Chapter 248 Meeting with Yu Minhong (Two in One)

During the two days when Li Kang was looking for a teacher for Meixia, the discussion about Li Kang in the media and newspapers was very heated.

The Liberation Daily praised Li Kang as the conscience of the education community and an educator of the new era.

The media exaggerated the matter a bit too much, and suddenly put Li Kang at the center of public attention.

Some university professors couldn’t sit still anymore. They said, “You are the conscience of the education sector, the number one in the education sector, so what are we?”
You are just a young calf. After getting a few sips of knowledge abroad, you dare to come back and speak nonsense.

Do you know whose territory the country is? Even if you are a dragon, you have to coil up, and even if you are a tiger, you have to lie down.

If you want to have a say, you have to build good relationships with all parties in the country.

“He is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. He thinks he is awesome after returning from abroad. He must not know the situation in China. How can we learn the education system of developed countries?”

Suddenly, criticism flooded the newspapers.

It seems that there is a force behind all this, pushing it forward, and the goal is a new world.

Under normal circumstances, where would so many people come from to attack Li Kang and the New World?

Li Kang just said in front of the media: “It is an educational concept suitable for urban babies and babies from well-off families.”

Moreover, students have to pay to study under him, and he does not require all students to follow his educational philosophy.

These people selectively ignore the most important prefix and become blind.

It seems that only those few lines can be seen in the entire report.

“Boss, what should we do? Almost all the newspapers are criticizing us. If this continues, our New World’s reputation will be ruined.”

A group of executives were gathered in the office to discuss how to proceed with public relations.

The person involved, Li Kang, was not in a hurry at all. He even leisurely drank the tea made by his beautiful secretary.

“Xue’er, your tea art has improved a lot recently.”

Li Xueer was worried about him and her whole body was trembling with anxiety.

Even if there is no scenery revealed from the outside, it can still give people endless imagination.

“I know everyone is anxious, but don’t worry. Recently, everyone should pay more attention to the reactions of parents.”

The boss’s vision is still much higher than that of his employees.

Jiang Meiling saw the report in the newspaper, which was handed over by the team members. After all, they are also part of the New World Overseas Study Training Class.

The parent company has come under huge criticism and they certainly may have been affected as well.

“Captain, the newspapers are full of criticism of New World. They say the principal’s educational philosophy will harm the country and the children.”

“I think they are just talking nonsense. The educational method advocated by our principal is the most suitable for children’s psychological development.”

“Oh no!” Wang Gang ran in hurriedly, gasping for breath.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Meiling sat up, looking worried. Wang Gang was usually very calm, so something must have happened.

Wang Gang came to Jiang Meiling, a little out of breath
The criticism from the great experts did not have any negative impact on the New World.

What follows is huge traffic and huge opportunities.

Parents can’t understand the experts’ high-sounding analysis, which concerns the country’s prosperity and hundreds of millions of children.

What parents are concerned about is what experts say: “American education, the advanced educational philosophy of developed countries.”

Li Kang’s target customer group has never been 95% of parents.

Given the current economic development, most parents are unable to do this.

Li Kang’s clients are basically well-off families, and the parents hope to provide their children with better educational conditions.

They are very dissatisfied with the current public education.

The experts’ criticism directly let parents who had not yet received the news know that there is such an advanced school in the country?

President Harvard Turtle?

I’m just asking. If it’s true, then the children will be able to enjoy the advanced education concepts from abroad in China in the future, and prepare for their future study abroad.

So, as if by accident, the next day, the number of parents who came to consult New World increased tenfold.

There were even parents from outside SH City calling for consultation.

Although there were constant criticisms and abuses in the newspapers, the entrance of New World was always crowded with people.

Chen Xu, Cao Fangmin and other senior executives were stunned. “What’s going on? Even though we were scolded by experts and professors, more and more parents like us?

Li Kang looked at their surprised expressions, smiled calmly, and waited for them to ask.

Xu Meiqin couldn’t help herself and asked, “Boss, did you know in advance that their criticism would bring us huge profits?”

“How is that possible?” Chen Xu was in disbelief. However, the PhD student from Dartmouth College next to him pushed up his glasses. He looked to be in his thirties and had the air of a scholar.

“Shu Jie, can you analyze it?” Li Kang asked Shu Jie this question, also wanting him to show off his skills in front of other executives.

Shu Jie is worthy of being a PhD from Dartmouth College. He pointed out the cause of the matter very accurately.

This person studied undergraduate at Shanghai International Studies University in China, and started his graduate studies at Dartmouth College. He completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in five years, while also taking a minor in psychology.

