Chapter 28 The New English Teacher

  "These damned guys, why do they want me to be an English teacher just because I can speak 137 different languages? It's such a waste of talent!" A young man with black hair and eyes, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, muttered to himself.

  "This kid was brought up by you, of course, it's your responsibility to find him. Coincidentally, that little brat is also in this city. If you don't want him to join our team, then use that brain of yours that surpasses carbon-based life forms!" A man in his thirties suddenly appeared behind him, with his arms crossed and a cold tone.

  "Head... you also know that in mysterious China, there are many powerful existences. If I'm not careful and get hung up..." Yi looked at the man with caution.

  "Don't worry, we won't leave China until we recruit new team members. Except for you, everyone else has never been to China before, so let's just consider it a vacation."

  "Hey, this isn't fair! Why can everyone else take a break while I still have to work?"

  "Dear Yi, don't you think that even though your soul is deeply rooted in your home, you occasionally need to come out and bask in the sunlight? Although your brain development has surpassed us carbon-based life forms, your body is far inferior to ours. Aren't you worried that one day your body won't be able to handle the nutrients needed by your brain? You can imagine a future where when that day comes, if you want to survive, you'll have to put your brain in a nutrient dish and attach it to a robotic body..."

  "Alright, boss, don't say anything more that makes me feel so uneasy... I'll just do as you say..." Yi finally chose to compromise reluctantly.

  "Mr. Yi, hello! You're so young and already a Harvard University linguistics Ph.D., that's really incredible!" An elderly man with silver hair smiled somewhat unnaturally, his face filled with disbelief in Yi's eyes.

  "You don't believe me? Fine, I'll just say it straight out - I can speak 137 languages of countries around the world. If you include dialects from various regions, that adds up to 327 varieties. You're more than welcome to gather all the professors from your school's foreign language department and have them test my speaking skills." Yi didn't hide his arrogance at all, because he had every right to be confident.

  "This...this is not necessary..." The old principal still seemed a bit hesitant, "But, Mr. Yi, with your level of expertise, you wouldn't have any obstacles teaching at any renowned university internationally, so why choose our school?"

  "As for this question, I had thought of a perfunctory answer long ago. 'Yes, as you can see from my resume, I am from H City, but I have been studying abroad all along. This time I happened to come back, so I plan to experience the life of a local university and get to know my hometown better. Besides, XX University is one of the top schools in China, and I think no other school suits me better than yours.'"

  "Excuse me, Mr. Yi, how long do you plan to stay this time?" The old principal wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a lot of pressure talking to the young man in front of him.

  "In short, it may take a week. At most, it may take a month." The old principal looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself, and added another sentence, "I don't need your school to pay me a salary, I'll teach for free!"

  "Free... for free?" The old principal stared at the young man in front of him with wide eyes, hesitating for a moment without knowing what to say.

  "I don't lack money, to be honest, my purpose for coming here is very simple, it's just to impart language learning skills. I hope the principal can give me this opportunity." Yi said these words quite sincerely.

  "If that's the case, I won't be able to refuse your kindness. However, do you have any special requirements for lecturing? If so, we'll try our best to accommodate them." The old principal felt that this was all he could do.

  "Uh, there's a requirement that all the boys in school must come listen to the lesson, girls can choose... because, from my experience, it's more effective on boys, and for girls, the effect might be not as good..." Yī Shì was really at a loss for how to explain why all the boys had to come.

  The old principal found it strange but didn't ask further questions.

  "Principal, may I ask how many students are there in your school?" Yi suddenly asked this question.

  "If we count all the students, there are about 40,000 people," said the principal with a smile. As for the schools that can be ranked nationwide, the number of students is also among the top.

  "How many boys?" Yi continued to ask.

  "There are more boys, about 24,000, not quite 25,000," replied the principal.

  "Oh, that's it then. Every day, select two thousand people to attend my lectures, try not to have less than fifteen hundred people, and don't exceed two thousand people either. If there are too few people, the number of lectures will have to increase, but if there are too many people, it won't be easy to manage." Yixiao said.

  "This is no problem, it's just this venue..." The principal seemed a bit hesitant, "Two thousand people, how can they be seated?"

  "No need for a classroom, I think the indoor gym is just fine!" Yi pointed to the tall building not far away.

  "That's a good idea... I wonder when Principal Yi can come to class?" The principal nodded, looking at the gymnasium not far away.

  "It's about time!" Yi's mouth corners rose slightly, "I'm rather eager to meet these young people..."

  "Yefeng, I heard that the school has invited a Harvard University linguistics Ph.D. to give a lecture at the Physical Education Institute, teaching English and minority language learning skills. Do you want to go together?" Yefeng was engrossed in reading Darwin's "Origin of Species" in the library when Xu Qiang sat down beside him and said in a low voice.

  "Boss, why are you suddenly interested in this lecture? Didn't you always hate English?" Ye Feng put down the evolution book and turned to look at Xu Qiang with some surprise. "Oh, I get it, the lecturer must be a beautiful woman!"

  "Not yet, there are still a few months before the CET-4 exam, I'm worried that I'll fail...I've heard that for this kind of exam, if you don't pass the first time, your score will only get lower and lower afterwards...It won't hurt to listen, let's go together." Xu Qiang said with an imploring expression.

  "I suppose I have no choice but to give in to you. Although this lecture may not be of much use to me, I'll go and listen to what that so-called doctor has to say anyway..." Yefeng reluctantly agreed...