Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0812: Saving the Building from Collapse
When Nan Yi and Xian Guangbing walked to primary school, Zhao Rencai had completed the registration submission of Smith Company (Talent Group China Group), and with the help of Hui Zesang, rented a small office on the 26th floor of the China World Trade Center, which was downstairs from the office of the Communist Prosperity Association; Stephen Market Research Company also rented a small office on the 25th floor of the China World Trade Center.
Zhao Rencai was first responsible for the establishment of Smith Company, while Qiu Jingying went to connect with Chen Yuxiu. After the printing shop took over, it was necessary to purchase color printing equipment and arrange personnel to be stationed there.
Zhao Rencai and Qiu Jingying must hurry up, as the president of Ganfeng Technology must be in place as soon as possible. The Hanxian pager project is waiting, and another black technology project, the "power-assisted motorcycle", is also in the queue.
Although Wenchangwei Primary School has a full range of grades, it still cannot change the fact that it is a village primary school. It does not have the ability to issue graduation certificates. Strictly speaking, the students of the primary school belong to Shajiaotou Primary School, and will be promoted to Shajiaotou Middle School after they move on to junior high school. However, the primary school group will try its best to send sixth grade graduates to junior high schools in the urban area. Tuition fees are an expense that the primary school group has every year.
Nan Yi and his companion were welcomed into the campus by Xian Zilin, who then took them directly to the deepest part of the campus.
The primary school is no longer the small area it was in the Nanyi period. Compared with the original one, the current one has expanded more than three times. The classrooms are still the same as before. There are only a few children of the same age in Wenchangwei every year. A traditional-sized classroom cannot even fill them. There is no need to add more. The expanded space is all for interest classes.
"Grandpa, brother, the school curriculum is set up according to the three-three system. If there are three students who want to learn, we will open an interest class. If students from three grades participate, the course will be upgraded to an elective course.
This year, the school has 95 students, 51 teachers, 5 canteen staff, 3 drivers, 3 medical support staff, 1 doctor, 1 nurse, 1 nutritionist, 3 security staff, and the finance department is set up by the small group, and the management power belongs to the small group. ”
As she spoke, Xian Zilin glanced at Nan Yi.
Nan Yi did not respond to Xian Zilin's gaze. His eyes were always looking around. Although he had never interfered in the affairs of the primary school, and this was even his second time entering the school. The first time was before the school officially opened, but ever since he had a falling out with the village, the finances had been controlled by his people. As long as you were a member of the primary school, the accounts could be checked at any time, but forget about touching the money.
As long as the money is not misplaced, the sky of this small school will not fall down. Just looking at the account book can give you a glimpse of the whole picture of the small school.
Xian Zilin didn't get a response, so she led the two to the deepest part while introducing some areas along the way. "The left side is the martial arts training area, with plum blossom piles and wooden man piles. It's a pity that no student in the school has become a martial arts master, but the purpose of strengthening the body has been achieved."
"When I first thought about opening a martial arts class, my purpose was not to train martial arts masters. Alfred Adler said in Individual Psychology that people who are physically weaker since childhood will focus more on themselves, and accordingly pay less attention to others in society, and will feel less support, responsibility, and control in society.
But it is different for healthy and strong people. They will be more confident, more energetic, and more confident and enthusiastic about society.
In our words, the body is the capital of revolution. After all, people like Hawking are a minority. No matter what job you do, having a good body is the foundation.
Ancient scholars would pay attention to poetry and swordsmanship. They regarded learning swordsmanship as an important way and means to perfect their personality. Poetry is soft and full of knowledge, while swordsmanship is hard and can point out the world. They cultivate both inside and outside, and combine hardness and softness. "
It was the first time that Xian Zilin heard Nan Yi's explanation for opening martial arts classes in primary schools. She didn't expect that Nan Yi had so many considerations. After a moment of hesitation, she continued to walk forward with Nan Yi.
"This is a shooting range. We only started offering sports air rifle shooting courses three years ago. Students like this course very much. We have two classes every week."
"Is it included in the physical education class?" Nan Yi asked.
"Yes."
“How many PE classes are there in a week?”
"Each grade is different. Grades one to four have cultural classes in the morning and elective classes in the afternoon. Physical education takes up half of the time, and students love to play. Grades five and six have an extra cultural class on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, mainly to strengthen English."
