Let the First Years Take the Exam First! (Continued)

Then the VIP Exam resulted in a cutthroat competition with Ryuuen dominating, causing everyone's evaluation scores to be returned, and the points earned were minimal, while the school's spending was also very conservative.

Including the cost of hiring ships and the expenses incurred over the past few days, the total cost would not exceed 30 million.

In other words, the school's budget was within its expectations for these two normal exams.

And that's the school's style as well.

While Nakano Yuu was waiting by the Ichinose Honami on the first floor after the written exam, Horikita ran off to the third-year students' area.

Go look at the third-grade blackboard.

She also recorded her rankings and evaluation scores from third grade.

Class 3-A, 1480.

Class 3-B, 985.

320 points in Class 3-C.

Class 3-D: 120 points.

It's fair to say that even a class as strong as the Student Council President's Class 3-A didn't ultimately achieve that many points; they couldn't even break through 2000 points.

The school only needs to pay less than 12 million yen per month for the living expenses of third-year students.

It's clear that the school is quite frugal.

Even considering that he deliberately inquired about Miyabi Nagumo's points in the Student Council, it's clear that even someone as skilled as Nagumo could only accumulate a little over 2 million points in a whole year on her own.

This all shows that the school is still quite conservative.

So.

The school's operating model is still relatively conservative.

There was no large budget expenditure.

But this time, his arrival was different.

Nakano-kun naturally chose the option that would maximize his profits.

Leaving aside the Island Exam, even the VIP Exam, its goal is definitely to take away as many points as possible, and it also requires other students to cooperate and operate in accordance with the rules. So it is not impossible for the school to spend 60-70 million at most.

So.

The school's traditional model may be challenged.

So some people might ask, since the school has set up such an exam and is going to incur such a huge financial burden, shouldn't the school be responsible for it?

Logically, that should be the case.

But.

The school's principal—the chairman of the Chairman —is Sakayanagi, and the other party is his ex-girlfriend's father.

In other words...

Considering this relationship, Nakano-kun also needs to be cautious.

Although, according to the school's system rules, all students are pre-selected, and their admission depends on recommendation letters from the principals of their respective junior high schools.

The interview and written test are merely a facade.

So now that we've figured this out, it doesn't matter if we don't attend the interviews and written tests.

Moreover, Nakano Yuu himself did not undergo an interview or written test before joining the company, so he can be considered to owe the other party a favor.

So, it felt a bit bad to have dug such a big hole for the other party.

After all, Nakano still had a certain amount of respect for his former father-in-law.

Although he and Classmate Sakayanagi had broken up, many couples reconcile later, so he couldn't let the relationship cool down all at once.

However, it's not unmanageable.

For example.

If he exhausts all the resources the school can provide during the Island Exam, and the first exam results come out with a budget warning, then Sakayanagi no Toru will have no choice but to adjust the point rewards released during the VIP Exam.

In other words, it gives the other party more room for error.

However, Nakano Yuu had already achieved his goal of raising 20 million yen.

Let's consider it a win-win situation.

In this way.

Nakano has already decided on his exam preparation strategy.

So he took out his phone and sent a message to someone he didn't contact often.

On the other side...

"The final exam schedule for all three grades has been basically finalized."

"Will first-year students still be treated the same as before in terms of welfare benefits?"

The members of the school's exam-setting team are chatting. They are faculty members, specially appointed personnel who do not directly interact with students.

My job duties included preparing the questions and arranging the rewards for Special Exam held monthly for all three grades.

In other words, they set questions here and there; they are specifically responsible for designing Special Exam questions.

The questions cannot be repeated, but some places and equipment may be reused.

However, there are some patterns and arrangements.

For example, the exam arrangements for first-year and third-year students are quite special. Third-year students are in their final year of school and it is also the first year where the true Class A status is determined, so the Special Exam need to be taken very seriously. As for first-year students, they have just entered school, so they are definitely given some benefits and appetizers.

Therefore, the question-setting team found it very easy to create the questions.

"I recommend taking a ship to take the exam this time."

"That is, the Island Exam."

"After all, they are freshmen, so we should let them experience how luxurious our school is."

"That's what one of the staff members said."

"Let them travel on a luxury cruise ship."

