1987 My Era

Chapter 453, New Future (Subscribe!)
The name of the cram school is "New Future".

It literally means: there is a brand new future.

Li Ran and Yang Yingwen thought about it and felt that although the name was vulgar, it was easy to remember and had a good meaning, so they both agreed.

After deciding on the name of the cram school, the big boss Li Heng not only had to provide funding, but was also responsible for deciding the school's future development strategy.

He said to the two girls: "Li Ran's next job is to build the school's "framework" as soon as possible, find a venue that can accommodate thousands of people, hire staff, install telephones and recruit students, etc.

As for you, Old Rag, you will be mainly responsible for finding teachers in the early stages."

The division of labor was clear, and the two women nodded.

Yang Yingwen asked: "How many teachers should we find?"

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "We have just started to expand our business, so we cannot do it all at once. According to my plan, there will be two classes every evening from Monday to Friday, with one teacher every day, which means we will need five teachers.

On Saturday, we will focus on test-taking English; on Sunday, we will concentrate on the process of going abroad, interviews with interviewers, the culture of different foreign countries, test-taking skills and other knowledge.

Well, if you calculate it this way, eight teachers are usually enough. But considering that some teachers cannot come due to unexpected matters, it is better to hire two more teachers to be prepared and to substitute for the class at a critical moment, so nine to ten teachers are more appropriate. "

Li Ran fell into deep thought. "None of us three understand the process of going abroad, so we have to find someone who has experience in this area."

Who doesn’t understand?

Li Heng thought to himself that he understood this better than anyone else, but he didn't say it out loud: "In recent years, many teachers have been scrambling to go abroad, and many of them have failed several times in their overseas visa applications. We will choose these people.

Although they failed to obtain visas for various reasons, they are already familiar with the process and have a certain understanding of foreign countries, making them the most suitable candidates for our cram school.”

Li Ran kept it in mind.

Li Heng continued, "We are a cram school. In addition to college students who need to prepare for the CET-4 and CET-6, our main target groups are those who have failed the exam or interview to study abroad, those who are preparing to study English abroad, and those who currently only have the intention to study abroad.

Therefore, course knowledge cannot be the same as university lectures, where everything must be aimed at “exams”.

To put it more clearly, in addition to teaching English knowledge, teachers also need to take time to study past exam questions, key question types and guess questions. Even when our scale expands to a certain extent in the future, we will have our own professional teaching and research group to write specialized textbooks for our own school. This is our core competitiveness.

The cram school model can be copied, but the core competitiveness is not easy to copy. This is our magic weapon to win in the face of competition and the market in the future. From the beginning, we must set big goals and directions and work together in this direction. "

After listening to Li Heng's plan, Yang Yingwen felt that she had thought too simply and naively before. She could feel Li Heng's vigorous ambition, but this was a good thing, as it aroused her spirit of not giving up.

Ever since she had a falling out with her family, she has been wanting to prove herself all the time and wanted to achieve something and stand out like Li Heng.

Maybe, this really is an opportunity!
Old Rag thought so.

Regarding course arrangement, in this era, Li Heng, who has decades of rich experience, dares to say he is second to none. Simply moving some mature course content from later generations can cause a dimensionality reduction attack.

He was not worried about this and planned to start dealing with it as soon as he got back.

Li Heng continued to say to Yang Yingwen: "We can't recruit teachers blindly. We need to meet three basic requirements."

Yang Yingwen wrote in his notebook: "You said."

Li Heng said: "First, speaking fluently and pronouncing standard English is the most important thing.

Second, the teacher’s teaching method must be attractive, or in other words, it must be personal and should be able to stimulate students’ interest in class. It cannot be just reading from a book.

Third: Male teachers should be mature and steady, preferably between 30 and 40 years old, and female teachers should be good-looking as much as possible. "

The three girls thought the first two factors made sense.

But the third requirement, especially that the female teacher must be good-looking, received contemptuous looks from both Li Ran and Yang Yingwen.

Xiao Han smiled slightly with a strange look in his eyes, thinking that his honey was indeed a dog that could not change its nature and loved beautiful women.

