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Chapter 48 Who Makes the Decision

When Yang Rui copied the second volume of the New Concept English, students from other schools began to appear outside the gate of Xibao Middle School, squatting in front of the stone bench, wearing a hat and slippers, and burying their heads. There were also wealthier students blocking students entering and leaving the school and asking for an additional price to buy mimeographed new concept English.

The first volume of a new concept English has 300 pages. Although Yang Rui saved graphic exercises and so on, the main text still exceeded 160 pages. Since mimeographs can only be single-sided, the cost of the first volume of a new concept English, which consumes so many papers, reaches 1 yuan, and not every student can afford it. When the price is increased to 150 cents, many students gritted their teeth and sold it.

Wang Guohua told Yang Rui the news immediately and asked: "Would we print out the new concept English and sell it for one yuan and five yuan, but we can get half the profit."

Yang Rui did not answer, but scratched his head and said, "Now all the new concept English volumes are released, right? Is there anyone here to copy this?"

He hasn't finished copying the second volume.

The first volume of the New Concept English is full of short sentences, at best, it is the level of simple conversation and reading pictures. One person asks "Where did Henry go?" and the other person answers "Maybe in the room, I don't know much."

In later generations, let alone junior high school students, better primary schools have finished teaching before graduation. In Yang Rui's eyes, the essence of new concept English should be in the second and third volumes, especially for students who are coping with the college entrance examination, the third volume is the most valuable.

As for the first volume, Yang Rui just wants everyone to familiarize themselves with the teaching methods of new concept English. If you are not just a bookstore, you can see a room of teaching materials. Many students have never even seen multiple-choice questions. If you don’t give them a step-by-step process, it will crash if you don’t do it well.

Wang Guohua didn't understand Yang Rui's question and said, "This new concept of English is just a good thing. We have never seen it here before. After you took it out, I think it's very good, why don't you copy it?"

"There are four volumes of new concept English, do you know? I wrote the first volume on the cover." Yang Rui explained.

"I know." Wang Guohua nodded, then looked at Yang Rui with an incomprehensible look.

Yang Rui asked again: "Don't you think it's too simple?"

"Oh, there is a little bit in front, and the sentences in the back are a little longer." Wang Guohua said as he was disconfidant and asked, "Did I get it wrong?"

"Yes, yes, just think it's appropriate." Yang Rui patted Wang Guohua's shoulder and said to himself: It seems that I'm wrong. Wang Guohua's English is about 30% and is average in the class. Other classes have more than ten or a few points in English, which is indeed suitable for the new concept English 1.

Yang Rui actually overestimated the English proficiency of current students. Not to mention the English education in later generations began in elementary school, but the English education of Wang Guohua and others only took place around 80 years, and there was no suitable teacher, so he could only read the English words marked with pinyin.

So far, Wang Guohua has only studied English for two years in total, and he has been grazing most of the time. His level is even weaker than that of the second-year junior high school students in later generations. The reason why he can get 30 points is that the English paper for the college entrance examination is simple, not that his level is that he can be that high.

The school has low English level and the society has lower English level. For example, the very popular customs position during the civil service exams. In the 1980s, some questions about "write 26 English letters" were often given. Even so, many people still couldn't answer them, and they were so angry that they cursed: I am Chinese, why should I learn English?

When Yang Rui found that the situation had changed, he also changed his mind. He held his chin and thought for a while, and said, "You can go to the foot of the mountain this afternoon and go to the county town to find my cousin Duan Hang."

"Look for that criminal police captain?" Wang Guohua was still a little scared when talking about the police.

"Didn't you say you want to print a new concept English? I originally thought of the third volume to print it again. Since the first volume is suitable, I will print it now."

"What should I do with him?"

"You forgot that Yan Laosi had found a printing factory before? I asked my cousin to ask about the situation. Now you go down the mountain and say that we want to use the printing factory to print books and ask him to think of a solution." The printing factory is all state-owned units, and people who don't know can print publications, so they have to introduce letters. Yan Laosi didn't know what relationship he used, so he found a suitable printing factory that could secretly print test papers for him. This kind of resource is very rare, so Yang Rui hurriedly asked his parents to knock him out.

