When will I have a long tassel?

Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin both came from academic backgrounds. Even if they were reduced to the point where they could not graduate with a degree, it did not affect their confidence in their own IQs at all. They can say that it's not that they can't learn the lessons, but they just don't care about it and they have more important things to do. There are classmates in their respective classes who receive scholarships every year. They have always looked down upon these classmates. They feel that the money they earn in the company is much higher than the highest-level scholarship in the school. Who has more? Isn’t the ability obvious at a glance?

However, in the minds of the two of them, there is one person they must look up to, and this person is the legendary Tang Zifeng.

Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin both worked at Feihai Company and had heard about the start-up process of Feihai Company. The earliest reference books produced by Feihai Company, as well as the "53" developed later, amazed both of them. With their IQs, it is certainly not difficult to develop similar books, but they themselves cannot think of such ideas, so they naturally admire those who can come up with these ideas.

After some inquiring, they finally learned that the core figure of Feihai Company was not the Wang Zijie they knew, but Tang Zifeng who was far away in Linhe. While giving Tang Ziyan one-on-one college entrance examination tutoring, they also met Xiao Wenjun, who replaced Tang Zifeng as Tang Ziyan's guardian. From Xiao Wenjun, Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin heard more about Tang Zifeng's deeds, and thus It also strengthened their worship of Tang Zifeng.

When the two founded Sierxue Company to provide one-on-one training, they plagiarized Tang Zifeng's ideas. At first, they thought it was easy to start a company. The main source of this feeling was seeing the success of Feihai Company. After all, when Tang Zifeng founded Feihai Company, he had just graduated from college. What reason could they not be able to do what Tang Zifeng could do?

But after they started the company, they discovered that running a company was not that simple. How to open up the market, how to secure customers, and how to motivate the college students hired as teachers are not easy tasks. The two people worked stumbledly for more than two years, and the company finally made a profit, but compared to Feihai Company's performance, their little profit was simply scum. This cruel comparison made them feel that Tang Zifeng was unfathomable and beyond their reach.

This time, Tang Zifeng specifically invited the two of them to the company to discuss matters. In advance, the two of them analyzed what Tang Zifeng might talk about. They believed that Tang Zifeng wanted to meet them because he was probably interested in their abilities and wanted to have more in-depth cooperation with them. After all, as two college students, their achievements are still remarkable.

In fact, Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin had previously insisted on paying dividends to Feihai Company, and they also had the idea of ​​​​showing their presence. They took 200,000 yuan of start-up capital from Feihai Company. For more than two years, Tang Zifeng actually ignored them, which made them feel very hurt. Both of them believed that dividends should be used to remind Mr. Tang, whom they had never met, to at least make some comments on the company's operations so that they could do better in the future.

Now, Tang Zifeng really talked about business issues, and he asked them if they wanted to do other training. Doesn't this mean that Tang Zifeng has new ideas and wants to teach them? Although they still don't know whether what Tang Zifeng is going to say is a good idea or a bad idea, it is at least an opportunity.

My family knows their own affairs. In the eyes of Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin’s classmates, Sirexue Company’s “one-on-one” college entrance examination training is prosperous and has unlimited “money potential”. At the very least, a profit of more than 400,000 yuan a year is enough to blind a lot of college students. But the two of them knew that this business was about to hit a ceiling. If they could not develop new business directions and were limited to "one-on-one" training, the future would be very gloomy.

The targets of college entrance examination training are naturally high school seniors. Senior high school students usually have to attend classes and have self-study classes in the evenings. The time they can spare for "one-on-one" is very limited. In addition to winter and summer vacations, Silexue's training courses can only be concentrated on weekends, or a short period of time after 9 p.m. Too much training time means that classroom resources and teacher resources must be used intensively. When you are busy, you will be busy and when you are idle, you will be idle. This is a very bad business state.

In addition, there is nothing secret about the one-to-one training method. Some middle school teachers have also begun to imitate this method to compete with Sierxue Company for students. The training teachers used by Guo Xiaoyu and Zhang Jin are all freshmen and second-year students in colleges and universities. These people have just experienced the college entrance examination and have a deep memory of knowledge. They are very suitable for tutoring students in the third year of high school preparing for the exam. However, middle school teachers have rich teaching experience and are better at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Especially when dealing with poor students, middle school teachers have stronger teaching advantages. Many students have turned to the arms of middle school teachers after taking the training courses of SiLueXue.

