Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 79
17. People looking for Kim Hyun-seong (3)
changed seats.
After ordering coffee, Lee Mi-so spoke first.
“I don’t know if it’s known as Sky Mom Cafe. It’s a cafe where parents living in Daechi-dong share academic information, and this time, the story of our student, Hyunseong, came out. But is that really true? “Are you able to get perfect scores from the last midterm to this mock exam without taking any academy or tutoring?”
“If you’ve seen the interview, it’s true.”
“Oh my, it looks like it’s real. How can you be so smart? “Oh, wait a minute.”
At that moment, the vibrating bell rang.
Lee Mi-so got up, brought coffee, and continued talking without even touching the coffee.
“Actually, there is no reason for me, who lets him study in Daechi-dong, to come down to Daesan. The teachers teaching my child have proven qualifications and track records, but my child was unable to keep up with the progress. Is it difficult to learn in advance or something? Then I checked out Hyunseong’s article and became interested. Being faithful to school classes means achieving good grades by focusing on the present rather than learning ahead of time. I don’t think Hyunseong has his own secret to improving his grades. So, let me make a straightforward suggestion.”
Mom Cafe.
Members there checked all articles related to study.
Kim Hyun-seong’s work was mainly reported by local media, but it was immediately caught on Lee Mi-so’s radar.
“Can you provide tutoring for Mom Café members, including my child? Once a week, four times a month. I will give you two million won per person. Well, it doesn’t mean that you want a dramatic improvement in grades right away. I hope that you can tell me at least the ‘mental state’ of how you were able to achieve such grades with only school classes. Of course, you can take classes in Daesan. “We will meet all the conditions, so all you have to do is teach Hyunseong well.”
He grinned.
Although he was in his early 40s, he had a look that would have made a man cry when he was younger.
Lee Mi-so’s suggestion.
There was absolutely no reason to accept it.
Miracle’s Joo Beom-seok said he would give a large amount of money based on grades alone even if he did nothing, but Lee Mi-so’s proposal was cumbersome as he had to take care of each student. And to Kim Hyun-seong, the two million won academy fee had no special meaning. It was an amount that could be withdrawn at any time from the bank account given by Go Chang-beom, and if the money was insufficient, Go Chang-beom would immediately replenish it.
And yet.
“Can you give me a few days to think about it?”
Hyunseong Kim gave an unexpected answer.
* * *
That evening.
Kim Hyun-seong logged into the Sky Mom cafe.
There, many stories were coming out centered around Daechi-dong.
-Which academy teaches well these days?
-I guess it’s a star study. The instructors there are very flashy and their performance is actually good.
-I heard the situation inside the fortress isn’t good. There are a lot of rumors that some star instructors are transferring, and it feels like there has been a recent surge in ‘The M’. Don’t waste your money on Star Study.
In most cases, information sharing was the main focus.
I heard that a certain academy is good and a certain instructor teaches well.
Hundreds of posts were posted a day while sharing such stories, but what Hyunseong Kim focused on was not simply sharing information. A bulletin board where secret stories are shared. The problem was that you couldn’t access it if you weren’t a regular member, but fortunately, there was a way to solve the problem in the private education world where all kinds of dirty work takes place.
I purchased an ID.
I checked a post selling IDs secretly and received an account for a whopping 10 million won.
The previous owner advised us never to post anything and to use it only for visual purposes.
So let’s go to the secret bulletin board.
A new world has opened.
[Secret bulletin board]
-Do you know anyone at XX school? Her grades are really good these days. If you know what academy he goes to or how he studies, please share.
-It is said that Star Study’s main instructor, ‘Oh Soo-jeong’, is conducting secret tutoring. The academy says they are taking care of your cousin without any compensation, but isn’t it natural for an instructor at Star Study to have a certain level of responsibility? Let’s meet at a nearby cafe tomorrow at 12 o’clock. If we formally protest, even as a star study, we will never be able to watch Oh Su-jeong’s atrocities.
-It’s a rumor I heard from a relative in Daesan, and it is said that a student named ‘Kim Hyun-seong’ who got a perfect score on the national mock test this time was not a student with such good grades in the first place. But I guess he suddenly got first place in the midterm exam and immediately did well in the mock exam. What do you think of this? No matter how great it is, isn’t there something to be gained from this mock exam’s difficulty level?
What Kim Hyun-seong paid attention to was not the writing related to himself.
First and second.
A movement to share information about rising students and prevent instructors from making choices that put others ahead.
That was the point.
She was the so-called helicopter mom.
People who manage their children’s academic achievement in detail from beginning to end and actively participate in the administration of the school as well as the academy. It was a bulletin board that revealed the essence of Sky Mom. When I checked past posts, I saw that they actually achieved meaningful results by working as a group.
Therefore, the ID of a regular member reached a whopping 10 million won.
Because accessing the secret bulletin board requires complicated processes such as identification and proof of income, parents in Daechi-dong were willing to pay 10 million won to purchase an ID. And according to research, Sky Mom Cafe was a group with a significant influence in Daechi-dong. There were many other cafes besides this one, but since this was the biggest force, most people seemed to flock to Sky Mom Cafe.
It was interesting.
Past life.
Who were the people who raised the biggest issue when the Golden Gate incident occurred?
Ordinary people?
Politicians?
no.
These were the helicopter moms.
Parents who did not belong to the Golden Circle but were serious about academics were in an uproar and fiercely criticized the Golden Circle. They said their children’s grades were pushed back because of the Golden Circle. Rather than caring about the damage caused by the Golden Circle, they struggled to somehow obtain food for their children.
