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Chapter 500 Going to school, you can eat enough
"Our Hope Primary School has to take care of the meals!"

There was no sound in the conference room, and everyone present looked at Lin Weimin with shock and puzzlement in their eyes.

Lin Weimin didn't pay attention to everyone's emotions, and said to himself: "A lot of people objected to our choosing schools in the poorest areas from the very beginning. One very important factor is that ordinary people cannot afford to send their children to school.

But what about the food?Sending children to school can not only acquire knowledge, but also manage their lunch.

Everyone thinks that in such a school, would parents in poor areas be willing to send their children to school? "

Lin Weimin looked around at the people in the conference room, and everyone's eyes showed a pensive look.

In a place where there is almost no food to eat, if the school manages the food, most parents should be willing to send their children to school, right?After all, it is to reduce the burden on the family!
A lunch for children in poverty-stricken areas can save a family 2 cents a day, and it costs more than 25 yuan to go to school for 5 and six days a month, and it costs more than 40 yuan to go to school for nearly nine months a year. Money for food money.

Isn't that more than the kids can earn by staying at home and doing some chores?

But the problem is...

Everyone in the room did some calculations in their minds. The cost of food alone for a child is more than 40 yuan a year. If the construction of the primary school is expected to go smoothly in the future, it will be a huge sum of money for the foundation. overhead.

"Mr. Lin, your idea is too idealistic. If the school manages meals at noon, based on the calculation of an elementary school with 200 students, the school will spend more than 1 yuan a year. The funds must be paid by our foundation. We For every 100 additional primary schools built, more than 100 million yuan will be needed to support each year.

It doesn't take much, in six or seven years, the money spent by the foundation may be enough to build another batch of Hope Primary Schools.

With the same money, we could have built 200 Hope Primary Schools, but in the end we may only be able to build 100. "

Some people stood up and refuted Lin Weimin's idea with reason and evidence.

He nodded with his usual expression, "You're right."

Lin Weimin asked the man to sit down, sorted out his thoughts and said, "However, we have to consider one issue, and that is the actual function and practical significance of Hope Primary School."

"In many impoverished areas, children are also laborers, even if they do less work, they are still creating value for a family.

Our primary school food management is not only to enhance the enthusiasm of parents to send their children to school, but also to reduce the burden for these poor families. Isn't this a kind of help for the people in poor areas? "

After listening to Lin Weimin's words, everyone present fell into deep thought again.

Everyone has to admit that Lin Weimin's words are reasonable. Hope primary schools exist to help families and children in poverty-stricken areas solve their long-term survival difficulties, but at the same time, they must also pay attention to the short-term needs of these families.

If you can't even eat tomorrow's meal, will anyone think about life ten years from now?

When everyone was thinking, Lin Weimin said: "In my opinion, our Hope Primary School only provides the most basic food for the students. We can coordinate and solve this part of the food through the food department and pay them the cost price of the purchase. Keep our foundation's spending as low as possible.

According to the example given by the comrade just now, the annual cost increase for each student is controlled below 30 yuan, and a primary school with 200 students costs 6000 yuan. It will be tried for three years. I think our contribution is worthwhile. . "

Having said that, Lin Weimin sighed.

"When I was talking about the planning of hope primary schools with that leader, Zheng Buz, I said that my donation of 3700 million yuan would build 100 hope primary schools. Very high, very luxurious standards.

Because I not only planned the school’s classrooms, canteens and dormitories, but also included basic lunch support for students within ten years, subsidies for rural teachers, school offices, learning tools, extracurricular books, physical education materials, etc.

After these days of understanding, I also understand that my thinking is too idealistic.

We must first solve the problem of yes or no, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not.

Therefore, I think that our Hope Primary School can appropriately reduce many non-essential expenditures, but I think we need to follow through on the matter of lunch. This is the most realistic role of Hope Primary School for families and students in poor areas.

Go to school, you can eat enough! "

When Lin Weimin said the last sentence, his tone was obviously not strong, but for some reason, many people present couldn't help but tears welled up in their eyes and burst into tears.

You can eat enough to go to school.

Such a simple sentence expresses the most urgent demands of families and children in poor areas, and it also becomes the most realistic meaning of Hope Primary School, a major event that benefits the country and the people.

"I agree!"

A firm voice sounded in the conference room. The young man was full of tears and had a determined face.

"I agree!"

Voices sounded one after another, and even the reporters present couldn't help raising their hands.

This decision is extremely wise!
At the same time, it also made everyone admire Lin Weimin for his insight into the lowest needs of families and children in poverty-stricken areas. Probably only Lin Weimin who proposed the concept of "Hope Primary School" could think of things in such a meticulous and thoughtful manner.

The first meeting of the China Youth Education and Development Foundation on Hope Primary School is over. This new organization is implementing their program and ideals with amazing action.

The first batch of staff sent to Gansu and Ningxia will leave in three days. They will conduct a one-month inspection here, and finally determine the location of the first batch of 10 Hope Primary Schools, and will also prepare for possible new schools in the future. the site selection.

In mid-January, it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter in Yanjing. A group of young people with an average age of 28 from the foundation boarded the train against the wind and snow. They were about to go to the most difficult area of ​​the country, but their hearts were full of hot emotions and lofty ideals. ideal.

Lin Weimin stood on the platform and waved goodbye to everyone. After a while, the train disappeared in the snowstorm before he turned back.