This year, the company had a turnover of 1.5 million, and the two of them were exhausted. Thinking of having to work so hard to make money in the future, both of them had some thoughts of giving up. However, because of their work in the company, their studies have been affected. Now to give up the company and return to the workplace is equivalent to taking a detour, which they cannot accept.

Based on these circumstances, both of them attached great importance to Tang Zifeng's possible suggestions, and vaguely expected Tang Zifeng to point them in a new direction. As for whether following other people's direction would ruin their reputation as top academics, they no longer cared to consider it.

"The training market is huge. In addition to college entrance examination tutoring, we can also do it from primary school to junior high school, high school entrance examination, postgraduate entrance examination, and civil service examination. Have you considered it?" Tang Zifeng asked.

Guo Xiaoyu said: "Mr. Tang, in fact, Zhang Jin and I have also thought about the directions you mentioned. We also went to attend classes at institutions that provide relevant training. We feel that it is not impossible to pursue these directions, but There are many institutions looking at these directions, and the market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. We lack the accumulation in this area, and if we enter hastily, it will be difficult to open the market."

Zhang Jin also said: "Yes, I accompanied one of my classmates to attend several open classes for postgraduate entrance examination tutoring. I found that the teachers in those institutions were very knowledgeable about postgraduate entrance examination topics. What they talked about, Lao Guo and I were It’s impossible to talk about it anyway. Those training teachers are also worth a lot, and many of them are partners of training institutions, and it’s impossible for us to recruit them. Therefore, we don’t dare to participate in this aspect of business.”

Tang Zifeng smiled and said: "I do have a direction here. There don't seem to be many people doing it at the moment. I wonder if you are interested."

"What direction?" Guo and Zhang asked at the same time.

Tang Zifeng said: "English training for studying abroad."

"English training for studying abroad? You mean English training for TOTO and G exams?" Guo Xiaoyu asked.

"That's right." Tang Zifeng said.

Guo Xiaoyu frowned and said: "In this aspect, there are now several institutions in Zhongguancun doing it, but they are all small and small. The TOEFL and GRE exams are not much different from CET-4 or CET-6, except that the vocabulary is larger. . Some of our students who want to take the G test have to memorize the words by themselves with a vocabulary book, and no one will go to an institution for training."

"Is this the same here at Tsinghua University?" Tang Zifeng asked Zhang Jin again.

Zhang Jin nodded: "That's right. The students in our school have very strong self-learning ability. There is definitely no need to find an agency to help with things like memorizing vocabulary."

"Ha, this is an opportunity!" Tang Zifeng said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Guo Xiaoyu asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "Even you think that the TOTO and G tests are just memorizing words. This shows that no one knows the skills of TOTO and G tests so far. If we can develop these skills and build a special The training school teaches these skills, and also teaches some skills about applying for schools, applying for visas, etc. Do you think anyone would be interested?"

"Does Kao Tuo also have skills?" Zhang Jin asked in surprise.

Tang Zifeng asked: "Are there any skills for the college entrance examination?"

Zhang Jin hesitated and said, "It's really hard to say. You can say yes or no."

Zhang Jin's words were not perfunctory, but based on his deep understanding of the college entrance examination. The college entrance examination is an assessment of students' comprehensive ability. If you want to get high scores in the college entrance examination, you need to do the questions in a down-to-earth manner and memorize them in a down-to-earth manner. In this sense, the college entrance examination does not have skills. But as a former top student, Zhang Jin knows that there are differences in how to do the questions and how to memorize the same questions. Top students do not necessarily spend more time studying before the exam than poor students, but But he can do better in the exam. The difference is his unique skills.

Tang Zifeng had no intention of discussing it with Zhang Jin. He said bluntly: "You have all participated in the compilation of "May 3". Do you think "May 3" is a skills book?"

"Hey, that's what it means." Guo Xiaoyu thought about it, "Wu San is indeed different from other review materials. It combines past college entrance examination questions and simulation questions, summarizes various question types and test points, and provides some lack of For high school students with general ability, it can make a difference. This is indeed a skill book."

Zhang Jin's eyes lit up: "Mr. Tang, do you mean that the TOEFL exam also has such a pattern? We can summarize the pattern and teach it to students, so that they can get twice the result with half the effort, spend not much time, but be able to take the test Get good results."

"What do you think?" Tang Zifeng asked with a smile. It's so easy to talk to a top student. With a little guidance, the two of you can figure out the key to the problem.