998: Chapter 984 Philanthropist 998: Chapter 984 Philanthropist Life brings not only first encounters but perhaps also nostalgia and transformation.
Stepping back onto the campus and strolling around, Lu Ping’an was sowhat reflective and surprised, even faintly nostalgic…
So much had happened this year, and his status had changed so rapidly.
“Senior brother?
Senior brother?
Do you know where the first teaching building is?”
“…..
The first teaching building.
Uh, uh…”
Encountering a newcor asking for directions, Lu Ping’an was taken aback.
He knew where the first building was, as it was the administrative hub with major events taking place there, and where his own opening ceremony and such were held.
“East….
South…..
West, uh, it’s probably in that direction.”
Touching the back of his head, Lu Ping’an pointed vaguely, creating an awkward scene.
“Walk south to the end, turn right at the gym, take the second left, and you’ll see it…”
Even Big Cat couldn’t bear to watch and took the initiative to provide directions.
You, a fourth-order scholar with a photographic mory, how could you forget like this if you actually bothered to rember in the first place?
Do you even rember how many tis you’ve been to the school?
But to Big Cat’s addition, Lu Ping’an responded…
“…..
Cat, you’re scolding …..
Okay, okay, stop scolding, it’s just a joke.”
Having learned new jokes from the Foreign Domain that caught Big Cat off guard, Lu Ping’an was scolded furiously.
However, he still directed the younger students clearly according to Big Cat’s instructions.
Watching the young students dash enthusiastically toward the building, Lu Ping’an couldn’t help but reflect on how he had unknowingly beco a senior brother.
“…
Maybe not, you should check your student status first.
For all you know, you were a freshman last year, and you might still be one this year.”
“No way, that’s absolutely impossible.”
Lu Ping’an still had faith in the school administration’s integrity, after all, he had helped the school imnsely on the Abyss battlefield, and they had made promises.
But as he walked, he still went straight to the administration building to check his student status.
“Uh, got it, got it, second-year logistics class special first class….
Wait, I seem to have never reported, where’s the teacher?”
In any case, voicing his ominous hunch, Lu Ping’an vaguely rembered that he was still a student.
Only this ti, his purpose for returning to school was far from scholarly.
Two hours later, in the auditorium of the first building….
“…..
Yes, our campus club has been registered as a civil unit, a corporate entity, here’s the license, we probably need to cancel it internally, right?”
“I’m quite short of people here, and there are quite a few work positions to fill, I’m planning to recruit a batch of student interns…
It would be even better if the teachers are willing to co.”
Lu Ping’an was currently in a delicate state of equilibrium, he had gained a lot this ti, but plenty of things needed appraisal and liquidation, turning resources into tangible power to avoid becoming superficially inflated.
What he needed most at the mont was to “lay a solid foundation,” to turn resources and latent influence into real assets.
In simple terms, this ant building a tower, hiring so people, doing so business…
there was no need to make a profit, even operating at a loss was acceptable, as long as he had an establishnt where others knew where to find him in case of need.
“Of course, I won’t let the student interns go to the frontline, but instead, after further training, they will undertake so auxiliary police work in the regular special service teams, I’ve discussed this with the Bureau of Anomaly Managent, and interns can enjoy basic welfare and treatnt…..”
Lu Ping’an was clear that sending these students directly to the battlefield in the Exotic Realm would be murder.
The battlefields he had traversed, where masters among the 2-tier could barely defend themselves, could hardly be considered to have adequate combat power.
These “pride sons of the Heavens,” with an average combat power ranging from 0-tier to 2-tier, lacked the practical experience of battle-hardened masters, and their ti at school was more about laying the groundwork.
Before they were sufficiently polished, assigning them to an Exotic Realm battlefield was out of the question…
Forcing them to go with survival equipnt would incur extra costs that were not worth the investnt compared to directly hiring experienced masters.
“….
Going to a special service team counts as student internship, but this is fundantally different from the previous temporary transfers from special service teams, as they will be signing an employnt contract with my company and then be delegated for ard support in various special service teams, aning they are essentially rcenaries, but not entirely…”
The situation in each district turned out to be quite dire, which reminded Lu Ping’an of when he first took up his post in the Special Service Team.
Human resources were always scarce.
Temporary employees from the Exotic Realm?
They were indeed quite useful and inexpensive, but their instability was also a tangible issue, with too high of a turnover rate.