It can be said that the printing factory is the key factor in the destruction of Yan Laosi.

However, if someone is willing to print the test paper for Yan Laosi, it does not mean that he is willing to print it to others. Therefore, Yang Rui asked his cousin to inquire more. Even if there is no result, he still has some clues.

Wang Guohua said a little afraid: "I heard that the printing factory is very expensive. What if we ask them to print books, what if we can't sell them?"

"Can mimeographed textbooks be sold, but can't be sold with lead-printed textbooks be sold?"

"That's different. Mimicking is about printing as much as we want, and how fast the printing factory's machines are..."

"It's just that fast is cheap. We can mimeograph thousands of papers a day, and we can use less than 100 books to publish books, and we don't have any money to make money in the test papers. But if we change it to lead printing, it means we can print as much as we sell." Yang Rui said, seeing Wang Guohua's expression unnatural, so he asked, "You still don't think you are optimistic?"

"I just think it's too expensive. Since it's a factory, I always have to print out thousands of copies at a time. That's not a few thousand dollars. Look at our school, there are not a hundred people who can spend a dollar to buy books. In addition, students from the county and surrounding townships are hard to say. In addition, many students would rather copy books than buy books. The price of books worth more than one yuan is quite expensive." Wang Guohua touched his head and said, then laughed twice, saying, "If you are optimistic, I agree, I just think you should be cautious."

Yang Rui was a little surprised. He did not expect that Wang Guohua was so sensitive to costs and prices.

Wang Guohua is like this, and I think other members of the Ruixue Group will have similar thoughts.

Moreover, other members of the Ruixue Group probably would not support him as much as Wang Guohua.

Yang Rui pondered for a moment and simply said: "The printing uses funds from Ruixue Group. Since you are not optimistic about it, let's have some discussion."

“How to discuss?”

"Convene all members of the Ruixue Group and the reserve group to discuss and vote, whether to print."

Wang Guohua was shocked: "What if the vote is not printed?"

It doesn’t matter if there is no vote. After the vote, failure of the vote will greatly reduce reputation.

"If you don't print, you won't print. I'll listen to everyone. Just in time, we can improve the internal mechanism of the Ruixue Group." Yang Rui wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the Ruixue Group. After all, the group is going well now, and no one will do any strange tricks. However, as the group members grow older, the accumulation of Ruixue Group increases, and there will inevitably be opposition. Instead of being passively cope at that time, it is better to have a preview now.

Yang Rui himself is very optimistic about the new concept English. This is not a matter of vision, but a matter of history.

However, the more printing the printing factory is, the lower the cost. Although Yang Rui hopes to print as many as possible, the ideas of others in the Ruixue group may not be the case.

Speaking of which, the Ruixue Group can accumulate 1,000 yuan in half a month, which is more than the office fund of Xibao Middle School. Yang Rui is not surprised that the team members have the mentality of being a slave to the money.

This is determined by different life experiences and backgrounds.

Wang Guohua lowered his head and thought for a while, but said, "This is unfair. Even if it is to vote, it should be a group member. The reserve group member is not a group member and should not participate in the vote."

The current official team members are only Wang Guohua, Cao Baoming, Huang Ren and Su Yi, and Liu Shan are all still in reserve. If they vote based on the team members, any resolution of Yang Rui will be passed.

Yang Rui had his own purpose, so he shook his head firmly and said with great righteousness: "I did not specify the way to vote in the group in detail before, I just hope to negotiate with everyone. After all, the Ruixue Group is everyone's Ruixue Group and should listen to everyone's opinions. This time, it is better to ask the reserve team members to participate together, and the activists joining the group will also invite them to listen."

Wang Guohua looked at Yang Rui's eyes and said, "No matter what others do, I think it's better for you to make a decision."

"Even if I have to make a decision in the future, everyone will have to vote and agree." Yang Rui said meaningfully.
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