Capítulo 549: Chapter 523: We Won’t Go Back (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
After the experts left, Star University returned to its usual calm.
Students continued to strive for their dreams.
Lü Gang and his team carried on with their mecha upgrading work.
Wang Meng and his group continued with the upgrade of the nuclear fusion reactor.
Not only in these fields, but Star University also showed brilliant progress in many other areas.
In music, cuisine, architecture, and even in physics and chemistry, Star University achieved notable success.
As for the exchange students, they had fully integrated into Star University; returning to their original schools was out of the question.
Initially, these students were supposed to stay at Star University for half a month.
The principals just wanted these students to learn the advanced management concepts of Star University to apply them in their own universities upon return.
However, the time had passed, and none of these students had returned.
The principals were getting anxious.
After all, these students were the elites of their schools.
The principals all came to Star University to take their students back.
However, these students had no intention of returning.
Because at Star University, they found a stage to realize their dreams.
So how could they be willing to leave just like that?
Ye Chen had already anticipated that the principals would come, so he waited for them in his office.
After brewing some tea and chatting idly for a bit, the principals started demanding their students back.
Principal of Modu University: “Principal Ye, our student exchange period has ended, why aren’t you releasing them?”
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, “Oh, we haven’t refused to release them. We’ve already notified them, but they’re not willing to leave; I can’t exactly force them out, can I?”
“What? They don’t want to leave?” The principals looked at each other in disbelief.
Before sending these students, their schools had offered them excellent benefits, yet they’re unwilling to return.
Seeing the principals’ disbelief, Ye Chen smiled calmly, “How about this, let me take you to see them?”
In fact, the principals had already sensed something was off.
Because now, when they called these students, their phones were all unanswered.
Now, hearing Ye Chen’s words, they felt even more unsettled.
Ye Chen sighed, “Ah, these kids, I’m also in a bind now. Why don’t you folks help persuade them?”
The principals were speechless.
Ye Chen essentially passed the ball to them.
But since Ye Chen hadn’t planned on keeping these students, they were relieved.
After all, the country highly values Star University now, and if Star was intent on keeping them, they wouldn’t really have a solution.
Ye Chen directly notified the students to gather in the conference room.
The principals entered the conference room and saw their students sitting inside.
However, the students looked visibly uneasy when they saw their principals.
The principals also looked at these elites of theirs.
Yet, they noticed changes in these students.
Previously, each of these students had carried an air of arrogance, but now that arrogance had vanished from their faces entirely.
Some students even looked like factory workers, with oil stains all over them.
Ye Chen laughed and said, “Dear students, the exchange period has ended, and your principals are here to take you back to school. You’re welcome to visit Star University again in the future.”
From Ye Chen’s tone, there was not the slightest hint of wanting to keep them.
Hearing Ye Chen’s words, the principals also breathed a sigh of relief.
“I’m not going back; my project isn’t finished.”
“I just made a breakthrough in my field, and I don’t want to go back.”
“Principal, I’m not returning, I want to stay at Star University.”
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Almost all these students found their reasons, with the only goal of staying at Star University.
The principals from those prestigious universities looked visibly displeased.
These were the elites of their schools. Previously, being admitted to their schools was a matter of pride for these students.
But now, having come to what they considered a school for underachievers, they didn’t want to return.
How is that possible?
“You must return to school,” the principal of Modu University said sternly.
“We’re not going back; this is where our dreams can come true.”
“Exactly, if you force me to go back, I’ll drop out and retake the exam to get back into Star University.”
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The students were resolute, essentially treating Star University as their alma mater.
The principals were nearly losing their minds in anger.
The students from the other universities shared the same stance.
As a result, things got pretty awkward, with the students insisting on being part of Star University.
After all, they couldn’t drag these students back to their schools by force, so they had no choice but to leave.
Originally, they wanted these students to learn the tech and advanced educational philosophy of Star University.
The result was that they ended up sending their elites to Star University for nothing.
The principals left the school gates with grim faces.
“Star University is too much.”
“We absolutely cannot cooperate with Star University in the future.”
Only now did they realize that collaborating with Star University means sending their excellent students off like meat buns to a dog, with no return.
Ye Chen looked at the students in the conference room and casually asked, “Do you really want to stay here?”
“Principal Ye, please don’t make us leave.”
“Alive or dead, we are Star University’s people.”
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Ye Chen: “…”
With a sigh, Ye Chen said, “Alright, if you wish to stay, you will be students of Star University from now on.”
Star University had managed to gain a bunch of talented students for nothing, and naturally, Ye Chen was pleased.
Moreover, the principals initially had ulterior motives; they were the ones who sent their students over, so why would Ye Chen be polite?
The most important thing was these students were willing to stay of their own accord.
Soon, the incident caused another stir in the education sector.
Some universities were initially frustrated for not getting a chance to collaborate with Star University.
However, upon learning that students from prestigious universities had been tricked, they were all amused.
Luckily, they did not collaborate with Star University; otherwise, their elites might have also never returned.
It’s well-known that nurturing a talent in any school is not easy, and to give them away to another university would indeed be infuriating.
Ye Chen received a call from Yan Chuang that day.
It was Master Yan’s 80th birthday, and Ye Chen was specially invited to attend.
Ye Chen gladly accepted.
The last time, Ye Chen had saved Elder Yan’s life, so the Yan Family always treated them as honored guests.
Ye Chen spent a day driving DiDi, and only then did he pick up Su Wanyi in the evening.
After all, attending a banquet meant he had to bring his official girlfriend along.
Seeing Ye Chen, Su Wanyi was taken aback, “You’re not going to the banquet dressed like that, are you?”
Ye Chen smiled, “I think it’s fine.”
After all, it was the Yan Family who invited him, and besides, he had indeed done the Yan Family a favor.
So what he wore didn’t really matter.
“Fine, I’ll take you to buy some clothes first.”
If Ye Chen wore this casual outfit to the banquet, he would likely stand out against the other guests’ attire.
Su Wanyi wasn’t overly concerned, but dressing appropriately is always better.