Chapter five hundred and eighty teaching a man to fish

Sitting in the business car, looking at the scenery outside the window, Kong Zhenlong said with a sigh: Qinghe City has changed quite a lot. When I came last time, there were not so many buildings here!

The development of cities will only get faster and faster. Many cities will change in the next three to five years. Li Weidong paused, and then asked, Have reporter Kong been to Qinghe before?

Kong Zhenlong nodded: I've been here. The last time I came to Qinghe was because some domestic media reported that a 'ghost castle' had been built in Qinghe City, so Taili sent me to investigate on the spot.

You're talking about our textile wholesale mall in Qinghe City, right?

Li Weidong went on to say: I developed the wholesale mall. Since the expressway opened, the wholesaler Chang's business has been very prosperous. A logistics park has been built next to it, and the second phase of the wholesale mall is also under construction. We can go take a look.

It turns out that the textile wholesale mall was developed by Chairman Li, so we are really destined. Kong Zhenlong said, pointing to a motorized tricycle parked by the roadside, and then said:

When I went to the wholesale mall last time, I was sitting on this kind of three-jumper. The uncle who drives the three-jumper is a disabled man. He rides three wheels with a prosthesis. The little three jumper drove so fast on the road, it almost scared me to death!

It is said that many of these three-jumpers do not have a driver's license and do not know the traffic rules. It is too dangerous to run amok on the road. Many big cities have begun to ban this kind of three-jumper.

Li Weidong smiled awkwardly: Actually, this kind of motor tricycle is also a product of my company.

Kong Zhenlong was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, why are you everywhere?

Li Weidong went on to explain; Actually, when I first developed this type of motor tricycle, as long as it was aimed at laid-off workers and groups with difficulty in finding employment, they had no life skills, and some of them were older, making it difficult to find a job.

In order to solve their livelihood problems, I developed this kind of passenger-carrying motor tricycle. At that time, it also solved a lot of employment problems, but there are gains and losses. The normal traffic order was disrupted by this passenger-carrying tricycle. . Therefore, there are many traffic accidents.

This kind of passenger three jumpers are basically unlicensed and unlicensed, the traffic police department has no record, and the management is very difficult. Relevant departments carry out strict inspections several times a year, but with little success. When the investigation is strict, they will fight guerrillas with the traffic police comrades. Once the investigation is not strict, they will immediately resurface, filling the streets.

We in Qinghe City also planned to learn from the big cities and completely ban passenger tricycles on the road, but after investigation, we found that this thing can't be banned at all. Too many people rely on this to eat, and most of them are unskilled middle-aged and elderly people. Once the ban is completely banned, these people will lose their jobs.

In addition, the masses do have needs for this kind of tricycle. For example, the elderly take their children to and from school, or go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. It is very convenient to drive a tricycle. This thing is cheap, the difficulty of driving is not high, and it is easy to learn.

Chairman Li is still concerned about the livelihood of ordinary people. It seems that I have found the right person for this interview. Kong Zhenlong replied.

Li Weidong replied: The reason why those laid-off workers go to drive three passenger trains is ultimately because they lack the skills to make a living. For example, workers who know some craftsmanship, even if they are laid off, they will not worry about finding a job.

The same goes for those workers who go to the northwest to pick cotton. Most of them are farmers and have no other skills except farming. Some people may not even be proficient in farming skills, so they can only pick cotton.

Even the simple labor of dry picking cotton is feared to be replaced by cotton harvesters one day. If they knew a living technique, none of these problems would exist.

Li Weidong said and pointed to the front: So what we're going to do next,

It is a place to teach others to make a living, our vocational technical school in Qinghe.

As Li Weidong's voice fell, the car turned a corner, and the gate of the technical school had already appeared in the field of vision.

Knowing that Li Weidong was coming, the principal had been waiting for a long time.

Chairman, you haven't come to us for a few days. The principal greeted us with a smile.

Hearing this title, Kong Zhenlong showed a puzzled expression.

If the principal calls Li Weidong Chairman Li, this is a relatively normal name, but the word Li is omitted, and it is directly called Chairman, which is more like a subordinate's address to his boss.

Li Weidong saw Kong Zhenlong's doubts, so he said, I invested in this technical school. Reporter Kong, let me show you around!

You really are everywhere. Kong Zhenlong thought to himself, and then said: Chairman Li has a lot of industry.

The first stop is the car repair class.

In the late 1990s, family cars have begun to enter wealthy families.

