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Chapter 677 - 398: The Request of the Agriculture and Forestry Academy (Requesting Subscription)_2

Chapter 677: Chapter 398: The Request of the Agriculture and Forestry Academy (Requesting Subscription)_2

Ding, ding, ding!

Suddenly, Wen Ruohan’s phone buzzed. There was a Whatsapp message.

As Wen Ruohan pulled out her phone and opened Whatsapp, she found that the message was from Director Jia Nong, the head of the Agricultural faculty at Mist City Arts and Science University.

Jia Nong: Secretary Wen, is Principal Ding in his office at the Administration Building?

After reading Director Jia Nong’s message, Wen Ruohan immediately replied, "Yes, Director Jia. Principal Ding is in his office. Do you have something for him?"

Jia Nong: Um, yes, there’s something.

"Okay, I will inform Principal Ding right now. You can come over, Director Jia." After replying to Director Jia Nong’s message, Wen Ruohan gets up and walks towards Principal Ding’s office desk.

"Principal Ding."

"Hmm?"

Ding Yue is absorbed in understanding the details of each department and major at Mist City Arts and Science University. Hearing Wen Ruohan’s call, he looks up at her. "What happened?"

"Director Jia Nong just told me that he will be coming over to see you soon. Apparently, there’s some matter," Wen Ruohan reported.

"Jia Nong..."

Ding Yue feels that the name sounds familiar. He seems to have seen it in some document, and it also faintly resonates.

In less than a second, Ding Yue recalled.

Isn’t Jia Nong the head of the Agricultural and Forestry faculty at Mist City Arts and Science University?

To be precise, it’s the Agricultural faculty. Yet everyone tends to call it the Agricultural and Forestry faculty.

This is because all majors related to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and animal husbandry are grouped under this faculty.

"Okay, I got it," Ding Yue slightly nodded.

The Agricultural faculty!

Ding Yue nearly forgot about this major. Agriculture is the cornerstone of the country, and fields such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and animal husbandry are significant industries. They have always been an essential part of human life.

Agriculture, to this day, has already entered the modern agriculture stage.

Forestry, Xia Country’s authorities once said, green mountains are gold mountains. Natural environments, trees, and forests are all intricately connected to forestry.

Not to mention fisheries and livestock industries, which are closely intertwined with people’s lives.

Such a faculty does seem worth developing.

Developing modern agriculture and forestry, creating a modern ecological agriculture and forestry industry, and creating clear waters and blue skies seem to be missions bestowed upon us by this era.

After informing Principal Ding about Director Jia Nong’s forthcoming visit, Wen Ruohan picked up her phone and messaged Director Jia Nong. "Director Jia, I have informed Principal Ding. When you arrive, just knock on the door."

Jia Nong: Ok Secretary Wen, thank you.

Even though Ding Yue doesn’t know why Director Jia Nong from the Agricultural faculty is coming to see him, he starts paying attention to this faculty related to agriculture and nature from this moment.

Ding!

"Congratulations, host, for obtaining a new University Development Task - ongoing poverty alleviation through professional alignment!"

"Task: [Ongoing Poverty Alleviation Through Professional Alignment]."

"Content: Please, host, combine university course contents, carry out work to consolidate poverty alleviation results, and launch at least one poverty alleviation project."

"Task Reward: +50 reputation points, [Level 3 University Treasure Chest +1]."

Suddenly, at this moment, a system task notification sound echoed in Ding Yue’s mind.

This University Development Task appeared while Ding Yue was thinking about the Agricultural faculty.

Ding Yue confirmed his previous idea once again.

That is, when he was thinking about issues related to the majors and faculties of Mist City Arts and Science University, it’s possible that the system may trigger tasks related to it.

Take, for example, this University Development Task of [ongoing poverty alleviation through professional alignment]. It’s quite clear that it pertains to agriculture and planting.

After all, areas that need poverty alleviation are mostly remote rural areas. Although Xia Country achieved comprehensive poverty relief in 2020, consolidating the results of the poverty alleviation is also a daunting task.

