Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Number 1 nodded noncommittally, indicating that he understood what he meant. Two of the three measures Zhao Yi mentioned involved the support of the government. It was impossible for Number 1 to agree to it on the spot. He also needed An answer can only be given after consultation.
Take the subsidy as an example. The subsidy for one serving of milk is not very large. However, if one serving per person per day is calculated based on the cost price of 3 cents, and the government subsidizes 20 cents, then it will cost more than 200 million yuan per day. That’s 73 billion yuan per year, and this is still calculated on the basis of one share per day.
If you drink more every day, then the subsidy will be more, which is a huge expense. Although the country’s finances have become much more generous in recent years, there are many places to spend money, and there is not much financial balance. Now such a huge sum has been made out of thin air. The expenditure cannot be decided by No. 1 alone.
Of course, the above calculations are based on all citizens. It will definitely not be promoted in this way at first. It will only be promoted among young people. We will make decisions later based on the financial situation.
"I will have people hold a meeting to discuss your suggestion. I can't give you a precise answer for the time being. I hope you can understand." No. 1 said.
"It's okay. It will take some time for this plan to be fully implemented. However, once the plan is implemented, a large number of geniuses with superior IQs will be produced. Whether these intellectual resources can be brought into full play depends on education. If education cannot keep up, It will still cause a huge waste," Zhao Yi said.
"Your consideration is very necessary. Without good educational resources, these talented children will not be able to become successful." No. 1 agreed with Zhao Yi's words and said with certainty.
“So I think the government’s next focus needs to shift to education. In the future, national competition will no longer be a pure labor force competition, but a competition in national intelligence.
Especially with the rapid development of computer technology and the large-scale use of the Internet, high-tech competition has become increasingly obvious.
This development trend has already begun to show signs. You also know that Polaris' computer products are already very popular abroad, which shows that developed countries in foreign countries have begun to popularize personal computers.
Many new industries have been derived from this, and some traditional industries can also achieve huge development, and these new development drivers are all high-tech.
Let’s imagine that with the popularization of the Internet, a large amount of data is generated, and these huge amounts of data may produce artificial intelligence.
At that time, new high-tech competition will enter a new stage. If you fall behind on the Internet, you will fall behind step by step, eventually leading to a loss of competitiveness.
My subsidiaries, Hengtong Communications Company, Polaris Company, and Fanxing Software Company, have been helping domestic and foreign companies build local area networks on a large scale.
Once we are almost done in this regard, we will start building the Internet. By then, the development of the world will have entered another level, the global village will become a reality, and communication between people will become extremely convenient.
On the Internet, the concept of national boundaries will become blurred, and industrial monopoly will become more common. This is a natural attribute of the Internet.
In the Internet industry, monopoly giants will be commonplace. This is determined by leading advantages and technological advantages, and is also the result of the reduced difficulty of business extension.
We will start the Internet era with our own hands, but I hope that we can hold on to the Internet era and achieve the driving force for my country's rapid development, and all of this requires a lot of intellectual support.
Therefore, I think we should implement compulsory education. Our country is currently going through the process of industrialization and requires a lot of intellectual resources.
In the future, we will have to go through the informatization process, which will also require a lot of intellectual resources. This is a task that our country must embark on. It has reached a point where there is no need to delay. " Zhao Yi analyzed.
No. 1 is aware of the situation Zhao Yi mentioned. After all, several of his companies are under the government's focus. If they make any big moves, the government will also pay close attention to them.
Especially this year, three companies suddenly promoted the construction of enterprise LANs on a large scale, which aroused discussion in the academic community.
The concept of network is not a new term. The US military had already built an ARPANET in 1969. In 1978, the newsgroup network system developed due to the UUCP protocol (UNIX and UNIX Copy Protocol) proposed by Bell Labs. stand up.
But these are relatively primitive and have not yet reached the level of large-scale popularization.
However, the enterprise LAN jointly developed by three companies under Zhao Yi made people in academia realize that this is the true form of the Internet, and this is how the future network should develop.
It's just that they don't have a clear idea yet about how to expand the local area network into the Internet. There are still many areas that need to be studied.
In fact, these three companies are already developing Internet technology. Domain name technology, browsers and search engines mentioned above at Zhao's annual meeting are part of Internet technology. Of course, there is also research on various protocols. These have almost been completed. , but it has not been disclosed to the outside world.
As for the artificial intelligence described by Zhao Yi, it is a bit far away for No. 1. He is not very clear about the development ideas of artificial intelligence, and therefore cannot understand the huge role of data in promoting the development of artificial intelligence.
Regardless of whether Zhao Yi's description is correct or not, at least the issue of compulsory education he mentioned is worthy of attention. Compulsory education has been popularized in Western developed countries, and it has indeed played a huge role in promoting social development.
"What are your thoughts on compulsory education?" asked No. 1.
"Compulsory education should be a national policy. I believe that it will be difficult for illiterate people to participate in industrialization in the future, so compulsory education needs to be at least until junior high school graduation. If conditions permit, I still recommend that it be implemented until high school graduation. This is in line with the current development speed of our country. compatible.
