My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 259 - 256 Lu Wus Fire

This was mainly because Wen Mingzhi took the initiative to acquaint Lu Wu with the tasks at hand right away.

The handover of work for the president of the student council wasn’t complicated. Wen Mingzhi, accompanied Lu Wu, explaining all his responsibilities and permissions in detail, as well as handing over all the work he had completed or was in progress to Lu Wu.

Finally, and most importantly, he handed over a key and the ledger to Lu Wu.

“This is the ledger of the student council, and this is the key to the student council’s storeroom.”

Wen Mingzhi solemnly handed over the ledger and the key to Lu Wu.

With this transfer, Lu Wu could clearly feel the boy in front of him becoming much more spirited.

As if he had shrugged off a heavy layer of shackles from his body.

Without looking at anything else, just this reaction alone allowed Lu Wu to vaguely guess that his position might not be an easy one to hold.

The ledger might not be pleasant to look at.

Still, he started to flip through it right away.

Upon checking, Lu Wu’s brows immediately furrowed.

Lu Wu couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that the student council of Jiangnan University only had around 3,000 points left on the books.

That shouldn’t be the case, wasn’t it said that the student council managed a part of Jiangnan University’s industries?

How could it be so dire?

With doubts in mind, Lu Wu read the entire ledger.

After finishing the read, Lu Wu also gained a general understanding of the student council and even Jiangnan University’s current situation.

Indeed, the student council managed a significant portion of Jiangnan University’s industries.

However, the student council was only managing these industries, and the real revenue didn’t enter the student council’s account, or to be more precise, didn’t stay for long.

Moreover, those so-called industries actually had a real breadwinner, which was the entry fees to the Challenge Area.

The Challenge Area was where Lu Wu passed swiftly by the entrance during his first visit to Jiangnan University, guided by Zhao Kai Ming.

At the time, Zhao Kai Ming told Lu Wu that the Challenge Area had a total of 38 Secret Realms, with 23 Artificial Secret Realms suspended, and 15 Natural Secret Realms in operation.

The truth was, Zhao Kai Ming did not tell Lu Wu the whole truth at that time.

The 23 Artificial Secret Realms hadn’t actually suspended operations; they were just no longer open to the students of the University.

The operation of Artificial Secret Realms required resources, and only a few academic points could be collected from the students of the University, with the operational funds needing to be provided by the school itself.

But the school simply didn’t have the money to afford the operation cost of these Secret Realms.

Therefore, someone came up with an idea to block these 23 Artificial Secret Realms internally and open them to the outside.

To earn points, the money earned could also subsidize the students.

This idea was a good one, but since it was somewhat embarrassing, the school didn’t find it convenient to do it themselves, so the student council became the scapegoat.

After several years of operation, those 23 Artificial Secret Realms indeed started to bring revenue to the student council.

Excluding the operating costs, the 23 Secret Realms managed to earn as much as 30,000 points daily.

That was nearly half the revenue of Lu Wu’s own company.

30,000 a day, that’s 900,000 a month, and 10.8 million a year.

Logically, after a few years, the student council should be rolling in wealth.

But now, there were only these 3,000 points left in the account.

The reasons were all recorded in the ledger.

The destinations of these points were only a few: some had to be turned over, some were used for the upkeep of school facilities, funding various events, and some were extorted by certain teachers.

Yes, extorted by teachers.

As Jiangnan University’s rankings fell year by year and the funding was continuously cut, the teachers’ compensation within the school was in decline.

Some people set their sights on the student council’s account.

From the ledger, Lu Wu could see that nearly three million points had been taken away this year under various pretexts.

What Lu Wu found even more unbelievable was.

This was no longer the act of any single teacher but had become a bad habit at Jiangnan University over several years of development.

Almost everyone in Jiangnan University was dipping their hands into this money bag, except for a few teachers.

Under these circumstances, what use was it for the student council to be able to earn more?

After reading through the ledger, Lu Wu, who was already fired up, immediately issued two directives.

“Right now, immediately, redo the accounting and list all the teachers who have taken money from the student council these years for me.

I need to know how much money these people took, under what pretense they took it, and where the money ultimately went!”

“Furthermore, immediately stop selling tickets to the Artificial Secret Realm Area. After the current batch of trainees finishes, seal off the area without delay. Without my command, no one is permitted to reopen this region.”

Lu Wu’s two orders astounded Wen Mingzhi as well as the members of the student council.

