Chapter 334 Cutting Scissors? This is practically a get-rich-quick academy.
After the basic preparations for establishing a business school are completed, the most important thing is to "select a school location".
The city offered two options: first, new land in the suburbs, which is cheaper and can be used to build a new school; second, an old, vacant school building of a certain middle school, which can be renovated and put into use.
Qin Xiangxiang went to two places. First, she felt that the suburbs were too far away and she would be exhausted. Second, the old school buildings were too dilapidated and she didn't think much of them.
Qin Xiangxiang personally prefers to find an "old warehouse" to renovate. Previously, when he worked at the factory office window in the special zone, he also chose an old warehouse.
The warehouse is good; it's spacious, and you can rearrange the layout however you like. Plus, there are many idle warehouses available for rent from various large state-owned factories.
So Qin Xiang spent some time finding a cluster of old warehouses on the edge of Xuhui District. It consisted of several warehouses and was in a good location, but it was too dilapidated and needed to be repaired.
Actually, some people wanted to rent the warehouses here to open a "video arcade," but since these warehouses are connected together and not rented individually, they are now left unused.
Qin Xiangxiang submitted an application to the city, and this warehouse area was designated as the site for the "Business School".
"To do business, you need to be in a lively place!"
Many people didn't understand her decision. Many members of the organizing committee preferred to set up a new factory site in the suburbs and build a grand business school.
However, on the other hand, the location is at the junction of Xuhui and Changning districts, which is a really good location with convenient transportation. It would be convenient for everyone to travel here if the business school were located here.
Considering this, no one objected in the end.
After learning about their chosen location, Li Jianzhi exclaimed sincerely, "Wife, you have such good taste!"
"What kind of foresight do I have? I just want to be close to home."
Li Jianzhi: "That's the biggest advantage."
The location is truly prime real estate.
With teachers and a school location chosen, and since it's a converted old warehouse, a few minor repairs are all it takes to get classes started, so it won't take much time. Now, the most important thing is the "admission standards."
Their newly established business school is clearly just a "trial run" product. Without a proper brand, they cannot recruit students through regular college entrance examinations before achieving tangible results.
It's more like a "vocational training" school.
At present, it is only a vocational training school and does not have a formal national degree, unless it achieves teaching results in the future and gradually obtains national certification.
In the initial stages, it was tough and arduous, and it was normal for the team to be a makeshift operation.
"Principal, what kind of 'admission standards' should we set?"
"Can we find any students?"
Qin Xiangxiang rested her chin on her hand and said, "How about we start with three classes? The first one will be open to all enterprises in the city, including township enterprises. We'll recruit young key personnel with at least three years of work experience, recommended by their employers. We'll call this the 'Key Personnel Training Class'."
"Let the city select a unit, and that unit must send one person over to learn."
That way, there won't be any shortage of students, since the city is going to set up this business school anyway.
Deputy team leader: "..."
"Secondly, we'll call it the 'Social Innovation Class,' which is open to all young people in society, especially small business owners. There are no educational requirements; the test will focus on their individual business experience."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "I'll be the examiner."
Qin Xiangxiang discovered that she had extremely strong practical experience in managing individual stall vendors... just like the former Feiyan Fenghua Night Market and the Feiyan Market in the Special Economic Zone.
She could guess pretty much whether this small business owner could make money or not just by thinking about it.
Good heavens!
Qin Xiangxiang was shocked: I didn't know I had such an ability!
Qin Xiangxiang: "The last one will be set as the 'Genius Class,' recruiting some eccentric business talents."
Principal Qin believes that the market economy of the 1980s was amazing. There were self-taught talents like Aunt Shen and Sister Bai, as well as highly educated technical geniuses like Zhu Chonggui and Jiang Guohua who went bankrupt despite their skills.
These "oddballs" are gathered into the "gifted class," where perhaps some wonderful chemical reactions will occur.
Qin Xiangxiang had been wondering what would happen if Zhu Chonggui's "kitchen knife" really worked, and Aunt Shen or Sister Bai were to sell it?
At the same time, Qin Xiangxiang was also thinking about Jiang Guohua's concept of "automation"—which she greatly admired! Automation and unmanned operation also meant saving human labor, and as a lazy person, she liked machines that could make people even lazier.
"Professor Jiang's idea would be too costly to implement in a large state-owned factory using an automated production line... But on the other hand, could we use technology to help Aunt Shen improve her tofu-making technique?"
"Small individual businesses don't need complete automation. If they can improve a certain process slightly to help save time and effort and take a break, that's already very good."
Qin wanted to know that the kind of craftsmanship Aunt Shen used to make tofu was truly the hardest work imaginable. If it could save a little effort, it would be a blessing for the working class.
Making tofu is very bitter!
As for canneries, in the 1970s, canneries were a good place to work, and everyone was vying to become assembly line workers. It's unreasonable to expect people to be mechanized and not have "workers".
The working class outside, such as those making tofu or running small businesses in towns and villages, are really too tired from their work, which is why they need some ways to "reduce their hard work".
