Chapter 460 Donation
The only thing that surprised Gao Yuan in the entire audit center was that there were more female employees.
Female employees accounted for about 65%.
Especially in the morning when going to work and in the afternoon when getting off work, too many beautiful female employees walked out of the company, attracting the attention of male employees from surrounding companies.
People from other companies were really jealous when they saw it!
After visiting the entire audit center, Gao Yuan left by car.
It was about noon now.
After having a special lunch in the ancient capital, a Coaster, two business cars, three off-road vehicles and four or five high-end RVs formed a convoy and headed to the nearby highway entrance.
After getting on the highway and heading south, the car soon drove to the mountains.
The speed limit was also reduced from 120 to 80.
Gao Yuan didn't see many such scenes of rolling mountains. His hometown was mainly plains, and even if there were mountains, most of them were short hills.
As for Hangzhou, there were even fewer mountains.
The car drove all the way to a small county town called Anzhen before stopping. It was already deep in the hinterland of the mountains.
The mountains are towering, surrounding the small county town.
A river flows out from the gap between two mountains, impacting a narrow plain.
The county town is built on this plain.
However, it is not as prosperous as a street in Hangzhou.
After bypassing the county town, the car drove into the village road, shuttling between the mountains again, and the road conditions are much worse than the highway.
The mountain road is winding. At the beginning, it was a two-way street, and later it became a one-way street at some point.
A mountain road about three meters wide is particularly troublesome when two cars pass each other.
There are low houses on both sides of the road, and small plots of farmland are scattered at the foot of the mountain. It is July, the wheat has been harvested, and the green corn stalks stand in the fields.
Occasionally, there are chickens crowing and dogs barking, which makes the village more lively.
Finally, the car drove into a middle school in the town.
This middle school is a nine-year school, covering grades one to nine.
The tallest building in the entire school is a four-story reinforced concrete building. It looks like it has been built for more than ten years, and the old building is mottled.
There is no asphalt on the playground, it is all dust, and there is only a layer of sand on it.
"Mr. Gao!"
The first time the car drove in, the school principal came out to greet him.
He brought the school leaders, big and small, to line up to welcome him.
"Principal Lu!"
Gao Yuan shook hands with the school leaders one by one.
"Welcome to visit our school. The children in the school are blessed." Principal Lu burst into tears.
He has been at the forefront of education for many years and has a deep understanding of how difficult it is for rural children.
There is a saying that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, and this saying is constantly being fulfilled.
The gap between rural students and urban children is getting bigger and bigger, not only in educational resources but also in all aspects. In rural areas, quality education has a long way to go.
In recent years, fewer and fewer rural children have been admitted to colleges and universities.
Especially in top universities, the number of places for rural children is shrinking year by year.
Principal Lu remembered that a 985 university was assessing scholarships, but no student in the class signed up.
After asking, I found out that most of the students in their class were in good condition, and they felt it was a bit embarrassing to receive scholarships.
"Principal Lu, please take us on a tour first." Gao Yuan said.
It was the end of the semester, and the students were taking tense and orderly final exams.
Under the leadership of Principal Lu, Gao Yuan visited the student dormitories, canteens and vacant classrooms.
The environment of the student dormitories was very poor. It was common for eight to ten people to live in one dormitory, and the lights in the dormitory were dim.
Although it had been cleaned, the old equipment still looked very dirty.
As for the teaching building, the tables and chairs inside had long been worn out.
Even the most basic multimedia projection in big cities has become a luxury here.
There is also a canteen, where the food is relatively simple and it is difficult to maintain the nutrition needed by students on a daily basis.
After visiting the school, Gao Yuan was full of emotion.
In economically developed cities, quality education is already the most basic education. In addition to studying, those students also have a lot of extracurricular activities.
In remote schools deep in the mountains, quality education is a luxury.
In the next two days, Gao Yuan visited many township primary and secondary schools.
The situation of these schools is similar, with serious lack of infrastructure, and many students have never even left the city.
