Chapter 617: Meeting of the Two Giants in the Education Industry
"I can't figure it out. It doesn't seem to be him. The chairman of Xin Fangfang said that it was a young man who is still in school. Didn't Linxi already graduate?" A Lin scratched his head.
"Student? Hmm? Then I don't know. Linxi has a lot of lackeys. Who knows which one it is?" Chen Xi narrowed his eyes.
"If they cooperate, it will be terrible. My study abroad pass will be replaced in minutes. Your Overseas Returnees Association has members all over the world. This publicity will be more effective than any other advertising." Alin said anxiously.
"Well, do you have any good ideas?"
"Of course it depends on you. As the vice president, as long as you show up, plus the reputation of our Study Abroad Program, it will definitely make Xin Fangfang change her mind. However, we have to publicize it in the association first so that the members of the association can benefit, and then they will help us." Alin had already thought of a countermeasure.
"Oh? Do you want some international students to work in Study Abroad after returning to their home country, as teachers or agents?" Chen Xi looked at him with a smile.
"How smart! Many international students become foreign language teachers after graduation and return to their home country. Because what they learned abroad may not help them find good jobs in China, but teaching foreign languages is an easy thing. Moreover, parents in China now accept foreign teachers and international students as their teachers. They think these people are more authentic than domestic English teachers!" Alin snapped his fingers and said excitedly.
"Well, that's a good idea. I'll give it a try." Chen Xi nodded in agreement.
"I will arrange a position for you as the vice president of Study Abroad, so that you can negotiate with Xin Fangfang better."
"Oh, I have so many identities. I can't even count how many companies I've been the CEO and vice president of." Chen Xi counted on his fingers.
"As the saying goes, more skills are better than less. The same is true for having more identities. You don't have to manage the company."
"Haha, it sounds like I'm a mascot." Chen Xi took a sip of coffee and almost choked.
In another cafe in the city center.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Lin Xi looked at the woman opposite.
"Chen Xi just said that he thinks this local association of returned overseas students is just a decoration and cannot be developed." Xu Yun folded her legs together, drank coffee elegantly, and did not forget to take a selfie and posted it on her social circle.
Posing and showing off her life every day is one of her daily tasks.
"You believe this? You called me here just to say this? I might as well listen to Chen Xi's nonsense." Lin Xi seemed a little annoyed.
"Hehe, don't be so impatient. The leader just said that a new overseas returnee association will be established in the local area, so what?
Every international student in the association has his or her hometown, so we can let them join both.
It would be best if we could pick a few members to be the presidents of those associations, so that we can still control everything, right?" Xu Yun said slowly.
"That makes some sense, but the people above are not stupid. They will find out sooner or later." Lin Xi felt that this was a little inappropriate.
"So what if they found out? This kind of thing is voluntary. Can you still ask others not to join? What era is this now? What matters is freedom."
"Well, you are more reliable than Chen Xi. That guy can't think of anything." Lin Xi thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Just now, the person from the Overseas Study Fund Management Committee said that they would allocate funds. What are you going to do with the money?" Xu Yun stared at Lin Xi's eyes carefully, fearing that the other party was lying.
"How else can we use it? There will definitely be people assigned to supervise the funds. It's not up to me alone. Don't worry, the three of us have the final say in the association. If I want to use a large amount of funds, I will definitely consult with you two." Seeing through Xu Yun's little thoughts, Lin Xi smiled.
However, what they thought was too simple.
How can the organizational wisdom be compared with that of two twenty-something kids?
At night, in a private room of a seemingly ordinary local restaurant in Huajing.
"Hello, Mr. Lin."
"Hello, Mr. Yu. This is the vice president of our Overseas Study Network and the vice president of the Young Returnees Association - Chen Xi."
"Hello, Mr. Yu."
"Hello!"
The three of them shook hands and greeted each other.
Why choose such an inconspicuous local restaurant? It’s because Yu Hong chose it.
In fact, big bosses don’t go to luxury restaurants to eat and discuss business every day, and Alin and Yu Hong are old acquaintances.
Although the two had no business intersection, as bigwigs in the education circle, they had met and talked during meetings.
"Mr. Lin, you have already talked to me on the phone before, why did you come here in person?" Yu Hong looked at A Lin with a smile, thinking that the other party agreed to be acquired.