They were all aware of the idea that a new official fires off three orders upon taking office.

They also harbored some expectations, hoping that Lu Wu’s inauguration would change the current state of the student council.

But no one had expected this moment to come so swiftly.

Lu Wu hadn’t even fully completed the handover, and he had already undertaken two major actions, truly catching the student council officials off guard.

Wasn’t this being a bit too uncompromising?

Lu Wu was practically declaring war on the entire school’s teachers.

Besides, halting the operation of the Artificial Secret Realm Area was no small matter.

Just deciding to do it like this, is that okay?

Everyone stood there, stunned, unsure whether to carry out Lu Wu’s orders or not.

“What are you dawdling for? Get moving!

Also, Senior Wen, I might have to trouble you for a while. You’ll need to stay a bit longer, as there are some matters for which I’ll need your guidance.”

“President, you… this…”

Wen Mingzhi wanted to dissuade him further, but Lu Wu didn’t give him the chance.

“Do as I say!”

After saying that, Lu Wu picked up his phone and made a call, then strode off to find Zhang Wentao.

Watching Lu Wu walk away with purposeful strides, Wen Mingzhi was vaguely beginning to regret it.

He regretted the decision regarding Lu Wu becoming the president, as Lu Wu was indeed too authoritative.

He wasn’t sure if the university, already beset by turmoil, could withstand the upheaval brought by Lu Wu.

This was Wen Mingzhi’s concern, and it was shared by a few others.

On his side was worry, while on the student council’s side was rising excitement.

They were fed up with being caught between students and teachers, bearing grievances from both ends, fed up with spineless leadership, and now Lu Wu’s assertiveness gave them a refreshing sense of elation.

“I’ve been sick of those bastards for a long time, screw it!

With President Lu here, what is there to fear!”

Encouraged by a rousing call from one of their hot-headed peers, the student council sprang into action.

On one hand, they organized manpower and scrutinized the account books.

On the other, they dispatched personnel to deal with the sealing of the Artificial Secret Realm.

Lu Wu, upon leaving the school, immediately called Tie Xiong on the phone.

“Hello, boss, about that thing last time…”

“I don’t want to hear about last time’s issues, I just want to know if you are coming back to work or not?”

“Coming back, coming back, totally coming back!”

“Then come back right this instant!”

After finishing the call, Lu Wu hung up and went straight to the principal’s office to find Zhang Wentao.

“Xiao Lu? Weren’t you handing over work? Why have you come here?”

“I’ve just reviewed the student council’s account books and there are some issues I’d like to discuss with you.”

Lu Wu didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point, “Firstly, regarding the Artificial Secret Realm Area opening to the public, its construction was supposed to serve our school’s students for training.

Now, using it as a profit-making facility to outsiders is an infringement on the rights of Jiangnan students.

Moreover, I’ve just seen that the income from this hasn’t been used for the students.

Most of it has been siphoned off by teachers and professors under the guise of research projects.

Regardless of the original purpose of this project’s establishment, from the results, it seems to have become a tool for profit for certain individuals.”

Zhang Wentao’s heart began to race wildly upon hearing Lu Wu discuss this matter.

He had been well aware of the issue for some time and deeply resented it, but he himself lacked the ability and the courage to tackle this matter. Now seeing Lu Wu focus on this immediately upon taking office,

Zhang Wentao was mixed with emotions.

He felt nervous, uneasy, but also somewhat excited.

“What do you plan to do?”

Lu Wu shared his orders and thoughts.

“I have already had people organize the account books from the past few years.

Who took money, under what guise, as soon as the account books are in order, I hope you can call a meeting. At that time, I’ll review each case to ascertain if the money they took was indeed spent on the projects they claimed.

If not, I expect them to refund what they took.”

“Also, I’ve already ordered the student council to seal the Artificial Secret Realm Area. I hope this place won’t be opened to the public in the future.

As far as I am aware, currently there are restrictions on the number of students who can enter the 15 Natural Secret Realms.

Excluding those realms which are off-limits, only a hundred or so students can enter for training each day. I hope the Artificial Secret Realm’s resources can be allocated to our students instead.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wentao’s blood boiled with excitement.

These were the very changes he had longed to make.

However, before he could revel in his excitement, the door to the principal’s office swung open, and someone came in, “Lu Wu, forgive my bluntness, but you are being reckless!”