"Oh, really? I didn't expect this young man to be so outstanding. It's a pity I haven't met him until now. This truly is a negligence in my work. I'll definitely go to the Seventh Dining Hall to see him when I have some free time in the next couple of days."

Fan Chuliang took a sip of tea, placed the teacup back on the coffee table, and said with a smile,

"The Seventh Dining Hall and its operator are now a promotional card for our school. If the marketing work is well done, next year's recruitment will be much easier."

When it came to recruitment, Xiong Bingsheng couldn't help but sigh. As the associate director of the student affairs department, every admission season was incredibly hectic for him.

Jiangzhou University really doesn't stand out among many renowned universities, to the extent that during each college entrance exam recruitment, some majors never fill up, and they have to scramble to adjust issues from other areas.

Honestly speaking, for a '211' university, this is quite a blow to its reputation.

"If we can make the recruitment process smoother, it would indeed be a great joy for everyone involved, and we teachers responsible for recruitment wouldn't have to work as hard as before."

Xiong Bingsheng thought about it and decided not to hold back any longer, addressing the problem transparently.

In essence, Minister Fan is working for the school, but the issues raised by the students cannot be ignored. Now that everything is laid out, everyone can discuss how to find a balance.

Both publicize the Seventh Dining Hall to raise the school's popularity, and avoid depriving students of meals.

With this in mind, he pondered for a moment and said,

"Minister Fan, you previously boosted our school's fame by leveraging the popularity of the Seventh Dining Hall. When you came this time to understand the dining hall's situation, I assume you intended to use promotional methods to maintain the hype, right?

But there's an issue you might not have noticed, which is that as the online reputation of the Seventh Dining Hall rises, the number of people coming from various places to eat there has exceeded its capacity.

Even our school's students are complaining, saying that the large influx of outsiders not only takes away their meals but also severely disrupts the normal teaching order, posing significant safety risks.

If Minister Fan continues to aggressively promote the dining hall, I'm afraid the influx of outsiders will increase, and the problem will only worsen rather than improve..."

"Is that so? With many outsiders coming in, there indeed are significant risks!"

Fan Chuliang looked surprised. In fact, he wasn't aware of this issue.

He is over fifty, completely unable to grasp why young people would drive hundreds of kilometers for food.

He frowned, thought for a moment, and said,

"This matter needs further consideration."

Promoting the Seventh Dining Hall essentially aims to raise the school's reputation, but if it results in chaos, that's not something he wants to see.

"Minister Fan, I think it's best if we find a time to visit the Seventh Dining Hall together."

Xiong Bingsheng smiled and said,

"You haven't met Jiang Yu, and probably don't know much about him. Actually, the young man has a great mind and might be able to come up with a solution that both promotes the school and avoids an influx of outsiders."

"Is that so? Then I really must meet him!"

Hearing this, Fan Chuliang's eyes lit up. He raised his wrist to check his watch, stood up from the sofa, and said with a smile,

"I have something to attend to this noon, so I might not be able to make it. How about we go to the dining hall tomorrow noon if you're not busy? And we'll take the opportunity to meet the reputed Boss Xiao Jiang."

"Alright, that's settled then."

Xiong Bingsheng nodded with a smile, stood up from his chair, and saw Fan Chuliang out the door.

After closing the door, Xiong Bingsheng returned to his desk, intending to get back to work when the door was knocked on again, and Xiaodu squeezed in with three or four takeaway boxes, smiling and saying,

"Boss, I brought you lunch, still warm, hurry and eat it while it's hot!"

"Ah, Xiaodu, you're too kind! How much do I owe you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiong Bingsheng quickly stood up from his seat, walked over in a few steps, took the meal from Xiaodu's hand, with a smile blossoming like a chrysanthemum on his face.

"No need, no need! It's no big deal!"

Xiaodu waved his hands repeatedly and quickly slipped out the door, as if he were afraid the boss would insist on paying him.

"That kid!"

Xiong Bingsheng shook his head with a smile, shut the door, sat on the sofa, and opened the lunch boxes to dig in.

If he could eat at the Seventh Dining Hall every time, he wouldn't mind working overtime every day!

...

The next day at noon, Xiong Bingsheng couldn't work overtime because he had already agreed with Fan Chuliang to visit the Seventh Dining Hall and meet Jiang Yu.

On their way to the dining hall, they encountered several blaring external vehicles driving recklessly, causing students on the road to quickly step aside.

"Minister Fan, just look at these reckless external vehicles!"

