Chapter 153 – 154: Rumors Abound
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But now, they were actually going to change the teacher, and naturally, they were very dissatisfied.
The troublemakers never felt that things could be too big; on the contrary, they wished to make things as big as possible, because for them, only when things blew up would they get attention. Thus, they gathered quite a crowd, so family mbers even brought all their relatives, young and old. The office outside Hann Training Class was packed with people.
Li Dapang was also getting anxious.
If these people rely wanted a refund, it would have been fine, but they stubbornly refused to get their money back or withdraw. Li Dapang rolled up his sleeves, stood at the office door with hands on hips, and looked at the crowd of family mbers at the door, feeling genuinely irritated.
“What exactly do you want?” Li Dapang said out loud.
The family mbers gathered and whispered among themselves. It seed they wanted to co up with a plan together.
Finally, a parent stepped forward: “If they’re going to be this overbearing, then why are we even staying here? Since the teacher has been changed, there is no longer any reason to continue staying in this training class. So, let’s all withdraw.”
“Right, let’s withdraw!” many parents echoed.
Afterward, more than ten people began the withdrawal process. However, most were still watching and waiting. Seeing others actually going through with the withdrawal, so in the crowd wavered, hesitated for a mont, and finally decided to withdraw as well. As previously ntioned, since they had already withdrawn, what was the point in staying?
Soon, more than twenty people had completed the withdrawal process, and the Big Fatty brought over seventy to eighty thousand.
The withdrawal of over twenty people only amounted to a little over twenty thousand. Now, Hann Training Class wasn’t afraid of anyone withdrawing. Once students withdrew, there would naturally be others to fill the spots.
And as expected, right after these people withdrew, a flood of parents rushed in.
“We’re here to sign up!” The person leading the charge was a middle-aged woman with disheveled hair, who said in a rush, “Here’s a thousand yuan; please take a look.”
After speaking, she hurriedly placed the thousand yuan in front of Li Dapang.
Li Dapang was taken aback and asked, “Others are withdrawing, and you want to sign up?”
“Yes, yes!” the middle-aged woman quickly nodded and said, “I believe in Hann Training Class; it definitely wouldn’t destroy its own reputation.”
“Alright!” Li Dapang said, and imdiately he smiled.
Suddenly, Li Dapang began processing the registration for these people.
Twenty-three people withdrew, and twenty signed up, leaving three spots vacant. However, Li Dapang wasn’t worried at all. The news hadn’t spread yet, and once it did, rather than having just three empty spots, he could fill up thirty.
Of course, the upheaval did have so impact on Hann Training Class, causing so potential students to hesitate about signing up. It’s a Chinese characteristic to chase the rising tides and not the falling ones. Many people signed up for Hann Training Class in response to a surge, attracting a wave of followers. Now, as people were withdrawing, it naturally discouraged new enrollnts.
As soon as the news of withdrawals ca out, the whole city of LJ was in an uproar.
It had been a while since Hann Training Class had made the news, beginning when Li Hengzhong endorsed the class and then with the ’endorsent’ from the Bureau of Education. It had naturally gained a lot of popularity. Additionally, Hann Training Class genuinely had so skills, as nearly all enrolled students made more or less progress.
And with Teacher Xiao Han, the mysterious masked teacher, the training class had added an elent of intrigue.
Fuxing Community.
“Have you heard? Hann Training Class is about to go under.”
“Really?” A sister asked anxiously, “My child just paid this month’s fee; how can it be closing down?”
“Yes!” The sister spreading the rumor described it vividly, “It is said to be because they switched to that weird old man, Li Yunpeng, so many people don’t want to go anymore.”
“Ah?” When the sister heard this, she beca even more anxious, “That old man, Li Yunpeng, was even kicked out of the school; how could he teach? I have to hurry and get a refund!”
Not just in the Fuxing Community, but the entire city of LJ was spreading this turmoil. The talk of Hann Training Class closing caused widespread panic. One by one, many more rushed to Hann Training Class’ office to handle the withdrawals and refunds.
With people spreading rumors in front and dia fueling the fire, the situation for Hann Training Class appeared precarious.
The situation was looking bad. Even Li Dapang could sense an ominous feeling. These days, whenever Li Dapang had a mont, he would stay in the office. Occasionally, parents would scramble in for a refund, as if Hann Training Class was about to cut and run.
Those who didn’t know the details might really think it was about to fold. It seed to create a sense of panic among the people.