Cars such as Alto and Xiali have no pressure on families in many first-tier cities. The wealthier family can buy a Jetta, and the Santana is probably the top model for family use. More luxurious cars than Santana are basically used by units or bosses.

On another level, with the improvement of traffic and road conditions and the crackdown on road hogs, the number of passenger and freight vehicles is also growing rapidly. Long-distance vehicles are rarely run by state-owned transportation companies, and they are basically purchased by individuals. Vehicles, or vehicles contracted by individuals.

Also because of the increase in the number of cars, the auto repair profession has become more and more popular, and its popularity has surpassed the motorcycle profession.

In those days, it was very easy to open an auto repair shop at a fork in the national road and earn 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year.

Just listen to Li Weidong's introduction: Auto repair has only emerged in the last two years, and the employment prospects are very broad. The wages of our graduates are starting at 800, and they still include room and board!

After all, it was 1999 at that time, and 800 yuan was paid for food and lodging, which was a very high treatment for blue-collar workers.

Can I do an interview? Kong Zhenlong asked.

No problem, just ask. Li Weidong nodded.

Kong Zhenlong stepped forward, found a relatively immature face, and asked, Young man, how old are you this year?

Sixteen! the man replied.

Sixteen years old, as old as Gener. Kong Zhenlong couldn't help but think of the boy he met on the train.

Why do you want to learn auto repair? Kong Zhenlong asked again.

I didn't go to high school. My family said I needed to learn craftsmanship. I came here. I heard that doing auto repairs makes more money, so I learned auto repair. The boy replied.

Do you plan to go to an auto repair shop after completing your studies? Kong Zhenlong asked.

The teenager nodded: First work with others for a few years, save some money, and then open a store by yourself, you can earn tens of thousands a year!

Really ambitious! Kong Zhenlong sighed softly.

Compared with the cotton-picking root, the life goal of this auto repair teenager is obviously more lofty.

Gener just wants to save some money and marry the neighbor's little flower, and the auto repair boy has a dream of being a boss.

Li Weidong took Kong Zhenlong to the next stop again. In a large warehouse-like steel structure shed, more than 200 people were holding iron pots with sand in them. They were practicing spooning.

Here is the chef class.

Cooking has always been a very popular major in technical schools, and people who learn to cook have always been high.

The so-called food, clothing, housing and transportation, filling the stomach is always the most important thing. Moreover, when the cook does not have to go hungry, he can fill his stomach by simply tasting salty and bland when cooking, so even in the era of famine, the cook will not starve to death.

Kong Zhenlong interviewed another young man. This man was not good at learning since he was a child. He barely got a junior high school diploma, so he stopped going to school. He was idle at home all day.

This kind of scumbag, you can't learn anything, and you can't eat enough. Parents are also worried that he will not be able to learn other skills, so he just learns to be a chef.

Cooking is difficult to learn, but easy to learn. Even the most stupid person should know that it is salty, so it is very suitable for learning scumbags.

And this scumbag's ideal is also very lofty. His goal is to open a food stall, the kind of fried vegetables, barbecued and seafood.

The food stalls are quite profitable. Kong Zhenlong nodded silently.

As a reporter who travels from south to north, Kong Zhenlong eats food stalls a lot on weekdays. He also knows that this business has little investment and big profits.

The entire gas tank, gas stove, and a few tables, chairs and benches can be opened by simply placing them in the open space by the roadside. One or two yuan to fry a dish is a profit of dozens of yuan a day.

The prepared ingredients can’t be sold, and they can be fried and eaten by themselves, at least they can manage a full meal for themselves.

Next, Kong Zhenlong came to the beauty salon class again.

This is also a popular major all the year round, and compared with other majors, hairdressing work is much easier. The working environment is basically indoors, without the wind and the sun, and it is not a heavy manual labor.

What's more, everyone loves beauty, and doing hair has been common since ancient times.

There are many female students in the beauty and hairdressing major. Kong Zhenlong interviewed two female students. They also hope to open a hair salon after graduation.

Next is the highlight of the technical school, the excavator major.

In the open space, the scene of dozens of excavators working together is indeed magnificent, and the roar of the machines is like a galloping horse.

Kong Zhenlong stared at an excavator for a long time.

As a man, I still have a soft spot for excavators.

Reporter Kong, do you want to interview a few more students? Li Weidong reminded from the side, and then Kong Zhenlong came back to his senses.

