As for the final point Chen Ping had prepared, he did not even need to bring it up.
The rare metals the Academy had supplied to Chen Ping on credit over the past two years were no small sum. They were enough to build several dormitory buildings.
If Chen Ping really refused to settle his account with the Academy, its losses would amount to far more than a single dormitory building. The Academy could hardly fail to work out such simple arithmetic.
Soon, Xuan Zi called for a show of hands. Even some of the Elders whose instinctive response had been opposition voted in favor under Chen Ping's well-prepared offensive, making the decision unanimous.
There was nothing for it. These Elders truly had not expected Chen Ping to lay his plans a year in advance just to renovate Shrek's dormitories, using his outstanding balance to threaten the Academy into building them.
Who the hell could have seen that coming?!
No, this did not even count as Chen Ping threatening the Academy with a final payment. The brat had never made a down payment in the first place!
A budget of three million Gold Soul Coins was approved for the first batch of dormitory buildings. Besides the private bathrooms and windows on every floor that Chen Ping had mentioned earlier, the dormitories would also include dedicated libraries, exercise rooms, and recreational facilities such as swimming pools and bars that did not sell alcohol.
Chen Ping drew up a list and carefully ran through the figures. Only then did he discover that even building such a luxurious, modern dormitory, with facilities surpassing those of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Student Dormitory, would not cost three million Gold Soul Coins. He fell utterly silent.
For this paltry sum, an expenditure amounting to