Confessions of a Salesman

After bidding farewell to Mr. Dong, several people saw that I was not in a high mood and suggested that we go to Xiao Hei’s martial arts base to have a look.

His martial arts base has transformed from a martial arts school into a base, from just one class of students to more than 5000 students, a team of teachers of more than 200 people, and more than 50 administrators. It not only established a primary school Department, middle school and high school department, and also applied for college department and is waiting for approval. In addition, there are separate sports departments, gymnasiums, swimming pools, and even plans to build an indoor ski resort!

Most of the students here have scholarships. Not only does it not charge tuition, but it also provides free food, clothing and housing for most students. For poor students, there are also bursaries, and it is also considered a charity organization.

I was originally opposed to Xiaohei's business philosophy. Just imagine, a private school with a non-profit organization can do good deeds, but with such a large scale and so many students, everything is free. Yes, if you continue to operate like this, you will go bankrupt sooner or later! At the same time, they are also worried about the future of these students. They are confused about whether the country recognizes their diplomas, their qualifications to take college entrance examinations in the future, and whether their grades can meet the cutoffs.

When I got to school, I realized how much effort Xiao Hei had put in and put almost all the money he earned into this.

After seeing the scale, Yaoyang couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Hei, how much money did you invest in this? I thought it was just a school, but now I see it is a one-stop service for education. All we need is a kindergarten!”

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Yes, why not? It is being built!"

Yaoyang opened his eyes and said, "Where did so many students come from?"

Xiao Hei explained: "There are beggars picked up on the street, children in remote mountainous areas, and orphans in orphanages without parents. Anyway, there are children who cannot afford to go to school or study. Anyone who is willing to come Can come!"

I frowned and said, "Did you find these children by yourself, or did they come by themselves? Don't be stupid, maybe I'll charge you with child trafficking!"

Xiao Hei smiled and said: "Don't worry, it must be voluntary, and you will only come in with the consent of your guardian!"

Lu Ping looked at the children practicing martial arts on the playground and said with some worry: "Will they delay their studies if they practice martial arts every day? Children should focus on cultural classes. They start practicing martial arts at such a young age. I am worried about their cultural education. The knowledge is not enough!”

Xiao Hei hummed and said: "I did ignore this problem at first. I just wanted to give these children who love to practice martial arts an extra way out, and I want them to become national martial arts champions! Later I found out that only martial arts champions can To have one, most children still have to take a normal path! Therefore, I hired many retired teachers. All subjects are the same as those in public schools. Only after completing all basic subject examinations can I practice martial arts! I Let them all go to college for me, and only those who can pass the college are qualified to practice martial arts!"

I groaned and said in surprise: "Are you saying the opposite? Aren't people who can't get into college choose to practice martial arts? Why should I practice martial arts after I've been into college?"

Xiao Hei shook his head and said: "We can do it without delay. I don't want people to say that our martial arts practitioners all have well-developed limbs and simple minds!"

People kept passing by us, and they greeted us very politely. They saluted Xiao Hei respectfully and said, "Hello, Principal Hei!" which made us all burst into laughter.

At this time, a coach-looking man ran over and said to Xiao Hei: "Principal Hei, I haven't seen you for a long time. Tomorrow is our school's martial arts competition. If you have time, come and join us!"

Xiao Hei was stunned and said: "Why didn't I receive the notification?"

The coach smiled and said: "We can't inform you. We sent many messages on our mobile phones but you didn't reply. We are really happy to see you come to school today!"

Xiao Hei said a little embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, Principal Lu, I'm too busy during this time!"

Principal Lu is a very open-minded person: "We all know that you are busy, and we also know the original intention of setting up the school. If we can spare you the trouble, we don't want to disturb you!"

I heard something in these words, so I quickly asked: "Are you encountering any difficulties? Maybe we can help solve it!"

Principal Lu was stunned and looked at us. Xiao Hei hurriedly explained: "They are all directors of this school and investors of this base!"

When Principal Lu heard this, he hurriedly saluted us. I waved my hand and said, "Let's find a place and call all the school management staff. Let's have a brief meeting and listen to your opinions!"