"Um."
Continuing forward, the three passed by a house decorated in the shape of a mushroom. They looked inside through the window and saw a dozen or so students who should be first graders listening to their teacher explaining the fable "The Tadpole Looking for Its Mother". The teacher was standing next to a TV, on which the cartoon "The Tadpole Looking for Its Mother" was paused.
"This is the Mushroom House. Lower grade students spend half of their Chinese class here. Learning by watching cartoons can deepen their memory," Xian Zilin explained.
"Good."
Nan Yi nodded and looked away.
Continuing forward, the three of them arrived at the computer room.
"Our computer room is not as sophisticated as the ones outside. It is not dustproof or anti-static. Students do not need to change shoes when they go in. In April of the year before last, all the old computers in the computer room were replaced with 25MHz i486. In June of last year, ten 33MHz versions were bought. The old ones are placed in the next room and used as teaching and practice props for the semiconductor class."
"Haha, can you put it back together after you take it apart?"
Xian Zilin's face darkened as she said, "Most of them can't be put back together. Some students are very naughty and dare to dismantle the new computers in the computer room. It takes a lot of budget to purchase computers every year."
"Don't be afraid to spend money. As long as they don't intentionally destroy things, they can take things apart if they like. Little inventors all start by taking things apart. My son has taken apart countless alarm clocks and radios, and he has also taken apart a few computers. Although most of his classmates won't become inventors when they grow up, at least they can develop a spirit of exploration."
After visiting the computer room, the three went to the dance room, labor and technology room, indoor sports activity room, and the research institute and product experience room of the Young and Promising Toy Factory.
In fact, most of the initial ideas for the products of Nian Xiao You Ming came from Nan Yi. He told the ideas to Fan Hongdou, and then Fan Hongdou guided the students of Wanxiao to brainstorm in the "correct" direction. This step was difficult, but it had to be done. Nan Yi wanted the students of Wanxiao to gain confidence.
If it were not for this purpose, the primary school group could be operated independently, eliminating the inefficient children's game-style participation, and it would make money faster. However, doing so would deviate from Nan Yi's original intention. He would rather watch the primary school group be ruined and make up for it from other places so that his classmates can continue to play.
When we reached the deepest part of the campus, we came to a field of farmland surrounded by flowers and verdant greenery. Xian Zilin introduced: "This is where the students study agronomy. After discussion among the students, the minority obeyed the majority and this place was named Pantao Garden."
Walking to a 15m x 15m pool, Xian Zilin introduced: "This is the marine fish observation pool sponsored by the Reclamation Group. The water is seawater and the fish are marine fish. At the beginning, the students had no idea how to take care of them. A batch of them would die every half a month. Auntie could only send people to help take care of them. After a year, the students finally learned how to take care of the fish."
Nan Yi walked to the edge of the pool and looked underwater. Almost all the typical offshore edible fish were in the pool. It was quite difficult to keep them alive if they were put in a small pond.
After visiting the saltwater fish pond, I went on to see the freshwater fish pond, then the chickens, ducks, geese, fruit trees, and farmland. Almost everything suitable for planting could be seen here. Pantao Garden is simply a miniature Lingnan agricultural ecosystem.
After walking around, Nan Yi returned to the small farmland he had just passed by. He stared at the rice seedlings in the field for a long time before saying to Xian Zilin, "How did you think of growing japonica rice here?"
"One day, the teacher sent by Auntie talked about the history of hybrid rice. He said that an American was the first to realize hybrid rice. Later, a Japanese realized the three-line hybridization method. However, he conducted experiments on japonica rice, which is different from our country's indica rice. So a student proposed to study japonica rice and indica rice together, and launch Wenchang Weiwan Primary School's own hybrid rice varieties in the future."
Xian Zilin said this with a knowing smile on her face.
"Haha, that's great. I really hope that my classmates can cultivate hybrid rice that can produce 10,000 kilograms per mu." Nan Yi smiled brightly and offered a beautiful wish that was basically impossible to achieve, but he was looking forward to it very much.
After visiting Pantao Garden, Nan Yi's inspection tour of the primary school came to an end. He did not go to the classroom. Standing on the playground, Nan Yi handed the Parker pen to Xian Zilin and asked about the teachers' treatment.
