I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 47 Setting up a nest at the branch school

"The other party's idea is to build a branch school in the suburbs of Jiangning City, and the land price is negotiable."

What about the teaching staff? Will you provide support?

"He can't make that decision, but I basically think it's hopeless. The education department in Jiangning City is a powerful entity; having money doesn't mean you can poach students from other prestigious schools. You can't poach a single one."

On January 15th, after Zhang Da'an finished his multimedia lesson, Qiu Jianmin pulled Zhang Zhengdong aside to talk to him about something. He didn't need to worry about the main projects of the Jiangning City delegation, but the deputy general manager of Jiangning State-owned Investment Company wanted to invest in the Jiangning branch of Xindongwei Port Middle School, which was something he had to pay attention to.

"If there's no manpower to support us, then we shouldn't even consider it."

Zhang Da'an rejected the idea without hesitation, not even bothering to whet the vice president's appetite.

The core issue here is what Qiu Jianmin said: "The education department of Jiangning City is a powerful unit." Many private schools in Jiangkou Province can be called "elite schools," and the students who can get in come from "rich and noble" families.

However, no private school has the ability to poach students from prestigious schools in Jiangning City at will.

If you can't poach even a little bit, but you can poach famous teachers from prestigious schools in Jiangning City, then those prestigious schools in Jiangning City can make your school go out of business.

It literally means it couldn't continue operating; it's purely a matter of strength, across all dimensions.

Jiangning City's prestigious schools, whether primary, secondary, or tertiary, serve as "city calling cards," although the universities, which are nationally recognized, are less well-known.

Primary and secondary schools are often stratified, and some schools, even though they are public, have absolutely no connection with ordinary people.

Before his rebirth, Zhang Da'an was very familiar with this, so after hearing what Qiu Jianmin said, he had no intention of getting involved with this vice president.

If Xindongweigang Middle School were to open a branch school in Jiangning City someday, that would be after it has become famous. If "Zhang An Education" has an annual revenue of over one billion yuan, then it would be qualified to step into the minefield.

Before that, staying away from the provincial capital was a wise choice; it was enough to focus on operating the county and township markets in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions.

However, this also reminded Zhang Da'an that he really needed to make some preparations for opening a branch school.

So they called in Han Tieguai, the head of the Chinese language group. Half a year passed in a flash, and Han Tieguai's spirits were completely renewed. People are in high spirits when they have good news. His father's stomach cancer surgery was quite successful, and he can now eat liquid food and porridge. His body is recovering well.

Unlike twenty years later when treatment costs are relatively low, these days it costs at least two or three hundred thousand yuan, and even more a few years earlier.

Basically, the cost of cancer treatment is inversely proportional to per capita income; the poorer people are, the more expensive it is.

This is closely related to the development of social insurance, the development of medical technology, and so on, but Han Tieguai doesn't care about any of these. He is now wholeheartedly working for Zhang Da'an.

"Boss, is there anything I can do for you?"

"It's nothing. Director Qiu came to talk to me today about setting up a branch school. Didn't I tell you before that we'd set up a branch school in your hometown? I plan to start preparations after the New Year. Before Director Qiu retires, he'll be going to Jianggao more often. Anyway, he won't go into the urban area of ​​Jianggao. He'll just find a place in the countryside. You're familiar with the riverside area of ​​Jianggao. When the time comes, you'll definitely be the principal of this branch school."

"So fast?" "We have to be fast. There are some cunning people in the Jiangning City inspection team who want me to build a branch school in Jiangning City. If we are targeted by someone with ulterior motives, they will use tricks to force Shazhou City to cooperate and then invest in 'Zhang An Education'. Shazhou City will not be able to withstand the pressure."

“Okay, the teachers we contacted earlier will all get together at the library in Changjiang Town.”

"I'll have someone open a teahouse in Changjiang Town later, and then start a public blog called 'Zhang An Education'."

The reason Zhang Da'an didn't have an email address or any other means of contact is that most teachers in counties and cities these days don't even have a few cell phones or pagers, let alone computers. Having a landline at home is already a sign of a relatively good standard of living.

Although the education bureaus of the surrounding counties and cities of Shazhou City have communicated with each other to avoid poaching large numbers of people in order to maintain educational equity and resource balance, plans can't keep up with changes. Someone in the provincial capital has caught wind of this, so they have to act quickly.

However, it would be helpful for the Shazhou City Education Bureau to communicate with the Jianggao City Education Bureau. The two sides actually have a very good relationship, so after exchanging greetings, it would be easy to draw a red line.

What levels can be dug and what levels cannot be dug are things that can be discussed.

It can even be determined which subjects will be selected and how many students will be selected; all of these can be communicated in advance.

Another issue is the location of the branch school. From a business perspective, it is definitely the most cost-effective to directly acquire a piece of land in the city. Whether the student body is good or not, the future appreciation of the land is also a long-term investment.

However, just like private hospitals, private schools, according to the regulations of Jiangkou Province, must be located more than three kilometers away from the city center.

Xindongwei Port Middle School is located 20 to 30 kilometers from the city center of Shazhou, which is quite in line with regulations.

If a branch school is to be opened, it's impossible to keep it completely secret. The middle schools in the urban area of ​​Jianggao City are definitely in a dilemma. To put it bluntly, it's a matter of self-interest, similar to the situation with schools in Shazhou City.

For school leaders, it would be best if "Zhang An Education" went bankrupt or was shut down tomorrow; for teachers, this would force the school to raise salaries; for students... it doesn't matter.

But rumors can always lead to unexpected situations.

The Jianggao City Education Bureau knew about Han Tieguai, and also knew that the Shazhou City Education Bureau was supporting "Zhang An Education" and the joint venture Xindongwei Port Middle School. During the exchanges between the two sides, they also mentioned that the branch school might be located in Jianggao City.

First, it is close to the main campus in Shazhou City, which facilitates the support of teaching staff; second, Jianggao City is also within the Chongzhou metropolitan area, and students from Jianggao City take the Chongzhou metropolitan area's high school entrance examination, so the quantity and quality of students are reliable.

However, something unexpected still happened. First, there was Jiyang City, which is next to Shazhou City. After all, half of Shazhou City's land and half of its people used to belong to Jiyang City. The Jiyang City Education Bureau had long been envious of the money-making efficiency of "Zhang An Education". In addition, since they are close by, teachers from the two nearby middle schools would often ride their motorcycles to Xindongweigang Middle School to take a look, and then go back with a lot of feelings.

In terms of breadth and depth of investigation, the data and information held by the Jiyang Municipal Education Bureau are the strongest and most powerful. As the old saying goes, "Jiyang is a bandit, Taihu is a thief." The Jiyang Municipal Education Bureau stated that as long as the branch school is opened, the land will be given away for free, but there is one condition: that the children of migrant workers be allowed to receive compulsory education.

Just as Uncle Zhang and his nephew were seriously considering the matter, Mazhou City, located on the opposite bank of Jiyang City, jumped out and said, "I'll give away the land, the facilities, everything for free, without any conditions attached."

This prompted the Jianggao City Education Bureau, which had been methodically organizing its work, to immediately grab the phone and yell: "Are you two families out of your minds?!"

(End of this chapter)