1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2297
The cooperative relationship between Haihan and Furuifeng in the business field can no longer be simply described as close. The two parties can almost be said to have a symbiotic relationship at this stage. The prosperity of Furuifeng in recent years is inseparable from the rapid rise of Haihan. Overseas operations are completely dependent on the support provided by Haihan; and the business miracle created by Haihan is also due to the fact that Haihan opened up the market in Daming through Fu Ruifeng at the beginning and obtained various resources needed for development.Even though the targets and regions where the two parties carry out trade activities have greatly developed compared with before, they are still one of the most important partners of each other.

It is precisely because of this special relationship that when Haihan and Fu Ruifeng took joint actions, it was not only in the business field. Similar to Zheng Zuo's intention to come to Guangzhou this time, they jointly killed them in the preparatory stage.

Haihan and Fu Ruifeng didn't even fully understand why the other party was so opposed to the Annan people's intentions, but they both had the same purpose, so they both stumbled Zheng Zuo with a tacit understanding and asked him to open the Annan guild hall in Guangzhou. had to be temporarily stranded.

However, the Haihan project, which also opened an operating agency in Guangzhou, received completely different treatment.Jonesy Academy is probably the fastest project ever to land in Guangzhou. It only took about a month before and after, and a series of preparatory work such as venue, personnel, materials, official procedures and preliminary publicity have been completed. Even if the efficiency is placed in Haihan's country, it can be regarded as quite high.

Of course, Zhang Jinbao was very satisfied with this. The smooth progress of this project was completely beyond his expectation, and most of the problems he worried about beforehand did not arise at all.Of course, he also understands that such success is due to the strong support provided by Fu Ruifeng, so he is also working hard in the preparation work, so that the Guangzhou branch can be put into operation in a better state.

Zhang Jinbao is very clear about the reason why Li Nai is willing to invest resources to help him succeed. Apart from being optimistic about the development prospects of Jonesy Academy, there is also his ability to do practical things.From the verbal plan during the first negotiation in Sanya, to the field visit to Jonesy Academy to demonstrate the feasibility of the project, and the actual actions after arriving in Guangzhou, every step Zhang Jinbao took has won the appreciation and approval of Li Nai, so it was will get all the resources it provides.

Three days before the start date of the school year, the [-] enrollment quota had already been filled, and some students who were far away from the academy had already moved to inns outside the city of Guangzhou in advance.It's just that because of the tight schedule, Zhang Jinbao didn't have time to prepare uniform uniforms for these freshmen, and the opening ceremony would inevitably be a little less imposing, which made him a little regretful.

However, because the number of teachers in the academy is small, it is only necessary to make clothes for the newly hired people, so all the teacher uniforms have already been distributed.

In addition, there are nearly a hundred people who cannot pay the required admission fees because of their poor families, and cannot go through the admission procedures immediately after registration.Of course, they are not out of luck with Jonesy College. They can choose the study abroad program for poor students provided by the college, and move to Danzhou to study at the headquarter of the college.

If you don’t want to travel across the ocean to study in Danzhou, you can also choose to wait for the second phase of enrollment expansion of the Guangzhou branch.In view of the popularity of the first batch of enrollment, Zhang Jinbao has decided to immediately start building buildings on the periphery to accommodate more students on the basis of the existing branch.After the new student dormitory is built, the second phase of the enrollment plan can be arranged and implemented.

However, this expansion plan cannot be accomplished overnight, and the increase in the number of students means that the demand for supporting living facilities, teaching staff and teaching materials will also increase. These problems will take time to solve.

Zhang Jinbao estimated that it would take about three months to straighten out these problems, and this was the approximate time he expected for the preparation period of the Guangzhou branch, but because the Li family provided a ready-made manor, there was no need for the academy to buy land on its own Building a house, so the preparation time is also greatly shortened, and there will be no such cheap options for subsequent enrollment expansion.

Of course, with the help of Fu Ruifeng, it may not take as long as three months to expand the student dormitory and supporting living facilities of the branch.However, considering that the living environment of local students is still somewhat different from that of Haihan, Zhang Jinbao is still a little worried that there will be some problems that have not been encountered before in the teaching process, and three months is enough for the academy to find out the problems and solve them. It's easy to deal with it. To be safe, wait until there are no major problems after three months before recruiting the next batch of students.

