Two hundred and fifty an hour?
Fang Yuci gasped...so expensive!
She doesn't understand the market for postgraduate entrance examination tutoring. Perhaps for those who have worked hard for a year or even two years to prepare for the exam, as long as the tutoring can really improve their scores and help them defeat thousands of competitors and get into the graduate school of their dream university, the higher price is not a problem.
But her final tutoring also costs the same price, which makes her feel painful. After she unlocked her phone, she checked her bank card balance and found that she still had more than 3,000 yuan in it. Although her parents loved her, they were still restrained in spending money.
The more than 3,000 yuan in the card was only enough to buy a dozen hours of tutoring from Senior Brother Lu. Fang Yuci looked at the eight courses she had to take during the exam week... a dozen hours of lessons were definitely not enough!
Asking parents for money? With such a legitimate reason, parents would definitely give money, but Fang Yuci was worried that her parents would think too much. Her mother was already suspecting that she was in a relationship, and she suddenly asked her mother for a few thousand yuan. Her mother might be worried that she would take the money and secretly rent a house to live with her.
Ask Senior Lu to bargain? As soon as this idea came up, she immediately rejected it. Senior Lu was a tutor for postgraduate entrance examinations. Now he was willing to tutor her for the final exams. She was very grateful and would definitely pay him according to the price of tutoring for postgraduate entrance examinations. Of course, tutoring for the final exam is simpler than tutoring for the postgraduate entrance exam, but this is not a question of difficulty, but rather that Mr. Lu's class hours are so valuable.
It was like the emperor saw that she had no eunuchs who were good at accounting, so he transferred two eunuchs who were good at accounting from the imperial court to her palace. She would definitely continue to pay the two eunuchs monthly wages and festival bonuses according to the standards in front of the emperor. In fact, because the two eunuchs came from the emperor's side, they had gone down a level from working under the emperor to working under her, so she wanted to raise the treatment of the two eunuchs.
If Fang Yuci said to the two eunuchs, "Working in my palace is more leisurely than working in front of the emperor, so I will reduce your salary." The two eunuchs would definitely not be able to accept it, and the other eunuchs and palace maids would also think that she was crazy when they saw it. By the same token, she couldn't bring herself to bargain with Senior Lu. She had mobilized all her connections and found Senior Lu with great difficulty, but the first thing she did after finding him was to bargain. How would the people who helped her make the connection think of her?
Fang Yuci suddenly had an idea and asked Senior Lu, "I am attending the class alone, and it costs 250 yuan per hour. What if there are two people attending the class? What if there are three people attending the class?"
Senior Lu asked, "Are your exams the same?"
Fang Yuci replied, "Exactly the same."
Senior Lu said, "Whether there are two or three people attending the class, I will charge 250 yuan, because my lectures are the same."
"But we can't have more people. If you invite eight or ten people, I'll have to pay more. It's bound to be noisy when there are too many people, and I have to speak louder when I give lectures. And if there are only two or three people in the class, we can just find a coffee shop. If there are more people, we'll have to find a special classroom."
Fang Yuci said she understood. Then she would find two more people, and together with herself, there would be three people in total, and the three people would pay 250 yuan, an average of 84 yuan per person. This tuition fee is not expensive at all!
Fang Yuci first asked her roommate. After living in the harem for more than ten years, Fang Yuci had developed a pair of sharp eyes. She could tell at a glance whether a concubine was favored or not, whether her family had a lot of money or not, and whether they were willing to give money to the daughters in the palace. The environment in which a person grew up would leave traces everywhere on him.
~Edit and rewritten by Rikhi, Reiya_Alberich, ReiNyam~
Although she had completely forgotten about her three roommates when she traveled back to the modern era, after living in the university dormitory for a day, she was able to see through the three girls in the dormitory.
Feng Zhixuan's family is the best off, and should be middle class like hers.
An Yunyun's family is second to none, and is well off enough to enter the middle class.
Yi Tong's family background is second only to that of an ordinary working-class family in the city.
In short, the tutoring fee of 84 yuan per hour is affordable for all three roommates as long as they want to take classes. However, Yi Tong probably won't participate. She smells the scent of a top student in Yi Tong!
