Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Is it really necessary to start his education so early?" Chen Jun, the wife, had not experienced the intense competition of later generations and did not know how much competitive pressure her son's generation faced. She felt that her second son was at a time when he should be playing, and that it was too early to have a teacher teach him knowledge.

“It’s not early at all…” Wang Dong answered confidently.

"If I hadn't been worried that my parents would be too bored at home, I would have sent my second child to a hotel daycare program for early childhood education six months ago."

"Moreover……"

“Early childhood education in after-school programs is not about studying all day long.”

"They have at most three classes a day for studying, and the rest of the time is spent playing games with the teachers."

"Sending the second child there will not only allow him to learn cultural knowledge and lay the foundation for primary school in the future, but also let him interact more with children of the same age, improve his social skills, and make his growth more beneficial."

Seeing his wife still looking hesitant, Wang Dong continued, "Wife..."

"Putting everything else aside, just look at our courtyard house."

“In our generation, almost every family has at least two children…”

"Your younger sister and her friends just took the college entrance exam. You should know how competitive the college entrance exam is."

"As people's economic conditions improve and they place more importance on culture, everyone will definitely want their children to go to university."

"Their competitive pressure will definitely be greater than that of my younger sister and her friends."

"If we can't learn more knowledge and work harder than others when we have the opportunity, how will they cross the single-plank bridge of the college entrance examination in the future?"

My wife has also gone through the college entrance examination herself, so she knows very well how competitive it is.

When her husband said that early childhood education could give their son a head start and gradually increase his competitiveness in the college entrance examination, the wife was immediately tempted.

But the hesitation on her face hadn't completely disappeared, and she looked at Wang Dong and continued to ask, "I'm definitely fine on my end..."

"He can make friends and learn something at the same time, I definitely support sending him to an after-school program..."

"But I'm afraid my parents won't agree..."

“Their attention has been focused on their second child for the past few years. I’m worried they won’t be able to accept it if we suddenly send them to a daycare program.”

"Especially Dad..."

"I have difficulty walking, so I can only stay at home every day."

“When the second child is at home, he still has things to do. But if we send the second child to a daycare center, Dad will have nothing to do at all.”

"If you can only sit in the doorway and bask in the sun all day long, you'll be bored to death."

Wang Dong replied with a smile, "That's why I said we'd send the second one to daycare after the third one is born..."

"Then they won't be bored if they go and take care of the third son."

Hearing this, the last bit of hesitation in the wife's mind vanished, and she made a decisive decision: "Okay..."

"As long as my parents have no objections, I have no objections..."

At this point, the wife suddenly remembered something, her eyes lit up, and she stared at Wang Dong very seriously, asking, "Husband..."

"You're running a childcare center at the hotel, it shouldn't just be about taking care of your employees' kids so they can focus on their work..."

"If that's really the purpose, there's absolutely no need to spend a lot of money to hire retired teachers to provide early education for the children. You can just find a few nannies to take care of the children and deliver their meals regularly. It's not that complicated at all."

“My wife knows me best…” Wang Dong had no need to lie to his wife and readily admitted, “Running a childcare program at the hotel is just the first step in my plan.”

At this point, Wang Dong didn't continue. Instead, he looked at Chen Jun with interest and asked, "Wife, do you know who will be the easiest to make money from when everyone has money in the future?"

“Foreigner…” his wife blurted out.

"I heard that a lot of foreigners have come to Beijing recently. They're very generous, and many people have made a lot of money off them..."

"I heard from Yu Li that Dongjun Hotel seems to have been doing a lot of business with foreigners recently."

"I'm making a lot of money... I just spend US dollars like RMB."

Wang Dong shook his head and replied, "It's true that it's easy to make money from foreigners now... but this is all due to the imbalance between supply and demand."

"For example, there are very few tour guides who can speak English in the entire city of Beijing, but there are a lot of foreigners who come to Beijing for work and tourism."

“Those tour guides who can speak English naturally see their value skyrocket.”

"As more and more tour guides learn English, their value will be broken due to the imbalance between supply and demand, and their fees will become lower and lower."

"Besides, those foreigners aren't stupid either."

"The more I understand Beijing, the less likely I am to be fooled like before."

"Therefore, you can only make money from foreigners for a short time, not indefinitely."

"Who is that?" His wife was also confused by Wang Dong's series of analyses, and the look of doubt on her face became more and more intense. She asked with a worried expression.

"Women and children..."

"As people's living standards improve, girls' demands for clothing and grooming will also increase."

"Whether it's cosmetics or fancy clothes, they're all extremely profitable."

"As for the children..."

"I've already explained the reason to you."

"As people have more money, they will pay more attention to their children's education."

"If parents are factory workers, they certainly don't want their children to continue working in factories, where they are not only exhausted but also receive very little pay."

"If parents are officials, they certainly don't want their children to have a worse future, or to end up as factory workers because they can't get into university due to poor grades."

"If parents are farmers, they would prefer their children to escape their farmer status through education and become workers or cadres in the city, rather than continuing to toil in the fields and rely on the weather for a living."

"Your husband doesn't understand cosmetics or clothes, so he definitely won't be able to earn any money from women."

"But I understand education..."

"Although I haven't read any books myself, I am very clear about the importance of reading."

“Running a childcare program at a hotel was my first step into children’s education.”

"Currently, the after-school care program only enrolls the children of hotel employees. The fees are very cheap. After deducting the teachers' salaries and food expenses, I basically don't make a penny. In fact, I lose a lot of money on venue fees."

“But this is just the beginning.”

"Once I've gained enough experience running the after-school care program, I can expand it into an after-school care school... which is like the kindergartens that are everywhere on Hong Kong Island. I'll enroll preschool children, teach them basic knowledge, play with them, and free up parents' hands so they can go to work and earn money with peace of mind." (End of Chapter)