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In fact, sotis rumors take on a life of their own. It began with just the talk that Hann Training Class was changing teachers, but as the number of refunds increased, it slowly morphed into rumors of Hann Training Class planning to flee. Eventually, this led to quite a few people coming to inquire, to request refunds…
“Xiao Han, if this continues, I’m afraid it won’t work out!” Li Dapang called Xiao Han to ask, saying, “Now, many people are coming to request refunds. Tell , out of the one hundred students, now we’re down to just over seventy. If this keeps up, are we really going to have to shut our doors for good?”
“Even if only one student remains, we must stay open!” Xiao Han replied with a serene smile, then said, “This is the principle of our Hann Training Class, understand?”
“Oh!” Li Dapang nodded, saying, “But the public opinion is really against us now.”
“At least the Education Bureau hasn’t troubled us!” Xiao Han retorted, saying, “There are always so people with ill intentions in society. They just can’t wait to crush us and benefit from it. But what they don’t realize is, we’re not fools.”
“Then… what should we do?” Li Dapang said anxiously, “I think… I think it is very necessary for us to change the public opinion now.”
“No!” Xiao Han shook his head, saying, “Listen to , we don’t need to cater to public opinion. And we certainly don’t need to cater to any dia. What we need to do now is to improve ourselves.”
“You say… what should we do?” Li Dapang asked.
“Announce publicly that we’re reducing the number of places at Hann Training Class,” Xiao Han instructed. “Starting now, we must ensure the quality of our teaching and improve our educational standards.”
“Ah?” Li Dapang was taken aback, saying, “Why?”
“There aren’t so many whys!” Xiao Han laughed, saying, “Just do as I say. No need for so many questions.”
“Alright.” Li Dapang nodded, resigned.
As the person in charge of Hann Training Class, Li Dapang had almost beco the spokesperson for Hann Training Class. He imdiately contacted a reporter from LJ City TV Station. Upon hearing there was news to announce, the reporter imdiately drove over at top speed, fearing that other dia might scoop the most up-to-date news.
“Mr. Li, what ssage are you announcing?” the reporter asked eagerly.
“Here’s the deal.” Li Dapang stood solemnly in front of the cara, straightened his clothes a bit, and then said, “To ensure the quality of teaching and to raise our educational standards, we have decided to reduce the number of places at Hann Training Class. We’re decreasing from the original one hundred places down to eighty.
Moreover, depending on the situation, we might reduce further at any ti.”
“Why is that?” the dia reporter asked with a chuckle, “Is it because of the recent pressure from public opinion? So, the enrollnt at Hann Training Class is not full, and therefore, you’re cutting down?”
dia reporters always have a way of cutting to the heart of the matter.
Furthermore, the implication of his words was clear, leading to wild speculation that Hann Training Class was reducing seats to save face, using the pretense of ’ensuring teaching quality and raising educational standards’ to disguise the reduction.
“No.” Li Dapang shook his head, saying, “Actually, we have always been troubled by having too many students. Though we wanted to reduce the number of students, not a single one of the one hundred students dropped out over the past six months. Consequently, we had to persist and support this situation. Now, with so ripples occurring, we feel that this is the best opportunity.
Therefore, we’ve decided to decrease the number of places.”
“Then…” the reporter quickly asked, “Is it true that there’s news about Hann Training Class planning to change teachers recently?”
“No!” Li Dapang shook his head, saying, “That’s absolutely not true!”
“What?!” The reporters were flabbergasted. Could the news that had been rampant recently actually be false?
“Of course!” Li Dapang quickly said, “We are not looking to replace teachers, but to alleviate the teaching pressure, which is why we’ve added another teaching staff mber. On Saturdays, our original Teacher Xiao will take classes, and on Sundays, our new teacher Li Yunpeng will teach…”
Li Dapang’s words were watertight, offering a full and final response.
Soon, the news about Hann Training Class reducing the number of places spread rapidly, imdiately attracting a flood of parents. However, when they arrived, they found the doors to Hann Training Class’s office tightly locked, with no one to welco them.
“Why do they have the right to reduce places!” The leading parent was enraged. Just a few days ago, they had processed a withdrawal, but upon learning that the number of places was being reduced, and that the original Teacher Xiao would continue teaching, they naturally wanted to return.
But leaving was easy; returning proved difficult.
“Make a phone call!” A parent in the crowd began dialing Li Dapang’s number. Unfortunately, they were t with the sound of a phone switched off.
The group of parents was at a loss.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…
Over three consecutive days, the winds of change kept blowing strongly, and the na of Hann Training Class was widely circulated in LJ City. Of course, the love and hate for Hann Training Class was mainly because its quality of education was evident. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been pushed by so many and beco the target that so many parents in LJ City sought after.
Even parents of ninth-grade students were trying every possible ans to get their children into Hann Training Class.
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