Double PhD in Literature and Psychology.

Such a PhD can find a well-paid job even abroad.

Especially in psychology, some technology companies and large groups really like people with a PhD in psychology.

Domestic companies began to realize the importance of psychologists only after the millennium.

Li Kang was able to recruit such a powerful assistant thanks to his relationship with Chen Xu.

Chen Xu and Shu Jie were upper and lower bunk beds when they were undergraduates.

As soon as I heard the call from my old classmate, I came here directly.

At that time, there were no particularly strong companies in the country, so it was Li Kang’s turn.

Therefore, Li Kang directly arranged for him to be the vice president and be responsible for the work of the elite class.

The salary is based on a commission system and is divided from the tuition fees of the students admitted in each session.

After listening to Shu Jie’s analysis, everyone suddenly realized, “It turns out that this is a good way to use it. The more intense the discussion among experts, the wider the spread, and the more parents will see us.”

“But there is a danger here. If public opinion gets out of control, it could damage our brand image.”

“It doesn’t matter. These people just dance for a while. After a while, no one will care.”

It used to be said that the Internet has no memory, but do newspapers have memory?
Unless there is a shadow of the New World on every page of every newspaper.

“I called everyone to the meeting today to let you report on the results of your work over the past few months.”

“From now on, we will prepare financial reports every quarter to count the results of your work.”

The advantage of doing this is that the development trajectory of the new world can be recorded at any time, which will be a good decision-making indicator for the upper level.

Cao Fangmin is doing a very good job. Currently, 500 students have been enrolled. In addition to English training, training classes in Chinese, mathematics, and English have also been opened.

Li Kang has basically taken over the entire Shanghai market in terms of overseas study training, and the newcomer New Oriental can only get a sip of the market.

There are a total of two thousand students. This speed of development is so fast that even Lao Yu would be jealous!

It took him three years to reach this level, but Li Kang did it in just half a year.

This is not surprising, after all, Li Kang has the crystallization of decades of wisdom of his predecessors.

The profits from overseas study training are no less than the training Li Kang provided to the rich second generation before.

In just four months, the school collected eight million in tuition fees from two thousand students, and other income totaled a whopping ten million.

The total revenue was 32 million. Everyone present took a deep breath, and Cao Fangmin, who had only wanted to earn a salary, was stunned.

Judging from this, her income this year is at least 50,000 or 60,000.

The monthly salary is nearly 10,000 yuan.

Shu Jie was also quite surprised. Although he was very optimistic about this market, he still underestimated Li Kang’s ability.

“Although it is rumored that this person has fake academic qualifications, his ability is much better than that of an Ivy League PhD.”

After the business in Shanghai stabilized, everyone was sharpening their knives and setting their sights on several wealthy cities nearby, as well as the Flower City in the south, Shenzhen. People in these places are also very rich.

Lao Yu called again and again, wanting to have a face-to-face conversation with Li Kang.

Seeing that Lao Yu was so persistent, Li Kang made an appointment to meet him since he had just half a day.

Li Kang values ​​his time very much and likes to meet Fang Linxue and Ye Yuqing whenever he is free.

Plus I also have to teach classes, so I don’t have much time.

He even refused invitations from many leaders and had people send gifts to them.

The person has not arrived yet, but the gift has arrived.

Li Kang did a good job in handling this matter.

When I went to meet Lao Yu, I brought two strong security guards hired by the security company.

Both of them are veterans and have even been awarded second-class merit.

Originally, after retiring, he had the opportunity to become an official in a county town.

However, these two people felt that being an official was not fun, and they could only be greedy when they wanted to get rich while in office.

I didn’t want to go along with the locals, so I decided to give it a try.

As a result, I couldn’t find a way out and had no idea what to do, but then I happened to see a security company recruiting people.

Food and accommodation are provided, and the monthly salary is 600 to 700 yuan, which is not low.

So the two of them came together, and now they are basically Li Kang’s full-time bodyguards, closely guarding his safety.

There were also two people driving the car.

Li Kang was smoking a cigar in the back and chatting with Shu Jie about things abroad.

Shu Jie was very curious. “Boss, did you really study abroad at Harvard?”

“Don’t believe it?!” Li Kang is still pretending to be from Harvard.

Why not use it if it’s useful? Decades later, those internet celebrities and college and university graduates are all using the Peking University and Tsinghua University labels.

Shu Jie nodded honestly. He was absolutely the most genuine in academics and life, but he also understood other people’s actions.

Everyone just lives differently, and his worldview does not require that everyone be white.

