Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 106 - 77: An Interview with Clear Love and Hate_2

Chapter 106: Chapter 77: An Interview with Clear Love and Hate_2

If the banner had his grandson’s name, and the principal was personally waiting at the school gate for his arrival, it would be perfect.

Unfortunately, his grandson is just in kindergarten. But it’s time to start focusing on education.

He must get his son to quickly buy a few math introductory books for the child, the security guard mused.

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"Qiao Yu, our school was bustling yesterday. A lot of media outlets want to interview you, and they all reached out to the school first. What do you think about it?"

On the way back to the office, Zhang Tiejun seized the opportunity to inquire about Qiao Yu’s thoughts.

Gifted children often have more opinions of their own, especially at the age of fifteen. Making decisions under the guise of ’it’s for their own good’, regardless of whether it aligns with the child’s wishes, can lead to resentment. It’s better to first seek their opinion and provide appropriate guidance.

This highlights the importance of strong professional skills.

Zhang Tiejun originally started as a teacher, steadily working his way up from deputy director, to director, to vice principal, and finally to principal. However, his earlier promotions weren’t at Railway First Middle School.

But having dealt with students for many years, he naturally has a better grasp of their psychology compared to those principals transferred from leadership positions in higher departments to schools.

In general, the difference between these two types of principals isn’t apparent in the short term.

After all, a principal’s job is to guide the overall direction and rarely involves direct interaction with individual students. But when it comes to specific detailed tasks, the difference becomes clear, such as understanding the broader direction of education and specific requirements for teachers...

Despite the school’s great effort in nurturing students, not a few outstanding graduates criticize the school after graduation, and many times it’s due to the principal’s lack of strong educational capability.

Especially when dealing with special students like Qiao Yu, a principal like Zhang Tiejun, with rich educational experience, naturally handles it with ease.

Walking beside Zhang Tiejun, Qiao Yu was looking towards the sports field, where rows of new seventh and tenth graders were standing in formation under the blazing sun, organized by class. Technically, he should have been one of them.

But there was no choice. Today he had an interview assignment, and the principal personally told him over the phone that he was exempted from military training, allowing him a forced lazy day.

Hearing Principal Zhang’s words, Qiao Yu withdrew his gaze and replied, "Why not have the school screen them for me? There are too many random interviews, and I find it a bit of a waste of time."

If it were before that call from Xue Song yesterday, Qiao Yu might not have thought that doing a few interviews would waste much time.

However, his thoughts have slightly changed now.

Getting famous initially isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but gaining fame online is quite unpredictable, often coming and going in waves.

He has two important tasks ahead and doesn’t need to keep popping up unnecessarily.

Zhang Tiejun immediately agreed, "Yes, that’s what I was also thinking. Although, from the school’s perspective, extensive publicity is certainly better. But you’re still a student, and too much exposure might not be good for you.

Especially now with such a mixed bag online, don’t focus all your energy on that. Moderate exposure is fine. Your future is still long, and your current achievements are just the starting point. Don’t let external information overly disturb your mindset."

"I will follow your advice, Principal," Qiao Yu replied with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, the morning paper’s journalist told me that the new media department at the newspaper has also received an interview task, so there will be a cameraman coming along. However, you don’t need to be nervous later. It’s not live; they’re just filming some footage for the new media department.

The footage will be edited before being published on short video platforms online. The journalist sent me some of the questions they prepared for today. When you get to the office later, take a look and think about how to answer them," Zhang Tiejun revealed another unexpected piece of news to Qiao Yu.

"Huh? That means I have to appear on camera? I thought it would just be a few photos," Qiao Yu was taken by surprise by this news.

"Haha, what are you afraid of? You’re a handsome young man, you should be on camera more. I looked through the questions from the journalist just now; they are all proper. Just say what you think honestly when answering; don’t worry about messing up. After all, I’ve got your back!" Zhang Tiejun laughed heartily and patted Qiao Yu’s shoulder.

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Zhang Tiejun had an appointment with the morning newspaper journalist at 9:30, but this time, the journalist named Zhang, who was responsible for interviewing Qiao Yu and Zhang Tiejun, along with the cameraman, arrived fifteen minutes early at the office of the principal at Railway First Middle School.

Both parties made brief introductions.

The journalist interviewing Qiao Yu and Zhang Tiejun was also surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Zhen, whom Principal Zhang described as a veteran reporter for the Star City Morning News, mainly responsible for the current affairs and social news sections.

The cameraman was surnamed Gu, clearly a tech-savvy type, not saying much.

While the three were exchanging pleasantries, the cameraman began setting up equipment in the office.

Using this opportunity, Journalist Zhang sat with Zhang Tiejun and Qiao Yu on the office’s reception sofa and started casually chatting with Qiao Yu.

This is a common trick for in-depth interviews on camera.

The interviewer first engages the interviewee in casual conversation, discussing some of the questions to be asked later, helping the interviewee to fully relax, ensuring a more natural result in the footage.

If it were just writing an interview article, it wouldn’t matter as much, since it relies on writing skills. But capturing video material makes little sense if the interviewee answers questions tensely like reciting a script.

This demonstrates that even veteran journalists from print media need to be proficient in various tasks these days. Although it was a last-minute task, Zhang Zhen handled it with ease.