"Come back for the meeting, Mr. Yu, don't you know what happened?" A Lin asked exaggeratedly.
"Know what?" Yu Hong had just returned to Huajing and didn't know anything about those international students.
"Oh, something big happened in the Young Returnees Association..." Alin changed the story a little bit.
"Huh? Is it that serious? You came here today to tell me all this. Do you want me to stop cooperating with the Young Returnees Association?" Yu Hong is also a veteran, and he immediately asked back.
What Alin said just now was very suspicious, because right now was the time when Xin Fangfang was discussing cooperation with the Young Returnees Association, and suddenly a blockbuster news came out, and he had not verified its authenticity yet, which would indeed make Yu Hong think a lot.
"How could that be? You and I have been doing business for so many years, I would never use such tricks." Alin chuckled.
"Then you asked me out today..."
"I'd still like to talk to you about cooperation, and it won't prevent you from cooperating with the Young Returnees Association. But I have other ideas, so you should first listen to what our vice president has to say." After Alin finished speaking, he motioned for Chen Xi to take over.
"Mr. Yu, you are a businessman. The reason why you consider cooperating with Study Abroad is because you see that it has a good reputation in the industry and has been around for a long time.
The Young Returnees Association is currently the largest organization of international students in the world. Such a serious thing has happened this time. Even if we don’t tell you today, you will know it in two days.
As the saying goes, don't put all your eggs in one basket. After all, the Young Returnees Association was established only recently, and there are still considerable loopholes in its management system.
According to what the leaders said at the meeting today, I don't think it's a scare tactic. Local overseas returnees associations will definitely be established, but I think there are a lot of tricks in it, and it may be more difficult to manage than our young overseas returnees association. "Chen Xi said a little dry mouth, so he drank a sip of water.
"What do you mean by saying this? Do you want to discuss the cooperation between the two companies with me alone as the vice president?" This was Yu Hong's first thought.
"Yes, and not entirely. My idea is to unite all the overseas returnee associations that may emerge in the future, as well as the resources of Overseas Study at home and abroad to cooperate with Xin Fangfang. You know, Xin Fangfang's current children's English education teachers are just students who graduated from foreign language majors. It is difficult for parents to be convinced by such identities compared to international students. It's just like going to see a doctor, the older ones are more popular than the younger ones!" Chen Xi put down the teacup and said.
"As far as I know, besides you, there is also an Association of New Returnees from Dahua Country. As the vice president of a young returnee, you can still let them sit down and have a meal with you?" Yu Hong smiled and shook his head. He felt that what Chen Xi said just now was completely misleading. It was a made-up story to get him to get in the car first.
"Click." "Sorry, I'm late." Just after Yu Hong finished speaking, the door of the box was opened and Yang Xiao walked in with big strides from outside.
"Who is this..." Yu Hong pointed at the uninvited guest in confusion.
"Mr. Yu, let me introduce you. This is the president of the New Returnees Association of Dahua Country - Yang Xiao. Hehe, it's not impossible for us to sit at the same table and eat together." Chen Xi introduced the visitor.
"Aren't your two associations..." Yang Xiao's arrival made Yu Hong even more confused.
"It's nothing. Vice President Chen and I have similar ideas on the future development of the Returned Overseas Chinese Association. The Returned Overseas Chinese Association is not a private organization, nor is it a tool for certain people to seek profit. We were established to solve a series of problems encountered by international students at home and abroad, and to help the better construction of the motherland..." Yang Xiao came up and started to talk about big principles.
Chen Xi could tell that this guy's parents probably didn't have any businessmen, and they were probably all leaders. How could they talk about business like this...
"Haha, you young people are really interesting. Eat vegetables, eat vegetables. There is nothing delicious in Huajing. I still like the Jiangsu cuisine from my hometown." After listening to Yang Xiao's words, Yu Hong signaled him to pick up his chopsticks.
"Actually, I don't really care about what you just said about international students being foreign language teachers. These days, as long as the salary is high, anyone can be hired.
I am eyeing the overseas market and want to open training schools abroad. Mr. Lin is known as the pride of the Chinese in the Australian education sector and his business is quite successful.