"Brother, in the past five years, according to Fan Hongdou's suggestion, the school has allocated a portion of funds every year to purchase real estate." Xian Zilin took out a small notebook from his pocket, opened a page and showed it to Nan Yi, "There are a total of 102 units in Shenzhen and Cuncheng, and 37 units in Yangcheng.
The school has a total of 72 faculty and staff . Excluding 10 people from our village, there are 62 people left. Twelve of them, including me, were allocated houses before 1984 and do not occupy the current number of houses.
After 1985, 32 more units were distributed, so now the school has a total of 107 units.”
"The collected rent is injected into the teacher's travel budget?" Nan Yi asked.
"The school organizes two trips for teachers every year, at the turn of spring and summer and at the turn of autumn and winter. The teachers are divided into two groups. Those who go first this year will go later next year, and the rotation is done once a year. The rent is used to improve the teachers' food standards during the trip. The rent in the first half of the year is used for the autumn and winter trip, and the rent in the second half of the year is used for the spring and summer trip of the following year."
"Well, go on."
"The teachers in the school are all private teachers. The school pays them a basic salary of 24 yuan per month in accordance with national standards."
Nan Yi: "Did the Education Commission allocate money?"
"No, the salary of private teachers in Shajiaotou is coordinated by the township, 240 yuan a year. The previous principal Zheng did not apply for it. There is only one quota for each village, so it is not very meaningful."
Xian Zilin flipped through the small notebook in her hand. “In addition to the basic salary, teachers’ bonuses and benefits also include high temperature subsidies, low temperature subsidies, mosquito repellent subsidies, snake repellent subsidies, transportation subsidies, stamp and phone subsidies, haircut subsidies, clothing subsidies, milk subsidies, meat subsidies, vegetable subsidies, staple food subsidies, fruit subsidies, and women’s menstrual period subsidies. Most of these are distributed in cash, and a small part is distributed in kind.
In addition, cash and in-kind subsidies will be distributed during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, and the school will also make representations on birthdays, weddings and funerals.
The above is less than 300 yuan per month, regardless of the subject and position, and the main benefits of teachers are from the research and development reward account of the primary school group, and the difference in treatment is also reflected here. "
“Who is the teacher with the highest actual salary?”
"I, I received a total of more than 113,000 last year."
“What about actual income?”
"Last year, Kermit, the labor and technology teacher, provided three complete product ideas to the Nian Shao You Wei Toy Factory and received a research and development dividend of 780,000. In order not to cause too much psychological fluctuations to other teachers, only 220,000 was publicly distributed, and the rest was secretly given to him."
"Well, we do need to take other teachers' feelings into consideration. The most important thing for a teacher is to teach and educate. Invention is just a side benefit. As long as the teachers do their job well, we must guarantee their top-tier income. Have any teachers left the school in the past few years?"
Xian Zilin shook her head. "No, the school offers one of the best salaries in the world and a relaxed atmosphere. No domestic or foreign teachers have ever asked to resign. Two were fired when Principal Zheng was still there, and the others have not changed since they joined."
“Have you arranged for teachers to receive further training?”
"At present, we only have internal self-study. Every year, the school purchases a batch of newly published books on education from home and abroad, and teachers often exchange experiences with each other."
"Self-study is not enough, we should also send people out for further study." Nan Yi walked to the parallel bars and leaned on them. "Although the education model before the completion of the primary school is different from that of other primary schools, it is generally a standardized education. The students have too many similarities. When compared together, we know that they were taught in the same school.
I hope that primary schools can gradually transition from standardized education to personalized education, remove standard answers, teach according to the different characteristics of each student, teach more learning methods and guide them to open up the spirit of exploration;
Teach them the basic moral values of life, and don't instill too many of your own solidified ideas into them. I hope every student has a distinct personality and is different from others."
"To cultivate students' own interests?"
"That's about it. Interest is the best teacher. Only when you are interested can you do something to the extreme. Let the students do what they are interested in."
"What if it's playing games? There are elective courses on games in school, and everyone likes it very much."
"Haha, who told you to leave a loophole for your classmates to exploit? There's nothing wrong with playing games. There are top talents in every field. We can discuss some issues dialectically. It's true that interest is the best teacher, but people don't live alone in a vacuum. There are comparisons and competitions between people.
