The typhoon lasted for a whole week. After the typhoon ended, the Donghai City Administrative Office immediately launched post-disaster relief and reconstruction work.
Because Tunghai College is located in the city center and suffered little damage, it opened for classes as soon as the typhoon ended.
Jing Shaoyu rode his bike back to the college and met Xu Xiaoyan in the classroom.
"Brother Xiaoyu!" As soon as Xu Xiaoyan saw Jing Shaoyu, she immediately rushed over and shouted with joy in her eyes, "Did you miss me when you were at home?"
"Of course I do!" Jing Shaoyu gently touched Xu Xiaoyan's hair and said with a smile.
"You're lying!" Xu Xiaoyan pouted and said in a delicate voice, "You didn't even take the initiative to call me, and you still said you missed me. You're such a liar!"
"Isn't it true that every time I want to call you, I receive a call from you? So you can't blame me; we can only say that we are in sync!" Jing Shaoyu said with a smile.
His words made Xu Xiaoyan very happy. His two big eyes turned into crescent shapes, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi next to them showed vomiting movements, saying that they were too full and couldn't bear it anymore.
"Hehe!" Xu Xiaoyan let out a laugh as crisp as a silver bell.
A moment later, Ye Yingluo walked into the classroom with an expressionless face. She walked to the podium and said calmly, "Everyone, stand up and assemble in the playground."
"Here they come!" Jing Shaoyu's heart moved, he stood up, and walked towards the playground side by side with Xu Xiaoyan.
After all five first-grade classes had arrived, Jing Shaoyu noticed that Dean Yu Zhen and the intermediate department director, Long Hengxu, appeared in front of the team at the same time.
"Squad leader, what do you think this meeting is about?" Wang Jinxi asked Jing Shaoyu, his eyes full of curiosity. He said, "Will it be to distribute rewards to us?"
"Reward? Jin Xi, what are you dreaming about?" Zhang Yangzi retorted speechlessly, "Don't you know the rules of the promotion game? Only the challenger will get a reward after winning. As the challenged, we deserve to win. There is no reward for winning, and there is a punishment for losing!"
"What? Why is this happening?" Wang Jinxi was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this and said, "Isn't this discrimination against the strong?"
"How can this be considered discrimination? This is respect!" Wei Xiaofeng said, "Only when you are considered strong will others think you should give in to the weak. After all, the weak are always more sympathetic!"
Wei Xiaofeng's voice was not loud, but the new Class 2 standing next to Class 1 could hear it. Many people in Class 2 cast angry glances at him, but Wei Xiaofeng did not care. In his opinion, the weak should be ridiculed by him.
In front, Long Hengxu was about to speak, and the noisy scene suddenly quieted down. After Long Hengxu signaled to Yu Zhen, he said, "Today we are holding an interim meeting for the first grade, mainly because we have something to announce.
Given the outstanding performance of this year's first-year students, the college board of directors studied and reported to the Donghai City Administrative Office and decided to establish a pilot class in the first grade, select some of the most outstanding first-year students to join and provide special training.
The pilot class is tentatively named Grade 1 Class Zero, with Wu Changkong as the head teacher. The Class Zero Academy will select eight students from the five existing classes.
Class 1, Grade 1: Jing Shaoyu, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wei Xiaofeng.
Class 2, Grade 1: Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin.
In the future, if there are students with equally outstanding performance in this grade, they will also have the opportunity to join Class Zero."
Long Hengxu's words were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, instantly causing an uproar among all the first-year students, and everyone started talking about it.
Grade 1, Class Zero?
Does this count as witnessing history? In the nearly thousand years of history of Donghai College, there has never been a Class Zero!
Jing Shaoyu was not surprised because he had known about Class Zero for a long time. Xu Xiaoyan was indifferent to such things. As long as she could be in the same class with Jing Shaoyu, she would be happy, so she also had a blank expression. Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng had rich expressions and all seemed to be thinking about something.
In Class 2, Gu Yue still had a cold expression on his face, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were very surprised. They looked directly at Jing Shaoyu with complicated expressions.