Li Nai also agrees with this. In addition to the reasons Zhang Jinbao said, he also needs a little more time to observe the operation of Jonesy Academy to decide whether to continue to invest more resources in the academy.

After Li Nai returned to Guangzhou, he had talked with Li Jifeng several times about the joint school project, and his thinking was clearer than at the beginning.If the reason why he was interested in this project at first was that Jonesy College could cultivate the professional talents needed by Fu Ruifeng, then after discussing with his father, he has realized that the role of this project is not limited to that.

Furuifeng's involvement in the cultural and educational industry will not only enhance the Li family's reputation in Guangdong, but also improve the industries it operates.

Haihan currently exports all kinds of high-end stationery, books, etc. to Guangdong, all of which are represented by Furuifeng.If Jonesey Academy can gain a certain reputation in Guangzhou, a little publicity and processing will become a living advertisement, and the sales of these stationery products represented by Fu Ruifeng will inevitably increase accordingly.

Every year, the turnover of all kinds of Haihan cultural goods sold to Daming by Fu Ruifeng can reach tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the sales volume will increase greatly if it catches up with the township examination competition held every three years.The profit of this kind of goods is quite high, and the gross profit is at least [-]% to [-]%. If the sales volume can be raised to a higher level because of the ability of Jonesy College to carry goods, then the profit brought to Furuifeng by the field of stationery alone will also be the same. It is quite impressive, maybe in two or three years, the profits will be enough to build another manor similar to the Guangzhou branch.

Therefore, taking out a high-class manor as a school place, although the one-time investment is not small for Fu Ruifeng, it will still be a stable profit in the long run.As for the calculation in the middle, Li Nai didn't see it as thoroughly as Li Jifeng at the beginning.

The time finally came to the opening day of the academy in late October. Fu Ruifeng specially prepared a huge convoy to send the guests attending the ceremony from Guangzhou City to the academy location at the southern foot of Baiyun Mountain.Along with these gentry and celebrities, apart from their servants, a large number of people flocked to the academy to watch the excitement.

For ordinary people, the academy is actually not a place suitable for watching the excitement, but this time the newly opened academy seems to be full of anti-traditional flavors, and the opening ceremony was announced early in the previous publicity notice He encouraged and welcomed the public to attend the opening ceremony of the college, and seemed not at all worried that doing so would make the college lose its tranquility.

The students and their families who participated in the opening ceremony, together with the faculty and staff of the college, the helpers sent by Fu Ruifeng, and the security personnel to maintain order, there are already six to seven hundred people.There were hundreds of guests and servants invited by Fu Ruifeng and Haihan Office in Guangzhou to watch the ceremony. Together with the people from the academy, it was over a thousand. Even if there were no onlookers, it was already quite lively.

However, the number of people who came to watch the scene was several times more than those who participated in the opening ceremony. Many people were very curious about the Johnsey Academy with a Haihan background, and wanted to know how the Haihan Academy operates and what it teaches , will cultivate so many top-notch characters in all walks of life.

Although many local scholars in Guangzhou would not enroll in this strange academy, they were also aroused by its early publicity activities, and they met in threes and fives to watch the opening ceremony of Jonesey Academy, by the way. It's an outing.

Of course, Zhang Jinbao and Li Nai were extremely busy. They stood at the entrance of the academy to greet the guests, and let the invited guests go inside to rest first. After the ceremony began, they went to the venue outside the entrance of the academy to watch the ceremony together.

Most of these invited high-level people did not come empty-handed, but prepared various congratulatory gifts, so after receiving the gift list, they had to exchange a few greetings one by one to show respect.

Standing beside Li Nai, Zhang Jinbao listened to his introduction of the identity of the visitor, and then thanked him with a smile on his face.After finally finding a chance, Zhang Jinbao rubbed his face that had become stiff from laughing, and whispered to Li Nai: "When I opened the academy in Danzhou back then, I never imagined that it would be as good as it is today. Beautiful scenery! I really want to thank the third young master for his support!"

