289 Chapter 283 (1/2)
The entrance exam of Sinsung University was taken at the school cla.s.srooms in large cities. The exam was conducted for five hours without a break, but those who needed to pee were allowed to go to restrooms.
When the students took the exam, they showed various reactions. Some of the students who showed confidence about their excellence in exams let out a sigh, while inferior students exclaimed in joy.
The questions of the exam were just ridiculous. In fact, they were intended to test the applicants' creativity, not their knowledge.
Question 1: You have no spoons. You can't use hands. How would you eat?
Question 2: You have to build a home with the given materials. How would you build it?
Question 3: China's Northeast Project is underway now. How can you stop this?
Question 4: There are many poor countries in the world. How can you make the children of these countries not hungry?
Question 5:...
Question 6…..
All the questions were like that and there were 100 of them.
The students taking the exam found the questions ridiculous. They felt these kinds of questions needed several hours to answer even one question.
How could they solve all the problems in five hours?
Of course, Hyunwoo and the teachers were aware of the problem because they intentionally offered such questions.
After the exam was over, the university officials explained why the exam questions were like that.
”Do you think you have to solve all the questions here? The entrance exam of Sinsung University is not about how many questions you answered accurately. We just wanted to test how much creativity you showed in solving even one question.”
After all, it didn't matter how many questions they answered.
After two months of scoring the applicants' tests, they announced 1,000 who pa.s.sed the test. The successful applicants were happy as if they pa.s.sed the state civil service exams.
Hyunwoo was also happy. The better the image of Sinsung University became, the more students would apply.
”Please speed up the construction. We're going to select 5,000 students next year. And three years later, we are going to increase the total number of enrollment to 10,000,” said Hyunwoo.
He also continued to expand Haenim School and STM Research Center. He already invested over two trillion won.
He didn't have to worry about the sites of the school and the research center. Sosan City already donated state land of 10,000 pyong (3.3ha). Also all the lands Hyunwoo purchased secretly for years were totaled to one million pyong (330ha).
Out of the two trillion won in educational investment, Hyunwoo spent one trillion won in purchasing the land.
He also spent lots of money on hiring doctors who would teach students and do research at the same time.
Hearing the news that Hyunwoo was spending a huge sum of money on hiring competent scholars, not only famous doctors across the country but also from abroad flocked to STM Research Center compet.i.tively.
Thanks to Hyunwoo's dedicated efforts, Sosan City emerged as the mecca of education and research quickly. Even though Hyunwoo went to the trouble of hiring them, many people came to the city and lots of new streets and buildings mushroomed here and there.
Sosan, which was full of fields and hills only three years ago, was turning into a big city.
”Why don't you create a music department at Sinsung University?”
”Not a problem. As long as there are excellent teachers who are willing to teach students full of pa.s.sion, they can accept students in any field.”
”Don't worry. I can make the best team composed of the best teachers in the field. Let me select the best students and make them the best stars. Our K-Pop can be developed further when we turn out such graduates. I'm going to stop my broadcasting activities and concentrate on teaching them,” said Jinyoung Paek.
But Jinyoung's ambitious plan ran into difficulties from the start. Those stars who already rose to the top in their fields accepted Jinyoung's offer to come and teach the students but asked for too much compensation.
Of course, Hyunwoo didn't feel any financial burden as far as hiring teachers was concerned. He became Korea's richest man with almost 40 trillion won three years ago, and now the value of his stocks in various countries totaled more than 60 trillion won.
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What bothered Hyunwoo was not the high salary they asked for but their frame of mind.
”It looks like they're more interested in making money than teaching students with pa.s.sion. I don't need those kinds of people.”
”Are you going to give up a music school then?”
”No, what I want is to change the selection process.”
”How?”
”Let's give more opportunity to those who want to be the best in their fields than those who have already risen to stardom. Don't you think they are going to be more pa.s.sionate about teaching?”
Jinyoung agreed.
So, Hyunwoo and Jinyoung began to gather those who failed to receive due recognition despite their excellent skills and pa.s.sion. Among them were composers, lyrics writers, dancers, vocal trainers, and stage directors.
The hopeful students applied in large numbers.
But Hyunwoo could not accept them all. So, they decided to audition them. The first cla.s.s of the music department of Sinsung University would select 100 students.
Hyunwoo placed ads on that through the homepage of Haenim School.
Noticing the news, Jaeyol Song with Korean Broadcasting contacted Hyunwoo.
Jaeyol had already been promoted to the deputy director.
”Hey, Hyunwoo. I hear you're going to audition music students at Haenim School. Is that right?”
”Yeah, that's true. I'm in big trouble right now because more than 200,000 students applied,” said Hyunwoo, as if it was his biggest headache at the moment.