I also said that teachers should play a guiding role. We should not guide a student with disabled legs to develop an interest in becoming a sprinter. After unremitting efforts, a disabled person can run the 100 meters in less than 12 seconds. Is there any practical significance in this?
It may be meaningful for a period of time, for example, if he is lucky enough to be selected as a role model, he will be praised and honored for a while, but when the enthusiasm subsides, he may not be able to receive the disability allowance on time.
If a person has a disabled leg, the end point of what his legs can reach is likely to be the starting point for others. Since no matter how hard he tries, he can only lag behind others, why not change his mindset and compete with his hands? "
"Brother, what you said is to let students play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses in a targeted manner. Does that still mean they can develop their interests freely?" Xian Zilin retorted.
"What I said is not contradictory. There is no such thing as absolute freedom in this world. There is only relative freedom. The first element of success is to choose the right direction. If you choose the wrong direction , no matter how hard you work, it will be useless."
Xian Zilin thought for a moment and said, "Based on the different strengths and specialties of each student, guide them to develop the interests that best suit them?"
"We need to establish a balance between suitability and preference. The students are lucky and were born in the right place. Most of the difficulties that their peers have to face are not difficult for them. They have more choices."
Nan Yi stood up straight, pulling his back away from the parallel bars, "Okay, I should be leaving soon. You have time to learn about the private school model. This is a very suitable business for primary schools. It can not only ensure more income to subsidize students, but also extend the personalized education time of students.
I'll have someone send some information about private schools abroad in a few days, you can use it as a reference."
"You're not staying for dinner?"
"No, I'm staying for dinner. How are you going to file the bill? Are you going to include me in the entertainment expenses?"
"I can give half of my share to my brother."
Xian Zilin smiled slyly.
"That won't work. You're much fatter than before, and your appetite must be better than before. If you give half of it, won't you starve?" Nan Yi teased.
"Am I fat? Ji Ping never said that." Xian Zilin looked down and said.
"Haha, how dare he say that? Isn't he afraid that you will make him kneel on the washboard?"
"Nonsense, I'm not a shrew."
The two of them were arguing with each other as they slowly walked towards the school gate. Xian Guangbing didn't say a word since he entered the school. He just watched with his eyes and listened with his ears.
After parting with Xian Zilin at the school gate, Nan Yi and Xian Guangbing said on their way back to the pier: "Nan Yi, the school is well run. It is a pure land."
"Grandpa, have you never been inside to see it before?"
"No, school is a place for teaching and educating people. If an old man like me goes in, it will only disturb the teachers' teaching. Besides, the former principal Zheng said that it is best for villagers not to go to school."
"That's what I mean. I want the school to be a little more closed and not be disturbed by the outside world."
Xian Guangbing stopped and asked, "Studying is not only free, but you can also earn tens of thousands of yuan a year. Was it your idea?"
“Yes, there is an old saying that books are the golden house. I just want to make this saying come true so as to dispel the idea of some people in the village that studying is useless.
Great Grandfather, when the village was just starting out it was a barren era for doing business. The business world was like a barn full of grain. As long as a hungry person had the courage to grab it, he could grab a few handfuls. If he couldn't grab any, it was because he was unlucky and the grain bag was leaking.
Doing business now is still like catching grain in a barn, except that the location of the barn has changed. It used to be at the entrance of the village, but now it has moved to the cliff, and there are only a few mountain roads leading to the cliff.
Since those who had the courage to catch millet before were well fed, naturally many people became jealous and also wanted to catch millet. The mountain road was steep and narrow, and only one person could pass at a time. If one wanted to climb up the cliff, they could only line up one by one and climb up.
But no one knows how big the barn is. What if the person in front of you catches the fish, and the barn is empty when it’s your turn?
With this concern, naturally some people will try to be clever and push the people in front of them out one by one. Those who can be pushed will move to the front, and those who cannot be pushed will be pushed back by others and lose the opportunity to climb to the cliff. This process is called business competition.
Those who have caught millet before will be well fed and strong, and they will be able to push more people out. Naturally, their positions will be much closer to the front, and they will have more chances to catch millet.
If a person can catch millet once, twice, or several times, he can not only eat and drink his fill, but he can also hire a few strong men to accompany him to catch millet again.