Ding Yue began to seriously consider this new university development task.

The reward for this task, a [Level 3 University Treasure Chest], was very enticing as Level 3 chests usually contain valuable items.

Given the task was [Major-Corresponding Poverty Alleviation in Progress], Ding Yue thought, the most suitable approach would be to assign it to the College of Agriculture, to provide agricultural technical support to areas needing to consolidate poverty relief results.

Such support could be treated as a project, and, upon completion, be counted as fulfilling this university development task, right?

But!

Once graduated, students of the College of Agriculture at Mist City Arts and Science University probably all want to pursue respectable jobs in modern agriculture. Who would be conscious enough to work in providing technical support in impoverished regions?

That’s a problem.

However, for Ding Yue, this problem was not a difficult one to resolve. If he, as the Principal, were to propose, would there still be students who wouldn’t respond?

If there were no students responding, then he, as the principal, could only be described as failing badly.

"It would be great timing for Director Jia Nong’s imminent visit."

Ding Yue pondered that once Director Jia Nong came, he could directly discuss this issue with him.

Moreover, Ding Yue had even thought of a justification—using the pretext of internship opportunities for the students.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just as Ding Yue was considering the university development task, there was a knock on the office door.

Wen Ruohan hastily stood up from her workspace and opened the door, "Director Jia, you’re here, please come in."

A middle-aged man in his forties with slightly dark skin stepped in from the doorway. He was Jia Nong, the department head of the College of Agriculture at Mist City Arts and Science University, and reputedly a graduate student from an agricultural college.

When Mist City Arts and Science University needed to recruit teachers for all its faculties, there weren’t many applicants for the College of Agriculture, one of which was Jia Nong. With his specialized academic qualifications, there was hardly anyone better than him.

Therefore, not only did Jia Nong become a lecturer at the College of Agriculture of Mist City Arts and Science University, he also directly assumed the role of the department head.

"Director Jia has arrived, please, take a seat, take a seat."

Ding Yue gave a warm greeting to Jia Nong as soon as he entered the office.

Jia Nong felt a bit out of place as Principal Ding was so enthusiastic towards him upon his arrival. Although he had heard that Principal Ding was a young, capable, easygoing person, what left a deeper impression in his mind was the incident where Principal Ding had a flare-up at the Film and Television Academy.

"Ah, okay, thank you, Principal Ding." With a hint of nervousness, Jia Nong took a seat on the couch in Principal Ding’s office.

Upon seeing this, Ding Yue rose from his office chair, walked towards Director Jia Nong, and smilingly asked, "Director Jia, did you come to see me for some matters? Or, is there any issue with the teaching work at the College of Agriculture?"

"No, no, no, not at all. There’s no issue with teaching at the College of Agriculture. Although we don’t have many students, the teaching activities are carried out smoothly and our students are all very good."

Upon hearing this, Director Jia hurriedly shook his head.

He wouldn’t dare admit if there were any issues with the teaching work. If there were any problems, wouldn’t that mean he had failed in his duties as the department head?

In fact, there were indeed no issues with the teaching work at the College of Agriculture.

"Well then?"

Ding Yue continued to ask with a smile.

"Principal Ding, the thing is that although our college has few students, they are very eager to learn. They all want to improve their knowledge through practical operations. Therefore, the students asked me if... if..."

Upon meeting Principal Ding’s gaze, Jia Nong became somewhat nervous.

"Director Jia, take your time." Seeing that Director Jia seemed a bit flustered, Ding Yue told him to relax.

"The students primarily want a modern ecological agriculture garden for practical operations, only... our college has limited teaching funds each year, just enough for regular teaching activities. Therefore, the students asked me to propose to Principal Ding to see if we could create a modern ecological agriculture garden for the College of Agriculture. Actually, it doesn’t need to be that large, a small area will suffice."

Jia Nong finally managed to put forth his request.

In essence, he was asking Principal Ding for money.

As Principal Ding was in charge of the entire Mist City Arts and Science University, whether he would provide funding for the development of the College of Agriculture completely depended on his judgment.

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