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In addition to the new teachers, Qi Baichuan has attracted three more waves of cooperation for the school. Since Houde has already entered the top 100, the sponsorship fee this time has also increased along with it.

Qi Baichuan's external quotation was 8,000 yuan a year. If the price was lower than this, there would be no need to negotiate. He immediately persuaded many small factories and handicraft workshops to quit.

The remaining ones are those with strong financial resources, and many do business in more than just Pingcheng. For example, Huixin Bank has branches throughout the three southeastern provinces.

There is also Hamand Cigarette Factory, which is considered the leading company in Pingcheng, accounting for 20% of the market share.

They are all very interested in cooperating with Houde. Hamand Cigarette Factory even said that if Malu can lead the school to continue to improve and reach the top 30, the cigarette factory will produce a principal cigarette specifically for Malu.

If Malu's face is printed on the cigarette box, he will pay a large sum of money for the use of the portrait.

But the last company that came to our door was one that no one expected - Jinchuan Smokeless Gunpowder Factory.

Let's not talk about Jinchuan and Heping City, which are more than 600 miles away. People there have never heard of the names of Houde and Malu.

Just the fact that a military factory wants to cooperate with Houde is very abstract in itself. Their smokeless gunpowder is not sold to outsiders, and is directly purchased by bullet factories and explosives factories.

There is no need for Houde to help increase sales, nor is it possible to print Principal Ma's face on bullet casings or artillery shells and shoot them at the enemy.

So it was very unexpected that they were suddenly willing to spend 10,000 yuan to cooperate with Houde.

"I met with people from the Smokeless Gunpowder Factory. Although they didn't say it clearly, I feel that the situation should be similar to that of the Siping Coal Mine. The cooperation is fake, but it is true that someone wants to use this excuse to get close to us."

Cao Youyi said, "I just don't know which side they are from."

"I can guess a little bit," Malu thought for a while, "It doesn't matter. Since they are willing to give money, just accept it. It can also be used to increase everyone's wages."

"Salary cannot be increased any more." Cao Youyi said firmly, "Now the salary of school teachers is already outrageous, and the average salary of our school will soon be ranked among the top ten.

“Although the financial situation of the school has improved now, we still need to save some money for emergencies.

"Besides, if you continue to use money as an incentive, over time, it will make everyone dependent. When wages increase less or not at all, some people will be dissatisfied, and the effect of incentives will decrease."

Ma Lu actually didn't think this was a big problem, because he didn't plan to stay in this plane for too long. Although the disadvantages mentioned by Cao Youyi existed, they had nothing to do with him.

However, thinking that after he left, Houde would continue to operate and the school would be managed by Cao Youyi, Ma Lu decided to respect her opinion and not put any more pressure on her.

In addition to recruitment and business cooperation, Cao Youyi also did not forget what Ma Lu told him before leaving last time, and went to visit a well-known geological expert.

The latter was invited to Houde for exploration. The geological expert spent three days searching the entire Shouyang Mountain, including the corners, but found no gold or other valuable minerals.

However, he was not without gains. Although the mineral was not found, he unexpectedly discovered a secret room under an old school building.

Cao Youyi later read the history of the school and found that the old school building existed when the school was founded. It was among the earliest buildings in Houde and was almost a hundred years old.

However, it was actually abandoned not long after.

According to records in the history of Houde School, it was originally the private library of the first principal Ye Wangshu. Ye Wangshu loved reading and was good at handwriting.

I often stay in that library for most of the day, reading and practicing calligraphy.

The new principal who succeeded him after his death felt that it was unnecessary to build a small building for himself to study, and to be honest, it was quite far from the classrooms where classes were held and the principal's office.

It was troublesome to run back and forth, so he asked people to move the books there to the school library, and the small building became idle.

During the Yan Puchuan era, the reputation of virtue was no longer there, and the school's situation took a turn for the worse, losing a large number of teachers and students.

Due to the deteriorating economic situation, the school has been shrinking its enrollment year after year, and the small building is no longer in use. Now, half of it has collapsed due to being unused for a long time.

If the expert who was prospecting for mineral deposits hadn't discovered a hole in the ground, told Cao Youyi, and Cao Youyi took notice of it, and then called Uncle Song, the gatekeeper, to search the place carefully together, no one would have thought that there was a secret room down there.

"What's in the secret room?" Ma Lu became more energetic after hearing this.

Because if nothing else happens, this should be the reason why the Mingxia Group is eyeing Houde and even murders the former principal Cao Jinhua.

"I found an iron box and several bank drafts in the secret room. Unfortunately, those bank drafts were eaten by insects and could not be exchanged."

Cao Youyi said, "As for the iron box, someone has a secret charm on it. Only the caster or someone with the caster's blood can open it."

"This box was left by Ye Wangshu, but he is no longer there, which means that it can only be opened by finding his descendants. Do you know his descendants?" Ma Lu asked.

Cao Youyi shook her head, "Principal Ye is the founder of Houde and one of the first batch of Talisman Masters in the country. He passed away about eighty years ago. His son was not qualified as a Talisman Master, so he went to study in the West. , went to study industrial manufacturing.”

"They are probably dead now, and there is no news about them after that, but give me some time and I can try to check.

"There is another problem," Cao Youyi said, "Although this thing was found downstairs of Principal Ye's private library, it is not necessarily hidden by Principal Ye. We cannot rule out that a certain principal found the secret room like us and thought it was a good place to put the box in.

"What if we find the wrong person and take off the secret talisman, we will accidentally destroy the things in the box."

"Ah, your worry is reasonable." Malu said, "I have a way to solve this problem."

"What is it?"

"Give this box to Mingxia."

"What?" Cao Youyi suspected that there was something wrong with her ears.

"Give the box to Mingxia." Malu repeated again, "Since they are looking for this box, they must know who can open the box.

"And I guess they have already found someone, so I think we don't have to bother to check it. Just give the box to them. They will definitely be able to open it. After they open it, we can take it back. "