287 And he that attaineth the Enlightenment shall be of much help
It's just a lot of anticipation, and it's not an exaggeration to describe it with a sentence of "a thousand calls to come out", the heat of the previous successful launch of space tourism has not passed, and it's only been a month later, and another handful of firewood has been added, no, it's the feeling of pouring another barrel of oil.
You can imagine that a private space company in Uncle Sam's country successfully launched a car and a dummy into space, which caused the global media to be as excited as chicken. Now, what Infinite Future has done has been put into practical use, far beyond those empty heads.
Perhaps in addition to Uncle Sam's mainstream media, the mainstream media is still sourly reporting, focusing on criticizing how much a certain country disregards safety and allows such an immature aircraft to carry passengers, which is simply a manifestation of disregard for human rights. Or attack Infinite Future, Inc. has a close relationship with the military, and many technologies have been converted into military force, seriously threatening the cooking business of the whole planet. But there is no mention of the sophistication of these technologies and the significance they represent.
The sourness and the European countries in the Western camp can't stand it. The Deutsche Zeitung sarcastically said: At some point, the country that shouted for equality is still banning the sale of drone products for the infinite future in its own country. Of course, this country doesn't even want to play TO, so how can it care about this.
The domestic media naturally focuses on positive reports, and there is nothing to hack. However, because the launch of the virtual projection equipment has not yet begun, the imagination and description of it are mainly based on the application in the flagship store, so the media attention is inevitably more focused on the space tourism business.
Flying away from the earth, into space, listening to the high-end atmosphere is high-end. During this period, the second batch of openly recruited space tourists also completed the journey smoothly and safely, which added to the popularity. For a while, the number of applicants soared, but unfortunately the temporary capacity is limited, and it is destined to be a very small number of people.
Compared with the media's simple pursuit of hot spots, there is always no shortage of people who see more deeply and thoroughly.
During this period, the Ministry of Education and Infinite Future Company have been in close contact.
Dai Yuqian trusted the relationship, coupled with the company's existing popularity, and made a presentation for several senior leaders in the building of the Ministry of Education. The title of the presentation is "Suggestions for Balancing Educational Resources with Virtual Projection Technology". The performance of virtual projection in educational applications was made public for the first time, which deeply touched several senior executives.
The equipment used for the display was also left on site, and the church administrators played it for only ten minutes. It is said that that in the evening, the Ministry of Education temporarily held a plenary meeting of the leadership team, which lasted until late at night. The next day, as a representative, the third leader came to Yidong Park to visit and communicate. A few days after the end of this round, the first and second leaders came to inspect together, and also brought a large number of middle-level backbone personnel to talk with Chen Wenhao for more than four hours.
The people who can achieve that level are the top among the smart people, and they naturally see that the application of this new technology can play an unimaginable role in narrowing the gap between the teaching level of the underdeveloped areas and the developed areas of education.
In recent years, the state has always emphasized the need to balance educational resources, especially to improve the education standards in the central and western regions and poor areas. A lot of manpower and material resources have been smashed down, and to be honest, the hardware conditions of many public schools in poor areas are not bad. However, the gap in the soft power of teachers is getting wider and wider.
In fact, it is also normal, the more capable people are, the more they can find a satisfactory job in a big city. There are more resources and opportunities, and the big cities with better entertainment, medical care and education are against the eighteenth-tier towns in rural counties and towns, which one to choose, is there still suspense?
Of course, there will also be some high-quality talents with great ideals or universal spirit, who have chosen the direction of going against the world, taking root at the grassroots level, and shining brightly. Such people deserve respect and reverence, but judging by the proportion of statistics, they are only a very small minority. They may be able to change one school and one place, but they still can't reverse the overall situation.
That's why in recent years, the official media has vigorously publicized rural teachers and college students, isn't it just to change the traditional concept of secular people. As for whether it will be effective or not, it will be up to you. In any case, it is also true that the gap in soft power is still widening, just look at the change in the proportion of urban and rural students among the 985 college freshmen every year. Even the educational resources available to students in the same big cities are diverging, and children from middle-income and above families are gradually beginning to gain an advantage.