On the fifth day, Gao Yuan gathered all the principals of Anzhen County together and planned to hold a brief meeting to discuss.
This time Gao Yuan brought 200 million yuan in funding, which is a huge amount of money for these township schools.
Even if more than a dozen township middle schools share this money, they can solve the current situation of their schools.
In the meeting room, the principal of Luquan Township Middle School put forward his opinion, "I think 20 million is enough to improve the teaching conditions of all students in our Luquan Middle School."
"Mr. Gao, I plan to take out 10 million of it to build a new teaching building for the school, and take out 5 million of it to decorate these classrooms, and 5 million to improve the living conditions of teachers."
"The reason why those teachers are unwilling to come to our rural middle school is not because we are remote here? There is nothing. If there is this 5 million support, I believe many teachers will be happy to come."
The principal of Luquan Middle School's speech attracted the approval of the principals of other schools.
"I think this suggestion is good. We can avoid a lot of trouble by directly supporting with cash, and you don't have to worry about it, Mr. Gao."
"Yes, Mr. Gao. You are a busy man and it is impossible to spend all your time here. The suggestion we put forward is practical and effective."
"Mr. Gao, thank you for your support for our township middle schools. I think direct investment and funding for schools is the best."
"..."
The principals of these schools stared at Gao Yuan.
After dividing it equally, each school can get nearly 20 million yuan in funds.
This is a huge project.
However, Gao Yuan was somewhat resistant to their approach.
"Mr. Gao, can you please have a word with me?"
Principal Lu stood up and invited Gao Yuan to talk in detail outside.
"Old Lu, is there anything you can't say in front of us?"
"That's right, we are all for the cause of education, you can tell us your suggestions, and we can help you with your reference."
"Old Lu, when we were drinking together last time, didn't you say that the township middle school is in trouble? Today is the time to solve the problem, why are you still hiding it from us?"
"..."
The principals of these schools are a little confused about Principal Lu's actions.
"Come out and speak."
Gao Yuan ignored these principals and took Principal Lu out of the meeting room door.
Outside the conference room, Principal Lu slowly lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke. He then said, "It is the stupidest way to divide the money equally. I don't recommend it."
"Mr. Gao is the boss of a big company and a smart man. He should understand the tricks. As long as it is related to construction projects, especially the construction of teaching buildings, Mr. Gao thinks there is no money involved?"
"Ten million to build a teaching building. For a middle school in an economically developed city in the south, this money may be a little too little, but for our mountain middle school, this money is too much."
"Because our mountain middle school does not have so many students, and there will be fewer and fewer students in the future, why build such a good teaching building? Isn't it a waste to keep it?"
Principal Lu described the situation of their middle school.
At the beginning, there were about 150 students in each grade of their school, and some grades even had 200 students.
The nine-year school includes elementary school and junior high school, which means that their school has at least 1,400 to 1,500 students.
After these years, the birth rate has dropped, the number of students has become fewer and fewer, and many families with the means have sent their children to school in the city.
"Now our middle school has only more than ten students in each grade, and some grades have less than ten students, and the whole school has nearly two hundred students." Principal Lu said, "I want to ask, do you think it is worthwhile to invest 20 million in such a middle school?"
"If divided equally, it will cost 100,000 yuan per child! I think it is inappropriate for a township middle school to do so."
Principal Lu said a lot of real situations in township middle schools.
This is also what Gao Yuan is worried about.
There are fewer and fewer students in remote township middle schools, and there will be even fewer in the future.
In this way, so much investment has gone down the drain.
Two hundred million is not much for Gao Yuan, but it does not mean that he can just throw it away.
"During the past few days of inspection, I have also found many problems. Most of the teachers in the townships do not want to stay here. Their teaching is a bit impetuous." Gao Yuan said, "They all want to transfer to the city. Those with connections use connections, and those without connections take exams in the city."
"There are fewer and fewer teachers who can calm down and teach well."
