I actually awakened a system?
After confirming that no one was playing a prank on him, Chase widened his eyes in astonishment.
As a transmigrator, he naturally had expectations for a system. He just didn't expect it to actually happen.
But since he had already transmigrated, having a system wasn't that hard to accept.
Immediately, Chase began to observe the system in his mind.
"The Ultimate Principal System!"
"This system is dedicated to helping the host become the best principal in the entire universe."
"Host: Chase!"
"Age: 23!"
"Institution: New Star Arts College!"
"Institution Specialties: None!"
"Number of Students: 0!"
"Institution Special Additions: None!"
Chase raised an eyebrow as he looked at the system interface.
Special additions? What are those? Could it possibly give students additional attributes? If so, wouldn't it be like a game?
As he pondered, Chase continued to look down.
Below the attribute bar, there was also a system mall.
Chase's thoughts moved, and a series of exchange lists appeared dazzlingly in front of him.
"Culinary Arts Specialty: Includes master chefs in twelve cuisines including the Eight Major Cuisines of China, French, Italian, Indian, and Japanese cuisines, along with corresponding equipment and training rooms. Also includes relevant specialty teaching qualifications and procedures..."
"Exchange price: 20 million RMB!"
"After exchange, gain special addition: Culinary Genius!"
"E-sports Specialty: Includes training teachers for six e-sports games, including League of Legends, Honor of Kings, PUBG, Apex, CSGO, and Valorant, along with corresponding equipment, training rooms, and related educational qualifications and procedures... (Note: If new e-sports games gain popularity, corresponding teaching staff will be added in the next semester!)"
"Exchange price: 30 million RMB!"
"After exchange, gain special addition: E-sports Star!"
"Elementary Sports Specialty: Includes training teachers for six sports including basketball, soccer, table tennis, badminton, and athletics, along with corresponding equipment, training grounds, and related educational qualifications and procedures..."
"Exchange price: 100 million RMB!"
"After exchange, gain special addition: ..."
"Intermediate Sports Specialty: ..."
"Advanced Sports Specialty: ..."
"..."
Whoa...
Seeing the various specialties that could be exchanged, Chase was stunned.
Culinary arts he could understand, but e-sports and sports specialties too? And these were just the basics.
In the system mall, the specialties available for exchange were almost endless.
Chase scrolled further down.
He saw specialties like nuclear physics, chip technology, quantum mechanics, aeronautical physics, and even interstellar weapons physics...
That was already outrageous.
But there were even more outrageous ones.
Things like magic specialties, cultivation specialties, and deification specialties...
Is this for real?
What the heck are these?
Is this really a technical college specialty?
Of course, if his school could really teach these things, it would probably become famous overnight and make a global impact.
...
Besides the shock from the specialties themselves, the special additions after the exchange also intrigued Chase.
For example, the culinary arts specialty, after exchange, would grant students the Culinary Genius addition.
Although he didn't know what the Culinary Genius addition specifically entailed, it was definitely a good thing.
Students from different specialties could only enjoy the addition of their own specialty.
But as the principal, Chase could enjoy all the specialty additions.
Moreover, the skills and knowledge that students learned at school could be synced to Chase.
For example, culinary arts. Whatever the students learned, Chase would automatically learn.
The skills that the students mastered, Chase would also automatically master.
If a student became a master chef, Chase would also have the skills of a master chef.
Ordinary people need to invest an enormous amount of time and effort to achieve something in a particular field.
But Chase didn't need to do anything and could master various knowledge and skills.
This was definitely a huge advantage.
Not to mention the various outrageous specialties in the exchange mall...
If he could really exchange for all of them and teach the students, the benefits Chase could gain would be enormous.
...
However, while the system brought Chase joy, the prices made him tremble.
Even slightly expensive specialties started at billions.
Then there were those worth trillions and tens of trillions.
Although they seemed to offer great value, they were incredibly expensive!
"Even the cheapest culinary arts costs 20 million?"
"Isn't there a cheaper specialty like beauty and hairdressing?"
"Excavator operations would work too!"
"Give me something cheaper first!"
Chase looked around.
The beauty and hairdressing specialty was included in the film and television specialty.
As for excavator operations, he couldn't find it.
But he did find sub-specialties like airplane piloting and tank driving.
For a moment, Chase hesitated as he looked at the exchange list.
Even the cheapest specialty cost 20 million RMB, which was a significant amount of money.
Most of his parents' assets were spent on compensations for the school accident.
He now only had 5 million in cash and a house.
The location of New Star School was good, and it was quite large.
If sold, it could fetch at least 40 million.
But if he took out a loan, he definitely wouldn't get that much.
However, 20 million shouldn't be a problem.
This meant that he could gather up to 25 million in funds.
Exchanging for a culinary arts specialty and fixing up the dilapidated school would pretty much use up the 25 million.
But with the reputation of New Star School, how many students could he recruit?
How much tuition would he need to charge to break even?
Even if he were ruthless and exploited students in their living expenses, it seemed it would take four or five years to break even, let alone open other specialties.
So no matter how he looked at it, opening a school didn't seem like a promising business.
But despite this, Chase didn't hesitate.
He would do it!
On one hand, there would always be a way out. With the system's help, he could figure something out.
As long as the school was opened, the benefits Chase could gain as a principal under the system's support were immense.
On the other hand, reopening the school was his parents' wish.
If he had no ability, it wouldn't matter, and he would feel no guilt.
But now, with the system, if he still sold the school, he would be letting his parents down.
So...
"Then I'll take a gamble!"
"If I still go bankrupt with the system's help, it means I'm really not cut out for business!"
"But if I lose, so be it! With my looks, I can always find a wealthy woman in Shanghai to take care of me for life..."
Living a second life requires some courage.
...
Chase walked out of the school with his suitcase.
Second Uncle saw him, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke comfortingly: "Chase, don't stress too much. Although your parents poured a lot of effort into this school, their greatest love was you!"
"So, your happiness is the most important!"
Chase smiled: "Don't worry, Second Uncle. I'm not selling the school!"
"This year, I'm going to start recruiting students and reopen the school..."
"I'll still need you to continue as the gatekeeper..."
Second Uncle's eyes widened.
Chase was going to reopen the school?
Didn't he just say he was going to sell it?
Why the sudden change?
There was a sense of joy but also worry.
Selling the school was hard to let go, but could the school really be reopened?
Given the school's current reputation, would there be any students enrolling?
If no students enrolled, what would they do?
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