Li Heng ignored the three people and said seriously: "I'm not kidding you. Under the same conditions, a beautiful female teacher has an advantage over an ordinary-looking one. She can stimulate students' interest in class and is also good for recruiting students. We are not flirting, so it's okay to feast our eyes a little."

Yang Yingwen complained: "You are so conceited. We are just starting out. It is hard to say whether we can find a teacher, and you still picked one."

Li Heng said to Li Ran: "In addition to the teacher, you also need to find an accountant. The accountant can be temporary or part-time. You also need someone to run errands and do odd jobs. The salary is 150 yuan per month."

Li Ran said confidently: "With such a high salary, it shouldn't be difficult to find someone."

Li Heng nodded: "The salary is a bit high, but we are a cram school with many people. It's not easy to get the money and it's quite tiring.

It’s best to find a strong, honest, middle-aged man with a family to run errands. When the enrollment fee is high, he can also serve as a security guard.”

He doesn't dare to marry a young man, because he is easily tempted by money and does bad things. He feels more at ease with a married man.

Li Ran agreed.

Li Heng then instructed: "Yingwen, after all the teachers are found, I will interview them together and ask them to prepare 15 minutes of teaching content and give a trial lecture to me on the spot. Only those who pass the test will be hired."

Yang Yingwen frowned, "He is a university teacher."

Li Heng interrupted, "We don't have to recruit only university teachers. You can also look for high school and technical secondary school teachers. These people may resign and join our team in the future."

Then he added: "Of course, since we are so picky in selecting people, the salary will naturally satisfy them."

Yang Yingwen asked: "How much salary should I offer? Have you thought about it? I want to have a better idea when I recruit people."

Since Li Heng went north and called Li Ran over, he must have been prepared.

In other words, there is no need to prepare too much, as it is his specialty and he can do it easily. He said, "Our school has three classes.

The first class is called the Intensive Class, which lasts for 4 months and costs 400 yuan. This class is mainly for CET- and CET- candidates to strengthen their English knowledge and improve their English speaking ability.

Didn’t the country promulgate an official regulation two years ago that college students must pass CET-4 and CET-6 before they can get a degree certificate? Many students failed here. This is our major customer group and our opportunity, and we must seize it.

The second class is the Advanced Study Abroad Class, which also lasts for 4 months and costs 880 yuan. It is specifically for people who are taking exams to study abroad.

The third class type is called the Future Class, which also lasts for 4 months and costs 1288 yuan.

For this type of students, we not only teach them, but also provide targeted exam training. At the same time, teachers will guide them through the process and provide intimate guidance to improve their success rate in studying abroad. Let them enjoy VIP treatment."

The three women were stunned when they heard the high charges of 880 and 1288 yuan.

Before he finished speaking, Li Ran couldn't help but interrupt: "Li Heng, isn't this too high?"

Yang Yingwen echoed: "This is not just high, it's ridiculously high!"

Li Heng waved his hand: "You don't understand this. The tuition is too low, and people may not believe it. After all, in their eyes, going abroad is a high-end thing. These people think that once they go abroad, they will become the best.

Haven't you seen newspaper reports of people selling their blood and houses to go abroad? Some even sell their wives and daughters. They all want to run away and have money in their pockets. We shouldn't feel sorry for them."

After deciding on the price, Li Heng thought for a while and said to the two girls, "The teacher's teaching fee is tentatively set at 28 yuan per class.

You can promise them that if the school expands in the future and enrolls more students, you will raise their salaries accordingly. There will also be various welfare subsidies during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, ranging from 200 to 1000 yuan per period.

If they are able to join the school's teaching and research group, they will receive a monthly subsidy of 250 yuan. If the textbooks sell well, they will also receive dividends. Working in our school for one month is equivalent to several years of their salary. Do you think they will be tempted?"

The three girls were secretly amazed when they heard this. One week of hard work is equivalent to a teacher's annual salary at school. It is estimated that not many teachers can refuse.

Yang Yingwen raised the question: "What about foreign teachers? Are they paid the same? I'm afraid we won't be able to hire them."