It was different from Miracle.
Miracle’s dirty side wasn’t really needed, but it was definitely worth utilizing for helicopter moms.
I called right away.
Take off.
“This is Kim Hyun-seong. “See you tomorrow.”
* * *
It was the same place.
This time, not only Lee Mi-so, but also other mothers who were presumed to be Mom Café members also came along.
In fact, they did not have high expectations for Kim Hyun-seong.
There are limits to what 17-year-old high school students can teach, but the reason they came down to Daesan is because their children’s grades did not improve dramatically even with Daechi-dong’s education system. No matter how much of a helicopter mom a mother is, synergy only occurs when her children follow suit. The girls were trying various things as if they were grasping at straws due to the child’s always dissatisfied attitude toward doing what their mother told them to do.
Hyunseong Kim said.
“I will accept your offer. “There is one condition.”
“What is it?”
“Just talk.”
“I remember children from wealthy families sometimes acting as they please. Not only do you keep your once-a-week appointment unconditionally, but you also give them the power to punish you. Even though we are the same age, if they show an uncooperative attitude, I should have at least one weapon to force the tutors to use. “If you clearly agree to this, I can unconditionally improve your child’s grades.”
punishment.
It was a sensitive issue.
However, the point that parents showed more interest than that was the word ‘unconditional.’
It was not unfounded confidence.
Kim Hyun-seong studied diligently in his previous life.
That doesn’t mean I know the questions asked at all schools, but at least I had a perfect understanding of the question trends that were popular that year. What scope of problems would be asked and what should I study, especially in Daechi-dong? Hyunseong Kim knew the future. If the scope was specified and taught properly, it was natural that a student with a normal mind would achieve better grades than this time.
It was great confidence.
Parents were completely fascinated by Kim Hyun-seong’s firm tone.
Confidence was important.
In Daechi-dong, instructors who promised improved grades even though they were rude were doing better than teachers who lacked confidence.
That wasn’t all.
“If your grades are lower than when you left it to me, I will refund all the money you received. And please keep the fact that I taught you a secret. “I just want to take care of the people here.”
It was perfect.
There was no reason to hesitate any longer.
In particular, the suggestion to keep it a secret was something they would welcome with open arms due to their tendency to want to monopolize their achievements.
Parents’ eyes changed.
They spoke simultaneously with eyes that looked up to Kim Hyun-seong.
“I will.”
“Please take care of me in the future.”
It was as expected.
Originally, this world was like that.
If you think about it, the beginning of the Golden Circle began with the wishes of ‘helicopter moms’.
It was an opponent that Kim Hyun-seong was all too familiar with.
* * *
A few days later.
A group of students appeared in Daesan.
There were three boys and two girls. They got out of a luxury car, looked around, and then walked down the alley.
“Ha fuck.”
“What on earth is this? “For some reason, I have to come down to Daesan.”
their identity.
They were the children of Sky Mom Cafe.
Even the tutoring was good.
Since they were children who moved from place to place under the pressure of their mothers, they did not react this much to the fact that they were being tutored by someone. The problem is that we came all the way down to Daesan. And that too, to receive tutoring from a 17-year-old classmate. It was a very irritating issue for them who were going through a period of tempest and turmoil.
among them.
Lee Mi-so’s son, Kang Min-woo, lit up a cigarette.
Her mother never knew she smoked, but cigarettes were her only relief from the stress of school.
“ha-.”
The alley was suddenly filled with cigarette smoke.
The five of us were accustomed to sharing cigarettes with each other, and Kang Min-woo spoke as the smoke filled deep into his lungs.
“But it’s a little annoying. Even if he gets perfect scores on mock exams, that idiot named Kim Hyun-seong is a guy who studied in a region other than Gangnam and has no fundamentals. After listening to my mother, I heard that she is a cub without any parents. Do we really need to be taught by that bastard? “No, to put it bluntly, there is no way a local hillbilly could do something that even the instructors who say they fly for a long time in Daechi-dong can do.”
“I know yeah. So I was a bitch to my mom, but she was also a bitch, so I had no choice.”
“Fuck.”
Dissatisfaction welled up.
In fact, they weren’t that interested in grades.
Born into a wealthy family and having parents who were obsessed with grades, I had no choice but to study stubbornly to keep up with the Gangnam average. If they have a smart mind and a strong focus on studying. Somehow, I would have achieved better results than I have now. Their mother, who was a helicopter mom, never showed a satisfied response as they just did the minimum amount of effort given the given situation.
Definitely in Seoul.
Preferably medical school.
The goal was high.
As they always failed to meet expectations, they felt more and more disoriented.
Minwoo Kang said.
“Do you just want to sleep?”
“uh? “Are you going to sleep?”
“That’s a bit weird. “Mom told me to follow him unconditionally this time.”
One female student reacted with concern.
It was because I asked him to please me before coming here, but Kang Min-woo reacted indifferently.
“No, if Kim Hyun-seong is great, how great is he? If we say that we don’t want to be tutored by our peers, they will switch us to another teacher. And wouldn’t it be Sannim if he were ranked first in the country? “Is there anything wrong with skipping class?”
“is it.”
“Eh, I don’t know. “I agree.”
“Let’s just play. “Even if you teach well, it would be a bit unfair to keep coming down to Daesan to take classes.”
The consensus was unanimous.
Then there was no reason to hesitate.
“Okay, let’s just call it a day.”
I threw away the cigarette butt and went out into the alley.
The meeting place was right in front of them, but they walked in the direction of the downtown area with very flushed faces.