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Chapter 485: 475
Vice Principal Tao felt he was about to faint, wondering if Principal Wang would maintain his dignity by taking him to the hospital for the sake of his unwavering service to the school.
"Principal Wang, look at Zhu Zhengqi, isn’t this pure chaos? Can’t we save a little face in front of our international friends?" Vice Principal Tao couldn’t argue with Zhu Zhengqi, so he turned to Principal Wang for help.
"Face is not given by others, but earned by oneself. You need to have confidence, backbone, and strength for others to respect you. Only then can you talk about face, understand?" Zhu Zhengqi, seemingly not content with his victim still breathing, continued his admonishments.
Vice Principal Tao’s face turned from green to purple, furious that he, a high-ranking vice principal, was being lectured by a subordinate section chief—it was simply preposterous.
Seeing that it was enough, Principal Wang finally spoke, "Alright, let’s all say less, we have guests watching."
Vice Principal Tao caught his breath and hurriedly said, "I don’t wish for this either, but they want to talk to Shen Yunfang. What do we do about this, Principal Wang?"
Principal Wang smiled and turned to Zhu Zhengqi, speaking amicably, "Director Zhu, since Mr. Yoshida wishes to speak with Shen Yunfang now, would you be so kind as to let her know? As for what Shen Yunfang decides to do, that’s beyond our school’s control." He made it clear that while they, as hosts, should pass along the message, it was ultimately Shen Yunfang’s decision to make. If she wanted to talk, they would provide the space. If she didn’t, the school had no right to force a student.
Zhu Zhengqi was quite satisfied with this solution, nodded to Principal Wang, and also turned to leave the office.
Principal Wang leaned slightly towards Mr. Yoshida with a smile, speaking in a very friendly manner, "Mr. Yoshida, my apologies. Students these days are difficult to manage; they all have strong personalities. Please understand. If Shen doesn’t wish to come, it would be better to discuss matters in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere. If Shen gets upset, we teachers can’t really do anything about it."
The interpreter kept translating to Yoshida in a whisper.
Hearing Principal Wang’s words, Yoshida was unimpressed. He had seen and conquered all types of women. They all acted tough at first, and he had seen fiercer. In the end, they all knelt submissively at his feet.
Vice Principal Tao, relieved to see things back on track, hurried over to pour water for Mr. Yoshida, "Mr. Yoshida, have some hot water."
Yoshida didn’t spare him a glance; he had plenty of such underlings around.
Meanwhile, Shen Yunfang was in class when Zhu Zhengqi arrived. Not wanting to disrupt the class or the teacher, he stood at the door, waiting until the class was over ten minutes later before walking in.
Upon seeing him enter, Shen Yunfang knew he came for her.
"Mr. Zhu, is there something else?" she asked.
"Yeah, Yoshida wants to talk to you now," Zhu Zhengqi stated frankly.
Shen Yunfang nodded, "I can talk now, but I’d prefer the area cleared. I don’t want irrelevant people around."
Zhu Zhengqi smiled in agreement.
Shen Yunfang and Zhu Zhengqi returned to the office, but this time she waited for Mr. Zhu to clear the room before entering. She preferred to avoid unnecessary conflicts. Besides, if Yoshida was so arrogant, he could be the bad guy and take the blame.
Zhu Zhengqi had just entered the office when a fierce argument erupted inside, which was mainly the voice of Vice Principal Tao—the very person the dean’s clearing operation ended up removing.
Principal Wang, as the head principal, naturally had to be present for such public appearances and hosting foreign guests, so he stayed behind.
Zhu Zhengqi, as the homeroom teacher, had a responsibility to protect his students from harm, which meant he also needed to stay to provide protection and supervision.
Mr. Yoshida, being the main character, definitely had to be there. Clueless and not able to speak Chinese, he couldn’t leave without a translator, so in the end, only Vice Principal Tao was cleared out.
Vice Principal Tao came out of the office, and upon seeing Shen Yunfang standing at the door, he gave her a venomous glare, as if wishing to pierce her with hundreds of holes.
In the end, however, he let out a heavy ’hmph’ from his nose, a sign of his unwillingness, before walking past Shen Yunfang and disappearing around the corner of the hallway.
"Come in," Zhu Zhengqi called out to her from the office doorway.
Shen Yunfang sauntered into the office without giving a glance to Yoshida, who was sending her fervent looks. First, she nodded to Principal Wang, then, following his directive that they should be hospitable and enthusiastic towards foreign guests—but not fearful of any who might be disrespectful—Sat down in the only remaining empty sofa, ready to have a thorough discussion with the irritating Mr. Yoshida. If she let Yoshida get the better of her today, she would consider herself to have lived two lives in vain.
The translator, being quick-witted, noticed that everyone was seated except for him, so he quickly scurried out, brought back a stool, placed it behind Yoshida, and took a seat.
Shen Yunfang nodded in satisfaction, feeling like there was now a sense of fair negotiation in the air.
"Speak up about what you want to discuss," Shen Yunfang signaled the translator to hurry Mr. Yoshida.
Finally, Mr. Yoshida began to talk at length to the translator.
"Mr. Yoshida says, he is very optimistic about Miss Shen’s publication of "Transformers" in Germany, so he would like to collaborate with Miss Shen to develop a series of animated projects based on "Transformers." Moreover, if possible, he would also like to break into the toy market, capitalizing on the popularity of "Transformers" by launching a line of corresponding toys," the translator said dutifully, conveying Mr. Yoshida’s words to Shen Yunfang.
Shen Yunfang was surprised to hear this, as just before she had stepped out, they were discussing buying the copyright for "Transformers." Now, upon her return, the narrative had shifted to collaboration—a step up in class, indeed.
"How does Mr. Yoshida envision this collaboration?" asked Shen Yunfang.
The translator and Mr. Yoshida exchanged a flurry of words again, after which the translator conveyed, "Mr. Yoshida is very sincere about this collaboration. If we succeed, Mr. Yoshida will offer five percent of the net profit to Miss Shen as remuneration. How does that sound?" He added, "This is a very generous offer."