Principal Lu was ecstatic and said: "That's great, I'll organize a meeting now!"

I thought there were only a few managers in the room, but when I arrived, there were hundreds of people, and the room was full of people.

The few of us sitting on the rostrum looked a little embarrassed at the people below.

Principal Lu was very generous and spoke first: "Let me introduce to you first. The few people sitting here are the school directors and investors of this school. I have called you here today because I hope everyone can Feel free to speak your mind and raise any suggestions or difficulties!”

The people below looked at us. No one dared to speak, no one wanted to speak, and no one even raised their heads. This made me feel a little strange.

Principal Lu encouraged with some embarrassment: "Don't you always have a lot of ideas and opinions? Why don't you say anything? Speak freely. Principal Black is here, and the school director is also here. If you have any difficulties or ideas, just say it. come out!"

At this time, a strong black man in sportswear shouted, slowly raised his head, and weakly raised his hand. Xiao Hei pointed at him quickly and said: "Teacher Wu, you said, you are the veteran of our school!"

Teacher Wu slowly raised his head and said: "I just have a question, aren't we a martial arts school? Why are there fewer and fewer physical education classes now? Many children actually come here to practice martial arts, but they are required to be educated as soon as they come. If you fail the class, you won't be allowed to take the martial arts class, which makes me, a martial arts teacher, very busy now!"

Xiao Hei was stunned and looked at Principal Lu. Principal Lu hurriedly explained: "Ah, this is stipulated by the County Education Committee. It is said that the academic performance of our school has lowered the average performance of the entire city. The sports performance is quite good, but The cultural classes of these children are really bad. They are in sixth grade and still can’t look up the Xinhua dictionary. Some children only learned to write their own names in second grade. Doesn’t this force us to carry out education reform!” Teacher Wu said. , the teachers below started to raise their hands to speak, and a female teacher said: "Although the school cafeteria is free, you can't be too pushy. In the morning, it is always steamed buns and porridge. The steamed buns can't be harder, and they are still the next day. Yes, the lunch of three meat and one vegetable sounds nice, but what is served is a few slices of meat floating on the green vegetable leaves. Adults don’t care, but children are growing and hungry after eating, so why are they still interested in going to class?”

Principal Lu was about to explain when another teacher said: "The newly built gymnasium is good, but it is only open three days a week and only two hours a day. What is the difference between this and no construction? Don't come. It’s not open for viewing, so what does this mean? Is it just a display?”

Then all the teachers began to talk at random. Principal Lu suppressed it. Seeing that he was still talking, he slapped the table and yelled: "It's not over, is it? I told you to speak. If you don't speak, I want you to listen. , started talking together again!”

Xiao Hei frowned and said: "Principal Lu, we are here to solve the problem, we should let them finish!"

Principal Lu hummed and said, "It's not that I don't want them to speak, but I want them to speak one by one. Don't make a mess, otherwise you won't be able to hear anyone clearly!"

I looked at Principal Lu and felt that he was not that nervous. It seemed that he had known about these reports for a long time. He was not surprised and did not stop these teachers. He just let them speak slowly, one by one. Xiao Hei seemed to He had some opinions on this Principal Lu and saw Xiao Hei's expression was not good.

I then said, "Principal Lu, tell us, are the situations reported by the teachers true? Why is this happening?"

Principal Lu smiled at me, and then explained: "I said one by one that the Education Bureau has put pressure on us, requiring that the average scores of our school's primary school students, junior high school students, and high school students must not be lower than the city's average. Otherwise, the school's enrollment qualifications will be suspended! Then you tell me, what should I do? The foundation of this group of children is already poor. If we don't provide them with supplementary classes, they won't be able to keep up at all! I think it's better to catch up on the courses first and keep their bodies healthy. You can still make up for your quality, but you have to keep up with the cultural classes first!"

I nodded and said, "You still have to abide by the regulations of the Education Bureau!"