This is the truth. Whether you like it or not, it is generally difficult to find foreign teachers these days, and their salaries are higher than those of their domestic counterparts. But these blond and blue-eyed foreigners can attract people who are ready to go abroad.

Li Heng said: "You can contact them first. If you are interested, we can have a face-to-face meeting."

Li Heng then talked about the recruitment promotion method and said to Li Ran: "We need to carry out the promotion in all aspects, including land, sea and air, including television, newspapers and small advertisements.

Then you can hire a few strong men and pay them 25 yuan a day. I estimate that within two days, you can post flyers all over the major schools in Beijing."

Li Ran agreed.

Next, Li Heng talked for more than two hours. Since he did not have much time to stay in Beijing, he passed on all his management experience from his previous life to the two women, no matter how big or small, and let them digest it on their own later.

Li Ran has been in the society for many years and has met all kinds of people. He is very smart and has a strong comprehension. He took notes while listening to the lecture, and his eyes became brighter and brighter as he looked at Li Heng. As for Yang Yingwen, she was a top student. From childhood to adulthood, she always ranked first in every exam. Her learning ability was beyond doubt. Moreover, Yang's father didn't like her, which made her even more angry. She was more stubborn than anyone else.

At about 1:30 p.m., Li Heng, who was thirsty, finally finished his speech and asked them, "Do you have any questions? Feel free to ask."

Li Ran and Yang Yingwen looked at each other and shook their heads. What he said today opened their eyes and they couldn't digest it all in a short time. How could there be any problem?
Li Heng looked at his scheming wife, stood up and said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's go eat."

The sun was shining brightly outside, so the four of them didn't walk far and just had a big meal at a small restaurant across the street.

During the entire meal, Yang Yingwen kept his head down and did not speak, constantly thinking about what Li Heng was saying.

Li Ran, on the other hand, was cheerful and kept talking and laughing with Li Heng and Xiao Han.

Li Ran said, "Li Heng, based on your scale, I just did a preliminary calculation and estimated that the initial investment will not be less than 6."

Even though it’s only 6, it’s a lot of money these days.

You have to know that Li Ran worked in journalism for 7 years and only earned less than 4 yuan, much of which was bribes from some government agencies.

After deducting expenses, she had less than 4 yuan left of the 22000 yuan. Because of the incident at the beginning of the year with the Zhao family, she left most of her savings to the young master of the Zhao family to buy medicine for his health, and she only took 5000 yuan with her to wander around the world.

She has always been lavish with her money, and after squandering for half a year, she now only has more than 1100 yuan left in her pocket.

Li Heng said: "I will allocate 10 yuan to you as funding. If you don't use it up, put it in the company account. If you need more, come back to me."

Li Ran agreed.

Li Heng said to the two women, "Except for the dividends, how much basic salary do you want? You can ask for it."

Yang Yingwen said: "You are the big boss, you have the final say."

Li Ran said openly, "If you are not in Beijing, I will have to take care of the cram school. It is a heavy responsibility. Besides, I love beauty and dressing up. In the past six months, I have almost suppressed myself to death in order to save money. How about this, give me 500 yuan per month for expenses."

"no problem."

Li Heng readily agreed, and then asked Yang Yingwen, "Old rag, I'll give you 500 too. Isn't that too little?"

Yang Yingwen refused: "It's too much. I have to go to class regularly. I don't work as hard as Li Ran. How can I get the same salary as her? Just give me 300. 300 is enough."

Li Heng tried to persuade him several times later, but Yang Yingwen was determined, and finally he was too lazy to talk anymore.

Li Heng made a promise to the two: "When the cram school is on the right track, I will give you corresponding shares by the end of the year."

This is what Li Ran and Yang Yingwen expect, and it is also the source of their enthusiasm.

After the general policy was discussed, after lunch, Yang Yingwen planned to teach foreigners Chinese and try to see if he could get them to join him.
After watching Old Rag walk away, Li Heng, Xiao Han and Li Ran returned to the hostel.

While Li Ran was in the bathroom, Xiao Han lowered her voice and asked, "Mr. Li, are you serious?"

"Of course. Do you think I'm playing house?" Li Heng asked back.

