What happened today was indeed an unexpected twist.
Fortunately, Ding Yue handled it well in time, showing the leaders of Mist City that as a principal, he has considerable experience in dealing with these "routine" campus issues.
In fact, Mayor Li Xian and the others knew that such campus incidents happen every day in universities all over the world, and could only be described as everyday occurrences.
However, what’s significant is that Principal Ding, did not show favoritism or react excessively, but rather focused on "education," providing lively instructions to the students involved.
Ding Yue quickly took Mayor Li Xian and the other leaders on a tour of Mist City Arts and Science University.
The first stop was the energy chemistry research lab, run by his younger sister, Ding Xiaoyou.
After all, this was where significant breakthroughs in the research of graphene took place.
"Mayor Li, the research equipment in our energy chemistry research laboratory has been procured from Nanyang Technological University, world-class technological equipment," Ding Yue briefly introduced.
Li Xian had heard of this before. It was even in the news at one point. But what Li Xian would never have thought was that the lab equipment procured from Nanyang Technological University would yield research results so quickly.
And such impressive results at that. This showed that Mist City Arts and Science University held boundless potential in the field of energy chemistry.
Especially that genius student named Ding Xiaoyou, given time, she might become the Polaris in the field of energy science!
"Principal Ding, in this laboratory, such extraordinary research results have been produced. I believe that your Mist City Arts and Science University will go even further in the future, flying a new flag in the field of energy chemistry," Mayor Li Xian stated earnestly to Ding Yue.
Hearing Mayor Li Xian’s speech, Ding Yue immediately nodded his head and confidently said, "Mayor Li is right, we at Mist City Arts and Sciences University will certainly strive tirelessly!"
"Aside from your energy chemistry major, I’ve heard that the mechanical, computer science, and some of the arts majors at Mist City Arts and Science University are also quite good?"
Mayor Li Xian had learned quite a bit about the strength of the various departments and majors at Mist City Arts and Science University from the education bureau’s Director Xiao Wenxing.
"Yes, our university has a number of departments and majors with great potential for development. I believe we can expect even better teaching and research achievements in the future."
Ding Yue wore a confident smile throughout.
He wanted to show this confidence to let Mayor Li Xian see the confident growth momentum of Mist City Arts and Science University. Only when Mayor Li Xian saw this would he look more favorably upon Mist City Arts and Science University and provide better support.
"Very good, aim to strive to become a top-ranking university in our Mist City!" Mayor Li Xian gave a thumbs up as he spoke.
Having received such affirmation from Mayor Li, it was a testament to Mist City Arts and Science University having established a certain status in Mist City.
Ding Yue nodded briskly, shouting an affirmative.
Just after Ding Yue responded to Mayor Li Xian’s expectation, a long-lost electronic note suddenly rang in his mind.
"Congratulations! The host has received the University Development Task - Mist City’s Top!"
"Task details: [Mist City’s Top] - The Mayor of Mist City holds high hopes for Mist City Arts and Science University, hoping it could develop into a top-ranking university in Mist City. Please arrange the development and construction process rationally, striving to become a top-ranking university in Mist City!"
"Task rewards: Reputation Points +200, University Development Fund + 100 Million Yuan, [3rd Level University Treasure Chest +1], [Master’s Degree Authorization Card +10], [Doctoral Authorization Card +1]."
A new university development task suddenly appeared.
And this task’s reward seemed quite generous; Ding Yue thought that this university development task should have been "triggered" by Mayor Li Xian. After all, it was about fulfilling Mayor Li Xian’s expectation, allowing Mist City Arts and Science University to develop into a top-ranking university in Mist City.
What is a top-ranking university in Mist City?
Obviously, in terms of scale and strength, it must reach a top-ranking level in Mist City, at least comparable to Mist City University, Mist City Medical University, Southwest University of Mist City, and other universities.
And these universities are all national key universities. Moreover, both Mist City University and Southwest University of Mist City rank as national Double First Class universities!
Ding Yue’s Mist City Arts and Science University must at least reach a national key level, just below that of Double First Class.
This is the threshold for completing the task!
Looking at the current Mist City Arts and Science University, it can be said that it has been significantly improved in all aspects over the years, and it is no longer just a diploma mill.
Not only that, Mist City Arts and Science University is now the number one private university in Mist City.
But there is still a certain gap from Mist City’s top, at least it has to have many professional master’s degree authorization qualifications, or even doctoral authorization qualifications, right?
Thinking of this, Ding Yue felt that this [Mist City’s Top] was also a task full of grave responsibility and with a long road ahead.
Fortunately, the rewards are quite substantial.
This time the University Development Fund was also given, one hundred million yuan, which Ding Yue had also received before, but it had been a while since the task reward included money.