Chapter 346: Invest in the future

Early September, the school season!
After the short summer vacation, the new semester is about to begin.
Located in the southwestern province of the hinterland of the motherland, deep in the steep mountains, the Webster brothers and sisters are braving the drizzle and walking along the familiar mountain path towards Panshan Primary School.
Today is the first day of school!
Wei Dong, who has just entered the fifth grade, is holding his sister Wei Qian with his right hand and holding his trouser pocket with his left hand, his eyes are particularly alert.
Tuition fees in my pocket!
His parents work outside all year round, and he and his sister are the only ones at home. Wei Dong, who is eleven years old, is far more mature than his peers in the city.
Halfway through the mountain road, his sister couldn't walk, so he squatted down and walked with her on his back.
At 8:30, arrived at the school.
Panshan Primary School has only three grades and 12 students. The teaching building is a low-rise bungalow with three classrooms and an office and principal’s bedroom.
Just about to hand over the tuition to the principal, Wei Dong found that a group of strangers in "fancy clothes" had come to the school, and the principal was boiling water and making tea for them.
What fancy clothes?
There are pandamen on the coat!
Next to the Pandaren, there are four artistic characters. Wei Dong hadn't seen it clearly before it was far away. I didn't recognize it until I got closer, and it said "Pengda Group" on it.
The headed Pandaren, wearing myopia glasses, smiled and said: "Principal Yang, take us to the classroom! The equipment is ready, and the network cable will be brought to you tomorrow..."
"This is a waste!"
Principal Yang put down the kettle, sighed and replied in slightly accented Mandarin: "Mr. Yao, I have taken your company's wishes, and the equipment should be shipped back!"
"Panshan Primary School has only 12 students, and I am the only teacher. With such advanced equipment and more than ten kilometers of network cables, it is too wasteful for us to use."
The panda man surnamed Yao shook his head and said: "As long as it is investing in the future, there is no such thing as waste. We, Mr. Meng, often say that we should not only focus on the immediate gains and losses, but also look to the future..."
"Oh! I can't tell you!"
Principal Yang sighed, and just thought of getting up and taking a panda to visit the classroom, when suddenly he saw Wei Dong who was at a loss with a handful of change at the door.
He beckoned.
Wei Dong walked into the office timidly and greeted the pandaman on the bench: "Hello, uncle!"
"Good boy!"
A shy face, muddy trouser legs, and little hands that don't know where to put it. Such a simple and simple child made the pandamen present full of love.
After President Yang accepted the money and gave Wei Dong two receipts, he suddenly thought of something and asked Wei Dong to take the Pandaren to the classroom.
He will boil some more water!
Wei Dong is very sensible, and he roughly understands the purpose of these pandamen. I took them to visit Panshan Elementary School very seriously, not even the mouse hole in the corner of the classroom.
The Pandaren took measurements on the blackboard, and after discussing for a while, they soon left Panshan Primary School.
The two classes in the morning had just ended, and they came back. This time there are more pandamen, more than ten. They brought a batch of supplies by carrying them on their shoulders and carrying them.
"Such a big mirror!"
Seeing that Wei Qian was carefully touching the TV, Wei Dong quickly persuaded him: "Don't move! This is not a mirror!"
"Then what is this?"
"TV!"
Is there such a thin TV?
Wei Qian is very strange. In her impression, doesn't TV have a "big butt"? How could it be so thin? And the screen is so big that it's almost catching up with the blackboard.
When the Pandaren took out the tools and began to install the equipment, Wei Qian believed what her brother said.
It turned out to be TV!
Uncle Pandaren is so nice. A TV was installed in the classroom so that they can watch TV at school in the future.
But why doesn't the TV light up?
The Pandaren left a sentence "Come to get the network cable tomorrow", and Principal Yang couldn't understand why the TV didn't light up after plugging in the power.
Facing twelve children who were thirsty for knowledge, he scratched his head, quickly fetched the instructions from the box, and began to wonder how to light up the screen.
"Pengda online education platform?"
"Smart Voice Assistant..."
Why don't you understand it!
Principal Yang was scratching his head. Wei Dong caught a glimpse of a line in the manual and suddenly shouted to the TV: "Big Bird! Switch on!"
"Okay! Booting up!"
The screen is on...
Among the high-rise buildings, a dark black hatred chariot drove from far to near. As the distance got closer, the locomotive suddenly began to deform, and the armor covered Meng Lang on the car.
PD knight debut!
"Big Bird, for you!"
There was a hint of surprise and incredible in the children's eyes. Especially boys, their mouths can't close.
...
"Spent so much money?"
Meng Lang put down the report, rubbed his temples and asked, "How did the expenditure increase so many times in these two months?"
"The situation is different!"
Ma Teng Rushuihui reported: "The previous Pengda classrooms were usually schools with convenient transportation. Starting in July, the project has gradually penetrated into mountainous schools with inconvenient transportation and poor networks..."
That's almost the same!
In mountainous areas with inconvenient transportation, the cost of laying a network is indeed high. Based on this premise, it makes sense to spend more than 10 million yuan in two months.
Think of it as investing in the future!
"Our online education platform has opened up 1,000 primary and secondary schools in remote areas, covering more than 50,000 students."
Ma Teng was full of enthusiasm: "In addition to the special funds allocated by the group, we also received many donations from companies and individuals. For example, Huawei Company not only provided us with smart screens at cost prices, but also gave us many router products. ."
No wonder the progress is so fast!
Although it is a public welfare project that does not intend to return, there are deeper ideas for the launch of Pengda's online education platform.
Make money from advertising?
You look down on Meng Lang too much!
How much money can advertising fees have? They all said that they want to invest in the future. Will Uncle Meng do this stupid thing about throwing watermelons and picking sesame seeds?
The main function of Pengda online education platform is to share educational resources, followed by PD free film library. As long as it is PD's work~EbookFREE.me~, whether it is a movie, a TV series, or an animation, you can watch it for free!
Do you want to see something else?
Sorry, the platform does not provide it!
The Pengda classroom now covers 50,000 students. As the project progresses, it may be 100,000 or even 200,000 300,000 in the future!
This data is amazing!
Regardless of their current film library, when they grow up and have a stable income, they will definitely get a lot of points back to Uncle Meng.
Feelings cultivated since childhood!
If one day, Pengda really reached a critical moment of life and death, Meng Lang played this emotional card, hoping that the children of that year would lend a helping hand.
Can they sit idly by?
The story of "I owe a movie ticket to Master Xing" has proven how terrifying the power of feelings is. The seeds that Meng Lang planted today will surely become Pengda's most precious wealth in the future.