Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 67 - Oh no Principal Ding is dumbfounded_1

67: Chapter 67 Oh no, Principal Ding is dumbfounded_1

67 -67 Oh no, Principal Ding is dumbfounded_1

November.

In addition to their regular teaching duties, the students of Mist City Arts and Science University enthusiastically participate in the library design solicitation event.

The semi-finals of the two national college student competitions, which Principal Ding encouraged the students to participate in, will respectively be held in Mist City and Shu City.

The semi-final of the National College Student English Speech Contest kicked off first, being held at Mist City Foreign Language University.

Mist City Arts and Science University, as one of the preliminary competition sites, had advanced two students to the semi-final, Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang.

The competition to advance to the final is significantly tougher this time with the contestents’ skill levels stepping up several notches.

After all, there are many universities in Mist City, and there’s no shortage of English whizzes.

Facing some of the top talents of the Mist City Foreign Language University, it seems like a challenging road for Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang to advance.

However, during this period, both Ruohan and Chen Jiang greatly improved through diligent English practice and personal growth.

Today is the day to see how well they perform.

Early in the morning, Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang accompanied by the head of the foreign language department, took the school bus to the site of the competition at Mist City Foreign Language University.

As principal, Ding Yue naturally wanted to be there to support his students.

Perhaps when Ruohan or Chen Jiang see Principal Ding in the audience, they will perform marvelously?

Thus, after leaving his apartment and picking up his keys at the office, Ding Yue prepared to set off to Mist City Foreign Language University.

“Where are you headed, Yue?”

Just as he stepped out of his office, he bumped into Huang Youjie.

“Mist City Foreign Language University.

Isn’t the national college student English speech contest semi-finals today?

Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang, our students, are participating.

As the principal, I should indeed be there to show my support.”

With that, Ding Yue walked towards the staircase.

At this point, Huang Youjie caught up with him: “Really?

As vice-principal, can I also go and watch?”

“Do you have classes today?”

“No, I don’t.”

“Then let’s go.”

Ding Yue figured the drive to Mist City Foreign Language University would be boring alone, having a companion would make the trip more enjoyable.

Upon leaving the Administration Building, Ding Yue hopped into his Audi A8, while Huang Youjie decided not to drive and instead climbed into the passenger seat of Ding Yue’s car.

“Go, go, go, sit in the back.”

Ding glared at Huang Youjie.

“Oh, I see, I see.

The passenger seat in Yue’s car is reserved for the future Mrs.

Principal, haha.”

Laughing, Huang Youjie unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, and went to sit in the back seat.

“At least you know.”

Ding Yue chuckled, and remarked.

Mist City Foreign Language University is not located in University Town but in the city district of Mist City.

Hence, the drive there took Ding Yue about thirty minutes.

The location chosen for the semi-finals in Mist City was the gymnasium of Mist City Foreign Language University.

Upon arrival, Ding Yue and Huang Youjie quickly found Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang.

“Principal Ding, Director Huang, what brings you here?” Wen Ruohan immediately came over to greet them upon seeing them.

“We’re here to cheer you on, of course.

How are you feeling, confident?” Ding Yue asked, smiling at Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang.

“Yes, feeling confident!” Wen Ruohan responded with a lively and cute nod.

Chen Jiang gently adjusted his glasses and also nodded: “Principal Ding, I’ll do my best.”

Chen Jiang is one of those introverted students who tend to be quiet, but his English is impressive – otherwise, he wouldn’t be the president of the English club.

“Ruohan, Chen Jiang, come on, time to go in.” At that moment, Guo Rong, the head of the foreign language department, called them from not far away.

Upon seeing Ding Yue, Guo Rong was surprised: “Principal Ding, what brings you here?”

“I had some time today, so I thought I’d come over and see how things are going.

Guo, you go ahead and take them inside.”

“Alright.”

So, Guo Rong took Wen Ruohan and Chen Jiang into the gymnasium first, and soon after, many contestants from other colleges who were participating in the rematch also entered the venue.

Then, the staff started to let the audience in.

As this was just a rematch of the National College Student English Speech Contest, the audience was mostly English-loving students, teachers from various colleges, and a small portion of the contestants’ parents.

After entering the gymnasium with Huang Youjie, Ding Yue found that many seats were still vacant, so they randomly picked a spot to sit down.

The rules of the rematch were pretty much the same as in the preliminaries.

The judging panel for the rematch should have no fewer than seven people, of which no fewer than three should be foreign judges, and all judges should hold an associate professor’s title or above.

Ding Yue saw that there were a total of ten judges.

In a big city like Mist City, it was quite easy to find ten professors or above from the foreign language faculty of universities.

Amongst the foreign language teachers at Mist City Foreign Language University alone, there were many professors.

After all, Mist City Foreign Language University was a key university.

Quickly, after the host of the competition had been on stage rambling for a while, the contest began.

The first contestant to take the stage performed quite well.

Among the subsequent contestants, none of them was weak.

Ding Yue watched in shock; the candidates who made it to the rematch were extremely strong in English speeches.

There was even a female college student from Mist City Normal University who received a warm round of applause after her speech.

The ten judges at the judges’ seats also nodded in satisfaction.

“Yue, these college students are so strong!” Huang Youjie admitted.

“They are the top English students from various universities.

Anyone who can make it to the rematch has been screened in their school.

How could they not be outstanding?”

After Ding Yue finished his remark, he started to worry about Chen Jiang and Wen Ruohan.

Whether they could enter the finals and win a first prize was crucial to whether Mist City Arts and Science University could be upgraded to the level of Minor Achievements.

Although they were just the first line planned by Ding Yue to achieve the goal, Ding Yue also arranged Lin Zhirou to participate in the National College Student Art Festival Music Competition.

However, it would be certainly better if a prize could be won in this National College Student English Speech Contest!

Now it seems that even making it to the finals is a question.

Applause again.

A student from Mist City Foreign Language University had finished his speech, and judging from the reaction of the audience and the judges, he performed impressively.

Finally.

It was Chen Jiang’s turn.

From the moment Chen Jiang stepped onto the stage, Ding Yue felt as if he detected a little lack of self-confidence in him.

Ultimately, Chen Jiang’s speech ended.

All in all, it was satisfactory and quite fluent, but his speech topic apparently didn’t resonate with the ten judges. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

“81 points.”

The score of Chen Jiang was only 81.

According to the contest rules of the rematch, only the contestants scoring an average of 90 points or above could proceed to the finals.

This meant that Chen Jiang was eliminated.

After several more contestants, it was Wen Ruohan’s turn.

Wen Ruohan’s opening won a round of applause, which suggested that she had prepared diligently and made a significant effort.

However, during her subsequent speech, a few judges seemed to be discussing something.

Ding Yue could only vaguely understand the content and theme of Wen Ruohan’s speech.

Then, he heard that Wen Ruohan’s speech was also very fluent.

However, when the score was out, oh snap, Ding Yue was taken aback.

“89.5 points!”

Damn, she narrowly missed the finals by 0.5 points!

Upon learning her score, Wen Ruohan stood there in a daze, feeling very upset and blank in her mind.