The Goddess's Personal Doctor
Chapter 764 The So-Called Quality

Chapter 764: Chapter 764 The So-Called Quality

The best way to deal with rumors is naturally to counter them with facts, but this time, there indeed was an issue with the scholarship fund.

Yang Yu’s intent was to allow students who were as impoverished as he had been not to worry about tuition and living expenses, as long as they were both academically and morally excellent, all students of Tianhai University could apply.

However, as soon as the news of the scholarship fund spread, the number of applicants surged.

Those who made it to Tianhai University definitely had no issues academically, but their character couldn’t be assessed as easily.

And, more importantly, how do you determine poverty?

In impoverished regions, a monthly living expense of two thousand yuan is considered wealthy.

But for locals in Tianhai, a monthly living expense of two thousand yuan is deemed abysmal.

To maintain a facade of fairness, Tianhai University allocated quotas evenly across all departments.

As a result, some departments, despite having no impoverished students, still had to allocate these quotas.

So, some not-so-poor or even quite wealthy students began to vie for these spots.

The wealthy students would argue with a single line, "So-and-so is richer than I am, but he applied, didn’t he? If he can apply, why can’t I?"

Grades and character are different things; these Tianhai University students displayed a multitude of disgraceful behaviors for the sake of a scholarship, leaving one utterly speechless.

In such a situation, many departments started to hold votes for the scholarship quotas or even have the counselors make the decisions, and undoubtedly, the pretty girls had a significant advantage.

The male students of this age had no resistance to beautiful girls—why wouldn’t they vote for them?

Since the boys didn’t respect each other anyways, voting for the pretty girls made everyone happy.

No, not everyone was happy—the girls of average looks were quite upset.

It was bad enough for the pretty girls to receive special attention from teachers and classmates on a regular basis, but now they were even grabbing the money—how could that be allowed?

So, some girls who felt aggrieved began to stir up trouble online, hoping to blow the issue up.

The situation escalated just as they wished, turning into a viral online post, and Yang Yu thus became a target for public criticism.

"Principal Lin, I really didn’t expect this. All I wanted was to do something good, and now I’ve been made into a wealthy bad guy with ulterior motives towards pretty girls," Yang Yu said helplessly. "I’m having second thoughts about setting up this scholarship fund; we can’t even manage this properly."

Principal Lin was also gloomily frustrated: "Yang Yu, I can’t be personally involved in everything that happens at such a big university, and neither can the other administrators. I apologize to you for this incident."

"I’ve called you here to hold a general meeting of faculty and students and a press conference to clarify everything. Rest assured, no matter what, I will clear your name."

"Okay," Yang Yu nodded. "When does the press conference start?"

"At two-thirty," Principal Lin glanced at his watch. "We can head over now."

The grand auditorium of Tianhai University was vast, capable of accommodating thousands of faculty and students.

At this moment, these faculty and students were all sitting in their seats, waiting for the principal to speak.

In front of these faculty and students, journalists from over a dozen media outlets had set up their cameras, ready to broadcast live.

Principal Lin and Yang Yu stepped onto the stage of the grand auditorium, and the whole place immediately fell silent.

"Good afternoon, teachers, students, and friends from the press," Principal Lin began to speak. "Today, we’ve gathered everyone to clarify an issue."

"Due to our school’s lack of thorough work, misunderstandings and negative impacts have arisen. Here, I first want to apologize to all teachers and students; it’s my responsibility for the lack of proper leadership."

"Regarding the application for the scholarship fund, after my investigation, I found indeed many unfair aspects, and it’s completely normal for students to have grievances."

"However, what I want to stress is this; to the student who made the post, you can blame our school for inefficiency and lack of fairness—I accept that."

"But when you more or less deliberately aimed your criticism at Mr. Yang, who provided the scholarship fund, and that too without any evidence, it is undoubtedly an attack on Mr. Yang’s good reputation. Such actions truly discourage good people..."

"Principal Lin, that’s not how you should put it," a female journalist suddenly interrupted Principal Lin’s words. "There aren’t many good people among the wealthy; it’s quite normal for students to have suspicions. I remember our country’s laws state that as long as there is reasonable doubt towards an official claim, it doesn’t count as rumor-mongering, and the official must provide an explanation, right?"

Principal Lin wanted to say more, but Yang Yu stepped forward: "Let me handle this."

Principal Lin sighed and nodded, "Sorry, Yang Yu."

"No problem," Yang Yu walked up to the podium and said with a slight smile, "This journalist..."

"My name is Mou Yiyi," the female journalist introduced herself. "Mr. Yang, you may call me Journalist Mou."

"Alright, Journalist Mou," Yang Yu continued, "You just mentioned that reasonable doubt towards an official doesn’t count as spreading rumors, right?"

"Yes," Mou Yiyi nodded. "Do you have a different opinion?"

"No," Yang Yu said. "The problem is, I’m just a businessman, not an official. You have doubts about the school’s fairness, and I have no objections; I’m also very dissatisfied with the mess they’ve made. But when you target me and say that wealthy people are all bad, I would like to ask you one thing—did a wealthy person sleep with your mother and not pay? Is that why you hate the wealthy so much?"

Yang Yu’s statement caused an uproar, Mou Yiyi turned red with anger, shouting furiously, "Yang Yu, don’t think you can spout nonsense just because you have some stinking money! And look at you—is this the standard of behavior you set for wealthy people?"

"What? You can slander my motives for funding students, but I can’t question you?" Yang Yu retorted coldly. "The quality of the wealthy? Isn’t it you who said that there aren’t many good wealthy people? Now you expect me to have quality? Isn’t that a contradiction?"

"You, you..." Mou Yiyi was so flustered by Yang Yu’s rebuttal that she couldn’t speak. Yang Yu pressed on: "Journalist Mou, as a spokesperson for the public media, you should base your words on facts, adhere to the law, and be cautious."

"Just based on your unfounded defamation of my character, and demanding that I prove myself, you claim to be a journalist! Even in court, it’s for others to bring evidence to prove guilt, not for the accused to prove innocence."

"How can I prove I didn’t do something I’ve never done? I might as well say I slept with you last night—prove it wrong!"

"You, you, you..." Mou Yiyi was nearly spitting blood in anger, her face red as a liver, "You bastard!"

Yang Yu sneered, "Hah, such quality from a journalist, resorted to insults because you can’t make a valid point? Calling someone a bastard—is this your so-called quality?"

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