She waited until the three roommates were in the dormitory at night and told them about this. She frankly said that she needed to take cram lessons, so she found Senior Lu and asked them if they needed it. If they took classes together, they could share the tuition fees, which would be cheaper for everyone.
"I will pay for the first class, and you can just treat it as a trial. If you feel it's necessary, we can take classes together and split the fee. If you don't feel it's necessary, a trial class won't take up too much of your time."
After the words fell, Fang Yuci clearly saw the excitement in An Yunyun and Yi Tong's eyes. They both said readily, "Okay, then let's go and try out a class together."
As for Feng Zhixuan's eyes, they were filled with surprise and confusion. Fang Yuci could see everything she was thinking - "Hey, she actually asked me too? Doesn't she know that I hate her? Doesn't she hate me too? Why didn't she avoid me and ask the other two roommates? I can't understand!"
She pursed her lips tightly to control herself from laughing. Although she saw on the system that Feng Zhixuan's favorability towards her was -65% because she was jealous of her beauty, she couldn't hate such a pretty girl who showed all her thoughts on her face. What's the point of inviting a roommate you don't get along with to a trial tutoring class?
If Feng Zhixuan's expression hadn't been too exaggerated, Fang Yuci would not have realized that this incident would surprise Feng Zhixuan. After all, she has become accustomed to the fact that the concubines in the harem wish the other party to die suddenly, but they can still be affectionate and hold hands and call each other sisters on the surface. She and Feng Zhixuan might have had some minor conflicts in the past that she could no longer remember, but she no longer took it to heart. Having Feng Zhixuan attend classes together would help share the tuition fees, so of course she had to ask her!
What surprised Fang Yuci was that after she arrived at the dormitory, she found that Feng Zhixuan, who was jealous of her beauty, was not ugly at all, but a pure and lovely little beauty. Among the four girls in the dormitory, Fang Yuci is naturally the most beautiful, and Feng Zhixuan is ranked second. Feng Zhixuan should have been the girl who could secure the position of class beauty since she was a child.
Unfortunately, Feng Zhixuan was outshined by a great beauty like her. Well, thinking about it this way, she could understand why Feng Zhixuan was jealous of her. Feng Zhixuan hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded with a conflicted look on her face, "Since the three of you are going to the audition, I'll go too."
She contacted Senior Lu and attended a two-hour class the next day. Senior Lu's lectures were fast-paced and without any nonsense. It was a completely cramming-style exam-oriented education! Both cramming and exam-oriented are derogatory terms, but this is what Fang Yuci needs most now! She doesn't need to master everything, nor does she need to feel the charm of the subject, she just needs to pass the exam!
The three roommates were taking notes seriously, but Fang Yuci, who had no foundation in any courses after traveling back in time, was recording the whole process with her mobile phone. Fang Yuci knew nothing and could not do anything, so she did not have time to take notes. When she contacted Senior Lu, he was very surprised and shocked that today's college students take exam week so seriously that they even have to spend money to hire tutors.
But after Senior Lu gave Fang Yuci a lesson, he was not surprised at all. With her current level, if she didn't find someone to tutor her, she would probably fail the exam on Monday, and she would be expelled. She didn't even know which chapter the content he was talking about was in... No, she didn't even know which book the content he was talking about was in! She probably didn't attend any class for the entire semester. She was playing with her phone the whole time, right? If she had listened to a class, her brain wouldn't be so empty!
Senior Lu simply told Fang Yuci, "You don't need to read the books. It's too late to read them now. Throw all the textbooks aside and just read the materials I compiled. Memorize the main points of knowledge! Memorize the key points of the exam!"
Fang Yuci nodded repeatedly. There were several thick books for each exam, and she really didn't know where to start. Senior Lu condensed the thick books into a thin stack of information, so that she could at least see hope! After the first class, the three roommates told her that they would take the next class with her.
Although Senior Lu had said before that there would be no extra charge for two or three people attending class together, but extra charge would be required if there were more people, when he saw that the four girls in her dormitory were very quiet and attentive when attending class together, he did not mention the extra charge and still charged 250 yuan per hour.
