Chapter 352: The Lord’s Decision
“Oh? They decided to increase the number of classes in night school?” Purficott met with the representative of the Lord’s Mansion of the Duplex Union. After listening to what he relayed about the meeting, he became curious. She asked: "So where are they going to get enough teachers?"
This is a question that even Purficott is concerned about, because this era is not the world before she traveled. Throwing a brick from a large Eastern country can hit a college student who has received nine years of compulsory education, three years of full-time high school education, and four years of full-time university education.
Even in Langton, which has the largest number of universities in the Empire, the term "college student" has a very considerable value. Any qualified university graduate in the Empire is an elite talent urgently needed by the society.
In fact, in this era, being able to graduate from primary school is considered a high degree of education, but a considerable number of workers are just out of prenatal education.
As for the engineers, the entire group of them has a sufficient cultural level, otherwise they would not be qualified to take the engineer qualification certification exam.
You must know that one of them is to obtain a college diploma, which means you must graduate, not drop out of school.
Under such premise constraints, most of the engineers have a college degree, although this degree is usually not that valuable.
After all, even the top prestigious school in Langton can issue an unqualified diploma for a pricey donation.
Of course, even so, for engineers, they are still capable of teaching a group of illiterate people to read.
There is a difference between just being willing to do it and having the ability to do it.
The night school was indeed established with the approval of the Lord's Palace, and Perficott also allocated a fund to the Duplex Union for the expenses of the night school.
But this money is not the salary for night school teachers, and the night school itself does not charge tuition.
In fact, this is the key reason why night schools are so full. Who doesn’t want free education?
If you are a child, you may not cherish it, but for adults who have experienced social beatings, reading is their dream.
So if there is an opportunity, no one will give up an opportunity to make progress.
As for the night school teachers, they are drawn from the engineering community on a voluntary basis. They will receive a subsidy but will not be paid a salary.
So for engineers, being a night school teacher is a hard job, and people are actually not very willing to do this job.
It was precisely because of knowing this that Purficott was curious about where Erwin would get enough teachers.
“According to the explanation from Representative Erwin, he will recruit an additional group of full-time teachers in the city, and will also run night schools in three shifts, so that all workers can have the time and opportunity to attend night schools. "The representative of the Lord's Palace explained to Purficott.
Purficott was not worried about whether this method could solve the problem, but she also asked: "Hire another group of people? Where does the money come from? Does he pay it himself?"
This question is Very importantly, if Erwin paid for it himself, then Purficott would have to take a closer look at his purpose.
"No, it is the suppliers and contractors related to the project who actively donated the funds. The funds, which are not too generous, will be donated to the account of the Duplex Union." Representative of the Lord's Mansion He answered Purficott, but did not express any of his subjective opinions.
He clearly knew that when he went to Duplex United to serve as a representative, he was serving as Perfectcott’s eyes to see and ears to listen. He didn't need to express his opinion because Purficott would communicate it to the Duplex through him.
He doesn't need to have his own ideas, because his positioning doesn't require him to have his own ideas.
So he played the role of a mouthpiece and recorder very directly.
Perfect is satisfied with the performance of this representative. She really does not need people in this position to think too much, which will affect her control of the duplex union.
After all, what Purficott wants is for his representative to act impartially in the duplex alliance and maintain the balance of power between the two parties, rather than having one opinion that is too clear, leading to one company dominating or being dominated by two parties. A common thorn in the side of the family.
As for the suppliers and contractors associated with the energy tower project being willing to pay for night schools and duplexes, that’s not good news for Purficott, but it’s not bad news either. information.
At least for Duplex Union, the problem of night school has been successfully solved, and after Duplex Union has money, it can also do other things more conveniently.
But Purficott didn't like this, because the donations from those businessmen meant that they noticed the duplex union and tried to get their hands in it.
After thinking about it, Purficott said to the representative: "Donations can be accepted, but after accepting the donation, let them list the amount, source, and specific application matters in a table and publish it, including all Expenditure and consumption are required to be absolutely open and transparent, without any concealment or corruption issues.
At the same time, it is announced that Duplex accepts donations from all walks of life, and the donors are from the Chernobog Municipal Government. Hall... No, let’s issue a commemorative medal in the name of the Lord’s Mansion as a commendation.”
Perfect did this to minimize the influence of the businessmen’s donations and prevent the businessmen from borrowing money. With donations gradually reaching out to Duplex Union.
The duplex union was established by ourselves to balance the relationship between workers and engineers, and we cannot let those businessmen control it.
With this thought in mind, Purficott naturally had to respond accordingly.
Allowing the acceptance of social donations will naturally attract more people into the game, so that the impact of a certain donation can be diluted.
Issuing commemorative medals can further dilute their so-called "favor" for the Duplex Alliance. After all, they have already been commended in the name of the Lord's Palace, and it would be impolite to make demands on the Duplex Alliance.
Although this cannot completely cut off the influence of businessmen on the Duplex Union, it can at least minimize their influence. In this way, Purficott will promote the Duplex Union to the entire northern border. At that time, there is no need to worry about this organization being controlled by others.
Of course, Purficott could also refuse all donations, and then use the money from the financial expenditures of the Northern Territory, completely cutting off external influence.
But doing this will also be a big expenditure for the Northern Territory's finances, especially now that the Northern Territory's finances are still in deficit.
Why pay for it yourself when you can use other people’s money?
On the other hand, this can be regarded as a disguised way to ease the relationship with the merchants and prevent the relationship between the lord's mansion and the merchants from becoming too tense.
(End of this chapter)