At this time, Schiller didn't know that Raven had left with Killer Croc, and now he had another headache.
Of course it wasn't the students' studies, because studies had always been a headache for him and he was used to it.
The number of students at Gotham University has improved a lot. In recent years, some young people who are pursuing new trends have applied for this university out of curiosity about the city. The concert confirmed that the security situation in the city has improved.
After the improvement, there were some results, but they were neither good nor bad. Students with mediocre resumes wanted to take advantage of opportunities and come to the big cities on the east coast to develop, so they also chose this university that seemed to have a high ranking, but in fact there were not many outsiders.
Theoretically speaking, there is no loophole in this world that no one can take advantage of. Ever since people discovered that Gotham University has good faculty and teaching conditions, and its ranking is also very high, it is just because of the special nature of the city that no one applies. There are many places, and the conditions are good.
After it became very wide, many people followed suit.
Although this group of students cannot be said to be high-quality students, and most of them came from less developed towns in the central and western regions, they are indeed much better than the local students in Gotham. At least they are sincerely learning legal knowledge.
Generally speaking, Gotham University's School of Literature and Social Sciences is more famous than the School of Science and Engineering. Of course, the School of Law and the School of Medicine are also quite famous, but since they are independent systems, they are not within the scope of the discussion.
Schiller can be regarded as Gotham University's famous admissions sign. Many people apply for this school because of his reputation. They plan to study for a Ph.D. from undergraduate to become a disciple of a famous psychologist in order to become a psychologist.
The doctor laid the conditions.
The problem is that the vast majority of people are actually ordinary people. The problem they have to consider is eating. The vast majority of them are not talented enough to be psychologists. Being a psychological counselor is already very good. Among them, the better ones
Only if you can open a private clinic, otherwise most people will work in a psychological counseling institution for the rest of their lives.
Schiller's name alone cannot give them more advantages when looking for a job, so Schiller has been teaching at undergraduate level. At most, he can teach more than 70 hours of basic psychology classes a week, because this is
The most important course in practical application.
The essays collected today have finally shown some improvement. One class can pick out at least five or six that can be read, and there are also a dozen that have been written seriously. It is becoming more and more like a normal university.
Just now, Schiller was in a good mood. He finished his last class in the afternoon and was about to go to the cafeteria to have something to eat.
The American tradition is to have a messy lunch and a sumptuous dinner. This is almost the same in schools. You usually bring your own food or buy a sandwich for lunch, and then go to the normal staff cafeteria for dinner.
As soon as Schiller walked into the faculty cafeteria, he saw the professor of the physical education department sitting by the window waving to him. This person was the star of the physical education department of Gotham University. He was a former star football player and his team won the Super Bowl.
After becoming a coach, he led a team with quite good results while coaching in Chicago. However, he later obtained a physical education license due to injuries.
In fact, he used to be a gold medal coach at Metropolis University, but because he offended others because of his upright temper, he couldn't survive and didn't want to be too far away from home, so he came to Gotham.
He arrived much later than Schiller, so it was a good time to catch up. The public security has been improving since he arrived, so even though he is just an ordinary outsider with a bad temper, he is still alive today.
Schiller has a good relationship with him, mainly because the Gotham University football team has achieved record highs under his leadership, and they even defeated the University of Chicago team before, which are all established and strong teams on the East Coast.
In order to get Gotham University into the Ivy League, Schiller went to watch rugby games from time to time. The more he watched, the more he could understand it. The coach thought Schiller was really a rugby fan, and he enthusiastically introduced the rules to him every time.
and competition system, so the two of them are very familiar with each other.
"What's the matter? Vincent." Schiller sat over and motioned to the waiter for the two of them to share a table. Just as the waiter was about to remind him that there was an empty seat over there, Schiller waved his hand to indicate that there was no need.
After Schiller sat down, he looked at the environment of the restaurant. This restaurant was located on the third floor of the exhibition area. It had an entire curved wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the entire stadium and most of the campus. At this time, the women's track and field team was training on the playground.
The restaurant is countless times larger than the original old-school faculty restaurant. It has two floors, and the international kitchen that can provide more than a dozen national dishes is spacious, bright, and delicious.
The strong man named Vincent didn't seem to be in the mood to praise the new cafeteria. He squeezed himself into a small chair, put his strong arms on the dining table, and sighed deeply, as if he didn't know what to say.
"What happened?" Schiller picked up the water glass and took a sip of water and said, "Did you get into any trouble?"
"Ah, that's not true." Vincent was afraid that Schiller would misunderstand. He waved his hand and said: "The East Coast United Cup has been cancelled, and the sponsorship of the National College Football Tournament has also dropped to a dangerous level. More importantly,
We don’t have the money for ‘paycheck games’ anymore.”