Seeing that Zheng Guo's eyes were full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, he asked, "How is it? Have you thought about it? The job I found for you is not bad, right? Leave your name in history!"

Zheng Guo withdrew his gaze, but his enthusiasm and enthusiasm disappeared, and said: "Shuzhi has been scolding you at home for several days!"

Lin Weimin smiled wryly, "Give me supercilious looks even at work!"

He said again: "Don't talk about her, you are the head of the family, can't you be the head of this matter?"

"The aggressive method doesn't work for me." Zheng Guo was not fooled.

"This is not a radical method. Anyway, now you have the opportunity. Before, you said you wanted to do something meaningful. It's up to you."

What Lin Weimin was talking to Zheng Guo was about his work.

The two were talking about the Hope Primary School before, and Zheng Guo was yearning for the grand plan and great career that Lin Weimin described, so he naturally wanted to participate in it.

A few days ago, Lin Weimin approached him and invited him to work at the foundation, as a middle-level manager, mainly responsible for site selection and inspection of Hope Primary School.

Compared with the relaxed and comfortable work in the Zheng Guo Cultural Center, this work cannot be compared in terms of intensity or environment. Yao Shuzhi knew that Lin Weimin was provoking Zheng Guotiao's work, so she was naturally a hundred unhappy.

Lin Weimin was scolded a lot at home, but when he got to work, his nose was not his nose, and his eyes were not his eyes.

Zheng Guo glanced at the direction where the train disappeared again, "Let me think about it again!"

Lin Weimin patted him on the shoulder, knowing that he was middle-aged, caught between ideal and reality, in a dilemma.

After leaving the station, Lin Weimin drove back to the Guowen Society.

During this period of time, he has been busy with the Foundation and Project Hope, so he didn't pay much attention to his work. Fortunately, Cheng Zaochun gave him the green light.

The matter of the foundation came to an end, and Lin Weimin was planning to calm down and deal with the accumulated work, but at this time someone came to the door again.

"For the people!"

Lin Weimin saw a look of surprise on Lu Yao's face, "Why are you here?"

"CCTV is going to shoot the TV series "Ordinary World". Let me talk to them about the adaptation."

Lu Yao explained the reason why he came to Beijing, and then introduced the middle-aged man behind him to Lin Weimin, "This is the county magistrate Tian of Qingjian County, my hometown!"

Lin Weimin poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and exchanged some pleasantries. He knew that Lu Yao would not bring someone to the editorial department to look for him for no reason, so he took the initiative to ask, "Tell me, what do you want from me today?"

Lu Yao and County Magistrate Tian looked at each other, "Wei Min is an acquaintance, so you can speak directly."

County Magistrate Tian nodded and said to Lin Weimin: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Lu Yao is from our hometown in Qingjian County. This is because our county government specially asked him to bring me to Yanjing to meet you. We saw the Hope Primary School on TV and newspapers, and hoped that the foundation would consider building several primary schools in our area.”

After County Mayor Tian finished speaking, Lu Yao chimed in and said, "Qingjian is a poor county. The loess plateau is full of ravines and the climate is arid. Now the soil erosion is serious. It's not like some places where there are minerals, but there are bluestone slabs. The common people's Life is hard, let alone investing in education..."

Lu Yao came to help as a lobbyist this time. He said a lot of things, Lin Weimin listened carefully, and after he finished speaking, Lin Weimin fell into deep thought.

County magistrate Tian was a little bit drumming when he saw this, and after a while, Lin Weimin said: "In principle, our Hope Primary School is to give priority to poor areas. Located in the Midwest, your Qingjian County is also a poor county, so it naturally meets our conditions.

However, the investigation team of the foundation has just set off now, and it will take some time before they can return.Wait a few years, I will send someone to visit your place, and then determine the specific scale of the donation. "

County Magistrate Tian and Lu Yao were overjoyed when they heard this, and County Magistrate Tian tightly held Lin Weimin's hand.

"Thank you, thank you, Teacher Lin! You have really helped us a lot!"

"You are too polite. The situation in your county is already within the scope of our donation."

County Mayor Tian thanked him for a long time, but Lin Weimin said it lightly, but he was in charge of education, and several Hope Primary Schools cost a few hundred thousand yuan, which could at least solve the problem of nearly a thousand children going to school.

What a big deal!
After talking about Hope Primary School, Lin Weimin chatted with the two for a while, and Lu Yao and County Magistrate Tian offered to leave.

Lin Weimin sent the two of them to the door of the back building, and was about to return to the office when he heard someone calling him.

"For the people!"

When Lin Weimin turned his head, the silver-haired Tan Chaoyang was waving at him enthusiastically not far away.

Lin Weimin looked at Comrade Lao Tan's smile and decided in his heart that there must be nothing good for the old man to come.

"How did you come?"

Tan Chaoyang walked closer and smiled more enthusiastically, "I'm here to see you. Are you free tonight? Please have some food."

Lin Weimin was even more sure that the old man had bad intentions.

We've known each other for so many years, when will he, Lao Tan, invite guests?

"If you have something to say, don't be hypocritical."

Tan Chaoyang was not angry either, and said, "Then I'll just say it straight, your Hope Primary School..."

Got it!
I hope that the elementary school will be successful, and Lin Weimin will become a favorite!

only……

He looked at Comrade Lao Tan, didn't he just set up a line for your hometown some time ago?

Old comrades, desires are hard to fill!
(End of this chapter)