In the last two days, Odd Zhuo had been busy with one thing, and that was the government charity fund for needy students in the city. The entire charity fund had been jointly established by a number of large enterprises, and Huaguo Water Curtain Group was one of them. And now, as luck would have it, the fund's aid plan was being piloted in Peiyuan district. So when Odd Zhuo saw Wang Ling's name on the list, he was completely stunned.
Wang Ling's name had been personally approved by Headmaster Chen after Teacher Pan had applied to the director of education. After all, the whole of No. 60 High School knew how "terrible" Wang Ling's family situation was. In an era when housing prices weren't so expensive, he couldn't afford to live in the school district in the city. Every day, he had to get up from dawn to dusk to take a two-hour spirit bus ride from the suburbs to school … he couldn't even take out a decent spirit sword when he participated in the spirit sword exchange meet.
To sum it up in the form Teacher Pan had submitted for needy students, it could be summed up in six words: miserable and miserable …
Odd Zhuo had always had deep feelings for this little shifu Wang Ling, so he was especially attentive to this matter. When shifu was in trouble, of course he couldn't ignore him as his disciple.
The government's charity fund's aid this time was quite large, but it was limited, and the number of students who had applied was as many as the hairs on an ox. Out of so many applications, Odd Zhuo had to eliminate the students whose families were middle-class but thought they were very poor. Then, he would wipe out those whose families were well-off and who deliberately applied to join in on the fun. This was what he had to do now.
It took him two whole days to whittle down the number of applications from schools in Peiyuan district from three million to three thousand …
Among them, the biggest pretender of being poor was Lin Xiaocong! He was a famous second-generation rich kid who was famous all over the country. He was usually high-profile and a little overbearing, but no one could do anything to him … because his father was Lin Sicong. And the phrase "My dad is Sicong" had become this second-generation rich kid's standard catchphrase.
Odd Zhuo felt that he was an honest and upright official, and had never accepted gifts or money. Even if it was an express delivery to the staff apartment, as long as its origin was unknown, he would return it. But this time, Odd Zhuo really had to brace himself and break this rule … shifu's business was his business. There were only three thousand applications in total, and the chances of success were minuscule.
Thus, after careful consideration, he decided to help Wang Ling through the back door …
If he could help his master apply for a spot, wouldn't the relationship between him and his master take a big step forward?
Thinking this, Odd Zhuo dialed the secretary's office of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Schools.
Not long after, the phone was picked up, and the old leader's voice came from the other end, "Hello, is this Xiao Zhuo?"
"En … Secretary Sun, it's me."
On the other end of the line, Secretary Sun frowned. "You've just been appointed as the Director of the General Administration of 100 Schools. Didn't I ask the HR Department to give you a vacation? Why are you still working? "
"In the past two days, the district has been conducting a pilot project for the charity fund, so I can't get away. After I'm done with this, I'll take a break, "Odd Zhuo answered truthfully.
"Yes, the child will always come first. Xiao Zhuo, I was right about you! "
The old Secretary nodded in satisfaction. "By the way, why did you call me this time?"
There was a saying that one wouldn't call a temple for no reason. Having mingled in officialdom for so many years, Secretary Sun was well aware of this. Generally speaking, the old Secretary would directly refuse to answer this kind of call. But since the target was Odd Zhuo, Secretary Sun was naturally a different matter. This was an outstanding cadre who ranked first in the polls. If he was calling for help, it was most likely that he had run into trouble.
"It's like this, Secretary Sun, it's about the charity fund. I want to help a student in particular … "Odd Zhuo said.
"Which student?" Secretary Sun frowned. Why did it sound like this matter was set in stone?
"At the spirit sword exchange meet between No. 59 High School and No. 60 High School, the student who used a wooden sword … Secretary Sun, do you remember him?"
Startled, the old Secretary patted his head. "Oh! So it's him! I remember hearing you say that this student's family wasn't very well off, and couldn't even afford a house in the school district in the city. "
"Yes! That's right, it's him! It's great that you still remember him, Secretary Sun! "
"Of course I remember him. I remember that this student was very special, and left me with a different feeling … Think about it, at the spirit sword exchange meet back then. So many eyes were on him. He came on stage with a wooden sword, and didn't care at all. "
"Then what do you think is different about this Student Wang, old Secretary?"
Secretary Sun pondered for a bit before saying, "That is, he gives me the feeling that he's poor but has backbone!"
Odd Zhuo: "…"
"I understand the situation. You're now the director of the General Administration of 100 Schools, so you have the final say in Songhai city. There's no need to report this to me. I'll leave this matter to you. No matter how poor we are, we can't be poor in education. We have to train a student with backbone like this even more; he'll definitely become a pillar of the country in the future! "
"Mm, okay … Thank you for your understanding, Secretary Sun."
After reporting his work, Odd Zhuo hung up and heaved a long sigh of relief.
Next, it was time for him to show his strength!
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In No. 60 High School's headmaster's office, Headmaster Chen and Director Shi were staring at the same report from top to bottom.
This report had just been sent over by the office of the General Administration of 100 Schools, and it contained a complete list of all the students in the city who had applied for aid.
"All ten of our No. 60 High School's applications have actually been approved!" Director Shi was pleasantly surprised.
"It seems that Student Zhuo still has deep feelings for our No. 60 High School." Headmaster Chen pointed to a name. "Look, among these ten people, there's actually a key aid candidate with an asterisk."
Key aid?
Director Shi hadn't noticed it before, but now that she heard Headmaster Chen say this, she looked back and saw that there was actually a very small asterisk next to a student's name. "… Wang Ling?"
Director Shi read out the name, and both of them nodded at the same time. Because they both had an impression of this student.
He had participated in the spirit sword exchange meet before, and while his overall performance had been average, the peach wood spirit sword in his hand had sparked a group discussion.
After the spirit sword exchange meet, this student's teacher-in-charge, Teacher Pan, had been looking for an opportunity to apply for aid.
Headmaster Chen smiled slightly. "It seems that Teacher Pan can finally get what she wanted. She's done this Student Wang Ling a big favor! "
"We've applied for a lot of supplies for the key aid candidate. I don't know what Student Wang Ling needs, but as long as it's reasonable, it's within the range of what we can accept," Director Shi said.
"As for what he needs … Teacher Pan has already asked Student Wang Ling. In addition to the basic big special aid package, Student Wang Ling also asked for something else … "
After Teacher Pan received the news that the aid application had been approved, she had asked Wang Ling and sent it to the headmaster's office.
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