When Yang Rui copied the second volume of New Concept English, students from other schools began to appear outside the school gate of Xibao Middle School, squatting in front of the stone bench, wearing hats and slippers, and copying hard, and there were also more wealthy students, blocking the students entering and leaving the school, asking for a price increase to buy mimeographed New Concept English.

The first volume of a new concept English book has 300 pages, and although Yang Rui omitted graphic exercises and so on, the text still exceeds 160 pages. Because the mimeograph can only be one-sided, the cost of the first volume of the new concept English, which consumes so much paper, has reached 1 yuan, and not every student can afford it.

Wang Guohua told Yang Rui the news for the first time, and asked: "Do we want to print out the new concept in English and sell it for a piece of five, but we can have half of the profit." ”

Yang Rui didn't answer, but scratched his head and said: "What is released now is the first volume of New Concept English, right, and someone else will copy this?"

He hasn't finished the second book yet.

The first volume of New Concept English is all short sentences, at best at the level of simple dialogue and picture talking, one person asks "where is Henry", and the other person replies "Maybe in the room, I don't know".

This level of English will be taught in later generations, let alone junior high school students, and the better elementary schools will be taught 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 method of New Concept English. For example, in the era when you don't just walk into a bookstore and see a room full of teaching materials, many students have never even seen multiple-choice questions, and if you don't give him a step-by-step process, he will die if he doesn't get it right.

Wang Guohua didn't understand Yang Rui's question, and said: "This new concept of English, we have never seen it here before, just listening to other people's rumors about how good it is." After you took it out, I thought it was very good, why didn't you copy it?"

"There are four volumes of New Concept English, you know? I wrote the first book on the cover. Yang Rui explained.

"I know. Wang Guohua nodded, and then looked at Yang Rui with incomprehensible eyes.

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

"Oh, there's a little bit in the front, and the sentence in the back is a little longer. Wang Guohua said that he was not confident and asked, "Did I make a mistake?"

"Yes, yes, as long as you think it's appropriate. Yang Rui patted Wang Guohua on the shoulder and said secretly: It seems that I was mistaken, Wang Guohua's English is about thirty points, which is average in the return class. In other classes, the English test score of more than a dozen or a few points is indeed suitable for New Concept English I.

Yang Rui actually overestimated the English level of current students. Not to mention, the English education of later generations began in primary school, but the English education of Wang Guohua and others has only existed since around 80, and there is no suitable teacher, so English words can only be read with pinyin.

Up to now, Wang Guohua has studied English for a total of two years, most of which is still herding sheep, and his level is weaker than that of the second junior high school students in later generations, and the reason why he can score 30 points is that the English paper of the college entrance examination is simple, not that his level can be so high.

The English level in the school is low, and the English level in the society is even lower, such as the customs position that was very popular during the civil service examination, and in the hiring exam in the 80s, there were often some "write 26 English letters" questions, even so, there were still many people who could not answer, and angrily scolded: I am Chinese, why should I learn English!

Finding that the situation had changed, Yang Rui's thinking had also changed, he thought for a while, and said, "You go to the bottom of the mountain this afternoon, and go to the county seat to find my cousin Duan Hang." ”

"Looking for the captain of the criminal police?" Wang Guohua was still a little scared when he talked about the police.

"Didn't you say you wanted to print the new concept in English? I originally wanted to print it in the third volume, and since the first volume is suitable, I will print it now. ”

"So what are you going to do with him?"

"Have you forgotten that Yan Laosi found a printing house before? I asked my cousin to inquire about the situation before, and now you go down the mountain, just say that we want to use the printing house to print books, and let him think of a way." "Printing houses are all state-run units, and people you don't know have to have letters of introduction to print publications. Yan Laosi didn't know what relationship he used, and found a suitable printing shop that could secretly print test papers for him, this kind of resource is very rare, so Yang Rui hurriedly looked for his parents to beat him out.

It can be said that the printing house was the key factor in the downfall of Yan Laosi.

However, people are willing to print test papers for Yan Laosi, which does not mean that they are willing to print them for others, so Yang Rui asked his cousin to inquire more, even if there is no result now, I have some clues.

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

"Can mimeographed textbooks be sold, but can lead-stamped textbooks still be sold?"

"That's different, mimeographing is how much we want to print, how fast the printer's machine is......"

"It's just fast and cheap. We can mimeograph thousands of sheets of paper a day, and we use less than 100 books to publish books, and we don't have test papers to make money. But if you change it to a lead stamp, you can print as much as you sell. Yang Rui paused, seeing that Wang Guohua's expression was unnatural, so he asked, "You still don't seem to be optimistic?"

"I just think it's too expensive, since it's a factory, it always has to print thousands of copies at a time, it's not a few thousand yuan, you see our school, there are not a hundred people who can spend a dollar to buy books, plus the students in the county and the surrounding towns, a thousand copies are difficult to say. In addition, many students would rather copy books than buy books, and the price of more than a book is still quite expensive. Wang Guohua touched his head and said a string, laughed twice, and said: "If you are optimistic, I agree, but I think you should be cautious." ”

Yang Rui was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Wang Guohua to be 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, the other members of the Ruixue group are probably not as supportive as Wang Guohua.

Yang Rui pondered for a moment, and said simply: "The printing is with the funds of the Ruixue group, since you are not optimistic, then we will have a discussion." ”

"How to discuss?"

"Convene all the members of the Rui Xue group and the reserve team members to discuss and vote, whether to print or not. ”

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

It doesn't matter if you don't have a vote, if you have a vote, losing a vote will greatly reduce your prestige.

"If you don't print, you won't print, I listen to everyone. It just so happens that we can also improve the internal mechanics of the Sharp Learning Group. "Yang Rui wants to take the opportunity to clean up the Rui Xue group. After all, now the group is going well, and no one will make any strange moves, but with the increase in the age of the group members, the accumulation of the Ruixue group increases, and there will inevitably be opposing voices.

Yang Rui himself is very optimistic about the new concept of English, which is not a matter of vision, but a matter of historical proof.

However, the printing house is the more printing at a time, the lower the cost, although Yang Rui hopes to print as much as possible, the ideas of other people in the Rui group are not necessarily so.

Speaking of which, the current Ruixue group can accumulate 1,000 yuan in half a month, which is more than the office expenses of Xibao Middle School, and it is not surprising that some team members have a miser mentality.

This is determined by different life experiences and backgrounds.

Wang Guohua lowered his head and thought for a while, but said: "This is unfair, it is to vote, and it should be voted by the group members, and the reserve team members are not team members and should not participate in the voting." ”

The current official team members are only Wang Guohua, Cao Baoming, Huang Ren and Su Yi, Liu Shan is still in a reserve state, if the vote is based on the group members, any decision of Yang Rui will be passed.

Yang Rui had his own purpose, so he shook his head firmly, and said with great righteousness: "I didn't specify the method of voting within the group in detail before, just because I want to negotiate with everyone, after all, the Ruixue group is everyone's Ruixue group, and we should listen to everyone's opinions." This time, the reserve members were invited to participate in the group, and the activists invited them to come and audit. ”

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, then everyone has to vote on it. What Yang Rui said was meaningful.