The happy journey also had a little work, and after a day of traveling in Sioux City, the three went to the development zone of Sioux City.

The future Sioux City Development Zone is very famous, and Sioux City has been pushed down to the top of the strongest prefecture-level cities in China, and the output value and income of the whole city are also among the best, and it is also a strong high-tech industrial city.

This development zone is also the first project of cooperation between the Lion City and China. The stones of its mountains can be used to attack jade, and Zhao Hong also came with a learning mentality.

The first phase of the project is located in the east of the ancient city of Sioux City, east of Hai City, west of Taihu Lake, south of Zhejiang Province, north of the Yangtze River, with an area of 8 square kilometers. On 28 June 1999, China and Singapore signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Matters Relating to the Development of Suzhou Industrial Park, confirming that from 1 January 2001, Sino-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co., Ltd. would implement an adjustment of its shareholding ratio, and the shares of the Chinese consortium would be adjusted from 35% to 65%, and the Chinese side would assume the responsibility of the majority shareholder of the company.

But so far it is relatively desolate, and there are not many factories, which is also due to the fact that the Lion City can no longer afford to invest on a large scale after the economic crisis. After observing them, they left, because it had already shown the current situation, and the government in the country had realized that there was a need to massively expand investment and develop the economy. They are also aware of the economic problems of other Asian countries, what this means for them, a huge opportunity, if they can't firmly grasp the re-transfer of production enterprises, they will miss a rare opportunity!

And foreign investment has begun to gradually start to increase, and they are also aware of it. China's huge advantages in labor costs, basic industry and basic education can play a huge role in reducing production costs and improving efficiency in enterprises. Although the investment of these enterprises is still ongoing. For the time being, it will not produce large-scale benefits, but it has already begun to show its strength. This is especially true in industries where there are more requirements for skilled workers, such as: The electronic assembly industry, machinery processing industry and so on have begun to appear on a large scale of OEM enterprises and industrial OEM production, and there are also some high energy consumption, high pollution enterprises have begun to lay out a large number of along the Yangtze River and coastal areas, the most representative of which is petrochemical, papermaking, pesticide and other industries.

When many people mention the advantages of domestic economic development, they always like to say: a large number of cheap labor. At this time, the initial signs have begun to appear, and many large foreign enterprises have closed their domestic production departments, invested directly in China or looked for suitable foundries. China's labor force is not only cheap, but also well-educated, and can easily crush the work level of people with the same income.

In Europe, only an engineer can understand a circuit diagram. Workers who graduated from junior high school in many factories in Shenzhen can understand it with a simple training. How can the economy of such a country not develop rapidly in the future?

That's the tremendous power of education, and when you have it, you take it for granted that many people don't know how to cherish it.

When he arrived in Jinling City later, the cooperative company of the domestic branch of the local Zhao Song Group warmly welcomed Zhao Hong and his party.

After talking about some things at work, we chatted together about domestic education after tea and dinner.

A deputy general manager, surnamed Wang, said of his experience, "There is a huge gap between education in China and abroad, but, contrary to what many people have been advocating for years, this gap is not in primary and secondary education, but in university education.

Due to the shortage of funds and the long-term backwardness of our country in the field of scientific research, we have not been able to have a world-class university, and therefore we have not been able to produce world-class university students for a long time.

China's basic education has always been the leader in the world. ”

Zhao Hong also agreed with his statement and echoed, "Success comes out of sweat and tears, and others envy some children who win awards every year, and they have homework that they can't finish every day." In this life, if a person is not born as a rich second generation, how can he change his fate? The ancients gave the simplest and most direct answer: Study. Su Qin is piercing, with the seal of the six countries, becoming a generation of vertical and horizontal everyone; Kuang Heng, chiseling the wall to borrow light, the official to the prime minister; Che Yin, Sun Kangyingxue, the achievement of a generation of famous ministers......"

If you want to survive in this fiercely competitive society, you must work harder if you are from a poor family, otherwise you will only be forced to make a living and will not be able to take the initiative in your life. Only the examination system is the only fast track!

In the past, exam-oriented education was scolded for the "cramming" model, but it is undoubtedly the greatest benefit for the poor. Reducing the burden can only benefit wealthy families, and indirectly deprives the hope of poor children. ”

Boss Hu of the cooperative company also had a deep understanding and said, "We didn't have the opportunity to study back then, so let's create an opportunity to learn! If we didn't have the learning we had before, how could we have gained today? Teachers in schools now are less and less responsible, and they no longer regard it as a career, but only regard it as a profession! Their income is getting higher and better, and their social status is getting better and better, but the corresponding dedication and dedication have disappeared!"

