Chapter 167 If you don't work hard in the park today, you'll be living off your parents' savings tomorrow!
"Here, I don't care if your father is a prince or a minister, nor do I care if you are a prince or a princess.
From today onwards, you will all share one common designation—" Shen Yulou paused, revealing a gentle smile.
"Family!"
"Families! I know you all used to live lives of luxury, with fine clothes and food, always surrounded by attendants."
"But put your hand on your heart and ask yourselves, did you earn all this glory and wealth yourselves?"
"No!"
Shen Yulou stood up excitedly, slammed the table, and his voice suddenly rose.
"That's because you were good at being born! You relied on your father, your mother, your ancestors for eight generations!
To put it bluntly, that's called freeloading! Isn't it shameful?!"
A few younger, more sensitive children in the audience had already lowered their heads in shame.
They had been studying since childhood, and at the age of eight or nine, they already understood many principles.
Hearing Shen Yulou say this, they felt extremely ashamed.
Shen Yulou changed his tone, his voice filled with passion.
"But!
Today, I will give you an opportunity!
An opportunity to seize your destiny firmly in your own hands!"
"An opportunity that will allow you to pave your beds with gold and build your walls with silver in the future.
An opportunity that will make your father respectfully call you 'Golden Sugar Daddy' when he sees you!"
"Do you want immense wealth?
Do you want all the money in the world to flow into your pockets like a tide?
Do you want to go out in the future, point at any street, and say with overwhelming grandeur: 'I've bought this street'?"
The children below listened with sparkling eyes, their breathing becoming rapid.
"Yes!"
"That's right, if you want it!"
A satisfied look appeared at the corner of Shen Yulou's mouth as he spoke with fervent passion.
"Coming to our Imperial Academy, there is only one goal!"
"Make money!"
"Don't talk to me about ancient classics, and don't babble about the Six Arts of a Gentleman!
Can those things be eaten? Can they be exchanged for gleaming silver?
No!"
"Here, the only standard of measurement is performance!
Whoever performs well will live in the best courtyard, eat the most delicious food, and have the most beautiful maids serving him!"
Shen Yulou smiled as he spoke, a smile that made the children's hearts race.
"Conversely, if anyone's performance is at the bottom, dragging down our entire team, then don't blame me for not treating you as family.
Your daily meals will be steamed buns with pickles, and your living quarters will be the woodshed.
Every morning, before dawn, you'll have to get up and empty the chamber pots for all our high-performing family members!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall fell silent!
All the children were stunned, emptying chamber pots?
Was that a human's job?!
At home, they were all young masters and ladies living in luxury.
They had never done any chores, spending their days eating, drinking, and playing, occasionally reciting books.
Even the strictest teachers would at most hit their palms.
How did it come to this, where they had to do chores, eat steamed buns, and even empty chamber pots for others?
Shen Yulou ignored their expressions and continued his speech.
"Do you understand?! Here, we practice a wolf-like culture!
Either you devour others, or you are devoured by others!
All those gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and yielding behaviors you learned before, throw them all into the latrine!"
"Next, I will give you one month of pre-job training!
Everyone must thoroughly read our internal 'Speech Manual'!
Learn how to accurately target our customers, how to grasp their pain points, and how to make them willingly take money out of their pockets!"
"And our first batch of customers will be your fathers! Your mothers! Your relatives and friends!
From them, we will get the first pot of gold for our enterprise!"
"After one month, it will be time to test your learning outcomes!"
"At that time, you'll get a day's holiday to visit your families.
Whoever can bring back more money from home will be the class monitor! The team leader!"
Upon hearing this, the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince immediately became displeased.
"Sir! How can you go back on your word? Didn't we agree that we would be the ones?"
Shen Yulou said, "Your Highnesses, I have already said that we have a wolf-like culture, and positions are filled by competition.
If your performance is not up to par, the positions of class monitor and team leader will eventually have to be relinquished!"
Hearing Shen Yulou say this, both of them immediately became anxious.
"Our performance will definitely be the most outstanding!"
"Right, isn't it just about money? I often trick Father Emperor out of money."
"Exactly, I can also ask my imperial concubine for money!"
Shen Yulou nodded in satisfaction.
The Sleeping Dragons and Phoenix Chicks were indeed highly enlightened; the other children still needed to learn.
"Do you see, Eighth Highness and Ninth Highness are your role models!"
"Your identity is your greatest resource!
You are princes, heirs apparent, descendants of dukes and marquises!
What is this? This is a natural certificate of credibility!
It is our core competitiveness!"
Shen Yulou stood directly on the chair, raising his arms and shouting.
"Remember our slogan!"
"Take a gamble, and a bicycle turns into a motorcycle!"
"Strive hard, and yellow earth turns into gold!"
"Our goal is—"
Shen Yulou strained his voice, veins bulging.
"Make money! Make money! And still, damn it, make money!"
"Now! Everyone stand up for me! And repeat after me!"
"If you don't work hard in the park today, tomorrow you'll go home and live off your parents' savings!"
"Louder! I can't hear you! Let your prosperous future begin with this shout!!"
Amidst a mix of bewilderment and inexplicable excitement, more than thirty children stirred sporadically.
They raised their small fists and followed this teacher, who looked more like a rebel than a rebel.
With all their remaining strength, they shouted their first shameless slogan in their lives.
"If you don't work hard in the park today, tomorrow you'll go home and live off your parents' savings!"
Although their voices were tender, they were very powerful.
Shen Yulou nodded in satisfaction.
These children were easy to fool; it was only the first day, and they already looked the part.
Given more time, each of them would become an elite.
These days were truly becoming more and more promising...
Shen Yulou's impassioned, pyramid-scheme-like speech completely stunned the golden branches and jade leaves below.
Each of them was incredibly excited; they had never encountered such a novel thing at home.
A few quick-witted ones were already calculating how to squeeze more silver out of their imperial fathers and mothers.
For example, the Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince, these two Sleeping Dragons and Phoenix Chicks.
Their eyes held nothing but a craving for performance.
After all, here, status was not based on bloodline, but on performance.
But most of the children were still in a dazed state.
Who am I, where am I, what on earth did I just hear?
Especially a few little tyrants who usually lorded it over others at home, their faces at this moment were uglier than if they had eaten a fly.
What a joke? Make them earn money? And empty chamber pots?
This Shen Yulou, wasn't he a madman?!
"Alright, families, the mobilization meeting is adjourned."
Shen Yulou clapped his hands, got down from the rattan chair, and his face returned to that harmless smile.
"Next, we will divide the dormitories."
"We'll draw lots for dormitories, not according to status."
Everyone drew lots in order, got their room numbers, and successively walked into their rooms.
One chubby child, seeing that his room was the shabbiest, immediately became unhappy.
He was plump, dressed in a sapphire blue brocade robe, and looked like a white dough ball.
He put his hands on his hips and loudly shouted.
"I'm not staying in such a bad room! My father is the Great General of Cavalry, I want the best room!"