She said, "240 yuan per hour, 250 doesn't sound good. I will pay for the drinks and fruits that Senior Lu drinks and eats in the cafe during his lectures." Senior Lu readily agreed. This averaged out to only 60 yuan per person per hour, which was much cheaper than attending a class alone. Senior Lu is really good at tutoring professional courses. Fang Yuci, who has no basic knowledge, just needs to recite according to Senior Lu's requirements. The other three roommates with different levels also think that Senior Lu's class is very helpful. Feng Zhixuan and An Yunyun both think that listening to the class is much more efficient than reviewing on their own. After listening to Senior Lu's summary, they suddenly felt that the clouds were cleared and the scattered knowledge formed an organic system.
Knowing that Yi Tong also wanted to continue attending classes, not only Fang Yuci was surprised, but Feng Zhixuan and An Yunyun were also very surprised.
An Yunyun asked, "Yitong, do you want to continue listening? Didn't you start reviewing a long time ago? I see you have already organized it in your notebook."
Yi Tong nodded, "Well, I want to continue listening too. I have compiled too much content and it is too comprehensive. Today, I heard Senior Lu say that many places will definitely not be tested. I think what Senior Lu said makes sense."
Fang Yuci: ...
So she attended the class to know the test points, and the top student attended the class to eliminate the points that were not tested...
Feng Zhixuan actually didn't want to attend classes with Fang Yuci, and was even more unwilling to listen to the lectures of the seniors that Fang Yuci had managed to contact. However, Feng Zhixuan was worried that if she didn't attend the classes, Fang Yuci would do better than her in the exams.
Once you start to envy someone, you can't help but compare her with her in all aspects. Feng Zhixuan had to admit that she lost in appearance and family background, so she must win in study!
As a student, the most important thing is academic performance. She must perform better than Fang Yuci in this area! Therefore, Feng Zhixuan also had to attend the class together, and she thought to herself that she wanted to listen to the lectures of the senior student found by Fang Yuci and surpass Fang Yuci! Who asked Fang Yuci to foolishly invite her to attend the class together? Fang Yuci would regret it later!
Feng Zhixuan said, "Since I still have to attend classes, let me pay for the first class. I can't let you pay for it alone."
Feng Zhixuan would never take advantage of Fang Yuci, and she would never let herself be inferior to Fang Yuci. She was not poorer than Fang Yuci, so why should Fang Yuci pay for her to take a trial class?
Hearing Feng Zhixuan say this, An Yunyun and Yi Tong also agreed, "Yes, the first class fee will be shared equally among the four of us."
Since then, Fang Yuci started to listen to Senior Lu's lectures for one to two hours every day, and spent the rest of the time reciting madly. Every day during class, while listening to the teacher's lectures on the podium, she recited madly with the review materials given by Senior Lu, and after class, she continued to recite in the dormitory.
After traveling through time and space to ancient life for more than ten years, Fang Yuci has not yet adjusted her daily routine. Now she wants to go to bed as soon as she sees the sun setting!
It gets dark early in winter, and it was dark at six in the evening. Fang Yuci began to yawn in the dormitory. She held the review materials until seven o'clock, and her eyelids were glued together as if they were covered with water, so she had to put down the materials and go to bed.
Fang Yuci's three roommates: ???
"Go to bed at seven o'clock? What country's time are you following?" Feng Zhixuan couldn't help but speak.
"In the ancient version of time, we rest when the sun sets." Fang Yuci's answer left Feng Zhixuan speechless.
When Fang Yuci was about to fall asleep, the phone beside her pillow vibrated and she received a WeChat message, "The Hanfu Club of our school will hold a club activity on Laba Festival, cooking Laba porridge, wearing Hanfu to go boating, and talking about Hanfu culture. Please reply to whether you will participate. The club leader is Jiang Chengwang."
Fang Yuci was very unhappy after being woken up, and replied without thinking, "No!"
Did she join a Hanfu club in college? How come she has no memory of it?
Never mind, it's not important. What's important is that she has been wearing Hanfu for more than ten years! She doesn't want to wear it again in her life!