Xiao Han smiled sweetly, staring at him for a long while with curved eyebrows, and said crisply: "How do you know so much? The two of them are like elementary school students in front of you. If you don't know, you will think you run a cram school."

I have done this before, Li Heng smiled and said, "It's called not fighting a battle without preparation. Ying Wen mentioned this to me last year, and I pondered for half a year before coming up with a complete plan. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to ask Li Ran to come over casually."

"Well, my Mr. Li is really awesome." Xiao Han had a dimple on her face and rarely gave a compliment.

Li Heng blinked and leaned forward to kiss her.

But she dodged it with a smile.

Li Heng said: "I will go back and deal with you tonight."

Xiao Han smiled slightly, lowered her head to look at her toes, blushed and said nothing.

When she heard the word "clean up", she automatically thought of the door panel. Honey wouldn't press herself against the door panel again, would she? That was at the Li family. If that really happened, it would be so embarrassing.

After a while, Li Ran came out of the bathroom and said, "It's too hot. It will be much better after washing my face."

Xiao Han cleared his throat and said, "I'll go wash my face too."

Seeing Xiao Han go in, Li Ran tilted his head and asked Li Heng: "It must be so great to be with such a beautiful woman every day."

Li Heng: “.”

He rolled his eyes: "After being serious for a long time, you are not serious anymore."

"Hey, you don't understand. I haven't touched a man for half a year. I feel like there's an evil fire rising inside my body. It's getting bigger and bigger. If it continues like this, I'm afraid I'll be burned to death by the evil fire one day."

Li Ran looked at him, looked at him again, and looked at him again, and suddenly said, "You have to deal with several women, so your skills in bed must be amazing. Why don't you satisfy me once, and I don't want the 500 yuan basic salary."

Li Heng was scared, took a step back and said, "Come on, I'm still willing to pay."

Seeing that he was not interested, Li Ran teased him a few times and then changed the subject: "What's wrong with you?"

"at home."

"Still working tirelessly on Liu Chunhua?"

"almost."

"Hey, what do you say I hook him up with you in bed?"

Li Heng was speechless. "He is so thin that he can't stand your torture. You should just let him go."

Li Ran sighed: "That's right. It's so hard to find a capable man these days. I hope your cram school will be successful so that I can have the money to find a man in the future."

Li Heng looked up to the sky, convinced.

After a while, he asked, "How about the young master of the Zhao family?"

Li Ran said, "What else can I do? I heard that he hasn't recovered yet and is still recovering."

Li Heng asked: "Where is the Zhao family? Are they still looking for you?"

Li Ran replied: "A friend wrote to me and told me that the second branch of the Zhao family has always been concerned about this matter. This is why I dare not return to Xi'an until now."

Li Heng sighed: "I never thought that one day you would be afraid too."

"Who wouldn't be afraid if they met a family like that? If I went back to Xi'an, I would probably die without knowing how. His mother would hate me to death." Li Ran said.

Li Heng didn't know how to comfort her. There was only one male in the third generation of the Zhao family, and she had treated him so badly. It would be strange if people didn't hate her.

She suddenly asked: "Do you still remember Zhao Wanqing?"

Li Heng said: "I remember, what's wrong?"

"I saw her at Tsinghua University yesterday. I was so scared that I ran away. Fortunately, she didn't see me."

Li Ran stopped talking halfway because Xiao Han came out. She changed the subject in time: "I will be busy later. I will consult relevant friends about the process of setting up a cram school first."

Li Heng was surprised: "You still have connections in Beijing?"

Li Ran said, "Yes, of course. But it's not mine, it's your Aunt Zhao Jing's. She is a famous scholar in China after all. She has many classmates and friends here. I have been visiting them one by one these days. I just hope that I can use it one day."

Li Heng was happy to hear this: "You can also ask them about renting the venue. After all, they are local bosses, so maybe they have some channels."

"That's what I think." Li Ran didn't hide it.

The three of them rested in the hostel for about half an hour, and then Li Ran dressed up carefully and went out to do some work.

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I heard someone say: I listened to the advice and had enough food, so New Oriental changed its name to New Future.

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