The students were confused and curious, while the teachers had different expressions. Ye Yingluo, as the head teacher of Class 1, and Wu Changkong, as the prospective head teacher of Class 0, knew about this matter last night. Wu Changkong did not comment on the establishment of Class 0. Although Ye Yingluo was reluctant, she was powerless to change the decision of the college board of directors.
As for the head teachers of the other three classes, Ye Yingrong has never been competitive and is rather Buddhist. She has no idea about this matter. The head teachers of the new class five and the new class three are very upset.
They had questioned Wu Changkong's teaching ability before, but now Wu Changkong has been appointed as the head teacher of class zero. They are so embarrassed!
"Quiet!" Long Hengxu shouted. After scanning the area with his sharp eyes, he saw that the scene had quieted down. He then asked Yu Zhen in a low voice, "Dean, can you say something?"
Yu Zhen nodded, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Students, I believe you must be very curious about why the college established the first-grade class zero.
This is because the students selected by you have far surpassed your level in terms of personal strength and realm. If they continue to be cultivated at the same level as you, it will not only cause great pressure on you but also bury the talents of these students. Therefore, for you and them, the college decided to set up a special class, Class Zero, for better training them and setting an example for you!
The existence of Class Zero is to tell you that if you want to be valued by the college and want to shine in the future, you must work harder. I hope to see more of you join Class Zero in the near future and become the best students of our Donghai College.
Okay, dismissed. Each class teacher will lead the students back to the classroom for class. Director Long Hengxu will temporarily serve as the head teacher of Class 2, Grade 1 until the college selects a new head teacher.
Teacher Wu Changkong and several students from Grade 1 Class 0 please stay for a while."
Amidst all the envy and jealousy, the five first-grade classes, led by their respective class teachers, returned to the classroom. On the huge playground, only Dean Yu Zhen, Wu Changkong and a few students were left.
"Children, come here." Yu Zhen waved to several students and shouted.
All eight students came before Yu Zhen. Although they had confronted each other on the competition stage not long ago, there was no deep hatred between the children, so the atmosphere between them was quite harmonious. Of course, if one ignored Xu Xiaoyan's vigilant look at Gu Yue.
"Children, you are all undoubtedly geniuses, but I want to tell you." Yu Zhen said with a serious face, "There is never a shortage of geniuses in this world, but there is also never a shortage of geniuses who die young! Even if you are a genius, if you want to become a truly strong person, you also need to make extraordinary efforts!
The academy set up Class Zero and brought you together in the hope that you can hone your character, let you put away your arrogance, and understand that there are always people better than you! I hope you can calm down, be honest, and do things seriously!
Only in this way can you live up to your talents. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" The eight students answered in unison, regardless of whether they heard Yu Zhen's words or not.
"Very good!" Yu Zhen showed a satisfied smile and said, "Sign this agreement."
Yu Zhen turned his wrist, and a pile of papers covered with words and pens appeared in his hand, which he then distributed to Jing Shaoyu and the other eight people one by one.
The eight students subconsciously took the paper and pen. Jing Shaoyu took a glance and saw three large words on the paper that were particularly eye-catching: Agreement.
After reading it carefully, I roughly understood the content of this agreement. Let me summarize it briefly: I, XXX, voluntarily sign an agreement with Donghai College. I will never transfer schools before completing my studies in the intermediate and advanced departments. Violators will be punished.
This was a very normal agreement. After all, Donghai College was prepared to spend resources on these people, and naturally did not want to end up making wedding clothes for others. But Jing Shaoyu knew in his heart that Donghai College would end up with nothing. The members of Class Zero transferred to other schools or left, leaving Donghai College in a mess.
However, it cannot be said that there was no gain at all. Although no one stayed in the end, Donghai College at least gained some fame, which can be regarded as having achieved some of its original intention.
"After the establishment of Class Zero, the college will increase its investment in you, and resources from all aspects will be tilted. Therefore, the college needs to ensure that you will stay in the college to study and not deviate from the original intention of establishing Class Zero due to some uncertain reasons." Yu Zhen explained expressionlessly, "If there is no problem, then sign it."
Jing Shaoyu signed his name without hesitation. When Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue saw him sign, they also signed their names.