Chapter 39 Online Education Website

Lin Ruoyan thought that anything that could be solved with money was not a problem, and agreed to let the experts tinker with it themselves.

Little did she know that Hao Heshan built his own computer out of disdain for the expensive and slow brand-name machines on the market. He bought parts and built his own machine, which outperformed them at a fraction of the price. With such a generous budget, he also planned to continuously upgrade all the company's equipment to keep it cutting-edge.

As for the work requirements of the Information Department, after being clarified again today, Hao Heshan did not feel any difficulty at all.

He didn't need an assistant to build an official website for the company; he could do it by himself.

But when it came time to develop the OA system, he figured he needed help to expedite production, but he didn't need a formal office. He himself didn't want to be constrained, and true experts didn't like the 9-to-5 routine. He'd break down the work and outsource it. With a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan, what was the point of outsourcing 10,000 or 20,000 yuan? It would also save the company significant labor and equipment costs.

After finishing his normal work, Hao Heshan felt that his workload was still a bit insufficient. He was afraid that he would be fired after finishing this job in a month or two.

He heard from his friends that layoffs are normal in private enterprises. After all, business content changes rapidly. Once he has solved all the difficulties in the future, he may be laid off with honor. The company will just replace him with someone who is less capable than him but paid less to maintain the existing website and system.

So he asked indirectly, trying to find out if Boss Lin had any special needs, like a more complex website or future technology plans. The Lin Group was a large corporation, and not just in real estate. Did other companies need professional websites?

Lin Ruoyan happened to have some ideas about this. She'd have to ask her brother separately if he needed her help with the website construction for his group company. But she already had a new idea, which she'd come up with last night while chatting with the Yu family elders at home. It was a pressing task.

Mr. Yu lamented that he could only stay in Beijing for two months, wondering how he would coach Lin Mengxi in Go after he left. Zhou Wei also mentioned that Lin Mengxi was very bright and would have no problem learning Mathematical Olympiads. However, remote instruction currently relies solely on phone calls or emails, which is undoubtedly far less effective than face-to-face instruction.

Lin Ruoyan lived through a time before the internet was developed. Back then, various educational portals were just emerging, and they were generally similar to other portals, publishing news, uploading data, and allowing people to download and learn on their own. They lacked interactivity. Furthermore, network bandwidth was limited, making it difficult to upload a video recording of a normal lecture, let alone live streaming or AI-assisted teaching.

However, there is a type of website that will remain popular for a long time and can appropriately solve some learning problems.

These websites pre-collect question banks for the relevant subjects and randomly generate practice papers that fit a specific exam format. Users click on the answers, and after uploading, the papers are graded and scored in seconds. They practice common objective-based tests in math, physics, chemistry, and English and Chinese.

The other type of website is similar to a chess and card game website, but Lin Ruoyan thought of it more specifically. It only teaches Go, with the purpose of teaching rather than playing games.

These two needs have nothing to do with the current real estate company's business, but they will definitely help my son Lin Mengxi's future learning and growth. My son has a very strong learning ability. The subject-specific test banks and the kind of exams that require human beings to grade are actually very time-consuming and require a lot of mental effort. If a computer could do all of this, wouldn't that be much easier?

Whenever her son pestered her to teach him about "Zizhi Tongjian" in the future, she would just give him a set of electronic question banks and let him do the math himself, so that he could easily finish his studies.

There is also Go. You can set up a website for remote teaching. There is no need for facial video. You can just operate the virtual chessboard and chess pieces on the computer. Teachers and students can teach anywhere with internet access. There is no need for voice conversations, only text, similar to chat software. It takes up very little traffic and can be achieved with the current network speed. How convenient is that?

Therefore, Lin Ruoyan originally planned to use her private money to set up a special project and pay someone to develop these two types of websites.

Since a tech genius like Hao Heshan had asked about it, she might as well bring it up first, so she could ask an expert for their opinion. After all, she herself didn't know the details of the technological developments during the era described in the book, so she definitely needed to ask someone who knew how long it would take to accomplish this task, so they could give her a reliable opinion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Ruoyiya described the concepts of the two websites, Hao Heshan's eyes lit up.

Hao Heshan's original motivation for developing OA systems was, of course, to make money. He developed a model, then modified it for each company that needed it, changing the name and background, and so on ...

This was the ultimate idea Hao Heshan had come up with after painstakingly researching major academic forums overseas over the past few years. He hadn't expected there to be such money-making ideas, and Lin Ruoyan had casually mentioned two to him.

Both of them were very promising, and Hao Heshan was torn. He wanted them all, he wanted them all! Yes, adults don't choose. He opened them all. Operating three computers by himself was no big deal. He could hire some experts and handle all three at once. He absolutely couldn't favor one over the other!

Hao Heshan had already compiled his own exam question banks during his school days, a skill he already possessed. As long as he had the relevant exam materials, he could create a website. While building it was initially complex and required a significant amount of manpower for constant input and proofreading, the underlying code was a breeze for him. Once the website was established, it was a highly profitable venture, requiring minimal maintenance and frequent updates to the question bank. Once he had the basics laid, he didn't have to worry too much.

In order to package this project in a bigger scale and not just to create a question bank for her son, Lin Ruoyan racked her brains to come up with the membership system.

This gave Hao Heshan a sudden epiphany. He'd put so much effort into creating this question bank, and if anyone wanted to use it, they just had to pay to join. He set up a password in the backend, and only issued it after renewing their membership. He could also trace the download source to each IP address and set a watermark. This also prevented members from stealing and selling the question bank, and their accounts would be banned if they were investigated.

This meticulous defense logic alone has made Hao Heshan realize that Boss Lin is definitely an expert and can understand this level of technology, which is not something that an ordinary person can think of.

Similarly, there is also the Go teaching website.

Go is not only popular in China, but also across Southeast Asia. It has a strict grading system. In the past, those who wanted to learn Go had to go to a dojo. Skilled teachers were scarce in smaller cities, so many promising players had to leave their hometowns and travel to larger cities to study.

When He Heshan was a child, his family was poor and they were reluctant to spend extra money to send him to a big city to learn Go. That's why he gave up his hobby and squeezed onto the single-plank bridge of the college entrance examination.

Nowadays, as long as there is online Go education, coupled with a future grading system, just by selling memberships, there are so many potential demand groups across the country. With the popularization of computers and the Internet, the number of users will show explosive growth, and it will be very profitable.

How could Hao Heshan not be extremely excited when he thought about the future monetization effects of these projects? He almost wanted to go buy equipment today, bring his own food and bedding, and live in the company forever.