At a time when high-level government meetings were frequent, Zhao Yizi was leisurely giving lessons to these technicians who were formerly the thorns in the original unit. With his humorous teaching style and superb technical explanations, he managed to keep them docile.
Just as Zhao Yi was enjoying the joy of being a teacher, the relevant government departments finally called and hoped that he would rush back to Kyoto to negotiate on related matters.
Zhao Yi had to leave, and the unfinished training plan had to be shelved. He didn't know when he would come next time.
So Zhao Yi left them a rich training manual, which contained comprehensive ship design knowledge, which was enough for them to digest for a while.
Zhao Yi, who hurried back to Kyoto, had not had time to rest before he was pulled over by waiting government officials for a meeting. The previous reform meeting had achieved certain results, but it would still take some time before it could be written into a document.
But the meeting with him needs to be carried out in advance, because last time Zhao Yi just put forward an idea, but there was no specific plan, and according to the fiscal expenditure ratio Zhao Yi said, the government thinks it is too high, and relevant consultations are also needed. .
After the two parties sat down, Zhao Yi seemed to be alone, because there were a large group of people sitting across from him, and he was the only one here. To be honest, this kind of meeting was quite psychologically stressful for most people.
But Zhao Yi is not an ordinary person after all, and he is not afraid of facing such a numerical disadvantage. After greeting the other party, he sat down firmly and waited for the other party to speak.
First, a senior government official spoke, saying: "We have reached an internal consensus on Mr. Zhao's last proposal and believe it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, so we are ready to implement this welfare system.
However, what we talked about before is only a general direction. The specifics require more detailed communication between us to try to achieve a result that is satisfactory to both parties. "
"Of course there is no problem on my side, these are all things that should be done." Zhao Yi said.
After Zhao finished speaking, the Ministry of Finance official said: "I have some concerns about the proportion of fiscal expenditures that Mr. Zhao proposed last time for welfare.
I think 25% of education expenditure is too high. We hope Mr. Zhao can explain how this figure was derived. "
When Zhao heard this, he thought for a moment and said: "The ratio I am talking about refers to the entire domestic education expenditure, including basic education from kindergarten to high school, which is compulsory education.
In addition, given that the current vocational education system has not yet been established, we need to provide a larger proportion of funding in the early stage, and now higher education is basically fully borne by the state, and we will continue this style for the time being.
In other words, our country will implement 15 years of compulsory education from kindergarten to high school. At this stage, all tuition and miscellaneous fees will be exempted, including lunch fees.
According to my statistics, there are more than 328 million students in the country at this stage. Based on the average annual education expenditure of 400 yuan per student, the annual expenditure required is more than 131.2 billion yuan.
These include school building construction costs, teachers' salaries, tuition and miscellaneous fees, lunch fees, computer purchase fees, operating costs, school bus fees and management costs. I think it should not be high.
Since the construction of urban school buildings is relatively complete, investment in this area is relatively small. However, most rural areas, especially remote areas, need to build new school buildings, and for the convenience of management, central schools need to be built.
Of course, if the road conditions are very poor and the area is particularly blocked, small schools need to be built separately.
The calculations here are very complicated, and the initial investment is very large. Based on the school's service life of 100 years, the construction cost of a school that can accommodate 1,000 students should be about 1 million yuan. This is still based on the most basic standards.
So after calculation, the average school construction fee per person per year is 10 yuan, and the total annual cost of this item is 3.28 billion yuan.
For students in kindergarten and lower grades, school buses also need to be provided to ensure their safety on the way to school, so this convenient expense cannot be saved.
Secondly, there is the salary of teachers. Based on the average of one teacher for every 15 students, a total of 21.86 million teachers are needed at this stage. Calculated based on the average monthly salary of teachers of about 144 yuan, the total annual expenditure is about 37.8 billion yuan.
Tuition and miscellaneous fees are calculated at 20 yuan per student per year, and the annual cost is approximately 6.5 billion yuan.
The lunch fee is 50 cents per person per day. Calculated based on 270 days of schooling per year, the annual cost is about 44.3 billion yuan.
Children aged 3 to 10 need to be transported by school buses, and the number of people in this age group is currently around 150 million. Based on the calculation that each school bus can transport 100 people per day, a total of 1.5 million school buses are needed.
Calculated based on the 15-year depreciation time of school buses, the purchase cost of each school bus is RMB 150,000. When evenly divided, each bus will cost RMB 10,000 per year, which is a total annual cost of RMB 15 billion.
The computer purchase fee is calculated according to the ratio of 1:10. A school with 1,000 students needs to purchase 100 computers at a cost of 2,000 yuan per computer and a use period of 5 years.
Then the cost to be shared per student per year is 40 yuan, and the total annual cost is about 13 billion yuan.
Operating costs, including house repair fees, water and electricity bills, etc., are 20 yuan per person per year, and the total annual cost is about 6.4 billion yuan.
