1939 Yuan Foundation
The cultivators were curious when they started seeing groups of kids in uniform coming into the store. But in comparison, the ones who were more curious were the students instead.
When they first heard that their school was closing down, and they had to be transferred to a new place, their feelings were mixed. Some of them were ecstatic that they were going somewhere new. Others were worried about being homesick since to some, the schools that were closing down are close to their homes. But those were the initial thoughts in the months back when the closure of their schools had been announced. Now the students who reached the location of their new school were equally confused. They were expecting a building that resembles a school and yet all they see is a Dungeon Supplier store in a big gigantic mall in the shape of a Tree.
If not for a JODE representative outside the Tree Mall ushering them in, they had no idea that this was the place where they would be living for the next three years of their life. (minimally three years according to their new learning curriculum.)
That was also to say that some of them might have trouble entering since some of the students that had been transferred into this particular school were relatively poor. About 20% or so were from underdeveloped countries and JODE had always been recruiting from these countries mainly due to the fact that they do have untapped talents.
And to make things... worse, all these talents had already signed a rather excruciating contract with JODE. It was disguised as a sponsorship and after their schooling days, they had to work for JODE for twice the amount of years they had spent during their school instance. This means that if those talents were able to develop and advance to the next stage, being a master in trap formation for example, their schooling experience might go up to six years. That would mean their total bond period would be 12 years in total.
To some, this sounds like the most stable job of all and they could not wait to get it to secure as this future stability in their life had been assured. This was especially important to these talents when their family had been in poverty for the longest time ever but also this proved to be a risk. In order to keep the sponsorship, they have to meet a certain standard in terms of grades. Upon failing to meet the requirements twice would result in the termination of the sponsorship as well as the repayment needed. While this might not be an issue to most since JODE recruiters were rather stringent in their selection of candidates, such cases could happen. That was why Grandma Yuan had decided to set a fund up for these people in case things went south for them. And this was coincidentally in line with what Jin wanted when he discussed it out of the blue with Qiu Yue. A charitable organisation.
But instead of it being it under his name or under Panda Inc's name, Grandma Yuan set it up under hers. Of course, this could not be done without Jin's cash. Claire had obtained permission from the System to do this and being the accountant of the Dungeon Supplier store, she knew how much the store was able to afford for such funds.
JODE Chancellor Ma Ge had also approved of such funding, stating that if there is such a fund under the Headmaster's name, it will increase the reputation of the JODE school. And thus, Claire had decided to use something nostalgic to remember Grandma Yuan by and that was to reuse the street that everyone in Tian Gong had known her for. In the many years under her care, the streets had been relatively safe from most interference until she grew too old to take care of it and subsequently relegated the place to the Royal Tigers and their police force for it.
Tian Gong Yuan Foundation.
Claire believed that it was deserving to use the name Tian Gong in it for all the work she had done but Grandma Yuan smacked her assistant stating that it was not necessary to put her name in and told her to change the name to Tian Gong District Fund instead.
Obviously, Claire objected to it, stating that she had done so much that it should be named under her name instead. "How about the Yuan Foundation? Simple and easy. If you do that, you do not have to worry about it since its just your surname."
"Fine. Fine." Yuan stated and gave Claire the go ahead or else no matter how much scolding that Grandma Yuan gave Claire, she would not listen to it mainly due to the fact that Claire had been more or less immune to it.
And thus for those students who were sponsored but did not have the necessary funds to travel or the sufficient allowance to feed themselves, the Yuan Foundation was the go to place where they could apply or petition for additional funds. And without a doubt, the System does monitor the applicants and knows those that were in need of those funds or require equipment despite the sponsorship.
The Yuan Foundation even provided free phones to those who were too poor to get one although Jin did comment on whether it was possible to provide a mandatory standard issue phone to all of the students. That way it can be used as an identification student pass to enter the dungeon supplier store.
"I will consider it in the future when we have more budget." Grandma Yuan stated knew that phones was the least of her worries as moving forward, they need to make sure that the school instance could operate smoothly.
Thus, when the students entered the school instance, most of them were astonished by the sheer size of it. Many of them akin it to the size of a university campus and they were mostly right since that was how Jin remodeled their school.
Parents who came with their children could not believe that their children would be studying on such a luxurious modernised campus and everything they saw looked extremely real. The JODE representatives who were there as ushers were consistently bombarded with questions about whether what they were touching was authentic or not.
09:03
All the ushers could say was to trust their five senses as technology had advanced this much to allow them to feel this way. And this was not a particularly quiet school opening as well. Like the competition instance, national news made Jin and his Dungeon Supplier store into the headlines once more. Twice in a month was something that no Dungeon Supplier could have ever achieved and people were starting to pay more attention to this person.
Parents who came with their children could not believe that their children would be studying on such a luxurious modernised campus and everything they saw looked extremely real. The JODE representatives who were there as ushers were consistently bombarded with questions about whether what they were touching was authentic or not.
All the ushers could say was to trust their five senses as technology had advanced this much to allow them to feel this way. And this was not a particularly quiet school opening as well. Like the competition instance, national news made Jin and his Dungeon Supplier store into the headlines once more. Twice in a month was something that no Dungeon Supplier could have ever achieved and people were starting to pay more attention to this person.
Chancellor Ma Ge came down to the school instance personally and news media outlets had been invited exclusively into the new JODE school instance as well. When asked for the proper name for the school, Chancellor Ma Ge could only say that it would only be revealed once the first school ceremony and opening speech have been done.
However, Ma Ge subsequently wished that they ask more about the school instance as most of them seemed to have a different objective in their minds. Instead of focusing on the new JODE school instance, a number of reporters queried Ma Ge on why the Royal Zodiacs were so supportive of this particular dungeon supplier.
From participating in their biggest special event to hosting the National Martial Arts and Sports Competition and now this JODE School Instance. It was a concern to the reporters and they believed that there was a link between Jin and Royal Zodiacs that had not been uncovered by the reporters. Even seasoned investigators of these media outlets were not able to track Jin's movements especially when he had been seen to be working within the shop's premises.
Yet, it seemed like Ma Ge was prepared for the reporters to ask such a question as he gave standard replies stating that the Royal Zodiacs had seen how the instances had worked and how reliable they were. "Cost saving measures had been employed while ensuring the performance of their projects was optimal had always been their priority."
"The fact that Dungeon Supplier Jin was able to fulfill such requirements and deliver them with excellence, we do not see why we should not let Mr Jin to handle our projects." Ma Ge replied and that was when his secretary took over, saying that Ma Ge is needed for the opening ceremony for the JODE school instance.
With such a standard reply, the reporters could not believe it and knew that there was something deeper that they did not know nor understand. But at the same time, they also know that it was dangerous to dig further since most of the issues pertaining to Royal Zodiac clan were strictly regulated by internal security and as such Kong Rong, the Royal Dragon Zodiac Clan was also there looking at the crowd.
The reporters immediately understood the implication and decided to put this current curiosity to the rest for now as they proceeded with the main event.
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