I have investigated foreign markets before and even secretly opened a training school, but…” At this point, Yu Hong shook her head helplessly.
Overseas education is not that easy. Foreigners basically have to pay for it when they go there.
People like Alin, who has been a teacher and a boss, have worked in the Australian education industry for many years before they could achieve such results.
"Haha, Mr. Yu has already made achievements in China. People's energy is limited. It will be very difficult to conquer both China and abroad." A Lin took a bite of the dish.
"Yes, to be honest, the Young Returnees Association also sent someone to discuss cooperation with me. Their idea is to set up adult foreign language schools in China, mainly targeting those who are taking certification exams and business people.
They also wanted me to authorize them to open children's English classes of all sizes across the country.
But I felt that the man was a little dishonest. He was thinking of copying our model and then building several brands of his own later on. "Yu Hong has been in the education industry for so many years that she immediately saw through the other party's idea.
"Oh? Mr. Yu, who is talking to you?" Chen Xi asked.
"A tall, thin young man wearing glasses, named Thomas, who claimed to be a consultant for the Young Returnees Association." Yu Hong recalled.
"Ha, it's this guy." Chen Xi laughed after hearing this.
"What? Do you have a grudge against each other?" Yu Hong heard the sarcasm in his words.
"That's about right. This guy is dishonest in business and often likes to challenge the bottom line of the law. I have a friend who was cheated by him."
"I can see that too. This young man doesn't give me a very good impression." Yu Hong nodded.
It was around ten o'clock in the evening, inside the hotel where Chen Xi was staying.
"Why hasn't this guy come back yet? Just abandoning the three of us here?" Jin Nana said boredly while playing with her cell phone.
"Ding ding." Just as she was complaining, her cell phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, what's going on?" Jin Nana sat up immediately when she saw that the caller was her brother.
"Where are you? I went to your house, but why was there no one there?" Jin Junsu's unhappy voice came from the phone.
"Where I am is none of your business." Jin Nana responded firmly.
"It's already late, the New Year is coming soon. You are still running around, come back with me tomorrow."
"I... I'm in Sakura Country with Saori. I won't go back this year." Jin Nana replied hesitantly.
The Spring Festival of Korea and the Lunar New Year of China are on the same day, both are celebrated on the first day of the first lunar month, which Korea calls "Jiu Zheng".
In China, New Year greetings last from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, while in Korea, New Year greetings are only held on New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month.
So Kim Junsu was in a hurry to take Kim Nana back home. It would be against etiquette if he couldn't make it in time.
The Jin family is a large family with a lot of relatives of status. If Jin Nana is not around, people will gossip about her.
"Sakura Country is so close to us, let's wait until after the Chinese New Year to discuss anything. Besides, it's ridiculous for you to go to someone else's house during the Chinese New Year. It's just nonsense!"
"I……"
"Okay, it's settled. You go back by yourself. Otherwise, father and mother will talk to you." Before Jin Nana could finish her words, the phone was hung up.
"F*ck..." Jin Nana cursed.
"Haha, you can actually curse in Chinese. You've only been here for a few days, but you've already adapted to the local customs." Zhao Lingshan teased, holding her stomach.
"Ding Dong." Suddenly, the doorbell of the room rang.
When Saori opened the door and found that it was Chen Xi, she subconsciously wanted to give him a hug, but suddenly heard footsteps behind her and immediately stopped her action.
"Why did you come back just now?" Jin Nana asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"What's wrong? Who made you angry again?" Chen Xi asked when he saw that she looked unhappy.
"Who else could it be? My annoying brother!"
"Oh, what? He knows you're here?"
"I lied to him that I was in Sakura Country, but he insisted that I go back to Kimchi Country to celebrate the New Year."
"Ah, then ask Saori to accompany you." Chen Xi touched his nose.
"What? Is this what a human would say? As my boyfriend, why don't you accompany me back?" Jin Nana became unhappy when she heard this.
"Me? I... I have something else to do... I also want to celebrate the New Year at home..." Chen Xi explained awkwardly.
Damn it, I’m not your boyfriend, what’s the point of going to Korea to celebrate the New Year?
If Kim Junsu and your father found out about this, your legs would probably be broken.
Chen Xi was unwilling to do so. (End of this chapter)