And before the advent of virtual projection equipment, there is no hope of solving this problem. Who can stop the tide of marketization? The mantis arm is just a car!
It is conceivable how full of enthusiasm these senior leaders burst out when they experienced the new technology and found the possibility of solving the problem.
What has been determined is that the Ministry of Education will fully coordinate the selection of schools to host the event, and any school that you like can handle it. Follow-up donation activities can also be fully cooperated and recommended. On the day of the launch event, members of the Ministry of Education team will attend in person.
Moreover, the Ministry of Education is also very interested in the production of courseware, which is also the most abundant resource at their disposal. With them taking the lead in organizing, it is easy to invite a group of the best teachers in the country to cooperate in the production of the corresponding courseware. State agencies cannot engage in business activities, so the company can deduct the courseware production fee in the form of donating a batch of equipment. In addition, the labor costs of these teachers are also borne by the company. For this kind of reciprocal request, Chen Wenhao naturally agreed, and courseware sales are a good deal.
In addition, the Ministry of Education also intends to purchase a considerable number of equipment: starting with 50,000 units, calculated at the lowest model price of 58,000, which is also a large order of nearly 3 billion. However, this idea has to be approved and voted on by the team, and it has to go through the channel of the administrative procurement center, which is not so quickly determined, but at least it shows an attitude.
Chen Wenhao has never been worried about the market demand for this piece. The marketing department has submitted a professional analysis report: according to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 600,000 primary schools in the country alone, of which public schools account for about 40%. Based on the calculation of one projection device for every 40 students, a primary school needs two or three sets at a time, and there are probably twenty or thirty sets at the most. And that's just the primary school, but the bigger middle school? Later, the courseware kept up, and the university can also use it.
If only from a purely operational point of view, the company should focus on educational institutions in first- and second-tier cities. These regions have stronger economies, better budgets, and are more receptive to new things.
But Chen Wenhao is not! The road of encircling the city from the countryside was chosen, and the efforts were made from the underdeveloped areas.
The strategy he proposed internally is to use the corporate public welfare fund as an operating platform to give free public welfare donations to primary and secondary schools in economically underdeveloped areas! This year's goal is to have 10,000 schools, and next year we will reach 10,000 schools. Chen Wenhao has injected 3 billion yuan into the public welfare fund in the early stage, and then has a budget of billions of yuan every year, which should be regarded as advertising products at the same time to attract areas or schools with sufficient budgets to buy them themselves.
This approach is certainly not the best way to make a profit, but Chen Wenhao chose it. Don't pretend to say, there are extraterrestrial black technology plug-ins, money and other things, for him it is really just numbers, and tools to achieve ideals.
Just like the next three major activities, whether it is in the Beijing Military Museum or in the Jianghai flagship store, it is aimed at the customer groups that can be converted into purchasing power the fastest at this stage, Chen Wenhao is not ready to show up, just leave it to Luo Liang and other executives to be responsible.
Only the last donation activity at the school, he was ready to participate from the beginning, and he also devoted his energy to the whole process.
For a long time, Chen Wenhao has been promoting the goal of the company, both internally and externally: science and technology make life better! If this kind of beauty cannot benefit the foundation of human inheritance and progress, education, it will always be just a slogan. In other words, it's just a package for using extraterrestrial plugs to make money. He couldn't get past this level in his heart.
Similarly, knowing that this is not the most productive marketing model, and similar decisions in the past, the group's management has never objected, but the team operates more tacitly and the project is more efficient. That's the result of aligning the team's goals!
This kind of collective atmosphere can be clearly perceived by the outside. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why the top management of the Ministry of Education decided to fully support them after reaching out to them.
Time flies, the countdown to the homepage of the official website is coming to an end, and the first press conference is about to be held.