Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 95 Gap Emotions and Contradictions

Tianshui Island, the mayor's office, is a three-story building that looks extremely plain on the outside.

With his status as a fighting hero and a direct core member of the Alliance, Lai successfully met the mayor at work. After some courtesy, Lai quickly explained his purpose.

The mayor of the town had long thought about rebuilding the school, but it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who put forward this suggestion and recommended himself for implementation. He was quite skeptical of Lai's ability and patience.

It was no surprise that Lai had long been accustomed to such doubts.He first took out the textbook he compiled, then took out the illustration book, and called Tie Xuan.

With the guarantee of the Electric Gym, many problems can be easily solved.

After reading Lai’s teaching materials, any doubts about my ability were dispelled.

Now, there is only one question: where will the funds to run the school come from.

In the center of Tianshui Town is the original Tianshui Island Trainer School. Unfortunately, with the passage of time and the natural disaster seven years ago, this place has long been in ruins and has never been rebuilt. Pedestrians who come and go can only feel sad when they see it. .

The mayor of Tianshui Town took out a document from the bottom of the drawer and handed it to Lai.

This is a reconstruction plan that Tianshui Town once envisioned but ultimately shelved. The total cost is as high as 3000 million alliance coins. From the black market price, it is roughly equivalent to two quasi-god Pokémon eggs. From the regular market price, it is equivalent to 60 yuan for ordinary quality. evolution stones, 25 rare-level resources or a full hundred attribute gems.

For Tianshui Town in the early years, this amount of money was not a small amount, but it could always be spent.But in the face of the alliance's heavy taxes, declining industries and scarce manpower, Tianshui Town's finances were already heavily in debt and simply unable to pay.

Laimo made some calculations. If the teaching aids can be supported by Zijin City, the teaching materials are printed by Pal Island, and the teachers try to hire local staff, the funds can be reduced to 800 million alliance coins.

Taking out the bank card he got not long ago, Lai put it on the table. Inside was his average monthly dividend of 500 million alliance coins over the past few months, as well as the alliance rewards and loot discounts from the battle on the Reef Island.It is not impossible to pay more dividends, but considering the absorptive capacity of the market in the southwest region, in order to maintain the price, Mayor Sazha chose to control the amount of investment and keep the water flowing.

"Mayor, there are 350 million alliance coins here, and the remaining gap can be made up during the reconstruction period. I will take care of this school. Please take care of the teachers. I can do it alone in the initial stage. , there will be difficulties in the future. There is also the problem of students, and the town needs to work hard with me to mobilize. Are there other problems?"

The mayor was surprised by Lai's handwriting and was speechless for a long time. He took off his glasses with slightly trembling hands, picked up the bank card, looked at it again and again, and stuffed it back into Lai's hand.

"Mr. Lai, I have a question. You have nothing to do with Tianshui Island. Why do you want to help us like this? As the saying goes, no reward for no reward, here we are."

"There are not so many reasons why, I just hope that everyone has the opportunity to choose their own path in life, and education is the way to implement this belief."

Len's voice was firm and sincere.

"Lai, no, Principal Lai! That's up to you! Don't worry about the students. The town will visit them one by one, as for the teachers."

Unconsciously, the title of mayor has already included honorifics.

"Is there any problem with the teacher?"

"It's like this. All the young teachers have gone out to find other jobs. You know, the salary in Kaina City is very high. There are only a few old and retired teachers still there, and I'm afraid they are not very good. I am willing to teach.”

"In that case. Then I will think of a way. Can you give me the addresses of several teachers? In the short term, I plan to gather all out-of-school students under the age of 15 for a three-month crash course, and then think of a way. Arrange systematic teaching so that older people can help as assistants, and the staff gap can be filled. Besides, many families also need quick results to boost their confidence."

"It all depends on your arrangements. The town will try its best to provide support to the school! We have an engineering team that we have often cooperated with earlier. If you need it, you can contact them immediately."

"Then trouble you."