I just heard Li Weidong say: Although it is very hard to drive an excavator, the income is still very high. If you hire an excavator master on the construction site, it is difficult to get 80 yuan a day. Many construction sites are opened to 90 yuan a day. , even 100 yuan!

100 yuan a day, that's 3,000 yuan a month, such a high salary? Kong Zhenlong asked with a look of surprise.

Around 2000, it was probably the era when excavator drivers were the most scarce.

Previously, under the state-run system, excavators were only owned by state-owned companies, and excavators were basically driven by masters and apprentices, and hand-in-hand how to open excavators.

The reform of state-owned enterprises in the late 1990s broke the traditional system of masters bringing apprentices, and masters no longer bring apprentices. The excavator courses in technical schools have just emerged, and a new batch of excavator drivers has not been trained, so the supply of excavator drivers is in short supply.

Therefore, at that time, the excavator driver was invited to the construction site, and all of them had to get a high salary. If the money was less, no one would do it.

In 1999, a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan was the only treatment for white-collar workers in many foreign companies. Civil servants and public institutions would definitely not get such a salary.

At that time, in the inner ring of Shanghai, you could still find a house for 3,000 yuan per square meter. For any era, one month's salary can buy a house in the urban area of ​​​​one square meter, which is an absolute high salary.

Even if Kong Zhenlong is an ace reporter, his salary plus external employment subsidy is quite a lot. Hearing 3,000 yuan a month is already a bit envious.

Li Weidong went on to introduce: If you have the guts, you can bring some money to buy an excavator to pick up jobs everywhere, and you will earn more. If you are lucky, you will be able to pay back your money in one year, and the next year will be pure money.

It's so profitable to drive an excavator! Kong Zhenlong had an incredible expression on his face, and he decided to interview the students in person.

Aiming at a target, Kong Zhenlong went up to chat a few words, and then asked, Young man, why do you want to learn to drive an excavator?

I wanted to marry a wife, so I came to learn how to drive an excavator. The man replied.

Finally met a normal person who wants to marry a daughter-in-law! Kong Zhenlong was overjoyed. After interviewing so many people, he was the only one who didn't want to open a store and be a boss.

However, the man continued: The girl I fancy is the only daughter in the family, and her father works in engineering and has an engineering team. When I learn to drive an excavator, I will go to work with her father, By the way, if I marry the girl again, then her car, house, and engineering team will all be mine!

Uh... this ambition is bigger than being a boss! Directly take away people and industries! Kong Zhenlong suddenly had a speechless expression.

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After the interview, Li Weidong and Kong Zhenlong returned to the reception room to rest.

Reporter Kong, I see that you have also interviewed several students. How do you think our technical school is doing? Li Weidong asked with a smile.

Very well, these colleges have very clear goals and ideals. Most of them hope that after graduating, they can open a store and become an individual owner. Only one wants to have both money and sex. Kong Zhenlong replied.

Both money and sex? What the hell is this? Do we still have such shameless students here?

Li Weidong complained in his heart, and then continued: Reporter Kong, have you interviewed many cotton pickers before? There shouldn't be many of them. Your plan for the future is to start your own business, right?

Self-employment? It's really a good word. It sounds much better than self-employed. Kong Zhenlong thought to himself, and then replied:

The cotton pickers I met didn't really want to start their own businesses. They went all the way to the northwest to pick cotton, basically to improve their quality of life.

For example, buying new clothes for children, buying some household appliances, buying a motorcycle, or saving money to build a house, marry a wife, etc. Basically the needs of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, Reporter Kong, you should be able to guess why there is such a difference?

Kong Zhenlong thought about it for a while and asked, Is it because of professional skills?

Li Weidong nodded: Yes, the reason why our students want to start a business is because they have learned a craft that can be eaten, which is what you call vocational skills.

Therefore, in order to solve the livelihood problem of the hundreds of thousands of cotton pickers, the fundamental approach is to let them master a craft that can eat, instead of letting these people continue to engage in manual cotton picking, which is unskilled manual labor.

Not only the hundreds of thousands of cotton pickers, but also hundreds of millions of uneducated and unskilled laborers in our country. To solve the problem of their livelihood, we also need to use this method of teaching people how to fish.

Teach a man how to fish? Kong Zhenlong nodded thoughtfully, as if thinking about whether Li Weidong was right or not.

Li Weidong didn't give Kong Zhenlong much time to think. He stood up and said, Reporter Kong, what you just saw is only part of the answer. Let's go to the next place. I'll show you the other part of the answer.