Principal Lu continued: "The school canteen is also in accordance with the city's standards. The quality of the food is relatively average, but now canteens are like this. The most important thing is hygiene. You can't eat big fish and meat every day, right? As for... As for the gymnasium, we already have two old gymnasiums open, which are enough. I don’t want this new gymnasium to be too old. It’s just a prestige project. It won’t save people from visiting, and there’s not even a decent gymnasium! Those Children practicing sports do not cherish this new gymnasium. If it is the same as the previous gymnasium, it will not take half a month. Just wait, you will definitely not be able to see it!"

Xiao Hei said with some displeasure: "Isn't it because the funds for the school are not enough? Didn't I say long ago that we must ensure the nutrition of students? Especially in terms of food, we can't save! Why can't we eat big fish and meat every day? Now? They are children, and when they grow, their food must keep up! And that gymnasium, what was it built for? Is it for people to visit? Isn’t it just for the students? Let go, Let them all go, if it’s not enough, we’ll build another one!”

Principal Lu said with some embarrassment: "No...but this fund!"

Xiao Hei looked at Principal Lu displeased and asked, "Funding? Isn't it enough?"

Principal Lu sighed and said, "If many of our standards cannot meet the requirements of the County Education Committee, there will be no national subsidies. How about your money?"

I knew he was having trouble, but I was too embarrassed to bring it up in public, so I smiled and said, "Principal Lu, let's solve these problems. I want to see if any teachers have raised any problems, and we can solve them together!"

At this time, a man with a shiny face and gold-rimmed glasses opened the door and walked in. He did not quietly walk away and sit down among the teachers. Instead, he strutted up to the podium and faced Principal Lu and asked: "Principal Lu, why didn't anyone notify me of today's meeting? I was not allowed to attend such an important meeting?"

Principal Lu hurriedly smiled and said: "Director Lai, isn't this an internal meeting of our school? You are not invited to attend!"

Xiao Hei frowned and asked: "What is Director Lai? From that department? Why didn't I know!?"

Principal Lu hurriedly explained: "Ah, he is the director of the education department of our school assigned by the county education bureau!"

Xiao Hei was a little confused and asked: "Why did the County Education Bureau send a director to our school? Didn't we recruit it ourselves?"

I whispered in Xiao Hei's ear: "To put it nicely, it's a subordinate, but to put it badly, it's an assignment! Every school should have one, which is equivalent to the director of the political department. They are afraid that we will teach the children badly, so they come to supervise!"

Xiao Hei nodded and politely invited Director Lai to come to the stage.

Director Lai looked like he had seen the world, and he was not polite when he came up. He sat between Xiao Hei and me, which is the C seat in the middle in modern terms.

Then he asked carelessly: "What problem were you studying just now?"

Principal Lu had no choice but to state the questions asked by the teachers just now exactly as they were.

I saw him grinning and said disdainfully: "I have told you these problems a long time ago. I am doing it for your own good. Otherwise, how can you get the support of the county? Only by following my method can you get the support of the county." Only with the recognition can we continue to do better!”

But at this time, some of the teachers below had already raised their hands and asked: "Then let me ask Director Lai, why did our top class suddenly have four more transfer students, and they all have bad records, talking and making trouble in class? , also convicted the teacher, scolded the teacher, threatened the teacher, and disrupted normal teaching. Is this also recognized by the Education Bureau? Why can such students still get scholarships? How is this selected? Can you explain it? "

Director Lai replied without any hesitation: "Explanation? There is no distinction between teachers and students. Students should get the education they deserve. Why is your class so special? You only accept good students, but you can't accept bad students?"

I interrupted him and said, "Director Lai, didn't you just say that there is no distinction between teachers and students? Why are you distinguishing good students from bad students again?"

Director Lai glanced at me dissatisfied and said: "You businessmen don't understand education at all. I have been working in education for decades, so I naturally know how to run a school well. I am here." I am here to help you, not to harm you. You have to delegate power to me and fully trust me so that this school can continue, otherwise, it will be hard to say!"

When I heard this, I felt that it was very domineering and a bit threatening, and this is what I am least afraid of!