After leaving the mayor's office, Lai, who had solved the problem of school qualifications, held the budget documents with a sad look on his face.

How should the gap of 450 million alliance coins be filled?
Borrow it from Mayor Sazar?This won't work. It's already difficult for the town to afford teaching materials, and large-scale construction is underway, so it's time to ask for money.

Flower Moon?It's not good either. He doesn't have much money himself. He relies on rewards from the alliance to cultivate Pokémon. It's hard to say how much he will have left in a few months. Even if he dares to borrow it, Lai himself doesn't dare to take it.

After thinking about it, I found that among my teachers and friends, I either had close connections but could not afford enough money, or I had strong financial resources but not close enough connections.

In fact, less than 2000 million alliance coins is not a large amount for him who owns [-]% of the rare resource mine, but in the face of time, everything becomes tense.

At this moment, Lai, after more than ten years of living a life that was not rich, but was rich enough to not worry about money at all, he realized for the first time what it means to be "the boss of the house, you know the price of food and rice."

On the way back, Lai originally wanted to buy a high-end energy cube making machine, but when he saw the price, he turned around and went to a second-hand market, found a [-]% new one and transported it back to his residence.In terms of price, the difference between the two is about [-] alliance coins.

That night, looking at the second-hand energy cube making machine placed in the house, after thinking about it, Lai even came up with the idea of ​​going to the black market to sell a batch of resources to temporarily fill the gap.

Just when he was worried, the illustrated phone rang.

I picked it up and saw that it was Naqi who I hadn't contacted for half a month after getting busy.

Pressing answer with a little trepidation, a pretty face full of anger appeared on the screen.

"Lei, what do you mean?"

"Huh? No, I didn't mean not to contact you, it's just recently."

Before he could finish speaking, the person opposite interrupted Lai's quibble. "That's not what I'm talking about. Hua Yue actually told me that you wanted to build a school. Isn't this too unkind?"

"Ah, that's not what I meant. Mainly because I was busy and forgot."

"Then you are really a noble person who forgets things. So, have you also forgotten how much money it costs to build a school?"

"Well, it did exceed expectations, but"

"But what? Mayor Saza told me. He said that you must want to take it on your own. I still don't believe it. I thought that if there is a problem, you will definitely come to me. I never expected that I thought we were good friends. friend's."

"I didn't mean that, I just think the amount is not a small amount."

"So it's not appropriate for me, an outsider, to tell you?"

"You know, I have never treated you as an outsider. You and Huayue are both my friends, so I don't want to cause you any trouble."

"In that case, I'm just being sentimental, Principal Lai, I wish you success in running your school!"

"beep"

"Oh, what can we do?" Sighing, Lai also knew that this incident might have hurt Naqi, but he couldn't think of any remedy for the moment.

Just when he was worried, a message came from the illustrated book.

2000 million alliance coins were transferred to his identity card.

The sudden news made Lai's eyes widen. He picked up the illustrated book and dialed Naqi's number.

He was greeted only by a long blind tone.

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Yinyu City, Baiyu Gym.

"Naqi, please be careful. How can we, the old bones of Qixi Bluebird and I, withstand such a beating from you?"

"Did that boy named Lai provoke you again? How many times have you lost your temper in the past half month?"

"Oh, do you really want to beat your kind old father to death?"

"Don't fight, don't fight, can't I surrender?"

"Are you still beating me? Dad has to take it seriously!"

"Hey! Qixi Bluebird, don't surrender!"

In the White Feather Gym at night, the sound of battle echoed around.

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After about two hours.

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Ah."

"Are you sure?"

"Ah."

"How do you plan to go?"

"Own."

"It's not safe along the way, and the time is not short."

"Then I want to go by myself, so that I feel at ease."

"Well, I support you. If you are bullied, I will kill you and make that kid look good!"

"No need, I'm going to rest and leave tomorrow."

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Lay's room in Wright's home.

After a busy day, Lai lay down in front of his desk.

The illustrated book on the table was still ringing softly.

(End of this chapter)