The world is not black and white. Few people who have studied in the United States can maintain his mentality.

“Does it matter? Whether I graduated from Harvard or not, it won’t affect my ability.” Li Kang flicked his cigar with his index finger and looked at the snow outside the car window. “Just like the world of the snow country, there are still different colors.”

……

The winter in Shanghai is quite cold, not as warm as in Yunnan.

When I was in Yunnan, no matter how bad the living conditions were, I would not freeze even if I was hungry.

In this season, I wear at most two pieces of clothing, a short-sleeved shirt and a polyester jacket.

Li Kang was afraid of cold and he sneezed as soon as he got off the car.

Shu Jie was quite curious. Didn’t the boss say that he was from the north? Why was he afraid of the cold?

Even if Li Kang wanted to pretend, he couldn’t. He could only blame himself for only wearing three pieces of clothing: a short-sleeved shirt, a wool sweater, and a down jacket.

However, the lowest temperature in Shanghai has reached minus three or four degrees Celsius, and the ground is frozen.

The meeting place agreed by Li Kang and Lao Yu was Dream Cafe.

There is a car parked outside with a license plate that belongs to BJ.

Nowadays, license plates are very simple. They just have the province written on them. For example, a Shanghai license plate just has Shanghai written on it, and you can make up the suffix yourself.

Li Kang compiled Shanghai YYDS.

In fact, it doesn’t make much sense. After all, at that time, the Internet had not yet been invented, there were not many traffic police, and few of them would check license plates.

Lao Yu should be here. When Li Kang entered, he saw Fang Linxue sitting in her seat like a student, reviewing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

Li Kang walked over quietly and hugged her from behind.

The woman seemed to know who was coming. She didn’t struggle much. She looked at Li Kang with her spring-like eyes and said gently, “You’re here?”

“Is it time to take the exam? When is the postgraduate entrance examination this year?”

“This year’s postgraduate entrance examination has passed. My exam will be on January 8th and 9th next year.”

The two of them stayed together for a while, and Li Kang hugged Fang Linxue, “Warm me up, I was blown by the cold wind when I came in just now.”

“Don’t stay too long, this is a public place! This is not your home!
“New Year’s Day is coming, are you going home?”

Fang Linxue naturally wanted to live with a man, but Li Kang’s time was not something she could decide.

“I have to go back. I haven’t been home for a long time. I have some things to get back.”

He planned to go back during New Year’s Day and bring back things from his hometown.

Fang Linxue was a little disappointed. Her heart was on the man, so naturally she wanted to be with him all the time.

She even wanted to marry the man, but he didn’t ask, and she was even more embarrassed to do so.

Li Kang often said that everyone is still young and should focus more on their careers.

“I guess you are Mr. Mu?”

A man came over, wearing a burgundy scarf, a down jacket, jeans, and a pair of black-framed glasses, looking like an intellectual.

“I am. You must be Mr. Fish.”

“Lin Xue, bring some coffee.”

Fang Linxue let him go and went to make coffee for them.

“I didn’t expect Mr. Mu to be such a young hero. It really surprised me.”

At first, Lao Yu was not sure whether the man who had just entered was Li Kang, but when he saw Li Kang and Fang Linxue hugging each other, he became somewhat certain.

I heard that this cafe was opened by Mu Zikang for his girlfriend, and only then did I confirm Li Kang’s identity.

“Please take a seat.”

Lao Yu did not come alone. He also came with his old colleague from Peking University, Xu Xiaoping, the Minister of Culture of the Peking University Youth League Committee.

This man is 37 years old, and Lao Yu is only 31, about the same age as Shu Jie.

“This is Xu Xiaoping, a partner of New Oriental, a graduate student of the State University of New York. He and I both graduated from Peking University and stayed on after graduation.”

“This is New World’s Vice President Shu Jie. He has a PhD in Literature and Psychology from Dartmouth College and an undergraduate degree in English from Shanghai International Studies University. I’m from Harvard… Never mind. It’s not worth mentioning. Now everyone is accusing me of forging my academic qualifications, and I’m too lazy to explain.”

There was a lot of tension when both sides introduced themselves. So what if you are from Peking University?

Nowadays, the admission score line of Shanghai International Studies University is no worse than that of Peking University.

What’s more, I’m at Harvard and I don’t care about outside doubts.

　I was terrified while writing this and had almost wanted to give up. But I was really moved to see that there were still loyal readers supporting me. I adjusted for two days and started to speed up the pace. I will decide the winner with Li Jianhua as soon as possible.

　
(End of this chapter)