Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School is a key secondary vocational school directly under the provincial government.

Whether it is Gu Cheng County or Swamp City, they can only provide work guidance and have no authority to participate in management.

Therefore, if there is a problem with Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School, they have to find Dongshan Prefecture.

According to reason, Zeng Dahe's father-in-law, who has been promoted to the deputy position in Dongshan, should be in charge of education, and the Development and Reform leadership should not interfere in this matter, so as not to give the other party credit, after all, he is now in the same boat as Xu Fei.

However, the transformation from secondary vocational school to secondary vocational education is the responsibility of three departments: Development and Reform, Education, and Labor (Human Resources and Social Security).

Zeng Dahe's father-in-law, as the new official, is eager to make achievements. He blames Xu Fei for digging away the teachers of the secondary vocational school, which he considers as malicious competition and must be severely punished. He also blames the Development and Reform for the hasty transformation of the secondary vocational school to secondary vocational education, and someone must be held responsible.

With these accusations, the problem of Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School has been completely pushed aside.

Moreover, they even made a big fuss and secretly instructed Zeng Dahe to bribe the student union of the secondary vocational school and unite with the parents to protest...

The Development and Reform leadership understands why the other party is targeting them.

It is nothing more than a few days ago when they visited the toy factory in Small Lake Town and signed the document "Elimination of Old Production Equipment", which caused Zeng Dahe to suffer heavy losses.

And now, the situation has already made the leaders of Dongshan very dissatisfied.

But it seems that the leaders have a special plan and said to bear with the Development and Reform for now...

Helpless, the Development and Reform leadership can only find a way to solve the problem of the lack of teachers in the secondary vocational school.

In fact, the root of the problem lies in the salary.

Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School is a key school directly under the provincial government, and the teachers' salaries are fully funded by the Dongshan Finance.

Next year, when it becomes a secondary vocational education, it will no longer be directly under the government but still a key school, and the teachers' salaries will be fully funded by Gu Cheng County Finance.

There is a big difference between the two. If they used to receive 600 yuan, perhaps in the future, they can only receive 400 yuan, or maybe they won't receive any salary at all.

It is precisely because of this that many teachers are seeking other opportunities in advance.

And how to improve the salary...

It cannot be improved.

If it could be improved, there wouldn't be a loss of teaching staff.

And under the premise that the salary cannot be increased, how to solve the problem...

If it were an irresponsible leader, like Zeng Dahe's father-in-law, he could easily transfer a group of 17 or 18-year-old fresh graduates from the teacher training college to fill the renamed Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational Education.

In fact, many places have already done this.

They even split the secondary vocational education students and sent them to medical schools and technical schools.

They even directly sent them to workshops under the guise of internships, practical training, and learning...

However, the Development and Reform leadership has a habit of inspecting and investigating local projects, whether it is approving or reviewing projects.

A few days ago, he went to Gu Cheng Secondary Vocational School.

The campus environment is very good, like Dongshan Normal University, with ancient scholar trees, cypresses, and weeping willows everywhere.

There are many school buildings, although most of them were built in the 1970s and 1980s, they are well-preserved, with no leaking roofs or dangerous buildings.

And the students...

The last batch of assigned fresh graduates have already left the school early.

The remaining secondary vocational education students, due to the significant decrease in the number of applicants, only amount to eight hundred.

Some of them are mischievous and addicted to the game "Mechanical Three Kingdoms".

Some of them are well-behaved and can study diligently even without teachers.

And some of them are on the verge of being expelled.

After the Development and Reform leadership conducted a survey, they decided to send the last group to technical schools, and the rest, including the campus, will be handed over to TEP.

TEP doesn't have a school, but as the end of the year approaches, when he reported the work to the higher authorities, the old leader heard about the situation in Gu Cheng County and gave some guidance:

"I know about this TEP you mentioned. They just sold an advanced diesel engine technology to Northern Industry, worth 150 million US dollars, and they are very capable."

"Now that you have started cooperation with them, you need to be more liberated in your thinking, be bolder, and move faster. Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, perhaps this corner of Dongshan in the southwest will miss an important development opportunity."

The Development and Reform leadership pondered over these words and carefully considered the projects that TEP invested in.

Toy factory, power plant, tractor manufacturing plant, and even a new application for electric motors...

Especially the high-priced transfer of technology that caught the attention of Northern Industry.

In the end, he came to a conclusion: Sitting on a gold mine without realizing it.

At the same time, he also understood why, after so many years, even though there was a powerful old leader, he himself has been unable to make further progress.

He is too cautious!

Otherwise, the old leader would not criticize him: "Be more liberated in your thinking, be bolder, and move faster."

So...

"Little Xu, actually, you have many projects over there that can cultivate talents, such as the power plant."

"Are you talking about operating boilers?"

"What's wrong with operating boilers? Steam turbines are a major category, boilers are a major category, and electrical engineering is also a major category. There are many specialties in it, such as electrical engineering, chemical operations, chemical analysis, thermal control maintenance, and even ash removal is a specialty. In addition, power operation, power construction, power safety... With a thermal power plant, you can instantly enroll four to five hundred students, and at the same time, you will have four to five hundred laborers who pay tuition."

"That makes sense."

