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Chapter 858 - 476: Crisis on the Eve of New Student Registration (Subscribe Please)_2

Chapter 858: Chapter 476: Crisis on the Eve of New Student Registration (Subscribe Please)_2

Based on last year’s experience, the actual number of people who come back to register will definitely not be low.

Mist City Arts and Science University has been bustling with activity in all departments for several days now.

Especially the logistics department.

After all, the most important thing for new students upon their arrival is accommodation!

Therefore.

The logistics department of Mist City Arts and Science University must ensure that all logistics support work is in place.

Then there’s the canteen.

Being far from the bustling areas of University Town, most students eat at the university’s canteens and restaurants.

With the arrival of new students this year, there will be a surge in student numbers.

So, in terms of dining, Mist City Arts and Science University must ensure everything is taken care of.

The two new canteens are now completely managed by Zhang Yuping, Ding Yue’s mother, in terms of operations and management.

After all, the meals prepared by the chefs under Zhang Yuping’s leadership have received rave reviews from students.

Not to mention Zhang Yuping’s own culinary skills.

However.

Because Zhang Yuping is now managing so many canteens, she has less time to cook the meals herself.

Generally, she only cooks when Ding Yue wants to eat something special, and he would ask Zhang Yuping to prepare it for him.

"Yue!"

At the entrance of the principal’s office in the Administration Building, Huang Youjie’s voice could be heard.

As Ding Yue was reviewing this year’s enrollment data, he looked up when he heard Huang arrive, "What’s up, Huang? Aren’t you busy with logistics?"

"Yeah, you have no idea how busy it’s been," Huang Youjie lamented as he walked into the office. "I’ve almost been driven dizzy by it all."

"Being busy is good, it means that everything at Mist City Arts and Science University is running smoothly," Ding Yue replied with a smile.

"Sigh, if only things were going smoothly, I’m here to give you some bad news," Huang Youjie said, shaking his head in resignation.

"What bad news?"

Hearing this, Ding Yue immediately frowned and asked, "Is it a safety issue or what?"

Right now, his Mist City Arts and Science University was on the rise, and any safety issues would be a serious concern.

"No," Huang Youjie said, shaking his head:

"It’s about a batch of bedding supplies the logistics department ordered—sheets, quilts, cotton comforters, and so on. The supplier hasn’t delivered on time and just informed us this morning that they can’t supply us!"

"They can’t supply?"

Ding Yue knew this was no small matter.

Because tomorrow, Mist City Arts and Science University was set to begin new student enrollment.

At least tens of thousands of students would come to the school to register.

And after being assigned a dormitory, the most needed items for students are bedding supplies.

Usually, the bedding is procured by the school, and after students pay their tuition, they collect their sheets, quilts, and so on to go to the dormitory, after which they can start making their beds and move in.

Now you’re telling me the ordered bedding supplies can’t be delivered by the supplier?

The consequence of this would be that after the start of new student enrollment tomorrow, the students won’t be able to get their bedding supplies. Without sheets, quilts, pillows, etc., how are they supposed to sleep and rest?

If things really go that way, the reputation of this year’s enrollment could be ruined.

"What happened, why can’t the supplier deliver?"

Ding Yue couldn’t help but ask, perplexed.

Logically, this order should have been placed during the summer break, and the supplier should have been preparing it.

"There was a big fire at the supplier’s facility; our order was destroyed. They said they would compensate us, but now we don’t have the supplies," said a resigned Huang Youjie with a shrug.

Uh!

Ding Yue was somewhat speechless.

At this critical moment, for the supplier to be unable to deliver the order on time due to a fire was a real headache.

"Is it all burned?"

Ding Yue asked again.

"A batch of about ten thousand sets was dispatched a few days ago and has already arrived. We were supposed to deliver the second batch of thirty thousand sets today!"

Huang Youjie replied.

"Hiss!"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue couldn’t help but take a deep breath and immediately said, "Since there are ten thousand sets available, it means there’s still a chance to remedy the situation. Huang, do this, contact the manufacturer and all the bedding manufacturers around Mist City right away, and try to get the remaining thirty thousand sets we need made within the next two days!"

At the moment, this was the only solution.

The new students will start registering tomorrow, and ten thousand sets should be able to hold us over temporarily.

But what should we do when the ten thousand sets are distributed and the students who register on the second, third, and following days can’t get their beddings?

We certainly can’t tell the students to buy their own, can we?

Even with online shopping, that would take several days of logistics time.

The college students of today aren’t like those of the past. In the old days, college students would bring their own beddings and such to school.

Nowadays, most college students only bring money with them.

After all, most higher education institutions take responsibility for arranging beddings and the like.

Mist City Arts and Science University also arranges this every year.

But unexpectedly, something like this happened this year.

So, the best course of action right now is to have the original manufacturer quickly ramp up production, making as many as they can.

In addition, quickly find other manufacturers around Mist City to work overtime, and if things go smoothly, there shouldn’t be any problem.

"I’ve already asked the original manufacturer to speed up production, considering we might be short, but I forgot that Mist City and its surrounding areas certainly also have corresponding factories. I’ll contact them right away to place urgent orders!"

After hearing this, Huang Youjie nodded hastily.

He then immediately took out his phone and made a call to the person in charge of procurement to get them to quickly contact bedding manufacturers around Mist City.

The cost might go up a bit if we rush this batch.

But the cost of the beddings is already factored into the students’ tuition fees; we can’t just raise the price at the last minute, can we?

Therefore, the financial loss due to this increase in cost can only be borne by Mist City Arts and Science University.

But this was not a big concern.

Since it was due to the problem with the original manufacturer that we couldn’t supply the goods on time and it affected the enrollment of Mist City Arts and Science University, according to the contract, the original manufacturer would have to bear some liability for compensation.

"Huang, the day before the new students register we run into such a crisis. Isn’t this a bit of a bad omen?"

Muttering to himself, Ding Yue then asked, "I hope there won’t be any more problems with the logistics and other aspects."

"There won’t be. Everything else is proceeding smoothly. This bedding issue just cropped up unexpectedly!" Huang Youjie shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yue, don’t be superstitious. Our new student registration this year will certainly be bustling. We’ll recruit forty to fifty thousand students and make a fortune!"

If really forty to fifty thousand students registered at Mist City Arts and Science University, then we would indeed make a fortune.

Just in tuition fees, we could collect around two billion yuan.

That’s because the tuition fees of various departments at Mist City Arts and Science University have now changed.

In the first year, the tuition fees of Mist City Arts and Science University were unified.

But this year it’s different.

Departments like Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Medicine, Arts, Film Studies, and Architecture—the key departments of Mist City Arts and Science University—had increased tuition fees.

Because these departments require large investments in teaching and higher teaching costs, naturally, tuition fees would go up accordingly.

However, even with the increase, it wouldn’t be too excessive.

The original tuition fee was thirty-five thousand yuan.

Some departments may adjust it to forty thousand yuan a year based on circumstances.

The highest won’t exceed fifty thousand yuan a year.

This was something Ding Yue had already mentioned last year.

Last year, the tuition fee for arts-related departments was already relatively higher.

So by that calculation,

If this year we were to recruit forty thousand students, then the tuition fees collected this year would be at least more than fifteen billion, most likely around two billion yuan.

The most critical point is,

Besides collecting tuition from the new students,

The existing thirty thousand students will also have to pay this year’s tuition fees!

"Hahaha, Huang, I love to hear that."

Ding Yue burst into laughter and said.

Then, he stood up and, placing a hand on Huang’s shoulder, said, "Come on, let’s go and see how the registration of new students at various points across the campus is going."