There's a hierarchy of importance and urgency.
So, these "weirdos" were gathered together, and maybe something will emerge from them.
The makeshift "business school" was set up, and Qin Xiangxiang called a meeting with the teachers. Even several people from Feiyan Textile Factory were brought in to make up the numbers. The most typical one was "Yin Pingping," whom Qin Xiangxiang planned to have teach "Guidelines for Negotiation at the Canton Fair."
On the day of the meeting, all the "Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chicks" (a nickname for Zhu Chonggui and Jiang Guohua) were present: Zhu Chonggui, Jiang Guohua, and Meng Lingyun. Zhu Chonggui and Jiang Guohua, in particular, stared at each other, clearly knowing each other's stories.
"You're Zhu Chonggui? You used to work at the Chinese Academy of Sciences?"
"You're Jiang Guohua? A graduate of Jiaotong University?"
...
After asking the question, both of them fell silent. The air around them seemed to thin out at that moment, making it hard to breathe.
"Professor Zhu, did you bring your kitchen knife?" Qin Xiangxiang's appearance broke the silence. She was looking forward to the "top-quality kitchen knife" developed by the physics and materials expert from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Zhu Chonggui: "I brought it, Principal Qin. You were indeed attracted by my kitchen knife. Let me tell you, there's something inside this kitchen knife..."
Qin Xiangxiang said she wouldn't listen. She took the kitchen knife in her hand and could indeed feel its "sharpness" from its appearance, because she had been immersed in the textile and clothing industry for so many years and dealt with "cutting shears" every day.
Now, the only tool she uses regularly is an imported pair of cutting scissors.
Clothing cutting places even higher demands on the "knife," especially when cutting silk and wool fabrics. Silk is particularly delicate; if you encounter a bad knife, it will snag and pill, ruining the material.
"Let me try out this kitchen knife."
Zhu Chonggui said with absolute confidence, "Go ahead and try."
"I also prepared some radishes and potatoes—"
However, to Zhu Chonggui's astonishment, Qin Xiang used the "kitchen knife" in her hand to cut a small piece of silk.
Then, Qin Xiangxiang was stunned.
This is even better than imported professional garment cutting scissors!
But damn it, this is actually a "kitchen knife"!
Compared to the price of imported professional clothing cutting scissors, this kitchen knife, which costs "fifty times more," isn't that expensive.
"Principal Qin, this is a kitchen knife, specially designed for the kitchen. It might not work well on fabric..." Zhu Chonggui hadn't tried it either and couldn't guarantee its effectiveness.
Qin Xiangxiang found it hard to put into words; she felt that the professor in front of her, who came from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was simply too difficult to describe.
You might say he's pragmatic, and he really is. When he first started his business, he made kitchen knives, because the market for kitchen knives is huge.
He made this kitchen knife even more powerful than a "specialty knife," but ended up going bankrupt.
He never considered that his target market was completely wrong.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Professor Zhu, haven't you ever thought that your 'kitchen knife' is more suitable for professional clothing cutting? I think other industries such as leather and printing also need such a 'good knife'."
Zhu Chonggui: "??????"
Highly educated intellectuals like Zhu Chonggui went to research institutes after graduation and never thought about what kind of good knives people would use for tailoring clothes. Later, when he wanted to start his own business, he decided to make the kitchen knives that the public needed most.
You need a sharp knife to cook.
However, industries like garment cutting, leather, and printing require a sharp and good tool, and are willing to pay a high price for it.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "You should make it into a 'special tool.' Ordinary households don't need such a high-end tool for their kitchen knives."
"Why don't you specially order a batch of cutting scissors for our textile factory?"
Zhu Chonggui calmed his wildly beating heart: "Good, good, good, thank you so much for your guidance, Principal Qin. I've come to the right place today! The Business School, where people are given guidance."
"Even if I don't become a teacher, I will still stay at your business school to study as a student."
"If I were a teacher, I would use this case to warn all my students!"
He had been following the instructions blindly, and despite conducting market research, the product he produced did not meet market needs. This product... had a different market direction!
Qin Xiangxiang's judgment on the "kitchen knife" was correct. Sister Bai and Zhu Chonggui and others made several trips to textile factories and other leather factories in Shanghai. They found that the people there knew their stuff and immediately sold out all the kitchen knives, and even received large orders.
Zhu Chonggui has returned from the brink of bankruptcy, and he's about to make another fortune! If he were to develop specialized "special knives" for industries like clothing... the future would be a bright path to wealth.
In just two days, Zhu Chonggui had a completely new look. He bought a new suit and a black briefcase, looking every bit the successful man.
He also refers to himself as a "business school teacher".
"Principal, let's set up a research and development center in our business school!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Seeing his fellow sufferers, who had initially shared the same plight, defy fate and change their lives within two days, Jiang Guohua, who had also gone bankrupt, became envious.
Is this a business school?
This is practically a get-rich-quick academy.
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