"It's a bit of a shame that we always have to trouble Sakayanagi's cruise ship."

Ikusei High School occupies an area the size of a town, demonstrating its wealth and power, and also owns several small islands.

The small island, the forest-side boarding school, nearly 15 luxury buses, a small helicopter, and other assets are all part of the school's property.

But this is also a fixed asset.

After these things were confirmed, the school was nominated by the current President, Mr. Kijima, and received even more support after he came to power. Currently, the school's funding comes from government support.

In other words, funding is limited.

The amount of money allocated each year is fixed.

Therefore, some exam arrangements need to be specially planned, but thanks to the Chairman, some budget can be saved.

For example.

The Luxury Cruise Ship used to transport students to the island is not a school asset, but rather the private property of the Chairman. It is often lent to the school at the lowest possible price, thus saving a lot of budget.

This also allows for more rewards to be offered to students, thus stimulating their interest and initiative. For educators, as long as students are actively engaged and begin to think, they are progressing in the direction they are destined to succeed.

"This is also to support the school's cause."

"This Chairman Sakayanagi said."

He wasn't the original Chairman of Ikusei High School; it was his father. After his father stepped down, he took over his father's responsibilities.

Based on the current trajectory, he might even remain in this position for a long time, but he also has his own ideas.

He doesn't dislike the job.

As an educator, he naturally hopes to cultivate outstanding students.

Give students more freedom to develop within the framework of mandatory regulations.

This is his philosophy.

The school's rules and regulations are already quite comprehensive, though they may have some strict aspects. He, however, chooses a more lenient approach, placing greater emphasis on cultivating students' talents in various areas.

"Then you should check the exam schedule again and prepare the corresponding budget."

"I'm about to send the exam scores and reward arrangements to the Student Council President."

This is a unique feature of the school, granting the Student Council President more authority. Besides being able to expel a student unconditionally, the Student Council President can also determine the exam scores within a certain range before each exam begins.

This is also Mr. Kijima's idea: the school is a simulation of society, and students will enter various industries after graduating from Ikusei High School. Ikusei High School also hopes to cultivate all kinds of talents.

Giving the Student Council more authority is also intended to encourage students who graduate from the Student Council to pursue careers in politics.

Participate in decision-making.

Therefore, Student Council President are now also given certain work experience.

"Can the documents for second-year students be sent out now?"

The staff member in charge of data entry asked.

Let's send them together.

"We can use the budget we saved up before the end of the semester for the final exams."

"That's what the Chairman said."

What puzzled him slightly was that after he arranged for a staff member to send the selected file, he quickly received a message from Horikita on his phone.

Here, "Horikita" refers to Horikita Manabu, the Student Council President.

Only the Student Council President can contact him directly; the vice President cannot.

[I have received the exam score distribution. I am sending you this message now to confirm one thing: are you sure that the score distribution for this exam is so generous?]

[I first checked the first-grade exam scoring system. If the scoring is correct, I suggest you postpone the second-grade exam.]

"..."

Chairman.

The Chairman gently pushed up his glasses.

This year's Student Council President is more outstanding than previous President, and did not abuse his authority after being granted it.

This even made his Student Council most difficult to get into in its history.

It's Student Council that truly uses talent as a stepping stone.

The Chairman also gave Horikita Manabu a high evaluation of his personal abilities.

But this information from Horikita has caught his attention.

The other party's statement seems to indicate that the scoring needs to be discussed with him, which, aside from that, can be interpreted as a problem with the budget.

Generally speaking, the budget for final exams in first and second grade is roughly the same, except for third grade. The fact that the exams have been postponed by one grade level can generally be interpreted as a budgetary issue.

But.

The exam rules set by the question-setting team for first-year students are largely the same as in the past, and the three classes, A, B, and C, are also very competitive.

So.

Generally, there shouldn't be any problems.

But.

This year's freshmen are different. They have many different styles and types of people compared to previous years.

He believes that this year's freshmen will be the strongest class of students ever upon graduation.

The Chairman himself is well aware of this.

During this exam for first-year students, he knew that his daughter was in Class A, and he was also aware that according to the exam questions set by the test-setting team, it was impossible for the students to simply take a boat trip; in other words, there would be an exam.

So.

Given my daughter's physical condition, it's simply impossible for her to withstand it.