amaotonovel Chapter 2536: Xiao Xiao Down (2)
Chapter 2536: Xiao Xiao Down (2)
Chapter 2536: Xiao Xiao Down (Twenty)
The management system of American universities is roughly as follows: the school has a board of directors, which is theoretically a trustee appointed by the school's founder, but has now basically developed into the actual person in charge.
The rules for electing boards of directors are different for each school, but most of them are related to money. Whoever pays more can get a seat. However, there are also some university boards with a long history that are directly elected through popular elections.
The rules of Gotham University's board of directors are very simple. The board seats are arranged according to the amount of sponsorship. There are eight directors in total and one chairman. The current chairman is Bruce Wayne.
The board of directors will hire a professional manager, just like the board of directors of a company hires a president. This professional manager is the principal. The reason why Principal Seldon was so afraid of Bruce was because he knew that sooner or later he would become chairman. If he offended him, he would definitely be fired.
Major affairs in the school are decided by the board of directors, including the most basic charters and school rules, while some daily management details are decided and arranged by the principal and the administrative department.
The current chairman and board of directors of the school have never mentioned the issue of hiring a principal, which has resulted in most of the school's daily management matters being handled by the government departments.
Not all faculty and staff in government departments have a management background. Many of them are transferred or have connections. Some with professional backgrounds are not worthy of the title of professional managers. At most, they have learned some management skills.
So for a long time, the management of Gotham University has been rather chaotic. Take this move for example. Logically speaking, shouldn't they have sent someone to keep an eye on the new campus before it's built, and report anything wrong as soon as possible?
But at that time, the school was already overwhelmed with managing the tourists entering and leaving the campus and the students who insisted on going out for fun, and had no time to keep an eye on the progress of the renovation of the new campus.
This resulted in the entire school having to move, only to find that nothing worked and nothing was right, so they had to hire people to repair it again. It would have taken a little longer, but the key was that they had to spend more money.
Unfortunately, the Great Depression hit, making the already poor economic situation even worse.
Landlords don't have any surplus food these days, and a manager who is professional and capable enough can indeed restore the chaotic management situation and make Gotham University a little better during the difficult days.
Schiller was thinking while eating dinner. He guessed that Vincent might have learned about his past grievances with the principal from some old employees, and felt that the fact that Gotham University was now without a president was still his own problem, so he tried to persuade him.
Schiller couldn't say that this matter had nothing to do with him, but he did hate it when someone used rules and regulations to change the pattern of his life. Regardless of whether those rules and regulations were reasonable or not, he just didn't want to change the pattern.
At that time, Schiller hardly accepted any changes and lived every day exactly the same without any surprises. This gave him a great sense of security. Bruce may have understood this, so he never hired a new principal.
But now it seems that we have to hire this principal. Apart from Schiller who has already started to make proactive changes, there are no professional managers to manage the school. The economic situation is getting worse and worse, and sooner or later it will change everyone's life patterns. This salary cut is a good example.
Schiller was not sure whether Bruce was in Gotham now, so he made a phone call and learned that Bruce was still in Washington, mainly working with that group of politicians to take measures to rescue the market.
After expressing his opinion, Bruce did not say much. He only said that he would call the board of directors, but he could not decide on the candidate and it depended on the board's opinion.
Schiller could tell that Bruce was very busy, but that was normal. If the sky falls, there will always be someone tall to hold it up, and Wayne Group is the tallest one. Even if the series of rescue measures taken by Washington are useless, Bruce Wayne must be present, because he is the confidence of the market.
After telling Vincent the news that there would be a new principal, the gold medal coach finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then the news soon spread throughout the school. Some old employees who had taught longer or similar years as Schiller were amazed at the change in the professor.
But they really didn't have a good impression of the previous principal. This professor was a typical villain in Gotham's early days. He was a wimp and a fool. He didn't know how to do things but he did it recklessly. It's just that other people didn't have as much deterrent power as Schiller, so most of the time they dared to be angry but not speak out.
The faculty and staff were also worried that another Seldon would be brought in, adding to the already low-paying teaching jobs, so they were all trying to figure out who the board would look for.
Shiller is not very worried. There are many professional managers in the world. Although many people have jumped off the Wall Street before, there are still many who are trying to make a living. Now if you go to the Metropolitan Park and take a walk around Bank Street, you will find that any homeless person has a double master's degree in finance and economic management. Don't even mention the salary, just give them food to eat. How can you not find a good one?
When Schiller returned to his new house, the raven had already gone back. He was stunned when he saw the raven.
Raven had taken off his black robe and changed into a simple sweatshirt and jeans. His long red hair was tied into a ponytail behind his head. He was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
Seeing Schiller coming back, she stood up and put her hands behind her back somewhat unnaturally. Just as she was about to speak, Schiller said, "You went out?"
"Yes, I'm going...I'm going to find Zatanna."