Li Nai smiled and said, "Didn't there be so many guests present at the opening of Jonesy Academy?"

Zhang Jinbao said: "To tell you the truth, that's really far away. If there was such a scene back then, I'm afraid I would have to wake up laughing several times if I fell asleep!"

When Zhang Jinbao opened Jonesy Academy in Danzhou, the conditions were indeed far worse than they are now. At that time, he had no qualifications to invite celebrities to attend, and he had no money to hold a grand opening ceremony. He simply set up a table and brought a few The teacher and the [-] or [-] students who had finally collected them paid homage to the sages of Confucius and Mencius and counted them.

But today, the Guangzhou branch started school, and there was a lot of traffic and people outside the academy. Zhang Jinbao had visited Guangzhou Fuxue a few days ago, and the government-run academy was far less lively than his place.

Although the onlookers can't enter the academy to visit, it is also a matter of great discussion value to see which celebrities are present to watch the ceremony.

First of all, almost all the leading figures in the local business circle were present, which was obviously to maintain a good relationship with Freedom.Secondly, several major local families who have been close friends with the Li family also appeared one after another. The marriage relationship between these local wealthy families is intricate, but when there are good things, they must be in the same breath.

Almost all famous literati in the local cultural circle were picked up by Fu Ruifeng's carriage.However, these self-proclaimed celebrities will come out to help outsiders like Jonesy College, and people have to guess how much benefit Fu Ruifeng has secretly given them before they are moved.

On the government side, although big figures like prefects and tongzhi were not present, they also sent aides as representatives to attend.These local officials generally hold a relatively cautious attitude towards attending private business activities, and will not appear in person, and it is already a great deal of face to ask their staff to send a congratulatory letter.Of course, as a thank you, Fu Ruifeng will definitely show something, and the staff who run errands will also have corresponding benefits.

However, officials in charge of local education affairs, such as education officials, education officials, discipline officials, and edicts, arrived at the scene one after another.Although Jonesey Academy has a Haihan background, since it is run in Guangzhou, it should accept the supervision of local authorities in principle.Zhang Jinbao had already burned incense to these bodhisattvas when he went through the formalities, so he didn't have any resistance to this.

Seeing that the guests had arrived and the time was almost up, Zhang Jinbao asked the teachers and students of the academy to gather on the Pingba outside the gate, and then invited the guests to come out from the temporary lounge in the academy to hold the opening ceremony together.

Zhang Jinbao's original plan for the opening ceremony was very simple, that is, setting out sacrificial candles, setting up the world's monarchs, relatives, teachers and sages, and then he and Li Nai would deliver speeches on the theme of encouraging students, and it was almost over.

But Li Nai thinks that since it took so much time to prepare, it is natural to make a lot of effort, at least let a few guests with special status come out to speak a few words, so that the public can fully understand the strength of Jonesy Academy.

The special guests that Li Nai was referring to included, in addition to the officials who represented the local government, Li Jifeng, his father, and Chen Tianqi, the head of Haihan's Guangzhou Office.With such a lineup of speakers, it shows that Jonesy College has not only been recognized by the government, but also supported by the people and overseas.

Of course, Zhang Jinbao would not object to Li Nai's proposal. He was just worried that Jonesy Academy's influence was not enough to allow these big figures to say some blatant good things for the academy during the ceremony.However, Li Nai said that he would coordinate these matters, and let Zhang Jinbao only need to arrange the time well.

So after the solemn worship ceremony, Zhang Jinbao first invited the academic officer to speak to the academy and the students who were about to start school.He also knew that Li Nai insisted on letting the lord speak, on the one hand because of his official status, and on the other hand, because the Li family had already paid for his appearance, the money was not just for showing his face. What is taken away must be put to good use.

The academic officer surnamed Dong is over seventy years old, and it's time to retire, but if he can get such a lucrative job before retirement, he won't let it go easily.Although I heard that the person in charge of Jonesy Academy is from Haihan, since the Chief Envoy and the Governor's Office have not spoken out on this matter, it means that the higher-ups have no intention of contradicting Jonesy Academy, and the money will go to him. Pockets are also not at risk.

(End of this chapter)