Management costs, including wages of supervisors and managers, teacher training fees, electronic system construction fees and operation and maintenance fees, etc., are 10 yuan per person per year, and the total annual cost is about 3.2 billion yuan.
Therefore, the total annual cost is estimated to be about 129.48 billion yuan.
This does not seem to be as high as the total amount given above, but you must know that school buildings and teachers’ dormitories also require us to invest a very large amount of money at one time, and we will be responsible for the losses caused every year.
According to my preliminary calculations, more than 300 billion yuan is needed to invest in new school buildings across the country. At an annual interest rate of 5%, that means the interest difference alone will reach 15 billion yuan. "
When everyone heard Zhao Yi's calculation results, they were all surprised. He actually calculated various expenses in such detail and had a good understanding of various data.
After listening to Zhao Yi's words, an official said: "Do we have to launch 15 years of compulsory education all at once? This is rare in developed countries in the world. Is it too advanced for our country's current situation
There is also the computer purchase fee. Is this fee necessary? Also, the price of lunch is too high, far exceeding the current price level. Can you give an explanation? "
"First of all, let me answer why 15 years of compulsory education is implemented.
First, it allows parents of children to get into work as soon as possible, which plays a positive role in the development of our country's economy.
Second, babies have basic cognition from the age of 3 and can learn basic common sense and lay a solid foundation for subsequent learning.
The third is to maintain fairness.
The reason why high school is included in compulsory education is because the learning of high school knowledge has a positive effect on both vocational education and higher education.
Moreover, after high school education, students have good independent learning abilities. At the same time, after graduating from high school, students are just adults and have a sound outlook on life and values, and it is easier to adapt to society.
Since we want to develop education on a large scale, we must run education well and plan it well from the beginning. "
These three aspects are not difficult to understand. After hearing Zhao Yi's remarks, they no longer struggled with it. After hearing Zhao Yi's story, although they were not satisfied, they could accept it.
“The first industrial revolution was the invention of the steam engine, the second industrial revolution was the application of electrification, and the third industrial revolution was the large-scale application of biotechnology and computer information technology.
We have missed the first and second industrial revolutions, which is why our country is lagging behind, but are we about to miss the third industrial revolution
Everyone here should also know that although my semiconductor company and Polaris Company have not pioneered the use of computers, they have finally caught up. I believe everyone knows their annual output value, and their contribution to our country's economy is huge.
But I am more concerned about the second stage of the third industrial revolution started by Hengtong Communications Company and Fanxing Software Company, which is the information technology revolution.
Through the Internet, we can apply computer technology to various fields of society, creating huge economic value and social benefits for us.
In the era of information technology, companies with a market value of one trillion yuan will not be an exception, but will appear in many cases, and companies with a market capitalization of tens of billions will abound.
In such an exciting era, if we do not have enough understanding, I think it will be a pity and an unforgivable mistake, and we will have to pay a heavy price for it. "
Zhao Yi is not an ordinary person. Whether it is wealth or knowledge, he is far beyond ordinary people. The words that come out of his mouth still have a certain value.
Hearing that Zhao Yi raised the importance of computers to the height of the third industrial revolution really surprised everyone present. Although Zhao Yi's high-tech companies have created amazing industrial value and played a huge role in the development of the country's economy. effect.
However, they thought it was just an industry phenomenon and did not realize that these would be revolutionary. In addition, information technology has just started and the domestic information highway has not yet been laid. It is normal to have no specific understanding.
Since Zhao Yi said that information technology will affect all areas of society and will have more economic and social value than a simple computer, although they are skeptical, they are unable to refute it.
Hengtong Communications Company has begun to build the national information highway backbone network. If it is unprofitable, they will not believe it. This provides a footnote to what Zhao Yi just said.
"As for the high cost of lunch, I think you are not qualified to know." Zhao Yi said lightly.
Upon hearing Zhao Yi's words, the official who asked the question turned red instantly and was speechless.
In fact, Zhao Yi told the truth and did not mean to be sarcastic, because the lunch fee included the milk needed for the Qizhi Project. This cost alone accounted for 40 cents, and the remaining 10 cents was the real lunch cost. .
However, Project Qizhi is a top-secret plan, and only a limited number of high-level officials know about it, and this official is not qualified to know about it.
Looking at the official's appearance, the senior government official coughed, broke the embarrassment just now, and said with a smile: "I know some of the reasons. It is indeed top secret, so I won't discuss it here. Regarding Mr. Zhao's lunch expenses I agree with the calculation."
Hearing the words of the senior official, the tense atmosphere that had just formed was instantly relieved. As long as they knew that Zhao Yi was not deliberately targeting them, but was telling the truth, they had no special thoughts.
After all, those who can sit here have a good character.
Although they were not qualified to know the whole story, they became more curious about what made the originally cheap lunch so expensive.
It's just that this is top secret, and they can only think about it in their hearts, and they can't even mention any information about this outside.
After Zhao Yi answered them one by one, they agreed with the cost of compulsory education, and this hurdle was over. (End of chapter)