If the country develops slowly, it is still possible to implement nine-year compulsory education. However, the current development speed is very fast, and people who have graduated from nine-year compulsory education are being eliminated by society faster, so I recommend implementing 12-year compulsory education.
After twelve years of education, young people have basically acquired the ability to learn on their own, even if they have not been admitted to higher education, and can better adapt to the rapid changes in society.
As long as they use effective adult education in the future, they can easily master new survival skills. "After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he picked up the already cold tea cup in front of him and took a sip.
After listening to Zhao Yi's words, No. 1 fell into deep thought. Our country implemented nine-year compulsory education in 1986. Now in most rural areas, boys only go to school for five years, that is, they only need to know the words after graduating from primary school.
Many girls do not have the opportunity to go to school. For example, his textile and clothing companies have recruited a large number of people from surrounding rural areas to work. Many of them are illiterate and only know some simple arithmetic. The textile and clothing companies that run the companies need to hold night classes. Literate these workers.
This is the condition that Zhao Yi's textile and apparel companies have. Employees only need to work eight hours a day, and the remaining time can be used to attend night classes.
These companies are also willing to invest this capital, but this is not a universal phenomenon. Many companies are unwilling to invest this capital and energy, making it difficult for them to recruit enough available employees.
Now taking the opportunity of this intellectual potion, he simply raised all these issues. Originally, it was the obligation of the country to provide basic education to the people, not the obligation of enterprises. The obligation of enterprises is to develop the economy and pay taxes.
If national education is not promoted, industrialization will be very difficult.
In addition, agricultural and animal husbandry companies, textile companies and clothing companies have paid a large amount of taxes to the country this year, and the national fiscal revenue this year will be much higher than last year.
If we don’t invest in education now, it will probably be divided up by other places. The result will be that the places where the money should be used most will have no money, while other less important places will receive financial support.
Like the large-scale construction of highway networks mentioned earlier, if the issue of education is not raised now, it is likely that the extra financial funds will be invested in the construction of highway networks.
In fact, the highway network does not require government investment. Zhao Yi's funds are enough to build these highway networks, but if the guarantee is not complete, some people in the government want to come in and get a piece of the pie, using the state's money to invest in it.
Now that the issue of compulsory education has been raised, the country's funds can be invested in basic education. According to Zhao Yi's calculations, the extra money is enough to realize 12 years of compulsory education for all.
After all, the current educational conditions cannot be compared with those of later generations, and the costs are not as huge as those of later generations. When combined with intelligence potions, the available talents are much more than those of later generations.
In fact, one sentence can explain Zhao Yi's purpose, which is to hope that the government should do what it should do. Don't want to get involved in everything and forget about your own business when you see a lot of money.
It’s just that this matter cannot be stated clearly, otherwise one would think that Zhao Yi has a problem with the government, but it is still possible to let the government make some choices through some things, just like this time, intelligence potions and compulsory education are a combination.
Intellectual potions are bait. Anyone with normal thinking would not want to miss this opportunity, so compulsory education is the basis for ensuring that intelligence potions can exert their maximum effect.
What No. 1 is thinking about is the feasibility of Zhao Yi's suggestion, especially the issue of 12-year compulsory education. Our country has not implemented compulsory education before, but now it has implemented 12-year compulsory education. Can the finances afford it? , this requires accurate calculation.
In the early days of nine-year compulsory education in my country, students were still required to pay tuition fees. In the final analysis, it was not entirely borne by the state's finances. At that time, the state did not have much money at all, and compared with education, the results were slower than the money spent on other places. The development brought about is more obvious.
But things are different now. The financial situation has been greatly improved, and some areas do not require state investment, such as highways. With the participation of Zhao Yi, a private tycoon, the government can reduce investment in many areas.
If compulsory education is still carried out using the methods of previous lives, dropouts will probably be inevitable, and not all families can afford dozens of dollars to pay tuition.
"Regarding the issue of compulsory education, we still need to hold a meeting to discuss. I will find a reliable person to test these two bottles of medicine. If there are no problems, we will discuss the follow-up issues." After thinking about it, No. 1 gave Zhao Yi Did a Tai Chi session.
Zhao Yi didn't feel dissatisfied. These things couldn't be solved in a few words. He just put out a bait and made some suggestions. As for whether they were implemented or not, he really couldn't intervene. He couldn't intervene either. Just be yourself. Just do your duty.
When Zhao Yi heard this, he knew that this meeting was coming to an end and he should say goodbye. Just standing up, Zhao Yi suddenly thought of something and suddenly said: "If the country implements twelve years of compulsory education, I think I am willing to invest more money in higher education, and I don’t want these talents to regret it because of the limit of places.”
After saying this, Zhao Yi stood up, said goodbye and left.
When No. 1 heard Zhao Yi's words, he thought for a moment and suddenly smiled, as if he suddenly figured out something. (End of chapter)