340: Chapter 340 Young and impetuous, at the age where they are easily fooled!

Su Yang estimated that by the time he got Yanhu Vocational School to reach his ideal faculty and staff configuration, he probably wouldn't be making any money!

Not only would he not make a profit, he would even have to pour more money into it.

But it didn't matter; he had already said he would invest hundreds of millions into Yanhu Vocational School.

Weren't the faculty and staff at Yanhu Vocational School striving to become the number one private vocational college right now?

Su Yang certainly hadn't forgotten the slogan he had shouted back then!

Just as Su Yang finished recruiting for the student clubs, the event held by Spark Media's "extreme hide and seek" program at Yanhu Vocational School also caused quite a stir online.

Bilibili was fine; the proportion of students there was relatively high, so there were many supportive comments in the comment section!

Although the Bilibili users were a bit broke, their thinking was still relatively open.

However, the comments on platforms like Douyin, Kuaishou, and Baidu were quite polarized.

Some supported Yanhu Vocational School, feeling that hosting these activities allowed students to fully relax and be entertained, and that other schools should follow suit!

But others believed that students should focus on studying at school instead of wasting time participating in such entertainment activities.

They also pointed out the dangers of participating in such activities!

If something happened to a student, who would be responsible?

Some clout-chasing self-media bloggers cut out the parts where the school organized students to participate in activities and the segments where students participated in the program's post-production, leaving only the program flow of the school organizing entertainment activities.

They reasonably suspected that Yanhu Vocational School had taken money from the MCN Company behind "extreme hide and seek" and was making students act as extras and work under-the-table jobs...

And at the end, they asked with feigned heartbreak: "Does domestic vocational education have a future? We urge the authorities to strengthen the control of vocational schools and not let the flowers of the motherland suffer such poison," and so on!

With that tone, those who didn't know better would think these self-media bloggers were truly filled with great love and were worried about the country and the people!

Some people even reported Yanhu Vocational School directly!

Because of this, Yanhu Vocational School even attracted the attention of the authorities, and Chen Qingzhou had to rush to explain things to his superiors.

After all, even a private vocational college couldn't just do whatever it wanted; it was still subject to supervision from above!

Fortunately, Su Yang had originally scheduled the event for a Saturday when there were no classes.

The students had also participated voluntarily.

He had even let students from relevant majors participate in the post-production and had paid them...

Otherwise, it would have been really hard to explain!

As for the attitude of the students inside Yanhu Vocational School, it was:

"None of your business!"

"You guys are really overstepping!"

"Why don't you guys worry about yourselves?"

"Have you guys found jobs yet? Our vocational school's employment rate is higher than yours!"

"Every day you criticize this and criticize that online; do you not have girlfriends?"

"Do you not have jobs, so you're bored enough to vent online and seek a sense of existence?" ...and so on!

Recently, the school had been developing in a positive direction, and the students all saw it!

The cafeteria food had become tastier, and the portions were more generous.

Classroom discipline had improved!

No one was making noise after lights out in the dorms anymore!

Those arrogant problem students were keeping their tails tucked!

The teachers seemed more relaxed and passionate when they taught class.

Sometimes, the counselors would even come to the dorms to chat with them...

Various competitions had increased, and there were even video game competitions that the boys loved the most!

Even if the champion's prize wasn't very generous, they were still willing to sign up and participate.

The school was organizing various club activities, saying they had hired professional club teachers to guide them.

Whether they wanted to learn musical instruments, dance, painting, Go, or Chinese chess, they could sign up.

This kind of change in the school really made the students feel happy.

Especially when that group of third-year students interning outside heard about these things and expressed envy and jealousy that they hadn't caught up with the good times... it all made the first and second-year students on campus feel satisfied!

Moreover, that day, they had a pretty good time!

The production team really paid them; they gave them over forty thousand!

The students who participated in the program production also had a natural good feeling toward the school and Spark Media...

The students of Yanhu Vocational School resented the critical attitude those netizens had toward Yanhu Vocational School organizing activities.

They resented even more the obvious or hidden discrimination against their academic qualifications by certain netizens when mentioning Yanhu Vocational School, as if those in the comment section were all from undergraduate universities, as if they were all from 211 or 985 universities!

They also strongly resented that group that classified them as educational "defective products"!

They admitted that their studies weren't great, but they weren't stealing or robbing; how were they bothering anyone?

...

Many vocational school students couldn't help but passionately debate with other netizens online, subconsciously defending Yanhu Vocational School.

After they started arguing, they got even more worked up!

Especially those vocational school girls.

A portion of them were celebrity fans, professional data workers.

In this incident, they gradually stood out from the student group!

Whether it was debating, controlling the comments, or reporting, they demonstrated considerable professional quality.

Xu Yunxiao also helplessly told Su Yang that during recent dormitory inspections, they found that quite a few girls' dormitories had organized themselves and were still working online in the middle of the night!

They had also incidentally mobilized some boys.

Eighteen or nineteen-year-old boys were easily stirred up by girls of the same age!

This left them, the teachers, both moved and helpless!

Xu Yunxiao asked Su Yang in the video: "Boss, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

She often reported the situation to Su Yang and felt that she treated Su Yang as a superior and a confidant.

Xu Yunxiao continued: "I think it should be considered a good thing that these students are so actively defending the school!"

"They are more looking for a sense of group identity, seeking a sense of achievement; they are not only defending Yanhu Vocational School, they are actually also defending their own dignity... but this will also affect their rest and studies!"

"Sigh~" Xu Yunxiao couldn't help but sigh, "If only they could put this enthusiasm into their studies, that would be great..."

Su Yang gently touched his chin and said in a low voice: "Are they defending their own dignity?"

"Most of them have strong yet sensitive self-esteem, while also accompanied by a sense of inferiority; self-esteem and inferiority coexist... The comments online this time touched on their sensitive mindset, so the backlash was a bit stronger!"

Su Yang asked softly: "Then do you have any thoughts?"

"I'm not very good with internet public opinion..." Xu Yunxiao said helplessly, "I have consulted Spark Media for their opinion, and their opinion is to treat it coldly and let this matter just pass."

Su Yang suddenly asked: "I'm wondering, can we utilize and guide this mindset of theirs?"

Xu Yunxiao vaguely guessed Su Yang's idea: "Boss, isn't that hard to operate?"

"Don't you think these kids are young, hot-blooded, impulsive, easily worked up, and are at the perfect age to be easily fooled?" Su Yang said in a low voice, "The group of psychology faculty and staff have also been arriving at the school one after another recently, right?"

The psychology practitioners or top psychology students who had passed Su Yang's interview some time ago began to arrive at Yanhu Vocational School one after another.

Those assigned to work at the school, mainly responsible for student psychological counseling or research, had their employment procedures handled by Yanhu Vocational School.

There were also some regular employees who planned to join the psychological counseling company who were also arranged to be at the school first!

"Yes!"

Xu Yunxiao nodded.

Su Yang said with a smile: "With this group of people cooperating, plus the school and Spark Media working together, I think it's worth a try!"

Xu Yunxiao felt that her boss was smiling a bit mischievously!