For example, the Knights from the Silent Mountain Range that Special Service Team Three had previously hired; once they found their footing here, they naturally sought a “better” life…
The salary they received from the Special Service Team was half what others got, and the work was arduous and dangerous.
Most importantly, as guardians, they had no sense of participation since they were not protecting their own hos and lands, making it ironically as though they were original inhabitants tasked with guarding.
The situation changed every mont, and policies too…
Recently, the Official had unlocked the “Foreign Domain force” for re-employnt, allowing Civilian forces to also use foreign nationals on a large scale directly.
Naturally, with the surge of the New Era, various powers began a new round of recruitnt, and the relaxation of “outbound policies” also provided them with a wider field of employnt.
When Lu Ping’an returned, he was surprised to find that when visitors from the Exotic Realm could beco workers for Exotic Realm exploration and stationed in territories, naturally, churches and institutions began to recruit them as well.
Grassroots laborers “moving up” for better treatnt caused a shortage of basic level workers, which was a too-common trope.
After all, low-level, tedious, and poorly compensated jobs were too common…
If students were treated as auxiliary police, how long could they endure it?
In the end, when other opportunities ca along, “auxiliary police” were just a temporary stepping stone.
What really sustained these professional special agents were, more or less, a sense of responsibility and pride.
“My interns, if they do well, could be transferred to other positions within my company, and might even participate in the opening of the Exotic Realm.
You should know that I do pretty well in this area…”
In the lecture hall at the school, Lu Ping’an’s speech attracted the attention of many teachers and students.
He was there as a distinguished alumnus…
returning to the school to give a presentation, but at the sa ti, he was also a small Boss recruiting troops.
In his promises, if these “interns” perford well, they could explore the Exotic Realm, beco managers in other industries, or even consider signing a contract directly with the Special Service Team to convert from temporary to full-ti employees.
But the problem was, “the Boss’s promises” were scarcely believable.
“…Of course, you’ll hesitate, wondering why choose my company at all?
If you want to work for the Special Service Team, why not go there directly…”
Without considering Lu Ping’an’s current promises, what he did was essentially the work of a “middleman,” sending so students to work for the Special Service Team.
So why should he earn this money?
The teachers below were beginning to suspect whether the Bureau of Anomaly Managent had reached so under-the-table deal with him, to give him such a steady money-making job.
“…These three, i Yuge, Tian Xi, Xiier, half a year ago, were just 0-tier…
well, to be exact, Ordinary People.
But now, they, have reached 2-tier!”
Success theories love exceptions, yet what Lu Ping’an presented was not so exceptional.
“Their basic information is still with the School.
Their talent wasn’t considered excellent, and barely even ordinary.
Don’t think that they fought their way through life and death; the number of tis they’ve been on the battlefield is countable on one hand, and they’ve been in logistics…”
For professionals, Advancent and strength were everything.
It was Life, it was compensation, it was the hope of survival.
The incredible progression of the three rookies amazed not only the students but also the teachers.
“I taught them.
Half a year ago when they enrolled, they indeed were Ordinary People, and they used potions for Awakening.
Their aptitude and Talent Abilities were quite bad.”
“Their effort was only average, Wisdom…
well, it was passable.”
“They’ve been following Lu Ping’an for half a year, and then bizarrely beca first-tier in two months…
And now they’re even 2-tier?
That’s too far-fetched.”
Lu Ping’an smiled, watching the chaos spread before him.
How to make more friends of your own?
Sharing a portion of the profits was a middling strategy; the best strategy was always to tie everyone to your own ship…
“Have you heard of the urban legend called Trading Land…”
“Yes, it’s not a legend…”
“I will provide a month of peak training, and if they can keep up with the pace, ‘2-tier in six months’ can be written into the employnt contract.
Of course, the contract can be terminated at any ti, just by returning the training resources, and one can leave at any ti…
But so far, the turnover and fatality rates of my Team are zero.”
“After six months, once the internship is completed, they can continue working with or find a better opportunity elsewhere.
Ha, the Bureau of Anomaly Managent agrees, because in reality, I am using my own resources to cultivate talent for the Ancient city.”
“Of course, before leaving, they need to return the training resources, at least sign a debt repaynt contract.
After all, I’m not running a charity; I can’t lose too much…”
But just then, rely the “trading land’s training resources” and the promise of “reaching 2-tier within six months” made him seem like a greater philanthropist than any to the teachers and students.
“How could this possibly break even?
Isn’t this just giving away money and resources for free?!”
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