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Chapter 271 - 269: Two New Projects, Will There Be New Cases Inside?

Chapter 271: Chapter 269: Two New Projects, Will There Be New Cases Inside?

Faced with Nan Zhubin’s choice, Weng Pinting thought for a moment and said:

"Although the teacher has decided to take you on, at most, they can give you a pass during the ’interview’ phase of the graduate studies exam, and then ensure a smooth journey throughout your master’s study."

"However, you can’t avoid the basic procedures of the graduate exam. Because considering future development, the teacher hopes that you can take the exam for the academic master’s in [Applied Psychology] or [Basic Psychology] — which means you’ll have to take the [National Unified Exam]."

Previously mentioned, the graduate exams are divided into [Academic Master’s Exam] and [Professional Master’s Exam], and once passed, they lead to [academic master’s] and [professional master’s] respectively.

The [professional master’s] has more flexibility because some advanced institutions can set their own exam questions for the [professional master’s], and each school’s exam papers are different; if the candidate has connections, they can get the school’s question tendencies from seniors or even tutors to narrow the review scope.

But the [academic master’s] is different — the exam papers are nationally unified, and "narrowing the review scope" is simply not an option.

Even if there are review institutions or guiding teachers, the help they can provide is merely teaching some study methods or using tactics similar to college entrance exams to help candidates improve their test-taking skills.

Of course, looking at it this way, the [academic master’s] exam seems to be more difficult; but after passing, it offers more development opportunities and choices compared to the [professional master’s].

There’s gain, there’s loss.

Meanwhile, some top-level elite universities have proprietary [professional master’s] exams, which, even if they inform you of the review scope in advance, can use innovative question methods to make people feel ecstatic or miserable.

Those are special cases.

Overall, Bai Qinghua hopes Nan Zhubin will take the academic master’s, which clearly shows higher expectations for him.

"But that means if you want to study this master’s program—" Weng Pinting said, "The initial stage of memorizing and practice questions is crucial for you. If your scores don’t meet the national threshold, there’s no point in discussing future steps."

Weng Pinting shrugged.

"Originally, the plan was for the teacher to take you to Beidu, find some familiar instructors offline to help you with classes. Also, assign you an internship position in their company, letting you take on some small counselling jobs during your spare time to supplement household expenses, and they will provide a work certificate afterward, letting you directly take exams in Beidu to avoid traveling back and forth."

Weng Pinting smiled a bit mischievously: "But it seems like this plan needs to change now."

This was indeed a very considerate plan, even overly thorough, taking into account study, work, and life altogether.

Nan Zhubin said somewhat awkwardly: "Help me apologize to Mr. Bai."

Weng Pinting waved her hand: "No worries, it’s not important."

"Now that you’ve decided to stay in Jiangdu, I’ll arrange things for you, little brother!"

If it weren’t for her hands still holding the steering wheel, Weng Pinting might have already been thumping her chest energetically.

Oh, maybe it wouldn’t make any sound.

Nan Zhubin blinked, wondering why Weng Pinting’s tone seemed a bit excited.

"Let me think about how to arrange things for you..."

"Firstly, for your visitor, if you want to continue counseling Li Minglu, you can arrange him in my counselling room."

Weng Pinting pondered: "My studio’s venue has already started to be found, and Xiao Jia is handling it... According to the progress report she gave me this morning, we should be able to sign a contract in the next couple of days. The new location doesn’t require too much effort to set up, so hopefully by next week, we can start receiving visitors..."

Nan Zhubin heard an unexpected name in this conversation: "Xiao Jia?"

Although he already knew that Lu Jia, the front desk girl, followed Weng Pinting, he didn’t expect her to be responsible for the venue procurement.

Weng Pinting spoke matter-of-factly: "You should be able to see that Xiao Jia comes from a good family—probably because she’s been involved a lot before, she’s well-versed in the price fluctuations of all the office buildings in Jiangdu, and her negotiation skills are surprisingly high."

Nan Zhubin blinked and nodded.

Upon careful thought, this does make a lot of sense.

"So I’ve handed this work over to her, and she has only one condition—"

Weng Pinting shrugged: "—to continue being my studio’s front desk."

She truly loves this job.

Nan Zhubin also shrugged.

Weng Pinting brought the topic back: "So, regarding Li Minglu’s counseling, you can place it in my new counselling room. How about you also put your name under my counselling room and take a salary..."

This is perfectly fine.

"But if you want to take the unified exam, you’ll need to do full-time review by October at the latest; however, the counseling fee from one session with Li Minglu will hardly support your upcoming expenses, and taking the graduate exams is a significant expense itself..."

Weng Pinting began to worry about how to sort out finances for Nan Zhubin.

She didn’t mention arranging more visitors for Nan Zhubin because, considering Nan Zhubin’s character, if he encounters a case similar to Li Minglu’s, he might end up getting too involved and compromise his review schedule.

To Weng Pinting, ensuring her junior successfully passes the exam and enters her mentorship is more important than anything.

[Should I just give him a card, as a loan?]

[Would that be too strange?]

Nan Zhubin obediently said: "You can arrange more counselling sessions for me, senior sister."

Weng Pinting ignored him.

"By the way."

Weng Pinting’s eyes suddenly sparkled: "Previously, while I was in Jiangdu, I helped arrange a cooperative project with Jiangdu First Middle School and another project commissioned by Jiangdu Health Commission; the teacher mentioned that a doctoral junior would be sent over in a couple of days."

"Let’s also arrange you into assisting the junior, sort of familiarizing yourself with the research group’s operational mode and getting to know future senior colleagues— concurrently, it’ll allow the teacher to give you some bonus."

That’s great.

To be honest, if Weng Pinting directly hands a card to Nan Zhubin... um, regardless of whether to accept it, it certainly feels weird.

But if it’s labor income, then the heart feels at ease.

Besides, both psychology-related projects are something Nan Zhubin is willing to engage with.

"What kind of projects are they?"

Weng Pinting thought for a moment: "Regarding Jiangdu First Middle School, I remember they wanted us to install an [Intelligent Emotion Monitoring System] on their surveillance cameras to observe students’ [micro expressions] in real-time to promptly identify psychological issues..."

Nan Zhubin raised an eyebrow: "[Micro expressions]?"

"Ah, our teacher is a specialist in micro expressions, didn’t they tell you?"

Nan Zhubin blinked, suddenly realizing everything made more sense.

Weng Pinting continued talking to herself: "And the second project commissioned by the Health Commission relates to the first one— previously a student at Jiangdu First Middle School attempted to jump off a building; although rescued, the psychological evaluation caused a big controversy, thus needing external expert assessment, and after several turnovers, the project landed in my hands..."

Nan Zhubin blinked.

He now finds these two projects increasingly interesting.

Especially the second project.

The keywords within it are quite profound, making it sound intense just hearing about it.

And Weng Pinting continues to make arrangements for Nan Zhubin.