Two fists are no match for four hands. A hungry person cannot defeat a well-fed person, let alone one against several. This leads to those who were well-fed before having a greater chance of catching the millet. This is called capital advantage.
The more grains you catch, the stronger you become. One day, someone will block the mountain road and only allow those he approves to go. No one else is allowed to go. This is called monopoly, or it can be said to be a dock. Anyone who wants to go up the cliff must go to the dock, and the dock has the final say on whether to let you go up or not.
What should I do if the mountain road is blocked but I still want to catch millet?
The only way is to find another way, either climb up the cliff with bare hands, or find a way to fly up. No matter which method is used, tools are needed to find a new way.
What is the tool?
Tools are knowledge, Great Grandpa. Times have changed, and the way of doing business has also changed. The butcher kills a pig in the village and takes it to the city to sell. It’s okay now, but it may not be good in the future.
National policies may change, or people with more money and stronger capital may set their sights on this business. If others kill hundreds or thousands of pigs at a time and make 1 yuan for each pig, he can also make 1,000. But the butcher can only kill one pig and make 1 yuan a day. He can only live on poverty and will be squeezed out in a few days.
The threshold for doing business in the future will be higher and higher. The first is money, and the second is knowledge. It is not that ordinary people don’t have the money to do it, or they don’t have the ability to do it. "
Nan Yi pointed in the direction of the primary school and said, "Grandpa, no matter what they want to do in the future, they can't do without knowledge. This is why I would rather give up everything else and keep the school operating independently and the primary school group.
Studying not only allows you to learn knowledge, but also to earn money. Even if there are shameless people in the village, they will not let their children stop studying for the sake of money. "
"If anyone dares to do this, I will smash my head against his doorstep and die." Xian Guangbing said angrily, "Nan Yi, it's all because of the villagers' disappointment that you have been wronged. The good situation has been ruined, all ruined."
"Grandpa, don't say that. Hongdou told me that the village still has dividends every year, and the elderly have no problems with their retirement."
Hearing Nan Yi's words, Xian Guangbing's anger surged up in his heart, and he stomped his cane on the ground a few times, "It's better to have nothing. Every year is worse than the last. The canteen for the elderly can't be run, and the medical expenses have been delayed for a year. I don't know what the market will be like this year. Nan Yi, I beg you to go back to the village and take charge of the overall situation. If you continue like this, the village will really be finished."
Nan Yi looked embarrassed, "Grandpa, I am from a different family."
"Zilin is such a good girl, why did you, ah..." Xian Guangbing's words came to an abrupt end and turned into a sigh.
Nan Yi did not respond to Xian Guangbing's words. Xian Guangbing's assumption would not hold true at all. Combining with Xian Zilin would do more harm than good to him. Once combined, he and Wen Changwei would be tied too tightly. Wen Changwei would be like a stone pressing down on him, pressing him down and making him unable to move freely.
There was silence between them. Nan Yi supported Xian Guangbing and came to the pier. Xian Weiqi was still there, with his fishing rod stuck in the crack of the stone on the pier, and his fingers were teasing a crab crawling on the pier.
Xian Guangbing stopped, looked at Xian Weiqi, and then looked up at the sky, "Nan Yi, those losers can still make money now, it's not easy to pull them back on the right path. As you just said, the road ahead of them should not be long. One day, when they reach a dead end, can you come back to save the situation?"
"Great grandfather, yes, Liu Zhen and I are both registered here."
"That's good. That's good."
The sound lingered as Xian Guangbing walked farther and farther away, leaning on a cane.
Taking their gaze away from Xian Guangbing, Nan Yi said goodbye to Xian Weiqi, left Wenchangwei and returned to the city.
On the way, Nan Yi called Chen Yuxiu and learned that this guy was hunting birds in the mangroves, so Nan Yi asked the school beauty to drive there.
In less than twenty minutes, Nan Yi and his party arrived at the mangrove forest. In front of a concrete bridge, Nan Yi saw Chen Yuxiu carrying an air gun on his back. Next to him was another man holding an iron sand gun in his hand, and next to him was a woman standing.
Seeing the iron sand gun, Nan Yi was shocked, "Damn, you dare to play with this thing, you really want to die."
