Chapter 44  Xie Wei and Drawing a Big Picture, Bai Zimo’s Sharp Words

Time keeps moving forward, but people are fleeting. It’s always the people who change, not time.

“Zimo, have you all been secretly recharging without me knowing?”

“Yeah, yeah!”

“Really, or is this a joke?”

“It’s real, tonight we’ll steam the next batch, and catch some river crabs and shrimp to eat!”

“You’re evil… Fine, just bring me a bottle of Zhenjiang vinegar when you come back.”

Hua Zi felt a bit unhappy, a bit rushed.

But when thinking about the barbecue and river delicacies tonight, he felt a bit better!

Old Xu was even more curious about what Xie Wanghe was up to. He was quite open-minded, willing to listen to the students’ ideas!

Seeing Xie Wanghe’s youth, exuberant and carefree—Old Xu’s mouth curled slightly, who wasn’t once like that?

There was always a breeze in life, filling my ten thousand dreams!

But now, that wind has scattered, and only wealth, oil, salt, soy sauce, and tea remain.

“So, now tell me, how can you achieve final victory?”

“For example, take the teacher profession. Have you ever thought about how you could earn more money without affecting your main job?”

Old Xu hesitated for a moment and nodded. “Have you thought about it?”

“I have, but definitely not through one-on-one tutoring. It’s too inefficient, and the results aren’t great. You won’t earn money, and you’ll end up with complaints.”

“So, what do you suggest?”

“Xu Teacher, if you want to make money, there’s only one way. That’s through question-solving camps.”

“Don’t you know about question-solving? Solving problems together! To improve grades, all you need to do is work hard on solving questions.”

“But if you’re solving questions alone at home and come across something you don’t understand, you’re stuck, still not knowing what to do.”

“But what if someone’s there to guide you?”

Xie Wanghe confidently said, “That would be different, you can explain as you go along. Your grades will definitely improve a lot.”

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“Of course, this kind of tutoring can’t charge fees, it’s against school rules.”

Old Xu nodded, this kid seems to have thought things through.

“But you can charge for meals, nutritional fees, and printing fees for worksheets, etc. Teachers can legally make money, and students can improve their grades.”

Old Xu’s eyes brightened.

It was like the dreams of his youth!

Hua Zi exclaimed, “Uh-oh, Xie Wanghe isn’t messing around this time, he really knows what he’s talking about.”

Xie Wanghe broke into a sweat.

What, you think I’m just messing around?

“I just want to ask, if there’s such a place, two days on the weekend, would you pay fifty?”

“Fifty is too expensive!”

“Expensive? Then we can offer a discount, forty-eight!”

“Forty-seven!”

“Forty-four!”

Old Xu waved his hand.

“Alright, alright, forty-four is an unlucky number.”

“Also, the teacher’s weekend time is precious.”

“Don’t worry, let me do the math for you.”

“One year has fifty-two weekends, fifty-two times forty-four, times forty-five students, how much is that?”

“Ninety-one thousand five hundred and twenty!”

Old Xu was stunned.

That number is so tempting!

“This is just one class. If you think that’s not enough, you can increase the number of students. Just calculate by geometric growth, how much is a two percent increase, you do the math, I’ll go drink some water.”

The whole class erupted.

“Hey, hey, classmates, classmates, don’t get carried away. Let’s do the math. Let’s calculate the problem Xie Teacher gave us. Suppose the number of senior high school graduates in Honghuai is five thousand eight hundred and fifty, eighty percent are science students…”

“Xu Teacher, don’t do the math, if it’s calculated like that, in the near future, you’ll be a billionaire.”

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“I’ll be a billionaire?”

Bai Zimo laughed.

“Yes, Teacher Xu, you don’t need to pretend, you can admit it now!”

“Admit it, admit what… cough cough, let’s keep it low-key!”

Pfft!

Hahahahaha!

The whole class burst into laughter!

“Teacher Xu, this is just you alone, but if you quit your job and focus on this, you can hire retired senior teachers.”

“Then you can expand out of Honghuai, set up question-solving camps nationwide. When the scale is large, you could set up a National Question-Solving Center!”

“By then, we can advertise, raise funds, and go public. As long as the policy doesn’t change, before you turn fifty, you’ll achieve financial freedom!”

Da Hua Zi shouted.

“Then Teacher Xu, you’ll be the richest person in Honghuai City.”

“Teacher Xu!”

“Richest!”

“Teacher Xu!”

“Richest!”

Zhou Hai Kuo cupped his hands and said, “Hey, hey, Teacher Xu, don’t forget us if you become rich!”

“Teacher Xu!”

“Don’t forget!”

“Teacher Xu!”

“Don’t forget!”

The whole class shouted in unison, and the noise was deafening!

Amidst the cheers, Old Xu was dazed. Old Xu couldn’t stop the smile on his face, even an AK47 couldn’t keep it down.

“Keep it down, this hasn’t happened yet, are there any other students with comments?”

Bai Zimo cut through the excitement and doused the plan with cold water!

“Opening a question-solving camp has no threshold. You can open one, but the headmaster and the principal can too. Can you compete with them?”

“Huh…”

“If teachers from Honghuai High School can set up question-solving camps, teachers from the top high schools can too. Who will the parents choose?”

“Uh…”

“Once question-solving camps are opened, can teachers still teach well? Will education policies change?”

“Uh…”

Old Xu looked at Xie Wanghe, silently asking him—Hurry up and refute Bai Zimo, otherwise my billionaire dreams are going to be ruined!

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