Everyone lamented that education is becoming more and more utilitarian, and all educational resources are labeled with a clear price. The education of public school teachers is simpler, and a lot of opportunities for improvement are left to various training institutions, and the rise of the poor has become more and more of a joke!

Zhao Hong also said with a smile, "I always thought that school learning in country M should be very easy and enjoyable. It wasn't until my kids went that I knew it was a lie. Many people think that there is no school district housing in country M, and many people think that children in country M do not have homework. This is not the case.

My wife told me that a large proportion of the primary and secondary education funds in Country M come directly from the property tax. Property taxes are paid on the value of the house, so property taxes are many times higher in upscale neighborhoods than in poorer neighborhoods. Correspondingly, the funding and teacher quality of high-end community primary schools are many times higher than those of poor communities, and the teaching conditions between the two sides are simply worlds apart.

The children of wealthy people in country M attend high-quality public schools or private schools, not only have all kinds of homework, but also participate in various tutoring classes after school, and many rich people will hire tutors for their children.

And those poor community primary schools have difficulty in hiring enough teachers, ZF will leave you homework? Who watches you every day to study? The children there are herded every day. My wife finally concluded: Country M seems to be free, but in fact the class solidification is extremely serious, and the root cause of this class solidification is the solidification of educational resources. ”

Everyone is talking about it, but they still agree with foreign education, and those who are sitting here are still quite rich people in China, and of course everyone hopes that money can solve the problem! In fact, there are still many problems that cannot be solved in domestic education.

Deputy General Manager Wang said helplessly, "In fact, in many times in China, money alone cannot solve the education problem. Not only are the school districts near government agencies, but they also give priority to their children! Private schools have a lot of problems, after all, they have just begun to develop, and the hardware facilities are easy to solve, but the software problems cannot be solved overnight!"

Zhao Hong also added, "In fact, there is also the issue of regional discrimination. That's not something that money can solve, but certain classes of people can easily solve it. That's why I sent my children to study abroad. Not everyone can be born in the capital or Haishi, and it is also the location of the school district. ”

Everyone then discussed the so-called "burden reduction" activities of the current education, which is also very unoptimistic, because they all know very well that excellence can only be obtained by hard work!

Zhao Hong and a group of post-50s and 60s discussed together, and they didn't notice the difference between Zhao Hong and their actual age, as if they were peers......

Later, Zhao Hong and his entourage went to see a software company in Jinling, although this company has changed from the initial holding to a shareholding, but after all, it is the first high-tech company of Zhao Song Group, since passing by, I will learn about its operation by the way.

With the graduation of college students, there are more and more computer graduates, the company's recruitment is getting easier and easier, and the company's scale is getting bigger and bigger. The university in Jinling is relatively concentrated, so the development speed of this cooperative company is also quite fast, from the initial annual turnover of nearly 10 million to nearly 100 million turnover, and the company also took out a part of the profits, purchased and rebuilt an office building, and has a high-tech and comfortable workplace in the local economic development zone.

Summers in Jinling are still very hot and humid, and it is also one of the famous "furnace cities". This is a kind of "honorific name" for the hotter cities in China, usually their typical summer temperature is higher than 35 degrees. Because they are all in the Yangtze River Basin, it is not only high temperature all day long, but also unusually hot and humid, which is unbearable, like taking a sauna, sweating constantly, Jinling in this season is indeed not a pleasant place to live. In particular, Zhao Hong's arthritis was also very uncomfortable here, so he only stayed here for a few days before leaving and continuing north. After the newly repaired Yangtze River Bridge, looking at the wide view of the water, the three of them all felt an alternative experience.

Master Li, the driver from Hong Kong City, whispered his favorite song.

"The waves are running and the waves are flowing, and the rivers are endless, washing away the world's things, and mixing them into a surging tide. Whether it is joy or sorrow, it is impossible to distinguish laughter and sorrow in the waves. Success or failure, there is no ...... in the waves"

And Zhao Hong remembered the poem, "You live at the head of the Yangtze River, I live at the end of the Yangtze River, I think about you every night and don't see you, and drink a river of water!"

Maybe that's because life experiences are different! Everyone has their own different happiness, and you can't force it!

Just like the parting words of a former friend, "I have sworn to fight to the death against fate, and the success or failure does not have to be mine!"