The iron sand gun is a homemade hunting rifle. Its principle is the same as that of the early muzzle-loading flintlock rifle, except that it shoots out iron sand wrapped in paper instead of bullets. The shooting effect is similar to that of a shotgun, but the range is difficult to estimate.
Whether it is the thickness of the gun barrel, the quality of the gunpowder, the manufacturing process, or the sealing effect of the paper bullet, it will affect the range.
There are still many guns left in the private sector. It is not too difficult to own a gun without breaking the law. Generally, only people in poor mountainous areas would play with this kind of iron sand gun. Except for a few old gunsmiths, don't expect the people who make this kind of gun to get very good steel pipes. Whether the barrel will explode or not depends on luck.
Seeing the man raising his gun and aiming at a bird on a tree, Nan Yi stopped and was about to cross the bridge. He estimated that he was about twenty meters away from the man, so he squatted on the ground, hunched over, raised his hands, put his elbows together, protected his chest and face, and observed through the gap.
After three seconds, there was a bang that exploded the eardrums. Nan Yi couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "Good marksmanship."
The gun in the man's hand was one-third shorter. One part of the barrel was like an oversized hairpin stuck in the woman's hair, and the other part passed through Chen Yuxiu's crotch and was stuck in the mud half a meter behind him.
The man is so unlucky, there's a fine line between being funny and courting death. If most of the iron sand hadn't been sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun, based on the way he held the gun, his right thumb, face, and neck would have been in trouble. He wouldn't have died, but his face would probably have become like the surface of the moon, with bumps and depressions, deep and shallow. If you go pee with him, you'll be so scared that you'll pee a hole, and you might even have to get a fake nose.
Nan Yi waved his hand, took the phone from the school beauty, and called Chen Yuxiu.
"Did you pee your pants?" Seeing Chen Yuxiu answer the phone, Nan Yi immediately said playfully.
Chen Yuxiu turned his head and glanced in the direction of Nan Yi, "Almost."
"Seeing such a wonderful scene, I can't help but write a poem. Listen, the name is bird hunting. Let's go bird hunting together. I peed my pants."
"I'll give you a lung."
"Haha, it looks like you don't have the mood to continue shooting birds. Go and calm down with your friends. I won't go over. I'm leaving first. Please don't see me off. I'm afraid the weapon in your hand will also explode."
After saying that, Nan Yi hung up the phone and walked towards the parking lot happily.
After getting into the car, Nan Yi put away the smile on his face. Fortunately, he was timid and cautious. If he had walked over directly and had stood in his usual position, the gun barrel that flew towards Chen Yuxiu might have pierced his thigh.
"What a fool! Why are you pretending to be so cool if you don't know how to use a gun?" Nan Yi muttered and let the school beauty drive.
…
When the first rays of sunset fell, Nan Yi had already appeared in Chen Zongqing's house, sitting at the table with a bitter face, chewing a piece of bread in his hand.
Just now, on the way from the archway at the entrance of the village to Chen Zongqing's house, everyone in the village who knew him complained about him, blaming him for coming up with a bad idea and cutting off the smoke from cooking in the village.
After listening to Nan Yi's original idea, Cai Shufen pulled the women in the village to plan to open a Western-style bakery. She was quite courageous and personally took several key members to study bread-making technology abroad. After returning from overseas studies, she went to Jiangsu Province to learn how to make Suzhou-style pastries, and was determined to move forward in the direction of combining Chinese and Western cultures.
Now that she has finished her studies and returned home, she has no home to call home, so she took all the women to Guangzhou and opened the first Chenji Bakery. A bakery with dozens of people, with the idea of teaching while developing their own brand of bread, waiting for everything to be ready, Chenji will spread all over the country.
The bread in Nan Yi's hand at the moment was the one that Cai Shufen asked someone to bring back from Guangzhou, and it was also the dinner that Chen Zongqing treated him to.
Chen Zongqing did it on purpose. He used to have hot meals when he got home from outside, but now there was only a cold stove and the pot was cold. He was very angry, not just ordinary angry.
Nan Yi took a bite of bread, glanced at the bowl of Great Wall noodles in Chen Zongqing's hand, sniffed, smelled the aroma of instant noodles seasoning, and secretly complained: "Damn it, it's okay to eat instant noodles, but also in a bowl, who are you tempting?"