"Right, and your tractor manufacturing plant has even more specialties, such as welding, assembly, numerical control, sheet metal... I saw the new application you submitted, there is also a major in electric motors. We can continue to implement the one-to-one or one-to-two policy, and at least we can enroll four to five hundred students, all of whom are free labor paying tuition!"

"That's very reasonable."

"There's no need to mention the toy factory. Toy structural design, toy character design, toy color coordination, toy sales and management, enterprise operation and management, financial management and analysis... If your company wants to enter the animation industry, you can now train relevant talents. Sign a labor agreement upon enrollment, and they can directly enter the job after graduation."

"That's especially reasonable."

"If you are worried that the father-in-law of the county's richest man will cause trouble for you, I can help you change the school's affiliation so that it will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Education Department."

"And the school will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Education Department?""There are many. The National Defense Science and Technology University is under the Ministry of Defense. The famous Harbin Institute of Technology is under the Ministry of Industry. Universities with the word 'ethnic' in their names are under the National Ethnic Affairs Commission. Sports-related ones are under the Sports Department. There are also those under the departments of Transportation, Overseas Chinese Affairs, Health, and provincial governments."

"So, who does mine belong to?"

"It belongs to me, how about that?"

"..."

"Although it hasn't been done before, we can try. Be bold!"

"The key issue is, others have specific affiliations. Like the National Defense Science and Technology, it's involved in military affairs, so it definitely belongs to the Ministry of Defense. Harbin Institute of Technology is involved in industry, so it definitely belongs to the Ministry of Industry. Mine... let's say it's industrial technology, but your department is Development and Reform."

"Doesn't your industry need development? Isn't there a need for an industrial technology revolution?"

"Well, leader, let me be frank, I'm afraid your department is too small to manage the factory."

"..."

"Others are national level, mine can't even be considered provincial level, let alone a foreign enterprise."

"..."

"Shouldn't there be a ministry at least?"

Xu Fei thought for a moment, "Also, as you just mentioned, normal teaching is one-on-one, or one-on-two, at most one-on-five. What if the Labor Department suddenly inspects and accuses us of employing underage workers?"

"That's not a problem, the Labor Department will sign off on it."

"Another thing, our company has so many positions, we can't set up so many majors in a short time, we can't possibly apply for each one, can we?"

"Whatever major you want to open, just open it. As long as it's legitimate, when it's time to graduate, report the major to the Development and Reform, and we will stamp it!" The leader of the Development and Reform saw that the discussion was almost over and half-jokingly said, "Even if you open a major in tank, airplane, or warship maintenance, we will support it!"

"I'm recording this!"

"I, Old Liang, said it!"

"Then it's settled."

"As for the school license... I'm sorry, I don't know how to handle a school directly under the Development and Reform. I need to ask my superiors."

"I have a feeling this is unreliable."

"Don't worry, as long as TEP can cultivate technical talents, the superiors will definitely agree. Be bold."

"Leader, what should I do?"

"I don't know either."

"..."

"In that case, you first count the majors your company can currently open and submit them to me. I'll make a special trip to Capital City."

"That's fine... What about the school's name?"

"Think of a name for the technical school."

"Technical school?"

"Yes."

"That's too degrading, it doesn't do justice to our foreign enterprise title."

"Secondary Vocational School? Vocational School? Training School? Training Institution?"

"Can't there be others?"

"These are pretty much the options."

"How about TEP?"

"You have to come up with a targeted name. Others are either military, industry, art, or sports."

"TEP has so many majors, and they're so miscellaneous, where should I start with the professional name? Should I call it the Paper Box Folding School? Boiler Burning School? Diesel Engine Maintenance School?"

"It's indeed a tough question. But then again, you're a technical school, not a university, how good a name can you come up with?"

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"Why don't we just establish a university?"

"Secondary vocational students can only get a secondary vocational diploma after graduation. To get into university, they have to take exams."

"Can't they just continue studying? From secondary vocational to university, the former takes three years, the latter four years, a total of seven years. Upon graduation, they can directly get an associate or bachelor's degree."

"You're thinking too much. Is a bachelor's degree worthless? Bachelor's degree schools need to be rated."

"Then let's go for an associate degree, a tinpot university!"

"An associate degree is a college, not a university. It should be called Tinpot Technical Vocational College. Speaking of which, this name doesn't sound good either."

"Can't we drop the 'Technical Vocational'?"

"The level is not high enough. Only when it reaches the university level can the professional name be dropped. It's like when you register a company, with a million in registered capital, it's called Yellow Mud Hillock Tractor Factory. With a hundred million in registered capital, it can be called Large Swamps Power."

"It's just about money." Xu Fei opened the financial spreadsheet he had looked at before, "Is one hundred million enough?"

"..."

"Two hundred million?"

"..."

"If it's more, I don't have the authority, I need to apply."

"It's not about money, there are many aspects involved, such as the scale of the school, at least eight thousand people, at least three main subjects and majors, the number of teachers not less than four hundred, in addition to campus area, infrastructure..."

"Then let's just go for a college. If it's too big, we can't manage it."

"Why do you insist on establishing a junior college? Isn't it good to run a technical school? After three years of training, your company can get a batch of technical talents."

"A technical school can only work for me for three years and pay tuition for three years. A junior college can work for me for at least six years and pay tuition for six years. I'm not stupid, I'll definitely choose the one with more."

"..."

"If they could go on to do a master's or a PhD... my god, they could work for me for at least twelve years."

"..."