I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 31 Drawing a Super Piece of Cake

"Teacher Han, don't be nervous, I'm not trying to bargain. Please have a seat and wait a moment."

Zhang Da'an smiled and could tell that Han Tieguai was a little nervous. He knew Han Tieguai's background information very well and knew that he was short of money, after all, he had an elderly father with stomach cancer.

“There are a few options here. The first option is an annual salary of 150,000 yuan, with double pay for overtime and class hours. Because we are different from schools, our regular winter and summer vacations are different. The second option, well, it’s not really an option, but more of a suggestion.”

"Please go ahead, Mr. Zhang."

Seeing Zhang Da'an's neat and capable demeanor, which was completely out of character for a teenager, Han Tieguai did not treat him like a child playing house. Instead, he seriously tackled the final hurdle of the interview.

"Here's the thing, although I started offering services for college entrance exam retakes this year, I don't intend to stop here for middle school entrance exam retakes. As you know, in our Jiangkou Province, the middle school entrance exams are all organized and set by the prefecture-level cities, and the total score varies from city to city. If we want to make the middle school entrance exam retake service applicable throughout the province, we need to connect with all twelve prefecture-level cities."

Because he was a little nervous, Han Tieguai finished his tea in one gulp. Zhang Da'an got up to refill his cup. After exchanging pleasantries, the two continued to sit and chat. "I also want to expand my business in Chongzhou City, so I need a top scorer in the high school entrance exam, whether from Jianggao or Chongzhou City. This will require local connections, especially regarding student sources, teaching materials, exam format, and exam syllabus."

"Mr. Zhang, it's quite difficult to set up a high school entrance exam retake class in Jianggao... unlike here in Shazhou."

Han Tieguai reminded Zhang Da'an that things were not so simple.

"Don't worry about that. I know a thing or two about this, even though we're separated by the Yangtze River. I don't plan to go through tutoring institutions; I want to start a school directly, opening a branch school called 'Xin Dongwei Port' in Jianggao or Chongzhou."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Han Tieguai was stunned. This was something he had never heard of before.

But it's highly feasible!
“Building schools isn’t a problem for me; the key is student enrollment. There’s no chance with urban students. Private schools, like hospitals, can only be located in the suburbs. So, for enrollment, we need to look for opportunities in rural areas and among the children of migrant workers. Once we have students, things will be much easier. The intelligence of a group is normally distributed; once we have the quantity, the quality will follow.”

“But if we operate a regular school, I’m afraid we can’t do the same kind of training and optimization as the ‘top scorer’s tutoring class’.”

"Select the best of the best, choose the top students, and train them to study at our main high school. In the future, the high school at 'Xindongweigang' will only focus on achieving a 100% rate of admission to key universities, and will not consider any other students."

"..."

This practice of disrupting the distribution, allocation, and even resources of local education is truly appalling.

What a scourge to the country and its people!

but……

He gave me the money.

When Han Tieguai thought about his meager salary of 600 yuan a month in his hometown, he put aside his "teacher's ethics" for the time being, after all, he was still teaching and educating people, which was correct.

What can one person do about those macro-level issues that affect the development of education?

Let him go.

"So, Teacher Han, are you interested in choosing the second contract? In addition to the employment contract, there is also a partnership agreement, which is a five-year long-term contract. As long as the Jianggao branch or Chongzhou branch of 'Xindongwei Port' is registered, you will be the acting branch principal."

"..."

Han Tieguai's mind was buzzing. He never expected Zhang Da'an to say something like that. He didn't even need to look at the contract to know that it was definitely more than 150,000 yuan a year. What Han Tieguai didn't know was that starting next year, the top five high schools in Shazhou City would be poaching people from all over the city. An annual salary of 150,000 yuan was not unheard of. That was the salary for a top-level physics and chemistry teacher.

Before his rebirth, Zhang Da'an's alma mater poached students from several national-level demonstration high schools in Chongzhou City, providing them with RVs and everything else they needed.

Zhang Da'an only slightly advanced the timeline, and in terms of available resources, Zhang Da'an's fund utilization rate and flexibility are even greater than those of national-level demonstration high schools.

After all, if the salary gap in schools is too large, there will be complaints.

But at "Zhang An Education," he has the final say in everything, no questions are needed, and if you disagree, check his track record.

"Can I take a look at the 'Partnership Agreement'?"

"It was originally intended for Professor Han to look at and study slowly."

Zhang Da'an smiled and stood up to give Han Tieguai plenty of private space.

In fact, this "partnership agreement" is similar to what Zhang Da'an did before his rebirth. However, back then it wasn't about repeating the middle school or college entrance exams, but rather vocational skills training, such as turning, milling, boring, fitting, and electrical work. This was because the Yangtze River Delta region was full of industrial towns, and the number of migrant workers was huge, mostly in groups of people from the same hometown.

Therefore, the "partnership agreements" that Zhang Da'an gave to lecturers, coaches and mentors were all based on their hometowns. Of course, at that time he was ambitious and wanted to cooperate with various economic development zones and large companies to carry out labor export.

Before his rebirth, Zhang Da'an was quite ambitious.

Now, it's just for personal pleasure, especially when he sees some people jumping up and down in a panic but helpless, and still having to pretend to be nice to him. Zhang Da'an feels a strange, perverse pleasure.

The defilement of their souls has reached an unimaginable level.

What nonsense about responsibility, morality, and fairness? What does it have to do with him? Is it something he needs to consider?

Seeing some guys talking big about character development, only to then pull strings to get their kids into "top student tutoring classes," this absurd scene is a farce.

He loves watching it.

The contract with Han Tieguai wasn't finalized overnight. After all, practical considerations had to be taken into account. Han Tieguai needed money to treat his elderly father's illness. At forty-three, he might not still be as full of ideals and ambitions as he was at twenty-three.

However, as the saying goes, "a thousand pieces of gold can buy a horse's bones," and moreover, Han Tieguai's teaching level and lecturing ability were something that Zhang Da'an could never have hired before his rebirth.

Before his rebirth, when Zhang Da'an was doing college entrance exam retakes, people like Han Tieguai basically earned 600,000 yuan a year. If they earned less than a penny, no one would even glance at them.

Now, it's like "picking up a bargain," catching a good time.

“Teacher Han, I know about your family situation. If you go to the provincial hospital in Jiangning for stomach cancer, you can get an expert to perform the surgery. The subsequent treatment and care costs will not be an unbearable burden for you right now.”

"Thank you for your consideration, Mr. Zhang..."

In addition to the money, Zhang Da'an also got help from Qiu Jianmin, the deputy director of the Education Bureau, to contact his old comrade-in-arms in the Jiangning Military Region, who was a surgeon. Finding a specialist was not difficult.

It doesn't matter which hospital you choose, whether it's a provincial hospital, a military hospital, or a university-affiliated hospital, it's all fine.

The arrangements were so meticulous that Han Tieguai, whose personal life had been quite turbulent, impulsively submitted his resignation to his former employer. As long as his elderly father could live a few more years, he was 43 this year and would retire at 60. What did it matter if he served Zhang Da'an like a slave for 17 years?
(End of this chapter)