"You're almost lying, young lady. I'm assuming you know I'm a psychology professor."
"Yes, I was out, but I wasn't in any trouble, I'm sorry."
"This is not a prison. You can go out. I'm just a little curious about what you did this afternoon. You seem to have changed a lot."
The raven tilted his head, lowered his eyes and said, "I'm going to work."
"That's not a lie." Schiller looked at Raven in surprise and said, "Is the coffee shop job so suitable for you? You look like you just broke out of your shell."
"So it's a good change?" asked the raven.
"Of course, you are no longer so tense and have relaxed a lot. In my opinion, your emotions have also been relieved a lot. If you continue like this, losing control will no longer be a problem one day."
"Really?!" Raven finally showed a little surprise, but quickly suppressed it.
"Well, actually I went out to move with that crocodile man this afternoon. I mean the mover who moved your house. He hired me to help him with telekinesis. We moved five houses in one afternoon. Each one gave me a generous tip. I made more than $100."
Now it was Schiller's turn to feel uncomfortable. He slightly widened his eyes, looked at the raven and said, "You made more than $100?"
"Yes, including the tip, but I spent more than 20 because Waylon said I couldn't keep wearing that robe. It would look like a terrorist or some evil wizard. He took me to the clothing store he went to before to buy clothes. Is that okay?"
Schiller looked her over, nodded and said, "I think it's pretty good, but this should be men's clothing, right?"
"Yeah, Waylon only knows about men's clothing stores, maybe I could ask Zatanna where she buys her clothes, but I don't think she would approve of me running around." Raven was a little disappointed.
"If your powers are not out of control and you have money, then you can go shopping." Schiller said: "I will tell Zatanna that this is good for your power control."
"Really?!" Raven finally smiled again, but this time she couldn't control herself. She said, "When we were driving, we passed a very busy commercial street, and I..."
"You can go and have a look, but the things there are very expensive." Schiller put down his umbrella, took off his suit jacket and hung it on the hanger and said, "It's a shopping street specially built for tourists. $100 will disappear there in an instant, but Waylon probably won't take you to such an expensive store. Did your $20 only buy one set of clothes?"
"Of course not. I also bought a lot of food." Raven turned and walked to the kitchen, opened the cabinets and refrigerator below where food was stored, and said, "If I have to go to work in the future, I will try to make my own breakfast. Waylon taught me some today, maybe I can try it tomorrow morning."
Schiller had a bad feeling. He stood there and ignored Raven's eyes that invited him to come and look at the ingredients. Instead, he looked at Raven and asked, "What vegetables did you buy?"
"Parsley, thyme, dill, kale, beets, broccoli..."
"Stop, stop talking, where's the broccoli?"
"In the fridge, what's going on?"
Schiller opened his mouth and repeated in his mind a thousand times, "Ignorance is innocent", "She is still a minor", "You can't destroy the decoration of the new house", but finally said: "You can take out the broccoli and throw it away, or throw it away with the refrigerator."
"You don't like broccoli?" Raven asked in confusion. "Actually, I've never eaten this either. It looks a bit strange."
The raven also took out the broccoli from the refrigerator and turned it over and over in his hands. Schiller took a deep breath and retreated to the door. He said, "I'm allergic to broccoli. Throw it away!"
Whoosh, the broccoli disappeared, and the raven said with his mouth open, "I'm sorry, I really didn't know! Are you okay?!"
Schiller let out a sigh and asked, "Where did you throw it?"
"I used magic to break it down. It really doesn't taste good. I won't buy it again." The raven shook his head, looking very dissatisfied. He pouted and said, "It cost me 30 cents."
Schiller breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Believe me, your decision is correct. This thing is not tasty at all and it's very expensive."
After saying that, he looked at the refrigerator that had stored the broccoli with some hesitation. Raven followed his gaze to the refrigerator and said, "You're not really going to throw it away, are you? When I was moving today, I saw a refrigerator of the same model as this one. I heard it was custom-made in Germany and cost more than 3000 US dollars."
Schiller was silent. He actually liked this luxurious double-door refrigerator very much. In addition to the powerful fresh-keeping area on the top, the freezer area on the bottom had a large space and could hold a lot of food. It received unanimous praise from all Schillers.
Well, it seems that ordinary people don’t have that much room for pretentiousness, and broccoli won’t be spread through the air, but he has to clean the refrigerator well.
What the hell, Schiller rubbed his temples. He was still in the house where broccoli had appeared just a few minutes ago, and he was even planning to clean the refrigerator where the broccoli had just been stored.
"Ah! I need to check if there are any crumbs or anything on this shelf. It would be bad if you are allergic." Raven said and went to clean the refrigerator.
Schiller breathed a sigh of relief, recalling the time when Merkel knocked down a giant broccoli and hit him with a critical hit. Now, he saw the crow who only bought a small broccoli and remembered to clean the refrigerator as handsome.
(End of this chapter)