Watching this, Xiong Bingsheng couldn't help but shake his head and pointed at the students, saying,

"Not only do the students have complaints, but even we can't stand seeing this. What if a student gets hit?"

"These outsiders truly pose a significant safety risk."

Fan Chuliang didn't look too pleased, he said,

"It seems our university needs to strengthen campus management, we can't let just anyone come and go freely."

The two of them chatted all the way, and soon arrived at the Seventh Dining Hall. Xiong Bingsheng and Fan Chuliang both saw that the cars that had roared past on the campus road earlier were parked near the hall.

No need to think much, it's obvious the people in the cars must have headed into the dining hall to eat.

It was just after meal time, and the line for food was still very long, almost reaching the road, which surprised Fan Chuliang:

"Does the Seventh Dining Hall always have so many people coming to eat every day?"

"There weren't that many before; it's just recently that more people from outside the campus have come, so the line's been getting longer."

Xiong Bingsheng raised his hand to point at the dining area and said,

"Look over there, it's packed with people, and a large portion of them are from outside the university."

"The business is really that good?"

Fan Chuliang was somewhat incredulous, shaking his head as he asked,

"Is the food at the Seventh Dining Hall really that good?"

"..."

This time, it was Xiong Bingsheng's turn to be surprised. He turned his head to glance at Fan Chuliang, seeing his expression wasn't joking, he couldn't help asking,

"Minister Fan, you haven't been to the Seventh Dining Hall to eat, have you?"

"How can you ask like that, I haven't eaten in the school cafeteria for years?"

Fan Chuliang laughed and said,

"I live in the faculty dormitory on campus. My wife cooks at home every day waiting for me to come back."

Xiong Bingsheng thought, so that's why, no wonder I've never seen you in the dining hall before, and he said with a smile:

"No worries, you'll know why people would come from so far just for a bite once you taste it."

Fan Chuliang waved his hand, looking composed, and said, "No need, I came a bit early today, had lunch before I came over, otherwise I'd definitely be eating at home."

Xiong Bingsheng: "..."

Turns out even being afraid of your wife can sound so unique, truly worthy of someone in publicity!

Since Fan Chuliang had already eaten, Xiong Bingsheng couldn't just get himself food, so he stayed hungry and accompanied him to the window, asking someone to call Jiang Yu out.

After a while, Jiang Yu hurried out from the kitchen.

Xiong Bingsheng first introduced Fan Chuliang to him, without much small talk, he straightforwardly asked:

"Xiaojiang, recently a bunch of people have come from outside the campus to eat at the Seventh Dining Hall, what do you think about this?"

"There are indeed more and more people, and our entire dining staff has started to be overworked."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu had a rough idea. He was aware of the students' posts on the campus forum; all he could say was that the juniors and seniors did a great job!

He paused for a bit and continued, "If it keeps increasing, we won't be able to increase supply anymore, after all, the dining hall is only so big. My only concern is that a significant portion of the students who originally ate at the Seventh Dining Hall might not be able to get their meals.

Also, I've heard that recently there have been some conflicts between outsiders and students, luckily, they were stopped in time, so there wasn't any damage."

Fan Chuliang nodded and asked, "Xiaojiang, do you have any good ideas to restrict these outsiders?"

"I remember our university once strengthened gate management to limit outside vehicles and personnel from entering the campus, though I don't know why it was canceled later."

Jiang Yu thought for a while, looked up, and smiled,

"I think this method is pretty good. Most of these outsiders come by car, if we restrict the cars, we restrict the people. As for those in groups, we can't let them in either.

Of course, a few individuals walking in wouldn't be a problem, a few more people wouldn't affect the dining hall's operation much."

"Xiaojiang, your method is good, but maybe you haven't quite gotten Minister Fan's point."

Xiong Bingsheng interjected and said,

"Minister Fan wants to boost the promotion of the Seventh Dining Hall to enhance our university's reputation. Promoting how good the dining hall is while blocking people out, isn't that a bit contradictory?"

Fan Chuliang nodded but didn't speak, that's indeed what he thought, and it's what troubled him.

"Minister Fan wants to boost the university's reputation primarily for recruitment purposes, right? What does that have to do with these outsiders?"

Jiang Yu pointed to the tables in the dining area filled with young faces, smiling, and said,

"Our target audience should be high school students and their parents, not these young folks themselves.

If we block these people with regulations and then open an appointment phone line on the university's official Douyin account, inviting twenty or thirty people each day to the Seventh Dining Hall for a firsthand experience, wouldn't that be more effective?

It's never about having more, but the ones you need to fight for are the best!"

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