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Chapter 335 - 333, parents please go to pay the tuition fee first, thank you (third update)_1

Chapter 335: 333, parents please go to pay the tuition fee first, thank you (third update)_1

While discussions outside were getting heated, Ren He was still lost in Dota, dominating the American kids. Dota had only just been released, and everyone was starting to feel its appeal. Then there was this one player, crushing everyone with an unbeatable stance...

In the US servers now, almost everyone knew that in the high-level games there was a master player; if you were matched with him as a teammate, you were likely to level up, but if he was on the opposing side, you were pretty much done for.

It was only in mid-August that Chairman Joseph called him again because school was about to start. All the students majoring in piano, whom Ren He was teaching, had to meet him upon their arrival.

At Juilliard, there is nothing like the so-called headteacher or counselor that you have in domestic schools—teachers lead the students, guiding the future of each genius.

This is the one-to-many education in a specialized field, where one teacher is responsible for the group of students all the way through until they graduate.

It felt like mentoring an apprentice.

When Ren He attended internal meetings at Juilliard, everyone greeted him with a smile. After all, it’s a society that respects the strong; if you’re strong enough, everyone will respect you enough.

Although Ren He hadn’t won any awards like the Chopin Piano Competition, his proficiency was beyond doubt. In fact, it could even be said that those who reached his level of ability wouldn’t choose to become a full-time teacher at a music academy. They’d rather conduct lectures from time to time, too busy with their own performances, which is why the Juilliard School treasured him like a gem.

It was the first time they had seen such a leisurely master...

If they knew that for nearly a month Ren He hadn’t even touched a piano and was busy beating American kids at the game, who knows what they would think?

Ren He’s piano skills were a reward from the Divine Punishment System and wouldn’t become terrible due to a lack of practice...

Of course, Ren He hadn’t spent all this time just playing Dota; he also went shopping, once again experiencing the superiority of Chinese students in mathematics: the uniquely Chinese skill of making change.

Ren He had bought a bag of snacks and such at the supermarket, totaling 96 US dollars. He handed over 101 US dollars, intending to get a 5-dollar bill in return, as he didn’t want to carry too much loose change.

But the cashier just bit her fingernail and stared blankly at Ren He, clueless about how much change to give...

And when it was time for discounts, a 100-dollar item with a 20% discount would, to any Chinese person, instinctively mean: oh, after the discount it’s 80 dollars.

However, American cashiers wouldn’t call it a 20% discount, but a 20% off. They would take 100 and subtract 20% of 100. Ren He had already pulled out the eighty dollars while the cashier was still calculating, so he softly suggested, "Why don’t you just multiply by 0.8?"

After hearing this, the cashier looked at him in terror...

In his past life, Ren He had seen Hua Luogeng saying that mathematics is the thing the Chinese people excel at the most, and at the time he couldn’t stop laughing. It was only after he truly went abroad that he realized, Hua Luogeng was indeed a man who had seen the world...

Ren He’s classes were actually quite relaxed. The Juilliard School of Music only admitted a little over 160 students a year, and that includes various instruments, vocals, dance, and other artistic subjects. When he checked the student list, including the preparatory students, he had only 7 people...

Total of 7 people...

Ren He was baffled at that time, thinking he’d be teaching over a hundred students. The reality was much different from what he had imagined!

In fact, this was quite normal. If you think about it, many piano lessons in China are one-on-one, and each session is quite expensive. The annual tuition fee for the Juilliard School of Music is 310,000 RMB; if it were a one-size-fits-all approach, with more than a hundred students being taught simultaneously by one teacher, that wouldn’t be very valuable, right?

Among these seven people was Yang Xi, and Ren He had indeed come for her.

Just two more days and students would arrive at the Juilliard School of Music to report, and Ren He was looking forward to it.

...

These two days, Yang Xi wandered around New York with Su Ruqin and Yang En. As both of them had important matters to attend to, it was impossible for anyone to stay in the United States for an extended period to accompany her. Moreover, the major problem that had been troubling them was now resolved. Their daughter was also very independent, so they were fairly reassured.

Yang En was not short on money, neither was Su Ruqin. One purchased an apartment next to the Juilliard School of Music as an investment for Yang Xi, while the other bought Yang Xi a car for commuting, a Mercedes—not top of the line, but also not unworthy of Yang Xi’s status.

Once their daughter was abroad, they didn’t want her to feel aggrieved. After all, she was a ’Queen’ in China. Announcing her temporary hiatus from the entertainment industry to further her studies in the United States had caught the Chinese media by surprise: "We understand you’re being low-key, perhaps you see money as nothing but dirt, but this temporary exit from the entertainment industry is too harsh on yourself, isn’t it? Will anyone remember you when you return? Unless you have a new hit to cement your position, even if you had sung ten classic songs before, you’ll be relegated to the second tier upon your return!"

The entertainment industry has always been a place of survival of the fittest, where audiences’ fickle tastes come and go quickly; it’s quite normal.

In this period, Su Ruqin and Yang En also heard that the Juilliard School of Music had exceptionally admitted a 16-year-old genius boy as a piano professor. However, it never occurred to them that this could be Ren He. First, they had not genuinely experienced the brilliant splendor of Ren He’s achievements at No.4 Middle School, nor did they understand the extent of Ren He’s capability. In their view, Ren He’s attendance at No.4 Middle School was reliant on his family’s prominent background, not on his own abilities. Hence, Su Ruqin had never thought that this 16-year-old boy could have anything to do with Ren He.

Su Ruqin even had some reservations about Ren He’s family, feeling that they were far too indulgent with their child.

However, the reality was quite the opposite. Ren and Mrs. Ren had never coddled Ren He, even going to extremes with economic sanctions...

When the orientation day arrived, they accompanied Yang Xi to complete the enrollment process. At the entrance, they overheard others discussing the new piano professor at Juilliard who was only 16 years old.

But their tone was not so much derogatory as it was full of admiration for the genius.

Chairman Joseph had on more than one occasion expressed that this professor’s talent was overflowing and his playing level was as masterful as that of a grandmaster. Chairman Joseph himself was a violin master, so his words carried weight, and everyone trusted him. Gradually, there was a growing sense of mystery and curiosity about this young professor: what kind of genius could earn such high praise from Chairman Joseph?

Su Ruqin and Yang En continued walking inside, when suddenly they heard a familiar voice coming from a classroom not far from the left turn, speaking fluent English, "Please fill out the registration forms. I will be your teacher from now on. If you have any questions about piano, feel free to ask me, and I will provide guidance and help. Parents may go to our finance office to pay the tuition fees now..."

Su Ruqin and Yang En walked while trying to recall where they had heard this voice before.

It was Yang En who first realized...

By this time, they had reached the entrance of the amphitheater classroom, and Su Ruqin was stunned the moment she saw the young man on the podium!

Ren He looked at Yang Xi with a cheerful expression, his eyes filled with tenderness, and he said with a smile, "This student, please find a seat quickly. Parents, please go and pay the tuition fee, thank you."

The 16-year-old musical genius, the youngest professor in Juilliard’s history, Ren He?!

Su Ruqin only felt that something might be a little off with the world... At this moment, her mind echoed with the serious words Ren He had once said to her, "You are Yang Xi’s mother, and I truly respect you, but that doesn’t mean I have to suppress my own thoughts to accommodate yours. No matter what, I want to say that regardless of time passing or distance apart, if anyone can separate me and Yang Xi, I consider it a loss in this lifetime."

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A reward for more Chapters, I’ve been too busy today, only three Chapters. Alas, I’m the kind of person who still completes three Chapters even when busy; don’t I deserve some monthly ticket rewards?