"In fact, let alone those teachers, even I have thought about transferring to the city many times. I bought a house in the city, and my wife takes the children to school in the city. I can only go back to the city on Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes I am too busy to go back once in half a month. I also want to transfer to the city and accompany my children and wife every day. Even if I am demoted to become the vice principal of a middle school in the urban area, I don’t care."
These are the two biggest problems currently encountered by township middle schools.
There are fewer and fewer students, and teachers are becoming less and less attentive.
If this continues, the future of children in mountainous areas will become more and more worrying.
Faced with so many problems, it is difficult to think of a perfect solution.
"I have an idea. Instead of letting the township middle schools disperse their funds, it is better to pool the funds to build three or four middle schools. These three or four middle schools are distributed in four directions of the county, and the children of two or three township middle schools will be gathered in one middle school."
"Those children are far away from the school, so we adopt a boarding system. When they are on vacation, we will send them home by special car."
"We also need to improve the treatment of teachers so that they can stay in school to teach and educate people with peace of mind."
Faced with these problems, Principal Lu actively gave suggestions.
"Your idea is good, but this idea is still a temporary solution." Gao Yuan sighed.
Before coming to the mountainous area, he did not expect that education in the mountainous area would have such a big drawback.
"But at the moment, there is really no better way."
Gao Yuan looked at Principal Lu, "Let's plan according to this plan and integrate the resources of mountainous education. The specific method needs to be discussed with the principals of major middle schools."
It doesn't matter if the principals of these middle schools disagree. As long as the middle schools are well built and have a banner, and can provide accommodation and school buses for holidays, plus various welfare policies, I believe that parents will send their children here.
Next, Gao Yuan discussed with the principals.
Afterwards, Gao Yuan went to the local education department and consulted with the relevant person in charge of the education department.
After staying in Anzhen County for two more days, all the procedures were initially finalized.
The bidding was conducted by the local area, but the review and supervision personnel were dispatched from Yuanfang Group.
In this regard, Gao Yuan's idea was very simple. It was impossible not to let them make some money. They were locals and must make some money.
After all, a project of 200 million yuan, if you get a little from it, there are also hundreds of thousands or millions.
But you can't stretch your hands too long. Once you make a deficit of millions or tens of millions, Gao Yuan will definitely investigate it to the end.
The education reform in Anzhen County is equivalent to a pilot. If possible, Gao Yuan will make educational donations based on this pilot and promote donations to other remote mountainous areas.
The purpose is to allow more children in mountainous areas to receive better education.
At the same time, Gao Yuan also got the consent of Principal Huang to sign a contract with local schools on behalf of Zhejiang University, and send a group of teaching teachers to assist these middle schools every year.
Students who can be admitted to Zhejiang University are academic masters in various provinces.
Their strength is stronger than many teachers, and those students have seen the world, which can fully broaden the horizons of students in remote mountainous areas.
After doing these things, Gao Yuan drove away from Anzhen County.
I have been wandering around the countryside these days. The accommodation conditions in many towns are very poor. There are no hotels but only a few shabby hotels.
So Gao Yuan slept in the RV.
Fortunately, I made preparations in advance. The accommodation environment in those large RVs is similar to that of a three-star hotel.
In the afternoon, Gao Yuan returned to the ancient city and took a plane from the ancient city back to Hangzhou.
This trip took about a week.
It was also hurried to return to Hangzhou because a press conference was to be held in Hangzhou.
The new version of Yuanfang Automobile was launched.
The new version launched this time will be better adapted to Yuanfang mobile phones. At the same time, the car system is equipped with the latest 1.0 nanometer chip, and the car system has also been upgraded.
Today's Yuanfang car has almost no shortcomings and is constantly updated and improved.
It can be said that Yuanfang car has almost no rivals for less than one million.
If we compare the performance, many million-dollar luxury cars are not as good as Yuanfang car, but they sell them at a high price, and they have been cutting leeks. (End of this chapter)