Schiller frowned. He understood the form of the game that Vincent mentioned at the end. Simply put, one university invites another university to play a game and pays the invited party.
In the past, the Gotham University football team was ranked well nationally, but it was not ranked high on the East Coast and was considered a weak team. Many teams liked to invite the Gotham University football team to play games because they could collect tickets at home and win the game.
It can greatly promote your home university and city, which can be said to be a sure profit.
At that time, the football team not only spent no money, but also made money for the school, because one invitational game could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars. This was a sky-high appearance fee at that time. Being invited twice a year, the entire sports team
The department’s funds are available.
But as the team becomes stronger and stronger, not to mention the universities in the inner states, even the old strong teams on the East Coast are afraid to invite Gotham University. After all, the University of Chicago had the guts to invite it last time.
, as a result, he was beaten 56:42 at his home court, and he was sent to his grandma's house for shame.
Gotham University also invited some weak teams from internal states to play games, and also used the concert promotion to accumulate many fans. Of course, it also wrote several large checks, with a total expenditure of more than 2 million US dollars.
But at that time, they had generous sponsorships and were backed by the Wayne Group. Roy was not willing to invest in any project that could promote the city. Gotham University could be said to be wealthy.
The results of the competition were also good, with big scores won every game, many wonderful shots were played, and some young star players were cultivated. Although the ticket sales were average, the results were achieved in terms of publicity.
But things are different now. Vincent complained: "Wayne Group has reduced its investment sponsorship for all projects outside the group, the city government no longer provides so much funding, and the school's faculty and staff have all had their salaries cut. Even if
If we have money, how can we dare to play with hundreds of thousands of dollars?"
Schiller nodded. He could also understand that the school has always had a financial preference for the sports academy. On the one hand, other academies do not invest much and each has their own sponsorship. On the other hand, the physical academy can make money and promote the school.
Never underestimate the appeal of rugby games to young people.
There are not so many entertainment projects in this era, and video games are not particularly popular. Watching football games is the most important entertainment activity for most teenagers. Even Pamela, who has never been interested in sports, can talk about rugby with ease.
Because if you don't know how to do this, no one will take you to the bar to play, and there will be no conversation at all at the party. You can even make a lawn in the yard and have nothing to talk to the postman who came to deliver the letter.
Therefore, the Sports Academy has always been relatively wealthy, with a lot of funds at their disposal, and even so far, they should be the richest academy, but the problem is that they cannot spend money.
Everyone has now received a 30% salary cut. As a result, if you write a check for hundreds of thousands of dollars to other schools, how can other faculty and staff be happy?
However, if you don’t invite other teams to play the game, you won’t be able to increase the popularity or earn ticket money. Sitting back and waiting for nothing is not an option. In addition, after the economic crisis, sponsorship for many events has been reduced again and again. Whether it can be held as scheduled is still unclear.
The problem is that while maintaining training, it is completely impossible to get in and out, so I don’t blame Vincent for being worried.
"Tim told me to lower the food standards." Vincent frowned deeply and said, "But now the children are growing in shape. In order to prepare for this year's playoffs, the training intensity is very intense.
, failure to keep up with nutrition is too harmful to the body, and it’s completely a gamble with their professional life span.”
"No games lately?" Schiller asked.
Vincent shook his head and said: "There will be no games in the next two months, but if nothing else happens, the playoffs will be held as scheduled, so we can't relax in training."
"In the final analysis, it's still a matter of money." Schiller said: "If the school doesn't cut salaries, you can also use some money to invite other teams to compete. It can also divert the attention of the public. At least a victory will make them
Feeling better."
"Who says it's not the case? But the problem is that the school's financial situation is not good, and salary cuts will happen sooner or later."
"Who made the decision to cut the salary?" Schiller asked. He usually has too many classes, doesn't know much about the school's management system, and is not familiar with the management staff.
"The directors held a meeting to decide." Vincent said: "I was also present at the time, and I originally wanted to invite you, but you have classes every day, and I knew you wouldn't be willing to delay teaching just to have a meeting, so I didn't.
Call you."
"Has Gotham University always been without a president?" Schiller asked.
"Yes, it should have been decided by the board of directors, but the chairman is Wayne, and there is nothing he can do if he doesn't appoint someone else."
"So now the government affairs department is in charge of daily affairs?"
"Yes, we don't even have an acting principal. Most of the daily matters are decided by the faculty and staff of the government affairs department at meetings." Vincent sighed and said, "It's not that I say bad things about others behind their backs, but most of them are
The teachers in the government affairs department are not professional managers at all. They have big problems with the division and use of funds, and they are unable to come up with a unified program. The chaotic management of the school is also one of the reasons for the poor financial situation."
"You think we should have a principal."
"Of course, you don't need to be careful in your life to live a wealthy life, but if you decide to live a smooth and steady life, you have to have a professional butler, right?"