Chapter 1245 — Principal Ding Summons
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What Ding Binggong had said before was mere courtesy, to spare the young lady's feelings — though by her temperament, she would not care about such things in the least. And Wei Zhao judged that the purpose of this summons was that Ding Binggong had truly run into some trouble, and that he must have first sought Gu Pengzhan's instructions, received an affirmative answer, and only then sent Wang Zhifeng to call the three of them over.
Ding Binggong glanced at Wei Zhao, then at Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. The two said nothing, clearly endorsing Wei Zhao's words. Ding Binggong was secretly startled: so the young lady and Little Shu deferred to Wei Zhao?
Still, that was fine — with a clever one like Wei Zhao around, much trouble would be spared. So Ding Binggong spoke directly: "Here is the situation. The school has deliberated, and there is no problem with mobilizing social forces for the donation drive. But getting those bosses to actually open their hands and part with their money is no easy matter. The bosses who received invitations may generously donate ten or twenty thousand, but for the orphanage that is hardly a great sum. My thought is this: since we are holding a fundraiser, we should raise as much as we can — at the very least, enough to ease the orphanage's immediate need."
"Mm, Principal Ding is right." Wei Zhao nodded and said no more, listening as Ding Binggong continued.
"First, to get those socialites to donate willingly, we should at least put on a performance. And a performance requires hosts — and by the prevailing custom, the hosts had best be beauties... beauties are easy on the eyes..." Ding Binggong gave a dry laugh. "Tasteless, I know, but to get the big spenders to open their purses, a little tastelessness is required. Now, our school has three campus beauties in all: Yaoyao, Little Shu, and Tang Zhi — and it seems Feng Xiaoxiao has just joined their number?"
Wei Zhao was rather surprised that the staid Ding Binggong would say such a thing. As for Gu Mengyao, being called a The Blossom Guardian by the principal made her rather embarrassed, whereas Little Shu accepted it with pleasure.
"Principal Ding wants Little Shu and me to be the hosts?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"Of course. That is my idea; whether you are willing is something I still have to discuss with you," Ding Binggong said with a nod.
"Of course we can!" Gu Mengyao nodded without refusing. "If I can contribute a share to the orphanage, I'll do it without hesitation."
"Hosting? I'm not really suited to that..." Shen Yushu, however, had no wish to do it. Standing primly on stage for so long would be genuinely difficult for someone as fidgety as her.
"How about this: let Tang Zhi and Yaoyao host — the two of them are about the same height," Wei Zhao thought for a moment, and made the decision on Tang Zhi's behalf.
"That works too." Ding Binggong knew of Wei Zhao's relationship with Tang Zhi and was not surprised. That had been his very meaning in calling Wei Zhao over as well — after all, he was not close to Tang Zhi and could not have raised it with her directly.