After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 121 Pilot
Zhou Haoran met Sheng Weicheng, this year's top scorer in the Harbor Science College Entrance Examination.

I've seen it a few times before at school.

But we are not familiar with each other and have never spoken.

This time we approached him mainly to ask him to shoot a commercial.

No one would refuse such a thing.

Forget about paying, I’d go shoot for free… When the commercial is broadcast and I can see myself on TV, it would be a great honor for my family!
Dongfang Lang had already made an agreement with him.

Advertising fee is 800 yuan.

Then, the two got in the car together and went to find Ma Huilei from the liberal arts class of Qibao Middle School.

In the car, the two chatted.

Zhou Haoran wanted to test Dongfang Lang, so he said with a smile, "You've made great progress recently. You have gained some basic understanding of the market and business."

Dongfang Lang was quite proud, "Just average, third in the country."

Zhou Haoran asked, "Then do you know what this book selling plan is all about?"

"What's going on?" Dongfang Lang didn't understand. "The next step is to copy the top scorer's wrong answer book and sell it to all the major high schools in the city."

Zhou Haoran shook his head, "That's not the point."

Dongfang Lang asked, "What's the point?"

Zhou Haoran said, "The advanced principles are all the same. Just like if you want to produce a new drug, you must first conduct research in the laboratory, then conduct small-scale tests to obtain clinical data. Finally, you can promote it on a large scale."

“It’s the same with business.”

Dongfang Lang has a talent for business.

In his previous life, he was engaged in foreign trade business, importing red wine from abroad to China and made tens of millions.

Later, Zhou Haoran failed in his business venture and lost his $3000 million fortune.

It was Dongfang Lang who always helped him.

Millions were given without even a promissory note.

The two grew up together and can be considered half-brothers.

Zhou Haoran now has such a big advantage, so naturally he has to guide him more. "Put this principle into our book selling project and see what you can come up with."

Dongfang Lang was surprised and said, "We sold 200 boxes of books before, but that was just an experiment?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Yes, the campus is the laboratory."

Dongfang Lang was quite shocked.

He led his friends to collect, manage and sell books...

Very hard.

But I also gained a lot.

It was a huge success!

But I didn't expect that in this guy's eyes, this was just a small experiment on campus.

Dongfang Lang took a deep breath and said, "This laboratory stage is already difficult enough. Without your guidance, it definitely wouldn't be so smooth."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "The laboratory stage is over. What's next?"

"Hmm?" Dongfang Lang opened his eyes wide. "Small-scale promotion?"

"Correct."

"Take the copies and sell them in high schools all over the city. Is this just a small-scale promotion?"

"Correct."

This is Zhou Haoran’s plan.

Dongfang Lang was amazed. "What is that large area?"

Zhou Haoran looked at him with a smile, "What did you say?"

"I..." Dongfang Lang was a little surprised.

Zhou Haoran said, "This is an opportunity given by the times. We must seize it no matter what. If there is no education reform, once the reform is truly implemented, this opportunity will be gone."

"Educational reform..." Dongfang Lang was quite clever and immediately followed his train of thought. "Yes, the next step in the reform of the college entrance examination is to have one national exam paper and each province independently set its own questions, so as to more fairly distribute the country's educational resources."

The current college entrance examination uses a national set of examination papers.

Then comes the national ranking of performance.

Admission is based on ranking.

This gives some economically developed areas with stronger teaching staff an advantage, while some poorer and less developed areas with insufficient teaching staff find it difficult to achieve better results in the exams and lack competitiveness in national rankings.

The next step in education reform is to abandon the national unified examination paper.

Let each province set its own questions.

Instead of a national ranking, universities nationwide will have to give preferential treatment to local students while also allocating quotas equally to other provinces. For older, poorer, and remote areas, even if a student only scores 300 points, as long as they are among the top students in the province, they can still get into Tsinghua University!

However, before large-scale promotion.

A pilot is needed.

This pilot project is the seaport.

Haigang's college entrance exam has a maximum score of only 600 points, making it unique from other provinces. Colleges and universities cannot admit Haigang students based on national rankings, but must instead admit students based on quotas.

If this works, then all provinces will adopt this "maverick" model in the future and no longer have a national unified examination.

Experiment for a few years first.

Look at the effect.

If possible, the Haigang experience will be promoted nationwide, the college entrance examination system will be completely reformed, the days of national unified examination papers and national rankings will be gone forever, and each province will begin to set its own questions.

As for whether it works or not...

Others may not know, but Zhou Haoran knows it very well.

In the future, each province will set its own questions for the college entrance examination.

Universities across the country allocate quotas to different regions. Candidates are no longer admitted based on their scores, but rather based on their scores within the quota.

It’s only 1996.

There is still one set of papers for the whole country.

This means that the knowledge points for the college entrance examination across the country are the same, and a set of teaching aids and a set of examination secrets can be applied to all candidates across the country!

Zhou Haoran said, "So, time is running out. After a few years when the education reform is implemented and the national college entrance examination is independently set, the exam scope and knowledge points will be different. It will no longer be possible to produce a unified national top scorer's notebook."

Dongfang Lang now understood his thinking and said in shock, "After we sell all the copies, there's another step! We need to sell our products nationwide!"

Zhou Haoran said: "Products should be developed around the market."

Dongfang Lang said slowly, "The first step is to sell used books on campus. This is a pilot project. The second step is to promote the top scorer's notebooks in all high schools in the city. This is a small-scale promotion. The third step is to take advantage of the educational reform and sell the top scorer's notebooks nationwide!"

Zhou Haoran said, "This is basically the same idea when doing business. First, conduct a pilot project, then operate on a small scale, and then promote it on a large scale. Let's take advantage of this summer vacation to get this done!"

"Do we have the strength to do this?"

Dongfang Lang was a little unconfident.

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "I won't say anything more. I've found helpers. Boss Li from a publishing house and Boss Jiang from a bookseller. The third step is to go through formal channels, apply for a book number, get formal printing, and use the channels of Xinhua Bookstores nationwide."

"I thought it was just some pocket money."

Dongfang Lang was truly shocked.

I thought it was just a small thing, a summer social practice project initiated by a high school classmate.

But I didn’t expect it!

Under Zhou Haoran's operation, it is developing towards becoming a big business.

(End of this chapter)